Death Grip (On-going)

DEATH GRIP: CHAPTER TEN

"Tell us something, Stacey. What happened earlier?"

I didn't speak nor moved. Kasalukuyan kaming nasa isang kwarto na mukang office. Puro bookshelf na puno ng libro ang nakikita ko sa buong paligid. I collected myself. Pilit kong inaalala ang nangyari kanina, pero nung wala akong maalala, I shook my head. I heard one of them sighed.

"Okay.. ano na lang ang grip mo?"

I bite the inside of my cheek. I feel so fake right now. Para akong invader sa lugar na to.. My heart pumped so fast as I remember what happen earlier. Hindi nila nakita yung aso but I saw it with my eyes.

Kaso pano ko sasabihin? Anong grip yon? Kung kelan naman kailangan na kailangan ko si Lance tsaka naman sya wala!

"Stacey?" Tawag ulit sakin nung babae. I lift up my gaze at her. Pano ko ba kasi sasabihin? Buyset na buhay naman to oh----

A loud screeching noise rose upon the air making me stop thinking. Homer and Nerrisa looked calm and unmoved. Sanay na yata sila sa ganon, so I relaxed myself as well thinking na the screeching sound won't do anything to hurt me.

"Calling the attention of Grip Counsel admins to proceed in the main hall---Persons involve has arrived. Cure Center are told to be ready. Thank you!" Boses ng babae na parang nasa intercom. I looked upon them and waited. Nandito na sila Lance..

"We need to dismiss you for a while Stacey. Dito ka muna while we hand you back to Master Badufalsa. Let's go Homer."

"Wait up, Nerrisa.." Homer suddenly said stopping her to stand up. Nakatingin sya sakin ng diretso, hindi nya inaalis ang tingin nya sakin. My eyebrows furrowed slightly.

May dumi ba ko sa muka? Kung makatingin naman to..

"L-look at her eyes.. look." Homer said to Nerrisa.

I blinked. Anong meron sa mata ko? I raised my hand to wipe my eyes thinking na baka may muta ako. Shocks!! Nakakahiya.. Nagulat ako nung napakalapit na nila Homer sakin, especially Nerissa. She even removed my hand from my face. I gave them questioning look as I take a step backwards.

"W-what the hell? Napakalapit nyo.."

"Yung mata mo Stacey.." Mumured Nerrisa. Okay, naiirita na ko.

"Ano bang meron? Will you stop? Ang weird nyo." Iritang sabi ko while trying to remove her grip on my arms.

"You have it.. y-you have the lucets eyes"

Yellow shades all across the room. Scarlet couches are neatly placed under the window and brown narra desk became the division between me and Ma'am Badufalsa. Nakakanerbyos ang atmosphere ng kwartong to.. Tiningnan ko sya at nakitang nakatingin din sya sakin. I immediately torn my gaze at her and put it back on my trembling hands.

"Iniisip ko.." Paninimula ni Ma'am Badufalsa. Halata sa boses nya ang pagod. "Kung pano ka makakasabay dito sa school."

Tinikom ko lang ang bibig ko at hinintay ang mga susunod nyang sasabihin. Ayoko naman kasing magmukang tanga.. Ipapaubaya ko na lang sakanila lahat tutal nandito ako sa mundo nila----teka nasan nga ba ko?

"Nasaan po ba tayo?" I asked with a frown. Ma'am Badufalsa's gaze turn at the door and so I followed it.

Nakita ko ang isang pusang puti na magarang naglalakad papunta sa direksyon namin. Magara dahil nakapikit at bahagyang nakataas ang ulo nito.

"Andrea?"

The creature bowed down elegantly and transformed into human slowly as she stopped infront of us. I blinked, admiring what I just saw. A podgy lady was slightly bending her knees while bowing her head on us, her left hand behind her back and her right closed hand on her chest.

She's wearing a very wonderful school long sleeves uniform and black skirt with a thread of black and yellow linings on every corner of it, a pair of yellow long socks just above her knee and a small patch on her left chest.

Ang ganda ng uniform..

"Why are you here?" Ma'am Badufalsa asked out of her own curiosity. Hindi nya siguro ineexpect na may pupunta dito.

"Supereminent Demetrio Demetrius ordered me to come and fetch the new student, Master." she said slowly with a hint of superiority on her tone. Napakunot ang noo ko ng marinig ang boses nya. Tsh, napaka-angas naman pala nito eh..

"But.. why?"

I turn my gaze from Andrea to Ma'am Badufalsa. Her eyebrows frowning, her eyes questioningly bores toward Andrea. The room's light suddenly became reddish with a hint of yellow. My eyes automatically roam all over again the place.

"Uhh.. maybe a sort of interview, master?" Sagot ni Andrea, unsure with her answer.

Ma'am Badufalsa then shifted her glance at me with an unknown expression. Okay? Di naman siguro mahirap ang interview, diba? Bat parang ang awkward na naman sa feeling, tsk.

"Go with Andrea. And whatever bad happens, tell it to me immediately."

A full silent journey with Andrea is making me feel sick. Ewan, sanay naman akong walang kausap pero iba dito eh. Iba yung pakiramdam. Ewan ko ba.

We walk through a wide and dim corridor with cave-like walls next to different oak doors. There also a torch beside every doors. Wala akong idea kung ano ang nasa loob ng mga pintong nadaanan namin, wala kasing mga nakalagay na sign posters or kahit anong palatandaan. Gusto ko sanang itanong kay Andrea but she seems to dislike me. Tch.

"What's your name?" asked Andrea out of the blue that made me smile a bit dahil sa wakas, sinimulan nya ang usapan hehe.

"Stacey. Stacey Lee." I answered feeling the barrier inside my throat because of the long silence which I cleared by the way.

"Galing ka sa mundo ng mga naturans, am I right?" tanong nya pang muli, hindi nawawala ang superiority sa tono nya. I wonder kung leader ba to ng kagaya sa death grip o ano..

"Uhm, oo.." maikling sagot ko.

This time, the thought of asking me what is my grip strucked my mind. Jusme, sana naman hindi nya itanong..

"Pano mo nakilala si Master Badufalsa?" she said not bothering to turn her gaze at me standing on her back and following her.

"Well, uhm, she's my teacher.. and.. ayun." I answered. Napapikit ako ng madiin ng maalala ko na secret organization pala ang death grip. Hays, muntikan ko pang masabi. Kainis.

Another silence filled the both of us. Tunog lang ng mga sapatos namin ang maririnig. Ano ba to, bat parang di natatapos tong corridor na to? Napakahaba masyado. Hays.

"What's your grip?" oh shet na malagket. Eto na nga ba ang sinasabi ko..

I didn't answer for some time hoping na sana nandito na yung office or what ng supereklavu nila. Oh my god, napapraning ako pag may nagtatanong kung anong grip ko tsk naman talaga! Sana naman makasalubong ko si Lance or si Leanne or si Clarence..

Nasan nga ba ang mga yun? Si Leanne at Clarence?

"Kilala mo ba sina Leanne at Clarence?" I ask trying to misdirect our topic about my grip.

This time, huminto si Andrea sa paglalakad then she turned at me. I blinked.

"And how exactly did you know them?" She ask looking at me sharply. I blink trying to look innocent.

Shet, Stacey magisip ka ng dahilan!!

"A-ah.. M-ma'am Badufalsa mentioned them to me a while ago." I lied. Jusme Stacey, yari ka talaga tsk.

Her lips thinned and her eyes bored at me suspiciously. I pretended to look innocent which I think has worked because she finally tore her gaze at me. I sighed in relief.

"Here's the office of Supereminent, you may now go inside." She said mentioning the oak door with gold linings beside us then continued to walk in the straight endless dim corridor.

I stand nervously in front of the door, confused if I am going to knock or just barged in. Composing myself into good human being, I have decided to knock first and so I did.

A muffled old man's voice from inside has followed to answer my knock. "Have your way, please."