Top Secret: Agent Captain Uno

Main Headquarter 12/25/16 12:42am

"That is a very impulsive act from a leader, Uno! You are the captain, and a captain should know who to trust not like this! Reckless! Stupid! Impulsive! God dammit!" General Jun slammed his fist on his table habang nakatingin sa akin na parang gusto niya akong pagpira-pirasuhin.

"I know what I'm doing-"

"No! You know what you are doing?! Ha? You dont know what you're doing! Because if you know, you will realize that what you did is a big, big, big mistake!" Tumayo na siya mula sa upuan at hinampas na naman ang lamesa. Poor table. I know it hurts. "You let a who-knows-who bastard to do your mission! And that's insane! You're a captain and- Argh! I don't know what to do with you anymore!"

"But you can't do anything about it."

"Exactly!" He rolled his eyes before he sighed. "This will be the last time you'll do this. You're a captain, so act like one. Dismiss." Nagsalute muna ako bago dumiretso sa pinto.

"Uno." Lumingon ako dito.

"Sir."

"Happy birthday." He tossed me a small box, wrapped in a gift wrapper. Tipid na ngiti lang ang isinagot ko dito.

Yes. December 25 is my birthday. And I don't have any plans on celebrating it. Beside the fact na walang kwenta ang araw na ito para sa'kin ay sa tingin ko hindi ito ang tamang panahon para magsaya. After all the people I lost on this very day? I don't think I have the very right to celebrate. Or even the right to be happy.

Pagbalik ko sa kwarto ko ay nadatnan ko sila Tres na nakaupo sa kama ko at nakangiti.

"It's still 12:58, so... Happy birthday." Lumapit sila sa akin at binigay ang isang simpleng cake na may manipis na kandila.

Nakangiti sila sa akin na parang walang problema. How can they act like there's no problem? How can they be happy?

"Merry Christmas, guys." Bati ko sa kanila matapos kong hipan ang kandila.

Nang makaupo na ako ay isa isa nila akong kinwentuhan ng mga tungkol sa buhay nila. I mentally rolled my eyes. Like hell I care sa background ng pamilya nila. Pero mukhang nabasa ni Fourth ang isip ko at nagsalita na agad siya.

"We need this, since hindi pa natin ganon kakilala ang isa't-isa. This can be a way for us to work easily." He said.

"I wanna go first." Dos raised her hand. Tumango naman silang dalawa while I stared at her. Really. Iniinsist talaga nila 'to ah?

"Well, I came from a mafia family. 'Yung mom and dad ko ay parehong mafia heirs and heiress. Tatlo kaming magkakapatid and... Mom and Dad would always argue about who will be the next heir or heiress of the two mafias... Gusto ng mom ko na ako ang magmana sa mafia nila while ang kuya ko sa mafia nila dad. That leaves our youngest with no mafia to lead. Lahat kami gustong gusto namin makuha yung posisyon kaya sobrang galit na lang niya sa'kin n'ong ako ang piliin ni mommy. At bilang ayoko naman magkaroon ng galit sa'kin ang kapatid ko, naggive way na ako. Umalis ako ng bahay namin. I let them believe na nakipagtanan ako sa boyfriend ko when the truth is I came here. Just last week when I knew that...." I suddenly felt that she wanted to cry so I had the urge to hug her.

"What happened?" Tres asked curiously.

"My mom and dad were assassinated." malungkot nitong saad. "Someone with the codename L must've studied this so well that he did this without the reapers knowing."

We shared sympathy until she stopped crying and Tres began to talk.

"I... I killed my family." All eyes was on him, widened and mouth hanging open. I didn't see this coming. Tres is always that bubbly one in our group. I didn't know he had this thing going on inside him all this time