"Excuse me, saan kayo pupunta?" tanong ng nurse na nakasalubong namin.
"To his room," sagot ko naman. "Room 329."
"Sa right wing 'yon," she said, giving me a suspicious look.
"Oh. Sorry, bago lang kasi ako. Kasama ako sa dumating kanina at pinatulong agad ako."
Pagkasabi ko no'n ay nagbago naman agad ang expression niya. Her doubtful look was replaced by a smile of relief.
"Oh. Kaya pala. Sige," she said and walked away.
Pinagpatuloy ko naman ang pagtulak sa wheel chair kung saan nakaupo si Ulysses habang ako ay naka-disguise bilang nurse. We sneaked into the VIP quarters and found the room of our target.
'So who is the person I'm going to impersonate?' tanong ko habang papunta sa dulo ng hallway.
'You might not remember her but the two of you are kind of connected,' he said.
Hindi na ako muling nagtanong pa at dumiretso kami sa dulong kwarto. There were two Blacks, probably viertes or quintes, guarding the room but before they could even ask a question, Ulysses shot them but nothing happened.
'What did you do?'
'I shot them with some kind of special sedatives. There are out cold but they would look like they're still conscious,' he explained and once again, I was amazed by his knowledge in that field.
We entered the room and I immediately realized what he meant by his statement earlier when I saw the patient lying on the hospital bed. Ulysses stood and walked toward her while I remained still.
'Do you remember her?' he asked.
'Yes,' sagot ko naman. 'She's a zweite, right?'
Tumango naman si Ulysses at muli kong naalala ang nangyari noong araw na 'yon. She was fatally injured by Cliff and I when they got me. We didn't get any information about her after that but I already expected her to be in a critical condition or worse, dead.
'She's Dorothy Moren, an author, but as a Black, she's known as Jade,' Ulysses said.
According to him, Jade was supposed to be killed after failing her mission but Raven asked them to spare her life. The other zweites decided to confine her here and Ulysses managed to obtain her location. It seemed like they couldn't observe her personally so they assigned the outer circles to guard her room.
He carried Jade toward the wheel chair while I looked outside to check if there were suspicious people besides us roaming around. After a few minutes, Ulysses called me and both of us changed our disguise. He posed as a nurse and pushed the wheel chair out of the room.
'Meet us outside,' he ordered and I said okay.
Lumabas na rin ako ng kwarto at pagtingin ko ay papunta na sila sa emergency exit. I faced the two Blacks and acted like I was talking to them since there were medical personnels near us. When they finally left, I immediately walked away from the VIP wing and changed my disguise into a visitor. Madali akong nakaalis sa ospital at naabutan ko naman sa tagong parte si Ulysses na papasok sa kotse habang buhat si Jade. Naglakad ako papunta ro'n at ako na ang sumakay sa driver seat.
"Let's go," sabi niya at agad kong pinaandar ang sasakyan.
***
"Your driving got worse," bungad ni Ulysses nang makababa siya sa kotse.
Napaisip naman ako bigla. Did he mean I got slower? Well, I wasn't able to drive that much when we got here in the Philippines. I should regain my normal driving speed.
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The Science of Spying (Erityian Tribes, #4) | Published under Pop Fiction
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