Haruka

Isang linggo na ang nakalipas mula nung nakausap ko si Claude tungkol dun sa mafia at ni wala akong natuklasang kahit ano na makatutulong sa akin.

I started of finding the person who has the same mark as I do.

1st one on the list is Lucca Leferius since kapatid siya ni Yvanna Fuentes.

I've searched every photo there is about him. I've scoured every sites there is,  underground or not.

I've even stalked him on facebook or instagram but the guy don't seem to have a life on social media. Walang lumalabas na account niya.  Though, I found a few interesting pictures of him.
Pero halos mga stolen lang iyon.

Isang bagay na napansin ko dito ay ang ni isa sa mga nakita kong larawan, his face never portray a smile, that's what they all have in common malayong malayo sa nakilala ko noong nagkita kami.

In an underground website in which I have to hack my way through, may nakita akong larawan niya.

He's smiling habang tinitingnan ang isang babae. Kuha ito sa tabi nang dagat.

I don't know but my heart seems to melt.  Maybe because, in the world we live in, full of killings and deals involving money, he managed to find love.

Stolen photo ito at sa nakikita ko ay nakaharap sa gilid ang babae na walang kamalay malay na pinagmamasdan siya.

Her hair covered her face because of the wind kaya di nakita ang mukha, but I noticed the woman had a bulging stomach.  I think she's pregnant. I wonder kung kailan ito kinunan?

Judging by the way he looks at her,  she must be the woman he was referring to noong nagkausap kami.

But setting it aside,  nalaman ko ring siya ang nagmamay ari nang Aurora group and company na mas kilala bilang A.G.C. na sikat na brand nang high-tech na gadgets.

A few of his hobbies are gun firing and swimming.

Doon namuo ang plano kong tuklasin kung may tattoo siyang kaparehas sa akin.

It pains me to say that naging ganap na stalker ako ni Lucca.

According to the data I've collected at confirmed by the footages na hinack ko pa, Lucca Leferius comes to a local indoor swimming pool center every Saturday and Sunday morning.

Di ko maiwasang mapatanong,  don't this guy have his own pool in his house.  He's owns the biggest gadget company there is pero walang pampagawa nang pool sa sariling bahay?

Pero at least dahil dito ay makakahanap ako nang kasagutan.

The next day, inunahan ko siya sa pagpunta doon and at exactly 6:30 ay dumating siya.

Nagsimula na ring magsidatingan ang iilang tao.

Di ba sila nilalamig? It's freaking 6 in the morning for pete's sake.

I just hid in an stockroom na tinted ang bintana.

Pumasok siya sa isang silid,  siguro para magbihis and I stand corrected dahil paglabas nito ay nakaswimming trunks na ito at may dala dalang towel sa balikat.
Di mapagkakailang maganda ang pangangatawan nito.

Kahit nearing 50s na ito ay well built parin ang katawan nito.

Napamasid ako sa paligid and now I figured out bakit marami rami ang taong nagpupunta nang ganito kaaga.

Karamihan sa kanila ay mga babae,  they're all gawking at him as if he's the last meat on earth.

I watched Lucca doing some freestyle stokes. Focused na focused siya sa paglalangoy.  No wonder he was able to maintain his body in a great shape.

After more or less 10 minutes ay umahon muna siya at nagpahinga.

Then I did what I came here for.

Not in a perverted way,  pinagmasdan ko ang katawan niya in search for a familiar tattoo.

Noong tumalikod din siya ay sinuri kong mabuti ang likod nito. Nakasuot lang siya nang trunks at kung may tattoo man siya ay makikita iyon unless if he had his tattoo in places na natatabunan ng swimming trunks niya, that would be an idiotic thing to do and I  know Lucca Leferius is not that kind of an idiot.

Kada galaw niya ay minamasdan ko talagang mabuti,  every angle, every corner,  his clean of ink marks except for the tattoo sa kanan nitong dibdib. Written in a cursive manner,  I think ay nakasulat doon ay ang pangalang 'Aurora'.

So that sums it up on my quest para malaman kung may tattoo ba siyang ganoon o wala and sadly,  he has none.

Ngayon,  I am back to zero. Mas lalong itong nagpagulo sa sitwasyon. Now it doesn't make sense to me,  the potential prospect I have left is Claude.

.....

I was pulled out from my thoughts nang may nakabanggaan ako.

I was mindlessly strolling through the campus after all.

Mapatingin ako sa nakabanggaan ko.

It's that Kairo Weston guy. Nasilayan ko ang mapaglaro nitong ngiti pero bago siya umalis may sinabi siya.

"Haruka Furuyuki. It's finally starting, I think kailangan mo pang bilisan ang ginagawa mo or you'll just fall into a trap." after that, he headed towards the parking lot.

What up with that guy? I can't help to feel something wrong with him.

May nalalaman siyang hindi ko nalalaman,  at isa pa, ay yung sinabi niya. What could that possibly mean?

Even if it bothers me, isinawalang bahala ko na lang iyon at ipinagpatuloy ang paglakad papunta sa building namin. I am not in the mood to think of that gibberish nonsense. A new tense feeling came into me that I cannot explain. Sa tingin ko ay may mangyayaring di masama ngayon.

....at hindi nga ako nagkalamali.

Bago pa ako makaapak sa building ay nakasalubong ko ang mga estudyanteng nagtatakbuhan palabas. Horror was written all over their face.  Yung iba ay nagsidapaan na. Others are screaming and yelling something about exploding.

Umatras ako para suriin ang buong building.

A sense of thrill flowed through my veins. Agad nabuhay ang dugo ko.

Not a few seconds later ay may narinig akong pagsabog. It was an explosive one. Sa mismong kinatatayuan ko ay may pahulog na medyo malaking tipak nang semento at nakatingin parin ako doon.

Bago ko pa mailagan ay may mas naunang humila sa akin palapit sa kanya. Once again,  I collided with a familiar hard body.

"You stupid girl, do you really want to die that bad?"

Bumagsak sa paanan namin ang nahulog na debris.

Itinulak ko siya papalayo sa akin.
"Jerk! Di ko kailangan ang tulong mo, I can manage without you saving me." sabi ko kay Angelo.

"Yeah sure, kung ano mang makakapagpatulog sayo sa gabi. Kung hindi kita hinila,  malamang nabiyak na yang ulo mo. "

Sasagot na sana ako ng may iba nanamang humila sa akin.

"Haru-chan! Si Cass nakita mo ba? Napag-utusan kasi siya kaninang kunin ang mga naiwang gamit ng teacher niya doon sa building but I don't see her anywhere. " nag aalalang sabi ni Raven.

Pinagmasdan ko ang gusali na kasalukuyang nilalamon nang apoy.

The explosion was in the 4th floor sa bandang kanan nang building.

"What floor?" simple kong tanong.

"3rd f-floor, I think"

Napatango nalang ako. I really don't know what came over me. That pathetic weakling has got herself in trouble now and I need to be her lady knight in shining armor again.

Naglakad ako patungo sa likod ng gusali.

  May matayog na puno doon, I think it's  tall enough to reach the third floor.

It's to risky to enter the building through the main entrance siguradong may guguhong pader doon and I won't risk getting spotted.

Bago pa ako tuluyang makaalis ay may humawak sa braso ko.

"Are you really stupid or do you really have a death wish?"

Nilingon ko siya. Nandito pa pala ito.  Mariin ang pagkakahawak niya sa akin.

"Why do you care? Wag mong sabihing nag-aalala ka Montereal?" tanong ko pabalik sa kanya.

Parang napaso ang kamay nito at agad inalis ang pagkakahawak sa braso ko. Tapos ay mahinang napamura.

"I don't fucking care if you die there. Go ahead, see if I give a shit" pagalit na tanong ni Angelo at padabog na umalis.

He even shoved a guy in his way.

Napailing nalang ako at tumakbo na papunta sa likod ng building.