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Zach's POV

"Where is Noah, Zach?" Tanong ni Artemis. Kasama niya ang mga Superiors ko.

"He's resting upstairs. He was tired playing with Dior and Fubu so he fell asleep. Don't worry about him. He's fine now. And your doubts are correct. He's really scared because his memories keeps on hunting him." Mahabang sagot ko bago nagpatuloy sa paglalakad at iniwan sila.

Dumeritso na ako sa kusina at uminom ng tubig saka pumunta sa sofa at bumuntong-hininga.

In the end, hindi ako nakapagpahinga.

But I and Noah already talked so it's fine though. Finally we talked.

And it's not so bad.

I really enjoyed it.

May naglapag naman ng tsa sa harapan ko at naupo si Ingres sa upuan na nasa harapan ko.

"So Noah finally talked to you, boss?" Tanong nito.

Naramdaman ko naman na may mga yabag na papunta sa gawi namin. Siguradong ang iba iyon.

"Yeah. Actually, we talked... a lot." Sagot ko at humigop sa tsa ko. Nakita ko naman itong napatitig ng ilang sandali sa akin.

"That's cool. You seemed happy, boss."

"Well... He's my friend and I'm glad that we resolved our misunderstandings. Even I'm your Boss or your Prince, we're still friends. And our friendship is important so it really matters to me if we're fine our not." Because my friends are my family. They're important to me. I know they won't betray me no matter what. They won't leave me.

They all seemed so flabbergasted to what I've said.

Shock is all written on their faces. Every one of my Superiors seemed so shocked.

"I know I'm cold to everyone but---"

"We know that. That's why we're still here." Ingres interject.

"It's already been ages since I heard Zaccheus talk like this." Rude uttered.

"Don't call the Prince like that, Abraham! Pay respect!" Matigas na utos sa kaniya ni Ingres.

"What? He's my friend, Lazarus. I can call him by his name." Rude talked back. "The chances that Zaccheus will get mad is---"

"Stop your chances thing, Abraham. It starting pissing me off."

"What? My chances never fail, Lazarus." 

Hindi ko naman mapigilan na hindi matawa sa kanilang dalawa. They are always like that. Parati talagang may kalaban si Abraham. Well, kinakalaban niya ang lahat ng nagdududa sa 'chances thing' niya.

Nakita ko naman ang pagkagulat sa mukha nito at natigil na rin ang dalawa sa pagbabangayan. Tumikhim naman ako saka nagpatuloy na sa pag-inom ng tsa ko.

"I can't believe this..." Géricault murmured.

"It's been so long since I last saw you smile." Thorvaldsen uttered.

"Say the guy who didn't give us a little drop of his smile."

Napalingon naman kaming lahat sa nagsalita at nakita si Noah na nasa pinto.

"Zach!" Agad itong kumaway at ngumiti ng malapad saka lumapit sa akin.

"Why you didn't rest a little bit more?" Tanong ko rito nang makaupo ito sa sofa sa harap--sa tabi ni Ingres.

"Hindi na ako inaantok, eh. Anong nangyayari rito? Narinig kitang tumawa." Tanong nito habang kinakain ang cake na inilapag ni Hades.

"Nothing. I just feel like to laugh." Sagot ko at ibinaba ang tasa saka klinaro ang boses. "Anyway, since we are all gathered rightnow, I want to tell you all something. It's about our mission here." Naging seryuso naman sila bigla at naupo na sa sofa na bakante. "Clerio Pascal is the head of big syndicate here in Philippines. To be exact, here in Manila. They're selling drugs and guns. They're also kidnapping kids and selling them in some underground auctions. Our mission is to stop them from doing those things and to save those kids. We need to kill Clerio Pascal, obviously. The mission will start on 13nth day of this month. We will make plan starting... now."

THE BOSS जहाँ कहानियाँ रहती हैं। अभी खोजें