DETECTIVE FILES. File 1 (Published under PSICOM)

CHAPTER 26: BRIDLE VS ATHENA

Chapter 26: Bridle Vs Athena

Maaga akong naligo kinabukasan upang mawala ang mga sakit sa katawan ko. Agad akong nakatulog kagabi dahil sa hapo.

Last night.

Andaming nangyari kagabi. I stripped in front of my classmates. I met again with Zeus and Apollo. I rolled down from an elevated area. I held a gun. I witnessed a man dying from gunshots. I met Artemis.

Those things creep me out ngunit ngayon ay parang alaala na lamang iyon. Hindi kaya nasasanay na ako sa mga bagay na katulad niyon? But still, natatakot pa rin ako. I could end up dead anytime just like that man last night. I threw away all the thoughts of last night at nagpatuloy sa pagligo at nagbihis. Matapos magbihis ay lumabas ako ng tent. Alas kwatro pa lamang ng umaga kaya naisipan kong maglakadlakad muna.

"Good morning!", masiglang bati ni Khael. Nakatayo ito sa labas ng tent ko, katulad ko ay nakaligo na ito at may hawak na dalawang styrocup. He handed me one cup.

Nagtatakang tiningnan ko naman siya. "What's that?"

His face wrinkled and he pouted. "This is a cup with a coffee inside it. Hindi ba yan naturo sa iyo noong bata ka pa?", he said at kinuha ko na ang cup. Uh, this guy! Kaibigan talaga ito ni Gray! Pareho silang pilosopo!

I drank the coffee at napangiti ako. It was delicious. "Hey you didn't put some spell in this coffee, right?"

Napangiti naman ito. "Of course not! Those are instant coffee na bigay ng tita ko mula sa Europe."

Someone grabbed my coffee at nang lingunin ko kung sino iyon ay napangiwi ako, it was Gray.

"I want coffee from Europe too!", nakasimangot nitong wika and he drank from my cup! Uh! That's my cup! Khael gave me that coffee!

"Hey Silvan! That's not for you! Kung gusto mo, kumuha ka doon sa maleta ko sa tent, marami doon! Sige na, shooo, shooo alis!", Khael said at tinulak si Gray.

"Ayoko nga! Dito lang ako, at saka gusto ko yung kape na nasa cup ni Amber. Share na lang kami, diba Amber?", he said smiling.

Hindi agad ako nakapagsalita. I've been bothered by Gray's disappearance last night and then Zeus came out, but they're not the same person, I hope. They may be of the same built and height but that does not proves everything.

"Diba Amber?", muling tanong nito at wala sariling napatango lang ako sa kanya. "See?", wika ni Gray kay Khael at muling uminom sa tasa ko.

"Sabi nang kumuha ka doon eh! Magtimpla kang saiyo, that's for Special A", naiinis na wika ni Khael. He was really upset with the coffee huh?

"Ayoko nga. Okay lang naman kay Amber na share lang kami", pang-aasar ni Gray dito. "And why are you so upset about it? Siguro ay nilagyan mo ng gayuma ang kape niya ano, that's why you don't want me to drink from it?"

"For someone who claims he's a better detective than me, that's a lame deduction!", sagot ni Khael. "It's because I made it especially for her and not for you."

Gray pouted. "I'm the best between the two of us." Ayan na naman sila sa usapang detective nila. Ano bang problema nila sa isa't-isa? Why don't they treat themselves as equally known detective? No need to excel over the other. Or better magsuntukan na lang sila.

I stood up at nagpaalam na sa kanila. "I'm going back to my tent at ayaw ko ng asungot. Thanks for the coffee Khael and you can have that coffee Gray." I made emphasis on the word asungot bago sila iniwan at nagpunta sa tent ko.

Hindi nagtagal ay gumising na rin ang iba at naghanda na para sa mga activities namin ngayon. After the morning exercise ay nag-agahan na kami. Matapos kumain ay ilang minuto kaming pinagpahinga bago sinimulan ang unang activity ngayong araw. When we were gathered for the announcement, tumabi ako kina Andi and Therese. We're not asked to gather by section kaya sa kanila ako tumabi. I don't know what's up for today's activity.