Chapter thirty-two: Training 1

Cassian's Point of view

Her dad already invited her to spar. She just drove here tapos ayan na agad ang ipapagawa mo sa kanya. Can you just give her a couple of minutes? Damn.

Binigay sa akin ni Ravenna yung bag niya. Lalapit na sana siya, pero pinigilan ko siya.

"Sure ka? Hindi ba pwedeng magpahinga ka muna?" Alalang tanong ko. She held my cheeks at ngumiti.

"I'm fine, kailangan ko din ng warm up eh." Mayabang na parinig niya sa daddy niya.

"Just come down here already." Sabi ng daddy niya.

Hinubad ni Ravenna yung jacket niya and damn. She was wearing a quite of an outfit. Naiinis ako at nagagandahan din at the same time. Kasi kakasabi ko lang na wag magsuot ng showy outfits pero ayun pa rin ang ginawa niya. Sinuway niya ako.

Umupo ako sa sahig at pinanood si Ravenna mag stretching. ganto din ba gagawin namin mamaya?

She bandaged her fists and put on her boxing stance. I can tell that she really is a professional.

Lumapit na siya sa daddy niya at unang umatake si tito sa kanya with a strike, agad naman nakaiwas si Ravenna doon. Ravenna gripped her dads leg and then tried to pull it down pero hindi niya nagawa.

Agad naman kinuha ng daddy niya ang paa ni Ravenna at ibinalibag ito sa ground. Nakita kong umaray si Ravenna doon, pero tiningnan niya ng masama ang daddy niya na nakangiti lang sa kanya.

Nakita kong tahimik na nanonood sila Ryota, at yung ate ni Ravenna. Hindi ba sila nagaalala? Blanko kasi yung ekspresyon nila at ang weird lang.

Ravenna stood up and kicked her dad on the side. Her dad got out of balance and then Ravenna finished her dad with a punch on the face.

Tumayo si Ravenna sa pagkakadantay niya sa daddy niya at naghahabol ng hininga. She was sweating at ako din. Totoo pala na sobrang init dito, kulob kasi yung lugar walang kahit na anong bintana.

Nakatalikod si ravenna sa daddy niya kaya hindi niya nakita na aatake ulit to. Her dad elbowed her at the neck. Ravenna faced her dad but before she could make a move she was also punched in the face causing her nose to bleed. Agad binalibag ng daddy niya si ravenna. Hanggang dulo talo pa din siya.

"I see that you're a little bit rusty, Hendrix." Sabi ni tito. Practice lang, daddy ko na din yung dad niya eh. hehe.

"I see that you're still the same dad. Playing dirty?" Singhal ni Ravenna at umakyat na papunta saamin.

"Playing dirty?"

"Yes, dad. you are, didn't you have a rule? When the opponent is down you automatically win. You were already down but you still attacked me." Mataray na sabi ni Ravenna na nagpupunas ng pawis sa gilid.

I really find her attractive. I'm really in love with this girl. And I don't know why but I am willing to risk everything for her, even if it will cost my life. Umakyat na din yung dad ni ravenna at uminom ng tubig.

"Hi everyone, lalo na sa mga bago at first timer dito. We don't call each other here by the first names. So please introduce yourselves using your second name." Sabi ng dad ni Ravenna at itinuro kaming tatlo.

"Hi, I'm Andrei." Sabi ni Calyx.

"Reed." Sabi ko.

"Rin." Sabi ni Ryota.

"Nice to meet all of you. Before we begin your training we have some ground rules. First, you all are on a temporary diet. No one can eat, you can only drink water. That's basically your food." Tama sila Ravenna. Buti nalang kumain talaga kami. "Everyone here is your enemy. Forget that all of you are friends in this coming three days." What? Paano yung baby ko, ayaw ko siyang saktan.

"Do as I say. If I tell you to swim, you swim. If I tell you to do something, you do it. Every challenge that I am going to give each and every one of you you will do it with no buts."

"And lastly, have fun at Heart of hell." Sabi ng dad ni Ravenna at ngumisi.

"Kendra, guide them to their rooms."

Sumunod naman yung ate ni Ravenna at dinala kami sa isang kwarto. Hiwalay kami nila Ravenna ngayon, nakakainis nga eh.

It was a dark room, na may tatlong jail cell pero wala namang lock kaya okay lang yun.

"Pick a bed and place your things there. I'll be giving you 5 minutes to fix everything and re-group back outside." Sabi ni Riley at lumabas na nung room.

"Dude this place is fucking scary." Sabi ni Ryota habang inaayos ang gamit sa pinaka dulong jail cell.

"Tell me about it." Sagot ni Calyx.

"I thought they were just scaring us, but it's true." Sabi ko at at tumayo na sa pagkakaupo ko sa kama."Tara na, baka masermonan pa tayo.

Pagkalabas namin nakita na namin yung girls na nagpupush up. Nakita ko din na may sunog na part yung balat nila. I can see blood.

"Anong ginagawa niyo?!" Natatakot na sigaw na tanong ni Calyx.

I looked at Ravenna, and our eyes met. She smiled before she continued pushing up and down for the push up. "One thousand push ups for their warm up, you three come here." Sabi ng daddy ni Ravenna at pinasunod kami doon sa may mga matataas na bar.

"500 chin ups. You can only go down 2 times."

Kumuha ako ng pulbo na nandoon sa isang lalagyanan para hindi dumulas ang pagkakahawak ko doon sa bar.

Pagkahawak ko doon tanaw ko parin sila Ravenna. I did the chin ups, it was aching in my core pero kailangan eh. Biglang may lumapit saakin na lalaki na sinunog yung balat ko.

"Ahh!" Masakit kaya.

Sila Calyx at Ryota din nilagyan ng ganyan. Pumwesto sa gitna yung daddy ni Ravenna. Nakita ko din si Riley na nagpupush up na din.

I was in my 57th pull. Kaya ko pa, hindi pa sumasakit yung kamay ko.

Nilingon kami ng daddy ni Ravenna. "Kung nagtataka kayo kung bakit namin sinunog yung isang part ng balat niyo. 'Yun ay dahil palatandaan ito na nagtraining kayo dito. Nilagyan lang namin ulit yung tatlong yun kasi limang taon na nung huli silang naparito."

"Wag kayo mag alala, mabilis yan maghihilom. Trust the process some might say." Dagdag pa niya.

Nakita ko si Ravenna na nanginginig na yung kamay, well sino ba naman hindi? Isang libong push up? Wow.

"After this makikipag sparring kayo sa isa't isa. Para mahirapan ko, your love partners will be your opponents, I want to see a nice clean fight, don't show mercy dahil mahal niyo yung kalaban niyo. You never know when to trust someone, kahit sabihin mong close kayo, at magkaibigan kayo. They can break your trust in a move. So be cautious in every move you make." Sabi ng daddy ni Ravenna.

What if I hurt my baby? Bawal yan, pero kung kailangan I won't go easy on her.

Nakita kong sumalampak si Ravenna sa sahig. Nagalala ako. "Mother fucking one thousand!" Sigaw niya at hingal na hingal na umayos ng upo sa sahig.

Inabutan siya ng daddy niya ng bottled water.

"Nice job, Vesper." Naghahabol pa din ng hininga si Ravenna nang lingunin niya ako. Masama ang tingin niya sa'kin, may nagawa ba ako?

Humiga siya sa sahig at pumikit. Sinampal naman siya ng daddy niya.

"No time to rest, get up and go to the rink. You and Reed will go first." Sabi ng dad niya.

Sabay naman natapos si Kaede at Hailey at uminom din sila ng tubig.

Unang natapos sa amin si Ryota, na naglagay ulit ng pulbos sa kamay. Siguro para hindi niya masiyado makita ang namumula niyang palad. Sunod akong natapos at kumuha ng tubig. Tsaka ako lumapit kay Ravenna na nasa rink na.

Nakita ko siyang nakahawak sa ulo niya.

"Masakit ba ulo mo?" Alalang tanong ko, ayaw ko lumapit sa kanya ng sobra dahil baka pagalitan kami ng daddy niya. No one is our friends daw, and only trust yourself eh.

"Okay lang ako, medyo masakit lang ulo ko because I have my period and mainit dito." Sagot niya at tumayo.

"Okay, Vesper and Reed please shake hands." Sulpot ng daddy niya.

"Get ready to die baby." sabi niya and I let out an amused face. I smiled and laughed. I look at her again and put on my challenging face.

Try me, Vesper.

A/N: Back to Ravenna's Point of view next chapter :))