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SHE was fiddling, hinihintay niya yung tawag ng source niya para malaman niya kung nasaan yung police ngayon. She need to make sure na magtatagpo ulit ang landas nila, so her plan can work.

And then the echo of someone calling engulfed the house, tumayo ito at sinagot ang tawag. "The police are in his precinct, he is investigating your arrow."

She froze, hindi niya maalala kung nakasuot ba siya ng gloves nun. "The target you killed is his cousin, kaya galit na galit ito sainyo." Then the call ended when the caller told where the precinct was located.

Ibinaba niya ang telepono at tumaas sa kwarto niya, she changed her outfit. She wore a crochet top and pair it with a cardigan at tsaka palazzo pants. She want to look good pagpunta sa presinto.

She need a plan kung ano ang sasabihin niya sa lalaki, she can't just go there na walang inirereklamo. The police might suspect her.

After thinking really hard for awhile, she came up a plan. Pero kailangan ng tulong ng kinabibwisitan niya, bumaba ito at kinuha nito ang telepono at nilagay sa tainga.

She dialed his number on the vintage telephone, buti nga at gumagana pa ito, she didn't want to buy a phone. She's sometimes an old fashion pero with a bit of modernity.

Just one ring sinagot niya ito, "hello, what do you need?" Masigla nitong tanong nung sinagot niya ang tawag niya, "I need you to do something."

I heard shuffling on the background, mukhang tumayo ito ng maayos. "Ano nga yun?" Tanong nito ulit, "I might need your help, can you look after me in a distance with your sniper. Baka mapahamak ko ang sarili ko sa gagawin ko."

"What are you gonna do?" Tanong ulit nito, napakaraming tanong. "Huwag ka na tanong ng tanong, I will be baiting myself on a rapist."

She heard a gasp at parang may nahulog, "but don't kill him, I need to report him to the precinct."

"Then why do you need me?" Tanong nito ulit. "Find my target for me at hanapin mo rin ang number ng pulis."

He sighed, "Hindi ko kilala yung tinutukoy mong pulis." She facepalmed herself, oo nga pala di niya kilala ang pulis na tinutukoy niya.

"Where are you?" Tanong ko, "let's meet up sa office."

Binaba ko ang tawag at kinuha ang mask na ginagamit ko sa trabaho, i locked my front door. I walk to my work place, I don't want them to know na may motor ako.

I still wants my privacy kahit na he will see me without my mask on, pinaprint ko rin yung picture ng pulis. I look like I'm a stalker, I just need to make sure that it looks like nagtagpo ulit kami ng landas.

Nakarating rin kaagad siya sa pinagtatrabahuhan niya, she saw the guy with a different colored mask. Sometimes he is wearing a mask like mine, pero ngayon makulay na ang mask nito.

"Why are you wearing that?" Tanong niya sa lalaki, she heard him chuckle. "Para maiba naman." She let out a small laugh and then the guy looked mesmerized.

When she saw how the guy looked, she put on a poker face kahit mata lang ang kita sa kanya. "Hanapin mo na ang number ng pulis, here's the picture."

He looked at the picture na binigay niya, his face changed for a second and then umiba ulit. "Give me a minute."

Umalis ito sa harap niya at pumasok sa loob, wala pang isang minuto lumabas na ito na may dala dalang papel. "Here's the number." May inabot itong cellphone.

She looked at him confused, "how can you call him? You don't have a phone." She facepalmed herself inside her mind, she grabbed the phone out of his hand. She mentally prepared herself para sa gagawin niya.

"Don't worry, I'll be looking out for you." Binigay nito ang location ng target niya, he is a rapist so she needs to be careful. She just needs him to touch him a little bit and she needs to act like he was touching her like crazy.

She knows it's not a good idea, pero kailangan niya talaga magtagpo ng landas sila nung pulis, the guy looked at her with full of assurance. "If the police didn't help you, gesture a thumbs up and I'll shoot our target."

Tumango ito, they went on their ways. She looked at the paper, he put the location of the target sa papel. Malapit lang naman pala ang location, she has a dagger that she is hiding underneath her cardigan. If her plan doesn't work then she will harm herself.

NAKARATING siya sa isang bar, nagtataka siya at bakit ang aga mag bar ng target niya. Pumasok siya at hinanap ang target, she need to lure him out. When she saw the target lumakad ito sa bar.

She stared at him intently para he can feel her presence and she succeed getting his attention, she removed her mask before coming in so kitang kita sa mukha niya na inaakit niya ang lalaki.

She flirted gamit ang mata niya, she succeed with the flirting. Tumayo ang target niya at lumakad malapit sa kanya, she turn her chair around to face the bartender.

"One martini please." She told the bartender, binigyan siya ng martini. She felt someone sat beside her, "one cognac please." She heard him say, she looked at him

She sipped a little bit of the martini, habang ang lalaki ay nilagok ang cognac na ibinigay ng bartender at naghingi pa ulit. "Hindi pa ako nakakakita ng ganitong kagandang babae dito." He complimented her.

Ngumiti siya ng nakakaakit, hinawakan niya ang hita ng lalaki. Ganun din ang ginawa ng lalaki which made her a bit uncomfy pero hindi niya pinakita yun.

Lumapit ito sa tainga niya, "let's go to a hotel." Tumango siya, he grabbed her wrist na mahigpit, binayaran muna niya ang bartender at lumabas sila.

She was trying to get out his grasp, "I change my mind, I won't come with you." Natakot siya sa mangyayari, the guy looked at her with lust and anger in his eyes.

The guy slapped her hard which took her by surprise and her face changed completely because of that slap, hinawakan pa ng lalaki ang wrist niya ng mahigpit na mahigpit and trying to dragged her.

She put her free arm on her back at nag gesture ng thumbs up, then in a blink of an eye. The guy dropped dead on the ground, she grabbed her dagger at gamit ang cardigan niya para ihawak dito and she put some cuts on her. It was painful.

She was bleeding all over and her wounds were slightly deep, she grabbed her phone and dialed the number of the police. She put the dagger in the target's hand. Ilang ring lang may nagsagot sa tawag niya

Her breathing was hard, "help me, I almost got raped." Iyak niya sa tawag. "Where is the rapist?" Yun ang tanong.

"He got killed before raping me, I need your help. I'm scared" she put her scared voice, hiningi nila ang location niya at binigay niya ito. Binaba nila ang tawag.

She was bleeding hard, she was already getting dizzy. Dahil marami na rin ang nawala sa kanyang dugo.

She saw a police car getting near her, but nung papalapit na yung police na kailangan niyang paibigin. Her sight became dark and looks like she was going to pass out, pero before mawalan ng tuluyan ng malay someone grabbed her before she fell on the ground.

-T.M.B-

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