Mirror Academy

Chapter 25: Lockhart vs Lodestone

Chapter 25: Lockhart vs Lodestone

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= Aria =

Hands down. Summer Rae Blackwell is "the bitch".

Look, I am not totally against bitches. I'm only against the kind of bitch that acts like a queen of diseased mammoths to the freaking nth level.

Nakangiti ako ngayon na parang timang dahil sa pride na nararamdaman ko kay Summer. Hindi naman dahil may ginawa ako kundi dahil hindi na siya nag-papaapak sa mga tae dahil sila ang dapat apakan. Ng elepante. Na may bakal sa paa. Na nakaapak ng isa pang uri ng shit. Ng walang katapusan.

Hair flip. The Summer way.

= Austin =

"Lockhart and Lodestone!" *angry monkey emoji* Hindi pa nga ako nakakapag-pahinga mula sa laban ko sa Round 1 tapos tatawagin agad nila ako. Talk about having a good rest.

"Good luck." sabi naman ni Luke saakin at tinapik ang likuran ko bago ako pumunta sa harapan. "Hope you don't mind losing." dagdag niya pa nung may kalayuan na ang distansya namin sa isa't-isa.

Minsan, may pagka-gago rin ang Luke na 'toh. And what I mean by minsan ay 'yun at kung may gagawin akong mag-isa. Ultimong pagpasok sa banyo, sasabihan pa ako ng "good luck" tapos may idadagdag pa. =.=

Though the "hope you don't mind losing" thing kinds of make sense now.

Why?

I'm facing Jack Lodestone. A known weightlifter outside school. And to be honest, he looks like a cow on steroids.

Well, insulting him mentally is all I can do know because you really don't want a cow on steroids to be angry with you. It is not worth it.

I already know that I'll lose. Judging by his size and experience with earth bending, I am no match.

Yes. He's an earth bender. A freaking earth bender! With freaking experience!

"Your friend is smart." sabi niya saakin nung marating ko na ang harapan niya.

"Yes. And he's also unsupportive." yes. Minsan nga mas unsupportive pa siya sa pamilya kong nilayasan ko eh.

"Hahaha." what's funny? "Let's just have a fight. Not friendly but not apocalyptic either. But mind this, I'll win this round."

"No objections." at napangiti siya. But also I'm not freaking going down without a fight.
"Ready... Get set... Go!"

I know running from the opponent is a cowardly move but sometimes, it can be smart either. Not all the time, of course.

My one and only advantage against the cow on steroids is my speed. Hindi naman sa mabagal siya, pero mabagal talaga siya. I could even conclude that he is slower than average people with the same size. And honestly, I'm not complaining.

*Rumble*

Damn. He's using earth-bending already and this, obviously, can not be good.

Mas binilisan ko pa ang pagtakbo ko palayo sa kanya dahil sa panganib na dala ng cow on steroids.

Siguro kung allowed lang ang paggamit ng abilities na walang-kinalaman sa earth-bending ay malaki ang advantage ko. Not to mention my super speed, flight, and externa. Even though hindi pa ako ganun kasanay sa paggamit ng externa, malaki ang maitutulong na ito dahil sa resistance and pain tolerance na mararamdaman ko.

"Crap." nakatalon pa ako bago ako tamaan ng rock spike na bigla na lang na lumabas na dahilan kung bakit may malaking punit ang jeans ko na kung saan ay sumisirit ang masaganang dugo.

Whoo. Breathe in. Breathe out. Fucking breathe in. Fucking breathe out.

Keep calm. Austin, the worst thing you can get from this is getting your freaking leg chopped off.

"Down already?" mapanuyang sabi ni Cow on Steroids na narating na ang harapan kung saan ako nakaupo.

Hindi ko na lang siya pinansin dahil wala siyang kuwenta. Tiningnan ko ang sugat ko at kahit hindi ako masyadong medically experienced, alam kong malalim ito.

I am actually impressed how am I tolerating this pain right now. I am not screaming my head out and for the record, I didn't cursed. At least, verbally. (¬_¬)

"Well, I suppose I could finish you off easily. At least, easier than it was before." talk. Just talk. You stupid cow on steroids, you don't know how your annoying words motivate me in wishing I was peeling your face off.

Yes. My spirits are high as it can get but sad to say that I am not a hypocrite.

Alam kong hindi ako mananalo sa labang ito. Alam kong wala akong chance na manalo at mas pinalala pa ito ng kalagayan ko ngayon.

Pero gaya ng sinabi ko kanina, I am not going down without a fight.

Nagpalabas ako ng maliit na rock spike sa kinatatayuan ni cow on steroids pero naramdaman niya agad ito at nakatalon pa-atras bago pa sumulpot ang rock spike.

Leche.

Kung dito siguro nag-aral ng first year at wala ng kulang sa ganitong klaseng edukasyon ay may 50-50 chance akong manalo laban dito kay Cow on steroids. Pero, unfortunately, hindi eh.

"Is that the best you can do?" as expected, mapangliit na sabi niya sa akin at sa ginawa ko. Alam niya ba na kakulangan ko ng dugo ang naging dahilan kung bakit mabagal ang paglabas ng rock spike ko?

"Not really." nanghihinang sagot ko pero sinusubukang huwag ipahalata.

"Well, good night." sabi niya at pinakawalan ang isang malakas na sipa sa mukha ko ng paa niya na nababalutan ng bato.

At ipokrito na lang ako kung sasabihin kong hindi ako mawawalan ng malay dahil ito na ang nararamdaman ko ngayon. Ang pagkawala ng aking lakas at malay.

= Luke =

Austin, are you dead? If so, I am really happy for you. At least hindi mo binababaan ang pride mo para sa, as someone wants to call, isang malaking creature.

And if you are not dead, I am really looking forward to your funeral and I don't really want my preparation to go to waste. I'm having my fingers crossed for your death and I also wanna say congratulations for your survival.

Well, whether you're dead or not, I am still avenging you because nobody do this to my popcorn target. Except me, of course. But I rather drown you in boiling or freezing water because who wants to clean blood stains? Plus, it was a freaking lame fight. Seriously. To the nth level.

Get ready, you freaking whatever you are because you are facing me next.

And just and information for you, rock and water are two different things. And water always win. Obviously.

Wait---? Did I say water and rocks? Forget that. It's about our abilities that is gonna be on the ring.