The Senses II

Chapter 3

Xavier

No, no, no, no,no. This can't be! How can a Sense be engaged to a high ranking official of a group that wants to kill us? How ironic can that be? Alam ba ni Madame Eloisa na si Dreamcatcher ang ipapakasal niya sa apo niya?

Wait a minute... something doesn't add up. Naiintindihan ko na ginagamit ng Erebos ang porposal na ito para mapalapit sa Senses at makuha ang dugo namin. Siguradong alam ni Morrie na kaming dalawa ang Senses na kausap niya.

Ang tanong... bakit na pinipilit na hindi ituloy ang kasal nila ni Serene?

Was this referring again to the promise he made? Was that person much more important that Morrie is willing to disobey orders? Then again, he did say that he knew nothing of the engagement. Or maybe he was lying?

Ugh, hindi ko talaga maintindihan kung ano ang plano nila sa amin. Kailangan nilang malaman ito diba? Tatayo na sana ako nang bigla akong mawalan ng lakas.

Eh? Anong nangyayari? Unti-unting nandilim ang paningin ko at nawalan ako ng malay.

"... lost consciousness."

Huh? Sino ang nagsasalita? Nag-iisa lang ako kanina sa kwarto ko. May pumasok ba nang hindi ko namalayan? Dahan-dahan kong iminulat ang mata ko.

I gazed at Madame Eloisa and Serene who was talking right in front of me. I looked around, I was in bed. I tried to stand but failed to do so.

"Oh my gosh, he is like gising na!" sigaw ni Serene.

Her face hovered over mine, obviously worried.

"A-anong nangyari?" tanong ko.

"Nawalan ka nang malay dito sa room mo," paliwanag niya. "I found out because I make tawag pa to you and came here."

Napahawak ako sa ulo ko na medyo masakit pa rin. Bakit bigla nalang ako nawalan ng malay? Wala naman akong sakit. Hindi rin ako anemic. Habang nag-iisip ako ay bigla akong nanginig nang may mapagtanto ako.

Nakita kong nakatanaw si Zero mula sa pintuan at bakas sa mukha niya na naisip na rin niya ang nasa isip ko. Hindi pwede... hindi pa pwede akong mawala.

"Xavier? Do you need something ba? You're namumutla kaya," sabi ni Serene.

I see. He still hasn't told them. So the only people who knows are Zero, Madame Eloisa and Azazel. That's fine. The others have too much things to think about. My body must've turned worse when I pushed it to bend space last time.

"Serene, kumuha ka nga muna ng pagkain sa 1st floor," utos ni Madame Eloisa.

Agad naman na umalis si Serene. Naiwan kaming tatlo at sa mga tingin nila, parang gusto ko nang magtago sa kama.

"I'm assume you're aware of why you collapsed?" she asked.

I nodded,

"You should start thinking about yourself." After saying that, Madame Eloisa left. However, her tone and expressions showed all that she wanted to say. I gazed at my friend who looked at me and I tried to smile to make him feel better.

"Huwag ka ngang ganyan. Hindi pa ako mamamatay," biro ko pa.

Lumapit siya sa akin. Hindi na nakangiti si Zero at umupo lang siya sa harapan ko. Dahan-dahan niyang ipinatong ang kamay niya sa buhok ko.

"You should be taking care of yourself more," he whispered.

"I'm... sorry." Pinigilan ko ang sarili ko. "I couldn't imagine it..."

"Imagine what?" Zero asked softly.

"The night that everyone on the orphanage died. I never cared much about other things before. I was an orphan, I had nothing to lose. Iyan ang nakatatak sa isip ko." Unti-unting lumuha yung mga mata ko. "Pero nang makita ko na mamatay si Atlas sa harapan ko... hindi ko talaga maipaliwanag, Zero. Parang nawala ako sa sarili ko..."