Lovely Ever After

Kabanata 67

Kabanata 67

Tinignan ko si Lamarta, hawak-hawak niya ang kanyang imbensyon na siyang tumulong upang makapasok sa isang sistema ng mga satellites ng bansa sa tulong ng kanyang kapatid na si Arthur, seryoso ang mukha niyang nakatingin sa screen.

"Lamarta, are you sure this is it?" Tanong ko sabay turo sa bundok, nasa ibaba kami, if we want to go we have to walk and be discreet, hindi pwede ang may sasakyan. We'll surprise them and we will use the darkness of the night.

Tumango siya, "Yes, Sapphire." Pinakita niya sa akin ang screen at tinuro kung nasaan kami, "this spot is where we are, and ten kilometers away from the mountain is the Laferro base."

Tinignan ko ang mga tauhan ko, I have to boost their morale before going to war. "My enemies are your enemies, your enemies are my enemies, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, whoever mocks my mafia, mocks you. Do you want people looking down on us?!"

"No, Sapphire." Matigas na sagot nila.

"Then make history wherein all mafias will be afraid of us! Wherein all people in the underground organization will look up on us!"

"Sapphire! Sapphire! Sapphire!" They chanted, mabuti at malayo pa kami sa base ng Laferros kung hindi maririnig kami.

"Then let's win this! We have fifty-five minutes to complete this mission." I looked at my watch, then to Killua, "are the bombs ready?"

"Ready." Tipid na sagot niya, "each member of my team holds two bombs, we will leave it around the base."

"Good." Tumingin ako sa mga tauhan ko, "this is Lamortel mafia, my mafia, my blood is yours, your blood is mine, now, let's strike the blood of our enemies!"

Nagsitakbuhan kaming lahat, everyone went to their respective position as we ran, things will go on as planned. Nothing can go wrong.

Tumakbo kami sa gitna ng gubat na pataas nang pataas, mabuti at madilim, matatayog ang mga puno, tanging tunog ng mga crickets at kaluskos ng paggalaw ng mafia ko ang umaalingawngaw sa paligid.

Then we stopped when we saw the high wall guarding the base of the Laferro. "Is there a watchman?"

Lamarta used her x-ray vission glass, "none..." tila may pagtataka sa kanyang boses, "Sapphire, I think something's wrong, it's common for every mafia to have a watchman..."

Kumuyom ang kamao ko, "yep. Parang may mali." Biglang sulpot ni Stella, "I think this is a trap..."

"Nandito na tayo, uurong pa ba tayo?"

Nagkatinginan sin Lamarta at Stella, "okay, fine."

Nagulat kaming lahat nang bigla na lang magkaroon ng putok mula sa likod namin kasabay ng hiyawan, "shit." Stella growled, "everyone, off to your position, this is a trap! Walang tao sa loob ng base, hinintay nila tayo sa labas so they can corner us!" Tumingin si Stella sa akin, "what's your order?"

Bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko, I inhaled, to calm myself. Tumingin ako kay Noah na seryoso ang tingin, he seems to be waiting for my command to the mafia.

"There's no rules, only kill the enemy!" Sigaw ko, nagsigawan naman silang lahat at sumugod na, "Noah, let's go inside the base, we need to look for my brother and mother."

He nodded.

"Killua, go plant the bombs now with your team, let the enemy regret leaving their base to corner us, to ambush us."

"Yes, Sapphire." He smirked, he called for his team and one planted a bomb to the high wall of the enemy base, Killua pressed something and the bomb exploded, nagkaroon ng usok muna at nang nawala na ay may malaki nang butas sa pader.

"Everyone, move." Tipid na utos ni Killua sa kanyang mga tauhan, mas mabilis pa sila sa hangin na pumasok.

I looked around me, kahit man na nagulat kami dahil sa surprise attack ng kalaban ay hindi gaano malaki ang casualty, "Sapphire, what are you waiting for? You need to move now! We have fifty-five minutes." Stella growled as she kill.

Tumango naman ako, nagulat ako nang may isang lalaki ang biglang lumitaw sa likod ni Gemma, I grabbed my shuriken and aimed it, agad namang natamaan ang noo ng lalaki, the shuriken entered his skull.

Lumingon si Gemma at suminghap, "do you know how to fight?" Tanong ko sa kanya.

Nanginig ang labi niya at umiling, "i-in charge lang po ako sa paramedics and stuffs..."

I cursed mentally, "Stella, have some men guard her."

She nodded.

It's all enough, pumasok na ako sa enemy base, nakita ko naman ang mga tauhan ni Killua na nagkalat, walang katao-tao sa loob ng enemy base, dahil nasa labas silang lahat.

Does it mean that Yazi is a traitor all along? That he didn't really change? Kumuyom ang kamao ko, I should have never trusted him. I fell for the enemy's trap the moment I believed him.

They were anticipating me to come, they used the chance that my brother was finally with me to trap me.

No... what if Yazi isn't really the traitor? What if another member of my mafia is a traitor? A team boss, perhaps?

I gasped, "my twins..."

Dahil sa biglang pagtigil ko ay nabangga ako ni Noah, "sorry..."

Mabilis kong hinablot ang telepono ko at tinawagan si Castro, sumagot naman ito agad. "Sapphire?"

"How's my twins?"

"They're sleeping, Sapphire."

Tila nabunutan ako ng tinik. "Make sure to guard them, really guard them." Nag-aalalang utos ko, "there's a traitor in the mafia." That's all enough for Castro to hear before ending the call. At least my twins are safe.

Pero hindi rason ito para magpakampante. I don't know what the bald witch is thinking.

Tumakbo na kami ni Noah, we have no idea where they keep their prisoners are... Biglang tumigil si Noah kaya naman tumigil din ako, "what's wrong?"

Pinagmasdan niya ang paligid, the tents, the big house, everything. "Something feels wrong." Nagkibit-balikat siya, as if shrugging it off before moving. Pumasok kami sa loob ng malaking bahay, madilim ang paligid.

"It seems like someone is watching us."

Nagulat ako nang biglang bumukas ang ilaw ng malaking bahay, the lights turned on. Tumingin ako kay Noah at nakita siya, he's the one who switched the light on, "better than no light. With lights, no lights, we're at a disadvantage."

Tumango naman ako, where are you, ma? Kuya?

Bigla akong nakaramdam ng lamig at matatalim na tingin sa aking direksyon, or maybe I'm just paranoid. "Sa tingin mo, saan kaya sina mama at kuya?"

Mula sa loob ay narinig ko ang putukan sa labas.

"I don't know, Sapphire."

Something feels wrong...

Lumunok ako, biglang bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko, tumigil ako sa gitna ng hagdanan at lumingon. "Noah..."

"Yes, Sapphire?"

Something feels off about him... the way he looks at me. I gasped, sa kanya galing ang matatalim na tingin!

Mabilis kong hinablot ang shuriken ko, Noah suddenly pointed to me his gun, his eyes deadly. He looked at me like I was some sort of animal he was ready to kill.

I gasped, hindi ako makapaniwala, all along the traitor was with me, hindi ko man lang iyon nakita, I brought my guard down, tila napiga ang puso ko, sa lahat ng mga tinuring kong tunay na kaibigan sa mafia house, bakit siya pa? "Noah, you're the traitor..."