A/N:

I forgot to say this from the first chapter, but I will take the opportunity to explain further the details about this story.

This story is not the plot you think about of having a perfect secret agent for one's task. This is a combination of different genres: Comedy, fantasy, but more on actions, or can be anything you could imagine. That depends on what type of sequence it will take haha.

Now, I just want to say that, my dearest secret agent girl here is not the one you've been thinking of. She's cool that's a big yes, but she's clumsy. And that was portrayed from the very first chapter on how she tried to make a scene from that grocery store. Second, she's a rookie one and literally running out of patience all this time, that's why she causes a lot of troubles and ending up harassing people just to finish her common task, fast. I planned it well and I hope you won't dare try to compare her capabilities to some agents out there that you had read.

Pardon, I made her imperfections with reasons, simply because to make it more interesting and funny as well. I was literally bored amidst writing this and I'm afraid that my readers will feel the same way that's why I did this with twist.

That's all and thanks for staying in this story. Labyah!

Chapter 4:

A True Love's Kiss And the Sleeping Dead

"So, are you in?" He asked me wearing wide smile that reaches his eyes. But no matter how much he tried to act as if everything was fine, he can't hid the situation that it bothers him a lot.

Seems like there was vehement opposition and it grows daily. And now that I was getting conscious of everything that matters in and outside this building, it triggers me to drag every officer's name into suspicion.

"What to do now?" labag sa loob na nabanggit ko.

Nasilayan ko ang relief sa mukha niya nang marinig niya ang pagpayag ko sa alok niya. I didn't totally agree. I was left with no choice.

Muli siyang bumalik sa kinauupuan niya at binigyan ako ng seryosong tingin. "Leave this place and take some vacation. You have to find some way wherein you'll get closer by the suspect" Inilapag ko ang hawak kong larawan upang basahin ang ekspresyon niya sa naging pahayag niya. He's kidding right? Wala namang nakasaad rito na lumabas ng pilipinas o kaya pumunta sa malayong lugar ang taong pakay ko.

"Am I leaving this country?" Hindi makapaniwalang wika ko.

"Only this building sweetie" kasabay ang nakakainis niyang ngiti which rolling my eyes is the only thing I can do at that moment.

"Work please" I impatiently said to remind him that this father and daughter's nonsense talk wasn't necessary for this serious matter. Besides, this respected place was an exemption of his silly jokes.

"I'm not into jokes, agent SA303. You really have to leave this building for a week, or months? Depending on how long your investigation will take. You'll be temporarily erased on the record while doing the undercover stuffs. We will try to fix your background and fabricate your personal information according to plan. I'll send those things you will need tomorrow morning at your place." Mahabang pahayag niya na naging sanhi upang ikabagsak ng baba ko.

He's really serious about offering his daughter as a bait right? It's not so obvious that they planned well of how ridiculous would be my cause of death was. While I have to think of how could I save my life from this hell I was into that was not just after my soul, but sort of burning my whole existence that no ashes will be left behind, scraping my own record in this world that will be untraced forever.

I was aware that this is what we're tied to and that death was where our path was leaded every time we face our own holocaust, but why do I felt like I was rammed alone into a great responsibility that no one ever thought about my own sake? Not even my own father.

Hindi ko mahagilap ang sasabihin ko kahit pa napakaraming bagay ang gumugulo sa isipan ko. Ibinaling ko nalang ang atensyon ko sa larawang iyon. Saka ko lang napansin ang lagda mula sa laylayan ng kanyang puting polo shirt.

The signature was nanoscopic that even naked eyes will have a hard time before noticing it, but not us. Not those people that were good at cultivating what was hidden.

Samantala, kumunot ang noo ko bagama't parang pamilyar sakin iyon. Isa itong uri ng lagda na may kaakibat na kahulugan. Ngunit labis na kakaiba ang bawat pag ikot ng tinta na tila isang sikat na tao ang nasa likod nito. Ganun pa man ay mahirap intindihin ang salitang nabubuo mula rito, kung kaya't ilang beses kung ipinikit ang mata ko baka sakaling sa susunod na pagmulat ko ay maintindihan ko na iyon.

I think I saw it somewhere. Saglit akong napaisip habang paulit ulit na iniintindi ng utak ko ang simbolong iyon.

"Hanson...." Ang pagbanggit ko sa salitang iyon ay tila isang mahika, kasunod ng panibagong ideya na parang isang ligaw na bala na pumasok sa isipan ko.

Agad kong kinuha ang cellphone sa bulsa ng jacket ko at kaagad na sinaliksik ang unang bagay na naisip ko. Nang masiguro kong pareho ang lagda ay saka ko naisambit ng buo ang salitang iyon.

"Hanson Incorporation" pabalik-balik na tumitig ako sa taong kaharap ko at sa larawang hawak ko. Sigurado akong ang lagdang ito ay mula sa kumpanyang iyon.

Isang malawak na ngiti ang gumuhit sa kanyang labi at tila hindi na siya nagulat. Mukhang inaasahan niya na ang magiging reaksyon ko tungkol sa bagay na ito.

"I thought you were not able to recognize that. You're faster than I thought." Humahangang wika niya. "He is Xander Hanson, 22 years old. His father owned that company you had mention about, and died suddenly that serves as an end of that company's history. I know you are aware about this short story."

Of course I am. How could I forget this well-known company that even as of now it was being mentioned on social media?

"Yeah! That was top 1 in the Philippines before his father died due to an accident. And this 12 years old guy from the past was too young to handle the huge business, failed to halt its fall" Pahayag ko na sinuklian niya nang pagtango. "Then what about this man? As far as I knew the case about his father's death was already closed to unravel it again. It's been 10 years and too late to reinvestigate the case."

Sunod-sunod ang pag iling ang ginawa niya sa pahayag ko. Kasunod ang paglapag niya ng panibagong larawan sa lamesa. Ang pinagkaiba nga lang, babae na ang nasa larawan ngayon.

"She's Anne Steiler, the girl who died few weeks ago. She's 21 years old and has no parents left since she's 12. She was staying on a condo and was found with gunshots based on the autopsy and died due to blood loss" paliwanag nya.

Tumingin ako sa kanya nang sabihin niya iyon. "How about some relative that can justify this crime?"

"Nowhere to find, she's just staying on her condo unit since her parents left." Parang may mali sa kasong ito.

"And this man?"

"He is attached in this case and a suspect for now. He was with this girl last time we reviewed the CCTV footage outside her condo unit. Unfortunately, the inside part of the building wherein the incident happened has no CCTV camera. The only information we've gathered was on the reception area, which both of their names were printed that time."

"I think we need to have his statement first. I can talk to him again." saad ko na ikinaubo niya. Tinignan nya ako ng masama na tila alam nya na kung ano ang tumatakbo sa isip ko.

"No reckless moves, Andrei." matigas na pagkakasabi nya. Alam nya kasing pagbabantaan ko ulit ang lalaking ito gaya nang ginagawa ko sa ibang kasong hawak ko dati, nang sa ganon ay matapos kaagad ang misyon. I told you. I play dirty games if it is needed.

"Fine!" pagsuko ko.

"We already asked for his statement and he refused about it. And since we had no proper evidence to show off, we are obliged to respect his decision. Whoever he is, that's not important for now. We have to deal with this and take risks to complete the pieces, and it's your time now to do your part, Andrei. I know you can do this."

Kasunod nito ay ang mahinang pagyugyog sa braso ko mula sa likod, naging dahilan ito upang maalimpungatan ako mula sa pagtulog. I blink my eyes multiple times before my vision cleared. That makes me realized that I was still inside this office when Duke wakes me.

Mukhang nakatulog ako nang matagal upang mangalay ang kanang braso ko na kanina lang ay ginawa kong unan. "You haven't take your lunch, yet I have to wake you up from your fantasy." Nakangiti niyang saad. I wish I was dreaming some sort of romance, but unfortunately it was something severe and deadly than just a nightmare.

"Do you want to eat something?"

"Where's Cleoffe?" Is asked, ignoring what he asked.

"She's being called up for a meeting and I think I have to bid goodbye to---"

"I'm coming with you" Saad ko at hindi ko na siya hinintay na matapos.

Halata ang pagkagulat sa mukha niya nang sabihin ko iyon. Marahil ay bibihira lang ako sumabay sa kotse niya gayong may sarili rin akong sasakyan. But at this point, I have to. He has no idea of what circumstances I had been through and my car was the evidence of how terrible it was.

"What about your car?" nakakunot ang noo niyang tanong.

"It was suffocated to hell" Walang ganang wika ko at tumayo saka naglakad palabas ng opisina. I heard him rushed to reach my footsteps until he's finally on my side. He remained silent while continuously bearing with my pace towards the elevator.

As the elevator reach out the ground floor, the parking lot that was covered by the darkness, welcomed us in. Maybe because the guard that was in-charge to open the lights on was still busy doing the other task. But the darkness was not a big deal anymore when his black Mercedes S-Class lights up. It gives us allowance to see our path, followed by its bleeping sounds calling for our attention for its whereabouts.

Duke, on his big steps, was able to reach the car first and open the door for me. He's been sweet all those years and up until now. If I could just choose to whom I will let my heart flutter, then it would be him.

And since our feet are just only capable of walking, it brings you towards those people without knowing what your soul feels and what your heart wants. Hearts can't tell, but it will be the one who will concludes its own destination. Only your heart knows to whom it will beat faster than a second. That's what I believe in.

And being with him in a quite a while, years had proven mere facts that he's not the one that was destined to be my one shot in a lifetime. We're just brothers and sisters whether it wasn't the same blood that flows in our veins. I knew he would agree with me about this.

He drove quietly while taking our way goes to my condo unit. The atmosphere was calm and getting darker when the sun starts to set.

I smiled, watching the sun while slowly disappearing. The sunset symbolizes the completion of a day's work and shows the passage of time. As the sun sets, it is time to end the day and take a break. For me, it has its own point that gives life a wonderful meaning.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn. Whether I'm carrying different responsibilities on both of my shoulder, I'm still a normal person that was mesmerized by the beauty that sunset brings. And I knew I still have my own sunset that would provide me a short time where I could rest for temporary. And before tomorrow comes that would offer me another mystery; I just want to grab the opportunity I have as I face my tomorrow where the war begins.

I closed my eyes when the sun totally disappeared on my sight. I took a deep breath as if this day makes my throat deepen. Sa pagkakataong iyon ay tila naramdaman niya ang bigat na dinadala ko, kung kaya't ibinaling niya sa akin ang kaniyang atensyon.

"Are you okay?" nag aalalang wika niya bago muling humarap sa daan.

"Was it a treachery if I took a deep breath?" pamimilosopong wika ko sa kanya na may ngiti sa labi. Nanatili namang nakasarado ang mga mata ko na ninanamnam ang kadilimang nasa loob nito.

"I knew you well, Andrei. No need to pretend as if everything seems fine" saad niya. At kahit hindi ako tumingin sa direksyon niya, nasisiguro kong binabagabag rin siya sa pagiging seryoso ko simula pa kanina.

"It's just nothing, Duke. I can handle this." We've been friends for a long time. It would be a shame if he will believe on my own lies. Just like brother and sister that would stay connected for what one's feel, it is a passage for him know that it's a lie.

"No matter what it is, I know I'm out of it to interfere. But if you would allow me, I will." Saad niya ngunit hindi na ako umimik pa. Not that I'm letting him to do so, I just think that maybe silence could offer me peace for now. I would not allow him to be tied up again with this responsibility that was meant for me. It's time for me to do it on my own.

Nang maihatid niya ako sa condo ay agad kong ibinato ang katawan ko sa malambot na kama, at hinayaan ang antok na lamunin ang buo kong sistema sa mga oras na iyon. Iyon lamang ang tanging kalayaan na maibibigay ko sa sarili ko bago ko harapin ang umaga.

Lumipas ang gabi at naging mabilis ang oras upang salubungin ang panibagong araw. Iyon ang pagkakataon kung saan kailangan ko nang buksan ang mga mata ko at harapin ang kasalukuyan na alam kong kakaiba sa nakasanayan ko.

I was literally startled when I open my eyes. I'm facing another person in front of the mirror. Her curly long black hair was messy but she looks cute on it, and her girly dress was different from what I am used to wear on. Okay! That was too exaggerated. Not unless I'm not the one who did this disguise to react like that.

Few seconds had passed since I wore this wig but it hurts like hell. Pakiramdam ko ay makakalbo ako dahil sa kinailangan ko itong idikit sa anit upang hindi malaglag oras na kumilos ako. Napilitan akong magsuot ng kulay pink na sombrero upang itago ang bangs mula dito. Hindi kasi ako sanay na may kung anong nakaharang sa noo ko. Ang kati sa noo.

Kinailangan kong lagyan ng konting prosthetic ang mukha ko upang takpan ang tunay na itsura ko. Suot ko ay pink na mini-dress na kulang nalang ay gawin kong pain ang sarili ko sa aso dahil sa mga pizza na nakatatak sa damit ko. Ganon din sa kulay pink na sapatos na pinadala lang ni Cath. She's one of my friends that I asked for help. I found it helpful since they owned a small pizza house from a ministop. Maybe I'll look forward to have a partnership with them. I'm a business woman now.

I walked towards the pink motor bike. Thanks to Cath, now I am like a Barbie doll that lives in a pizza world with pink exhibition. Therefore, I took a last glance on his photo before I started the engine. I assured that I memorized every angle of his face and his address as well, so that I won't fail. And when everything is settled, the Barbie doll droves fast as if there was a monster chasing her, attempting to steal the 2 boxes of pepperoni pizza at her back.

Ilang saglit lang ay narating ko kaagad ang condo unit kung saan pansamantala niyang tinutuluyan. He's still under suspicion, and maybe he chooses this place as his hide out.

Kaagad kong ipinakita sa receptionist ang hawak kong receipt upang makapasok sa loob ng building. Good thing hindi sila masyadong mahigpit kung kaya't nakapasok ako nang walang kahirap-hirap. Pumasok ako sa elevator at pasimple kong kinapa ang kwintas sa leeg ko upang siguraduhin kung suot ko ba iyon. Nang makumpirma ko iyon ay umakto ako ng normal upang hindi makahalata ang iba na ilang distansiya lang ang pagitan sa akin.

Ang ibang tao sa loob ng elevator ay minsa'y napapatingin sa direksyon ko. Dahil na rin siguro sa kulay rosas na suot ko mula itaas hanggang ibaba.

Isang malawak na ngiti lamang ang ginagawa ko sa tuwing makakasalubong ko ang mga tingin nila, habang sa loob loob ko ay gusto ko nang mapikon sa atensyon na nakukuha ko mula sa kanila.

I was able to get out first when I reached that floor, while their glances are on me before I could finally leave their sights. I have no idea that wearing pink is worse in getting too much attention than black.

Hawak ang dalawang karton ng pizza ay hinanap ko ang room number na nakasaad sa address niya. Nang marating ko iyon ay sandali kong kinalma ang sarili ko upang maging normal lang ang lahat nang gagawin kong plano.

Nang masiguro kong maayos na ang katayuan ko ay napagdesisyunan kong pindutin ang doorbell. Ilang Segundo ang lumipas ay tila wala akong maramdamang pagkilos mula sa loob. Muli kong pinindot iyon at sinigurado kong sa pangalawang pagkakataon ay mas madiin na iyon. Baka sakaling hindi niya narinig yung kanina.

Just like what happened a while ago, no one dares to open the door. Using my short among the shortest temper, I push the button again for the last time. I was running out of patience that I would be willing to become a serial killer at this moment if he didn't try to open his door.

I was planning something deadly when the door opens. It was like a movie that happens in a slow motion point that reveals the topless man in front of me. And take note, siguro mga six inches ang pagitan naming dalawa. Halos masubsob ang mukha ko sa dibdib niya sa sobrang lapit ng distansya. My mind was rambling, depriving myself to move for my next plan. All I can do was to swallow my own saliva and blink my eyes multiple times. By just looking how perfect his figure was, was like facing the Ancient Greek Male body sculpture. It was perfect and his muscles are well-defined that I literally drop my jaw in result.

This idea was probably wrong to end up being hypnotized by his trap.

"What do you want?" Nagising ako mula sa ilusyon ko nang marinig ko ang malat niyang boses na halatang kakagising lang. Dahan dahan kong inangat ang mukha ko upang makita ang mukha niya.

I don't know, but it gives me a heart attack. My heart was racing. Every beat was like a beat of the drums that seems countless. Nakatitig siya sakin at kitang kita ko ang mapungay at kulay asul niyang mga mata. Mahaba ang kanyang pilik mata at matangos ang kanyang ilong. While his hair was messy na maganda parin tingnan sa kanya. I'm just staring all over his face at tila may sariling pag iisip ang katawan ko upang pigilan ako sa pagkilos.

"Miss?" nang sambitin niya iyon ay saka ko lang nagawang igalaw ang katawan ko na parang nakawala mula sa pagkakatali. What the hell is happening to me?

Gamit ang natitira kong katinuan ay inabot ko sa kanya ang hawak kong pizza. He just raised an eyebrow while waiting for my explanation.

"Delivery for you Mr. Xander Hanson" nakangiti kong saad habang pilit kong binabalewala ang matalim niyang tingin.

Kumunot ang kanyang noo sa sinabi ko. Alam kong sa puntong ito ay pinagdududahan niya ang biglaang pag abot ko sa kanya ng ganito, kaya't sinubukan kong kumilos nang normal upang hindi siya makahalata.

"I don't remember that I ordered such thing!" He said with his bored expression. While his blue orbs that was like a reflection of the sky, was staring intently at my eyes like he's trying to read my expression.

"Someone called us to deliver this to you. Successfully, I arrived at the right destination." I excused while wearing a genuine smile. Ipinakita ko sa kanya ang hawak kong papel na kung saan ay nakasaad ang kanyang address at ang signature ng taong nagpadala. But honestly speaking, it was all planned.

Walang pag aalinlangan niyang kinuha ang receipt mula sa kamay ko habang hindi nawala ang pagkunot ng kanyang noo.

"Who send this?" Baling niya sakin nang wala siyang matagpuang pangalan mula sa sender. Tanging pirma lamang ang naroon.

"I'm sorry sir but the person who ordered this said it's confidential to say his name. If you have some concern about this, i'm sorry but this is beyond my task." Malapad ang ngiti na inabot kong muli sa kanya ang box.

Nangawit ang mga braso ko na naghihintay sa kanya ngunit tiningnan niya lang ito at walang balak na kunin iyon. "Sir" Saad kong muli at ngumiti sa kanya.

Gawd! I hate this. The admiration that I felt when I first saw him, transformed into hatred. If I could just stab him at this moment, I'm willing to do that.

"Throw it away. I have my own money to buy such thing." He averted his attention on the box before he uttered such word. "I'm not hungry anyway." Ngunit bago pa man siya tumalikod ay narinig ko ang pagkalam ng kanyang tiyan.

I saw it clearly of how vivid his expression was when he stares back at me. Wala siyang ibang nagawa kundi ang kumamot sa kanyang batok nang traydorin siya ng kanyang kalamnan mula sa kanyang kasinungalingan.

"I despise traitor" mahinang saad niya na hindi nakalagpas sa pandinig ko, saka niya kinuha sa kamay ko ang pizza nang walang binibitawang salita at sinarado ang pinto sa harap ko mismo.

That arrogant man! However, I smiled from that thought. At least it turns out to be a good outcome. I just have to wait for a while and let Snow White takes a sweetest bite from a slice of pizza. Sleeping beauty will took her place when the potion strikes, while I would be willing to offer my true love's kiss just to wake a sleeping dead. *Evil laugh*

Secret Girl on Purpose
~Ms. Naughty