One Damn Shot of a Lifetime [COMPLETED]

Chapter 29: The Grave of a Loved One

2 months had passed since that mind blowing plot twist of my reality. Everything went smoothly after that. Ang kampon nang kadiliman ni Stacey ay hindi na muli nag akmang guluhin ako, Axel si caring and sweet as always but still a certified bad blood, my arm cast was taken off, and the three boys ay mapang-asar pa rin. Normal lang ang lahat,

or that's what I thought.

"I'm hungry" reklamo ng katabi ko dito so sinehan. Nanonood kami ngayon ng movie since it's Saturday, wala masyadong magawa.

"So am I. Labas na tayo?" alok ko at agad siyang tumayo. Is he that hungry? Pumunta kami sa food court at pumili ku'ng anong pagkain ang bibilhin namin. Umupo nalang ako sa isang bakanteng lamesa habang nag-oorder si Axel.

10 minutes later...

Ang tagal naman, asana na ba ang lalaking 'yon? Nilibot ko ang paningin ko sa mga tindahan at hindi ko mahagilap 'ni anino niya.

"Hi miss." napalingon ako sa nag salita. Dalawang lalaki ang umupo sa bakanteng upuan sa harapan ko at ang lalapad ng ngisi sa mga mukha nila.

"Maari po ba makipag kaibigan sa isang magandang binibini na katulad niyo?" wika nu'ng isa at umusog palapit sa akin. Masama ko syang tinignan at umusog din ako palayo sa kanya. Can't they tell based my facial expression that I don't like their presence?

"Sungit mo naman miss, gusto lang naman namin makipag kaibigan." Sabi nu'ng isa pa niyang kasama at tumayo silang dalawa at nag akma humakbang patungo sa'kin.

"Nicolai! Lucian!"

Agad lumingon ang dalawa sa tumawag. Was that their names? Rumihistro agad sa mukha nila ang pagkagulat at takot matapos nila makita ang tumawag.

"B-boss Dwayne!" nanginginig pa ang boses nu'ng isang lalake habang sinasabi niya ito. Teka lang, magkakilala sila?

"Why the hell were you talking to my girl Nicolai?" Axel asked with his dangerous and threatening voice. Pag sabi ni Axel ni'to agad sila umatras para dumistansya sa'kin.

"S-s-sorry Dwayne! I mean— Boss! Boss Dwayne! Hindi namin alam that s-she was with you!" na-uutal utal pang sabi nu'ng Nicolai. He was clearly panicking and intimidated by Axel's aura.

"Hindi namin sinasadya! Sorry boss, hindi na mauulit. Aalis na po kami!" Wika nu'ng kasama niya who I assume was the Lucian guy. His voice was trembling at dali dali nyang kinaladkad si Nicolai palayo sa'min.

"I leave you for 20 minutes and the wolves started to descend." He said jokingly and sat beside me. Kumunot ang noo ko sa sinabi niya and I looked at him with curiosity.

"Wolves?" I asked.

"Those guys are members of Alpha Ōkami the 5th group on the bracket." paliwanag niya. So those guys were part of the underground gangster society, marami pala ang umaaligid lang sa paligid na hindi ko namamalayan. How may groups are there anyway? [Ōkami: Japanese for Wolves.]

"Why are they calling you 'Boss' if they are not part of your team?" dagdag ko pa'ng tanong habang kumakain.

"Well aside from they don't want me to beat the shit out of them, is that they respect me. Tinitingala nila ako because I'm one of the main foundations of Dauntless Regime, and as you know Dauntless Regime is an undefeated group and on top of the ranking, that's what makes us the most powerful. Even though they don't know my true identity as leader of Dauntless Regime they respect me and every member of my group." Paliwanag niya. I like it when he's this transparent towards me, it's like he's open about his secrets. Well, some of his secret.

Kinakain lang namin ang mga snacks na nasa lamesa nang biglang tumunog ang cellphone ni Axel.

"It's Zane." sabi niya matapos tignan kung sino ang tumatawag. "Hello?" sagot niya dito. After a few seconds of silence his facial expression changed. Biglang kumunot ang noo at nanlaki ang mga mata niya, I can see shock and anxiousness drawn in his face. Gan'on pa rin ang expression niya nang ibaba niya ang telepono.