Truth Behind Her Glasses [REVISING]

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Third Person.

"Tell us what you knew about Deathrose." Sambit ni Virgo na siyang nakaupo na sa sofa at pinaglalaruan ang marker na hawak niya. Nakabukas na ang ilaw at wala na ang hologram. Now that they knew where Sakiya is.

"I know nothing about Deathrose aside from she's brutal, and merciless." Walang ganang sambit ni Striel.

Bahagya namang ngumisi si Anton. "What about Sakiya?"  Wala naman sa sariling napangiti si Striel pero agad itong tumikhim ng mapansin ang ginawa.

"Little things. Her birthday, how she loves mathematics," sambit nito habang inaalala ang makapal na libro ng math na siyang nakahanap. Huminga ito ng malalim. "Just little things like, how sweets makes her frown, or on how she loves drinking water a lot, just.. little things."

"But you knew that she's a subject." Sambit ni Anton. "And you fell for her. That's not part of the plan."

"There's no plan. I have no plan on meeting her again after I rejected the mission. I already submitted my resignation as an assasin but Sector 5 won't accept it and instead, they just give me a little suspension."  Sambit ni Striel. "She's human. A person. A being. Don't treat her like an object."

"Huwag na tayo maglokohan, Striel. She's a subject, she's barely human." Anton tsked.

"She's a human. She's still a human, Chevroz. You fucking know that." Mariing sambit ni Striel.

"She's patient 001." Muling sambit ni Anton, trying to pissed Striel off.

"She's Deathrose." Sigunda ni Striel na siyang nawawalan na ng pasensya.

Habang ang lima pang kasama ni Anton ay walang ganang nakikinig sa bangayan ng dalawa patungkol kay Deathrose. They all knew that Anton is just pushing Striel from the edge, he wanted to know what he's capable of.

"I'm marrying her." Sambit ni Anton dahilan para mabitawan ni Diamond ang libro na hawak na nakuha niya lang sa isang tabi habang si Sunshine naman ay gulat na napatingin kay Anton.

"Ulol." Pikon na sambit ni Striel, habang dumapo naman ang kamay ni Virgo sa ulunan ni Anton.

"Wala kang pagasa 'tol." Naiiling na sambit ni Virgo dahilan para matawa si Aries at Taurus na ginagaya yung sinabi ni Anton.

"I'm going to tell Deathrose about this." Natatawang sambit ni Taurus. "Etong assasin na 'to pwede pa, pero ikaw? Anton? Luh. Asa ka."

Nakangising umiling lang si Diamond at Sunshine, habang masama na ang tingin ni Anton sa kanila.

"I was just trying to pissed him off."

They knew that Sakiya is in Heilthor, but not exactly where she is.

"The base reported back." Sambit ni Aries na nakapagseryoso sa kanilang lima. "There's a laboratory under Building A-4. The sub-base ng mismong Underground Lab."

"Building A-4 it is." Tumayo na si Striel at inihanda na ang mga armas. Nangangati na pumatay, nangangati ang mga kamay nito at gusto na niyang kunin ulit si Sakiya.

Ganoon din ang ginawa ng iba. Naghanxa para sa paparating na labanan. Ngayon pa't na alam nilang ang mismong itim na gobyerno ang kakalabanin nila. They just wanted Sakiya alone. They just wanted to end the cruelty between the medical telletubbies and the subjects.

"Ready na. I asked Cascade para i-back up tayo sa security ng laboratoryo." Sambit ni Striel habang inaayos ang pagkakasuot ng sapatos nito.

"Ah right, Slate is your twin." Striel shrugged like it wasn't big deal at all. Hindi big deal na kambal niya ang head ng IT ng Underground. Ang nagti-train sa mga attackers at hackers, pati encoders ng Underground Society.

"The laboratory wasn't armed except for those three armed men na nagbabanta sa labas. Mr. Deival was there, together with Mr.Fuentes, and Professor November. They're inside the laboratory. Serophiles reapers took care of those armed men outside the laboratory." Sunod sunod na sambit ni Sunshine habang nakatutok ang mata nito sa cellphone.

"Are we going to destroy the laboratory?" Asked Striel na agad na inalmahan ni Taurus.

"We can't destroy the laboratory." Mariing sambit ni Taurus. "Don't touch anything there, or don't try to break something. It'll explode. The whole laboratory will explode in just one wrong moved. Everything, the subjects who are there will die."

"It wasn't the main laboratory, Taurus." Natahimik si Taurus at itinikom na lang ang bibig kahit may gusto pa itong sabihin.

Halos magkakasunod na lumabas ng condo ang anim, dala ang kani-kanilang mga armas. Handang pumatay mabawi lang si Sakiya. Ofcourse, hindi nila hahayaan na mapahamak ang leader nila, ang boss nila. Because Deathrose is still Deathrose, ang nagbigay sa Serophile ng pangalawang pagkakataon, ang naglikha ng systema, ang sumuporta sa bawat isa.

At ngayong gabi, hindi nila hahayaan na hindi nila makuha si Sakiya. One way or another.

"Why won't you tell them the reason behind it?" Naiiling na sambit ni Teron Algabre kay Micu na siyang nakaupo sa swevil chair nito sa sariling office sa loob ng Headquarter ng Black Government.

"Walang rason para sabihin sa kanila." Walang emosyong sambit ni Julian habang nakatingin sa bote ng wine sa gilid nito.

"They're moving. Ang Serophile at si Striel Zerist. They wanted Sakiya so bad." Puna ni Teron. "RF73, are they going to use it on her?"

"Yes. To complete the experiment." Mabigat na sambit ni Julian. "But this would be the last time. Gamit ang RF73, if it succeed, magagawang balansehin nito lahat ng chemical na nasa katawan ni Sakiya. And if Sakiya's  lucky, she can live like a normal person with a normal body temperature."

"But if.. she's not lucky?"  Tanong ni Teron dahilan para mag angat ng tingin si Julian.

"Her brain will be dead, along with her senses." Hirap na sambit ni Julian.

"Is it worth taking the risk? You know, kaya namang mabuhay ni Sakiya habang mini-maintain natin ang adrenaline sa katawan niya. We could create another method other than manipulating her environment."

"Yeah, by playing her." Bumuga si Micu ng hangin. "Nasa puder na siya ng Sector 1. Let's put our faith on them. On Xileten--"

"Hindi si Xileten ang may hawak kay Sakiya. We cannot actually guarantee her safety."  Seryosong banggit ni Teron. "It's not Genesis either."

"Fuck." Malakas na hinampas ni Micu ang sariling lamesa.

"If it 's not Genesis or Xileten, then we need to warn them. We need to warn Striel Zerist and Anton Chevroz. They cannot attack the Dr. Fuentes laboratory right now." Nagmamadaling kinuha ni Julian ang jacket nito sa gilid maging ang cellphone niya.

"The sub-laboratory of Underground Society could be tricky specially because it was Dr. Fuentes laboratory. He's crazy, okay? And Lothus is there too. Kung hindi si Genesis o Xileten ang may hawak kay Sakiya, there's a big chance na mga sisiw ni Lothus ang nagmamatyag sa paligid, we cannot track them. It was a trap for Striel and Anton."

"Are you going to help them?" Nagtama ang tingin nila ni Micu.

"We are just going to warn them, but ofcourse, we're going to kill anyone who'll stand against our way." Teron smirked.

"Cool."

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