Scales of Chaos

Chapter 17 | Strings

Angel's Point Of View
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A whip appeared on my right hand and I quickly lashed it on the guy but he dodged it. Pagkatapos kong umatake ay si Nath naman pero kahit anong bilis ng atake namin sa kaniya ay hindi pa rin namin siya natatamaan, it's like that they'd trained for this, they'd trained to fight.

"Shit!" I carefully landed on the ground and watched my brother attacked the Phantom.

I watched the Phantoms movements and observing it. He is indeed fast, faster than us which is impossible because me and my brother trained earlier than the others, so it's impossible to dodge our attacks. But what am I'm seeing right now is wrong, Nath is slowing down when he gets closer to the Phantom, so the Phantom is able to dodged it.

"Are you enjoying the show?" I strongly gripped my whip when the Old Man spoke.

Nath is still attacking him nonstop so it's impossible to speak when he is dodging the attacks, I'm confused. I trained my stamina and speed when I was thirteen, while Nath, he trained when he was fifteen, so it is impossible to dodge our attacks, and it even impossible now that we teamed up. Now I'm being boastful, tsk.

"You're hopeless..." I heard him said, still dodging Nath's attacks. "Even if you kill me, there's no way in hell that you'll stop Dia."

Napakunot ang nuo ko dahil sa sinabi niya. "What do you mean?"

I saw how he grinned, it's like the time has slowed down when he grinned. Kahit madilim ang paligid ay nakita ko pa rin kung paano niya ikinumpas ang kaniyang kamay dahilan para mapatigil si Nath sa pag-atake in mid-air.

Nakakuyom ang kamao niya sa ere at parang akma niyang susuntukin ang matandang lalaki ngunit natigil iyon. Halata ang inis sa mukha ni Nath habang pinipilit niyang gumalaw ngunit hindi niya magalaw ang katawan niya.

I looked at the Phantom, and gave him a glare. "What did you do?"

Mas humigpit pa ang pagkakahawak ko sa latigong dala ko, I bit my inner cheek to prevent myself from cussing, I don't want to cuss at him because my brother is in his hands. Ayokong mapahamak ang kapatid ko so I'm trying my best to calm myself down.

Even the cold breeze of the wind didn't helped me calm down. The sound of the crickets makes me angrier, they're noisy and I can't concentrate. Tinignan ko ang kuweba dahil hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin lumalabas ang mga kasama ko, what's taking them so long?

"Hindi mo pa nakikita kung ano ang kaya kong gawin." Ngumisi siya. "Attack me, and this boy might be rip into pieces."

My eyes widen of what he said, I gulped the lump on my throat, hoping that it'll ease my feeling, but no. sobra akong nag-aalala sa kapatid ko, baka mapano siya, although, hindi ko alam kung anong kayang gawin ng Phantom na 'to.

"P-Please..." I begged, I promised him that no matter what, I'll be protecting him. Marami na siyang napagdaanan, I don't want him to suffer anymore. "D-Don't hurt him."

A creepy smile carved on the Phantom's face as he tilted his head and looked at me from head to toe, as if he was observing me. "I see that there is a strong bond between you and this boy. I can see strings inside the two of you that is connected, and I sort of want it to be disconnected."

Tinignan ko muli si Nath na hindi pa rin gumagalaw sa ere, pinipilit niya pa ring igalaw ang katawan niya kaya nakikita ko na ang mga ugat niya sa leeg at kamay. I know him very well, once he's able to move his body around, he will definitely kill the Phantom because of anger, and I don't want that to happen. Bilin sa amin ni Headmistress na 'wag papatayin ang mga Phantoms dahil kailangan nila pang tanungin ang mga ito about their sudden move.