#12: Dulo ng Talim

Raven and Estefro are standing in front of a wide glass window. Estefro slightly opens his lip and inhales a bit of air.

Raven is beginning to narrow her eyes as she remains staring at the glass window. "Diyan na lang siya?"

Estefro tells her. "Ano ba sa tingin mo? Siyempre, diyan siya mananatili."

"Kaya babagsak ang Ulaiya dahil sa mga tulad mong malambot ang puso," Raven slowly looks at Estefro, "ang batang iyan ay dapat ikinukulong sa kulungan na para sa mga banta."

Estefro turns toward Raven whose dark eyes are staring at him. Smoke is occurring from his exposed skin whilst dark particles are appearing around Raven.

Estefro's eyes are widening as veins are appearing on his face. "Huwag mong tangkain gawin ang gagawin mo... batid mo na ayaw kong pakawalan dito sa ospital ang aking lakas."

"Mapagmalaki ka," dark particles around Raven begin to flash and they multiply, "ngunit nakahanda akong sirain ang buong lugar na ito kung 'yon lamang ang dahilan upang maibaba ko ang tapang mo."

On the ground outside the hospital, thin visible air arising from the ground; the visible air explodes and turns into thick red flames and it multiplies as it surrounds the whole hospital.

People nearby are standing in their places and some of them are running everywhere.

Raven moves her eyes everywhere as the dark energy around her.

Some people outside stare at the gigantic wall of red flames as it's spinning rapidly. A man arrives near the crowd and he's wearing a scarf around his neck.

His eyes stare upon the red flames and he raises his hands and points them at the flame. "Sa puntong ito, marami ang malalagay sa kapahamakan dahil sa pinaggagawa nila."

He opens his hand and dark flames appear above his fingertips; they begin to expand. Henceforth, he tosses them toward the gigantic wall of flames.

"Mawala ka," he said.

The red flames turn to dark flames, and the dark flames fly toward the young man who threw the dark fireballs.

Estefro's eyes are widening, and his thighs are shaking as he falls to his knees. The dark energy around Raven starts to resemble a shape of a fishing hook, and all of them fly toward him.

A blade of a sword cuts the dark energy hooks, and Raven narrows her eyes at the young man standing in front of her.

"Ikaw," Raven said.

"Huwag na huwag mong sasaktan si Estefro, wala kang karapatan," he swings his sword and lifts it and points it at Raven, "siya ang aking guro, at ako si Azer na kanyang estudyante."

The dark energy wrapping around Raven's whole body begins to stick to her upper and lower body.

She remains to gaze at him as her whole body disassembles piece by piece.

Raven closes her eyes and speaks, "Hindi pa ito ang huling pagkakataon na matititigan ko ang mga nagbabaga mong mga mata."

Azer lays his sword on his shoulder, and his calm eyes are staring at Raven until she disappears completely.

Later on, on wide grassland surrounded by trees and a few silhouettes of mountains to be seen, Azer and Estefro are standing in front of each other; both of them are separated by a lengthy distance.

Both of their hands are open, and then Estefro begins to point his hands at him.

A thick wave of fire emerges from his hands and flies toward Azer.

He begins to close his eyes as he swings his hands, and the movement of his hands releases strains of blue lightning forward and it strikes the thick red flames.

Azer begins to run toward the disappearing red flames. Estefro swings his hands in different directions and his final hand movement releases a large red flaming sphere.

Estefro begins to smile widely. "Tingnan natin kung kaya mong sirain 'yan!"

Azer's eyes are widening as he witnesses a white glowing humanoid figure in his mind, and it's raising its white glowing hand and folding his fingers except for his index finger.

He points his index finger at Azer and says, "Ikaw ay bibigyan ko ng mga biyaya mula sa crystal.

"Pakitaan mo ako kung karapat-dapat ka ba sa abilidad na tinataglay ng crystal."

The large flaming red sphere explodes as blue lightning is flickering on it, and then thick blue lightning emerges from the fading red flames.

Estefro begins to swing his hands as the thick blue lightning reaches his distance.

His eyes broaden and the thick blue lightning vanishes and a young man is standing now in front of his eyes.

"Azer!" Estefro yelled.

Azer swings his sword and points it at Estefro's neck.