262 Cooperation, A Secret of Annicas Psychic Ability (1/2)
Day 41 – 8:38 AM – Salvador Compound, Inner District, East Port Settlement, Barangay Dinahican, Infanta, Quezon
Arriving at the compound, Mark could not help but see many people hurriedly moving things around. It seemed that there was a situation they were urgently preparing for. There were even some that were hurrying outside the compound carrying megaphones as they rushed towards the main street.
Mark looked at the three siblings that guided their group here but it looked like that they were also surprised at the current situation.
As they entered the compound, they could see a small group of people coming out of the mansion towards their direction. With Alana whispering beside him, Mark learned that the man in the center of that group was the head of the Salvador Family, Darren Bryce Salvador.
”””Dad!”””
The three siblings called out as the group neared.
Darren scanned the group escorted by his children and without hesitation, approached Mark. He did not even divert his eyes away from Mark despite the two distractions on Mark's body. The bearing of someone leading a rich family was truly on another level.
”I'm Darren Bryce Salvador. Thank you for accepting our invitation.”
He then stretched his right hand for a handshake.
Shrugging his shoulders, Mark accepted the handshake.
”Mark. You can call me that.”
”Then, it's fine to call you Sir Mark?”
”Do as you wish.”
Mark did not know why Darren was giving him a polite address but he did not care anyway.
After receiving Mark's introduction, that was only when he averted his gaze and
Looked at the child Mark was carrying and the fairy on Mark's shoulder.
”And these two are?”
Urged by Mark, the two introduced themselves.
”Miracle.”
”Uhm, I'm Amihan.”
Miracle blandly said her name while Amihan hesitated to do so.
”Alright, nice to meet you two.”
Finally, Darren turned to Alana and Karlene.
”Karlene, Alana, it's good to see you two once more.”
”It's good to see you too Uncle Darren.”
The two replied with smiles on their faces. It was obvious how good the relationship of the two girls to this family.
”Well then, this is not a good place to talk. Let's go inside.”
The whole group walked across the compound with the people from the Salvador Family in the lead.
”Dad, what is happening? Why does everyone look busy?”
The others also had the same question but as Darren said that it was not good to talk outside, everyone kept their silence. However, Annica really could not keep her mouth shut.
However, since it was not bad to answer that question, Darren spoke.
”About half hour earlier after you and your brothers left the house, we received a message from the Military Settlement. Apparently, the thick cloud formation at the sky this time isn't just the normal ones like the previous days. The weather apparatus in the Military Settlement detected a weather anomaly in the Pacific Ocean, possibly, a super typhoon. The time of landfall is still unidentified however. Due to that, I mobilized all our forces to prepare and inform everyone in the settlement.”
Darren then turned to Alana and Karlene.
”You two aren't informed yet?”
”Uncle Darren, if you had just received the news, then my father would still be in the meeting to plan their moves in the settlement. He'll probably contact me later.”
Karlene said. Alana on the other hand remained quiet.
Both the two of them had radios that was paired with their relatives. They received it before they left the Military Settlement with Mark. However, since the reception in the mountains was poor, they could not use the radios at the mountain base. The only time Karlene managed to contact her father was before they arrived here in East Port Settlement. As for Alana, she was still angry with her uncle and she did not even bother contacting that nerd scientist uncle of hers.
Mark frowned hearing the news. Although he already knew that it would happen, he was still alarmed. After all, the people in this settlement were going to be informed of the incoming storm and preparations were ongoing already. The people here should have been prepared for the storm surge since it would not be the first time that it would happen.
And yet…
The whole settlement was flooded in his vision earlier.
Things were getting eerie for some reason.
***
Entering the mansion, Mark's group was led to the dining room for breakfast and met Darren's wife, Maitea. The breakfast was simple, a small bowl of soup, four cuts of fish cutlets and a small cup of rice. Those who wanted coffee were even given a cup. This was a simple breakfast before the outbreak but it was a luxurious one in the current times.
As for Amihan, Mark gave her a honeyed wild berry he had in his backpack while Miracle was not given anything as she was not hungry yet. In any case, the little girl would not eat human food anyway.
Still, the members of the Salvador Family looked confused as to why Mark was not giving Miracle food.
”So, can you tell us why we are invited here? Is it because of last night?”
Mark asked as he looked at Darren.
Coughing, Darren spoke.
”Surely, what happened last night is something we're kind of vexed but it's only part of the reason.”
”Then, you won't demand for me to return what I took right? However, I stole from your family. Isn't that against the regulations of the settlement?”
Alana and Karlene looked at Mark worryingly. Did someone put gunpowder on his food?