Pawns of the Game (le pion book #1)

Chapter 5: Disguise

Rio

Crimson capes.

Umusbong ang galit at kaba sa puso ko. I wanted to see any of them but my only plan was just to kill them. Now that we're all under the same roof, I don't know how! I never expected that this day would come so early. I'm completely aware how powerful they are. I'm reckless, I know but shit! This is different!

Anong ginagawa nila dito?

"Ugh! It's still hard to move my feet!" dinig kong daing nung babae pero pagbalik ko ng tingin sa kanya, wala na siya sa kanina niyang pwesto. She was already on the different spot, farther from me, but because I used my aberrance, pulling the gravity down, in a wide range, she still can't move.

"Then let's make it harder." I whispered and increased the pull of the earth more, targeting at her position, which made her glued with the floor.

"AAAH! My bones are so heavy!" she screamed which was almost near to whining. She looks like a mannequin laying on the floor, unable to move. Though, she should be thankful because I haven't pulled it to the point where her organs will get displaced inside her body. Tss.

Hindi ko siya pinansin. I used my aberrance to decrease the gravity for the whole place, except at her spot. I gathered all the bullets fallen on the floor and hid inside the comfort room. Because the door was a glass panel door, I can still see what was happening on the outside. Iniwan kong bukas ng kaonti ang pinto para naririnig ko pa rin ang nasa labas.

"I can't feel my body. Damn it!" dinig kong sabi ng babae at ang malutong na pagmura niya. She surely can't teleport now, huh?

The sound of the footsteps started becoming louder. Mukhang paakyat na sila ng hagdan. Nilagay ko ang mga bala sa hawak kong pistol at naging alerto. Itinaas ko ang mga kamay ko sa hangin at hinintay silang makatapak sa ikalawang palapag ng bahay.

Ano pang kailangan nila sa bahay namin?

"You never play like that, Rio." napaharap ako sa likod ko nang may marinig akong nagsalita. Nanlaki nang bahagya ang mga mata ko ng bumungad naman sa 'kin ang iritableng mukha no'ng babaeng mukhang ube.

"And I suppose you do?" may pagtatakang tanong ko at bago pa man ako makalabas, inatake niya na ako gamit ang isang swiss knife.

Ugh. Here we go again.

(Now playing: My Oh My by Camila Cabello)

Sinapo ko ang kamay niya pero agad siyang nakabawi at sinubukan ulit akong saksakin gamit ang isa pang kutsilyo na kakarating lang sa kanyang palad. Ngunit nakuha ko rin yon at agarang inangat ang aking tuhod para sikmurain sana siya pero mabilis siyang nakalipat sa gilid ko. Hindi maluwag ang banyo na 'to kaya't ilang pulgara lang ang pagitan namin sa isa't isa.

I almost lost my head when she punched me with so much force on my left cheek. Not only that. My cheek was bleeding when I saw myself on the mirror on my right side. Damn. She's got a steel finger claw knife on her forefinger.

How I wish she gets to summon a gun because this is too unfair.

Hinarap ko siya at sinamaan siya ng tingin. Tinutok ko ang baril na hawak ko sa dibdib niya at nagpaputok. As expected, she opened a portal but even the bullet enters the hole, I shifted the pull of gravity on my left which made the bullet fall on that side. Mabilis na lumipad ang bala ng baril papunta sa kanya. Nabutas ang suot niyang coat at nagsimulang tumulo ang dugo sa manggas na 'yon nang madaplisan ang kanang braso niya.

Hindi siya sumigaw o nagsalita. Pinasadahan niya lang ng tingin ang sugat na natamo niya at agad na ginalaw ang mga daliri niyang puno na ng nakasuot na kutsilyo. Inatake niya ako at bago pa man tumama ang malamig na bakal sa balat ko, agad akong tumalon paitaas. I shifted the gravity above and before I landed on the ceiling, mabilis ko siyang sinipa sa batok ngunit agad rin siyang nakabawi nang mahagip ng mga kutsilyo niya ang palad ko.