Elemental Tribes (On-hold)

Chappy 3: The Tiger's Haven

Chapter 3: The Tiger's Haven

"Our kingdoms!"  We both yelled in unison.

Full force kaming tumakbo, to the extent na nagcrack yung floor sa unang tapak namin. But we both went in the opposite direction. I headed South, while he went North. Hindi na ako nag-abalang tumalon sa mga puno dahil masisira lang iyon. The place looks a whole lot darker, and all the trees are loosing all it's leaves.

Mabilis kong naiiwasan ang mga punong natutumba bigla sa daan. Damn, I don't think I can make it there in time! It will take me 15 minutes or so bago makarating sa kaharian, at hindi ko mapigilang kabahan sa maari kong makita pagkarating ko doon. I ran through the woods as quickly as possible, and I felt a chill through my spine when I saw the sky above the kingdom. It was a swirling cloud of darkness at pakiramdam ko anytime ay lalamunin nito ang kaharian.

When I managed to make it to the bridge of our kingdom, nagulat ako ng biglang tumaas lalo yung Water Wall. Napansin ko ring mas lalong lumakas ang agos nito pataas at mas lalong kumapal ang  amount of water na nilalabas nito. It's starting to be defensive. Our stone monolith must've sense darkness. Which is the stone attached to the Elemental tree at yun ang nagme-maintain ng Water Fortress na ito.

 Walang atubiling pumasok ako sa loob ng kaharian kahit natatakot ako sa lakas ng tubig na pinapakita ng Water Fortress. Mabilis akong tumakbo at nilagpasan ang gate. I saw every guardian on the city getting ready, at ang mga town's people naman ay nagpapanic, at nagsisipasukan sa kanilang bahay. But everything happened so fast.

The dark cloud suddenly made it's way down, rotating like a tornado. Nagulat ako ng biglang tumaas lalo ang tubig ng fortress and it engulfed the hole kingdom turning into a Water Dome. Pilit nitong pinoprotektahan ang buong kaharian mula sa itim na usok. But it wasn't enough...

The dark cloud of tornado drilled it's way passed the barrier at successful na nakapasok sa loob ng dome. I was horrified.

"Princess! Bakit kayo nasa labas!?" Sigaw ng isang guardian. "Delikado dito, kailangan niyong pumunta sa mas ligtas na lugar!" Agad ako nitong nilapitan. Pero hindi na ako nakapagsalita dahil natulala ako ng lumapat na sa lupa ang itim na ipo-ipo. Mula doon ay agad na umatake ang mga guardians. They engulfed the tornado with a water tornado with the same size or even larger.

I was amazed by the power they were showing. Napakalaki ng tornado na iyon at hindi ko aakalaing kasing laki ito ng Town Plaza at aabot ito sa tuktok ng Water Dome. I felt so much wind with the intensity of the tornadoes.

"Sh*t." Napamura ako ng marepell ng kadiliman ang Water Tornado. Nakarinig ako ng malakas na tawa mula doon. A demon's laugh...

"Beg... for mercy!!" Unti-unting nawala yung itim na tornado, and mula doon ay may itim na usok na natira. Lumutang-lutang lamang ito na para bang naghihintay ng mangyayari. Then unti unti nagmulat ito ng mata. They were two red glowing eyes. It happened so fast kaya hindi ako nakapagreact nung agad itong gumalaw.

The smoke quickly engulfed all the guardians near it, at isa-isa silang nagcollapse. I froze in terror nung nabalutan ng itim na usok yung guardian na pumoprotekta sa akin at agad itong nawalan ng malay. Lumutang yung usok sa harap ko and I watched the smoke transformed into a human before my very own eyes.

Hindi ko aakalaing magkakatawang tao siya. I thought it was an IT, but actually that thing was a HE. Napaatras ako ng magsimula itong maglakad papunta sa akin. His sharp eyes were fixed on me at hindi ko mapigilang kilabutan dahil doon. His face was pale handsome but cold. Saka ko lang napansin na nagpipigil pala ako ng hininga nung tumigil ito sa harap ko.