The Night Queen

Chapter 6

Hindi pa nakakasagot iyong lalaking itim ang buhok nang biglang magsalita iyong lalaking may ash brown na buhok. Why do they have to have different hair colors?

"The security camera in this area is frozen. Someone did that," saad nito. Smart guy. Now, leave.

"I hate to break it into you but, of course, this place's security will probably be handled by their management. Hence, the owner of this bike is probably a transferee or if I am dreaming, a Scott," may kagalakan sa mukha noong lalaking may kulay pastel pulang buhok. "I doubt it," saad noong isa pang may kulay na buhok, ngayon naman ash gray? Tss.

Hindi pa rin sila umaalis. I would wait if I have patience but no, I don't. I put on my mask and hoodie, picked up my glasses and put them on, walked towards the motorbike.

Or so, you thought. I had enough of loosing the low profile scheme I had to put on. The last thing I'd want to happen was the whole university figuring out my existence. So, no.

"Maybe the owner's lost," sambit noong isa. "Or maybe she's a hottie," may pagkapilyo sa kaniyang pananalita. Tss. I bet he had hooked up with the girl from the cafeteria. If that's so, I am seriously disgusted.

"It's almost time. Let's go back." Tama, kaya dapat umalis na kayo.

Sobrang nababagot ako sa kinaroroonan ko. Akalain mo ba naman, inabot ng isang oras ay hindi pa rin sila umaalis?

"Dude, I don't think the owner's coming. Let's get the f- out of here."

Good! Kasi nangangalay na ako. Hinintay ko silang umalis at saktong tumunog ang tech watch ko. I stopped when I heard footsteps.

Nagtago ulit ako. "I thought I heard something." Hindi pa ba sila nakakalayo? Napakabagal naman kasi!

When I was certain they're gone, I immediately took off. Madilim na ang kalangitan na unti unting nilamon ng gabi.

Katatapos ko lang nagshower at magbihis nang tumunog ulit ang tech watch ko.

Quickly, I grabbed an apple and a bottle of water to go and went straight to Shane. I'll call that specific room in this house as Shane for disguise.

I transferred all of my captured data from my glasses which is actually my invention. I named it ED05. Eye Digital 05. Every person I saw today, I have their information.

I'm looking for a lead to where the other pieces were. Also, the fact that there were people trying to kill me, it's a given-to have some sort of safety measures.

I made a call. Discussed the plan I had worked out this morning and after a lot of explanations, this mission is on deck.

May tinanggal akong maliit na chip na kasing laki ng SD card ng phone na naka-attach sa tech watch ko at idinikit ko iyon sa medyo leeg ko sakto lang malapit sa vocal chord. Ito naman ang SR14 o Sound Relayer 14.

Kinabit ko din ang isa pang attachment mula sa tech watch ko na parang hearing aids pero hindi ganoon kakapal. It is curved according to the ear shape and it was thin. At the end was a little black head like the earphones pero mas maliit sa size for it to be hidden. It was the PR02 or Perceiver 02 which I used on every mission. I also used this last time if you noticed.

Let's get things done. I called the guys for a meeting.

"As of this morning, Serpent didn't have movements but our intel said something about Peppermint," Hitler said.

"It's a code. Peppermint's a code for something," I said.

"Found it," usal ni Cliff. "Five days from now, an auction will be held."

"He's probably up to something. He's buying a lot of time."

"I'll look into it," Cliff said.

Hindi na ako nagpaliwanag tungkol sa kalagayan ko dito. They're not that nosy.

Tinapos namin ang meeting at saka ko lang napansin na ala una na pala ng madaling araw.

Pagkahigang pagkahiga ko, dinalaw agad ako ng antok.

Kinaumagahan, sa hindi malamang dahilan naisip ko nalang na magtaxi. Alam ko na pala kung bakit. Kung uulitin ko pang dalhin ang sasakyan ko o kahit ano mang motorbike ko sa pinapasukan ko, maaaring malaman nila na isa akong Scott. The smart guy already knew that the footage was frozen the whole time so he'd be too thrilled to know that it was real, that a Scott was there.

The last thing I'd want was to get caught by those colored hair dudes and I'm not up for it.

When I thought I'd be having a good day, all of it went down the drain when that girl from last time walked up to me with her dazzling jewelries and a pink pastel hair. Colored hair must be a trend here huh? Tss.

What is she? A lunatic? Don't tell me to be serious when I see pink strands of almost dying hair for crying out loud and a bunch of fake jewelries. I'm so not into it.

"You can get away once but never twice," she glared. Am I the only one seeing how pathetic she is right at the moment? I mean, does she know how university works? Ah, pretty pink princess-except that she's not pretty, sorry for that-they always dreamed that world was theirs.

How stupid that is. Really. "You seriously have no shame at all," I directly told her even when eyes were already at us. She asked for it. Round two. This, I'd love to see.

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The Night Queen
by jrhabellie