Hello everybody, sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I've been busy with life lately til it's madness. And there's my family who are trying to stop me from writing, well, you know, all the stuff...
Originally, the story was actually supposed to be much longer, but I been getting some mails from readers who said could I make the story shorter, maybe around 300 pages or so? That way they don't have to carry a 505 page book that maybe the equivalent of an Oxford dictionary (Which is the book that I first wrote). So, I've been giving a shot at writing at around 300-400, hopefully this one may come out this year. I already submitted the sketches and cover design to my good cover designer friend, hopefully he'll be able to finish it ASAP. (I'm not hurrying him, but like I said, hopefully he can finish it and then I'll be able to submit it along with the manuscript to lulu.com)
The story that you see now is actually considered the first draft, I'm actually already in the process of editing the manuscript right now, cutting the irrelevant parts, adding details that I missed and double checking on spelling errors (I may seriously have to consider finding an editor...), so it'll take a while too.
Don't worry, I'll let you all know when the next project arrives. I'm off to editing...again.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
The Story of Blitz : Chapter 21 – The Place Where It All Started
“Blitz? Are you alright?” Gemini had just reached him, looking concerned. She caught sight of the paper in his hands over his shoulder. “What’s that?”
Blitz crumpled the paper in his hand and ran off, shoving others out of his way and ignoring Gemini’s cries of, “Blitz, where are you going? Blitz?”
But he ignored her and stepped out of the gates, just in time to see a familiar tall dark silhouette running with astonishing speed.
“Wait!” He shouted, running after him. He may not be an athlete but he had spent many hours in the gym back in Washington DC. Thank goodness the muscles he had been working on are paying off. He launched himself into a sprint and managed to kept up with him, who is dressed as the Phantom on their very first encounter.
“Hold it!”
He suddenly slowed into a halt when the figure threw back his hood and gave a twisted grin, causing him to stare in shock.
“Surprised to see me?” Sigan sneered.
Blitz grabbed him recklessly by his cloak and shouted, “Where is she?!”
Sigan yanked his hands off him. “Get your hands off me, vermin. What makes you think I’ll tell you?”
“Give her back, darn it.”
“Oh, but she’s never yours to begin with, boy.” Sigan taunted. “He had always been after her for a very long time…”
“Just what on earth are you people?” Blitz asked, shaking hard.
Sigan looked amused. “Do you really want to know, boy? Then, go to the place where it all started.”
Blitz was about to answer when Sigan disappeared into a flurry of wings, laughing.
*************
Luna clung onto him tightly as he leapt from building to building without slowing down. She was surprised how calm she was too despite this is her first time being taken away and being leapt in between buildings, though not by her own will.
“You seemed very calm.”
His voice chilled her, caressing her ears. She did not look up to see his face in fear of meeting those eyes that lusted for her, like a hungry wolf wanting to claim his prey. It scares her to see what look like an obsession behind the eyes.
“Why me?” She asked, keeping her eyes downward, not looking at his face.
“I told you before, didn’t I? I love you, and only you alone.” He shifted her into a more comfortable position. “And nothing can ever change that.”
Luna, looking very confused stared at the surroundings. From the top, they have a very great view of the town. The thick leafy green heads of the Shadow Woods seemed to look like mushrooms from above. Sierra Peak seemed to loomed over them like some monstrous skyscrapers.
He finally stopped in front of somewhere familiar. The shrine. Her shrine…
“You can put me down, you know.” She muttered.
“Just a little longer.” He chided. “Let me hold you just a little longer.”
“Let me go…” Luna said as he tightened his grip on her.
“No… I won’t. I failed last time and I won’t repeat the same mistake a-Ouch!”
Luna bit his hand hard and he let go of her. She failed to fall down the correct way and instead her elbow knock hard on the concrete ground followed by the rest of her body. A painful shock zaps through her body and she can’t help but crying out in pain. But she wasted no time running down the flights of stairs and into the woods , her other hand cradling her painful elbow.
Seymour stared in astonishment and pulled back his sleeve where a set of bite marks are visible. The thought made him want to laugh. He never expected her, so innocent and fragile like spun glass to go offensive.
“You want to play hide and seek?” He said outloud to no one in particular, his eyes fixed on the running figure in the distance that is heading for the Shadow Woods. ”Then, let’s play.”
*
“What on earth wee you thinking, Blitz?” Carla was exclaiming as he made his way back to the Sacred Heart High School entrance where Gem is also waiting. “You left Gem behind like that just to chase after some random kidnappers? What if Gem’s kidnapped as well?”
“I’m sorry, Aunt Carla.” Blitz said softly, “But it’s complicated.”
“Blitz, you’ve been acting strange ever since you met that girl…” Carla said, looking worried. “Did she…influence you in some way?”
“No, Aunt Carla. Why do you all keep pointing fingers at her when she never done anything wrong???”
“No, Blitz, but you always seemed to be involved in some kind of fight whenever you’re around with her, and…there’s bullet holes on your car…”
“I was attacked by some mad man who was after her, Aunt Carla!” Blitz snapped, losing patience. “You all weren’t there, you don’t know how ruthless he is. ” An image of Seymour kissing an unconscious Luna on the forehead back at the other town suddenly flashed back into his mind, causing to clench his fists tighter. He could feel static electric gathering in his fists. “I’m only doing what is right, and if you can’t seem to see that way, then fine… I’ll do things my way.”
“Blitz, wait just a minute…” But he had already ran off, leaving Carla looking worried.
“Madre…” Gemini said softly from her side. “Just let him be.”
“Why would you say that, cara?”
“Because…” Gemini said in her soft-toned voice. “That girl…Luna, is not a bad person. I can feel her aura. It’s not a bad aura, but more like…confused.”
Carla gave a sigh and clasped her hands as in prayer. Please, Madonna, let him be safe and sound…
*
Luna turned to look back around her shoulder and much more to her relief, he’s not behind her. Thank God. As she stopped to rest against a tree, she heard a soft thundering sound, the sound of flowing rapids. From the sounds of it, it should be nearby.
Relaxing herself, she let the sound guide her deeper into the woods, enjoying the feeling of her bare feet treading on the earthly soil when some trees parted to reveal a fast-flowing rapid. The white foam smashed into the granite rocks, spraying bubbles all around. There’s no hope of getting across, because the rocks are slippery, even though they are within stepping range. One wrong slip and it’ll all be over, being carried away by the rapids, thrown against rocks like a mad game of pinball, with the fallen victim being the ball.
She closed her eyes and let the sound of thundering water pound into her ears. It’s strange, but whenever she feel frustrated, angry or sad, the sound of flowing water always soothe her. The sound of a waterfall, the ripples of a pond, drops of water droplets falling onto the ground… No matter what it is, water will always make her feel relaxed and soothe her soul.
Pulling back her sleeve, she stared at her throbbing elbow and stared at the huge blue black bruise against her pale skin. Cupping some water with her free hand, she applied gentle pressure on the bruise.
“You had always enjoyed water…” A voice said softly form behind her.
Her eyes snapped open but he was already holding her into place, his arms wrapped tightly around her from behind.
“Did you remember anything yet? Our time together in Ajora… Or Terra?” He said softly into her ear.
A shadow loomed over him, tilting his head up a little, he felt a lurch of surprise as the thundering rapids towered over him like a massive tsunami. He barely had time to gasp when it came crashing on top of him like a giant hammer, and pulling him into its embrace, leaving her alone, clutching her head in pain. Long deep buried visions of memories are surfacing around her that she never even knew.
A vision of her dressed up in a silk gown, riding on a carriage to somewhere. Her expression looks as though she’s on her way to a funeral.
A vision of her running through a thick forest with monks armed with firearms chasing after her.
A vision of herself being chased by…Sigan? He was lashing out at her with iron-hooked claws. In order to avoid him, she had stepped back and fell, crashing into the river, her screams lost in the thundering water flow.
“Just what on earth happened to me???” She cried wrapping her arms around herself, hot tears pouring down from her eyes. She could feel herself shaking uncontrollably and sobbing hard, unable to help herself, she sat down on the ground and brought her knees close to her.
“Luna?”
Blitz came bursting into the clearing, his tux which had been smart, now looks rumpled and limp from his sweat, both the tux and shirt untucked. His shoes are covered with dirt and looked worn out. From the looks of him, he had been running all over town, looking for her.
“Luna? Are you alright? Did that jerk hurt you?”
“Blitz, what am I?” Luna clutched his jacket. “Tell me…”
A raven swooped down and hit him from behind, sending him sprawling a few yards away.
“We come to pick you up, princess.” Sigan said, morphing into human form.
“He doesn’t want us to delay any longer…” Demise said from above, sitting up on a tree, holding his scythe. His expression as angelic as ever.
The surface of rapids suddenly exploded from behind her like a water sprout and he hovered above the rapids, looking completely unscratched, but dripping wet. His skin is as pale as ever, and his clothes clung to him tightly, showing off his thin yet muscular figure.
“That was unexpected…” He landed both feet firmly on the ground.
“What on earth are you?” Blitz stared at him with utter distaste.
Sigan and Demise laughed, their sound are sort of like bass and alto, ringing together in the woods that made his hair stand up on his back. Even in the woods, their laughter echo all around him.
Seymour was the one who spoke. “I think you have pondered long enough. Very well then, I’ll tell you.” He gestured at his allies. “We are a race of beings called Terranaians.”
Blitz couldn’t help but snort. “Terrawhat?”
“Terranaians. A being with powerful magic abilities.” He turned his gaze on Luna. “She’s one too.”
“Me?” She pointed at herself.
“Of course you are, my little princess. You had always been one.” His eyes seemed to flicker for a moment. “The people of the town had been keeping things from you ever since they found you washed up here. No, they never tell any outsiders about their little well-kept town’s secret.”
“What on earth are you blabbing about?” Blitz asked, his eyes getting narrower.
“Haven’t you noticed, boy? This little town is in the middle of ley lines. The humans here are pretty much aware of magic, it’s just that most of them don’t practice the art, preferring to live a simple life. Eventually, they forgotten their roots and get on with their boring daily life. You.. I never sense any aura coming from you, but now that I come to think of it, you weren’t in town long enough.”
Blitz could feel his memory being recalled. It seemed a long time ago when he went to the library and opened that journal. The town is built on top of ley lines. Was it a coincidence, then?
“We shouldn’t be telling him any of this.” Sigan said, flurry of raven feathers spinning around him. “We should just nab that girl right here and now.” He lunged for her, about to grab her neck when a bolt of blue lightning struck past him, giving him a nasty zap from the hand to the elbow.
“I don’t know how to control this ability of mine, but I sure know how to use it to zap crazy maniacs like you. ” Blitz’s palms crackled with blue sparks, reflecting in his opal eyes. He then turned to Luna. “Even if you’re not human, you’re still my friend. So snap out of it already.”
Murasama conjured out of thin air in his hand and he tried to run him through with its blade but Blitz side-stepped him and hurled a bolt of lightning from behind. Although it didn’t seemed to do much damage to him, he was pleased to see that it had hit his mark.
“Now you done it…” He hissed, swinging his blade dangerously.
As Blitz prepared to take his stand, thick vines slithered towards him and try to whip him. He did a hand flip and blasted them apart with lightning, causing them to sizzle and wither.
“My plants!” Demise wailed. He was actually near to tears when he saw the withered vines. “How could you kill my lovely plants?”
“Your plants were never lovely, it’s deadly.” Blitz yelled, holding out his static electrically charged fists. “Who wants a piece of this?”
A painful sensation is tingling from his side. Looking down, he saw a spot of red blossoming rapidly like a crimson flower.
I got cut, he thought dazedly.
“I’m going to kill you slowly.” Seymour said softly. “You’ll die all alone in the woods, and no one is going to hear your screams.”
Despite the wound on his side, Blitz lunged at him, streaks of lightning shooting out from his palms. Seymour knocked him backwards and he was sent flying into the air. There was an almighty splash and he was thrown into the rapids.
“Electric doesn’t work on water, so don’t bother trying.” He taunted.
Blitz’s head emerged out of the water and his hands just managed to clung onto the boulder as the current slammed into him. Even so, he can’t hold much longer. His fingers are barely clinging onto the edge of the rock, and his arm muscles are screaming with strain, the cut wound near his ribcage is not helping either. All three were looming over him, not even lifting a finger, watching him suffer. Any minute now he’s going to be swept off, either he’ll drown, get smashed by the water pressure or get cut by the sharp rocks. Either way, he’s heading to his death.
His fingers finally gave in, and he was swept into the river, his head bobbing up and down half blinded by the spray, fighting with the current, gasping for air.
“He won’t make it.” Sigan said as Blitz flailed blindly to grab hold of another rock. The last rock before he was thrown into the rushing current.
Something dashed past the three of them, causing Seymour to go, “No!”
Luna, burning with resolve, leapt over the first rock, nearly stumbling as she did so, the spray whipping at her face and her hair, fast soaking wet clung to her face. Even though it’s extremely dangerous, she reached out and grabbed hold of Blitz’s hand, which he in turn tightened his grip.
“Luna, it’s dangerous!” He shouted over the roar of the water.
“I know…” Luna replied him, not even shouting, but her voice carried over to his ears.
“Princess, get back here. It’s dangerous!” Seymour was looking worried, worried for her.
Blitz’s grip slackened and he was swept off by the river, thrown around like a ragdoll.
Luna gasped and without even thinking, ignoring Seymour’s pleas, leapt into the water herself and barely managed to get ahold of Blitz by his index finger. She pulled herself close to him and shielded him from the rocks, letting them smash against her body.
She wasn’t feeling scared for herself, but she was scared for him. Bubbles erupted from all over the place and they were thrown over and over by the sweeping current. It was foolish and reckless that she jumped into the rapids after him, now they’re both going to die in the cold depths all alone, where nobody will ever find them.
Oh God, please… She thought. Don’t let him die. Please, someone, help him…
Losing consciousness, stars swimming in her eyes, she let darkness take her in gracefully, but never letting go of him.
The End for now...
Blitz crumpled the paper in his hand and ran off, shoving others out of his way and ignoring Gemini’s cries of, “Blitz, where are you going? Blitz?”
But he ignored her and stepped out of the gates, just in time to see a familiar tall dark silhouette running with astonishing speed.
“Wait!” He shouted, running after him. He may not be an athlete but he had spent many hours in the gym back in Washington DC. Thank goodness the muscles he had been working on are paying off. He launched himself into a sprint and managed to kept up with him, who is dressed as the Phantom on their very first encounter.
“Hold it!”
He suddenly slowed into a halt when the figure threw back his hood and gave a twisted grin, causing him to stare in shock.
“Surprised to see me?” Sigan sneered.
Blitz grabbed him recklessly by his cloak and shouted, “Where is she?!”
Sigan yanked his hands off him. “Get your hands off me, vermin. What makes you think I’ll tell you?”
“Give her back, darn it.”
“Oh, but she’s never yours to begin with, boy.” Sigan taunted. “He had always been after her for a very long time…”
“Just what on earth are you people?” Blitz asked, shaking hard.
Sigan looked amused. “Do you really want to know, boy? Then, go to the place where it all started.”
Blitz was about to answer when Sigan disappeared into a flurry of wings, laughing.
*************
Luna clung onto him tightly as he leapt from building to building without slowing down. She was surprised how calm she was too despite this is her first time being taken away and being leapt in between buildings, though not by her own will.
“You seemed very calm.”
His voice chilled her, caressing her ears. She did not look up to see his face in fear of meeting those eyes that lusted for her, like a hungry wolf wanting to claim his prey. It scares her to see what look like an obsession behind the eyes.
“Why me?” She asked, keeping her eyes downward, not looking at his face.
“I told you before, didn’t I? I love you, and only you alone.” He shifted her into a more comfortable position. “And nothing can ever change that.”
Luna, looking very confused stared at the surroundings. From the top, they have a very great view of the town. The thick leafy green heads of the Shadow Woods seemed to look like mushrooms from above. Sierra Peak seemed to loomed over them like some monstrous skyscrapers.
He finally stopped in front of somewhere familiar. The shrine. Her shrine…
“You can put me down, you know.” She muttered.
“Just a little longer.” He chided. “Let me hold you just a little longer.”
“Let me go…” Luna said as he tightened his grip on her.
“No… I won’t. I failed last time and I won’t repeat the same mistake a-Ouch!”
Luna bit his hand hard and he let go of her. She failed to fall down the correct way and instead her elbow knock hard on the concrete ground followed by the rest of her body. A painful shock zaps through her body and she can’t help but crying out in pain. But she wasted no time running down the flights of stairs and into the woods , her other hand cradling her painful elbow.
Seymour stared in astonishment and pulled back his sleeve where a set of bite marks are visible. The thought made him want to laugh. He never expected her, so innocent and fragile like spun glass to go offensive.
“You want to play hide and seek?” He said outloud to no one in particular, his eyes fixed on the running figure in the distance that is heading for the Shadow Woods. ”Then, let’s play.”
*
“What on earth wee you thinking, Blitz?” Carla was exclaiming as he made his way back to the Sacred Heart High School entrance where Gem is also waiting. “You left Gem behind like that just to chase after some random kidnappers? What if Gem’s kidnapped as well?”
“I’m sorry, Aunt Carla.” Blitz said softly, “But it’s complicated.”
“Blitz, you’ve been acting strange ever since you met that girl…” Carla said, looking worried. “Did she…influence you in some way?”
“No, Aunt Carla. Why do you all keep pointing fingers at her when she never done anything wrong???”
“No, Blitz, but you always seemed to be involved in some kind of fight whenever you’re around with her, and…there’s bullet holes on your car…”
“I was attacked by some mad man who was after her, Aunt Carla!” Blitz snapped, losing patience. “You all weren’t there, you don’t know how ruthless he is. ” An image of Seymour kissing an unconscious Luna on the forehead back at the other town suddenly flashed back into his mind, causing to clench his fists tighter. He could feel static electric gathering in his fists. “I’m only doing what is right, and if you can’t seem to see that way, then fine… I’ll do things my way.”
“Blitz, wait just a minute…” But he had already ran off, leaving Carla looking worried.
“Madre…” Gemini said softly from her side. “Just let him be.”
“Why would you say that, cara?”
“Because…” Gemini said in her soft-toned voice. “That girl…Luna, is not a bad person. I can feel her aura. It’s not a bad aura, but more like…confused.”
Carla gave a sigh and clasped her hands as in prayer. Please, Madonna, let him be safe and sound…
*
Luna turned to look back around her shoulder and much more to her relief, he’s not behind her. Thank God. As she stopped to rest against a tree, she heard a soft thundering sound, the sound of flowing rapids. From the sounds of it, it should be nearby.
Relaxing herself, she let the sound guide her deeper into the woods, enjoying the feeling of her bare feet treading on the earthly soil when some trees parted to reveal a fast-flowing rapid. The white foam smashed into the granite rocks, spraying bubbles all around. There’s no hope of getting across, because the rocks are slippery, even though they are within stepping range. One wrong slip and it’ll all be over, being carried away by the rapids, thrown against rocks like a mad game of pinball, with the fallen victim being the ball.
She closed her eyes and let the sound of thundering water pound into her ears. It’s strange, but whenever she feel frustrated, angry or sad, the sound of flowing water always soothe her. The sound of a waterfall, the ripples of a pond, drops of water droplets falling onto the ground… No matter what it is, water will always make her feel relaxed and soothe her soul.
Pulling back her sleeve, she stared at her throbbing elbow and stared at the huge blue black bruise against her pale skin. Cupping some water with her free hand, she applied gentle pressure on the bruise.
“You had always enjoyed water…” A voice said softly form behind her.
Her eyes snapped open but he was already holding her into place, his arms wrapped tightly around her from behind.
“Did you remember anything yet? Our time together in Ajora… Or Terra?” He said softly into her ear.
A shadow loomed over him, tilting his head up a little, he felt a lurch of surprise as the thundering rapids towered over him like a massive tsunami. He barely had time to gasp when it came crashing on top of him like a giant hammer, and pulling him into its embrace, leaving her alone, clutching her head in pain. Long deep buried visions of memories are surfacing around her that she never even knew.
A vision of her dressed up in a silk gown, riding on a carriage to somewhere. Her expression looks as though she’s on her way to a funeral.
A vision of her running through a thick forest with monks armed with firearms chasing after her.
A vision of herself being chased by…Sigan? He was lashing out at her with iron-hooked claws. In order to avoid him, she had stepped back and fell, crashing into the river, her screams lost in the thundering water flow.
“Just what on earth happened to me???” She cried wrapping her arms around herself, hot tears pouring down from her eyes. She could feel herself shaking uncontrollably and sobbing hard, unable to help herself, she sat down on the ground and brought her knees close to her.
“Luna?”
Blitz came bursting into the clearing, his tux which had been smart, now looks rumpled and limp from his sweat, both the tux and shirt untucked. His shoes are covered with dirt and looked worn out. From the looks of him, he had been running all over town, looking for her.
“Luna? Are you alright? Did that jerk hurt you?”
“Blitz, what am I?” Luna clutched his jacket. “Tell me…”
A raven swooped down and hit him from behind, sending him sprawling a few yards away.
“We come to pick you up, princess.” Sigan said, morphing into human form.
“He doesn’t want us to delay any longer…” Demise said from above, sitting up on a tree, holding his scythe. His expression as angelic as ever.
The surface of rapids suddenly exploded from behind her like a water sprout and he hovered above the rapids, looking completely unscratched, but dripping wet. His skin is as pale as ever, and his clothes clung to him tightly, showing off his thin yet muscular figure.
“That was unexpected…” He landed both feet firmly on the ground.
“What on earth are you?” Blitz stared at him with utter distaste.
Sigan and Demise laughed, their sound are sort of like bass and alto, ringing together in the woods that made his hair stand up on his back. Even in the woods, their laughter echo all around him.
Seymour was the one who spoke. “I think you have pondered long enough. Very well then, I’ll tell you.” He gestured at his allies. “We are a race of beings called Terranaians.”
Blitz couldn’t help but snort. “Terrawhat?”
“Terranaians. A being with powerful magic abilities.” He turned his gaze on Luna. “She’s one too.”
“Me?” She pointed at herself.
“Of course you are, my little princess. You had always been one.” His eyes seemed to flicker for a moment. “The people of the town had been keeping things from you ever since they found you washed up here. No, they never tell any outsiders about their little well-kept town’s secret.”
“What on earth are you blabbing about?” Blitz asked, his eyes getting narrower.
“Haven’t you noticed, boy? This little town is in the middle of ley lines. The humans here are pretty much aware of magic, it’s just that most of them don’t practice the art, preferring to live a simple life. Eventually, they forgotten their roots and get on with their boring daily life. You.. I never sense any aura coming from you, but now that I come to think of it, you weren’t in town long enough.”
Blitz could feel his memory being recalled. It seemed a long time ago when he went to the library and opened that journal. The town is built on top of ley lines. Was it a coincidence, then?
“We shouldn’t be telling him any of this.” Sigan said, flurry of raven feathers spinning around him. “We should just nab that girl right here and now.” He lunged for her, about to grab her neck when a bolt of blue lightning struck past him, giving him a nasty zap from the hand to the elbow.
“I don’t know how to control this ability of mine, but I sure know how to use it to zap crazy maniacs like you. ” Blitz’s palms crackled with blue sparks, reflecting in his opal eyes. He then turned to Luna. “Even if you’re not human, you’re still my friend. So snap out of it already.”
Murasama conjured out of thin air in his hand and he tried to run him through with its blade but Blitz side-stepped him and hurled a bolt of lightning from behind. Although it didn’t seemed to do much damage to him, he was pleased to see that it had hit his mark.
“Now you done it…” He hissed, swinging his blade dangerously.
As Blitz prepared to take his stand, thick vines slithered towards him and try to whip him. He did a hand flip and blasted them apart with lightning, causing them to sizzle and wither.
“My plants!” Demise wailed. He was actually near to tears when he saw the withered vines. “How could you kill my lovely plants?”
“Your plants were never lovely, it’s deadly.” Blitz yelled, holding out his static electrically charged fists. “Who wants a piece of this?”
A painful sensation is tingling from his side. Looking down, he saw a spot of red blossoming rapidly like a crimson flower.
I got cut, he thought dazedly.
“I’m going to kill you slowly.” Seymour said softly. “You’ll die all alone in the woods, and no one is going to hear your screams.”
Despite the wound on his side, Blitz lunged at him, streaks of lightning shooting out from his palms. Seymour knocked him backwards and he was sent flying into the air. There was an almighty splash and he was thrown into the rapids.
“Electric doesn’t work on water, so don’t bother trying.” He taunted.
Blitz’s head emerged out of the water and his hands just managed to clung onto the boulder as the current slammed into him. Even so, he can’t hold much longer. His fingers are barely clinging onto the edge of the rock, and his arm muscles are screaming with strain, the cut wound near his ribcage is not helping either. All three were looming over him, not even lifting a finger, watching him suffer. Any minute now he’s going to be swept off, either he’ll drown, get smashed by the water pressure or get cut by the sharp rocks. Either way, he’s heading to his death.
His fingers finally gave in, and he was swept into the river, his head bobbing up and down half blinded by the spray, fighting with the current, gasping for air.
“He won’t make it.” Sigan said as Blitz flailed blindly to grab hold of another rock. The last rock before he was thrown into the rushing current.
Something dashed past the three of them, causing Seymour to go, “No!”
Luna, burning with resolve, leapt over the first rock, nearly stumbling as she did so, the spray whipping at her face and her hair, fast soaking wet clung to her face. Even though it’s extremely dangerous, she reached out and grabbed hold of Blitz’s hand, which he in turn tightened his grip.
“Luna, it’s dangerous!” He shouted over the roar of the water.
“I know…” Luna replied him, not even shouting, but her voice carried over to his ears.
“Princess, get back here. It’s dangerous!” Seymour was looking worried, worried for her.
Blitz’s grip slackened and he was swept off by the river, thrown around like a ragdoll.
Luna gasped and without even thinking, ignoring Seymour’s pleas, leapt into the water herself and barely managed to get ahold of Blitz by his index finger. She pulled herself close to him and shielded him from the rocks, letting them smash against her body.
She wasn’t feeling scared for herself, but she was scared for him. Bubbles erupted from all over the place and they were thrown over and over by the sweeping current. It was foolish and reckless that she jumped into the rapids after him, now they’re both going to die in the cold depths all alone, where nobody will ever find them.
Oh God, please… She thought. Don’t let him die. Please, someone, help him…
Losing consciousness, stars swimming in her eyes, she let darkness take her in gracefully, but never letting go of him.
The End for now...
The Story of Blitz : Chapter 20 - The Dance
“YOU DID WHAT?!!!!!” Scorpio screamed into his ear.
Luna had accompanied Blitz back to Sierra Falls, but not at the inn, but at her temple where thankfully, there’s an old-fashioned phone which is still intact, after she brought him back to town for treatment and now, helped him to make a call to Carla, but unfortunately, Scorpio picked it up and at first, had freaked out, then had insisted Blitz to answer the phone, only to give him an earful.
“YOU THRASHED THE HONDA ON YOUR FIRST EVER RIDE? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU???” He screamed some more.
“Uh, Scor… Listen. I did not thrash the car. The Demise kid thrashed it…”
“I DON’T CARE WHO OR WHAT DID IT! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU, BLITZ!!! YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!!” He then launched into a torrent of Italian swear words, with Blitz covering the phone meekly with his hand. Luna on the other hand, is cleaning the dirt off his clothes and trying to ignore the muffled screaming from the phone.
It was a while before Scorpio calmed down and finally said with a grunt, “Oh fine. By the way, Gemini wants to speak with you.”
“Blitz, you have got to get back by 6 p.m.” Gemini sounded slightly irritated.
“Why?”
“The school dance is tonight, and I need you to be there.”
“What???” Blitz nearly dropped the phone. “Gem, I never said yes.”
“Apparently, those girls had been spreading rumours that I will be bringing you to the dance, and everyone confronted me about it. If you don’t show up, everyone will say that I’m nothing but a show-off.”
Blitz sighed. Guess he can’t blame Gemini for being irritated. “Sure, but am I allowed to bring a guest?”
“Sure. I’ll make sure to give you the invitation when you get back.”
Blitz put down the phone and sighed. Luna had finished cleaning the dirt off his clothes and handed it back to him, neatly folded and dirt free.
“What’s wrong? You seemed…irritated.” Luna licked her lips nervously.
“Gemini’s school is holding a dance and apparently some of the girls had spread rumours that I’ll be coming. If I don’t show up, Gemini will suffer being called a show-off.”
“That’s how they are.” Luna shrugged. “Then you had better get back.”
“Wait. Would you want to go with me?”
Luna seemed surprised, but her eyes did not give anything away. “Excuse me?”
“Would you go… to the dance with me?” He blurted.
Luna didn’t reply, but turned away, twisting her hair. He invited her to a dance… A dance where those teens torment her. An invitation…out of the blue.
“I don’t know.”
“Don’t give me an answer yet. Think about it.” Blitz got up, putting his clothes back on. “I’ll be at the inn before 5.30 p.m. The dance starts after 6, so you don’t have to come early.”
He then left, leaving her pondering deep with her thoughts.
*****************
Not long after he had left, a raven flew down and stared at her with its blood red eyes. Ignoring it, she occupied herself by cleaning the temple path by sweeping up bits of leaves, aware that it’s watching her every move.
Not long after she had finished sweeping up, Sigan appeared with his cloak bellowing behind him.
“You’re going, aren’t you?” He asked. “Or…are you not?”
“You shouldn’t have even bother to ask.” Luna held the broom like a naginata.
“Fool.” Sigan said softly. “He’s still recovering from that last time and here you are, like a maid, cleaning and taking care of things.”
“I’m tired of listening to you.” Luna sighed, spinning the broom. “Get lost or I’ll sweep you out myself.”
“Why don’t you just freeze me?” He taunted. “That should be good enough for- Argh!”
Luna had swung the broom at him, followed with a straight knife strike and a side swing. They caught him after another.
“You- This isn’t over, you ice witch!” He shouted, materializing into his raven form and took off in a flurry of wings.
****************
“Blitz, it’s already half past five. Let’s go.”
“Gem, give me a few more minutes.”
“Sorry, no can do. We’re going to be late at this rate.”
Gemini is wearing a peach coloured knee-length frock with shimmering sleeves with laces in shades of aquamarine and her hair ribbon is also the same colour matching the lace. For the finishing touches, she carried a pink shoulder bag and wore a pair of bright orange sandals, each decorated with a sunflower on the strap.
Blitz on the other hand, is tugging on his blazer. It was a birthday present from his parents before their deaths. It’s a faded soft brown white in colour, like white ash wood. Underneath he had wore a white T-shirt, matching pants and brown loafers. He never liked wearing formal much but today he had made an effort to dress up for his cousin’s sake.
“Aren’t you two ready yet?” Virgo is heaving a 5 kilograms bag of flour in his arms with ease. “You’re both going to be late...”
“Yes, we’re ready.” Gemini said, fiddling with her ribbon. “Come on, Blitz.”
They stepped out of the inn where Carla is waiting with her van. She is going to town to pick up supplies for the inn and had volunteered to take Blitz and Gemini to the dance.
“Gem, cara, I want you back by 11 p.m. Okay, no excuses.” Carla warned as they neared the school when Sacred Heart is slowly coming into sight. “I don’t want you to stay around too late. Many of the kids here are not a very good influence for you. You hear me?”
“Yes, Mom.” Gemini sighed.
“Blitz, take care of Gem for me. And…” She turned to him as they pulled up in front of the gates. “I hear what happened to the car from Scorpio. I’ll sent it down to the repair shop tomorrow. In the meantime, you can use Virgo’s Suzuki.”
“Thanks, Aunt Carla.” Blitz said, looking apologetic. “I’m really sorry though. I really didn’t mean for the car to get bashed up.”
“Yes, well…” She muttered as they got out of the car. “As long as there’s no second time...”
The dance was in full swing when they arrived. Loud buzz and chatters hung around the atmosphere. Loud music is thumping loudly out of the speakers with a DJ spinning his heart out with his state of the art sound system. Boys looking dashing in smart dinner dresses with their hair gelled thoroughly and nicely styled. Girls looking glamorous in sweeping dresses or frocks, with striking accessories such as necklaces, bracelets and jeweled hairbands. As far as he could see, their outfits are all formal, not too flashy nor immodest, but of course, this is a Catholic school. What did he expect?
“Gemini, you made it!”
Some of the girls that they had met at the tea shop came running towards them, their eyes already fixed on him. People around them are all staring at him, gesturing and murmuring, mainly the girls. The boys on the other hand, are looking very jealous, but with a tint of curiosity.
“Well, I…did brought him…” Gemini said in a slightly strangled voice. “As a guest.”
“Can we show him around, Gemini?” One of the girls asked.
“It’s not necessary.…” Blitz began.
“You must, Blitz. You’re new here. You had never stepped into our school before. ”
“Really, it’s not necessary at all.” Blitz said firmly. “And I have to keep an eye on Gem. Sorry about that, girls.”
“I think you should’ve gone with them…” Gem said softly as they made their way to the buffet table, leaving the girls looking rejected. “It would’ve made your life easier.”
“Gem, I don’t do things that I don’t want to do.” Blitz sighed, helping himself to some punch. “And those girls aren’t even your friends. They just want to use me to show off to the others. ”
They said no more after that, but helped themselves to the buffet table, which is technically what Asians call a potluck, which means everyone bring a container of food that makes up a buffet. There are sandwiches with a wide variety of flavours, arranged in a flower like pattern on plates. There’s also fried noodles, fried rice, cooked in the typical Asian style, although there are some pasta, steaks, croissants, pastries, nuggets, deviled eggs and sausages. On the desert table, there’s light cupcakes, sponge cakes, all kinds of cakes that you can think of. There’s also a large bowl of punch and large jugs of juices on the drinks table. As they ate, they talked about how things are here in Malaysia and things back in Washington DC. It’s the safe kind of comfortable chat just between these two cousins, no more no less.
“What are you doing here?!”
They both broke out of their talk and turned to the direction of the voice. Two guys who had been ushers at the entrance were blocking the way to the entrance. Blitz could catch a glimpse of blue hair in the light. He made his way to the front and there she was. She looked like an angel who had fallen from the skies of heaven, dressed in a traditional silk Japanese kimono. She looked emotionless even as the ushers were gazing at her with dislike.
“You came.” Blitz exclaimed happily.
Luna shifted one foot to the other uneasily. “You…didn’t want me to come?”
“No, no, I’m just really happy that you came.” Blitz said.
“You know this witch?” One of the usher asked in disbelief.
“Stop calling her that!” Blitz said. “She’s my friend.”
“Do you know what you’re saying?” One of the ushers said as Blitz reached over to pull her in.
“Yeah, I’m well aware of it and I don’t need you people to remind me.” Blitz said over his shoulder/
**************
“Where’s your cousin, Gemini?”
Gemini turned to the girl who had asked her. “I don’t know. I don’t keep track of him.”
“Oh, but you should…” The girl said. “Because he might get lost in our campus.”
Gemini was about to reply when she hear a deafening silence. The DJ seemed to have stopped spinning his music and the crowd seemed to be murmuring instead of chatting. All eyes were focused on the entrance where Blitz is leading Luna towards her.
“Who invited that witch?” One of the girls gasped in outrage.
“Why she’s with him?” Another queried.
Luna lowered her head and whispered softly. “I shouldn’t have come here…”
“Don’t worry.” Blitz said. “If anyone call you a witch, I’ll tell them to back off.”
Gemini was staring at him with utter disbelief as he made his way towards her. “Hey Gem, I hope you don’t mind that I invited her along.”
Gemini didn’t answer at first, but is staring at him with that disbelief look on her face.
It was one of the girls who answered for her. “Why is she here?”
“I invited her.” Blitz said, trying to keep his cool.
“She’s a freak, you know that?”
“Hey, cut that out.” Blitz said as Luna turned to leave. “Stop calling her a witch.” He turned to Gemini. “Gem, I hope you don’t mind that I invited her.”
“I don’t.” Gemini said stiffly. “But I had absolutely no idea that you and her are such close friends.”
“Thank you so much for the wine.” Luna said softly, bowing to her.
“It’s no big deal.” Gemini said, gaining back her posture. “But this is the first time I seen you out and about.”
“You haven’t eaten anything much again…” Blitz said, feeling her hands, which are twiggy like sticks.
“I don’t eat much.” She said in that soft tone of hers.
“Well, you got to eat something at least.” He led her to the buffet table, where there’s still plenty of food left. “What would you like? There’s pasta, rice, noodles…”
Luna picked one of the bread rolls and just cramming it into her mouth, letting the taste of freshly baked butter, wheat flour and yeast roll in her tongue.
“You seemed to really like bread, huh?” Blitz asked as she took another one devour it in mere seconds.
“I like meals that could be prepared within fifteen minutes.” Luna said, blushing slightly.
Many people were still in shock that the witch actually came down to the dance but gradually, they started chatting, going back to the normal atmosphere, though now people are throwing curious looks at their newest arrival. It was a relief when the announcement over the speakers is telling everyone to find a partner and dance. Everyone scrambled to find a partner to dance with, although many girls were trying to get Blitz to dance with them.
“Hey, um, do you want to dance?” Blitz asked.
Luna looked at her feet. “Dance?”
“Yeah, you know, for fun…”
“But…” She hesitated, but seeing Blitz’s look of eagerness, she gave a shrug and let herself being led by him. As the song blared out of the speakers, Blitz showed her how to synchronize with the music, dancing to the beat. Although she finds it uncomfortable, she seemed to gradually come to have fun, eventually loosening herself and having fun with him, though she’s till keeping some of her guards up. It made Blitz happy to see that she’s enjoying herself, even if it’s just a little.
At that moment, the event was thrown into pitch darkness, causing panic to arise. Even the electric stopped working, causing the music to be abruptly shut off. Blitz thought he could feel Luna stiffening beside him but when he try to reach for her, the lights suddenly came back on, just like magic.
But she’s no longer standing beside him.
“What on earth-” A student gasped.
“What’s going on?” Another one asked, looking terrified. Eventually a babble broke out among the others. Gemini, looking worried, went over to where he stood.
“Luna?” Blitz stared at the spot where she originally was, hoping she might appear, but try and hope as he might, she did not appear. People don’t just disappear, right?
Something caught his attention. As Gemini reached him, he spotted a piece of paper folded neatly into half, tucked underneath the bread plate where Luna was standing, eating bread when she first arrived. Feeling hollow in his stomach, he pulled the paper free from the plate and read the single long sentence written in elegant script.
I’M TAKING HER BACK…
Luna had accompanied Blitz back to Sierra Falls, but not at the inn, but at her temple where thankfully, there’s an old-fashioned phone which is still intact, after she brought him back to town for treatment and now, helped him to make a call to Carla, but unfortunately, Scorpio picked it up and at first, had freaked out, then had insisted Blitz to answer the phone, only to give him an earful.
“YOU THRASHED THE HONDA ON YOUR FIRST EVER RIDE? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU???” He screamed some more.
“Uh, Scor… Listen. I did not thrash the car. The Demise kid thrashed it…”
“I DON’T CARE WHO OR WHAT DID IT! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU, BLITZ!!! YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!!” He then launched into a torrent of Italian swear words, with Blitz covering the phone meekly with his hand. Luna on the other hand, is cleaning the dirt off his clothes and trying to ignore the muffled screaming from the phone.
It was a while before Scorpio calmed down and finally said with a grunt, “Oh fine. By the way, Gemini wants to speak with you.”
“Blitz, you have got to get back by 6 p.m.” Gemini sounded slightly irritated.
“Why?”
“The school dance is tonight, and I need you to be there.”
“What???” Blitz nearly dropped the phone. “Gem, I never said yes.”
“Apparently, those girls had been spreading rumours that I will be bringing you to the dance, and everyone confronted me about it. If you don’t show up, everyone will say that I’m nothing but a show-off.”
Blitz sighed. Guess he can’t blame Gemini for being irritated. “Sure, but am I allowed to bring a guest?”
“Sure. I’ll make sure to give you the invitation when you get back.”
Blitz put down the phone and sighed. Luna had finished cleaning the dirt off his clothes and handed it back to him, neatly folded and dirt free.
“What’s wrong? You seemed…irritated.” Luna licked her lips nervously.
“Gemini’s school is holding a dance and apparently some of the girls had spread rumours that I’ll be coming. If I don’t show up, Gemini will suffer being called a show-off.”
“That’s how they are.” Luna shrugged. “Then you had better get back.”
“Wait. Would you want to go with me?”
Luna seemed surprised, but her eyes did not give anything away. “Excuse me?”
“Would you go… to the dance with me?” He blurted.
Luna didn’t reply, but turned away, twisting her hair. He invited her to a dance… A dance where those teens torment her. An invitation…out of the blue.
“I don’t know.”
“Don’t give me an answer yet. Think about it.” Blitz got up, putting his clothes back on. “I’ll be at the inn before 5.30 p.m. The dance starts after 6, so you don’t have to come early.”
He then left, leaving her pondering deep with her thoughts.
*****************
Not long after he had left, a raven flew down and stared at her with its blood red eyes. Ignoring it, she occupied herself by cleaning the temple path by sweeping up bits of leaves, aware that it’s watching her every move.
Not long after she had finished sweeping up, Sigan appeared with his cloak bellowing behind him.
“You’re going, aren’t you?” He asked. “Or…are you not?”
“You shouldn’t have even bother to ask.” Luna held the broom like a naginata.
“Fool.” Sigan said softly. “He’s still recovering from that last time and here you are, like a maid, cleaning and taking care of things.”
“I’m tired of listening to you.” Luna sighed, spinning the broom. “Get lost or I’ll sweep you out myself.”
“Why don’t you just freeze me?” He taunted. “That should be good enough for- Argh!”
Luna had swung the broom at him, followed with a straight knife strike and a side swing. They caught him after another.
“You- This isn’t over, you ice witch!” He shouted, materializing into his raven form and took off in a flurry of wings.
****************
“Blitz, it’s already half past five. Let’s go.”
“Gem, give me a few more minutes.”
“Sorry, no can do. We’re going to be late at this rate.”
Gemini is wearing a peach coloured knee-length frock with shimmering sleeves with laces in shades of aquamarine and her hair ribbon is also the same colour matching the lace. For the finishing touches, she carried a pink shoulder bag and wore a pair of bright orange sandals, each decorated with a sunflower on the strap.
Blitz on the other hand, is tugging on his blazer. It was a birthday present from his parents before their deaths. It’s a faded soft brown white in colour, like white ash wood. Underneath he had wore a white T-shirt, matching pants and brown loafers. He never liked wearing formal much but today he had made an effort to dress up for his cousin’s sake.
“Aren’t you two ready yet?” Virgo is heaving a 5 kilograms bag of flour in his arms with ease. “You’re both going to be late...”
“Yes, we’re ready.” Gemini said, fiddling with her ribbon. “Come on, Blitz.”
They stepped out of the inn where Carla is waiting with her van. She is going to town to pick up supplies for the inn and had volunteered to take Blitz and Gemini to the dance.
“Gem, cara, I want you back by 11 p.m. Okay, no excuses.” Carla warned as they neared the school when Sacred Heart is slowly coming into sight. “I don’t want you to stay around too late. Many of the kids here are not a very good influence for you. You hear me?”
“Yes, Mom.” Gemini sighed.
“Blitz, take care of Gem for me. And…” She turned to him as they pulled up in front of the gates. “I hear what happened to the car from Scorpio. I’ll sent it down to the repair shop tomorrow. In the meantime, you can use Virgo’s Suzuki.”
“Thanks, Aunt Carla.” Blitz said, looking apologetic. “I’m really sorry though. I really didn’t mean for the car to get bashed up.”
“Yes, well…” She muttered as they got out of the car. “As long as there’s no second time...”
The dance was in full swing when they arrived. Loud buzz and chatters hung around the atmosphere. Loud music is thumping loudly out of the speakers with a DJ spinning his heart out with his state of the art sound system. Boys looking dashing in smart dinner dresses with their hair gelled thoroughly and nicely styled. Girls looking glamorous in sweeping dresses or frocks, with striking accessories such as necklaces, bracelets and jeweled hairbands. As far as he could see, their outfits are all formal, not too flashy nor immodest, but of course, this is a Catholic school. What did he expect?
“Gemini, you made it!”
Some of the girls that they had met at the tea shop came running towards them, their eyes already fixed on him. People around them are all staring at him, gesturing and murmuring, mainly the girls. The boys on the other hand, are looking very jealous, but with a tint of curiosity.
“Well, I…did brought him…” Gemini said in a slightly strangled voice. “As a guest.”
“Can we show him around, Gemini?” One of the girls asked.
“It’s not necessary.…” Blitz began.
“You must, Blitz. You’re new here. You had never stepped into our school before. ”
“Really, it’s not necessary at all.” Blitz said firmly. “And I have to keep an eye on Gem. Sorry about that, girls.”
“I think you should’ve gone with them…” Gem said softly as they made their way to the buffet table, leaving the girls looking rejected. “It would’ve made your life easier.”
“Gem, I don’t do things that I don’t want to do.” Blitz sighed, helping himself to some punch. “And those girls aren’t even your friends. They just want to use me to show off to the others. ”
They said no more after that, but helped themselves to the buffet table, which is technically what Asians call a potluck, which means everyone bring a container of food that makes up a buffet. There are sandwiches with a wide variety of flavours, arranged in a flower like pattern on plates. There’s also fried noodles, fried rice, cooked in the typical Asian style, although there are some pasta, steaks, croissants, pastries, nuggets, deviled eggs and sausages. On the desert table, there’s light cupcakes, sponge cakes, all kinds of cakes that you can think of. There’s also a large bowl of punch and large jugs of juices on the drinks table. As they ate, they talked about how things are here in Malaysia and things back in Washington DC. It’s the safe kind of comfortable chat just between these two cousins, no more no less.
“What are you doing here?!”
They both broke out of their talk and turned to the direction of the voice. Two guys who had been ushers at the entrance were blocking the way to the entrance. Blitz could catch a glimpse of blue hair in the light. He made his way to the front and there she was. She looked like an angel who had fallen from the skies of heaven, dressed in a traditional silk Japanese kimono. She looked emotionless even as the ushers were gazing at her with dislike.
“You came.” Blitz exclaimed happily.
Luna shifted one foot to the other uneasily. “You…didn’t want me to come?”
“No, no, I’m just really happy that you came.” Blitz said.
“You know this witch?” One of the usher asked in disbelief.
“Stop calling her that!” Blitz said. “She’s my friend.”
“Do you know what you’re saying?” One of the ushers said as Blitz reached over to pull her in.
“Yeah, I’m well aware of it and I don’t need you people to remind me.” Blitz said over his shoulder/
**************
“Where’s your cousin, Gemini?”
Gemini turned to the girl who had asked her. “I don’t know. I don’t keep track of him.”
“Oh, but you should…” The girl said. “Because he might get lost in our campus.”
Gemini was about to reply when she hear a deafening silence. The DJ seemed to have stopped spinning his music and the crowd seemed to be murmuring instead of chatting. All eyes were focused on the entrance where Blitz is leading Luna towards her.
“Who invited that witch?” One of the girls gasped in outrage.
“Why she’s with him?” Another queried.
Luna lowered her head and whispered softly. “I shouldn’t have come here…”
“Don’t worry.” Blitz said. “If anyone call you a witch, I’ll tell them to back off.”
Gemini was staring at him with utter disbelief as he made his way towards her. “Hey Gem, I hope you don’t mind that I invited her along.”
Gemini didn’t answer at first, but is staring at him with that disbelief look on her face.
It was one of the girls who answered for her. “Why is she here?”
“I invited her.” Blitz said, trying to keep his cool.
“She’s a freak, you know that?”
“Hey, cut that out.” Blitz said as Luna turned to leave. “Stop calling her a witch.” He turned to Gemini. “Gem, I hope you don’t mind that I invited her.”
“I don’t.” Gemini said stiffly. “But I had absolutely no idea that you and her are such close friends.”
“Thank you so much for the wine.” Luna said softly, bowing to her.
“It’s no big deal.” Gemini said, gaining back her posture. “But this is the first time I seen you out and about.”
“You haven’t eaten anything much again…” Blitz said, feeling her hands, which are twiggy like sticks.
“I don’t eat much.” She said in that soft tone of hers.
“Well, you got to eat something at least.” He led her to the buffet table, where there’s still plenty of food left. “What would you like? There’s pasta, rice, noodles…”
Luna picked one of the bread rolls and just cramming it into her mouth, letting the taste of freshly baked butter, wheat flour and yeast roll in her tongue.
“You seemed to really like bread, huh?” Blitz asked as she took another one devour it in mere seconds.
“I like meals that could be prepared within fifteen minutes.” Luna said, blushing slightly.
Many people were still in shock that the witch actually came down to the dance but gradually, they started chatting, going back to the normal atmosphere, though now people are throwing curious looks at their newest arrival. It was a relief when the announcement over the speakers is telling everyone to find a partner and dance. Everyone scrambled to find a partner to dance with, although many girls were trying to get Blitz to dance with them.
“Hey, um, do you want to dance?” Blitz asked.
Luna looked at her feet. “Dance?”
“Yeah, you know, for fun…”
“But…” She hesitated, but seeing Blitz’s look of eagerness, she gave a shrug and let herself being led by him. As the song blared out of the speakers, Blitz showed her how to synchronize with the music, dancing to the beat. Although she finds it uncomfortable, she seemed to gradually come to have fun, eventually loosening herself and having fun with him, though she’s till keeping some of her guards up. It made Blitz happy to see that she’s enjoying herself, even if it’s just a little.
At that moment, the event was thrown into pitch darkness, causing panic to arise. Even the electric stopped working, causing the music to be abruptly shut off. Blitz thought he could feel Luna stiffening beside him but when he try to reach for her, the lights suddenly came back on, just like magic.
But she’s no longer standing beside him.
“What on earth-” A student gasped.
“What’s going on?” Another one asked, looking terrified. Eventually a babble broke out among the others. Gemini, looking worried, went over to where he stood.
“Luna?” Blitz stared at the spot where she originally was, hoping she might appear, but try and hope as he might, she did not appear. People don’t just disappear, right?
Something caught his attention. As Gemini reached him, he spotted a piece of paper folded neatly into half, tucked underneath the bread plate where Luna was standing, eating bread when she first arrived. Feeling hollow in his stomach, he pulled the paper free from the plate and read the single long sentence written in elegant script.
I’M TAKING HER BACK…
The Story of Blitz : Chapter 19 – Highway Chase
The officers held their gun as he made his out, carrying Luna lovingly in his arms.
“What do you think you’re doing?!” The head demanded through his bullhorn. “You said you will let all the hostages go!”
“I said I let all those that I held captive go, I didn’t say I’ll let her go. She’s mine.” Seymour said nastily.
“You liar!”
“Shut up. You’re going to give me one of your cars and I’m taking my girl out of here.” He put the Glock near Luna’s motionless head. “Or you could start picking out bits of her brains here.”
“You’re mad.”
“I said, shut up.”
Blitz stumbled out of the doorway, covered in bruises and bumps. He looked beaten up but his eyes are blazing with determination.
“You let her go right now.” He yelled.
Seymour turned the Glock on him and fired. The bullet hit the door frame, narrowly missing him. Blitz gave a yelp and stumbled. He missed on purpose, showing that he could kill him off anytime but chose not to.
“Just do as he says.” The head officer said with defeat.
Some officers stayed way back as Seymour made his way down. Keeping his guards up, he got into the driver’s seat wand then carefully set Luna on the passenger’s seat. She looked fast asleep, with a serene look on her face, completely oblivious to the fiasco around her.
Giving them a mock salute, he reversed out of the lane and revved off, hitting the accelerator so fast that the tires screeched loudly and left tire marks on the road.
Blitz didn’t know what came over him, but next thing he knew, he’s fishing out his car keys and heading to his old Honda where he had left it and stab the key into the ignition.
“Kid, where are you going?” The head asked in alarm.
“To rescue my friend!” He yelled as he slammed the gear into action and gave chase.
The head was about to say something when an officer cruiser gave chase, causing him to go, “Who’s that? Tell them to stop!”
“Sir, that’s not our men driving.” An officer said.
The head could only drop his radio in shock.
**************
Feeling slightly nauseous and not fully conscious, Luna forced her body to sit up straight and even though her eyes are not open, to steady herself and try to figure out the situation she’s in right now. Except, she’s really feeling sick with nausea.
She felt something being pushed gently into her hand, the wrinkling sound of plastic like music into her ears and she threw up. Someone was pulling the back of head with soft tender gentleness so that her hair does not get dirty.
When she was done, someone took the bag from her and she could feel her stomach relaxing slightly.
Must get up… She thought weakly.
Her eyelids are very heavy, struggling, she forced her eyes to open and she felt her stomach flipped.
Where on earth am I? She freaked.
She saw something on her lap, a glossy carrier bag lined with multi-coloured tissue. And a smaller bag containing fried noodles and some croissants. Fingers trembling slightly, she unwrap the tissue and felt her eyes widened with surprise.
A one piece sailor dress and it’s such a darling. The sailor collar and the edgings are rose pink, with the dress ending just above her knee, short but strictly not micro-mini, with long sleeves decorated with ribbons and instead of a scarf, a ribbon in a brilliant shade of aquamarine.
“Your clothes are getting worn out.”
She jumped and clutched the dress tightly near her chest to find Seymour, lying down on his seat which he had pulled back into a sleeping position.
Luna took a look at her clothes and he’s right. To put it bluntly, it’s a mess. The shrine maiden clothes had became wrinkly and limp, her hands and legs covered with bruises, and her hair is slightly messed up.
“I’ll give you some privacy.” He shut his eyes as though he’s sleeping. “But don’t think of escaping. I locked all the doors by magic so it’s impossible to escape.”
Luna stared at the sailor dress again. She could feel it calling to her, asking her to try it on and she will not regret it, telling her once she put it on everything will be alright.
It was thirty minutes later when she had finally finished. She is now wearing the dress which fit her just right, showing off the curves of her body. She had also found a comb, a small pack of tissue wipes to clean the dirt off her skin, and a small bottle of perfume. She stuffed her worn out shrine maiden outfit into the carrier bag, and hungrily devoured the entire noodles and croissants with mineral water. She haven’t had a decent meal since he brought her here and she’s already starving.
Now he had opened his eyes and is staring at her like a blind man staring at the light for the first time. “The dress suits you.” He played with the Glock again, looking really interested with it. “If I had known these are good, I would’ve gotten one for my own instead of giving them to the monks.”
Luna blinked. “Monks?”
“My monks of Ajora.” He said, smiling that mysterious wolfish smile of his. “You haven’t seemed to have gained back your memories of there yet.”
Luna pounded her fists on her lap. “I just can’t remember. I just can’t.”
“You don’t have to.” He grabbed her arm just like last time, not too hard, not too gently but firm. “All you just need to know is I love you, and only you alone.”
“Don’t…” She whispered as he leaned in.
“Do you really want me to? But we had been apart for so-” He paused. At first she wondered why, then she saw from the corner of her eye.
An old Honda, heading in their direction. On the wheel, driven by fury…
The spell being broken, Seymour gritted his teeth, let go of her arm, and slammed the accelerator and Luna felt herself being thrown against the car door as he swerved sharply and accelerated.
“I won’t let anyone come into our way ever again.” He glared at the back window, letting the needle run past 100.
Blitz in his car was keeping sight of the cruiser that is gaining speed. Although his Honda is old and second-handed, it’s able to keep up. The one thing that really scares him are the sharp curves. Although Seymour is having no problem with the curves, swerving in and out of the road sharply.
Come on Blitz, they’re just curves… He tell himself, but yet he still felt a little tense. Curves are never his strong point, but even so… He waited til he’s precisely nearly half way through then he turned, nearly banging the rocky mountains walls.
I did it. He thought giddily.
BANG!
Blitz was thrown forward as the impact came from behind. What on God’s name is going on?
As he straightened himself up, there came another almighty BANG! And he was thrown forwards again, banging his head on the wheel. He turned to see… What the- That kid!
Demise and Sigan are behind him, driving another cruiser. Demise was on the wheel, smiling serenely, the front of the cruiser all bent and dented.
How can a kid like him drive?! Blitz accelerated but there came another BANG! And Demise banged the cruiser into his Honda again.
Hell, Blitz thought.
Even as he watched from the back window, Sigan is now climbing out of the cruiser, the wind whipping at his hair and the shirt he wore. Without even thinking, he leapt over to Blitz’s Honda with an almighty thud and tried to strike his hands but Blitz swerved sharply to make him fall off, except he grunted and clung onto the roof of his Honda , ducking low to avoid being unbalanced.
“Get off, darn it!” Blitz shouted, hitting the gas which caused Sigan to be thrown forward. Glaring at him, Sigan propelled himself back to the cruiser with Demise concentrating on trying to bang him off the road . As Blitz turned back to the front, a bullet ricocheted off the front of his car. Seymour is driving with his eyes on the road but one hand holding the Glock is aimed at him.
Even as Blitz watched, a bullet came smashing into his windscreen.
“That’s my first ever car, you jerk.” Blitz gasped in outrage and sped some more, his needle going past 120. Thank God it’s a straight road now in the highway so he don’t mind speeding. He was finally neck to neck with Seymour at last, who glared at him and prepared to pull the trigger-
Luna from the passenger seat clung at his arm, causing the bullet to miss. It hit the windscreen which now has two bullet holes on them.
“Princess, don’t interfere.” He shouted.
“I won’t let you hurt Blitz!” She shouted, clinging onto him tightly.
Blitz took the opportunity, after begging for God’s forgiveness, and rammed his Honda against Seymour who was thrown to the side, but still maintaining on the road.
“You brat.” Seymour hissed, swerving the wheel sharply so that Blitz was knocked against the steel railing., also causing Luna to fall onto his lap while clinging awkwardly onto his hand which is holding the gun.
Blitz had it, it’s bad enough that he kidnapped Luna but to dent his car and made bullet holes on them, it’s unforgivable. He let the needle run past 150 and stopped suddenly in front of the road, causing Seymour to hit the brakes. The tires screeched and squealed, battling against friction on the road and causing a rail of tire marks in its wake. Demise and Sigan pulled up behind him shortly after he had stopped.
Blitz jumped out of his car just as Seymour got out of his. Without even pausing, Blitz rammed his fist into his face, charged with lightning. He received a direct hit in the face and staggered. Not giving him time to recover, Blitz followed it with a kick in the guts and a palm thrust, all with lightning charge.
“I’m not giving you time to recover.” Blitz panted.
Without noticing, Seymour hooked his shins and unbalanced him, causing him to stumble onto the ground. Quick as a venomous cobra, he stamped Blitz on the abdomen, causing him to gag painfully.
“Stupid brat.” He sneered, wiping his bleeding lip. “You think that mere lightning attack can knock me down? Though I must say that you have improved.”
“Stop it!“
Blitz saw Luna running into their direction. Now why has her clothes changed? But anyhow, she looks cute in it.
“Stay back!” Seymour whipped the Glock out but she didn’t even flinch. She grabbed his hand and raised it so that the Glock is pointing directly at her head.
“You kill him, then you have to shoot me first.” She said without flinching or fear, but her own heart thumping hard.
“No.”
“I don’t care. Kill me first before you kill him. Because what better way to make him suffer?” She said, gripping his hands tightly.
“Luna, are you insane?” Blitz gasped, trying to get up but his stomach is hurting.
For the first time, Seymour’s entire face turned white, the Glock in his hand trembled too, the grip slackening. She could see it in his eyes, that he didn’t want to…
Kill her.
Freeing his hand from hers, he pulled Blitz up from the ground and shoved him to her. “That brat, I’ll leave you with her a little longer.” He shoved the gun into his waistband. “But next time, I’ll claim her back. Enjoy while you still can. ”
“Bro, are you serious?” Demise said as Luna held Blitz protectively. “I could just behead that boy in a sec.”
“Don’t you dare!” Luna’s eyes flashed for a moment and ice crystals erupted from beneath him.
“Wowee!” Demise jumped against Sigan, knocking him over.
“Draw back for now.” Seymour glanced at Luna with sadness in his eyes. “But next time, I’ll pry that boy apart.”
In a swirl of dark orbs, he teleported, so did Demise and Sigan, leaving 3 battered cars alone with Luna and Blitz in the middle of the road.
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