Avenge of the Fallen

CHAPTER 11

Intruder Encounter 2

"Want to see hell?" a baritone voice was heard from my back. I know it's his voice. I saw the faces of the four went white. Can't even utter a word, what a coward!

"S-Soul! Pare kamusta na!" kinakabahan na sabi nung isang kasama ni Pierce. Soul stepped forward and grabbed his and twisted it in a sec. The 3 idiots remaining were about to run but his voice made them not to. "Run and you'll rank down."

Hinila ko ang laylayan ni Soul. He looked at me seriously but he ignored my request to let them go. He was about to give Pierce a blow on the face but I called him.

"Frauz." May diin kong sabi. He stopped immediately and sighed. As expected the four of them ran away too fast. Soul looked at me with an angry face. "You let them go!"

"Because you're going to hurt them." I said plainly. "Binastos ka nila! Do you expect me to watch them harass you?!"

"And why would you flaunt your underwear!" galit na sabi niya. Natawa naman ako. "I was just scaring that Pierce guy for lying! As if I'm going to let them see me through." Hinagip niya ako at niyakap. His lips are on my ear.

"Ako lang dapat. Sa akin mo lang dapat 'yan ipakita, Arthria." My cheeks heated.

"H-ha?"

"Tsk."

My heartbeat was way faster than before. Gusto kong lumayo sa kanya ngunit may problema ata sa katawan ko at ayaw pang humiwalay sa kanya.

Naputol ang pag-uusap namin nung biglang tumunog ang tablet namin pareho. It was an alert warning from Renzo. Which means Auee is in danger! I looked at the location, it's in the chem lab! I ran as fast as I could with Soul beside me. When we got in I saw Auee holding a broken flask and pointing it to the guys. Renzo is bleeding! There are 10 guys in total. I looked at Soul.

"Locked the door, Soul." I set my watch at 5 minutes. I stretched some of my muscles. I stepped back and got my stance to fighting. I attacked one of them and that made all of their attention to me.

I attacked carefully their vital signs to knock them off. 3 minutes and I knock 3 of them. I'm getting slow at this! This is taking too much time. I saw Soul started to attack too. I dodge some of them who holds knife. Now I know where Renzo get that wound. Morons! How dare they hurt one of my dorm mates!

I advance myself to get faster. I launched punches and kicks. I saw Auee fight too. He knocked one of them when Renzo was about to get attacked. After several attacks my opponent fell to the ground. The next one was beaten up already so it was easy for me to knock him off.

"Renzo! Are you okay?" I rushed to him. "Ok lang naman!" masungit na sabi niya. Kitang-kita naman na nasasaktan siya. I grabbed his left hand instead and pulled him to the clinic to treat his hand. It was stabbed!

"Sorry Renzo. Kung naging attentive lang sana ako sa paligid ko hindi mo kakailanganin saluin yun para sa akin." Malungkot na sabi ni Auee.

"Dude, you make it sound like you're some sort of a leading actress in a romantic movie." Biglang singit ni Zion na nasa kabilang quarter lang pala. He's fine now. Sadyang tinamad lang ata siyang pumasok ngayon kaya dito namalagi sabi ni Cello sa akin kagabi. For the record, daplis lang ang natamo niya kagabi.

I agreed to what he said. "It's gross." Natahimik kami nung si Soul na ang nagsalita. I awkwardly laughed to lighten up the mood. Auee's face was so down.

"Let's go back to the dorm." He added.

We all head back to the dorm. I saw our remaining roommates' worried faces. Zion chatted to our group chat that we are heading back to prevent them from going to the clinic since we're quite a number. When I got inside I immediately went inside my room. I really need to take a bath. I want to rest for a day but I know tomorrow would be their last attempt to get Auee from us and I'm pretty sure they're fired up.

Nagbabad ako ng halos isang oras sa bath tub. Nag-isip ng kung ano-anong bagay. Pagkatapos kong mag-isip ng mga posibleng mangyari sa araw ko bukas ay tinapos ko na ang pagligo ko. Suot ko ang roba ko at pinapatuyo ang aking buhok. Matagal narin akong hindi napagtuunan pansin ang sarili ko. Pinutolan ko ng kaunti ang buhok ko tama lang para mapansin ng iba.

Pagkalabas ko ng banyo ay agad akong nagbihis. Wala na akong balak pang lumabas ng kwarto. Gusto kong magpahinga ng maayos.

Sabado ngayon at maaga akong nagising. Nagluto ako ng umagahan nila at lumabas para magjogging. Napadpad ako sa isang iskinita. May kakaiba akong naramdaman kay pumasok ako roon. Sa kalagitnaan ay may nahagip akong boxing ring. Napakunot ang noo, may nagboboxing ba rito?

"Inohe bumalik ka rito! Hindi mo pa natatapos ang 500 squats mo!" rinig kong sigaw ng isang matanda sa gilid ng ring. Nakita ko ang tinutukoy niyang Inohe. Isang batang lalaki na may seryosong tingin. Nakatayo siya sa harapan ko habang tinitingnan ako.

"Sino ka?" maangas niyang tanong. I smiled lightly and said my name. "I'm Arthria. You can call me Treya. Ikaw?" nagulat ako nung bigla niyang tinawag ang lolo niya. Napalunok naman ako.

"Lolo! Tingnan mo may kamukha siya!" sigaw niya. Ngumiti siya sa akin habang tumatakbo papalapit ang lolo niya. I smiled lightly.

"Sino ba ang kamukha ko?" tanong ko. At ngayon kitang-kita ko na ang mga ngipin niya.

"Ang pyutor wayp ko!" napatawa naman ako at ginulo ang buhok niya. Pilyong bata, siguradong dadagdag ito sa mga lalaking mahilig mambabae sa mundo. Napakamot naman akong lolo niya at sadyang binatukan siya ng mahina.

"Ano ka bang bata ka! Kung ano-ano nalang yang pinagsasabi mo!" bulong ng lolo niya. Nilahad ng bata ang kamay niya kaya tinanggap ko din.

"I'm Sin Inohe Lamenc—" napabitaw siya sa kamay ko at agad na nagtago sa lolo niya. Napakunot ako kung ano ang nangyayari pero mukhang natakot ang bata. Kumaway naman ang lolo niya sa likod ko kaya napatingin ako sa likod. He was there! Standing with his serious face! Anong ginagawa niya rin dito?

Lumapit siya sa akin at nagmano sa lolo ni Inohe. Bahagyang inilabas ni Inohe ang ulo niya para sumilip pero agad naman itong ibinalik sa likod ng lolo niya.

"Tapos na po ba si Inohe sa mga rounds niya?" His voice was soothing.

"Hindi pa nga." Sagot naman sa lolo ni Inohe. Akmang lalapit siya sa bata pero nagsalita ako.

"Machismis na bata eh'!"

"It's my fault. I distracted him." I smiled and gestures Inohe to come right at me. He smiled at me. I carried him because I can't help his cuteness. I saw his lolo smiled at me and shake his head slightly. I saw the man was staring at me intently or to Inohe like he was going to rip that child's life away.

"He needs to finish his rounds." He calmly said. Tumango naman ako at ibinaba si Inohe pero nagtago lang si Inohe sa likod ko. Humarap ako sa kanya.

"Tapusin mo na ang rounds mo."

"Aalis ka na po ba?" Umiling naman ako. "Titingnan kita. Pagkatapos mo, magpapaturo ako sa iyo." Nginitian ko siya. Agad naman siyang tumango at pumunta sa lolo niya at nagsimula na siyang gawin ulit ang ginagawa nila kanina.

"I'm sorry for his behaviour."

"Uh-natural lang 'yon kasi bata pa siya. Huwag mo namang takutin." Sabi ko habang tinitingnan si Inohe. His stance is great. He's doing the right job. Nagtataka lang ako kung kaano-ano niya itong lalaking nasa gilid ko.