Shut Them Down

Kabanata 1

The moment we stepped on the Eastern Region, everyone's eyes settle on us.

Feeling chill, i just let them look at us til they can and want.

“Ayus natin, ah. Pa-chill chill lang, brad, noh?” inis na bulong ni Nigel sa akin na ikina-asiwa ko.

Inis na tinignan ko siya sa mga mata niya, “Ano gusto mo? Gilingan ko sila? Magtatalon-talon ako sa tuwa habang nagsi-sigaw-sigaw? Eh, kung sungalngalin na lang kaya kita ng basag na AI diyan, ha?!” inis kong singhal rito na ikinatawa nila Alexa. Alexa laughed and looked at Nigel, “Nigel, kung ako saiyo tigil-tigilan mo iyang si Clark. Mamaya, eh... Kayo magkatuliyan niyan.” she teased us.

She teased... Us?!

Inis at naiirita ko siyang tinapunan ng tingin na ikinatawa lalo nila,“What? Bakit ba kasi ang init ng ulo mo?” ako naman ang sinighalan niya na ikinataray ko na lang. I tsked, “Paanong di iinit ulo ko, eh, mainit ang panahon?”

Nigel tsked, “Reasons. Sabihin mo talagang pinanganak ka lang na nagbabaga na ng apoy ang ulo!”

Napa-amang ang bibig ko sa inis kay Nigel at sasapakin na sana pero naging amba na lang iyon nang makita ang isang lalaki na nakatingin sa amin.

I blinked at him. He's beautiful eyes wouldn't look away. And it was as if i'm in a fluffy clouds  and there's a fascinating mist coming from the cherry blossoms as our gazes continued.

His magnetic violet eyes that has the same color as the galaxy stunned me more which added to the strange and new tickles in my veins and whole system.

His eyes are as if hypnotizing me to don't stop staring at him.

I was lost in too much thoughts that i didn't notice that he's already in front of me.

“Y-You guys... A-Are... A-A t-team?” uutal-utal niyang tanong sa amin.

Fudge! He's concur sounds so soft and gentle. It's as if a lullaby that so praising for my ears to hear.

“AIs... They're you're enemies too, right? I-I come to the right... Team, right?” he's eyes are pleasing and asking for what he's hoping.

Tumikhim ako na naka-agaw ng atensyon niya. Ayan na naman ang kakaibang kuryente at kiliti na namamagitan sa aming dalawa. It was as if connecting my inner soul into his's.

“Oo, we're... Eh, bakit nga pala namin sasabihin saiyo?!” biglang angal ko na ikinatawa ng mga kasama ko.

Sinamaan ko sila ng tingin. Nangunguna ang pagtawa ni Tatay Khalil na lihim kong ikinanguso.

“Ay, naku, Clark!” sigaw niya pa na tila nang-aasar ang himig.

Hindi pa ako nakakasagot sa kanila nang bigla na lang mawala sa paningin namin iyong lalaki. He vanished as if he wasn't there! As if he didn't even exist! I looked around and saw a group of AI-controlled military.

Kanya-kanya kaming palitan ng mga tingin bago kami tumahak ng ibang direksyon at pasimpleng tumakbo papalayo sa mga grupo ng mga AI-controlled military.

Hinihingal na nakarating kami sa temporary basement namin dito sa Eastern Region.

“Scanning the human figures and the systems.” the robot voice said. There's a blue blank screen appeared and suddenly a light blue light started on scanning all of us.  “One... Two... Three... Success. Welcome back, Masters."

There's a verified check that appears to the blank blue screen. The doors opened automatically. Pagpasok namin ay agad kaming kanya-kanyang upo. Napatingala ako at wala ng sinayang na oras. Humarap na agad ako sa computer doon at nagsimulang magtype tungkol sa AI-controlled militaries, “We need informations about them. Kulang ang pinlano natin last week bago tayo pumunta dito sa Eastern Region.”