DMWNT 26: Numero Trece
(A/N: I sketched this to give you an idea of how the brand actually looks.)
Ang katahimikang saglit na bumalot ay unti-onting napalitan ng bulungan. Lahat ay itinuturo ang markang nasa likod ng babaeng hanggang ngayon ay kuyom ang kamaong nakadapa sa semento.
The mark was a perfect circle, with three points on top, one point being the highest and directly in line with the spinal cord. In the middle of the circle is the number thirteen. It wasn't inked... it was branded using metal and fire. One that burns through the skin's layers and continues burning for a long time.
"Ano 'yan?"
"Mukhang tattoo, pero hindi eh. Iba."
"Bakit may gan'yan 'yang nerd na 'yan?"
Ang mga taong tinuring si Trece na kaibigan ay hindi rin maintindihan kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng markang iyon sa likod niya.
"Hindi ba parang numero ang nakalagay?"
"Hindi kaya-"
Nagpatuloy ang bulungan. The representatives on the stage paled. Calyx stared, knowing exactly what he is looking at. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit malaki ang interes ng TOCE sa babaeng 'to. Ngunit hindi niya pa rin maintindihan kung bakit sasaktan ng TOCE ang isang katulad ni Trece. What was his father thinking?
Maski ang tatlong finalists na kanina'y abala sa pagpapahirap sa babaeng nakahandusay ay namutla. Nanginig ang labi ni Lily at bahagya pa siyang napaatras.
Alam niya ang markang 'yan. Her father, one of the prominent businessmen in the underground society, often talked about that mark.
Everyone of her background, the Alcondrios included, have heard about them.
They were legendary in the underground society.
But no one knows exactly who they were.
No one knows were they come from.
But everybody with enough connection have heard of them.
Others call them reapers.
Others call them the heirs of the underground society.
And still, others know them as Numeros, the fangs of the greatest Empire ever built.
Kinuyom ni Lily ang kamao niya. Rinig niya ang bulungan ng iba. 'Numero' they were whispering. Hindi niya matanggap na isang katulad ni Trece ay kasali sa mga tinaguriang numero dahil lang sa markang 'yan sa likod niya. The numeros are legends, ibig sabihin matagal na ang mga ito sa mundo nila. How dare this pathetic girl try to copy the legendary numeros? She must be a die-hard fan of those numeros, Lily thought.
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