Orion (The Hunter)

Crazy and Stupid

Orion fell on his doorstep right after it opened. His hand held tightly to his head which was very painful.

" The Orion !" Alnilam ran up to Orion who was lying on the floor. " Saiph, Rigel, Mintaka please !"

" There's ap..., Orion !" Saiph runs to help Alnilam bring Orion into the living room. Simultaneously Rigel and Mintaka came over with confused faces.

" What's up ?" ask Rigel.

" I don't know but when I was cooking in the kitchen I heard the sound of things falling and I saw Orion lying here" explained Alnilam.

" Taka get you aromatherapy oil at Bellatrix's office." pinta Saiph.

" Good."

Saiph looked anxiously at Orion's face which looked very pale. " Rigel tried to call Bellatrix."

" Yes." Rigel took his phone and called Bellatrix. One time his call was unrequited, two times still the same, Rigel clasped tightly his phone holding in fury. If Bellatrix had not once raised her call, Rigel would have sold her to the less caressed women of this city. Rigel waited for his last call to be received.

" Things..."

" Hurry home, Orion needs you." After talking like that Rigel instantly turned off the call without waiting for Bellatrix's answer.

Saiph who saw how to call Rigel was flabbergasted in disbelief. " Have it been ?" tanyakanya.

Rigel nodded his head without hesitation.

" You call someone like that ?"

Rigel nodded his head again.

" On Orion and papi too ?"

" Hm."

Saiph sighed and muttered. " Thank God it wasn't me he called."

" This is the aromatherapy oil." Mintaka came with a small bottle of Bellatrix's aromatherapy oil.

Saiph took it and kissed the oil and nodded before giving the oil to Alnilam.

" Why is Alltrix so long" Rigel said.

" Maybe he's still on the road." reply Saiph.

" Right Saiph said, we'll just wait for him. I've also contacted Alnilak to get home quickly." Mintaka said.

Rigel looked at Orion, why could his friend be like this. What caused Orion to weaken and helpless. Rigel turned to stare at Mintaka nearby. " Taka find out what Orion has done before."

" Good." Mintaka stepped away to take his laptop.

Alnilam massaged Orion's head with aromatherapy oil. Saiph and Rigel sit on the couch waiting for Mintaka. But their gazes continued to pay attention to Orion.

" Where is Bellatrix actually ?" ask Rigel.

Saiph gave him a quick look. " He looked for the cause of the elders to betray and become more of a sycophant."

" It's worth it that he came here a long time ago."

" Well, I guess now he's driving at full speed."

Rigel chuckled at hearing that. " I think so too because Orion is his beloved sister."

" Then Alnitak ?" now Saiph's the one who changed asked.

" He's shopping stocks for our plans" Rigel replied.

" I think Orion repeated his mistake this time." Mintaka came with a laptop and sat down next to Rigel.

Mintaka gave her laptop and helped Alnilam apply aromatherapy oils to Orion. Saiph and Rigel are shocked after seeing Mintaka's laptop, they look at each other.

" He's crazy, just a madman who self-destructs for the sake of mere impingement." Saiph shook his head at Orion's self-harming behavior.

" Everyone knows Orion is the craziest person ever. But I never knew he was a fool either." Rigel smiles Mintaka laptop screen.

...*****...

" He took too much of the sedative I gave him. The dose of the drug I gave him could only be taken once a day but maybe he took more than that" Bellatrix explained.

" How is it ?" ask Rigel.

" I've injected a neutralizing drug to relieve the sedative dose in his body. So let's wait, maybe five hours or at most tomorrow he'll realize."

" He's crazy." said Alnitak.

" It's not just crazy but he's also stupid" Alnilam added.

Bellatrix laughed at this. Orion is crazy and everyone who knows him knows that. That's why Orion has to vent all his regrets in his own way to keep his sanity. Bellatrix no wonder if Orion had to do reckless things by taking pictures for hours in front of the camera. Though the light of the camera can make him remember the scariest thing in the past. Orion did it for the sake of venting his regret but might as well fight his fear.

" Aren't you angry at Alltrix's stupidity ?" ask Saiph.

" No."

" No ?" Saiph asked again, not understanding.

" Yes, because he's doing the right thing."

Saiph patted his forehead hearing Bellatrix's reply. " You and him are just as crazy."

" That's why we fit in." Bellatrix smiled at Saiph.

" God, forgive me my sins until you stop making me have friends like these." Saiph said frustratedly.

Mintaka laughed softly at the conversation between Bellatrix and Saiph. Rigel approached the bed and observed Orion's still-asleep face. Although the face was no longer pale, Orion would wake up in a few hours.

" Him.., stupid." said Rigel.

Mintaka, Saiph, Bellatrix turned. They saw Rigel staring annoyed at Orion's sleeping face.

" We'll cook dinner first." Alnilam pulled Alnitak out of the room.

Bellatrix sighed and walked over to Rigel. " He's not as stupid as you think Rigel is. He just wanted to keep his consciousness before he lost his sanity. You know that he can't harbor any feelings including his sense of regret. It wasn't his fault but the circumstances that made him like this."

Rigel went silent confirming Bellatrix's speech. Orion's past is not an easy thing for a natural minor. Seeing everyone die in a horrible way including parents and caregivers. In addition, at the age of twelve, Orion must participate in the training of assassins. Maybe a normal child his age will also experience the same thing if he becomes Orion.

" And my last guess is that he might want to fight his trauma. That's why he did such a stupid thing this afternoon" Bellatrix continued.

" Relieving the trauma ?" Mintaka asked with a confused look.

Bellatrix nodded her head. " The trauma that made him weak. You know Orion doesn't like weakness because that's why he never wants to love Monica."

Rigel, Saiph, and Mintaka can't say anything else. Because Orion really hates things that will make him weak. Orion wants to be perfect because for him weakness will only lead him to defeat.

" If you don't believe my guess, just ask him later if he's awake." Bellatrix said again.

" But if he keeps going like this, it's like he killed himself" Rigel said.

Bellatrix shook her head. " Not if he has a desire. We have to help her slowly."

" I followed you." said Mintaka.

" You know better" said Rigel.

" We support your advice" Saiph added.