Crossfire: Game of Cards

Chapter Twelve | Safe

Crossfire: Game of Cards
A Wattpad Story

Copyrights © 2017 by SeoulShin

Chapter Twelve | Safe

A C E

"I'm risking everything on the line, Ace." She said without any second thoughts, this is what I hate about her. She's impulsive, she's always so sure about her decisions without thinking about the consequences of her actions. She's hardheaded and manipulative.

"I'm not doing this for you." I told her. All I wanted is to save Nikki from him and the only way that I will be able to do that is through surrending myself. To them. To the Anarchy.

I felt it, hindi ako pwedeng magkamali. Ramdam ko ang takot at panginginig niya habang yakap ko siya. I can feel her agony within my reach. Kahit hindi niya sabihin, I can feel her misery. She held unto me as if she was asking for my help.

I need to save her. I. Need. To. Help. Her.

"Think about it, Ace. Kahit anong gawin mo, walang mangyayari kung basta ka na lang susuko. Think about it, Ace. Please, think about it." She pleaded. I can see her eyes glistening in the moonlight as if she's about to cry.

She cleared her throat. "Sa tingin mo ba, mapapasa'yo si Gabbie kapag sumuko ka sa kanila? May mangyayari ba? You know how tricky they can get! Sa tingin mo susunod sila sa usapan?" I've known Anarchy since they day I was born. I grew up with it, I lived with it my whole life.

"We used to be a part of it. You used to be one of them." She said while pointing her fingers at me.

"You know their every movement, you know how their mind works, Ace. You must use it against them instead. After all, you're still one of them kahit ano pang pagtataboy ang gawin mo." Her voice is stern and cold. I stared at her for a while.

She's not a Delabreaux but...

"You're still part of them." I told her. She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "You know I'm not. From the beginning, I know I don't belong there. We don't have the same blood running in our veins. We're the opposite."

"That's why you left." I answered it for her. We both left for different reasons.

I left because I want to be normal. I want to have the same life na mayroon si Nikki. I promised that I'll find her no matter what. I've been addicted to her since I don't know when, since I was a little kid? Since I started missing her? Since the moment I cried when I was a kid because I know I'm going to miss half of her life growing?

I missed half of her life. Just because of one damn responsibility.

"I'm not doing this for myself or for anyone else but Gabbie. She's a close friend of mine. Siya lang ang isa sa mga taong naging totoo sa akin. I don't want to lose her just because of you or the whole Anarchy..."

"I don't want the whole Anarchy to ruin her life, just like what you all did with mine."

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I stared literally no one in particular. I'm starting to think about what Misha told me. Alam ko kung paano siya naapektuhan sa mga nangyari noon pa man, the scar of the Anarchy is the proof of it, habambuhay na iyong nakatatak na literal sa may dibdib ko but for Misha, with or without proof, she'll have it 'til the end of time.