Little Red

One

The lights. The sounds. The booze. These crazy humans.

Hindi ko malaman kung bakit ko tinanggap ang trabahong ito. Una sa lahat, parties are too mainstream. It really isn't my thing...but my target is here kaya wala din akong choice, my client bid me a very attractive offer in exchange of my service. All expense paid trip, including my suite in an exclusive five star hotel and all I have to do is to kill that son of a bitch and then viola! I'll be receiving a huge amount of money, in cash.

I quietly scanned the area, halos lahat ng tao dito ay nakasuot ng puti to honor the greek gods and goddesses. Napailing na lang ako sa mga taong ito at sa mga paniniwala nila.

Lumipat ako ng pwesto kung saan malapit ako sa VIP lounge ng Parthenon, malamang naririto ang target ko. Knowing him, kahit di naman importante pa-VIP pa rin. He thinks so highly of himself, what a narcissistic jerk.

Maraming nagkalat na babae sa paligid, nagsasayawan, nagtatawanan some of them are making out with men that they don't even know.

The warm summer breeze blew at nilipad ang hood ng pulang cloak na suot ko. Nagmumukha akong naligaw sa lugar na ito dahil sa ako lang ang nakapula but I don't mind though, I wasn't here to party with them. I am here to finish my job just so I can enjoy the rest of my stay here in Greece.

Napataas ang kilay ko nang namataan ko ang target ko na paalis sa VIP lounge ng Parthenon kasama ang babaeng kanina pang nakalingkis sa braso nya. 

"Men" bulong ko kasabay ng pag-iling. Mabilis kong inubos ang inumin ko para masundan ko sila.

"Hey there, beautiful" a Greek guy stepped in front of me, flashing his perfect set of white teeth in his wolfish grin as he shamelessly gaze on my body. "I wonder what's hiding underneath that cloak of yours" he said.

I don't have time for this.

Mabilis ko syang nilagpasan but he quickly grabbed my arm to stop me. In one swift move, I twisted his arms onto his back then I slammed his body on top of the bar counter. Good thing that the people around here seems to be stuck in their own worlds kaya hindi kami napansin.

"Fuck" he hissed.

"You wouldn't dare to see what's hiding underneath my cloak" singhal ko bago ko sya pinakawalan.

Agad ko nilibot ang tingin ko at nakitang papunta na sa parking lot yung target ko. I frustratedly rake through my hair then I decided to follow the target.

Wala na akong choice kung hindi ang baliin ang plano. I need to finish this real quick. Tutal wala namang sinabing specified order yung client ko, then I'll do it my way.

Mabilis akong lumihis ng daan patungo sa sasakyan ng target ko. Mula sa kinatatayuan ko, natanaw kong nakaabang na ang driver nya. I stealthy move towards his direction at agad na sinakal ang leeg nya to render him unconscious. I quickly pulled his body behind the bushes bago ako sumakay sa sasakyan. Ilang sandali lang naramdaman ko na ang presensya ng target ko.

I calmly sat on the driver seat hanggang sa marahas na bumukas ang pinto sa back seat and there they was, making out as they made their way in. Nakakadiri.

I remained steady, unmoving and that's their cue to stop on whatever their doing.

"Why the hell are you not driving?!" Inis na singhal ng target ko sa akin.

Still I remained silent hanggang sa bumukas ang ilaw sa loob ng sasakyan.

"Who the hell are you?!" Gulat na tanong nya.

I can't stop myself from smirking nang mahimigan ko ang takot at kaba sa boses nya.

"Oh, you completely know who I am, Mr. Asuncion" I slowly hissed. "You know me all too well"