My Amnesiac Assassin

Chapter 21: The Request

ARTEMIS LARCENA

Nang makauwi ako ay agad kong pinark ang panibagong kotseng nirentahan ko sa garahe. I brought the gym bag with me, but once I'm inside, I spotted another pest sitting on the couch. I just got rid of the other one, pero meron nanamang panibago.

"What are you doing here?"

"Surprise!"

"Why are you inside someone else's house at this hour?"

"Dumadalaw lang my loves."

"Madaling araw na Axl. Wala kang paramdam sa loob ng ilang araw tapos magpapakita ka na lang dito bigla."

Hindi pa 'ko pagod physically, pero I'm mentally drained.

"Ito naman, parang wala tayong pinagsamahan eh," kunwaring nagtatampong aniya. "Saan ka pala galing?"

"Don't try to change the topic. Wala ka man lang pasabi. We've been trying to contact you for days!" sermon ko, pero inilapat niya lang ang palad niya sa dibdib niya pagkatapos ay kunwaring nagpupunas ng luha.

"Nakaka-touch naman. Nag-aalala ka para sa'kin."

"Hindi ako nagbibiro, Axl. Tell me, what's going on with you these days?"

"Haha." He nervously laughed. "Mukhang hindi ko na talaga matatago sa'yo ah."

Ibinagsak ko ang gym bag sa sahig pagkatapos ay umupo ako sa sofa.

"So?"

"Two months ago, nag-quit din ako sa Clandestine--"

"What?!"

"Ta-dah . . . surprise? Haha-ha . . ." Sinamaan ko siya ng tingin kaya agad siyang nag-ayos. If my glare could tear through an object, there would be a hole on his head now.

"And you chose to tell me that information now? Kung kailan gabing gabi na."

"Eh ngayon lang ako nakahanap ng tiyansa na pumunta dito eh. Masyado pang delikado kapag kinontact kita," he said in a worried voice.

He has a point. He could be tracked. But Clandestine wouldn't waste their time on solely finding a single hacker. And Axl was usually rash, so why would he be extra careful?

"Okay. So ayon, nag-quit ako. Pero siyempre hindi nila ako pinayagan kaya hanggang ngayon pinapahanap pa rin ako ng Clandestine. Nakailang lipat na 'ko pero lagi pa rin nila akong nahahanap, kaya naman pumunta ako dito."

"In conclusion, you chose to seek refuge here because you know that Omicron Organization is backing me."

"Mismo!"

"That's all?"

"Yup."

Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay. This idiot thinks I'm an idiot.

"Spill it. Alam kong may iba ka pang tinatago."

"Wala na nga, promise." He raised his right arm like he's pledging to me.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure na sure!"

Alam kong may iba pa siyang tinatago sa'kin. And even if I ask him, or force him to tell me, alam kong hindi niya sasabihin. I could kick him out of the house to threaten him but that wouldn't be a good idea considering that a doofus like him knows how to get inside my house even if I locked it. Mapapagod lang ang utak ko kakaintindi sa kanya.

"If you're planning to stay here, make sure to find somewhere else to sleep. Hindi ka pwedeng matulog sa sofa ko."

Napataas ako ng kilay nang ngumiti siya sa'kin.