Triumphs (Book 2 of Trials End)

Chapter 57

Keith threw a punch on the left side and his enemy moved to the left. He followed up his punch by raising his left knee to kick his enemy. And before he could even kick...

Someone from behind Keith was rushing to him with a knife in his hand.

Thankfully, Keith must have felt him. Binaba niya ang kanyang paa na nakataas at yumoko. Ginamit niya ang kanan niyang binti at pinadulas sa sahig para madapa ang lalaking may hawak sa kutsilyo.

Nang yumuko si Keith, napansin yata siya ni Earl kaya hinatak niya si Rave at pinuntahan si Deborah. Tinago niya silang dalawa sa kaniyang likuran. At nang tumumba ang may hawak ng kutsilyo, Aldo, Ayer and Ivo pinned down the Tiger Bandits who wanted to rush forward.

Kita ko ang pag apak ni Keith sa kamay ng kalaban na may hawak na kutsilyo.

"'Dyan na natapos ang nangyare kahapon." Aldo paused the video on his laptop. He looked at us, watching from his back.

"That was dangerous!" Twilla exclaimed and Iris nodded from the side.

Ngayong nakita ko nang buo, hindi ko mapigilan kabahan at matakot. It happened right in front of us!

"Kalahati lang nakita ko kahapon pero ngayon, ang angas talaga." Dagdag ni Claud.

"Pasalamat kayo sa'kin," Ivo chined up.

"Salamat," We all answered him in a flat tone.

"Wow," Ivo felt offended. "Parang mga hindi prinotektahan."

"Hindi naman talaga," Deborah stuck her tongue out.

"Oo nga!" Earl butted in. "Ako kaya nagbantay kay Deborah." He looked for someone. "Ay, Graig! Thank me later ah?"

Graig clicked his tongue.

"Anong ikaw? Hindi nga kita napansin eh," Tanggi ni Deborah. Nagtuloy tuloy na naman ang kanilang away.

I step back away from them at hinanap si Brice na nakaupo nang tahimik sa upuan niya. He saw what happened yesterday and told us that we must settle this today.

"Brice, you still have one announcement, right?" I asked him.

He tilted his head to face me. "Yeah, " he nodded. "Aldo will show the video." Si Aldo naman ang tinignan niya.

Aldo nodded too, mukhang narinig niya. "May papakita pa 'ko! Come here!" Tawag niya sa'ming lahat. Lahat sila ay tumayo sa upuan para lumapit sa kanya. Sabay naman kaming lumapit ni Brice sa kanya.

Aldo played another video, a CCTV footage, of the hallway outside of the room we–Brice and I–used. We saw two men, walking and stopped in front of our door. Dahan dahan nilang binuksan at pumasok sa loob.

"Now, I'll play the audio recording." Aldo played another record. It must be the other recorder we left in the room.

We heard the sound of the door click and footsteps coming in. The sound died down for a moment but after seconds, we heard a cabinet opening. It was a slow and smooth sound of wood being pulled out.

"They're trying to find the documents." Brice suddenly talked. "I gave them bait. I told Aiby that I left the documents inside the room but Aiby has it. They must have been thinking that they could get it away from us."

So, that's why he asked me to keep it. Kung hindi niya sa'kin binigay ang mga papeles, baka pati ako ay madala sa tanong niya at maghanap rin.

"For what purpose?" I asked. They could have just behaved and attacked us after we left.

"Just like you said," I heard Keith's voice behind me. "They spilled too much information. They must be trying to get it so they'll know who are the members that spilled it. They'll try to cover it with other lies in other interviews."