"What happened?" I ask. "You seemed bothered." I'm starting to worry what actually happened. I really hope this is not something to do with my father's job.
"Yes, you should see it for yourself!" Mika answered. Her answer really makes me anxious, I prepared myself for something worst.
"Come quickly! We must hurry!" Then Luis drag me and started running Mika tag along with us. I'm starting to think this could have a connection with my father talking to someone last night. That's the most logical I could think at this moment.
After a minute of running we came to an old house. Then Luis came inside and shouted "Here!" The expression of his face bothered me.
'A house?' I ask myself. This house seems pretty old, what's inside? I sharpened my senses, trying to pick up something, something that might be a trouble. I cannot activate my spirit dive in front of these two it will make them freak out. So I lessen my mana flow as much as I can then I rush inside to see what's going on, but my eyes widened with surprise, the old looking house outside was actually a bluff, inside was neat and clean a well arranged furnitureand some freshly harvest fruits on the table. It was dazzling.
"Wait… uhmm.. what the hell is this?" I ask, as I'm confused on whats going on.
"Can't you see? This will be our hideout." Luis chin held high he replied, he smiled enthusiastically.
"Hideout?" I ask
"Yes!" Mika responded "We thought of maybe here we can spend more time with each other. Like this is our team temporary house."
"All of that trouble just for this?" I look at both them with my disappointed face. I mean, It's my fault for overthinking, but of course I'm worried.
"Come on, Relax" Then Mika pushed me to sit on the comfortable sofa "This will be our temporary house."
"Did the two of you made all of this?" I ask.
"The cleaning? Yes and all— " Luis answered but Mika continued "Not really, this is Madam Lillia's old house, she said she will sell this house and will renovate this for future. so for the meantime we ask her if we can at least clean it from the inside and use it before they start renovating it, there you go."
"I see" I look around "this seems pretty good house."
After that event, we spend the whole day on that house just playing and fixing some of the part of the house. A few months had pass, almost everyday we came to that old house as if it's our own house.
Luis POV
After we started occupying that old house I started gathering natural foods and storing it so anytime we went there we have something to eat. I'm doing this almost everyday.
"I think I gathered enough fruit, I should get going before Mika returns home."
'Ohh wait, where is Nathan? Oh I remember!' I look around until I saw Nathan practicing with his sword again. 'Wow he's really good with swords' I smiled while watching him so focused on his training, but somehow I'm jealous of him. He's a good looking kid, He still have parents, genius, matured, skillful almost in everything. But nah, I'm proud of him as my friend.
After a minute of watching him, I suddenly realized that I actually forgot the fishing rod on the pod. 'Oh shit, yes I forgot!' I quickly run for it.
"There you are!" I left it here for almost half a day but you didn't even catch one.
When I turn back, I saw a wild boar rushing towards me. "Fuck!" I barely dodge it, so I quickly run but he seems persistent and continues to follow me.
"What the hell did I do to you? You damn pig!" I shouted running aimlessly throughout the forest.
After a while of running I finally lost the boar. 'Oh god I'm so tired.' Then I began to realize I'm lost in the middle of the forest. 'Shit where am I?' I'm lost in unfamiliar forest, I didn't notice it since I was busy with freaking pig.
As I walk, suddenly I step on a something like an old wood then I fall. Fuck this is a human pitfall trap. It's almost ten feet deep, my head was the first to hit the ground so I lost consciousness for a while.
When I wake up, It's already afternoon, probably around 6pm. 'Night time is coming' luckily I'm still alive. No hidden spikes, that's good. But little did I know that what's inside in this pit was not spikes but hundreds of snakes. When I realized I panicked. "Ahhhhh! What the fuck!" Hundreds if not thousands of venomous snakes all over my body, some are trying to climb up, some are just sleeping some just crawling around my body. Then I check myself if there is any bite on me "what? Not even a single one dares to bite me?" I take that opportunity to scape in this pitfall trap. Grabbing anything I could find to help me climb up. I sometimes accidentally stepped or grab snake but they are not biting me, they seems scared of me. Nothing matters to me than to scape. Almost 30 minutes before I finally reach the surface. 'It's already dark' due to exhaustion I fall asleep.
Then I woke up, I'm already in our hideout, the first person I saw was Nathan.
"You finally wake up!" Nathan speaks
Then Mika rush towards me "Luis!" She hugs me "I'm so worried about you! What happened?"
Due to my current state I am unable to speak. "It's been dark, we were looking for you; lucky Nat was able to find you in the middle of the forest unconscious." I can see Mika's worried face her eyes watering with tears.
"You were gone like four or five hours, and she's really worried." Nathan smiled at me as if he's telling me something. "What if you were gone for one or two days? Man I'm telling you she will turn the world upside down to find you." Then he laughed. Then Mika pinched him "ouch!"
I smiled as I realized I'm so lucky to have these two beside me.
Nathan's POV
The end of year is finally coming, after summer break we are finally five star students. Time really runs fast.
"Nathan! Mr. Xavier, Nathan! Do you hear me?" Professor Maxin shouted, I hear him the first time he called me, but since my mind was outside the class I didn't pay attention to him so he shouted.
I stand up "Oh? Yes! Uhmm Professor! I— I'm sorry… I was…" I startled to answer him.
"Why are you standing?" Prof Maxin ask. "Please sit Mr. Xavier. Anyways let's continue"
"Psst! Psst!" Luis ask "what the hell man?" He's pulling his laugh.
"What? It's nothing haha." I playfully smiled.
Then suddenly the bell rang continuously.
"What's happening?" Mika ask. And all other students in class are all confused on what is going on. The bell ring nonstop, it causes panic to all other students.
Our professor walks out side "Stay here everyone, I will check what's going on." Stating before leaving us.
"What the hell is going on? The class was just starting." Mikas ask Luis "I don't know, it's not even the bell for classes to end." He replied.
A sudden disturbance happened outside classroom. I could hear all other students mumbling. They seems worried and distressed. Then the commotion begins, I saw some students running and shouting outside some are causing stampede on the hallway while everyone is panicking. The whole room was in an uproar. That makes me anxious as well, some of our classmates started to peek on the windows to see what's going on outside. I stand up to see it for myself.
"What's going on!" Mika grab my hand and ask me she's trembling.
I turn to her and I saw her face felt the sense of trepidation as other students panicked. While Luis joined other students on the window.
"I don't know either, the professor didn't comeback." Our classmates started to run outside and joined the stampede as the mayhem broke out. I have to pickup my self from the situation and start thinking.
"Safety first!" I grab Mika to run outside and I call out to Luis to come with us. "Luis! Let's get going! We need to go out!" To my surprise Luis was pale and scared as the sweat waters his face. Seems like he saw something outside. Before I and Mika reach the door a loud explosion started on the next room.
The whole building whas shaking as if there was an earthquake, but that's not it. Many more sound of explosions started all over the school it's like raining bombs outside.
While I hold tight on Mika I was also trying to reach Luis in the midst of chaos, but suddenly I saw a piece of square like metal thrown on our room, before I could react, it exploded and whole room was shattered along with all the students inside.
I briefly lost consciousness, I can't hear anything I can't see anything and dust all over my surroundings combined with my blurry vision, I struggle picking up myself. Stepping on other students bodies on the ground, as I search for Mika and Luis on the piles of block and dead bodies. I realized we where on the ground floor. Our room was third floor, that means everyone probably somewhere in these shattered building.
'What the fuck is going on' I crawl towards the light outside, the bombing didn't stop. As my vision is getting clearer, I saw dead bodies, scattered arms, limbs, feets. Some bodies are burning. It was all over the place. As if I'm in a middle war.
Then finally I recovering little by little, I start to gather some mana so I can protect myself in case I encounter some enemy. I hide in the pile of blocks. This is the first time I experience a life and death situation, I am losing composure but I have to focus for my safety. I started to look around my surroundings for survivors. Many of them are greatly injured experiencing extreme anguish. To calm myself I close my eyes and start to focus on the situation once again.
Breathing slowly, I finally recovered my senses. Then with the mana I gathered, I stood up to find Mika and Luis. With my enhanced sense I finally found Mika unconscious on the ground. I picked her up and carried her to safer place, then I started looking for Luis.
'Where are you? Luis?!' Damn it, as the bombing stop, I could hear students screaming and crying all over the place begging for help. It causes chaos.
"Hear us students! This is the last day you will see your beloved principal! Come forth, everyone!" A voice outside started speaking as if he's calling everyone.
Who was that? Is he the cause of all this? I need to know what's going on.