"Babe I told you, it was nothing, we were just looking for this nurse,  and I just gave a clear description. "

"You pervert,  at boobs pa talaga ang inilarawan mo ah!"

We're back at Cassiopeia's room and the lovebirds are making such loud noises at nakakairita na.

Sa sobrang ingay nila ay di na ako magugulat kung magigising nalang bigla si Cassiopeia.

"Babe,  I told you it's not like that. " nagmamakaawang sabi ni Saito.

"From what I heard you were definitely--"

"Babe naman,  kung naiingit ka don,  sabihin mo lang malaki rin naman sa iyo."

"Aba, may gana ka pa talagang-"

Di ko na matiis ang ingay nila so I interfered.

"Shut the fuck up both of you, ang ingay nyo,  you're waking up all the patients in this hospital."

Tumahimik naman sila.

"By the way,  ba't ka napadalaw dito Ianna?" tanong ko.

Raven's been really quiet lately, since she's still hung up on the fact that kambal sila ni Brianna.

"Well, um ano...I just came here to check up on something at nagkataong nakita ko kayo. Ahm.. Sige I'll just get going, I just needed to do this... "

Sabi nito tsaka biglang sinuntok si Saito and the moron didn't even protest. She headed for the door pero bago pa siya makalabas ay nagsalita ako.

"Do you have any news on your sister and the rest of the students? "

Nakita kong napahigpit ang hawak niya sa doorknob.

"Wala pa,  but once but once I find their captors, I'll make sure he or she will suffer kahit sino pa man siya."

Sabi nito, looking both directly at me and Saito.

Before I knew it ay sumara na ang pinto ang she was already gone.

Once again,  tumahimik ang buong silid.

"Wooh,  nakakatakot rin pala yung girlfriend mo,  walang duda, magiging battered husband ka niyan sa future." sabi ni Raven who's trying to light up the atmosphere.

Base pa lang sa kilos nito ay sa tingin ko ay may alam siya, I don't know what it is but she definitely knows something.

Tumayo ako para sundan siya,  if she knows something,  I have to find out what it is, either the easy way or the hard way.

Binalak kong sundan siya nang hawakan ni Saito ang kamay ko.

"Haruka,  leave her out of this" madiing sabi ni Saito,  he even said my name this time.

"I can't just let her wander around knowing that may nalalaman siya,  this might put me to deeper trouble."

"She won't and I trust her, just please trust her too." pagmamakaawa nito.

Kahit na labag sa loob ko ay muli akong umupo at tiningnan nalang yung papel na iniwan nung nurse. Unfortunately, we did not find the nurse,  ang sabi nang napagtanungan namin ay wala siyang nakikilalang ganun, we did not ask any further, since I think we are just wasting time. It's clear now that it's not just a mere coincidence.

"They're coordinates and time"

Biglang salita ni Raven kaya napatingin kami sa kanya.

"They're what?"

"The code is a location and the time, I figured it out when you were gone."

Tinignan ko ulit ang papel.

"Its shows the  geographical coordinates which corresponds to an address. They're in decimal degrees format. Here's the latitude" turo niya sa 7.85794 "And here's the longitude." sabay turo niya sa 123. 56048 "The last part right here indicates the time which is 23:00 that means 11:00 pm in 24 hour time format."

Agad kong inilabas ang phone ko at naggoogle maps and entered the coordinates.

"I got it,  it points to a park a little bit near to this hospital about a 10 minute drive."

Tiningnan ko ang oras, it's quarter to 10 in the evening.

This means I have to be there in less than 15 minutes.

Agad akong tumayo and headed for the door.

"Where the heck are you going?"sabi nito.

"I'm going to the park. Malapit nang mag alas onse"

"Are you stupid?  This could be a trap to lure you out!"

"I think you're forgetting who I am,  I'm the fucking legendary dark demon,  don't underestimate what I can do."

I said and slammed the door shut and quickly headed towards the parking lot.

Binilisan ko ang pagpapatakbo papunta sa nasabing lugar.  I can't help it,  I'm getting excited.

I arrived at the park 5 minutes before the time.

It was really quiet, walang katao tao, konti lang ang mga ilaw and they were slightly dim.

Umakyat ako sa isang puno at umupo sa sanga nito.

This way,  I could observe the surroundings more without being easily spotted.

Minuminuto ay inililibot ko ang mata ko sa buong parke,  the thrill is killing me.

Palinga linga ako sa cellphone ko just to know the time.

It's been 5 minutes past 11 o'clock at wala parin aking nararamdamang dumarating.

Damn Filipino time attitude.

Another 5 minutes later at wala parin akong nararamdamang dumarating.

Bababa na sana ako when I heard tires screeching.  Biglang nabuhay ang dugo, finally.

Naghintay lang ako sa itaas nang puno waiting for the right timing.

Inilabas ko ang dalawa kong dagger,  I would be a fool not bringing weapons.

I also got another dagger and a gun strapped in my thighs just in case.

The moment I heard footsteps nearing, I felt the atmosphere tense.

Di ko masyado  makita dahil medyo madilim and I don't have any idea kung ilan sila pero higit sa isa ang meron,  that's for sure. I can definitely feel them tensing. I think they sensed my presence already, meaning malakas sila.

When they were directly above me ay nakumpirma kong tatlo sila.

I jumped directly above them at inambahan yung isa,  I landed on him kaya natumba siya. The moment I balanced my body sa likod niya ay itinutok ko ang dalawa kong punyal sa leeg nang magkabilang mga lalaki. Isa sa likod ko at sa harap.

"Not so fast dipshits." sabi nang isa sa kanila.

I thought I had the upper hand when I  felt something sharp on both sides of my waist.

"Lower your knife down and we'll lower ours. " kalmang sabi nito ulit. That's when I felt something really wrong.

"Yeah,  as if. "sabi ko nalang.

I could feel their bodies tensed up again.

"Haruka? " kumpirma nung nasa likod ko.

Tinignan ko silang mabuti at naaninag ko kung sino sila. Sinasabi ko na nga ba.

"Well if it isn't the three idiots." I said, habang hindi pa tinatanggal ang punyal sa mga leeg nila.

"You do realize we could easily stab your stomach right?" sabi ni Claude na nasa harapan ko habang mas diniinan pa ang punyal sa bewang ko.

"And I could make a hole in your throat if you do." sabi ko at mas diniinan rin ang punyal sa kanilang leeg.

"Yeah so before you exchange stab each other to death, can you get the fuck off me now, " sabi ni Angelo. Siya pala ang nabagsakan ko. He's facing the ground at nakatuntong ako sa likod niya.

"Not before your friends lower their weapons first."

"How about you lower yours first. Just making sure you're not gonna slash our throats." sabi ni Claude.

"Seriously?  Now why would I do that? Di ako ganyang tao"

"You knew perfectly well what kind of person you are Haruka." mariin sabi ni Claude as he looked at me meaningfully.

I grinned at him in response.

"What are you talking about,  I'm just saying I don't stab a person off guard.  That would be cheating."

"Stop talking shit and make up already, ang bigat na." singit ni Angelo.

"Who are you calling heavy huh. Just fucking shut up and eat mud." sabi ko habang inilalagay ang paa ko sa ulo niya at diniin kaya nasubsob ang mukha niya sa lupa. I could hear his muffled voice.

Narinig ko namang napatawa si Venz sa likod and he then lowered his dagger.

"There,  wala na,  so could you please remove the dagger now. I trust you enough not to slice my throat."

Liningon ko si Venz at nginitian. I then lowered my dagger to his throat.

"Now that wasn't hard was it?"

Nagdadalawamg isip man ay ibinaba rin ni Claude ang punyal niya.

"Get the fuck of me now, I'm not your freaking doormat damn it. " sabi ni Angelo.

"Well it suits you though." sabi ko sabay alis sa pagkakatungtong sakanya.

Agad siyang tumayo at pinapagpag niya ang damit niya habang sinasamaan ako ng tingin.

"Why are you even here, ikaw ba ang nagpadala nang code na yun? "sabi ni Venz.

"I was just gonna ask you the same thing" sabi ko naman.

"You mean,  you didn't? Sino naman kaya iyon?" tanong ni Venz.

I was gonna say I don't know but a feeling of uneasiness struck me.

Napatingin ako sa paligid.  There's definitely something wrong here.

"Don't tell me may nagbigay rin sayo,  who the hell are you really, you seem to really be--"

"Shut up." nagsalita si Angelo pero pinatigil ko siya.

"What--"

"I said shut up!" halos pabulong kong sabi. Inilibot ko ang tingin sa paligid. There's definitely somebody out there.

Then I heard a something click and acting on reflexes ay sinipa ko agad si Angelo dahilan para matumba paatras.

"What the fuck!  Inaano ba kita?"

"That should have been you idiot" sabi ko sa kanya sabay turo sa puno kung saan bumaon ang bala.

Napatingin kami sa bala. It was a tranquilizer dart. This doesn't look good.

Once again may narinig nanaman akong pumutok.

"Take cover." yun lang ang sinabi ko at nagtago kami sa likod nang punong tinambayan ko kanina, the tree took all the tranquilizer dart's damage.

Pero agad akong naitulos sa pwesto. Pinakiramdam ka muli ang paligid.

We're surrounded.

As if on cue ay agad napaluhod si Venz and eventually nawalan nang malay.

Damn we're dead. How could I be careless,  1 hit from those and we're done for.

Muli na naman kaming pinapa-ulanan nang bala. Inilabas ko narin ang baril ko at nagsilabasan din sila nang sakanila at nagpaputok. I shot with precision at kahit hindi ko sila nakikita,  I just knew I hit them pero di parin tumitigil ang pagpapaputok nila nang tranquilizer guns,  there's gotta be a hundred of them.

I reloaded my gun, probably my last magazine since I only brought one extra because I didn't think it would turn out like this.

Nilingon ko ang dalawa.

And I was surprised nang nakita kong natumba na si Claude.

We are at a disadvantage here,  napapaligiran kami and hindi ako makakilos nang maayos,  one wrong move and I'll get hit.

Damn, mukhang planado nga to.

They knew too well they don't stand a chance on me in a close combat so they chose to hide and shoot instead.

Damn cowards.

Nagpatuloy ako sa pagpaputok sa kanila at the same time iniiwasang matamaan. I leaned down side wards nang maramdaman kong may tatama sa akin pero I wasn't very quick with my reflexes enough when another shots were fired at naramdaman ko nalang ang mahinang kirot sa leeg ko and later on my system seems to be numbing.

Unti unti akong nawawalan nang lakas at napasubsob sa lupa.  I could here Angelo's voice screaming my name before everything went black.