Midnight Angels

Chapter 15

'A Disaster'

"No wings. Don't get close to her within a ten-meter radius. We'll try and figure this out," utos ni Seth at tumango naman sila pero agad na tumingin kay Wolfie na tumilapon na palayo. Xin raised her hand para saluhin sa shield si Wolfie.

Wolfie groaned.

"Can I just hurt her? Just this once?" tanong ni Wolfie na narinig ng lahat. Tumingin naman sila sa kanya.

"Nababaliw ka na ba? That's Zia!" sigaw ni Duke pero umiling naman si Dino.

"Alright, that's enough consideration. She's not the Zia that we knew." Sabi ni Dino at iginalaw ang mga kamay niya kaya tumilapon si Zia. "Dino!" suway ni Seth dahilan para tumingin si Dino sa kanya.

"Natatakot ka bang may mangyari pa sa kanya? Hindi mo ba nakita kung gaano kasimple niya lang na pinasabog ang ulo ng mga nilalang na 'yon?!" sigaw ni Dino dahilan para mapa-isip ang team. They were slowly being pulled into Dino's thoughts, almost agreeing to it. Forgetting their plan of just sending her to sleep.

Tumingin sila kay Xin na tumayo. Xin's hand was glowing at iginalaw niya ito at pinasok si Zia sa isang light shield. It was a shield meant to neutralize Zia's powers pero pasimple lang itong binasag ni Zia gamit ang mga pakpak niya at tumingin kay Xin.

Zia was already out of control. She burned the field; the trees and she almost burned the houses down at mabuti nalang ay ginawan na ito ng shield ni Matthew. Dino and Duke teamed up to tangle Zia with the roots and Matthew immediately iced Zia's body, enabling her to move.

Milo burned the roots to make it into a strong layer and Duke covered Zia with roots again para masigurong hindi ito basta-bastang masisira. Tumalon agad si Jun at hinila si Matthew para makalapit na sila kay Zia pero isang tingin lang ni Zia ay tumilapon na silang dalawa.

"I really don't want to say this right now, but damn, Zia!" tiningnan ng Team Alpha si Baxter na nakagawa pang magbiro.

"Cover her eyes," utos ni Jayden kina Dino. Vernon immediately created a diversion, aiming an arrow at Zia's shoulders, making Zia focus on the arrow and not on Dino's hand. Dino immediately created a spell and covered Zia's eyes.

Zia was clearly struggling with all the things that were holding her. The freezing spell didn't work on her but Matthew froze her wings, her arms, and her legs.

"Let me go!" sigaw ni Zia kaya napapikit nalang si Xin at pinalibutan ng green shield si Zia, in hopes that she might calm down.

"Freeze her fingers, her toes. Everything!" utos ni Jayden noong mapansin niyang kapag may naka-expose parin sa katawan ni Zia ay nakakagawa parin ito ng paraan para umatake. Matthew ended up freezing Zia's entire body. Walter also doubled the spell and black fluid covered the ice, making it unbreakable.

Nakahinga ng maluwag ang team noong hindi na gumalaw si Zia.

Seth could hear her heartbeat so they were assured that she was stable. Joshua just eyed Zia's frozen body at inalis ni Milo ang apoy sa kamay niya. They were covered in a minute of silence until they heard something.

"Was that all? I am deeply disappointed."

Agad silang umatras nang biglang may liwanag na kulay pula ang nanggaling mula sa ice at agad itong nasira. The team shielded themselves. Hoshi hovered above Zia and covered her in a thick layer of light shield pero sumabog na naman ito.

Hoshi landed next to Xin at nagkatinginan naman silang dalawa. Tumango si Xin at sabay na sila ni Hoshi na ginawan ng light shield si Zia.

"Matthew, can you get inside her head?" tanong ni Joshua kay Matthew at agad naman na pumikit si Matthew. Matthew scrunched his nose and it was showing on his face that he was having a hard time.