Codename: Alpha Zero

Chapter 40

ALPHERO

Oscar can't get up since Marsh is keeping him from moving. Si Derica naman ay nag-umpisa muling tumakbo palayo. I ignored her. She's not worth my time. I just used her to find Oscar easily.

"Tie him up," I commanded.

Mabilis na tinali ni Marsh ang mga kamay ni Oscar. From where he got those ropes, I don't know and I don't care. What's important is to resist Oscar's movements.

"T-Tulungan niyo ko!" Oscar shouted. "They're bullying me! I didn't do anything wrong yet they hurt me!"

"T-Tigilan niyo 'yan!" may naglakas-loob na sumigaw sa amin. "Ipapatawag namin ang guidance!"

"Call the office and let it walk in here if you want. We don't care." Marsh replied.

Natahimik ang paligid. No one else dared to talk. Tanging ang ingay lang ng pagbukas ng pinto ang narinig matapos ang ilang segundo.

"We'll handle him," a man said to us.

We looked at him. He's wearing his green mask marked with a number three. Behind him was a man with a brown mask marked four and a girl with a pink mask marked seven.

I smirked. Let's see what Oscar will do. He's already cornered.

"We'll take it from here on."

Hinayaan naming dalhin nila Tres si Oscar. It's interrogation time.

"Alam niyo bang pinangalandakan niyo ang mga katauhan niyo?" pabulong na tanong ni Mina nang makaalis sila Tres.

I looked at him. "They will just have questions about it. It's not like they already know who we are."

"And if their curiosity reached its limit, they'll surely die. Of all people you should be the one to know that," Marsh added.

"Janine," pagtawag ni Randy sa pangalan ng babaeng nakatayo sa tabi ni Mina. Agad naman itong lumingon sa kaniya. "You're not an exemption."

And with that, we left the canteen to follow the other Decade. May mga nagtitinginan sa aming mga estusyante ngunit 'di gaya ng dati na paghanga ang makikita sa mata nila, ngayon ay kuryosidad at takot na.

We went to the parking lot and entered our cars. Mabilis kaming nagmaneho papunta ng hideout.

Nang makarating kami ng hideout ay dumeretso kami sa office ng Decade. Nandoon si Oscar sa isa sa mga upuan at nakatali. From looking at him, I can already say that the interrogation had started.

"Any useful information?" tanong ko. Napatingin sa akin si Oscar. Saglit na nagulat ang ekspresyon niya ngunit ngumiti din siya ng mapakla.

"Mamamatay na 'ko," he said to himself.

"Talk," Cuatro said. May inilabas siyang kung ano mula sa bulsa niya. It was like a small tube wrapped in packaging tape.

Tiningnan lang siya ng matalim ni Oscar. He still have the guts, huh.

"Do you know what this is?" tanong ni Cuatro na ang tinutukoy ay ang hawak niya sa kanang kamay niya. "This is a sticky bomb that I personally made. It can destroy your limbs once triggered."

Idinikit niya ang maliit na bomba sa binti ni Oscar. He then showed a long metal stick with a red button on top.

"Huling tanong," Cuatro said. "Who are the real Pentagon?"

Nang lumipas ang ilang segundo at hindi sumagot si Oscar ay pinindot ni Cuatro ang button. Sumabog ang bombang nakadikit sa binti ni Oscar dahilan para sumabog din ang binti niya. Walang natira dito.