"Such an unfriendly welcome you have there, Alex,” sambit no'ng lalaki na nasa unahan na nagpainis sa akin. He was grinning na parang may balak siyang hindi maganda sa amin. "That's not how you should welcome your guests,” asar niya na mas lalo pang nagpainis sa akin. Sorry na lang siya at ganito talaga ako mag-welcome ng mga kaaway ko. I threatened them until they pissed themselves."Guests? More like, pests,” Maica mocked them which was actually a good one. I couldn't help but smile at Maica's insult to the man. But he smiled as well, pretending na hindi siya naiinsulto kahit ramdam kong naiinis na siya."That was a good one, Maica. He's pissed,” ulat ni Trisha. Nakita niya siguro ang irritated halo nito. I secretly linked my strings on the guns they had in their backs and started unscrewing its parts.  It

Trees were withering. The soil was dry and cracked. Fogs blurring our visions. Those were just a few descriptions I could say for this place. Everything that was in here was kinda dead. No signs of life nor signs of movement. It's quiet and the air was full of tension and it's so dense. The place gave off this spooky and gloomy atmosphere that could separate one’s soul from its body."Ito ba ang Fairy Realm na tinutukoy nila?" Maica asked as she gazed upon the very scene around us.Then, we heard a sound of a shutter as if someone was taking some pictures. We looked at Trisha, holding a phone orientated to take another photo. "Calli asked me to document this," agarang depensa ni Trisha bago pa man kami makatanong."Status?" bulalas ni Dao.

The moment we passed through the vines, bumulaga sa amin ang isang malawak na espasyo. It's like a cavern at pansin ko ang mga butas sa mga pader. Kung hindi ako nagkakamali, it's their rooms or a tunnel system na ginawa nila. Pero wala dito ‘yong hinahanap namin."Wala sila dito," Maica commented nang libutin niya ng kanyang paningin ang buong silid."Looks like we failed," dismayado at bigo kong sabi."Hindi pa," Trisha stated habang nakatingala sa isa sa mga butas. "Follow me," she ordered at saka siya nagsimulang pumunta sa tinititigan niyang butas kanina. Nagkatinginan kaming tatlo ni Maica sa naging utos ni Trisha. "Ano? Gusto niyo ba silang iligtas o hindi?" Trisha asked dahilan para sundan siya. Kahit hindi namin alam ang plano niya ay wala kaming choice kundi ang sumunod

***AlexTakot at kaba ang agad kong naramadaman nang makita ko ang nasusunog na building. Malaki at malakas ang apoy dahil sa kapal ng usok. Maya-maya lang ay biglang tumunog ang cellphone ko. Nang tingnan ko ito, I saw Dao's caller ID."Yes?" sagot ko sa tawag niya."We detected an energy shift at the burning building. Sa tingin ko hindi ito isang ordinaryong sunog lang," Dao informed na siyang nagpalakas sa pag-aalala ko."We're on our way. Thanks for the info," tugon ko at saka pinatay ang tawag. "Dao detected an energy shift on that building. Posibleng supernatural ang dahilan ng apoy," I stated na agad tinanguan ni Sky.Sky changed course

***AlexI walked towards the dragon na agad naman niyang napansin. He looked at me and he's even mad than earlier. Gulat din ang mga tauhan ng Glias nang makita ko ang insignia nila sa mga uniporme nila. The dragon spitted fire at me pero hindi ito umubra dahil sa force field ko. Napatingin ako sa Glias at nagsimulang maglakad papunta sa kanila.The dragon kept on breathing fire, pero gaya nga ng sabi ko, it failed. Napapaatras naman ang mga Glias whenever I took a step towards them. Nang marating ko sila, agad kong pinalutang ang mga baril nila at saka isa-isa silang pinatamaan ng mga tranquilizer. Nang mawalan sila ng malay, ay agad ko silang tinapon papunta sa dragon."You're hungry, right?" tanong ko pero galit pa rin itong nakatingin sa akin