The Life of a Secret Writer

CLUE 16

CELEBRATION

Ren

"You look like a ghost. Ang laki ng eyebags mo."

I didn't bother to look at Ten behind my door. He's watching me habang inaayusan ng mga kung sino-sinong tao. Madaming labas masok sa kwarto ko. They are too busy dressing me up. But here I am looking like a murderer not giving expressions.

Whenever the make up artist tries to talk to me I'll just stared at her not responding at all kaya siguro hindi nya na rin ako kinulit.

I've been trying to escape in this hell but everytime I do, Rush always caught me. That's why now, Ten's mission is to make sure na hindi ako tatakas.

Tinry ko 'ding kunin yung baril ni Ten pero lagi nya akong nahuhuli. Tumatawa lang sya at minsan narin nya akong inabutan ng baril nya pero walang bala! Sayang!

Minsan lang bumababa mula sa top floor yung matandang Alexander dito. Pero sa ilang pagpunta nya, lagi akong naiirita sakanya! Talagang hindi ako natutuwa sa mga pangiti-ngiti nya saakin! Pinipilit nyang maging masiyahing tao kahit hindi naman bagay sakanya.

"C'mon, I'll tour you before the party starts." Tuluyan ng lumapit si Ten at namulsa habang tinitingnan ako mula sa salamin sa harap. I look at him at the mirror too while thinking. Maganda din sigurong sumama sakanya para malaman ko ang pasikot-sikot ng building na 'to.

"This is the entrance of the building."

"Hindi ako bobo."

"Pero tanga ka, lagi kang sa bintana pumapasok. Anong trip mo sa buhay aber?"

"It's called survival instincts. Mamaya e pagpasok ko may baril na puputok diretso sa ulo ko, mga siraulo pa naman tao dito. Kung mamatay ako gusto ko yung willing ako."

Umiling-iling si Ten habang pasimpleng nangingiti. "You and your imaginations.. writer ka nga." Ginulo nya yung buhok kaya sinapak ko sya.

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"This whole floor is intended for training the agents."

The whole floor has a lot of gym equipment's. At the center they have mattress. I think dyan sila nakikipag sparring tuwing oras ng training. They also have a boxing ring at the corner. The place doesn't look messy. This place looks like an athletes favorite room.

"It's spacious.."

"We have three floors for the traines. We seperated the newbies to the seniors. This floor are for the newbies. We also have a whole floor for our weapons."

"Where?"

Naningkit ang mga mata ni Ten sakin.

"Nah, I wouldn't risk the lives of the visitors just because I lead you to the weapons floor. That's restricted for you. Baka mamaya maisipan mong bombahin 'tong buong building."

"May bomba dito?"

Tinitigan nya ako.

"Right. Let's not talk about that."

Ten tour me to the whole building. It's literally just one of the many buildings here in the island. I saw some villa din sa malayo. May kasama 'bang bahay at lupa ang pagiging agent dito? It's like a whole community.

"You see, everything you need are here. Kaya mong mabuhay ng hindi umaalis dito."

"Kakausapin ko yung matanda-"