Guardians | Self-Published under Taralikha

Chapter 15 : Hybrid

"Es hyva fe vies diaz. Morien alav sativa chroina il piero mergus. Comvien han!"

I've got goosebumps all over my body when I heard Lorgan's howl and saw his transformation—black and white furs covering his body, claws that were once his nails, and those sharp canines. His half-animal form is both terrifying and breathtaking.

"Let's fight to death," he said in a low guttural way. Halos lahat ng Divians ay lumayo mula kay Lorgan at inassist naman nina Yano at Lexi ang mga batang Divians.

"Interesting. Theo," sabi naman ni Garan habang sina-summon ang black panther na umatake sa amin kanina sabay sambit ng incantation, at gaya ni Lorgan ay unti-unti ring nagbago ang anyo niya. His body became black and his eyes turned gold, just like his panther.

And right after his transformation, they lunged at each other.

Their attack speed was too fast for my eyes. I can only see their afterimages and the damages of their attacks on the surroundings. Alam kong nandoon sila kapag nabibiyak ang lupa at natutumba ang mga puno, o 'di naman kaya may malakas na hangin dahil pagkatapos ng kanilang impact. Maging ang ilang cabins ay hindi nakaligtas mula sa laban nila.

"Too careless, brat!" Pagkarinig ko nun ay saka ko lang naalala na nasa paligid din pala si Agnes pero huli na ang lahat. Napasigaw na lang ako nung bigla akong nabalot ng sapot mula sa Guardian niya at hinatak niya ako palapit sa kanya.

"Reika!" Narinig ko ang pagsigaw ni Ryleigh sa pangalan ko pero hindi ko na siya pinansin o nilingon dahil sa sobrang panic. I was too scared for my own life that I shouted her name without a second thought.

"Phoebe!"

She screeched as her flaring image burns in front of me. I don't know if this is just because of adrenaline rush, but I managed to summon her without chanting the incantation. Her flames burned off the spider's webs enveloping me and she flew towards the spider.

Nagcollapse ang tuhod ko at doon lang ako nakaramdam ng sobrang pagod. Akala ko ay tuluyan na akong malalaglag sa lupa pero may sumuporta sa buong katawan ko.

"That was some insane flames." Doon ko narealize na si Ryleigh pala ang tumulong sa akin at pagtingin ko, nasa likuran na kami ni Bob. Bigla ko namang narinig ang pagsigaw ni Agnes kaya agad akong tumingin sa direksyon niya at napanganga ako sa nakita ko.

Phoebe's body was burning so bright that the giant spider's webs across the Camp are disintegrating and Agnes becomes temporarily blind. Pero kasabay nun ay ang unti-unting panlalamig ng katawan ko. Biglang napatingin sa akin si Ryleigh at nakita kong kumunot ang noo niya.

"Anong nangyayari sa'yo?"

"I...I...don't know..." Bigla niyang hinawakan ang pisngi ko.

"Shit! You're too cold!" Pagkatapos nun ay napatingin siya sa direksyon ni Phoebe at pabalik sa akin. Naging seryoso ang expression niya. "Bring her back to the spirit dimension. Now."

Doon ko narealize kung ano ang nangyayari sa akin. Phoebe...she's using my life force to stay in this dimension. Nung marealize ko 'yun ay natakot ako pero agad ding nawala 'yun. I want her to stay. If it means subduing one of our enemies, then I would gladly offer a few months or years of my life.