The Fighter

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Me: Careful, Icarus is here.

Hindi naman nagtagal ay naka-receive ako ng reply mula kay Jack.

Jack: Where is he?
Me: In the floor where the archive room is
Jaypee: Archive room? may ganun?
Me: Look at the bulletin, idiot.
Jaypee: 👀

I rolled my eyes at saka sumilip mula sa kung nasaan ako and they are still there, talking.

Base sa body language na pinapakita ng doctor, mukhang tinatakot ito ng lalaki.

I sighed at saka tinignan ang box na dala ko kanina bago binuksan iyon. The box contains some disposable face masks and gauze.

Kumuha naman ako ng isang facemask at saka sinuot bago tumayo at sumilip ulit sa labas.

Icarus and the doctor walked away from where they are talking awhile ago and I took that chance to get out from where I am hiding.

Napahinto naman ako ng madaanan ang isang kwarto and I saw a woman inside of it, mukhang nanghihina na ito base na rin sa mukha at sa putla ng balat nito.

The woman opened her eyes and her gaze found mine.

Her eyes widened and later on, an emotion passed through her eyes.

It was like she's saying that she's sorry.

For what?

Hindi ko naman pinansin iyon at saka ipinagpatuloy ang paglalakad habang tinitignan kung nasaan sila Icarus at ang doctor.

I stopped infront of the door and it states that it was the archive room.

Pasimple namang hinawakan ko ang doorknob and thankfully, bukas iyon.

Pumasok naman ako sa loob at tahimik na isinara ang pinto.

I am not afraid that someone will lock me from the outside, may sign naman doon na nagsasabi kung may tao o wala.

Tumingin naman ako sa loob ng archive room and there's a lot of boxes.

But the bulletin board there caught my attention.

Lumapit naman ako doon and I scanned through the papers that was pinned there.

And among the papers, there's a map there.

Akmang kukunin ko na sana iyon nang biglang may kumatok sa pinto. My eyes widened at saka tumingin doon.

"Dra. Del Mundo? are you in there?" Tanong naman ng kumakatok mula sa kabilang panig.

"Uhh...yeah, bakit?" I answered loudly, hoping na hindi niya mahalata ang boses ko.

"Meeting will start in an hour, are you coming?" He asked.

"I-I'll be there in a minute...or two..." I said.

"See you there." He said.

I sighed nang hindi na ito nagtanong at mukhang umalis na yata.

Or so I thought.

"Dra. Del Mundo? you're here?" Ani naman ng lalaki mula sa kabila.

"Yeah, kakarating ko lang." Sagot naman ng panibagong boses sa kabila.

Oh shit.

Mabilis naman na kinuha ko ang mapa na naka-pin doon sa bulleting board at saka binuksan ang maliit na bintana doon.

"Then, sino yung nasa loob?" The man asked.

Hindi ko na hinintay ang sagot ng babae at isinuot ang sarili sa bintana na iyon.