Crystal Breeze

CB40

CB40

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing..." mabilis kong sagot at binitawan ang kamay niya. Humakbang na ulit ako sa tabi niya at sabay kaming naglakad muli.

I heightened my senses and focused on feeling the movements of those who are following us.

I need to do something. But what would that be? I don't have anything to stand a chance among these guys. We're at a high disadvantage right now. Can I still fight like before? And Rion...

Papaunahin ko ba siya? Dapat ba ay maghiwalay kami para maging ligtas siya? But I don't know if I'm really the only target here. Not a chance, Syn. Think...

Ayokong humiwalay sa kanya. Kung natatakot ako sa sitwasyon namin ngayon, mas matatakot ako kung lalayo ako sa kanya. I don't want the same thing to happen again.

"Syn."

I gasped and turned to him. Seryoso siyang nakatitig saakin at bahagyang nagtatagpo ang kanyang mga kilay.

"What the hell is wrong? Kanina pa kita tinatawag," he asked, displeased by me being absent-minded.

Huminga ako ng malalim. There's no use to hide it from him.

"May sumusunod saatin..." bulong ko sa kanya. Lilingon na dapat siya sa likod bilang normal na reaksyon kaya agad kong hinawakan ang kanyang braso para pigilan siya sa gagawin.

"Antonio's men?" pabulong niya ring tanong.

"Who else?" I answered rhetorically.

He must have thought about ending it immediately before we can even do something to him. That asshole. I admit that he moved fast.

"Do you have a plan?"

Hindi ako agad nakasagot dahil iyon din ang pinag-iisipan ko. There's no one here in the parking lot beside us. They can come to us any time now.

I sighed.

"I'll hold them off for the time being while you go and start the car. Let's not engage in a fight. Susunod ako agad."

That's the only thing possible now. Medyo malayo pa kung saan nakapark ang kotse niya. We won't win but I can hold them for a minute or two, assuming that they are skilled men against me alone. That would be enough to buy Rion time to start the car so we could leave.

"Can you do it alone?"

I confidently look at him. Gusto ko lang ipakita sa kanya iyon para hindi siya mag-alinlangan pa sa gagawin.

"Did you really ask that to your former bodyguard?" I said like it's just a small thing. "Of course I can," I added.

Malalim siyang tumitig saakin. For the sake of reassuring him that I'll be fine, I stared back at him with the same intensity. Tumigil kami sa paglalakad.

He sighed.

"I'll be back in a few," pangako niya.

"I know..." I smiled at him and turned my back. "So leave this to me."

I clicked my neck left and right while I'm massaging my fist. It's been a long time since I engaged in a real brawl but at least I know I'm that rusty yet.

"Don't you think it's too late to hide now? C'mon... give me some spice, boys!" hamon ko. Kahit alam kong wala akong laban sa bilang nila, ayoko pa ding ipakita na matatalo ako.

Nanliit ang mata ko noong may unti-unting gumalaw mula sa pagtatago sa pillars at ang iba ay sa mga sasakyan na naririto. They are a bunch of bulky people. Iba-iba ang reaksyon ng mga ito, marahil dahil sa sinabi ko. I swallowed hard.