CHAPTER 62

　　Vior's Point Of View

　　"A warrior was found dead …" I seemed deaf to what I heard from Velocity.

　　I just looked at Zenith and that’s how it reacted. Unable to believe what was found including weakness.

　　When will it end?

　　Depressed I turned to Velocity who was still staring at the quiet surroundings. Even if the foreigners are no longer here something terrible happened, that's what we were not able to save from disaster.

　　"Can you live in Zenith fast to get there right away? Right now she can't afford to use electricity," I said.

　　I still can't forget what she did before. What did she bet to reach that level of power? Velocity just rode Zenith on its back, like piggy back riding.

　　"Ahm, hold on, huh? You might fall and I won't catch you," Velocity said.

　　Zenith nodded. "I don't fall that easily so no worries."

　　What they say to my brain means something different. Is it that simple, I'll think about it? What the heck, Vior!

　　I cough to get their attention. "I'm just behind you so if Zenith ever falls, I won't hesitate to catch her. Got it, Velocity?" He laughed slightly then nodded.

　　Psh. It's good and we understand each other because I will report him to Achery when he fights me.

　　"Zenith? Do you want to go to Manong Pilot first?" I will ask.

　　"All right before we leave but let's release all the women in this truck first," she replied then grabbed the truck, she slammed it.

　　"Yahhh!" we heard shouts from within.

　　At the same time, Velocity and I pulled the block on the truck that served as its lock so that the hostage could not escape. The beautiful woman, young and old, opened up to us.

　　"You are all safe now …" we said happily to them.

　　The others greeted me with a hug and almost burst into tears of gratitude, "We owe our lives to you! Thank you very much. We are not the only one that is now saved but also the city."

　　I looked at Zenith and they just watched me be beaten by people.

　　"Ah eh, I'm not the only one who did that. Actually …" I pointed at Zenith who was behind Velocity. "... she did all the saving stuff. I'm just here for help so you shouldn't thank me and it doesn't matter."

　　"No. I can't do that thing without Vior so you really have to thank him," Zenith insisted, causing people to beat me up again, she was still smiling.

　　"From our citizens of the Forbidden City we are very grateful to you two. Now, we can go back to our own lives and live in peace with harmony," said a woman, whose age does not seem far away from us and she resembles Auntie Gloria.

　　I just smile to her. "We are sorry but we also need to leave. We can't help you restore the look of your place."

　　"That is absolutely fine to us. You have helped a lot but can I know where Pilot is?" Auntie Gloria asked, only Zenith knows.

　　I saw her tap Velocity's shoulder, signaling him to lower it and he did. "I hide him somewhere so I'm sure Old man is safe." Then I heard everyone sighed deeply.

　　"That's a relief. It was a good thing to hear that you were worried about him, daughter. We are afraid to tell you that even though you have helped so much to develop our town, we can't help but worry about Pilot because he is close to you. He's old and he doesn't have a family anymore so we just don't want to hurt him," said Aling Gloria.

　　Zenith smiled at them bitterly. "No problem. Just a moment and I'll take him here, just please make sure that Old man will be okay," she said then left.

　　We looked awkward as we waited for Zenith to return.

　　"Uno … about the Academy …" Velocity said softly next to me so that only I could hear. "Let's just wait for a few minutes. We'll get there quickly," I responded in a low voice. "But … you need to know something—"

　　"Whatever it is you put it off for now, I'll know that too," I interrupted what he was going to say. He just closed his mouth and didn't speak again, Zenith and Manong Pilot were right back. "Pilot!" they are happy to meet here.

　　If before I was the one they hugged, Manong Pilot took over. Like the ones I watched before in the teleserye, it was like a lost part of the family and haven't seen each other for a long time.

　　After a few minutes they all faced us. "Thank you so much again, Uno and Zenith. We will never forget what you did for us. Be careful …"

　　"As long as you need something about fixing and beautifying your place, just tell Old man and I'll cover all the costs." I rolled my eyes and looked at Zenith because of what she said.

　　I saw the faces of the people here light up and was happy to hear. "Really, daughter? It will take too much because of the amount of damage."

　　"Like what I've said, I'll take care of everything. Don't bother with that thing. I'll just ask one thing from all of you who are here … ."

　　"What's that?" They asked at the same time.

　　She turned to Manong Pilot and blinked her eyes before answering, "Stay with Tanda. Don't let him feel that he's alone, don't leave him alone." Then Aling Gloria turned around. "Okay?"

　　"Don't worry about that, daughter because even if you don't say it and we will. Thank you for the concern."

　　Zenith nodded then went back behind Velocity again. "We're done here. We'll be ahead of you. Sign? Always be careful and don't cry," he said goodbye then tapped Velocity again then I just paid my respects to them.

　　"We're now going …" then quickly followed Velocity who was immediately outside the Forbidden City.

　　I wondered if it would be easy to lift Zenith that way because while I was behind them I was more and more remorseful and I wish I was just that. Damn!