FANGS - Book One [Ongoing]

Twenty-Second Bite (C.h.22) - The Discordance

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<Alexia's/Sandra's POV>

Nakita kong bumaba na si Magnus sa stage at dumiretso sa grupo namin. Halos lahat ata ng estudyante nakatingin kay Magnus because they already knew that he is a Blackwood. I am just wondering kung ano ang nabunot niyang lugar na pupuntahan namin.

"So, where we will go?", pagtatanong sa kanya ni Vlad habang nakatingin din at hinihintay ang kasagutan niya.

"The Epping Forest"
Did I just mishear his answer or not? Did he say Epping Forest?

"Where the hell is Epping Forest? May wi-fi ba doon or Starbucks man lang? Gosh, feeling ko ang layo nun sa siyudad", maarteng sabi ni Thea habang ginagalaw ang iPhone niya.

"Malamang, walang wi-fi dun or even starbucks. Forest nga di ba? Forest?", pambabara sa kanya ni Vanessa habang umirap siya kay Thea.

"Whatsoever", maarteng sagot sa kanya ni Thea. Nakita ko na lang si Vanessa na nagmake face sa kanya.

"Hey, idiot!" I communicate with Magnus using my mind.

"Yes, my love", Argh... hindi niya pa ba alam na umurong na ko sa pesteng engagement and soon-to-be-wedding na iyan.

"Stop calling me that! It gives me the creeps and why the hell on earth fucking chances that you would pick the Epping Forest? Do you have the bad luck on your body?", galit na galit kong sabi sa kanya dahil sa pesteng lugar na nabunot niya.

"I'm sorry, you know that it's random", pagpapaliwanag niya sa akin. Napabuntong-hininga ako dahil sa sagot niya. I know that it has the chances but why does the board members of this academy will allow the students to go to that execrable place.
I hope that it's been a long time but I can't take the risks going there. I should appeal this to the board.

Maglalakad na sana ako para kausapin si uncle tungkol dito but when I look where he is, wala na siya sa stage at ang mga board members ng academy. I tried to contact every one of them but walang signal kahit saan ako pumunta.
Someone is interrupting every possible communications... a student or a person is using a jammer, it is a cellphone blocker.

"Does anyone have a signal?!", tanong ko sa kanila. Napansin kong medyo tumaas ang boses ko dahil napipikon na ko. Someone's playing a child's game.
Napatingin tuloy ang lahat sa akin at ang malapit na grupo sa amin pagkatapos ay napatingin din sila sa phones nila. May mga umiling sa akin at si Thea naman ay inirapan ako.

"I don't have either. It's just weird. Lagi naming may signal sa academy and always full bars at dahil duon sa satellite dish na iyon", sabi sa akin ni Dominic at tinuro niya ang isang dish sa rooftop ng college of communications at mayroon din sa college of military, tactics and strategies.

Kinuha ko ang backpack ko at hinalungkat ito para kunin ang satellite phone ko sa bag.

"Stop that Alexia, they are curious to your actions. If someone is using a jammer then just connect later with uncle or to the board. May be they will explain it to you but just for now. Please relax yourself", kinausap ako ni Magnus at kahit minsan din maganda pala ang nagiging payo niya. I should worry about this later and if the Epping Forest will be our destination then I should prepare myself.

Binalik ko na ang dati kong kilos at ibinalik ng dahan-dahan ang mga gamit ko sa backpack. Then I faced them to smile.

"Sorry, akala ko po kasi may nakalimutan po ako", I smiled to them and I think naintindihan nila except for Sean, he is showing uncertainty to my previous actions, a very clever man.