Subzero (UNDER EDITING)

Prologue

   ARIA

When there's sweetness, there's bitterness. That's how life is, and I am living my bittersweet reality-ah scratch that. I myself is a fantasy. 

"Mommy! "

"Lie-li! RUN!"

Love conquers all, they say. But in this reality, hate overtook everything.

"From that very day, ni minsan ay hindi ko na siya nakitang ngumiti. "

"She had her first kill at a very young age. "

"Don't sugarcoat your words about your daughter too much. Napaka imposible ng pinagsasasabi mo"

I grew up to be fighter, and a survivor. Though I'm too fragile deep inside.

"Her skills are something you will envy! "

I am respected, feared, and admired. But I know they always stab harsh words deep at my back.

Ano bang feeling ng mabuhay ng kinakatakutan at iginagalang?

"Uhm... Siguro masaya. Mapapaluhod mo sila at papagawin ng kung ano-ano-" Stop it right there. I never wanted attention. I never wanted fame. Ayoko ng mga sagabal na alepores.

"Oh My Ghad! Sociopath! "

"Demon! "

"Monster! "

"Masamang espirito, lumayo ka! "

"Arschloc! "

I felt downgraded from the very beginning. But of course, every darkness has light, so as every light having darkness.

Bzz. Bzzz.

Bzz. Bzzz. Bzz

Bzz. Bzz.

Bzz. Bzzz.

"I-I... Love you"

Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

"Aww. I pity the Student Council President! Psh. She was blinde-ACKK!!!"

I gasped, waking up with different questions lingering in my head. How could I move on from the past? How could I forgive? How could I forget?

It's not like kasalan niya naman lahat.

It was not long when I realized that a lukewarm liquid came running down my cheeks. Madali ko itong pinunasan at nagtungo sa banyo.

How Pathetic. Truly Pathetic.

I sighed. What a great one to start a new day.

*__°

I stopped walking when I noticed my hologram beeped. I quickly tapped a button and a series of dots and dashes appeared.

'--/•/•/-/••/-•/--•|•-•/---/---/--|•-/•••/•-/•--•'

Ah. The weird secretary texted.

"Sure thing... ". I mumbled as I made my way towards the meeting room.

Saktong pagbukas ko ng pinto, bigla nalang humangin ng napakalakas, kasabay ng malakas na ulan, kulog, at kidla-

De. Joke lang.

The Vice Pres. Maya is throwing tantrums again. I heavily sighed. Ilang buntong hininga na ba ang pinakawalan ko? 4? 7? My Ghad.

I exagerately coughed para makuha ang attention nila. Code ABCD may be the best secret agency the world could ever ask for, by the way we work, how fast and clean we execute, our skills to envy, and etc.

Pero pag may leisure time, sila yata ang top-126 na pinakabaliw sa buong mundo. Sila. Di ako kasali-mayabang na kung mayabang- because I have better things to do than performing a mala-soap opera sa meeting room, just like what happened now.

"Agent 2? Umiyak ka? "

"Di niyo naman siguro ako tatawagin dito para lang tanungin kung umiyak ako o hindi no? That's crap kung oo. "

"Oo na oo na. Something something reunion in our alma mater I guess? " Ah. Okay.

Bigla nalang bumukas ang pinto at iniluwa si Dr. John Campbell, ang taong in-charged sa buong Code ABCD Russian-Headquarters. Inayos namin ang upuan at sabay-sabay kaming luminya sa harapan niya.

"We're ready to listen sir! "

~*~

~ofxn