ISANG LINGGO na kaming payapang nabubuhay, Jazz had a perfect attendance and his shift hours was midnight till morning. I went to commander Veloz' military base unannounced to ask something.
"Hi! Commander Veloz." I greeted him by the door, in my Ralph Lauren cap with two strands of my ash blonde balayage hair styled beside my cheek, a white collared long sleeve topped with a cream knitted vest, a black skirt just below my thighs and white shoes.
"Evening? Ms. Heart." Veloz drew a face of surprised manner in a low tone, he looks stressed.
"Hindi ka man lang nagsasabing pupunta ka dito." At tumayo siya sa kanyang desk, he put on his golden framed glasses and I noticed the silver roots outgrowing his dyed black hair.
It looks like he doesn't have time for himself, being a commander weights more than being the CEO of as thousands of soldiers depend on you, as well as for the sake of the country.
"So? What brings you here?" Veloz went to a brewing machine and made 2 cups of coffee, "Just want to ask something...." I said and toured his desk and scrutinized all of the paperworks scattered, each with cases of silent terrorism all over the Philippines.
Jazz wouldn't be an undercover without a reason, something's behind the scenes and as his manager, I have to figure it out. Yes, i'm just creating an alibi to spy on his life.
Veloz was waiting for my followed up question, I grinned my cheeks and left him hanging as I brush my hands past all the paperworks.
"Something about——this." I stopped my hands at a paper that caught my attention, a closed case just near my street, two persons missing and the criminal was already in jail.
This seems suspicious, the criminal was a male in his 40's and had a solidified evidence of kidnapping two but my intuition tells me wrong otherwise.
I took the paper and gave it to Veloz, he then gave me my coffee to which I took in with both hands, without a word he fixed the glasses in his eyes and looked at the case.
I sipped coffee, "What about this? It's already a closed case?" Veloz looked at me and from the warm dimmed brewing station, I noticed his under circles were more visible.
"Remember Alasteer?"
"That myth again?" He sounded tired.
"Yes, I want you to send undercover scouts in my area and wire me a tracker connected to them if they go missing.... Cause one of them will." The fact Jazz was around here, all I know is that Alasteer is a global crime syndicate that even the military doesn't have information about.
"One of them? Don't you have confidence about the skills of my people?"
"I do...But I think one of them will."
He paused for a second before taking it in, "Such a stubborn woman. Tell me more." Veloz finaly piqued the case and I was excited. We sat down together and I faced him, even though to him Alasteer is a myth, to me I have witnessed how the Alasteer works behind the scenes and how elusive their tactics are.
Just who is Jazz? What exact shadow is he, behind this Alasteer?
Maybe he just made it up to impress me?
