Engagement Chaos

Chapter 10

Done. Your turn.

That was the message that I received from Archer. Three words and yet I already know what he meant.

He's done "taking care" of our target syndicate. And he wants me to do my part tonight.

Archer is really reliable when it comes with any mission. He does his job perfectly. At alam kong maraming myembro ang sindikatong napatumba nya ngayon. His close combat skills were good but he excells the most on long range fights.

He uses sniper rifles as his weapon.  He said that sniper rifles are the modern day bow and arrow. That's why he is called Archer. Bow and arrows were used as a long range weapons back then. So he chose "Archer" as his codename.

Archer:

My gun is on the rooftop. Third box on the left side.

Mabilis kong binura ang text nya pagkatapos kong mabasa at tinandaan iyon. I don't have my own sniper 'cause unlike him, I excell in close combat fights. Alam kong madali at mabilis ko ding magagawa ang trabaho nya kanina. Archer is the long range fighter while I am the close combat fighter.

But El Ordre switched our job this time. This mission was given to me and they only let Archer and Violet in to help me. So I should be the one to assassinate Henry Chang.

Muling tumunog ang cellphone ko sa text na dumating. It was a text from Tracer with the details of the place where Chang and the leader of the syndicate were supposed to meet. But this time, only Chang will be there.

Binura ko rin naman agad ang text nya na iyon at napabuntong hininga. I stared at my laptop. I was in the middle of writing the next chapter for my novel. Tumawag na naman kasi si Lindsay at sinabing dapat kong ipasa ang next chapter three days from now but I got distracted by Archer and Tracer's text. I know that I should finished my mission tonight. Sana lang ay hindi ako atakihin ng writer's block pagkatapos nito.

"I'm sorry. Naiistorbo ka ba ng tunog?"

Napatingin ako sa tabi ko at nakita ang nag-aalangang mukha ni Death. Magkatabi kasi kami ulit ngayon dito sa sofa. He's watching Supernatural again while I'm writing my novel.

I should be disturbed by the sound on the TV but the odd thing was... It never did. Halos hindi ko na nga naririnig iyon kahit na may kalakasan. I was too engrossed in writing my novel that I didn't even hear the sounds on the TV. Ganito siguro kapag maraming pumapasok sa isip ko.

Or maybe because I have an inspiration here beside me.

"Ah, hindi. May natanggap lang akong text." I said and I saw the worry on his face.

"Did something happened? Are you okay?"

I stared at him. One thing that I've noticed about Death was that he is a very caring person. Para bang palagi syang nag aalala sa mga taong nasa paligid nya. He tends to take care of those people too. Para ring sanay na sanay syang mag alaga ng isang tao. Alam nya kung anong kailangan ko bago pa ako magkapagsabi sa kanya.

"Wala naman. Kinukulit lang kasi ako ni Lindsay about my update." palusot ko na lang. Kung minsan ay bilib din talaga ako sa sarili ko dahil mabilis akong makapag isip ng mga palusot.

I was trained how to lie after all.

Death snorted. "Tell her to wait." sabi nya. Naikwento ko na din kasi sa kanya si Lindsay kanina. "They have no right to force the idea out of you. Kung tatanggalin ka man nila, it will be their loss. Just take your time, Vexen."

I smiled. He also knows what the right thing to say.

Ngumiti sya pabalik sa akin pero pareho kaming napatingin sa cellphone nyang tumunog. Kinuha nya iyon at binasa ang text na dumating.