ZACHARY
Both Zyle and I roamed our eyes as we entered the gate. We lifted our stares to an enormous mansion greeting us.
"Zac, it doesn't look haunted at all, but I feel like mas nakakatakot parin to kesa sa haunted house" Zyle whispered and I hushed him. Baka marinig siya nitong ginang na nakasalubong namin.
There were so many questions on my mind that needed immediate answers, though I tried to keep my patience. Two maids opened the big door and a wide space was revealed. It was so spacious that... it seems empty.
I felt Zyle's cold finger dote on my shoulder. He's obviously scared. So much for a boy who entered numerous haunted houses.
The place is actually bright, not emitting creeps at all. Yet it was so quiet that only our footsteps could be heard. There were also no pictures displayed on the walls, unlike what other homes usually have.
"So, this is the place where Harper lived" I cutted the silence. There's no time to waste. I need informations. I'm hungry for it.
"No. Most of the time, he stayed on the quarters. Doon siya nagtetrain shooting with guns. At kapag hindi naman don, madalas ay kasama niya si lolo. They meet business-or say, crime partners."
"Did he ever ask about his family? I mean, does he know that you are not his real mother?"
"Yes. But he didn't bother thinking or being depressed about it. He's happy with his guns." She said. "Although, I tried to stop him with those weapons, wala rin akong magagawa. He's so loyal with Lolo."
No wonder he doesn't seem that surprised when we met each other.
Wala siyang pakialam.
"Nasaan ba kasi yung lolo na yon? His whereabouts would also probably lead us to Harper." ani Zyle na mukhang nagseseryoso na.
Sa wakas ay nakahanap kami ng isang mahabang lamesa. We ourselves pulled our own chairs at saka naupo.
"The Dragons." sagot ni Tita Mitch. "They're back on their vengeance again, pagkatapos nitong maudlot decades ago."
"What do they want?"
"TF Entertainment. They want to kick out Li Fei dahil lolo believes na kaming mga Yao ang dapat magmay-ari non."
"So this roots from those two old lads at pinasa sa bawat generation ang away?"
"Words, Zyle."
"What? I didn't cuss"
Biglang tumayo si Tita Mitch at pumasok sa isang kwarto. Pagbalik niya ay dala-dala niya ang isang box. It wasn't maalikabok at all. Mukhang lagi niya iyong tinitingnan kaya nalilinisan. Inilabas niya ang isang dangkal ng pictures at inilapag sa harapan namin.
Nang tingnan namin iyon ay bumungad ang mga baby pictures.
"Who's this?"
"Abigail. Those are the only pictures I have of her. Namumukhaan niyo ba sya?"
"Uhm, she's still a baby here. How are we supposed to-" naputol ang pananalita ni Zyle nang sikuin ko.
"We can't distinguish if it's her, but maraming pictures si Zei sa phone ko." I said and brought out my phone, showing the pictures of her from my camera album.
"Woah, Zaczac. Now I knew it. May feelings ka nga sa-"
"She likes taking selfies on my phone. One time I deleted them, she got mad and took a thousand more pictures of her." I said. Kulang nalang ay punuin niya na ang storage.
Tita Mitch remained wide eyed habang nagsaswipe sa pictures. Zyle meanwhile, pulled the box na dinala ni Tita Mitch kanina at nagkalkal ng kung anu-ano.
"Oh! Zeiri also has a picture here!
And look, this is Tito Zhang Ji right?"
saad ni Zyle at agad na nawala sa kamay niya ang picture nang kunin ni Tita Mitch.
"This is me and him... years ago."
"What happened?" Tanong ko. "He suddenly disappeared after disbandment, do you know anything about it?"
"Hold on, Tito Zhang Ji is Zeiri's father, am I right?" Zyle asked with a smile on his face at agad naming napansin ang pamumutla ni Tita Mitch.
"No, I am her father." a deep voice has suddenly spoke behind us at nakaramdam agad ako ng malamig na bagay sa leeg ko. I eyed Zyle not to flinch and be quiet. One wrong move, and these blades could cut our heads off.
The man with deep voice walked beside Tita Mitch while his two guards remained standing behind us, still ready to slit our necks.
"Since when did you ever let strangers enter this place?"
"I brought them here to know more about my daughter." Tita Mitch answered.
"Don't you mean our daughter?" The man held her neck. I could see her flinch nang bahagyang idiin ng lalaki ang kuko nito sa kanyang leeg.
"Get your hands off me, DingXian." Tita Mitch said intently. She doesn't seem scared to him at all.
Who's DingXian anyways? His name is a bit familiar, but I have no idea how.
DingXian laughed and shifted his two hands on the table, now facing me and Zyle.
"So you're actually three..." he said, and I only gave him a cold look, making him squinting his eyes. "Oh, I remember your mother again. Those days when I'm still so into her.... Too bad she made a wrong move, thinking that she could use me."
"Well, it shows that mommy has a good taste." Biglang sabi ni Zyle kaya napaangal ako. Though, I couldn't do anything because of this knife touching my neck. "If Zeiri inherited your personality, I would never approve her for my brother"
"Just shut up, Zyle"
DingXian seemed to have felt offended by Zyle's words. "Guards, you know where to bring them."
His eyes darkened. "This time, I'll make you taste what your parents deserved."
Oh great. Hinayaan nalang namin ni Zyle na patayuin kami at dalhin sa isang lugar. We could hear Tita Mitch arguing with DingXian from behind, hanggang sa nawala na ang boses pagkalayo namin.
"Pre, naiihi ako" sabi ng lalaking nagbabantay sa likod ko.
"Edi pigilan mo, alangan namang ako lang magisa dito" sagot ng guard katabi ni Zyle.
Nawala ang maliit na kutsilyong nagbabanta saakin at agad na tumakbo paalis ang lalaki. Nanghihinayang namang tumingin samin ang guard na naiwan.
"Tumahimik kayo ha, pag kayo nanggulo matatamaan kayo sakin"
"Mm" I said at lumingon sakin si Zyle
"Hmm?"
"Mm, mm." saad ko habang ang mata ay sumesenyas na tumakbo sya.
"Hmm? Hmm hmm hmm hm hmm?" aniya at inginuso ang guard sa likod nya.
"Mm m! Mm m mmm m mm m!" sagot ko.
"Ano bang pinagsasabi nyo?" Inis na sabi ng guard
"M.. mm.. m!" bilang ko at sabay kaming tumakbo ni Zyle. Hindi nawala ang malakas niyang sigaw habang tumatakbo kami kaya hindi rin imposibleng hindi kami nakaagaw ng atensyon.
We quickened our pace at sa lawak ng mansion na ito, we don't know which is the way out. Inilabas ni Zyle ang kanyang phone, probably going to send a voice message para kay mom and dad.
"Mom? Dad? If ever I'm gonna die, just don't cry, look at the sky, and say I'm so shuai. There are bad guys chasing us, not ghost but like real bad guys-oh wow"
"What? What wow?" I asked at napapreno rin nang tumigil siya sa pagtakbo. Sinundan ko ng tingin ang tinitingnan niya, which is outside the window.
A clone of us: Harper, he's in the outside carrying a girl in his arms.
"Andito lang naman pala kayo. Diba sabi ko wag maging makulit?" Before we shift our eyes behind us, my vision started to get blurry and darken. Naramdaman ko na lamang ang malamig na sahig at ang tawanan ng mga lalaking humabol saamin.
BINABASA MO ANG
The Heir - Stay ll
Fanfiction-STAY PART TWO- More than a decade since the Yao family vanished from the story. But that doesn't mean they're tired finding their own happy ending. Will the heirs be able to stop them? Date ended: June 15, 2022
