21's Legacy

Chapter 15

The series of ice spears thrown at me served as a practice for my TK. I stop some, deflect some, redirect some, made some collide with each other and use some as my own weapon. I did all of this while I maintain my levitation. I try to do crazy stuffs so I'd be able to see the full capacity of this new found power. I even made the earth to shake slightly as I intend to open a crack on the ground.
I pulled out boulders from the earth's crust to orbit around me and prevent more ice pincers from harming my body.
I can see Mom shocked with the power I possess.
"Where is Mang Tony! Tell me what I need to know and we can forget all of these!" I shout. "Tell me and you'll never see me again."
She shook her head in confusion.

Great power. I never thought he'd achieve so much power.
"Where is Mang Tony! Tell me what I need to know and we can forget all of these!"
I shook my head hoping to wake up from this nightmare.
He says something that had not registered in my head.
Threin my son is supposed to do great things...but now that he's dead...there will be no fulfillment of the prophecy. Or it can't be wrong, can it be? Or...maybe I was...I was wrong...
No. It can't be...
"So you were..." I looked up to him in disbelief. "You were the ONE." The son that I shut off..
"What?!"
"Through the years I've never thought it was you..." He was the one Flavium has seen in his legacy...
"Me?! What are you talking about?!"
"The prophecy...you...not Threin..." I was wrong all along.
He dropped himself to the ground together with his paraphernalias.
"You were the ones the prophecy has foretold!" We were wrong all along.
"I?..me?.."

I smile at her, "So...great things huh?" I pushed myself towards her as she struggles to believe her own theory, "How about we do this the other way around, mother? I will bring Lorien a great thing they'd never imagined would be cast upon them." Mom whispers calculations whatever, "I will bring the great destruction of your planet!" She stopped whispering in surprise of what I've just said. "I will rise above your people and will lead the insurgency." I landed and I'm nearing her.
Ten yards, "I will destroy every living thing in your puny planet.
Eight yards, "Every single one of you Lorics will die in my hands.
Six yards, "I will kill every Garde. Every single one of your council.
Four yards, "Adults, elderly, women, children!
Our noses nearly touched, "None will be left breathing in the face of your PERFECT LORIEN!"
I don't know what drove me to say all those things. All I know is that I hate my Mom. I hate what she did to me. I hate the Lorics. I hate what they did to me. And now that I have a power beyond anyone can imagine, I want revenge. I want them all to pay.
Mom took a step forward, I knew what she's planning to do. She'll grow some ice spikes out of the soil where I'm standing.
I don't know where I got the confidence to come near her knowing that she's got a very powerful Legacy and I have none. But somehow I know I can escape any scheme of her now. I know somehow she can never touch me. Or hurt me. She can never harm me.
The spikes started coming out from where I expected it to grow. I smile. In confidence. I learned TK abnormally. And somehow, somewhere behind my systems lies a hidden legacy. One can't learn TK without discovering his first Legacy right? And I know. My instincts tells me I already possess that Legacy. I only need to activate it. To pull the lever to reveal it. And so it did.
In a blink of an eye, I appeared twenty five yards away from danger zone.
I felt good to know I teleported from where I'm standing to safety.
I felt good to know I can conquer my enemies.
I felt good to know that I can rule the world with these unexpected powers.
I felt good to see Mom miserable in her own doing.
The spikes extended to my borders again but i dodge it as easy as the first time I did. No matter how hard she tries to stop me, she'll never claim victory over me. And I know she knows that.
But my happiness won't be complete without revenge. To Mom. To Jethro. To all the Lorics. They will pay.
Yet when I saw Threin lifelessly sitting under a tree, I know I didn't mean to say all those things just I didn't mean to murder him. Then I thought of Mang Tony, is this what he really wants me to do? The reason why he gave me this pouch? Then my thoughts shifted to Jean. If I do what I claim I'd do, will I ever see her again? If I do this will I be able to make music with her again?
Maybe I just thought of those things out of rage. Out of hate. But I know I can never do it. I can never betray my nature. Maybe I'm more human. Maybe I am capable of bringing destruction. But I can choose not to do it. I can choose to protect instead. I can choose to do great things not for Lorien but for the human race.
As soon as I realize my actions, I fell.
From avoiding the attacks of Mom, I teleported over the pond, and fell. Deep into it.

This is my chance to save our race from this monster. I never thought someone from my offspring will threaten the very peace that I myself was tasked to protect. I never thought that one of my children will rise against Lorien. I never saw this coming, if I'd known I shouldn't have protected him.
Or did I?
I was tasked to get rid of him that same night we lost New Mexico, but I didn't do it.
Or did I?
Because if I'd protected him, he wouldn't do such a thing, would he?
I always thought I didn't do what the Councilmen had me do. But now I realize, I did it. Slowly.
I always thought I gave him life, only to find out I was slowly killing him. I always thought I'd chose him over my husband, but why do I find myself trying to keep him from harming him?
Still, I need to right the wrongs. I need to fix the mistakes. I may have contributed to everything that he is now but I'm not gonna let him take away innocent lives. He has no rights of genocide. He needs to be stopped.
I know that Johann is not a good swimmer.
I know what I have to do.
I can do it.
Even if it hurts.
Even if it pains to lose both of my sons.
I will do it.

I let the waters cleanse my thoughts. The wicked thoughts of mine, I let them drown. I submerged myself deeper so that when I lift my face above the brim of this pond, I'd be transformed. Transformed into a new man.
I let the warmth of the water hug me as I let myself drift. Let those sinful thoughts drift and be washed away and let the warmth calm me.
I felt the warmth of love in it.
Until I felt coldness swallow me up. It was swift like. Swift like Erin. The water turned hard. Hard like Threin. And my vision turned dark. Dark like Mom.
Then nothing.

I felt the coldness in my arms (and in my heart). I closed my hands into a fist and as I do so I enclosed Johann into the pond. Into the cystal-hard pond.
I did it.
For Lorien.