We were about to go and find her lover when I saw Tania wearing office attire that made her look good, her beauty was shining, and she looked so stunning. She has a job now, and I know she got a good one. I saw Maria looking at me while I was staring at Tania. I felt jealousy from her, but I pretended that I didn't know. I ignore her jealousy and ask her about her lover's house. Without hesitation, she told me where he lives, and we went to his mansion somewhere in Aurora. Isaiah is a wealthy man. Maria said that Isaiah's grandfather and his father are famous politicians. Maybe those who adopted him are wealthy, or I am the one who is adopted. I looked at his white-painted mansion with a yellowish gold lining in each corner of the mansion that makes it look elegant. The bermudagrass is well trimmed, and the flowers are wet. They were well-watered. I saw two giant white cubs pass in front of us. They stopped for a moment in front of us and started smelling. Maybe they can sense our presence, but they can't see us. They smell Maria and me next. I saw one of the cubs open its mouth, and the fangs showed. They kept on smelling, trying to find us until they continued walking and left us.
"They are Husk and Tusk. Isaiah illegally pets them. Isaiah let them roam around the mansion with the guards to guard," Maria said as I watched the two white tigers walk away.
We went inside the mansion with two lion statues at the front door, and I saw a red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO displayed at the front door. Besides the Fender Stratocaster guitar hanging on the wall. I tried to touch it, and I didn't feel any dust. It is shiny and looks new. "He bought that Ferrari at the auction when he figured out what was missing inside his mansion," Maria told me even though I am not asking because I am not interested.
I roamed around the house expecting to see any photos of him, but I failed. There are no single photos of him displayed or even his family. I didn't know that someone in a developing country has this kind of wealth. I wonder what else he is doing for a living to have this kind of wealth? My money is nothing compared to his, so why did he want mine? I keep asking myself as I roam around his house. I saw maids cleaning at the other side of the house while chatting. I guess they were seven, and they were holding rugs and mops. I saw the cubs standing beside the guard with a gun in his holster, looking outside the mansion's gate with his binoculars. He is hands-on in guarding the mansion. Even under the hot sun, he is there standing and looking in the binocular holding. I continue looking around. I found no photo of him inside the mansion. He is not home either. So where can I find him? And how can I find him? I looked at Maria, looking at Husk and Tusk with a smile. I know she remembers how the tigers played with her when she spent the rest of her life living in a mansion before her lover killed her. They are cute little cubs, and they look well taken care of.
"Where do you think we can find him?" I asked her
"I don't know… he is always out all day", She answered, and she looked at me.
"Isaiah is a busy person, and he is always out of the country… he travels most of the time", She added, and I took a deep breath and thought for the next step because it seems that there's no way that we can find Isaiah.

"What if you use your black smoke to find him?" She asked, and at the same time, she sounded suggesting. That is an excellent idea, but it is impossible because my volumina fumi cannot find a living—only the dead.
"That would be a brilliant idea, but I don't think it would work because he is still alive, and especially if he is the one who owns the white smoke", I answered.
"Well, you try for us to know," She said and a little bit pushy.
How I wish Michael were here so that she could help me. I hope she is just having a break but not mad at me. Especially if she already knows about what I did. I met Tania in her dream, in which she told me not to interrupt with humans. I tried to contact her through my mind, she received my call, but she didn't like to answer. I decided to find Isaiah up in the sky if I couldn't find him down here. Maybe he is flying around to find his next victim. So I spread my wings and fled with Maria. She is always beside me because she was scared that the white smoke might get her. I looked at her, and what if I will use her as bait to bring Isaiah out. Since then, she has the
"pride" written on her forehead. I fly around and check every possible place that I might find where Isaiah is, but I failed.
"Isaiah… Isaiah… Isaiah… where can I find you?" I whispered while still looking down, hoping to find him. I don't even have an idea what he looks like.
Maria will point Isaiah to me just in case she finds him. I know Maria will not lie to me this time, and I don't know why I still trust her after all. How Irony to trust a woman who lied and cheated on you? But yes, here I am. I am trusting her for one more time. Maria suddenly held me close, and she almost hugged me when we saw the white smoke flying around. She closed her eyes and told me not to let her go. I hold her close to me to protect her. The woman who ripped my heart is here in my arms to keep her safe. I saw a bunch of white smoke flying all over. They are just passing to us. As if they can't see us. I don't know what is going on, but I know something is not right. I release my volumina Fumi to follow those white smoke, and I am about to follow them, but Maria stopped me.
"No, please, I am scared", She begged.

I hold her closer to me to assure her that he is safe with me, and I follow my black smoke, which is following the white smoke. The sky is full of white smoke that looks like a thick cloud from below. I know the other angel is just around, but I don't know exactly where he is. This is my chance to see him face to face again and see the answer to my question if he is Isaiah, my brother that I didn't know as we continue following them. The white smoke was suddenly gone like they knew we were following them, and I heard a screeching sound that hurt my ears. It is getting louder and louder that makes me dizzy. I cover my ears to block the sound, but it won't help. My body suddenly shook, and I became numb, and I passed out, together with Maria. We fell to the ground like a shooting star. I tried to stand up to know what had happened, but I couldn't. My
legs were shaking, and my body was numb. I saw my black smoke gone and Maria lying beside me. I tried to wake her up, but she was not waking up. I carried her in my arms and looked at her. I was surprised when I suddenly saw Tania in her. Tania lies on the water full of lilies with garbage around and lifeless. I closed my eyes and shook my head, and when I opened my eyes, it was Maria again. I don't know why I suddenly saw Tania, but my instinct tells me something is not good.
"What happened? Are you okay?" She asked when she opened her eyes and saw me staring at her. I didn't answer because I am thinking about Tania now.
She crawled near me and hugged me when she started to hear the screeching sound again. The white smoke starts to appear again, but they are one by one this time. Until they are a bunch of white smoke, flying in different directions. I looked above and watched them. I was wondering what was going on? I let my black smoke out again to protect Maria and me from the white smoke. I want to spread my wings, but I can't. I still feel weak from falling. I heard a scream from a woman, and she was asking for help. The voice sounds familiar to me. It sounds like Tania. I tried to stand up even though my legs were still weak. I tried to spread my wings even though the danger was still there. I wanted to fly and go to Tania and help her, but Maria held me tight and stopped me from flying.
"Please, don't leave me", She begged while hugging me tightly.
"Please, don't leave me again… don't make me feel alone again like you did before," She said, and I felt her tears fall from her eyes. That is the reason why she cheats. I make her feel lonely even though we always sleep in one bed. I am always leaving her because I am busy with my business. I didn't think about why she cheated on me because I was focused on my anger towards her. I realized now that half of it was my fault. I didn't show her affection, love and I acted like a partner to her, not a husband. I am giving her every luxury because love is all about giving things to a person you love. I forgot about my life before wealth. When my father and I lived a simple life when I was a kid,
"Please, stay with me… I am scared," She whispered. I remember how she whispered to me those words before.
When I am about to leave her again for a business trip and let her sleep alone
every night again, but that was before. The damage is already done, and we can't go back to our old selves anymore. After I help her get her life back, I know she will be going to forget about me. She will not be going to remember a single memory of me. Even though she wants to live again for me. I hold her close to me to assure her that I will not leave her. I want her to feel safe with me, and she doesn't need to be scared because I am here to protect her.
"Isaac," I heard Tania call my name, and she was crying and scared while I listened to a laugh in the background. "Where are you?" I asked her even though I knew she couldn't hear me.
"Hold tight, Maria," I told her, and that was what she did. I fly to Tania to rescue her with Maria
in my arm. When one of the white smoke attacks us. I used my left arm to defend myself from the white smoke attacking us while I was holding Maria in my right arm. I know the white smoke wants to get her. That is why I hug her tight even though there are too many, and I can't fight them all because I can only produce two black clouds of smoke now. I didn't see the other white smoke on my right, and it attacked us. I accidentally dropped Maria.
"Isaac!!!!" She screamed with fear in her eyes.
"No!!!" I screamed, and I immediately flew to her to get her before the white smoke got her. I am like a rocket plunging in the sky to get her.
I make my smokes block the white smokes to stop them from racing in getting Maria. They will not contact Maria. I make sure of that. I spread my arms to reach her and finally, I reached Maria and now she is safe in my arms again. She hugged me tight because of her joy that I saved her. She suddenly kisses me on my lips without my anticipating.
"Thank you, and please don't let me go again," She said.
"I will not," I told her, which made her smile.
I fight the white smoke even though I know that we are outnumbered. There are too many of them while we are three—my two black clouds of smoke and I. While Maria is in my arms, I hug her tight for me not to let her go again. I don't want what happened a while ago that I accidentally dropped her. I feel like a superhero in a movie, fighting an enemy while I have a girl to protect beside me. I can see that she trusts me even though she is scared. The screeching is getting louder again. I saw Maria close her eyes because the screeching affected her too, not just me. I don't know where it came from, but it hurts my ears. I cannot cover my ears because I don't want to drop Maria. I don't want to lose her. I feel something fluid from my ears. I checked it and found out that my ears were bleeding from the loud screeching. My head starts to ache too.

"Isaac", I heard Tania's voice again, and she was calling my name.
"No, please", I heard her begging, and she was crying. I know she is not okay, and I am worried about what is happening to her. I need to go to her as fast as possible, but these white smokes are blocking me. They are stopping me from going to Tania because they want to get Maria, but I cannot give Maria. I will not let her go. I will not let them take her whatever it takes.
"Help me," Tania cried, making my heart beat fast because I didn't know what was happening to her.
I can't go fast to her. I am panicking now, and I don't know what to do. Until my instinct told me to close my eyes and let my energy flow in my tattoo, and I will be surprised at what will happen next. So that is what I do. I close my eyes, letting my energy flow in my tattoo. I feel it hot like a fire, but it is not burning me. I saw it blazing too. Until my whole arm where my tattoo suddenly
blazed, it produced black fire. I felt a lot of energy on my hand, and my instinct told me to punch it in the air, and that is what I did. I created an explosion, thunder, and lightning that shakes the sky. The white smoke is suddenly gone, and the sky is slowly clearing now. Finally, it's over, and I can go to Tania now even though I haven't found Isaiah. It is not important now. What is important right now is Tania and to know what is happening to her because I heard her calling me and asking for help. I looked at Maria, and she smiled at me. She is safe now. I flew to the place where I heard Tania's voice and tried to find her because I couldn't listen to her anymore. My instinct led me to the dirty creek. I start looking around now while praying not to see her here. The place is full of garbage that makes the stream smell terrible and the lilies that narrow the creek. There are flies, cockroaches, and rats everywhere that no one can ever think to visit. I looked around to find her, but I couldn't find her. I tried to call her, but she was not answering. I don't see any signs of her either.
"Tania," I called, but she was not answering. I wonder what happened to her. Maybe she will throw some garbage, and she slipped, but I heard her asking for my help while calling my name. I continue searching for her. Maria is helping me find her too, but we can't see her around. I am sure that I heard her voice coming from this dirty and smelly place, but where is she now? I keep on walking, and I keep looking around, hoping to find her while Maria keeps on following me.
"Tania," I called again. Hoping to find her safe, but she is not answering. I kept walking until I heard a voice from behind me and she was calling my name. My body began to shake, and I felt palpitations that told me something was not right. I don't want to look back, but I need to see who is calling me.
"Isaac", A familiar voice that makes me freeze at the same time my body shakes. I know it's her, but I don't know why I suddenly don't want to turn around to see what happened to her. I don't feel excited. I feel scared instead and not ready to see her. My heartbeat fast, hoping that everything was alright once I turned around and looked at her.
"Isaac," She called again, and she was crying. Maria looked at me, and she turned around to see Tania. I slowly turned around, too, while still hoping she was okay.
"Why?" She asked, and I didn't answer because I was shocked to see her with my black smoke behind her. Her shirt is ripped off, and I can almost see her breast if she is not covering it, and she is full of bruises and wounds. She has some burns too. Maria covered her mouth when she saw Tania because she was shocked to see Tania in the worst situation.
"Why?" She asked again, and I saw trauma in her eyes. Her left eye was bleeding, and her lips were burst. I shook my head because I couldn't believe what I saw right now.
"You left me", She cried while still covering her almost naked body. Her hair is messy, and she is almost unrecognizable. I felt pity for her and, at the same time, blamed myself for leaving her. She is crying in front of me, while her eyes are looking at Maria and me. Full of questions that I
can't answer. It is devastating that I will see her in that situation. I want to ask her. I want to question God in heaven, but I can't talk. My eyes are fixed on her.

"Is she the reason why you left me?" She asked in a cold voice, at the same time blaming me for what happened to her.
"No…no…no," I said. I walked to her and looked at her. I didn't expect that she would be included in my mission. I am speechless. I feel like I want to explode. She is crying, and I can feel her pain before she dies. In an instant, I feel furious. I feel rage. Why Tania? I hugged her tight, kissed her, and told her how sorry I was. I can't take seeing her like this. DEAD. I screamed,
"Nooo!!!"
And the lost souls screamed with me too. As well as Maria.