Zodiac's Encounter

|PROLOGUE|

“Virgo! Take this.”

Leo gave me a ring, a ring that is more important than his life because it came from his Mother. "What are you doing Leo? We don’t have much time, we have to run now!”

“I know but—” We both stop and look outside the window. It took us seconds to stare at a blank space. We simply observed the entire surroundings. But it was so silent that all you could hear were the wind and the swinging trees. Nonetheless, we are aware that something is wrong.

I whispered. “He’s here…”

“Virg—” A loud explosion surprised us.

After uttering a few words. A bomb just blew up the house including us. I was not sure if it was a normal bomb that humans use. What I just saw after was Leo trying to reach for my hand, but the explosion was so strong that it separated us.

I landed on the big rock and it hit the back of my head and spine so badly. I’m conscious but all I can feel is pain. It's torturing me. I can’t hear anything, just a high pitch in my ear. I feel nauseous and my vision is blurry.

“Le—Leo!” I tried to shout his name.

The back of my head is bleeding, and it hurts. I can’t walk properly and I think some of my bones are broken.

“Virgo! Virgo!” Someone is calling me, but it’s not Leo.

“Taurus…”

Taurus and Sagittarius were monitoring our enemy at the top of the mountain, so they were not affected by the explosion. They probably saw our hideout falling to pieces so they came down immediately for us.

He touches my cheeks full of bruises and calls out my name so many times trying to make me stay awake, but I can’t hear him well.

He’s saying something…

“Vir… stay w..ith me… co…me on we h…ave to move.”

“I can’t hear you…”

I looked behind him and there, I saw a blurry appearance of Sagittarius, running towards us.“Taurus, Leo sa…id we have to m…ove, before anoth…er explosion c…omes.”

After hearing Sagittarius, I saw Taurus staring at something. I’m looking for Leo but I can’t find him anywhere. “Sagittarius, you have to look for Leo. Hurry…”

Sagittarius bent down his knees and just caressed my head, despair is in his face.

I looked where Taurus was staring, and there I saw Leo. He can barely stand on his feet and there was blood in his shirt. His shoulders were bouncing up and down, Leo is having trouble breathing.

“Leo!” I called. I can't shout anymore, hurry… I don't have any strength left.

Sagittarius helped me to stand, I thought I could run to Leo, but before I made a step Taurus immediately carried me on his left shoulder. I was surprised by what he did and I wondered why. Why are we running without him? “What are you doing?! Put me down! Leo was there, he needs help!”

“I’m sorry…” He whispered.

“Taurus stop! Sagittarius, please! No… not again. I don't want anyone to die."

Before we even got too far, I heard Leo calling me. “Virgo! That ring, keep it until I see you again.”

I slowly looked at my hand, and tears were sliding down my cheeks. I didn't expect that my heart was hurt more than my body. I'm wearing it? But how? I didn't even see him put it on me.

“I'm always here with you!”

“No! We have to run, please! Come with us!”

I saw his mouth move, what is it? What do you want to say?

Suddenly, Sagittarius hugged Taurus and me, so tight. We're about to teleport. When I looked up at the sky, another explosion was coming. A violet ball of fire was about to fall to where Leo is.

And Leo was… just staring at me with a sweet smile… It's the first and last smile that I saw on him…

"NOOOOO!!!"

—

"NOOOOO!!!" I woke up with tears in my eyes, soaking with my sweat. My dream made me get up on my bed…

Or is it really a dream?

On the door, I heard our wood floor creaking, Taurus was running so fast to my room. "Virgo? Are you okay?" He sat on the bed and gave me a towel to wipe my sweat and tears.

"I'm alright." I answered.

"Another nightmare?"

"A true nightmare." I rubbed my eyes with such brute strength, because I hate it.

"Enough." Taurus held my hands so tight to stop me. "Don't hurt yourself."

"Sorry."

"I prepared our breakfast, after eating we will start packing our things and move towards our goal."

"Yeah."

After hearing my response he immediately went down the stairs and left me.

I hate my eyes because I hate seeing things that I can't handle. It's a true nightmare, and nothing can stop it.

—

We traveled for hours and now we are here in a city.

The sky is extremely gloomy, like there's dueling going on above.

Dark clouds started to mask the whole sky, making the absence of sunlight as if it was hiding from people.

The rain is like a bucket of water pouring on us, pattering loudly against those windows, with a continuous rumbling of thunder. It sounds like someone is drumming loudly in the sky.

It appears like Heaven was giving people a hint that something bad was going to happen.

It was so cold, yet we had to walk. I don't know if this typhoon is bad for our trip or good because this way no one will recognize us.

The whole area was quiet and only the splash of water could be heard along with the strong blow of the wind that seemed to be pushing us, making it hard to move forward.

"You're cold Virgo?" Taurus asked me as his cape rested on my head so I wouldn't get too wet. We were both wearing capes but he still wrapped his own around me.

He's so selfless.

"Virgo?" He called again.

"I'm fine, it's alright." It's not the cold that's bothering me.

While walking on a quiet street I couldn't help but see random back flashes in this area, it's like I'm watching a movie at x2 speed. These made me nauseous. Harrowing memories suddenly reminisce in my head as if I went back to where it all happened and opened the wounds.

The wounds of our past.

Those mistakes that we made.

Is like a ghost tormenting us.

"Taurus." I called.

"What?"

"We're here."

After getting out of that hair-raising street, there was no more rain and the road was dry here. This place is so hot and the sun is visible in the sky. It's different that you may have thought we had a different destination.

People were also teeming up in this area, it's so rowdy. It was the opposite of what we had walked before.

"It's like we used a portal. Why is this place so different?" Taurus' asked.

"I don't know."

Who wouldn't be surprised? It's like we took a shower in a bathroom and it just stopped when we were done. The weather is split. It appears like Heaven made it up for us…

"What the hell is going on?" He asked again while observing the place.

"Maybe it's heaven's way of welcoming us." I said sarcastically.

"Well, thank you for the effort. I think I'm gonna be sick." He removed his cape above my head. He parted his bangs and gently tapped his forehead.

"There's no time for sulking. Let's go."

Because we are the only ones who are soaking wet on the road, it leaves a trail of water. We are also the center of attraction in this area.

Which I hate...

We stopped in front of a Hotel named, Avalanche. People coming out of the Hotel glance at us disgusted because of our attire and suspicious looks. Even the guards looked at us as if we didn't belong in this place.

"There is nothing new in the way they looked at us. I think they are considering us as criminals who have just been released from prison." After mumbling, he hides his irritation by chuckling.

While Taurus was chattering next to me, I sighted something bad with my vision. I looked down at the tile floor, and saw my amber eyes, glittering in the reflection.

"Taurus, one of the guards will approach us. Act normal." I warned him, I even pulled his cape down to give him a signal. After I forewarned Taurus, he immediately turned to the guard with a scowled face.

"Excuse me—" The guard said while approaching us but Taurus immediately cut him off in annoyance.

I even warned him...

"We're not that suspicious, we're humans." He steadily smiled sarcastically to the guard which made him more suspicious of him.

"We're fine. Sorry." I apologized. "I said act normal and we're indeed human." Taurus just shrugged at me, looking for a break in the flow of our conversation.

"Your ahm coats are soiling our floor." The guard said.

"We're deeply sorry, after getting our room we're gonna change immediately."

The guard made a distance from us but we knew that we were being watched. We get a room where we are supposed to meet and temporarily live after doing our job.

"This is the Hotel where we were supposed to meet up with the zodiacs. You already know them, don't you?" I handed Taurus a card. A card containing the address, room no. and date.

"How can I forget Virgo?"

"We're just gonna let them have the card. You'll go find Aries,"

"The hard one, I got it." He's being sarcastic. Taurus has been complaining to me for a while now.

"And I'll go find Aquarius."

After the discussion, we both turned our backs to each other, facing each different direction to go.

"Chase the water and I'm gonna chase the fire. Yeah, that’s exciting."

"Come back alive, Taurus." I walk first and leave Taurus behind. I hadn't even gone far when I heard him shout my name.

"Virgo!" Taurus shouted, which made me stop walking. But I don't want to face him. "Take care and see you later!"

After hearing what he said, I just raised a thumb and started to stroll.

"Virgo! Shouldn't we change our clothes... first?" I heard him calling me again but I ignored it.

I may be cold as ice but still, I care a lot for Taurus. It's just that, it's not the time to care.