Project Silver

Vol. 3 Chap. 54: Morgan

Morgan's Pov

"Where are they?" bulong ko nang hindi ko mahagilap ang tatlong nilalang.

Ang bilis naman nilang mawala sa paningin ko. Ang dilim narin ng paligid. Tanging mga ilaw na lang dito sa daan ang nagsisilbing tanglaw sa dinadaan ko. Isama narin natin ang malaking buwan na ngayo'y sobrang bilog na bilog.

Ba't hindi ko nakitang full moon pala ngayon sa kalendaryo?

Napahinto ako ng may biglang sumigaw ng malakas sa bandang mapuno na lugar.

Shit.

Nagmamadali akong tumakbo sa direksyon ng gubat at lumusong sa mga sangang nakaharang. Nakaramdam ako ng kirot sa pisngi ko ng madaplisan ito ng sangang hindi ko natabig.

Remind me later not to do this freakin' again.

"Gosh! Will you shut up?! You're so loud and annoying."

"No. No. No. Please, don't kill me. I'll do anything. Ano bang gusto mo? Pera? I can give it to you," Aniya ng babaeng nakaluhod sa damuhan. "Just please, spare my life. I don't want to die yet."

Umiiyak ito habang nakayuko. Nakatayo lamang ako habang natatabunan ng mga damong mahahaba. Napailing ako ng mapansin ang hating katawan ng binata. Dilat ang mga mata nito habang nakatingin sa kawalan. Ang kanyang katawan ay na sa tabi ng weirdong babae.

Napakuyom ako ng kamao. I'm too late. Hindi ko nailigtas ang kawawang binata.

"Heh. I don't need your filthy money, bitch. I already warned you but look what you've done? You killed your pathetic excuse of a boyfriend."

"No. I don't know who you are. Ano bang ginawa namin sa'yo?"

"Yada. Yada. I don't want to talk to you anymore. You're a boring filthy little creature. The likes of you should not be living anymore. You better be dead just like your boyfriend."

I emerged out in the darkness. Kaagad namang napatingin ang dalawa sa akin. The weird girl was stopped on her track while the weak girl was looking at me as if I was a hero.

Well, I am no hero.

I'm a villain in this story, too.

I killed, too.

But I am not a psychopath just like this bloodied girl.

"And who are you?" Asked the girl who's holding a knife.

I kept on walking. I don't have the luxury to have mini chat with her. She already killed one person. And that really pisses me off. I felt like I've failed a mission.

And for me, failing a mission is a mortal sin.

"I asked, who the fuck are you, bitch!" Sigaw nito sa nanggagalaiting boses.

Tumigil ako sa paglalakad nang maharangan ko na ang nakaupong babae.

"I am the one who'll send you to the place where you belong the most," Malamig kong wika. I felt something was unleashed within me. Ramdam ko ang aurang matagal ko ng pilit itinatago.

Shit.

No.

I won't lose to the demon inside me.

"I am Morgan Montgomery and I will send you to hell."