Mhorfell Academy of Gangsters (Now Published Under PSICOM Publishing)

Chapter 22: Ally

SKY'S POV

"Hey Sky, what are you doing?" dinig kong tawag sa akin ni Kia sa hindi kalayuan.

Napatingin akong muli sa larawan nina Aunt Xandra at Alex. Pinagmasdan ko ulit ito ng mariin na para bang unang beses ko pa lamang itong napagmasdan. Could I possibly get the answers from Xander's actions before and inform Alex about it now? Is the future that Alexander keeps on talking about are these days?

I can't help but to think about it.

"Nothing. Sige na, susunod na ako." sagot ko nang nakatutok pa rin ang paningin sa kuwadrado ng mag-ina. This was the last portrait of them together.

If I think about it, those terrible scenes back then when we were still young were never a coincidence nor an accident. There's no such things in this world. There is only a necessity. The granting of what's already predetermined.

Could I? I guess, I could.

Iniwan ko ang kinatatayuan ko nang nakataas ang isang sulok ng bibig ko. Because finally, I have my resolve. I was about to continue devising a plan of searching for answers for my almost eleven year old questions when I found my friends standing like statues in front of the huge wooden door which leads to the master's study room and office.

Nilapitan ko naman sila kaagad upang tanungin. Lalo na at batid naming lahat na wala kaming dapat sinasayang na oras sa ngayon. "What's wrong? Ba't hindi pa kayo kumatok?"

The answer I got from all of them are their index fingers directing to the armed guards from the doors' sides, pointing their necks with guns. Oh boy. Now, I know what they meant.

"We are expected guests of the master so kindly put down your guns. It's inappropriate." I told them, as I was also scared for my friends' lives. I mentioned it before. This is not a safe haven. This is a territory of a mafia. The guards then look at me meticulously as if they are wondering of who the hell I am to tell those to them.

At least, on the short note, they lowered their guns. "Who the hell are you?" they both asked. And now it's the time for me to wonder. Do they even know who are they talking to right now?

Napansin ko naman ang sama-samang mga tingin na itinapon sa akin ng mga kaibigan ko. The uneasiness and doubts from their eyes before are slowly resurfacing and may eventually take them over if I don't do a thing to at least introduce my stake in here.