Capes 1: Charge

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Lockey has been spending almost an hour talking to some anonymous online about the CAPES. He's been wondering what the deal is behind it and why would that weird lady mentioned that and wanted him to be part of their organization. He's been trying to leech much better information from this user, but he's only been getting tidbits of information that's going out of nowhere.

AnonymousUser123: You don't have to be scared about it. Trust me. They're not the bad guys you've thought of.

With that being mentioned, if this user's telling is right and that could help, in what possible way?

Iyon ang labi na ikipinagtataka ni Lockey, if their intention is trying to help... help him get out of what? He didn't get much information from this lady, but just a card saying CAPES on it and he doesn't know what to do.

Who he was talking online doesn't clearly help at all, it's telling him something about, but not what he really needed to know. And when Lockey turned to ask the anonymous about this organization keeping abominations out of the government hands, it didn't reply. Two hours passed then it was left unread.

He doesn't know if he would believe it or not. Sa dami ba naman ng mga nangyayari ngayon, his mind is going around that doesn't help him at all.

Maya-maya lamang ay napabangon siya nang biglang bumukas ang pinto at dumungaw ro'n ang boyfriend ng Tita Amora niya. Nakangiti naman si Gage habang nagtataka si Lockey sa pagpasok nito nang walang pagkatok man lang.

"Gising ka pa pala," ani Gage.

"Hindi ako makatulog... at... uh? May kailangan ka ba?"

Agad namang umiling ito. "No. Wala naman. Amora just wants me to check in on you if you're already sleeping and here you are, still awake. But yeah, I'm going to leave you alone now and it's nice meeting you again, Lockey."

Lockey nodded and before Gage would leave his room, he caught his attention one more time. "Gage... maybe next time try to knock before coming in. This is my room and my private space."

Gage nodded, affirming his request. "Of course, I apologize for intruding on your space. Have a good night, Lockey." He then shut the door and then Lockey get back landing himself back on the bed and stared at the wall.

What am I even doing? he thought in his head.

There's just a lot of things going on in his head and knowing what this organization is like made him feel so detached from the world. So many things had happened and coping up one by one to every single one of them became a struggle for him. It's like he wouldn't be able to get a normal life—a life that doesn't have to include the abominations and death. Death has come a long way in his life. Since he was a child, he would never forgive people who chose death over sympathy.

He doesn't hate the abominations because his father was one of them, but he doesn't condone the behaviors of the others who got his friend killed. Everything became different for him, now that Keith's gone.

The next morning, the first thing he did is to check his conversation again with the anonymous user he got to talk to last night. He got thrilled when he found notification on that website forum and it's a message coming from that anonymous user.

@AnonymousUser123: Are you tracked?

Lockey somehow got confused about the question this user asked. It was sent to him around five in the morning and it's already seven. Lockey's about to prepare to go to school, but he couldn't get off his ass on the chair, in front of the laptop talking to this user.