My Love, Darkness

Chapter 23

I came along

I wrote a song for you

And all the things you do

And it was called, "Yellow"

Titus felt his heart clenched inside of his chest as he saw the traces of blood on Phoebe's neck. f**k! I'm so sorry, Phoebe.

So then I took my turn

Oh, what a thing to have done

And it was all yellow

"I'm so sorry this happened to you, Phoebe. I should catch you, baby. But I failed you," Titus said, trying to suppress himself from letting out his tear.

Your skin

Oh yeah, your skin and bones

Turn into something beautiful

You know

You know I love you so

You know I love you so

Lumapit sila sa bar counter. Nagtatakang napatingin sa kanila ang lalaking kasalukuyang nagpupunas ng mga baso.

"Would the both of you like to drink something?" the bartender asked as his curious' eyes stayed staring at the both of them.

"No. Actually, we are here to see Larid," Kellan answered.

"Oh, Larid. Yes, yes. Larid. Sorry to say but Larid is not yet here today. I bet, he might be in his house in these hours."

I swam across

I jumped across for you

Oh, what a thing to do

'Cause you were all yellow

Kellan sighed before looking back at Titus who's still quiet. "I guess we will go to--"

"What are you guys doing here?"

I drew a line

I drew a line for you

Oh, what a thing to do

And it was all yellow

Napalingon silang pareho kay Larid na ngayon ay papalapit na sa kinaroroonan nila.

Your skin

Oh yeah, your skin and bones

Turn into something beautiful

"What are you guys doing in here?" Larid's eyes darted to the Phoebe who's in Titus' arms. "Is this the kid?" tanong ni Larid na sinagot ni Titus ng pagbuntong-hininga pagkatapos ay tumango.

And you know

For you I'd bleed myself dry

For you I'd bleed myself dry

"What happened? Did you kill Lamia with my blade?" Larid asked, curiosity visible in his face.

It's true

Look how they shine for you

Look how they shine for you

Look how they shine for

"Wait, let's talk about it in my room. Follow me."

Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you

And all the things that you do

They followed Larid until they reach the room where they talked the last time.

After closing the door, Larid immediately walks to Phoebe and hold her cold hands.

"s**t," Larid cursed.

"What? Tell us, Larid," Titus said.

"Well, this kid is still under Lamia's power. But tell me first, what happened? Did she somehow threaten you about this kid?"

Napakunot-noo si Titus. He remembered Lamia's threat once she dropped the snow globe out of her hand.

"She was inside a snow globe when Lamia threatens us. The snow globe breaks into pieces. I couldn't manage to save her," Titus said in a low voice, thinking of worthless he is even if he has abilities and the skill.

He can't stop blaming his self. He is the reason why Phoebe is dead now. Hindi niya matimbang kung gaano kabigat ang nararamdaman niya ngayon. Sa tuwing napapatingin siya sa katawan ni Phoebe na hawak-hawak niya ngayon ay hindi niya mapigilang sisihin ang sarili.

Larid sighed. "Okay..." Larid put both of his hands on his waist.

"Did you try resurrecting her?"

Parehong tumingin sa isa't isa si Kellan at Titus. Umiling si Kellan bilang sagot.

"What do you mean resurrect? We are grim reapers. We are not a God to resurrect her," Titus said that made Larid shook his head.

"No, no, no. You can resurrect her. I mean, you're also like handlers. It's up to the both of you if you want to bring her back or not. Wait..." Nakakunot-noong tumingin sa kanila si Larid. "Don't tell me the both of you did not know it?" He asked.

Muling umiling si Kellan. "No, we both don't know. Our only abilities are possession, teleportation, healing, make ourselves invisible, and sensing souls we're gonna deal with."

Napahilamos sa mukha si Larid na ikinakunot ng noo nilang dalawa ni Kellan at Titus.

"God, you guys," Larid clears his throat. "Sorry but you guys are so clueless. You had more abilities than that. And one of them is resurrection."

"What do you mean? We have other abilities?" Titus asked.

"Uh, yes. Of course. God, I don't know what's the problem and why would your superiors would not want to teach you these abilities in the first place but I guess, you guys are lucky. I know how to do the resurrection."

"Wait, wait. Does resurrecting Phoebe will not affect anything? Like the war of Gods, extinction to mankind? Like that?" Kellan asked.

"Well, yeah. Something will happen but not so much like what you said, Kellan." Larid answer at Kellan's question before turning his gaze on Titus. "Did you somehow notice any traces of spell in the area where Lamia was chosen her victim?"

Tumango si Kellan na ikinagulat ni Titus. "You did?" tanong ni Titus na sinagot ng tango ni Kellan.

"Yeah, I noticed the mansion still a mess after killing Lamia. You did not notice because you're busy being devastated," sagot ni Kellan na ikinatungo ni Titus.

Tumango-tango si Larid. "That's good. Yes, Phoebe is dead because she's still under Lamia's spell but once That's a perfect sign that she's still alive," ani Larid at napatingin kay Phoebe at Titus.

"Come on. Let's bring her back."

Larid places a wide wooden table where they laid Phoebe who looks so pale. They also set scented candles around them so they can be relaxed while in process of resurrecting.

When they're done setting the room, Kellan dimmed the lights in the room.

Titus stood beside Phoebe's body.

"Now, Titus. I want you to place your right hand on her head as this is the part where the memories are stored. This is the part where you wanted to awake so that when she wakes up, the memories stored in here will rush back on her head," Larid explained, guiding him on what he must do.

"I suppose you already memorize the way and how would you going to say the say the chant of resurrection, yes?" Larid asked and Titus answered him with a nod.

Larid also nodded before leaving Titus beside Phoebe's body. Titus slowly put his hand towards Phoebe's pale forehead as he started to say the chant.

"Nearí, i kardiá tou opoíou eínai katharí san neró kai ánemos. Sas diatázo na epistrépsete zontanoí. Se peítho na eísai zontanós. Káto apó tin epimoní mou, na eísai zontanós..."

Titus' eyes went wide as white particles started to come out and flew away out from Phoebe's body. He continues to chant.

"Nearí, i kardiá tou opoíou eínai katharí san neró kai ánemos. Sas diatázo na epistrépsete zontanoí. Se peítho na eísai zontanós. Káto apó tin epimoní mou, na eísai zontanós..."

All parts of Phoebe went bright as white particles continue to come out from her body. Titus can feel the heavy spell Lamia had put on Phoebe as the room became darker. Only the light coming out from Phoebe's body remained inside the room as their source of light.

"Continue, Titus. Continue until you already release Lamia's spell!" Larid shouted and he answered him with a nod.

"Nearí, i kardiá tou opoíou eínai katharí san neró kai ánemos. Sas diatázo na epistrépsete zontanoí. Se peítho na eísai zontanós. Káto apó tin epimoní mou, na eísai zontanós!"

In the last chant of resurrection, everything went white after the three of them saw Phoebe's body went so bright like a sun.

Titus brings back Phoebe's life. He brings her back to life.