CLEOPHEE
"Sigurado ka ba sa nabasa mo Cleophee?", tanong ni Memphis. Nasa cafeteria kaming lima and currently discussing about the crao article. "None of us has actually saw the article so we don't know what to react. Is it that bad?"
Cleophee Suran, rumored to be a con-artist and makes money from it.
Napayukom ako ng kamao nang maalala ko ang laman ng article. The article was obviously written to make us look like reckless kids who fakes solving cases. "Who made that article?", tanong ko.
"School paper writers are anonymous, it was the late president's idea to make them anonymous for safety protection", Atlas replied.
"F*ck that. We need to know who's behind that article, it contains hoax and false statements, we shouldn't let that pass", I said.
"Hey dorks!", napalingon kami sa grupo ng estudyante na nakaupo lang sa kabilang mesa. "I read one of you secretly had sex with a school teacher!", umugong naman ang tawanan sa buing cafeteria.
That article was bomb. Akalain mong peke pala ang iniidolo nilang TNW detectives.
Tumayo ako at naglakad papalapit sa lalaking tatawa tawa.
"Aren't you Cleophee Suran? The con-artist? Hey, how much money do you mak—ackkk!", napadaing ito sa sakal ko. Hinigpitan ko pa ang pagsakal bago magsalita.
"Say my name again and you'll vanish from this world", banta ko. Gulat namang di makagalaw ang mga kasama nya. Yung mga nakapaligid samin, nagsimula nading kumuha ng video.
"I-I w-w-wont! *coughs*", binitawan ko na sya at bumalik sa upuan ko. I gave the kid a death glare at agad naman itong umiwas, pati narin yung mga kumukuha ng video samin.
"You're making it worse", Alaric said. "Now thay you made that scene, may pagpipyestahan na naman ang mga journalists, another issue. Tsk"
Padabog akong tumayo at nagpunta sa libray mag-isa. Iilan lamang ang estudyanteng nakatambay. Some of them are waiting for their first afternoon class. Isang mga pamilyar na mata naman ang nakita kong nakamasid sakin sa di kalayuan. Agad itong umalis nang mahuli ko syang nakatingin. Mabilis naman akong kumilos at tumayo para habulin sya, lumingon ito sakin at nagsimulang tumakbo kaya tumakbo din ako. Walang tao sa hallway kaya hindi kami masita ng mga teacher. Hinabol ko sya hanggang sa likod ng isang hindi pa tapos na school building. Humarap ito sakin....
"Zephyrin?", takang tanong ko.
"Hi Cleophee", nakangising bati nya. "How's life?", casual na tanong nito. "Siguro sa article na pinublish ng school, lumabas na yung totoong baho ng grupo nyo?"
My fists clenched. "It was you?"
"Of course not, I wouldn't waste time and effort to write a hoax about you when I can make it look real and believable?", napakunot naman ako ng noo. Itinaas nito sa ere ang isang maliit na ballpen. Pinindot nya ang dulo nito at bigla namang tumunog na parang isang lumang cassette.
Voice: 'Yes, I'm a con-artist so what?'
Boses ko ang narinig ko sa recorder. It was the time Ace Paul and I talked. "So you were spying on me all this time?", tanong ko.
Tumawa ito at tumango.
Little Cleo is guilty....
"You know Cleo? You probably look like Iliana but your fate will be different from hers because yours, will be much....firey and exciting", usal nya kasunod ng malalakas na tawa.
"You know her?", salubong ang kilay na tanong ko.
"How would I forget the face of Nemesis' muse?", she smirked.
BINABASA MO ANG
Act I: Operation Arcanemesis (Completed)
Mystery / ThrillerA typical highschool teenager wanted to live peacefully despite her dangerous power of reading people's minds. When she reach senior high school she didn't know she will witness such crimes. Crimes that will pull her back to a life that she wanted t...
