Snow White is a Gangster (Published under Cloak Pop Fiction)

Chapter 2: Hide and Seek

Chapter Two: Hide and Seek

I grabbed the guy and we ran down the stairs. This school had a backstairs and that assassin was too stupid to realize that. Or did I really scare him too much that he'd rather jump off the building than be caught by me?

Mahigpit kong hinawakan sa kamay ang estudyante habang pinakikiramdaman kung may tao sa paligid na maaaring makakita sa amin. Hindi maaaring makita ng ibang Reapers ang taong ito. Because of this student's involvement in what happened inside Montello High School, he was also one of the fishes of this game. Maraming nagnanais na makuha siya kaya dapat mag-ingat. I could come and go undetected if I was alone. Pero dahil may kasama ako, I had to be more careful.

Nasa ikalawang palapag na kami. Sandaling pag-iingat na lang at makakalabas na kami ng gusaling ito.

"How do we get out of this school?" Mahina kong tanong sa kasama ko.

"Entrance?" Mahinahon niyang sagot. My impatience was quickly building up. I wasn't an impatient person but this was a drastic situation. I looked back at him and didn't say a word. I kept staring at him until he swallowed back because of discomfort.

"Nightwoods." Muli siyang nagsalita at saka tumingin sa direksyon ng natatanaw naming gubat. Wala mang umaamin, alam kong nagtanim na ng pangamba ang lugar na tinatawag na Nightwoods sa aming mga Reapers. Simula nang malaman namin na sa lugar na iyon namatay ang pinakamagaling na Reaper at pinakabatang miyembro ng Freniere. It was an ambush. A small fear started inside me.

They really wanted the Freniere dead. They had succeeded before. They needed to be stopped.

And I will stop them.

I shook off my fear. Reapers shouldn't fear anything and I had learned to hide mine. Fear was weakness. Letting others know your fears was fatal.

Even if the Nightwoods was the most dangerous place in the world, I didn't care. That girl outside who was crying for the young Freniere had taken the deadly risk for the one she loves. And she was just a girl. I am a Reaper. My kind of danger was more dangerous than hers.

We flee when we saw that the grounds were already clear. The Reapers were probably still playing the game. It was also possible that the mafia was cleaning up the mess at the front side of the school. I led this guy into the Nightwoods. We kept on running until we reached a clearing. I thought he was just leading me into a trap subalit natanaw ko ang nagdidilim nang kalsada. Isang bus ang paparating kung kaya't mabilis ko siyang hinila tungo sa sementadong daan. The student looked tired. His breath was coming in slowly and deep. But I needed to get him as far away as possible from this school. Kung isa lang itong ordinaryong sitwasyon ng pagtakas, wala siyang pag-asang makapagtago mula sa mga Reaper. But I was his keeper. It would be a child's play for me to hide him where no one could ever find him.

Nang tumigil ang bus ay agad kaming sumakay. Itinulak ko siya sa isang bakanteng upuan at saka naupo sa tabi niya. I felt relieved nang magsimulang umandar ang bus papalayo ng eskwelahan. Isinandal ko ang aking ulo sa upuan at saka ipinikit ang aking mga mata. Pinoproseso ng utak ko ang mga nangyari at aking ginawa. I was always sure of every single move that I take. My moves were always perfectly executed. But this time, I jumped in without thinking. And it felt more deadly and dangerous than my usual Reaper activities. But strangely, I also felt hopeful. This would surely give me the worst type of ricochet.