Forgotten Child

Fifty-first Chapter

His arm immediately went around my shoulders as we walked together to the abandoned building.

"Okay ka na, Boss Bryce? Nabugbog mo na po si Kieran."

He chuckled. "Maybe. Maybe not."

I rolled my eyes at him as I re-adjusted my mask to cover half of my face again. As usual, body suit ang suot ko ngayon, pero naka-bun naman ang buhok ko this time. May meeting kasi kami with the three guys and just like before, angkas ulit ako kay Bryce.

Or should I call him Spade as he is the Vice President right now, and we are gonna be talking about Underground?

True to his words, he did become an active member. Spade has been doing a lot of "negotiations" and missions to get Bianca's people eliminated, or out of the way at least. Minsan magkasama kami, minsan solo flight siya, minsan kasama niya ang tatlo.

"Sweet! Our Officers have arrived!" Bungad agad ni Ned.

Of course, hindi na naka-akbay sa'kin si Spade.

"Magandang gabi, VP, Viper," bati naman ni Sed.

"Viper-chan!" Akmang yayakap sana si Rin sa'kin ng bigla siyang sinamaan ng tingin ni Spade, kaya niyakap niya ang sarili niya at tumalikod tsaka gumalaw na parang may kayakap. "Oh yes, mm, baby, yes! Good, oh, evening to you, mm, too."

The twins grimaced at him.

"Rin, kahit kailan talaga ang laswa mo." Pailing-iling si Ned.

"Kailan ka ba titino ha? Jesus Christ!" Masuka-suka si Sed dahil itong lokong si Rin ay mas nilaswaan ang ginawa at biglang umuslong na parang may inaano.

Really... this guy...

"Rin." I called him with a serious voice. Agad siyang tumayo ng tuwid at humarap sa amin.

"Sorry, sorry. Katuwaan lang po, Viper-chan."

"Pwes hindi kami natutuwa! Nandidiri kami! Yuck ka! Yuck!" Si Ned.

Nginisian lang siya ni Rin habang si Sed ay nailing na lang.

"That's enough," pagtigil ni Spade. "I need your utmost attention tonight."

Sumeryoso sila.

"As you may already know, our main plan is to get our President back to her throne," pagpatuloy ni Spade. "And we had been doing phases of eliminating Bianca's pawns when they least expected. So far, we had been successful. Although may ilang mga sabit, nagawan pa rin natin ng paraan para magtagumpay sa mga ito."

Spade is referring to those times na muntikan ng hindi matuloy ang plano dahil may biglang increase ng tauhan ni Bianca o taga-bantay na hindi na-calculate. Yung iba naman eh yung gadget fails, kaya kinakailangan pang antayin ang back up system para maisagawa ang plano. Pero kahit delay, naayos pa din naman kahit papano.

"VP," putol ni Sed. "Kinakabahan ako sa speech mo. And I'm sure pati ang dalawang ito ay nararamdaman din ito. May bago ba tayong gagawin?"

"None. Walang bago na gagawin. Still the same concept, which is eliminate the threats."

"Pero?" tanong ni Ned.

Spade gave them his infamous grin. "Pero this time, we will aim for the main one."

Halata ang gulat sa mga mukha nila.

Ako na ang nagsalita. "As you may all know, I had a list of Bianca's people that I wanted to eliminate to lessen her force. I have completed everyone on my list, and now that her ground had been shaken, we could pull her leg a little bit this time."