Team Alpha

Chapter 49

'The Devil's Cry'

XIN

"Whaa. Hades." Duke said after I showed them the vision. Nakita kong nagtiim-bagang lang si Walter habang nakatingin sa kawalan. Kinamot lang ni Dino ang batok niya at inis na nakatingin sa amin.

"Ba't ang gago ni Xavier? Why the hell would he bother creating hybrids if he's just going to kill them?!" Inis niyang tanong kaya tiningnan siya ni Matthew. Kumalma nalang siya at bumuga ng hangin.

"I think you missed the point there. Xavier created Hybrid1 so that he could control Storm to do all the dirty work for him. Pero hindi niya magawang utos-utosan si Storm. Storm wouldn't abide his orders. That's why he created Hybrid2, which was worse because no one can boss Xin around." Tumingin agad ang lahat sa akin dahil sa sinabi ni Matthew. I just calmly looked at them. Matthew may be a bit wrong about that. Xavier did control me once. He let me do all the dirty work for him. I killed Mafias, Yakuzas and others. He even controlled the team.

We got the golden katana for him, the mirror and also the trident.

"And that's where Hybrid3 comes in. Miu was someone he can control." Matthew said and looked at me again. Tumayo nalang ako at kumuha ng tubig dun sa fridge. They resented everything they saw from the moment that Xavier tampered with their memories. Bumalik na ako sa sofa at tiningnan silang muli.

"So what if he can control Miu? Why not leave Storm and Xin alone?" Tanong ni Vernon at tumingin sa amin. Napabuga lang ng hangin si Walter at tumingin sa kanya.

"Storm and Xin are a threat. In Xavier's eyes, there can only be one hybrid. That's why he's making Miu kill the two of them." Walang ganang sabi ni Walter at nakita kong unti-unti nang nabubuo ang galit niya. I just narrowed my gaze at them. "Is that even something to be concerned about? Miu can't even kill Xin." Diretsong sabi ni Dino kaya ibinaling ko ang tingin ko sa kanya. He immediately bowed his head when he realized that he just disrespected Miu who did nothing because she was just spellbound.

"Why is no one even worried that Miu is getting controlled by Xavier?" Tanong ni Duke dahilan para tumingin ang iba sa kanya.

"We're worried. We're worried about lots of things." Agad na sagot ni Wolfie at tiningnan ang iba.

"I don't know. It's still weird." Sabi ni Joshua at napailing pa. Tumango-tango lang 'yung iba dahil sa sinabi niya.

"Yeah, I mean. I respect Miu, but to be honest, she's not strong enough to kill you even if she was spellbound." Sabi ni Milo at nag-iwas ng tingin sa akin. Nangalumbaba nalang ako at tumingin sa kanila na nagtatalo pa ng mga ideyang pumapasok sa mga isip nila.

"What if it's not just Miu? What if there's more hybrid?" Tanong ni Baxter at tumingin sa iba at parang naghihintay siya ng mga sasang-ayon sa naisip niya. Some got what he meant pero napailing lang 'yung iba at nag-isip pa. "Teka, ba't walang concern kay Tito Hoshi?" Tanong ni Xy dahilan para matigilan silang lahat at tumingin kay Xy na nasa tabi ko lang.

"He's in the bad guy's territory. Hawak siya ni Xavier. Ba't walang nag-aalala sa kanya?" Tanong ni Xy dahilan para tingnan ako nung iba. Hinaplos ko nalang ang buhok ni Xy dahilan para tumingala siya sa akin.

"Don't worry, baby. Xavier can't hurt him." Sabi ko at agad siyang nagtanong kung sigurado ba ako sa sinasabi ko. Tumango lang ako bilang sagot sa tanong niya at dun na nanginig ang kamay ko. Napapikit nalang ako at inalis na ang pagkakahawak kay Xy. "And besides, he's stronger than you think." Umismid lang si Xy dahil sa sinabi ko.