VIEWPOINT

Chapter Nine

     I can see now why the PSS is to be feared. No wonder why there are some cases when in the news wherein people die and no one discovers who is at fault. Well I am not saying that the PSS may be responsible for those cases but there is a high chance to that. Assassination missions are very rare into the family and it is not something commanded out of anger.

     The gunfight today will sure attract the Dasmarinas police. We should leave as early as now in order to avoid them to spot us. I hurry my way back into the area near the gate of the east campus, where I usually hang out. The others leave as well, taking the weapons of the dead LPM people, but we leave their body as it is.

     "That will show them not to mess with us again.” I remember Max last words when we separated ways. One of the big questions that come into my mind is the word “again”. Are these people already involved in the family, in my 4 years of stay in the family, this is my first time to encounter them, or even to know their existence.

    I return into the area near the entrance. The sun is already scorching hot even though it is only 9:34AM. I sit near the bushes at the side, sirens can be heard. They must be bound to the area where we fought a while back. As expected, these police officers will be late, they do not improve. They are really slow to respond, no wonder why many criminals in these parts escape after doing their dirty work. We can really blame it to the PNP, they are useless.

     I close my eyes for a bit. I’m tired even though I didn’t move that much in the encounter a while ago. That staircase is the one to blame. I can see the tall building from up here. That is also a good vantage point if you are to snipe someone who is about to exit De La Salle University. However I think it is also not a good plan because it will easily expose yourself, the building is lonely you can killed in a matter of minutes.

     Wind is blowing from the east. The trees of the campus are swaying as the wind blows. The weather is partly cloudy now and it is surprisingly windy. If I’m not mistaken, there is a low pressure area near the Philippine Area of Responsibility but I didn’t expect that its effect will be this large. I always hear in the news about the southwest monsoon that is causing this entire weather disturbance.

     The day ended like ordinary. There has never been a counterattack performed by the LPMs which should look exciting. The only thing that I can’t understand is how they pinpointed our location despite the secret behind the identities of the members. Do the LPMs somehow know the identity of some members? If that is so, that will be a problem because our group’s secrecy is compromised and it will surely affect some of the missions to be performed.

     Back at Calamba City, I see the others who fought against the LPM a while back and they are sitting together like they are planning or talking about something. I go closer to them just to learn that they are just playing chess. They just happen to be together that’s why they are very close to each other. I didn’t bother talking to them. I enter the mansion and proceed to my quarters.

     I lie on the small bed. I can’t stop thinking about those LPM people. What could they possibly have anything to do against the PSS? A secret group such as this, having a conflict with another group, why didn’t they even told me about this? I’m sure the others are not also told, why would Max know this?

     I stand after shortly lying in the bed. I proceed to the room where the database is located. It is right at the end of the hallway just left from my room. The database section in the Quarters contains almost everything about the Personal Secret Service; its members and their profiles, including mine, though I look at it to know my profile but my file is incomplete, from the four years I was here and prior events seems to be lost, which were the events before I lost my memories. The database also has all important missions logged, and the history of the group. I’m sure that if I look in the database, I will learn about the LPM.