Читать книгу Final Destiny - Mike Justin Sumulong - Страница 4

Their entire reality has completely turned upside down. It began once the Alternate made his exit. They were all puzzled as to what he wants them to do, regardless of the instructions he recently explained. Then, in a blink of an eye, the group was no longer inside the train. They are outside now. In fact, they seems to be in the middle of a city. There were tall builders and even many jumbo screens placed in several buildings showing a commercial or some sort to the public.

“Are we on our ‘world’ already?” Hideyoshi asked.

“Get bloody real!” Dirk scoffed. “Of course we are. The whole traveling to worlds and finding keys was nothing more than some idiot’s idea of a prank.”

“Are you sure?” Emma asked and Dirk nodded. However, Gabriel must disagree by mentioning the clothes they’re all wearing now. Instead of wearing the same casual clothes from the beginning, they seemed to be wearing thobes. The ones which the Arabs are wearing for their culture.

“When do we put these on?” Sarah exclaimed.

The ground begins to rumble as pebbles began to shake up off the ground. Whatever it may be, they must hide unless they desire to get caught up with whatever danger is lurking around here. Fortunately, since they’re in the city, they can hide within the large alley between the two buildings.

The ground begins to shake harder and the noise starts to become louder. Emma was trembling a bit and was on the verge of crying again until Dirk calmed her down. Suddenly everything became quiet and calm now as if nothing has happened.

Hideyoshi decides to take a look. Slowly, he walked to the edge of the alley. When he too a peek from there, Hideyoshi became so surprised that he couldn’t tell as to whether he should be amazed or terrified.

“Hideyoshi?” Gabriel whispered. “What’s out there?”

“A-A Gundam.” He said with eyes still glued to the sight he’s witnessing now.

“What the bloody hell are you talking…about?”

Dirk was also shocked along with the rest who followed when they took a look of what Hideyoshi is witnessing. There’s two of them plus a half of a dozen of foot soldiers. All of them were armed and armored. But it’s the “Gundams”, which Hideyoshi called them, that caught their attention. They’re giant humanoid robots, which are 17 meters big and carries assault rifles that are as big as a battleship cannon. Probably does deadlier devastation than a regular battleships.

“I can’t believe what I'm seeing. That is awesome!” Hideyoshi said with ridiculous enthusiasm.

“Does this mean we’re really in…another world?” Gabriel asked.

“Either that or we ended up in Earth at a far future. Whatever it is, this is awesome!”

Then, coming along with the armed soldiers, there are three people. All of them were small as Emma, so they’re probably children. They’re eyes were blindfolded which made Gabriel get the bad feeling of something awful is going to happen; especially, since he could see a small flow of tears leaking out from the blindfolds.

The three of them were lined onto the street facing the buildings in front of them, and soldiers standing so sternly from behind. One of them, who appears to be an officer, stepped out of the group.

“What are they doing?” Emma asked. Dirk whispered her to be quiet and to look away because he too is getting the sense that something bad is going to happen.

One by one, the officer untied the blindfolds on the children. After that, he pulled out his watch or some sort and made an announcement:

Attention citizens and scum of Yhav! It seems your crimes against the world and your defiance from acknowledging our judgement will never stop. Don’t you all realize the sooner you accept your punishment, the sooner it will be easy for all of us. I guess it can’t be helped now. As of today, for the crimes of resisting the Imperial Police Force authorities along with Director Aiden's rule, these three children will immediately be sentence to death!

“They’re going to kill those children? That’s crazy!” Hideyoshi said. From Gabriel’s point of view, it looks like that officer is going to enjoy watching such an agonizing sight. Just like Emily and her friends were about to do to him back at the city.

“We have to stop them,” Gabriel said as he was about to dash in until Sarah stopped him.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

“That’s my line, stupid!” she growled. Hideyoshi help her.

“Dude, she’s right! Can’t you see they have guns and even Gundams and we don’t have anything at all? How can you help them…?”

“Over there, Rebels!” cried out one of soldiers pointing at the five at the alleyway. He and the others immediately open fired at them. The five tried to escape through the alley until the path before them got closed off when the walls collapse on it suddenly.

“That is a warning!” cried the voice coming from one of outside of the alleyway. “Now drop your weapons and come out slowly with your hands up or else we will open fire!”

“Dirk,” Emma crying on him, “I’m scared.”

“Everything will be fine Emma. Just don’t look.”

Everyone did what the man in the mecha said. Everyone beside Dirk and Emma who were clinching together with fear shivering down their spines.

“Hey, you two,” called out the other man in the mecha. “Stop clinching each other and put your hands up now!”

“We didn’t anything wrong. So, what’s the friggin problem?”

“Are you resisting?”

“What? No!”

“I’m engaging!” the mecha pointed his massive rifle at Dirk and Emma. When he pulled the triggered, Dirk pushed Emma away from him right before the impact.

“Dirk!!!” Emma screamed. The blast was strong enough to almost blow them off into another world.

“Now listen little girl,” said the same robot who is now pointing his weapon at Emma now. “Be a good kid. Stand and put your hands up now!”

“This is crazy,” Gabriel whispered. He really wants to help, but he knows what Sarah and Hideyoshi just said is true. Besides, he and the other two can’t do anything thanks to the other robot keeping its eyes on them.

“I said stand up with your hands in the air!”

Emma couldn’t do it. She was too appalled after witnessing her own brother getting blown up in front of her. In fact, all she can do is crying.

“I said…”

“Leave her alone!” cried the voice that sounds familiar. Someone leapt straight at the mecha. With just one punch, the mecha was pushed back to the ground. The pilot even died by being crushed to death after that fatal impact.

“Dirk!?” cried Emma as she approached him with tears of joy. “You’re really okay!”