SECTION 4 : The Hidden Section

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 6.

MULA SA BOUNDERY ng senior high campus ay may nakalagay na mga banderitas. Sa dalawang malalaking puno sa gilid ng daanan ay nakalagay ang dalawang pahaba na tarpaulin.

Everything and everyone looked colorful dahil 'yon sa t-shirt nila na iba-iba ang kulay.

“Eya!!” napatingin ako sa gawi kung saan may tumawag sakin. Si Christine.

Palabas palang ito ng sasakyan nila. Pagkalabas ay agad itong tumakbo papunta sakin. She's wearing a yellow croptop design with sunflowers, nakaputing highwaist jeans rin ito na tinirnuhan ng kulay pink mixed with white color na sapatos. Naka two-ears rin sya.

“Parang bata” bulong ko sa sarili.

Hinihingal ito ng tuluyang nakalapit sakin. Napairap ako. “Sige, tumakbo ka pa hanggang sa ma-heart attack ka”

Inirapan ako ng gaga. “Whatever!” aniya bago inayos ang sarili “Anyway, ikaw palang? Where's dani?”

“Obviously she's not here yet” sabi ko saka nagpatuloy sa paglalakad, sumunod naman sya agad.

“Ano bang ginawa ng babaeng 'yon kagabe at na late? This is the first time that she's late”

“Dunno” maikling sagot ko.

She's blabbering and talking none stop habang naglalakad kaming dalawa, sinasagot ko naman kapag may tinatanong. Wala ako sa mood makipag usap ngayon, parang biglang nawalan ako ng gana.

Maybe because I didn't eat enough food kanina, sandwich lang ang kinain ko e.

“Gott'a go. Deretso ako ng SSG office. See you later nalang” I wave at her, bago tumalikod.

“Ang bastos mo talaga eya! Hindi pa nga ako tapos mag kwento e!” sigaw nya sa hallway.

Mahina lang ako napatawa dahil bigla syang sinuway ng isang teacher na dumaan sa gilid nya. Sakto kasi nung sumigaw sya nasa tabi nya ito.

Pagkabukas ko ng pintuan natahimik ang kaninang maingay na silid ng SSG officers. Nag taas ako ng isang kilay bago tuluyang pumasok, naging alerto naman agad sila at nagsi-upuan sa harap ng malaking table.

Naka upo na silang lahat but I remained standing with my hands on the door knob.

“What are you waiting for? Christmas?” as always sino pa ba, si sipsip.

Hindi ko sya pinansin “I won't stay long, I'm just here to let you know my presence. Baka kasi may umacting na naman na president at baguhin ang plano ko” I smirked while looking at him.

“And who would that be?” acting innocent, e?

I crossed my arms in front of my chest  “Sa tingin mo. Sino?”

Nagkibit balikat sya saka ngumisi.

I rolled my eyes on him. “I will make the announcement. Be ready, treasure hunt will starts in five minutes”

Umalis nako doon saka dumeretso sa security room. I talked to the head security about the announcement that i will make para payagan akong gamitin ang mic na naka-connect sa lahat ng speakers sa loob ng campus.

He said yes, so proceed to my business. The reason why I'm here.

I cleared my throat first before I turned the mic on. “Everyone?” unang salitang lumabas sa bibig ko.

I saw at the big screen na napahinto ang lahat ng estudyante at kanya-kanyang tingin sa speaker. Hindi naman nila ko makikita don. Tsk!

“Good morning. This is your SSG president, and I just want to say goodluck to each and everyone of you. As i said last announcement that today i will announce the price that will be given to the lucky winners of this treasure hunt game...” the moment i said that, naghiyawan silang lahat. “Excited?” nakangising tanong ko at sinagot naman nila iyon ng malakas na YES! Lalo na ang mga nasa ordinary class.

“Very well! First I want explain the set up of the price giving. For the ordinary students, make sure to win because the price will be given to you is a whole day sit in with one of the elite class plus a tour in the whole center elite building...”

Kitang-kita sa malaking screen ang pagtalon ng ibang ordinary students, meron din na sumigaw pa. Halatang masaya sila sa price na makukuha nila.

“.... And for our elite students, for all i know you can get everything you want even without this event, except for one thing” I can see from here that everyone from elite class became curios “We decided to give you a price that every one of you wants. A one day rest and get away in baguio. No school, no homework, no research. You can relax for a whole day” hindi ko pa natatapos ang huling sentence na sinabi ko ay agad nagbunyi ang lahat ng elite students.

May mga estudyante pa nga na sa sobrang saya hindi nya napansin na natatamaan na ang teacher nya nung maliit na flag na hawak nya.

Natawa nalang ako sa isipan. I know all of them are happy 'cause just like them? I want a break from all of this school stuffs. Oo, estudyante kami at responsibilidad naming mag-aral pero tao rin kami, nakakaramdam din kami ng pagod.

But because it's our responsibility to study, we can't do anything but to keep moving on. Education is like a battle, you need to fight in order to win.

And one of the reason why students all around the world, forcing and doing their best to study hard is because they don't want their parents hard work for them to end up in the mud.

Kaya ito yung naisip kong ipapremyo sa isang buong room ng elites kung may manalo sakanila.

“... And don't worry about a thing because you were all be excuse for a day. I already talk to the head teacher about this, and our principal already agreed. So do your best and win. Remember, NO CHEATING. Good luck, the treasure hunting will start when the timer runs out” I turn off the mic after I finish the last sentence.

Hindi ko na kailangang sabihin kung ano ang hahanapin nila dahil nasabi na yun ng mga teachers kanina sa mga estudyante nila. Everyone is already outside their classroom, ready na tumakbo.

Labas ang SSG officers sa laro na 'to dahil kami ang magmomonetor sa mga kasali. And they have some important job to do, so yeah.

Pinanood ko lang ang mga estudyante nung nagsimula na ang pag hahanap. I'm feel like i'm a boss sitting in her throne while watching her people battled. HAHAHA!

Natawa pa 'ko ng makita ko si Christine na nadapa, natapilok kasi sya sa sariling katangahan. Hindi kasi makuha yung tingin nya don sa lalaking nakasalubong nya, natapilok tuloy.

Lahat ng classrooms, trashbins, rooftops, restrooms, etc. Ay nahalughog na nila, umabot na ng isang oras ang treasure hunting. Takbo dito, takbo doon. Pero hindi pa rin nila makita ang bagay na hinahanap nila.

Akala ko matalino na sila para ma-figure out kung nasaan 'yon, but I guess i'm wrong. Isang oras na kaya.

Nahalughog na nila ang buong campus pero hindi pa rin nila mahanap. Napabuntong hininga nalang ako ng manghingi ng clue ang isang estudyante. Nakaharap ito sa cctv.

I turn the mic on “You want clue?..” I ask they all nodded and said yes “Okay. I'll will give a riddle for the clue and it's just a simple riddle kaya madali nyo lang ma-fi-figure out ito... Ready? Listen carefully”

Sana naman magets agad nila.

“Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock, said the clock. Find this, find that! I'm still at my owner's lap”