21's Legacy

Chapter 11

"Whoa! My half-blood survived!" Shouts Meelek gesturing an appropriate act for the words he is saying. "I always knew who'd turn sides. I always knew." And he let's out a wicked laugh.
Mom's eyes widen as she sees me.

I can't believe it! Johann?! He's alive! My son is alive!

My eyes swept over the result of the previous fight.
Threin, having a hard time on pulling the spear out of his palm.
Jacobbus unable to do anything. Yet his eyes are open. He's watching everything.
Erin lies motionless on the ground. There's no way I can tell if she's still breathing.
Healer wiping off blood on his sword. Trying to look manly.
A large crystal sphere where Torch's body lies breathless.
The toasted corpse of Harpy.
And the shocked Mom who'd scream for Erin and Threin but not for me.
I look over to Meelek. His ominous staff glowing and taunting. Almost as if mocking the power of the Gardes.
"Art thou sure thee wanted to join us?" He addresses me, "Coz' if thou art do, there is no turning back." There's something in his smile that tells me I shouldn't do it.
But I will. For the sake of myself.
"Yes I do." I say and walked towards his right side to face my family. "I want your power. I want to have power for myself."

What?! What is he thinking?!
If I could just access his mind. I'd know why he's doing this.
"What are you doing?! Johann, stop that!" When he won't stop walking towards Meelek I shouted once more, "I had to do it, son! I had to save Erin instead." A tear traveled across my cheek. "Even if it hurts me. Even if I know you'll die! I had to do it! It's for Lorien, my son. It's for Lorien!"

I gave Mom a blank face. She's not getting any clue of what I'm up to.
This time, it's time for me to be recognized. It's time for me to be on the front page. Not on the front line. It's time for me to overpower Threin. It's time for me to be superior.
This is not for Lorien. Not any more. This is for myself. Only for myself.

I could see the indifference in his face. He's fully determined to do this.
He's desperate.
Like Tony he became desperate.
Speak of the devil.
Tony materialized beside Johann so that Johann is between him and Meelek.
"I saw this in the house." He says while pulling off a piece of golden metal from his pocket. "Looks like it's been there all along." I turned over to Threin who finally manages to pull the spear out of his hand.
When he sees my inquiring eyes, he shook his head in defeat.

"Ahh!! The Blight! Finally, it's within my reach." Says Meelek while pulling out the Clanberrus from his jacket. "For so long I have waited for this moment!"
Mang Tony must've searched the house while we were fighting right before I was about to be crushed by the ice boulder.
Meelek let's the Clanberrus float using his TK while Mang Tony hands him over the Blight.
This is it.
I can now win over all of them.

No.

Meelek extends his right hand to get the Blight from Mang Tony.
I watch his arms until they're parallel with each other and by the time he picked the Blight from Mang Tony, I drew my katana.
The Blight, the Clanberrus and the Staff all fell to the ground almost simultaneously.
It took 3 seconds before Meelek knew both of his hands are off his body. I took the time to bury my sword in his intestines. Blood gushed from his wound and his mouth. Blood spilled to my sword. My face. My mouth.

As soon as Meelek's staff left his grip. I felt my Legacies spark inside my body.
Johann kicked Meelek's body away from him and turned to pierce his sword on Tony's right foot. He pins it deep to the ground.
I also watch Dozah perform his duplicating Legacies. Only then did I realize I had to act.

Meelek's body shook violently as he met the soil.
Mang Tony planned to retrieve the ancient relics but before he does, I pierced my sword on his feet, so he was pinned kneeling on the ground. I pushed my sword's handle deeper to his foot and to the ground so he'll have a hard time removing it if he tries to escape.
"I'm sorry." I whispered to him. I said that as my apology for piercing his foot.
And then I saw Mom extend her hands to Mang Tony.