Arik, the Traitor of Khron

Untitled Part 45

MARAHANG bumangon si Arik upang hindi magising si Tarcila. She looked so happy and peaceful.

Nagbihis siya at ibinulsa ang medalyong kinuha sa matandang babae. Gawa iyon sa metal na tanging sa Krohn lamang matatagpuan. Kailangan daw iyon. In the collision, it would shatter into its smallest particles and those particles would guide him back to Krohn, because his planet had a very strong magnetic field.

At least, according to the Bastard.

Muling inilapat ni Arik ang kanyang noo kay Tarcila. "Our surrender will always be with us."

Lumabas siya ng unit at umakyat sa rooftop ng gusali. Naghihintay na doon si Brak.

"Do you know that the slightest, slightest change in the fabric of space-time will have an effect in all the cosmic events?" wika nito. "Because none of us is totally insignificant. We all have... ahm... audience impact."

"I am prepared to face the consequences."

"Good."

Sa isang kisap-mata ay pumailanlang sila ni Brak. And within just minutes, they were bearing down on a huge complex.

The site of the largest machine ever built on Earth.

Nang lumapat sila sa lupa, ramdam ni Arik ang vibration na nanggagaling sa ilalim.

"They're firing it up. It's actually a very long tunnel beneath us," wika ni Brak.

"How do I get there?"

"You leave your body and you go where the key leads you. If those guys inside were lucky, they might just catch the elusive Higgs boson particle in action."

Kinuha ni Arik ang medalyon mula sa bulsa. Nagliliwanag iyon at nang ibuka niya ang palad, lumutang ang metal. It hovered for a while, pagkatapos ay tila inihagis sa iba-ibang direksiyon.

Napalugmok si Arik sa lupa. Naramdaman niya ang sarili na tila hinihigop—hinihila ng malakas na enerhiya. Narinig pa niya si Brak. "May the force be with you, my friend."