Lucien Cross San Diego

What is she thinking? I just sighed, nagtungo kami sa bayan para sa opening giant statue mamayang gabi dahil daw sa pagkamit nito sa Guiness book of records kaya naman ay asahan na ang sobrang daming tao, hindi lang ata mga taga bayambang ang nandito, kahit mga taga ibang bayan ay dumayo din.

Ruby told us that the elders of that mafia will be there for a transaction that will widen their power, our mission is to kidnap the one they will transact with pero hindi iyon magiging madali dahil puro high tiers at boss ang naroroon para personal na magbantay kaya naman ay kami na mismo ang nagtungo roon.

But knowing her, I can feel she's up to something... something bigger than this. Inilibot ko ang paningin sa buong paligid, there are floats everywhere for each barangays, there are statues of their saint on each vehicle, mukang maghahanda ang mga ito para sa grand procession na gaganapin.

"Don't let your guards down."

I heard Ruby whispered, we are both wearing a disguise, mahirap ng matunugan. Naghiwa hiwalay rin kaming pumwesto na. It's already 5 pm at malapit ng mag umpisa ang prusisyon, hindi parin kami sinesenyasan ni Ruby kung kailan kami gagalaw.

"Our target is being heavily guarded, idagdag pa ang dami ng tao, kaya hindi tayo agad makakakilos." Si Ruby habang kumakain ng isaw at tahimik na inoobserbahan ang paligid.

Natatawa nalang ako sa tuwing binabalingan nito ng matalim tingin ang bawat dadaang titingin saamin. Nag umpisa na kami sa prusisyon at sumabay nalamang sa isa sa mga floats upang hindi mahalata. Muka namang nag eenjoy din si Ruby dahil sa mga libreng pagkaing ipinamimigay.

"Pandesal pa po?"

Tanong ng singkit na babaeng pinaka bata atang kanina pa namimigay ng pagkain at tubig sa mga matatandang naririto. Ngumiti si Ruby at kumuha roon, napangiti nalang akong umiling habang hawak hawak ang kamay nito.

"Thank you!"

Pasasalamat ni Ruby na nabusog na ata sa mga libreng ipinamimigay. Halos dalawang oras rin kaming naglakad hanggang sa makarating sa pagdadausan ng grand opening.

"Too many people...."

Puna ko habang inikot ang paningin sa buong paligid, it's dark and crowded, open space at kung hindi ka magiging alerto ay maaari kang mawala.

"Kasabay ng opening ay ang pagsabog ng mga bombang inihanda ng kalaban, the fireworks display will be their signal, balak nilang pasabugin ang buong lugar. It's like an offering for their alliance... thousands of lives."

I uttered as I clenched my sharp jaw, Ruby seems calm, hinahanap narin ni ni hades ang bomba, agent scarlet is also finding the bomb with agent hades. Agent blue on the other hand is currently tracking the target down.

"The one we are going to abduct is the leader of an illegal organization second to their rank, I'm pretty sure they are planning to make the top 5 illegal organizations their alliances then eliminate them whenever they don't need them anymore."

Sambit nitong nagpakunot ng noo ko, but then for an unknown reason ruby grinned.

"What are you thinking?"

Kunot noong tanong ko, Ruby chuckled.

"Nothing."

She said then winked at me, I eyed her darkly... Why do I feel like she's not telling me something? I want to know everything from her, I want to know her more. I know she already told me her past, Abusado na kung abusado but I want to know everything that is happening to her, what she thinks, what she's planning....

Through the years I've witnessed how independent agent red is, she's strong and tricky, someone like her seems to not need anyone to protect her... but I still will, I want to know her deeper, I want her to tell me what she feels or whatever she's going to do... I'm her boyfriend, I deserve to know.

Naitikom ko nalang ang bibig ko, I'm drawn already to the point of wanting her to make me her slave so I could serve her, to make me her knight so I could always protect her and to make me her king so I could always be by her side. Just fall for me already damn it!

I got it really bad...

"Found it." It's agent blue "The target is inside a black van parked beside the last float, ilang sandali nalang ay darating narin ang leader ng rank 1 kaya kailangan niyong bilisan."

Nagkatanguan kaming isinuot ang aming mga maskara, Sinamantala naming madilim ang paligid saka tahimik na nagtungo roon, we have to do it silently,puno ng high tiers ang lugar. 

I took the dagger with a sleeping drug on my pocket, since we have to do it on the fast way, even a person with a high tolerance wouldn't be able to endure this, it's tried and tested dahil madalas itong gamit ni Ruby sakin noon bilang si agent red, Napangiwi ako nang maalala iyon.

Ilang high tiers din ang madali naming napatumba bago kami natunugan, Nagkatinginan kami ni Ruby, Tumango ito saakin, looks like we have no choice... we have to do this the hard way. The high tiers started to attack us, hindi tulad ng mga hamak na agents ay medyo nakakasabay ang mga ito sa mga galaw namin. I grinned, too slow. I landed my fist on the opponents, each attacks were full of force, adrenaline is rushing into me, ginaganahan ako lalo.

"Baka naman gusto niyong sumunod?"

Ruby uttered rrom her earpiece, tahimik ang laban, at dahil madilim sa kinaroroonan namin at pawang abala ang mga tao ay hindi kami napapansin.

"We finished deactivating the bombs, nagkalat ang mga ito sa buong lugar, susunod na kami."

Agent scarlet said from her earpiece, agent blue also said that he'll go now to our location to help us. Nakita kong sumakay na ang driver sa van, mukang nakita rin iyon ni Ruby kaya naman ay mabilis na gumalaw ito at binaril ang gulong nito gamit ang baril nitong mukang may silencer. muntik pa siyang matamaan ng patalim dahil roon ngunit mabilis ang kilos kong ipinaikot ang kamay nito at sakanya itinarak ang patalim na dapat ay ipang aatake nito kay ruby.

"Don't fucking try to damn hurt her with that god damn knife on her bastard!"

Malamig na sambit ko saka ipinagpatuloy amg pakikipaglaban.

"Chill baby mamaya mo na ako pakiligin."

Tawa ni Ruby, I glared at her. akmang tatakas ang target ngunit agad iyong nabaril ni hades sakanyang binti ng kanyang baril na may tranquelizer dahilan para manghina ito at ilang sandali pa ay nawalan ng malay. Tamang tama lang ang dating ng mga ito dahil marami rami pang mga high tiers. 

Tumagal rin ang laban bago namin napagdesisyinang tumakas dahil nakuha narin naman namin ang pakay namin, we immidiately rode the vehicle as we escape the place.

"Where's Red?"

I asked with my forehead creased when I couldn't see her anywhere, wade pointed the red car at the back, kung saan nakikipagbarilan sa mga sumusunod saamin.

"She's rode in there with agent scarlet."

Simpleng sabi nito, Nangunot ang noo kong kalaunan napabuntong hininga.

Ako: Where are you?

I texted her, makailang sandali pa ay nagreply ito saakin.

Love: At the car with scarlet, focus Lucien.

She replied. The chase continued, but then, weird but they suddenly stoped, nangunot ang noo ko roon, why would they stop chasing us? Sa hindi malamang kadahilanan ay hindi ako mapalagay, Why do I feel so uneasy? I heaved a heavy deep breath as I tried calming myself down.

Ilang oras din ang naging biyahe bago kami nakarating sa head quarters ng phantom organization. the person we kidnapped were taken into a special cell, Maya maya pa ay nakarating narin ang sasakyang kinalalagyan nina Ruby at agent scarlet.

"Where's Red?"

I asked when I noticed that she's not with agent Scarlet, bahagya itong natigilan.

"Why are you asking me that? Diba kasama niyo siya?"

Tanong nitong bahagyang nagpalalim ng gitla ng noo ko.

"She's not with us, I thought she's with you!"

I said with a frustrated tone, she even replied to my text! Where did she go?