Mhorfell Academy of Gangsters (Now Published Under PSICOM Publishing)

Chapter 20: Coming Back

ALEX'S POV

"Do you trust me?"

That question have been inside my head for hours already. Ever since they got me here, tied up, and hopeless, that question never failed to wreck even a little moment of rest for me. As I blink, his voice rings. As I try to empty my mind, those words remain. As I let myself think for a second, vengeance is all I can come up with.

Democritus, the laughing philosopher said, do not trust all men, but men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

I may really have been silly all this time.

I guess I am still not prudent enough to avoid this kind of circumstances. I trusted him. I trusted Juno. For all what happened to me from the past, why can't I learn to pay attention if someone is scheming behind my back or not?

Bakit ba hindi mawala-wala sa akin ang dating Alexandria? Ayoko na ulit magtiwala. Ayoko na. They always leave me disappointed to the point where I can't go back to anywhere I wanted to start again. They leave me with no legs and no arms to depend on.

How could I find justice if I'm still like this?

I lifted my head as I hear a sound of footsteps coming down the hall. Floorboards creak just outside the door of this dark room where the shaky hanging bulb is my only light. A shadow then creeps along the threshold.

Mukhang nandito na siya.

My hands automatically turned into fists as I grit my teeth due to the anger arising within me.

For the nth time, I tried to get myself out of the numerous rounds of ropes that binds me to this wooden chair. I came to think that Juno have finally finished a full background check on me and therefore, aware of my body condition.

Kung hindi, hindi niya ako papatalian ng ganito kahigpit na akala mo ba ay isang toro ang pilit niyang kinukubli sa silid na ito. Hindi niya rin ako gugutumin at uuhawin ng husto kung hindi niya alam na isa sa paraan para hindi ko magamit ang tunay na lakas na dala ng Escape ang pagpapahina muna sa pisikal na katawan ko.

Escape is like any power booster on digital games. There should be a vessel which is strong enough to handle it in order to use it to it's utmost capability. Limitado na lang ang naisusuporta sa akin ng Escape at tingin ko ito rin ang dahilan kung bakit hindi pa ako nawawalan ng malay hanggang ngayon.