Chapter 19.
ABDUCTED IVAN (PART 1)
Azalea's POV
Pagdating ko sa room ay nakaupo na si Brent sa puwesto niya at komportableng nakaupo habang nakapaslak sa dalawang tenga ang earphones niya, nakapikit pa siya. Andito na din sa room ang mga kaibigan namin pero mukhang wala ata si Gray? Kakabahan na sana ako kung di ko lang nakita ang pagngisi sakin ni Charmie and I know my cheeks now are crimson red. Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay para hindi niya mapansin ang pamumula ko pero tumawa lang siya at mas lalo namang nag init ang pisngi ko.
Seriously?!
The great Azalea of WAA is now blushing....just.....just what the fuck! Why am I even blushing? There's nothing to be flustered about but.....Charmie's eyes are like saying "I saw it girl!". I sighed and bent my head a little to the side to erase my thoughts from what just happened earlier. I shoudn't think about it!
I just rolled my eyes at her and find my seat instead. Hindi pa man nakalapat ang pwet ko sa upuan when I heard maknae's worried voice calling me.
"Noona! Noona! Noona!" he keep on shouting and roamed his eyes on the room trying to find me. I saw how worried his face is that affect my affect my heart and start pounding fast and loud but not that fast and loud when Brent kissed me. I shake my head a little and focused on what will Mark will tell to me. I don't know what happened but I'm starting to get nervous but I didn't let them feel it. I didn't know what is it all about but it seems to be bad.
"Black mens got Ivan!" Mark exclaimed when his eyes met mine.
Very bad...
My eyes automatically drifted to Charmie whose smile is already faded and her eyes are starting to get cold just like mine after hearing what just Mark said.
They're already moving...
We forgot that we're here for a mission and not for such things. Nakalimutan naming may kailangan pa kaming bantayan. Head Mistress will surely get mad if she'll hear this news. I know, maya maya din ay malalaman na ito ni tita. She's not our head for nothing, she got ears and eyes everywhere. But I'm not minding tita's mad face, my mind wanders to Ivan.
Yes, he's just a mission, just ike Brent, but we already looked on them as a friend. They're already our friends. Hindi ako kinakabahan dahil natatakot ako sa BDA, kinakabahan ako sa kung anong pwedeng gawin nila kay Ivan. He's just a kid and I doubt that he can defend himself from the pain that will give by those bad agents.
"T-they leave a letter noona" Mark then handed me a piece of black paper with a red lace on it.
I catch the paper from his hand and open it. It's contents is like a code and is written with white pen. I read it and I saw in my peripheral vision that Charmie moves and walk near me, trying to read the letter. The letter says....
Lima-India-Victor-Echo&Golf-India-Victor-Echo,24:00:00
10,000,000
It's a Phonetic Alphabet and if we decipher it, the results will be....
"Live and Give for 24 hours" sabay naming usqal ni Charmie. We're already used with codes and cipher and I'm sure this is really from BD co'z we, agents, really used codes para kami lang ang magkaintindihan. Hindi na naman nagulat sila Azi at siguro nasanay na sila sa amin. Pero alam kong naguguluhan sila sa ibig sabihin ng letter. Bakit kaya ganito ang ibingay nilang letter? Sa tingin ba nila kayang ibigay ng napagbigyan ng letter ang hinihingi nila sa kung ganito ang pagkakasulat nila? O baka alam nilang may kasama talagang kagaya nila na agents na kasama si Ivan? If that so....may traydor sa mga magulang ng apat o baka may napagsabihan silang hindi nila alam na isang agent pala. Yes, alam nilang binabantayan namin ang mga anak nila kaya imposibleng ibubulgar nila kami sa mga kaaway, but we can't just erase the possibility. Or if it's not them maybe may traydor sa aming apat pero.... wala naman sana. My heart sank with the thought of it...No, they can't be the traitor. For how many years of our friendship, I know they won't do anything that can ruin our friendship just like that. They're better than that.
"The kidnapper is telling to us that he will give Ivan 24 hours to live and 24 hours for us to give them what they want" dugtong ko pa at napatango na lamang sila sakin. Lahat ay nag-aalala na rin para kay Ivan.
"Ano daw kailangan nila? Ano? Pera ba? Ilan ba?" aligagang tanong ni Zia at binatukan naman siya ni Kalyx.
"You're over reacting. Bakit, may pera ka ba?" Kalyx asked her nonchalantly and rolled his eyes on her.
"I can't help it! Ivan's life is now at stake. We have to get him as soon as possible, we didn't know what those kidnappers will do to Ivan when we're not still moving" Zia answered exagerately.
"Ano na? Magkano bayan?" dugtong pa niya at ibinaling ang tingin sa amin ni Charmie.
"Sure ka na ba?" tanong ulit ni Kalyx na nakataas pa ang dalawang kilay. Napabuntong hininga na lang ako sa bangayan ng dalawa.
"Bakit ba?! Kanina ka pa Kalyx auh! Magkano nga kasi yan?" guess like Zia already lost her temper.
Nakatingin lang kami sa kanila at alam ko Ano mang oras ngayon ay magsusuntukan na ang dalawang to kaya hindi na hinayaan ni Charmie makasalita si Kalyx at inunahan niya na ito.
"10 million...."
Mula sa pagkairita ay napalitan ng pagkagulat ang mukha ni Zia. Kahit sila Mark ay nagulat na din pero hindi na natinag si Kalyx, I even saw him smirked at Zia. Alam kong naintindihan din niya ang letter. Course, we share the same blood. A Ximenez will always be a Ximenez. We almost have the same IQ but I know mine is higher than him because we're more advanced than him, than them.
Napatingin na lang ako kay Zia nang bigla na lang siyang napaupo sa sahig at parang iiyak na.
"Paano na..."
I thought Kalyx will tease her because Zia said earlier that she have the money without knowing the worth, but instead, his face softened seeing how down Zia is and just stare at her.
Ilang sandaling katahimikan ang namayani hanggang sa basagin iyon ni Blue.
"What now? Sasayangin na lang ba natin ang pagsasanay na ginawa sa atin nila Azalea? Susuko na lang ba tayo ng hindi lumalaban? Eh ano ngayon kung wala tayong ganon kalaking halaga, kung maliit liit lang sana yun, makukuha pa siguro natin si Ivan, pero hindi eh. Milyon ang gusto nila, wala naman tayong ganon. Kung hindi nila maibibigay si Ivan sa maliit na halaga daanin na lang natin sa kung pano tayo tinuruan lumaban" Blue uttered with full determination.
He then extend his hand to us. "Who's in?"
Mahabang katahimikan ang namayani at nagkatinginan na lamang kaming lahat hanggang sa basagin iyon ni Nathalie.
"Count me in" and she put her hand at the top of Blue's, hanggang sa nagsunod sunod na silang lahat.
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