Breaking The Code: The Hidden Project (Carnations Series #2)

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"Naghihinala na kami kay Leonard this past few weeks, lagi na lang siya nawawala at umaalis sa hindi namin malaman na dahilan kaya tinanggap ko na yung chance na makasama siya at malaman ang tinatago niya and of course hindi naman ako tanga na sasama kay Leo na wala ang back up plan noh! Maxwell is my back up at susundin niya kami and on surveilance kung sakaling may mangyari sakin, hindi na namin sinabi kina Claire dahil baka mapahamak lang sila and as their Club President I have to protect them.

Sincerely,
Reena"

Sa tagal ng binabasa namin konti lang ang nalalaman namin, sunog ang kalahati ng page na nasa Journal at limang page lang ang hindi na sunog "Reena Echaves is really alive" sabi ko

"If our conclusions are correct, something happened fourty-four years ago. President Maxwell followed Reena Echaves and saved her sa kung ano man ang gagawin sa kanya ng Hive and decided to fake her death, something about what happened before made her fake everything and she's leaving clues for the next person to save the victims under Project Carnations" sabi ni Nathan

"So President Maxwell is off our suspect list" sabi ko "We have to find out who's really the mole in the school" sabi niya "Then President Maxwell is the only one who knows where Hive's hideout is" sabi ko

"Your wrong Agatha" sabi niya kaya kumunot ang noo ko "A group like Hive has their hideout secured that keeps outsiders from trespassing kaya hindi natin alam kung ano ang nasa loob ng papasukin natin" sabi niya "And your suggesting?" tanong ko

"We find Reena Echaves" sabi niya kaya natahimik ako, how? She's over sixty years old by now and she's been on hiding for fourty-four years at wala man lang nakahanap sa kanya, kami pa kaya? Were just normal high school students but were not Journalists Club for nothing.

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[Trinity's Point of View]

"Ano na kaya ang na hanap ng iba noh?" sabi ko kaya nginitian ako ni Hazel, bat kaya ang tahimik nito noh? Isang oras na kami dito sa public library at wala pa kaming nakukuhang imprmasyon kaya nababagot na ako!

"Look at this" napalingon ako kay Hazel ng magsalita siya "Bakit?" tanong ko at lumapit sa kanya

"Tingnan mo toh, there's a record about the missing people in St. Pristine" sabi niya at tinuro pa ang hawak na newspaper.

TWO GIRLS AND THREE BOYS WENT MISSING THIS AFTERNOON IN PHILIPPINE NATONAL ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL!!

Philippine National High School? So this newspaper is way back 1956 "Who was the President?" tanong ko "Lancelot Evergreen" sabi ni Hazel

"Lancelot Evergreen? So magkadugo sila ni Leonard Evergreen, Lysander at William?" sabi ko "Seems like it" sabi niya kaya napaawang ang bibig ko sa mangha

"Hindi pa ata napapalitan ang pangalan ng school nung panahon nito" sabi niya kaya napatango ako "Tingnan mo din toh" sabi niya at pinakita sakin ang isang newspaper.

LANCELOT EVERGREEN IS DOING ILLEGAL MEDICATION TO ST. PRISTINE's STUDENTS?!

The police said the famous billionaire, Lancelot Evergreen. Was using St. Pristine's students to do his illegal bidding. Some says that the infamous billionaire was doing a illegal project that sacrifices people to complete the said illegal project.

"Illegal bidding? Ang tinutukoy ba nila dito ay ang Project Carnations?" tanong ko kaya tumango siya "Evergreen holds the powerful and mischevious surname" sabi niya habng umiiling

"Kailan yan nangyari?" tanong ko "After fifty-seven students went missing kasama ang fifteen citizens" sabi niya

"Grabe ah? They really risks this much para lang sa bwisit na project na yun?" sabi ko at bumuntong hininga, this what happens when someone wants to reach something.

[Drake's Point of View]

"Sigurado ka ba diyan?" tanong ko kaya tumango siya "1,675 are the victims fourty-four years ago, one thousand city citizen and six hundred seventy-five was St. Pristine students, half the seventy-five went missing and was never found and the other half was found dead" sabi niya

"Do you have a list of it Inspector Gonzaga?" tanong ni Gabriel kaya umiling si Kuya "For some reason there was no list of the victims fourty-four years ago like they never exist" sabi niya kaya natahimik kami, their really that good huh?

"Mag-iingat kayo, I've seen how many people died because of Hive" sabi niya kaya tumango ako pero sakto naman na mag-ring ang cellphone ko at kumunot ang noo ng makita si Nathan kaya agad ko itong sinagot "Drake" bungad niya sa kabilang linya

"Napatawag ka?" tanong ko "Can you send me the victims of the mystery of camp Pristine fourty-four years ago?" sabi niya, seems like may nalaman na sila

"Sige ba, I'll give it to you via email" sabi ko bago binaba ang tawag "Kuya, I need the list of victims that went missing in a school camp in St. Pristine fourty-four years ago" sabi ko and I saw how his eyes furrowed

"Inaabuso mo na ata ang pagiging Inspector ko sa Department namin" sabi niya "I'm just taking my chances" sabi ko at umiling kaya bumuntong hininga siya

"You owe me one Drae" sabi niya bago tinawag ang isang junior officer na kunin ang documents tungkol sa gusto ko "Did Nathan find any traces?" tanong ni Gabriel kaya tumango ako

"Oo, seems like may nalaman na sila about sa nakaraan" sabi ko kaya natahimik siya "Here" napalingon ulit ako kay Kuya ng makita kong may inaabot siya sakin na papel

"Now get out" sabi niya kaya natatawang naglakad ako sa pinto "Hate you too, bro" sabi ko bago lumabas ng opisina niya, binasa ko ang limang babae na nawala fourty-four years ago and composed a message.

To: President Nate

Rhyane Padilla

Anna Lopez

Karla Lorbes

Joanna Abion

Myka Del Mundo

Tinago ko ang cellphone ko bago hinarap si Gabriel "Lets go?" sabi ko kaya tumango siya but stopped when I heard someone mention my brother's name

"Bwisit na Dale Gonzaga na yun, sisiguraduhin kong magbabayad siya!" nangigigil na sabi niya "Utusan ba naman akong bumili ng kape niya? Oo nga at assistant niya ako pero hindi ganito" sabi niya habang nagpapadyak, assisstant?

Is she the one that my friends are talking about na nakitang kasama si Kuya? Aaminin ko, my brother has a taste in women.