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Chapter 18

        As I visit here in the Philippines and stay for a while, I became a police officer in Manila, I know the language so, it is easy for me to join, also with excessive training that I am used to. At my first assignment, I was already given a hard task, at first, we only thought that it is just a small crime, but more syndicates were involved in it. So after this first assignment, I quit, not because I am afraid of them but because I am afraid that they might find me again. And here I am looking at the same man as before. 

     "Right, you remember—" He was about to say something when I interrupted, "Well, it looks like you never age, Miguel. Did you use some aging pills or apply something to your face?" Then his crew laughs at him, and when they found that he is just looking at me dead serious, the crew stop, "Well, thank you, Melissa, so did you, but those beautiful things that you girls use don't apply to men like me. And about the live stream, yes, we somehow manage to watch it, someone send it to me and we already know that you are connected to the Queen." 

       I got confused about what he said, "Wait, someone sends it to you? Who?" Then, he suddenly laughs and his crew joins him, "Come on, tell me I am going to die anyway. No one will look for me so after you tell me kill me. You have nothing to lose." I said and they all stop laughing. Miguel asked, "Why are you curious? Are you going to kill him like you kill those people by yourself?" I look at him in the eyes and said, "Yes, why not." I surprise him by moving the chains that I somehow escape and then his shoulder jumped and walk back, all of them were surprised that his crew get their guns and point them at me, I laugh at their reaction and said, "What the? Does that scare you? What about when I really got away from you, ha? HAHAHA!" Then, they put away their gun and kick me. I spit blood and Miguel grab my face saying, "No, you won't leave here alive, I will make sure of that." He then walked away and his men electrifies me again.

       After the torture, I fell asleep, my face is full of blood and wounds. It hurts so much that it wakes me up. I look at my surroundings and found that we are in a warehouse and there are 10 guards staying to look out for my escape. Then, something rang, they all look at me in their surprise and someone said, "Who is that? Who owns that phone?" I look at the floor and found my broken phone beside me, I look at it and it is Arthur. I cannot put him in danger, so I need to create a distraction that they will beat me up and the phone will be completely destroyed. I struggle to move the chair and said, "Hey boys get ready I'm gonna escape this chair in five, four, three, two, one!" 

      But instead, I just fall on the floor and they walk towards me. As I hit my head, I close my eyes and open them again, when I look at them, they are already surrounding me, I then said, "Just kidding." "Are you crazy?" Someone said. "Maybe," I replied and smiled, then they beat me up and they kick me in front and back, and I spit more blood and somehow got unconscious. But before closing my eyes, I got a glimpse to see if the phone got destroyed, and it was so, I stop struggling and breathes again. They stop kicking me and walk back to their post, but then I heard someone say, "Bakit kaya buhay pa yan? Yung iba nga nakuryente palang patay na tapos eto? (Why is this person still alive? While others die easily when they get electrified, but this?)" "Oo nga ang tibay. (Your right, she's tough)"

      While lying down on the ground, I move my hands from the chains and it breaks, I don't know how but this is my opportunity to escape. So, I look at all the guards again and called the man near me, "Hey you," I spit some blood then the man looks at me, "Yes, you, ikaw! (You)" The man's face seems surprised and I continued, "I need to pee, can you help me?" The man composed himself and ignored me again, so I have to speak Tagalog, 

        "Hindi mo ba ako naririnig? Ang sabi ko kailangan ko umuhi! (Did you not hear me? I said I need to pee)" Then in his irritated face, he stands up and walk towards me, "You just pee in there, no one will mind especially when you die." Then he kicks me in my stomach. But before he lands his feet in my stomach, I move my hands and chain his feet, I stand up and said, "No, I will mind." I get his gun and killed him, I already get all their attention, and the other men also get their guns. 

     The warehouse started to make gun-shot noises as the men continue to shoot me. I hide beside the boxes and sit down for a second. I got shot in my legs and arm, blood continue to drip down, so I remove my shirt and rip it to cover the wounds. Then, the warehouse got silent for a second. When I hear someone shouting, "Melissa, do you really think that you can get out of here alive? Even if you try to, you will still die, so come out now, before you die insanely. I want to enjoy your death slowly not like this." Miguel angrily said, then I laugh and replied, "But I would love to play games with you guys, and probably you already know where I am." I hear footsteps walking in my direction so I throw the boxes with all mystrength and shoot whoever I see. 

     They also start shooting at me again, but I manage to get outside the warehouse. I run outside even though my legs wanted to stop. When suddenly I found myself at the end of the cliff. Looking at the cliff, I suddenly remember about the dream that I have and a man who saving me. I don't want another man to die because of saving me so I was about to jump when Miguel and his men fire their guns at me, *bang* *bang* the bullet hit me before I could jump and fall on the ground, I see blood coming out in my chest. It seems that I was shot in the heart, I can't breathe then Miguel speaks while walking towards me, "Told you, you won't get out of here alive." He still continues to walk towards me, so I crawl to the cliff and said, "Maybe, I won't." I crawl down the cliff and fall on the water. Blood continues to flow outside my body and I know I would die today.