Under The Red Hood

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Sasha's PoV

"Red? Red?" I asked looking around. "Stop calling me Red! I'm not a boy!" Sabi niya.

"But I thought you love the name Red?" Tanong ko. "I only like it when it's Little Red Riding Hood!" Sabi niya.

"Okay I'll call you little red riding hood." Sabi ko sabay ngiti, lumiwanag yung buong mukha niya. "Really?" Tanong niya.

"Sure! C'mon little Red, let's go to mom and dad so we can play with baby Jaime." Sabi ko. "Yes! C'mon!" Sigaw niya sabay hila saakin.

Red is really cute when she's excited...

"Mommy! Daddy! Can we play with baby Jaime!?" Sigaw ni Red. "Sure, come here ingatan niyo siya." Sabi ni Mom.

Agad tumakbo si Red palapit kay Jaime. "Baby Jaime, I am your ate!" She was smiling, lumapit ako kay Red. "Red she still can't understand you." Sabi ko.

"Oh well... Scynthia laro tayo sa labas!" Sabi ni Red. "Ate Scynthia." I corrected.

"C'mon!" Hinila niya ako palabas.

We kept playing for hours, Red would wear a red hood and a plain red mask that would only cover her eyes. "Why are you wearing that?" Tanong ko. "I'm little red riding hood!" Sabi niya.

"Why do you have a mask?" Tanong ko. "To keep my identity! I am a ninja also!" Sabi niya, I laughed at her imagination.

"I'm going to chase you!" I chased her while she kept screaming. "Kids, enough for now, magpahinga muna kayo." Sabi ni mom.

I helped Red remove her mask and hood, I was still holding her mask and hood when...

"Ah!" Sigaw ni Red, I looked back and saw her being carried away by a man. "RED!" Sigaw ko, binitawan ko yung hawak ko then I chased them until nahabol ko sila.

I kicked and punched the guy at nabitawan niya naman si Red, tumakbo kami but dalawa na kaming hinila at pinasok sa van. They covered our mouth with a weird smelling cloth then we passed out.

We woke up in a dark room. "Red, are you okay?" Tanong ko, we were both tied up. "Scynthia, I'm scared." Fear was evident in her voice.

"Don't worry I'll get you out of here." Sabi ko, she was crying. I moved closer to her. Biglang may pumasok it was a guy.

"Well, well... all I wanted was one, but I guess it's like buy one take one." Sabi niya. "Who are you and what do you want from us?" I asked.

"I want your father dead, I'm sure he'll have a search for you and when he finds you he will follow along the police and that's the time I will kill him." Sabi niya, this guy looked young... why would he want our father dead?

"What did he do to you that you want him dead?" Tanong ko. "He's trying to take away my mom! You will never understand." Sabi niya.

"Are you going to hurt us?" Red asked. "No, unless you give me a reason to." Sabi niya.

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