Shadow Protector

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SHE was smoking cigarettes outside the bar, she's kinda like a party person. She loves to mess with guys who drooled whenever she was seen, she loves the attention she is getting.

Pero kahit gusto niya ang atensyon ng mga lalaki, she never let anyone take her virginity. Her mother's virtue is not to give your virginity to anyone other than your husband.

Pero mukhang hindi pa siya magkakaasawa, how can she say to her husband about her job? She kills people for a living, baka matakot yung mapapangasawa niya. Maghihintay nalang siya when the time comes.

"Hey, lady." A man grabbed her attention, binugahan niya ng usok ito noong lumingon siya. The guy coughed, she let out a chuckle. "You can't even take a smoke of my cigarette, I'm not interested." She boredly said and avert her sight to the stars

"Hey, lady." The man again grabbed her attention, she looked at him annoyed. "Ano kailangan mo?" Bwisit nitong sabi, "why are you carrying a katana?" Tanong nito sa babae.

Tinapon nito ang sigarilyo sa lupa at tinapakan, inalis niya ang sarili niya sa sinasandalan nito. "Nakikita mo ito?" Tanong niya sa lalaki sabay turo sa katana na naka attach sa may belt niya.

Tumango ang lalaki, she smirked at inakbayan ang lalaki. "So, tell me. What do you do for a living?" The question caught the guy's attention, she then pulled him into an alley.

"I do stuff." Sagot ng lalaki, tumango tango siya at kinuha ang notepad niya. "You are lying." Ngumiti siya dito ng napakatamis. She then wrote something on the notepad

In a blink of an eye, she pushed her katana on his chest and smiled. "Hindi ka dapat nagsinungaling." The guy spat blood on her face which made her annoyed.

She wiped the blood away and put her katana back on the scabbard, tinanggal niya ang papel sa notepad niya at dinikit iyon sa lalaking wala ng buhay.

"It's an umbrella when you aren't sinned, it's a katana when you are sinned."

Only the shadows can see the katana they made for the protector, a normal human being can see it as an umbrella. But when a criminal sees it, it's a katana.

Umalis na siya kaagad, she can't be caught. Wala yung sumbrero niya at mask niya, yung katana lang ang dala niya. Since kailangan rin naman ito dalhin, lucky that the blood isn't that bloody on her face. She is annoyed when that man spat on her.

She like to work undetected like on top of the building, that's why she likes watching people. Umalis nalang ito sa bar at nag uwi na

She lives alone, her parents died long ago. She really don't feel much, yes she cried. Pero dati na yun, they are peaceful now kung nasaan sila. She has two katana, nasa office niya yung isa at ang dala niya ngayon.

SHE ENTERED her house, napaka tahimik ng bahay niya. Binuksan niya yung TV para hindi ganun na tahimik. Nilinisan niya muna ang katana bago nilagay niya sa lalagyan ng mga cleaning stuff niya.

The echo of a call then suddenly engulfed the house, masyadong old fashion ang bahay niya. Yung telepono niya ay yung mga telepono noong unang panahon pa, she answered the call.

"Hello, shadow speaking." Alam niyang sila lang ang tumatawag sa linya ng telepono niya, "I heard you killed someone without the permission of the boss." Narinig niya yung boses ng lalaking bwinisit siya.

"Paano mo nalaman ang linya ng telepono ko?" Tanong nito sa lalaki, she heard a chuckle. "Alam ko mga linya ng telepono ng mga katrabaho ko."

"Ah, nice talking to you." She then ended the call, she sighed. Bukas nalang niya kakausapin yung boss niya, she has stuff to do sa bahay niya.

Maglilinis pa siya sa bahay niya, "The so-called Shadow Protector will be jailed, we don't care if they are helping people to criminals. They can't kill people kahit pa criminal yan, they should have just turned them in sa presinto." She heard someone said sa TV, tiningnan niya ang TV. It was a police saying those things.

She just shrugged it off at nagsimula ng maglinis ng bahay niya, she is living inside her parents house. May kaya sila dati, pero ngayon hindi na. Pero kahit di na siya may kaya hindi niya hahayaan makuha ng bangko ang bahay na tinitirahan niya.

SHE FINISHED cleaning the whole house, masaya siya at natapos na rin niya ang paglilinis ng bahay, she sat down on the couch at nagpahinga.

Nag-ingay na naman ang telepono niya which made her glared at the phone, tumayo ito at sinagot ang telepono. "Shadow speaking." She boredly said

"Pumunta ka daw dito, may mission daw para sayo." She heard the man said, she just ended the call at nag punta sa kwarto niya para magpalit. Pinatay niya yung TV nung bumaba na siya, sinuot niya yung bag niya at umalis na ng bahay niya.

SHE ARRIVED at her workplace, nakasuot na siya ng mask. Kasi before you enter the workplace dapat suot mo na yung mask mo so you won't be undetected for your image.

Naghihintay yung boss niya sa may lobby ng workplace niya, she then grabbed the file. Binuksan niya ito, mukha, pangalan at kung anong criminal case nito ang nakalagay dun.

She went to her office and grabbed her quiver. Inside it is her bow and arrow, then her scabbard inside it is my katana. She then grabbed her favorite sombrero, she felt like a little devil because of the horn of her sombrero.

In a blink of an eye, she are already on top of the building waiting for her prey. Nakaramdam siyang may umupo sa tabi niya, she looked at the person.

She then sighed, "bakit nandito ka?" Tanong nito sa lalaki, "I'm bored, gusto ko din makita kung paano ka magtrabaho."

She just ignore him at nag focus lang sa paghihintay sa papatayin niya. Nung makita niyang palabas na ang tao na kailangan niyang patayin. She wrote something on her notepad, "bakit kailangan mo pang lagyan ng papel ang palaso mo?" Tanong ng katabi niya

She grabbed her bow and arrow sa quiver niya at dinikit ang papel sa may palaso, "para malaman nila kung anong trabaho ng pinatay ko."

Tinutok niya ang pana niya sa babaeng papatayin niya, she let go of the arrow. She then stared at the arrow flying, then it hit the girl on her chest. Binalik niya na ang bow niya sa quiver.

Tumalikod na siya at lumakad paalis, "stop bothering me, just do your job." Sabi niya sa lalaki and she left.

-T.M.B-