We woke up when our boat hit a rock, landed somewhere in the Bondoc peninsula. The landmark port and church were a familiar sight. Captain Isagani Gonzales made some transaction with a Comprador named Don Lorenzo Real. He's a businessman who buys from us and sells contrabands to Bandits, Rebel groups and powerful Landowners.
We walked among the crowds in the Cabezera. The guardia civil never recognized us as members of PIRATA DEL TIGRE .In front of the Real mansion we asked the Aliping Namamahay (household slaves) to call Don Lorenzo, telling him Don Isagani Gonzales wants to talk to him. The Aliping Namamahay came back opened the gate and welcome us in the mansion.
"Where is Captain Isagani?" Don Lorenzo Real
The only person brave enough to be our spokesperson was Ignacio Velizardo, my younger brother. Now he calls himself Ignacio Nalismo or El Tigre del Bandido to the authorities. The last family member I have. Ignacio said our Captain is in Mactan, stealing a ship loaded with Guns & Ammunitions, ordered us to stay in the area securing the place till our ship arrived. The Captain will give a discount and free ammunitions in Exchange for giving us a place to stay. Also gave us permission to render our services but paid us up front.
They made the conversation in Spanish. Ignacio was a good speaker, Salesman and a convincing liar. Don Lorenzo agreed, gave us a Bahay Kubo (bamboo hut) and a land to till as our front. The group was appreciatively amazed by Ignacio Nalismo's effort. All of us called him El Tigre and looked up to him as our leader.
The GIN-U-WINE BROTHERS became Mercenaries Hired thugs and Paid killers for Don Lorenzo's transaction. Each of us had our own signature weapon of choices.
IGNACIO NALISMO or El Tigre's weapon is the knucleknives with two hard narra sticks tied in his arms as blocking shield.
ADAN RAVALO Kriss (sun sword) and two balisong (switchblade).
JUAN PABLO MARTINEZ Crossbow inside a bayong(native bag) and two balisong.
EDUARDO CABALLERO uses the bladed yoyo hat and two balisong.
HERNAN MALVAR wears the daggers slippers and two balisong.
REDENTOR VELASQUEZ the long bow and arrow and big axe.
BERNARDO ROCES also uses the arrow and long bolo.
My weapon is the kamagong stick and the long bayonet.
They turn is into gangsters. Intimidating his business competition Assassinating government officials involved in the galleon trade and Selling contrabands to compradors, rebel groups and bandits.
Don Lorenzo was murdered. Rival gangs want us all dead. Compradors hired spies and assassins to hunt us down. The only refuge we have is the rebel priest. Father Villegas who was part of a revolutionary group we provided with contrabands.
They will only accept us if we will embrace their Ideals and followed their rules. The good thing about our new group is less killing, No more intimidating but more propagating.
There was a Town Fiesta, All of us were enjoying the merry making. Priest and Friars invited us. Women, Children and Senior citizens was scattered in the plaza. One of the allied trusted priest welcomed us inside the church, All the people went outside. Only the Ex-priest Father Villegas and eight of us GIN-U-WINE BROTHERS were left.
Suddenly the door & windows was closed. We were caught off guard when thirty civil guards appeared on the second floor aiming down their long rifles on us. We decided to surrender when Father Villegas told us.
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1890s CRADLE OF HEROES (DUYAN KA NG MAGITING) BOOK 1
AksiA historical fiction set in 1890s Spanish Colonial Philippines few years before the 1898 Revolution. The period where no clear law enforcement and protection service was delivered to the public especially to the peasants living in the far flung prov...
