The Lost Assassin Princess

Chapter 8: The Monster Inside

I silently watched the surroundings of the house through the window. Nang masiguro ko na wala pa rin siya I continued searching.

Kanina naikot ko na rin ang buong bahay, but I didn't find any information either. Although, my instinct is telling me na may nalalagpasan ako at hindi napapansin. He probably knows there's a possibility na maghanap ako,pwede rin naman na wala naman talaga kaya wala rin akong makita, pero malakas pa rin ang kutob ko na meron siyang tinatago. 

If I can't find any information in this house, then I guess I would have to find it through him.

It would be easy for me kung aamin siya agad, but I know na umpisa pa lang naman hindi na siya maayos na kausap. Napatigil ako saglit sa paghahanap nang mabuksan ko ang isang drawer at makita kung ano ang nasa loob. Hindi man ako nakakita ng impormasyon, nakakita naman ako ng isang bagay na makapipilit sa kaniya para magsalita. 

Muli ay tumingin ako sa bintana, at sakto naman sa pagsilip ko ay ang paglabas niya mula sa gubat. Seems like things are going according to my plan.

I headed straight to the door and waited for any signs of movement from outside. After a few seconds, I sensed that he was already on the porch of the house. Then, slowly, the doorknob turned. And the very moment he entered and stepped inside the house, I pointed the gun straight to his head and like what I expected him to do, he froze.  Pero dahil nakatalikod siya sakin hindi ko magawang makita ang kaniyang reaksyon.  

"Who are you?" seryoso kong tanong, but he didn't answer.  

Siguro ay iniisip niya na hindi ko tototohanin ang banta ko sa kaniya. Idiniin ko lalo ang baril. I let the gun kissed the back of his head tenderly, so that he would realize how serious I am of killing him once na hindi pa rin siya sumagot. But I can't still seem to smell fear from him.

I was about to say something when he suddenly turned and swiftly snatched the gun from me. Agad niyang tinutok sakin ang baril. Making me now the target. Inaamin ko hindi ko inaasahan na iyon ang gagawin niya. That move was a 50/50 chance. He must have known I'm bluffing him kaya he took the risk. It's not really my intention to fire that gun, because I can't kill him now, not yet.

He really is more than an annoying and ordinary stranger.

He suddenly lowered the gun. Instead of pointing the gun in my head he aimed straight to my heart.  But even though I don't have the intention to kill him right now, it doesn't mean that I would let him kill me. But before I could even move he fired the gun. I didn't even flinch, not even from the sound of the gunshot.

Through my peripheral vision nakita ko ang pagbagsak ng maliit na ibon na kanina lamang ay nasa bintana. Nagawa kong makita ang lahat ng pangyayari, kung paano biglang dumapo ang ibon sa bintana, at kung paano mula sa aking puso ay mabilis niyang nailipat ang atensyon ng baril sa ibon, pero hindi ko alam kung bakit ako nanatiling nakatayo lamang.

Doon ko nadiskubre kung gaano siya kabihasa sa paghawak ng baril. Because honestly no normal person can do what he did, given the distance and the fact that the target was moving.