Chapter 27
Lockey went straight to his room after being examined in the observatory room, for what he had gone through, it wasn't extensive research, but a way for them to determine what happened to him right after the coma. Especially, Lockey waking up with an ability to move fast—just like his father did.
When he entered the room, he found Klein slouching on the side of his bed. Nagulat pa ito dahil inaasahan niya na mananatili pa ito sa observatory room.
"How are you, Lockey?" he asked, closed the book he was reading and then placed it on the bedside table, and sat on the bed.
"I'm good," tipid na sagot naman ng kaibigan. "I actually feeling a lot of energy right now so I think I might go ahead outside."
"Are you sure?" Klein asked, wondering. Tumango na lamang si Lockey sa kanya. "Okay. . ."
He watched Lockey change his clothes and look at himself in the mirror. After a quick moment, he left the room telling his roommate he would be just at the field. At that moment, Klein started wondering if there was something wrong with his friend. He tried to wash it out of his head and put his attention back on reading the book he picked in the library earlier this morning.
Trying to put his focus on what he was reading, it all came into baffling thoughts when his mind flew to what he encountered with Lockey just a moment ago. Dahil hindi na mapakali si Klein ay nagbihis lang ito saglit at lumabas ng kwarto. Kanyang tinahak ang kwarto nina Malcolm at Simon pero walang sumasagot sa makailang pagkatok niya sa pinto.
He was about to leave when in time, Simon and Malcolm came to find him knocking on their room.
"'Yo, Klein. What's up?" Simon said.
"I need to talk to the both of you," Klein said.
"About what?"
Before he answered Malcolm, he scanned both ends of the hallways just to see that no one was around. "It's about Lockey and I think there's something wrong with him. . ."
"What do you mean?" Simon questioned, furrowing his brows.
"Can we go inside? I think it's better to talk it in a private space."
"Sure, come on in," Malcolm said.
Malcolm opened the door and Klein followed behind him while Simon closed the door behind them. Malcolm sat on his chair while Simon crossed his arms and leaned on the wall while Klein stood just a few steps away from them.
"What do you want to talk about, Lockey?" Simon asked. "He just went into your room, right? Does he know you were here?"
Klein shook his head. "No. He left before I got here. He went to the field he said he was feeling a lot of energy with him. I understand what he meant by that because his ability was powered by electricity or whatever. . . The only concern I needed to say was that, that Lockey we were speaking with wasn't Lockey."
Natigilan ang dalawang magkaibigan sa sinabi ni Klein. They laughed at it first and thought it wasn't something they would believe immediately because it was impossible to do so. They are seeing Lockey and none other than that.
"Are you sure about what you are talking about, Klein?" Simon asked as if he was questioning his integrity and honesty. "I know there was something different with Lockey and that's because he got this new ability he couldn't control yet. What else do you have to say?"
"This one," Klein said, and scooped out a piece of paper to show it to them. Malcolm was the one who grabbed it from his hand and saw an image of former CAPES students and that includes their own headmaster.
"I don't get it. . ." Malcolm said handing over the picture to Simon. Simon took it an seemingly analyzed the photo. "I think that's just some random photos they had back then. There's no connection with Lockey. . ."
"I think there is," Simon said. "This is his father. . ." Simon pointed out.
Mabilis namang napatayo sa kinauupuan si Malcolm at sinilip muli ang litrato at doon niya nga nakita na isa sa mga taong kasama sa picture ay ang tatay ni Lockey.
"I didn't catch that at first sight. . . But is that all?" Malcolm asked both looked at Klein for confirmation.
Klein shook his head and took the photo from Malcolm's hand just to show
"This person, behind the tree, looks at it closely," Klein said, pointing to that part of the image.
Malcolm and Simon looked at it and in a second, they noticed that it was someone else, it was Lockey. Umangat ang ulo ng dalawa at nagkatinginan ito. Confusion set right into their faces and questions started running into their heads.
"How this could happen?" Simon asked.
"I'm not sure. . . But I witnessed what happened last night until the lightning struck him out. Everything was so bright at that point that I had to cover myself under the blanket. I was so afraid that if I opened up my eyes, I might get blind so I wasn't able to check what happened right after. I'm sorry. . ."
"No, don't be sorry. . . Where did you get this photo?" Simon asked.
"Well, I'm not sure if you've known about this secret basement, that's where I found it. I brought Lockey there, too, when I figured out who he could be since he was struggling to get his ability out. When I found that photo, I thought it was really nothing, that just some kid was goofing around. It all made sense to me when Lockey arrived here. I tried to keep it for a while since I could be wrong, but I guess not. . ."
"Would you be able to take us to this secret basement?" Malcolm asked. "I've been living here for a few years no and I haven't heard a single thing about it."
"This could be it because I do believe that Lockey out there isn't the Lockey we knew."
"Hm. . ." Simon hummed, running his finger on his chin.
"What is it, Sime? What are you thinking?" Malcolm wondered.
"Earlier, we are talking about the hand we saw on the wormhole. . . It could mean something. Let us show it to Klein and probably he could tell us what he sees."
Agad namang binuksan ni Malcolm ang kanyang computer at saglit lang ay agad nitong binuksan ang video footage kung saan nangyari ang paglapit ni Lockey sa wormhole bago siya tamaan ng kidlat. When the two guys showed to Klein what they had seen, Klein tried to think about it and tied up to what was happening.
"This is the only question I had in mind, if that person out there wasn't Locket, where the hell he is?"
"He could be on time where that photo was taken," Klein assumed. "That's the only thing I had in mind and this person who is trying to be Lockey could be an enemy we should really be careful of."
"Enemy. . . We've got a lot of enemies already. . ." Malcolm said. "Sure thing, Lockey has a few in mind."
"Can you take us to the secret basement and see what is going on there?" Simon asked.
"Sure, we can go now. . . I think everyone won't notice us. We should just do it quick."
Dali-dali namang sumang-ayon ang dalawa at tumungo sa secret basement. Minabuti pa nilang masiguradong walang makakikita sa kanila. Banggit ni Klein na hindi lahat ng tao sa academy ay alam ang basement at kung ano-anong mga nakasilid dito. Bukod kay Lockey na idinala niya rito no'n, ito ang pangalawang beses na may isinama siya sa secret basement ng building.
As soon as they entered the secret basement and headed downstairs, what they saw shocked them. Natigilan ang tatlo nang madatnan ang isang tao ro'n. When the person stepped closer to them from the dark, they were shocked to find out that it was none other than Lockey.
"Lockey. . . What are you doing here?" Simon asked. "Lockey. . ."
Before they could do anything, Lockey attacked them making them fly to the wall and lose their consciousness. At this point, no one knew what would happen next.
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