Killer's Affection

THE MISSION

"Hey hey hey. Look who we have here. The best killer in town. Dale-"

"Say my real name and I'll take your heart out in a heartbeat Mr. Laurel."

"Sorry chill. Grabe ka naman kasi Aegis, bakit ba ayaw mo nang tinatawag mo sa pangalan mo ha?"

"Mr. Laurel, in the killing world I'm not Dale, I'm Aegis so stop calling me my real name. What if people knew who I am? Then all of our hardwork killing all our enemies and rivals would come to waste because they'd knew who was the real mastermind in all of this. Right?"

"Okay fine. FINE. I'll not call you by your real name. We are so close on winning this tributal war against these gangtas in town. Well our team, STARSHIP, is so close on deafeating JYP and to do THAT you'd have to kill one last person. This was oriented to me by our leader and I thought who is our best killer, you, of course. I'm so glad you actually answered my plea to you to come today. It's been a long while since you've killed someone eh."

"Yeah you're right, to be honest, my hands are actually tingling to kill. Ha. That someone will turn in a dust in no time."

Awkward silent moment for 3 secs.

"Uhh. Mr. Laurel? May I ask, sino ba tong papatayin ko and can you please stop drink that Emperador Light? Masama yan."

"Huh. Aegis same as usual. Just before when I trained you napaka concern mo sa health ko. It's fine. I can handle myself. As to the person you're killing, though I cannot say it to yet because I still cannot guarantee that they would accept you as the killer of this person. For the meantime, go back to your safehouse and I'll message you all the details about who's you're killing so that you can start the mission already."

"Gotcha.!"

"See you. Aegis."

Umalis na si Aegis sa headquarters ng STARSHIP at dumeretso sa safehouse niya. Agad siyang naghubad at nagpalit ng mas kumportableng damit at nahiga sa kama. Napaisip siya kung sino marahil ang kanyang papatayin at kung bakit napaka misteryoso nito na kahit ang kanyang upperclassman na ay hindi ito masabi sa kanya. Binuksan niya ang music player ng kanyang cellphone at nagpatugtog. "Wi arae, wi wi arae, wi arae, wi wi arae." Unti unti siyang nakatulog sa saliw ng kantang pinakikinggan niya.

*vibrate vibrate*

Nagising si Aegis at nang kanyang buksan ang kanynag cellphone napansin niyang alas otso na ng gabi. Nakita rin niya na nagmessage na ang kanyang upperclassman.

Aegis,

Goodnews, inaprubahan na ng ating leader. Ikaw ang naatasang pumatay sa ating victim. Her name is Joanna Marie. Sa ibaba ang details tungkol sa kanya.

NAME: JOANNA MARIE CRUZ
KILLER NAME: Adversarie
AGE: 26
HEIGHT: 5'3
WEIGHT: 123 lbs.
VITAL STATISTICS: 34, 28, 32
LIKES: Volleyball, Tennis, Gossip and Love
FAVORITE FOOD: Bopis
FAVORITE COLOR: Blue
SCHOOL ATTENDED: College: UP, Highschool: CMIC, Gradeschool and Pre-school: BAKA

Goodluck Aegis!

Mr. Laurel

"Wait! Yung totoo? Bakit may favorite food tsaka color dito? Yung totoo? Tsaka bakit may school attended pa? Ano ba to Job Interview?" sabi ni Aegis habang napapakamot ng ulo.

"Well whatever. Job is job. I'll just start tomorrow. I'm tired af."

Bumalik uli sa pagtulog si Aegis.

Kinabukasan.

"Mr. Laurel. I have something to talk about."

"What is it. That is so rare of you. Usually you just kill. Ha."

"Well, una sa lahat bakit babae yung kailangan kong patayin? That makes it a percent harder. Pangalawa, why she? Ano bang significance niya sa atin at sa JYP? Lastly, bakit merong favorite food at favorite color dun sa details?"

"Ok hinay hinay lang Aegis I'll answer you. First off, hindi ko kasalanan na babae ang kailangan mong patayin, remember, trabaho ay trabaho. Second, kaya siya ang kailangan mong patayin dahil una, marami siyang nalalaman sa grupo natin na maaring makarating sa JYP dahil, marami siyang interaction sa grupo na yun. Isa siya sa mga threat sa atin na nagpapabagabag sa aming mga executive araw-araw. Lastly, kaya merong ganun is because intel is intel. You need to gather as much as many information to someone you're going to kill in order to have a clean blow."

"Huh, make sense now. Last na! Paano siya nagkaroon ng maraming alam sa group natin at paano siya naging threat?"

"You see, mahabang storya but I won't bother telling it to you. Bago ka pa man mapunta sa grupong to at bago pa man din ako maging executive, naranasan ko rin ang pagiging killer. Tandang tanda ko pa nun, trainee siya sa rito. Isa ako sa mga saksi sa kagalingan niya. That was 10 years ago. 16 palang siya nun. Malaki ang galit niya sa mundo. Gustong gusto niya ang konsepto ng pagkamatay, pagpatay at kamatayan. Pero 3 years later bago pa man ang debut niya as a killer, nagulumihanan siya kung yun ba talaga ang career na dapat tinatahak niya. I can't blame her. Yung una niya kasing victim ay yung bestfriend niya. As far as I know Carla ang pangalan nung bestfriend niya. Ayun, bigla nalang siyang nawala. 7 months later, nakatanggap kami ng mensahe sa kanya na opisyal na siyang aalis sa grupo na to at malaki ang pasasalamat niya sa 3 taong pagkupkop at pag-aaruga ng grupong ito sa kanya. According sa Intelligence ng ating group, nagtrabaho siya as a hair stylist. Hanggang ngayon hair stylist pa rin siya. I wonder what's in her mindset now. Not until recently nakakuha kami ng isang message mula sa isang anonymous email. Laman ng message ay mga black mail na ipapaalam daw niya sa JYP ang mga sikreto ng grupong ito. According to our hackers, si Adversarie nga ito. A.K.A. Joanna. Hindi ko ba alam. Heh. Ano kayang balak ng babaitang yun."

"Wow, what a story. Haha. Pwedeng pang MMK yan."

"Aegis can you stop."

"Sorry. Well anyways. Any advice? Alam mo naman ako, wala pa akong napatay na babae ever diba?"

"Well, I've killed several women in my times being a killer. And I must say, the best way to kill them, is to make them fall in love to you then when the foreplay comes, kill them. Morbid I know, but well ha. Best technique I know. Besides, Aegis you're good looking. You can really pull off something like that."

"Eh, seems fishy and cheesy but I'll try. I'll to my best to the extent I can."

"Oh also, galingan mo. Balita ko mapopromote ka bilang isang Professional Assassin. Malaking opportunity na to. Kaya galingan mo. Goodluck.!"

"Thanks Mr. Laurel. Gagalingan ko. Hahaha."

"Before you leave, the time allotted for you to kill this person is 3 months."

"What? Parang ang haba."

"You know, Joanna is a significant victim. You can't kill her right away. Make her suffer. Then kill her. You'll feel the greatest victory ever. I swear."

"Fine. Gawa gawa mo lang ba yan?"

"Definitely not. It's ordered by the leader."

"Okay okay. If that's the case, how about some extension? 3 months is kinda short I take it back. How about 5 months?"

"Sure! Just for you Aegis."

"Kaya gusto kita Mr. Laurel eh. Sige na."

"Goodluck. Galingan mo sa misyon mong ito ha."

Tuluyan nang nagpaalam si Aegis kay Mr. Laurel.

Habang papunta sa safehouse, napaisip si Aegis kung paano niya papatayin si Joanna. Susundin ba niya ang payo ni Mr. Laurel o iisip siya ng mas effective? Kahit siya nalilito na rin sa mga nangyayari.

Pagdating niya sa safehouse, hinanda na niya ang mga gamit na kakailanaganin niya.

"Joanna Marie. Even if you're a woman I will not prevail. As a traitor to my beloved group I'll kill you to the best way I can. Ha. Say goodbye to your family and friends."