Morwittz High

Death #20: Here Comes The Rescue

Hayden's POV:

The weeks of endless training with Nowen so I could at least fight for myself were nearly nowhere to be found, kabado lamang ako habang nakatayo sa likuran ni Nowen.

Nasa labas kami ng mansyon na pagma-may ari ng mga Fontenelle habang may isang grupo sa harap namin, isang grupo na may dala-dalang mga patalim at steel tubes. They might be not higher than fifteen people, but they're big looking.

"I never thought they'll find my vehicle from the main road." naiinis na sabi ni Mark na katabi lang ni Nowen.

From what I observed since we went out of their house, Nowen seems to not know them, but his cousin does. These people looks like a local gang you could possibly find in a rural areas, but it's shocking for them to end up here. Ano naman kaya ang ginawa ni Mark para masundan siya hanggang dito?

"I promise, Clyde. I'll take care of them —"

"As if you can do it alone." Nowen cut his words off. "They're inside our property now, means it's my business to handle trespassers."

Tumawa ang lalaki na mukhang nangungina sakanila. "Thanks to that random man we met on our way here, we easily entered this place." the guy said cooly.

Dahan-dahan akong tumabi kay Nowen habang nahawak sa dulo ng damit niya.

"And what made you think of that?" nanghahamon na tanong ni Nowen. It took him some few seconds to clap back, nagtaka muna siya sa sinabi ng lalaki pero kalaunan ay mukhang may naisip siya. His emotions, it's literally hard to understand.

I flinched when I heard several footsteps behind us, nang lingunin ko 'yon ay nakita ko ang hindi lalampas sa sampu na mga tao na naglalakad papalapit saamin habang may hawak na mga armas.

Napaatras ako nang kaunti dahil sa biglaang pagsulpot nila.

"This place is completely guarded whenever the house is empty or not." Nowen brushed his hair back using his right hand. "You're all lucky that you got to trespass in our private property without any scratch."

"Now," he looked at his cousin next to him. "What's your deal with them?"

Mark was a bit stunned at first, but he immediately brushed it off with a laugh.

"Casino. They thought I cheated and payed the croupier to win." he put his hands in the air with a smirk on his face. "Gentlemen, there's nothing wrong to accept your loss."

That made the trespassers mad even more.

"Don't provoke them like that." hindi ko mapigilang mag-kumento. Nilapitan lang ako ni Mark at ginulo ang buhok ko.

"Rossu, Rossu, Rossu." nakangising tawag ni Mark sa lalaki. "I can give you chips next time, just ask nicely."

Halata sa postura ng Rossu na kinakabahan na ito, mukhang hindi siya makapaniwala na ganito ang mangyayari sakanila. It's a bit sad that they had no idea that everything will turn into this.

Naalarma ako nang biglang may nag-vibrate sa bulsa ko, I took it out from my pocket and my eyes widen when it was a pink flip phone.

Nakita ko ang unread message galing sa ilang unknown numbers.

'He's on his way there, stay safe Hayden. Sasalubingin ka namin.'

'I'm on my way, hang in there.'

Kumunot naman ang noo ko. I have no single idea who's the owner of this phone and clearly, these messages are from someone I know. Ang unang message ay paniguradong galing kay Sierra o Hildi, samantalahang ang isa naman ay hindi ko alam kung kanino.