Deccard Brothers: SPADE | ✔ #Wattys2021

SPECIAL CHAPTER: THE GEEK AND THE HACKER

"Are we almost there sir?" Tanong ni Faun habang nagmamaneho siya ng sasakyan papunta sa location na naka ping sa aking cellphone.

Tinignan ko ang GPS kung saan ko inilagay ang coordinates ng hacker.

"Malapit na."

Ngunit nung tinignan ko ulit ito, bigla na lang gumalaw ang dot, na parang tumatakbo ito patungo sa direksiyon namin.

Pagkatingin ko sa kalsada, nakita kong may mga kanto pala ito, at kasalukuyang nasa kanan namin yung dot, at mabilis itong tumungo papunta sa amin.

"Faun, stop!"

Napapreno ng di oras si Faun. Bumaba ako ng kotse at inabangan ang hacker, handang-handa na sa pananakit ng katawan ko mamaya kung sakaling mabangga siya sa akin.

Hindi nagtagal, may tumatakbong silweta akong nakita na lumabas sa kantong hinaharap ko ngayon.

Paanong hindi ko makikita, napakatingkad ng kulay ng suot niyang hoodie. Yellow na yellow against sa init ng panahon ngayon.

Ano ba iyan! Lalaking lalaki naka yellow. Baka naman bakla to?! Teka, may bakla bang hacker?

Pansin ko ding naka ripped jeans ito at may dala dala na maliit na backpack na hirap na hirap niyang bitbitin dahil sa sobrang laki nito. O baka naman maliit lang yung may ari?

Putang ina.

Gasul ata tong tumatakbo, hindi tao.

Nakababa ang hood ng hoodie niya kaya hindi ko kita kung babae o lalaki siya, pero sa tindig ng katawan niya mukhang lalaki siya.

Patay ka sa akin ngayon.

I was prepared to block him and throw him inside the car, but I underestimated his reflexes because he ran faster, causing me to lower my guard for a bit. Taking this as his chance, he sidestepped and rolled over the hood of my car, continuing to run to the opposite direction where another alleyway is located.

Binaba ni Faun and bintana ng kotse, "Boss follow her!"

Gagu to, akala ko ba ako ang boss mo? Bakit parang baliktad?

As if reading my mind, nag-peace sign ang gago at ngumisi.

Sinamaan ko na lang siya ng tingin at tumakbo patungo sa direksiyon na tinahak ng hacker.

Of course I'll follow! Dafuq?!

I look at my location in the map, noticing that there are a lot of dead ends and many many turns, I decided to plan ahead.

"Faun, Separate. Go three, skip two b's, twelve, skip four b's, and converge at the fifth b."

(A/N: It basically means go right, skip two blocks, go straight, skip four blocks, and get inside the fifth block where they'll corner the hacker. Don't mind them, Geek things. XD)

He simply nodded and drove the car towards the directions I told him. I went ahead towards all the alleyways' ends, checking to see if the hacker is inside one of them.

I finally found him in the middle of the third and fourth block, going towards my direction. I ran before I even think. Namasdan ko ang pagka-alarma niya nung nakita niya akong patakbo papunta sa kaniya.

Nung nakita niya akong tumatakbo patungo sa kaniya, tatawid sana siya sa kabilang alleyway.

Just like I predicted, the car was there and was zooming towards the end. This threatened him enough to stay in the center, where I know there'll be no escape for him.

I ran and ran, but I was getting tired. My stamina was not cut out for excess running. My body is used to just sitting on a chair and dictating people what to do (mainly my brothers).