Sa isang abadoned building, may isang lalakeng sumisigaw.
Si Yael, isang scientist na nagdesign ng pinakamalalang nuclear explosive, ang nakagapos at tinotorture ng isang masapamang spy na si Terrence.
(PAALALA: THIS IS ALL FICTION HEHE THANKS)
He injected Yael with a poison that forced him to tell the truth. It also weakened his body and now he can't think straight. Gusto kasi ni Terrence makuha yung codes para makagawa ng nuclear explosive so that he can sell it sa ibang bansa.
Kahit mahina na ang kanyang katawan nakawala ito sa tali at tinangkang umalis at "tumakbo" palayo ng building.
----
"Handa ka na?" tanong ni Karylle.
Kasalukuyang nasa stock room sila ng Eat Yo.
"Maybe we're in over our heads." sagot ni Vice na kinakabahan.
"It's time." seryosong sabi ni Karylle.
"Di ba to delekado?"
"I'll be an inch away."
"I'm scared." impit na sabi ni Vice.
"Let's go over it again. Make sure we have our bases covered."
"God, who'd thought going out to sushi with my sister and her boyfriend would make me so freaked?" naglet-out ng sigh na sabi ni Vice.
They were trying to review the fake 'date' na nangyare kahapon. They were actually in a mission last night kaya kailangan same ang kwento nila sa kanilang 'date.'
"Okay. Last night we saw a movie. What was my snack of choice?"
"Nagdala ka ng lumpia sa sinehan dahil yun ang gusto mong kainin pagnanonood ka." Vice said while laughing.
Tumawa naman si Karylle dahil aminado naman sya na weird talaga sya at pasado ang sagot ng kanyang 'boyfriend.'
"What was I wearing?" Karylle continued.
"Blue top, little buttons."
"Oh, you like that one?"
"I like all of 'em." Vice said and smirked.
"I think we got everything done, good job Vice." she said and smiled at him.
----
Dahil di nakasama ang boyfriend ni Anne sa awkward na dinner nila nung isang araw, napagpasyahan ni Anne na iinvite si Vice at Karylle on a double date sa paborito nitong Japanese restaurant.
Habang kumakain sila medyo awkward ang atmosphere dahil sobrang sweet ni Anne at ni Erwan sa isat isa habang sila ay di naman masyadong clingy because their relationship is only a cover.
"So how's your sex life?" tanong ni Erwan.
Nabilaukan naman si Vice ng marinig ang tanong ni Erwan.
" *cough* We're *cough* taking it slow." awkward na sabi ni Vice.
"Erwan, binigla mo naman sila." natatawang sabi ni Anne.
Karylle was just trying to act as normal as possible, holding his hand and hugging him, like what normal couples do.
"Well babe, it makes the relationship stronger." kampanteng sagot ni Erwan habang papalapit kay Anne at kiniss ang dalaga.
Tumawa naman ang dalawa habang awkward na nakatitig sakanila sila Karylle at Vice.
Nagbayad at lumabas na sila. Hinila naman ni Karylle si Vice at finorce ito maging sweet sakanya. She wrapped his arms around her like what Erwan did to Anne. Awkward man pero hinayaan nalang ito ni Vice para hindi sila mahalata.
Habang naglalakad patungo sa kanikanilang koste, may bumaksak na lalake sa harapan nila. Mukhang nawalan na ito ng malay.
Dahil doctor si Anne and Erwan mabilis naman itong kumilos para tulungan ang lalake. Tumawag na sila ng tulong pero habang wala sa lalake yung attention, he subtly put a small usb in Anne's pocket at dahil preoccupied din si Anne di nya ito napasin.
"Shallow respiration, thready pulse." sabi ni Anne.
Linabas naman ni Vice and wallet nito para icheck yung identity ng lalake. As he takes a look at his ID "Yael Yuzon," he flashes and sees that the guy they're helping was a 'bad' guy who makes nuclear bombs for a living. Natakot na tumayo si Vice at sinabi kay Karylle na nagflash sya.
Tuluyan nang nawalan ng malay ang lalake at dumating nadin ang ambulance. Naka-oncall din naman si Anne nung gabing yun kaya sinamahan na nya ang kanyang patiente patungo sa hospital.
Pagkatapos umalis ng ambulance, umuwi narin sila Karylle, Vice at Erwan.
"That's my sister..." sabi ng utak ni Vice "..saving that bad dude's life." Natatakot kasi ito sa kung anong pwedeng mangyari kay Anne.
----
Papasok na ng trabaho si Vice ng makasalubong nya ang kanyang kapatid.
"Anne! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god, you're okay. Oh, my god, you're fine. You're fine."
"Vice, calm down." natatawang sabi ni Erwan.
"How was your patient?" tanong ni Vice na sinusuri si Anne kung okay lang sya.
"DOA." malungkot at pagod na sabi ni Anne. "We tried to revive him pero wala na talaga."
"Anong kinamatay?"
"Turns out, may lumason sakanya. We found traces of acid inside his body that slowly killed him." sagot ni Anne.
Medyo napanatag naman na ang loob ni Vice ng makauwi si Anne ng safely kaya dumerecho na ito sa Show More.
----
Busy si Vice sa kanyang mga paper works ng may narinig syang babaeng nagpapanic at humihingi ng tulong sakanya.
"I keep pressing the button and nothing's happening." stressed na sabi ng babae.
Di naman maitago ni Vice and kanyang ngiti dahil nacucutetan sya sa dalaga, "Fully charge ba yang phone mo?"
"Nakasalalay dito ang buhay ko, not literally pero maraming information ito na hindi pwede mawala. I can't lose everything. I'm freaking out!" tuloy tuloy na sabi ng dalaga.
"Makinig ka sakin uhh.."
"Kaye."
"Okay, Kaye, I can fix this. I'm pretty good at my job. Magtiwala ka sakin." Vice smiled as he tried to calm her down. "Think of happy thoughts to calm your head."
"Turkey, provolone cheese, wheat bread, grilled." weird na sabi ni Kaye.
"Is that a sandwich?" natatawang sabi ni Vice.
"I own my own deli shop, kaya yun lang ata nagpapakalma sakin." she said and let out a soft giggle.
Vice laughed as well and said "Come back tomorrow and I promise you, maayos na tong buhay mo." he joked.
"Nice meeting you, Vice." sabi ni Kaye at umalis na.
Bigla namang sumulpot ang kanyang best friend na si Vhong, "mind-cheater."
Binatukan naman sya ni Vice at sinabing, "Ano ba pinagsasabi mo?"
"Gandang ganda ka sakanya ha, paalala ko lang sayo brad may girlfriend ka na, her name's Karylle parang nakalimutan mo ata."
"Di ko makakalimutan si Karylle, masyado syang maganda para makalimutan ko sya brad." biro ni Vice habang napakamot sa ulo at napaisip "Kahit hindi naman talaga kami."
----
Kinabukasan nagmeeting sila sa underground safe-house sa Eat Yo.
"I'm getting way too comfortable lying and sneaking around spy stuff; I don't think that's good." sabi ni Vice.
Naawa naman si Karylle sakanya dahil alam nyang nahihirapan ito magsinungaling sa mga taong malalapit sakanya.
"Konting tiis nalang Vice, you can go back to your old life. Without all these crazy spy stuff." sabi ni Karylle habang hinawakan ang kanyang kamay. "& without me," naisip nya pero she shrugged it off dahil di naman talaga sila pwede.
Tinawag na sila ni Billy dahil handa na to para i-inform kela General Atienza and Vidanes and bagong information na nalaman nila.
"The Intersect was correct in identifying Yael who had nuclear intel..." General Atienza said "..but he's no threat."
"Madalang po magkamali si Vice sa flashes nito." katwiran ni Karylle.
"He's always annoying though." sabat naman ni Billy na nakatanggap naman ng 'im hurt' facial expression galing kay Vice as a joke.
"Yuzon was a programmer for a top-secret project, code name: 'sanctuary.' When he disappeared, so did the sanctuary data embedded on a computer chip." General Vidanes said.
"Wait. so meaning kung sino man may hawak ng chip na yun essentially has a skeleton key to access our nuclear facilities?" tanong ni Karylle.
"I guess so Agent Tatlonghari, kaya dapat kumilos na kayo bago pa ito mapunta sa masamang kamay." sabi General Atienza.
Naatasan naman si Billy na tumingin sa morgue kung andun ang hinahanap nila at si Karylle ay pumunta kung saan nila nakita si Yael. At si Vice as usual bumalik sa kanyang trabaho.
----
Naguusap lang si Vhong at Vice sa station ni Vice nang may lumapit sa kanilang babae na may dalang sandwich.
"Here, taste it." sabi ni Kaye.
"Well, hello to you too." natatawang sabi ni Vice and took a bite of the sandwich, "..this taste like heaven, no joke."
Natuwa naman si Kaye na nagustuhan ni Vice ang experimented sandwich nya.
"Alam mo marami kang matutunan about a person through their phone." sabi ni Vice habang nilalabas ang phone ng dalaga.
"OMG! you fixed it." sigaw ni Kaye.
"Sabi ko naman sayo i'm very good at my job."
"You really saved my ass, Vice."
"It's no biggie, you know that's the only thing i'm good at."
Lumapit naman sakanya si Kaye at sinabing, "I doubt na dyan ka lang magaling."
"You should stop by sa store sometime so that you can taste it fresh." dagdag pa ng dalaga.
"Yeah, I would love t---Karylle." nabigla naman si Vice ng biglang sumulpot si Karylle at tumabi sakanya.
"Hey." sabi ni Karylle na ngumiti sa kanilang dalawa.
"I'm Karylle."
"Kaye..Kaye is her name." Vice said awkwardly, "This is Kaye."
"I was fixing Kaye's phone for her, Kaye" balubaluktok na sabi ni Vice dahil sa sobrang awkward ng scene na yun.
Nasense naman na ni Kaye na naiilang ito simula nung dumating si Karylle.
"Who's that?" tanong ni Kaye.
"That's Karylle. Sh-she said that." kinakabahang sabi ni Vice.
Bingyan naman sya ng 'explain' face ni Kaye kaya pinagpatuloy nya yung sinasabi nya.
"Uh, who's Karylle? Karylle... Is. . What's the best way to describe... Karylle is my..."
"..girlfriend." sabat naman ni Karylle dahil alam nyang di ito masabi ni Vice.
She extended her hand para makipaghandshake kay Kaye at dahil di naman rude ang dalaga tinanggap nya ito before tumingin ng masama kay Vice.
Inirapan lang sya ni Kaye at naglakad na ito paalis. Awkward na tiningnan ni Karylle si Vice bago magasalita, "There's more to the Yael Yuzon case than we thought."
Nang paalis na si Karylle tinawag ito ni Vice, "Karylle!" pinuntahan naman nya si Karylle.
"About earlier.." before he could continue nagsalita na si Karylle.
"Ok lang Vice, konting tiis nalang tapos you'd get your freedom back and I promise you, you'll never see me again." Karylle half-smiled at nagpatuloy ng umalis.
"Do I really want that though?" Vice murmured ng mawala na ng tuluyan si Karylle sa paningin nya.
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"Salamat at pumayag ka sagutin ang mga tanong ko. Kailangan lang talaga para sa kaso ni Mr. Yuzon." sabi ng lalakeng nakapangpolice na get up.
Kasalukuyan nasa bahay sila ni Anne and she needs to answer questions dahil sya daw ang doctor ng patiente.
"Sorry, I didn't catch your name. What was it again?" naantok na sabi ni Anne dahil kakagising lang nito.
"You can call me Officer TR." sagot naman ng lalake, "Okay let's start."
"May binigay ba sayo yung lalake before ito mawalan ng malay?"
Nagtataka si Anne dahil napakaspecific naman nung tanong pero dahil naantok ito sumagot nalang ang dalaya, "No."
"May sinabi ba sya sayo?"
"Nothing specific, he just asked me to help him."
"May tinago ka ba for him?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Did he transfer anything to anyone?"
Dahil wala naman na talagang alam si Anne sumagot na lang ito nang, "I've told you everything I know, sir."
"I think we're done here." sabi ng lalake, "pero kailangan kitang picturan for the record." dagdag nito.
"Let me just fix your hair." lumapit sa kanya ang lalake while tucking her hair behind her ear, naglagay ito ng bug sa likod ng ear ng dalaga.
Anne felt something weird but she just shrugged it off. Pinalabas na nya yung "police" at bumalik ulit sa pagtulog.
----
Pinapunta naman ni Billy si Karylle and Vice sa morgue kung nasaan yung katawan ni Yael.
"So what do you have there?" tanong ni Vice ng may kunin itong parang piece ko skin sa likod ng tenga ng bangkay.
"Yup, the guy was poisoned." sabi ni Billy, "..toxic derivative of pentothal."
"Initially, the subject becomes uncontrollably truthful. After it accumulates in the occipital lobe, victim suffers from unconsciousness and eventually...death." dagdag pa ni Billy.
"What's the timeline for this?" tanong ni Karylle.
"Di ko alam, maybe a couple of hours or maybe minutes, it all depends on the concentration."
----
Kumatok si Vice sa Eat Yo para makapagusap sila ni Karylle. Lumabas naman ang dalaga at magkatabi silang umupo sa isang bench.
"I just wanted to ask kung tuloy pa mission natin later." tanong ni Karylle.
"Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, it's, you know, it's been a while since I've slept with someone-- no-no-not, not slept WITH someone, but slept with s... it's actually been a while since I've done either one, so.." uncomfortable na sabi ni Vice.
Napagusapan kasi nilang ilevel up ang fake relationship nila para di mahalata na cover lang ito.
"Vice, listen, I know this is kind of uncomfortable."
"Okay lang ako, Karylle."
"It's just that we have to do it..."
"Got it."
"So we don't blow..."
"I go it."
"..our cover."
"I got it. I got it. Okay." annoyed na sagot ni Vice.
Pabalik na sana sya ng Show More ng makita si Kaye pasakay sa kanyang kotse. Tumakbo ito patungo sa kanya at kinausap ang dalaga na hindi naman nakalagpas sa paningin ni Karylle.
"Kaye!" sigaw ni Vice, "Hey! Hey, hey. Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, Kaye, listen. About earlier with Karylle, I can explain."
"Kalimutan mo na yun, Vice."
"Di mo naman kailangan maging single para magayos ng phone." bitter na dagdag ni Kaye.
"You know, Karylle and I, me and Karylle, that whole thing, it's really very... it's complicated?" Vice tried to explain pero dahil he can't tell her certain things, the Intersect to be exact, hindi nya rin kayang magexplain.
"Well, is she your girlfriend or not?"
"Well, yeah, sort of, kind of hard to explain. I really, really, very badly wish that I could explain."
Nakatingin lang si Karylle sa kanila habang nakaupo sa bench kung saan kani-kanina lang sya ang kausap ni Vice.
"Listen, kung ikaw you're not going to tell me the truth, I will. Gusto kita." pagamin ni Kaye. "I like almost everything about you. I think you're cute, you're funny. Our vast height difference intrigues me."
Nakangiti lang si Vice sakanya na walang masabi.
"Pero alam mo kung ano pinakahate ko sa lahat?"
Nagnod naman si Vice na parang naguguilty and telling her to go on.
"I think anyone who cheats on his girlfriend is a big, fat, stupid jackass."
"I totally agree with you." Vice murmured.
"Of course you do, which is why I like you." sabi ni Kaye na kumalma na, "Why don't we do this, okay? If your situation ever gets less complicated, you just let me know. Okay?"
Nagsmile si Vice dahil finally meron na syang chance magkaroon ng real relationship with a real girl na gusto talaga sya.
"Okay Kaye, drive safe." ngiting tangumpay na respond ni Vice while opening her car door for her.
Di parin inaalis ni Karylle ang kanyang tingin sa kanilang dalawa until naiwan si Vice na nakangiting tinatanaw ang kotse ni Kaye.
"Okay na rin yan, you deserved to be love and I can't give that to you." Karylle whispered while looking at Vice.
----
Awkward na nakahiga sa iisang kama si Karylle at Vice. Ginagawa na nila ang pinagusapan nilang 'mission,' for their cover.
"Why are you wearing that?" Vice said dahil di na nya natiis ang katahimikan.
"What this?" sabi ni Karylle na tumayo from the bed.
"Ibinalandra pa." bulong ng binata.
"This is part of the cover." she said at tinuro ang kanyang suot na medyo see-through na lingerie.
"Well, it doesn't cover a thing."
Medyo naiinis naman si Karylle kay Vice dahil ibang iba na pakitungo nito sa kanya.
Rinig na rinig sa kanilang kwarto ang argument nila Anne at Erwan na nasa kabilang kwarto lang. Bigla naman nagsalita si Vice.
"We are starting to sound like them aren't we?"
"Medyo." sagot ni Karylle.
"What exactly is this? Anong pwede at di ko pwedeng gawin?"
"What do you mean?" tanong ni Karylle kahit na medyo alam naman nya kung ano tinutukoy ni Vice.
There was a long pause before nakasalita si Vice, "...Pwede ba tayo makipagkita sa iba? Like date other people?"
"Well, uh...Our cover is boyfriend/girlfriend, so tactically, that would be challenging."
"Plus kailangan namin investigahan kung ano ba talaga motive nya sa pakikipagdate sayo." dagdag na Karylle.
"Di ba pwedeng love motive nya?"
"Pwede din, but you're a very important....piece of intelligence, and you have to be handled with extreme care."
Vice sighed.
"Vice, di ako bulag at di ko rin kailangan maging spy para pagdugtong-dugtungin ang mga clues." sabi ni Karylle at humarap kay Vice, "interesado ka kay Kaye, diba?"
"Uhm ma--" sasagot na sana si Vice nang pumasok si Anne sa kwarto nila na wala sa sarili.
"Vice, remember your old pet fish? Yeah, I flushed it down the toilet." weird na confession ni Anne at nagpatuloy pa ito, "When you were seven, I told you that a burglar stole the money from your piggy bank. That was a lie. It was me."
"Anne, why are you super honest tonight?" tanong ni Vice.
Bigla naman may kumatok sa kanilang pintuan.
"Do you guys have milk? I ran out." lame excuse ni Billy para makapasok sa bahay ni Vice.
May napick-up kasi itong signal sa loob ng bahay. Simula nung lumipat sya next door naglagay sya ng listening device sa bahay ni Vice para mabantayan nya ito ng maiigi. He picked up some other device na nakikinig sa bahay ng mga Viceral kaya minabuti nyang tingnan kung okay lang sila.
Bigla namang hinimatay si Anne. Dahil pinakamalapit sa kanya si Billy, sya ang sumalo dito.
Habang tumatawag ng tulong si Erwan, chineck ni Billy ang likod ng ear ni Anne. He then removed a piece of 'skin,' which turned out to be the same type of bug they saw sa katawan ni Yael.
"She was poisoned." sabi ni Billy kela Vice at Karylle.
Dali-dali naman syang sinugod sa ospital. Sinamahan ni Erwan si Anne habang ang tatlo ay naiwan.
They went into Billy's house and checked the surveillance video to catch kung sino nagpoison kay Anne.
"Someone pretended to be a cop and poisoned your sister." sabi ni Billy.
"Why would anyone hurt my sister? She doesn't have the nuclear codes." nagaalalang sabi ni Vice.
"The good news is that wala pa sakanya yung codes." sabat ni Billy.
"There's nothing good about this; my sister is in the hospital!" sigaw ni Vice.
"Calm down, Vice" sagot ni Karylle.
"All we've got to do is find the codes, and we get the bad guy to trade us for the antidote." plano ni Vice.
"Vice, we can't just give the codes. Ang unpractical ng plan mo." sabi ni Karylle.
"We can't risk the bad guy endangering millions of lives for the one." dagdag ni Billy.
"This is my sister we are talking about. I will do everything to save her." Vice said as he left the room.
----
Nakapunta na silang tatlo sa hospital. They were talking about a plan kung paano makakakuha ng antidote para sa kapatid ni Vice.
"Vice, our medical teams are trying to identify the poisoning agent to create an antidote for Anne." sabi ni Karylle at hinawakan ang kamay ng binata.
Binawi nya ang kanyang kamay at nagsalita, "There's no time for that."
Kinausap naman ni Karylle si Billy para makaisip silang dilawa ng plano dahil obvious na walang maitutulong si Vice. Nabigla naman si Billy ng hablutin ni Vice yung bug na nakuha nila kay Anne.
Vice turned on the bug, "I have the codes." nagsalita sya sa bug dahil alam nyang may nakikinig.
"Vice, what are you doing!!" sigaw ni Karylle.
"Now, sya ang pupunta satin."
"Not bad, Vice." Billy said, "..but do that again I will kill you."
----
Pumasok naman si Vice sa room ni Anne. Kinausap naman nya ito habang hinihimas ang buhok ng kanyang kapatid.
"Aayusin ko to Anne, pangako." bulong ni Vice at hinalikan ito sa noo.
"Look, I know that you just think I'm just Vice, your screw-up little brother. But there's a lot about me you don't know. See, I'm, I'm... I'm also Vice, the guy with all these..important government secrets in my brain." umiiyak na sabi ni Vice.
Nahihirapan na kasi syang itago ito sa kapatid nya. Sa simula pa lang kasi si Anne na ang nagalaga sa kanya when both of their parents left them.
"Di kita papabayaan."
Napansin naman ni Vice na andun ang favorite sweater ni Anne. Kinuha nya ito at ilalagay sana sa tabi ni Anne ng may makapa sya sa gilid. Nanlaki ang kanyang mata ng makita nya ang isang maliit na USB na nilagay ni Yael dun.
----
Sa isang room malapit sa kwarto ni Anne, nagpakita na si Terrence kay Karylle at Billy.
"I have what you want." tinaas nito ang isang maliit na tube, "The antidote to save your doctor friend."
"Ibibigay nyo sakin yang codes or..." naglabas ulit ito ng isa pang tube, "..I can poison all of you and force you to tell me where you've hidden my codes."
"Tapos you can all die, like your doctor friend." tumatawang sabi ni Terrence.
Nagulat naman silang lahat ng pumasok si Vice.
"I found it, nakita ko na yung codes!" sigaw ni Vice.
At dahil tumakbo ito papasok natabig nya si Terrence which caused him to drop the pentothal poison and the antidote.
Nabitawan naman ni Vice yung codes nung sanalo nya yung antidote.
Lahat naman sila ay napoison. Mabilisang kinuha ni Terrence yung USB at tumakbo paalis. Hahabulin sana ni Billy pero pinigilan sya ni Karylle.
"Billy, stop. Mas importante si Vice." nanghihinang sabi ni Karylle tapos kinuha yung antidote, "Here, drink it Vice."
"No, this is for Anne."
"I'm sorry, there's no debate. It has to be you." sabi ni Karylle.
"You're the Intersect! Drink it!" galit na sabi ni Billy.
"I won't take it knowing that Ellie will die without it, that both of you have been poisoned, too."
"Take it before I shove it down your throat." Billy said.
"Okay, magkukunwari ako na iinumin ko tapos tatakbo ako papunta kay Anne para sya uminom nito." biglang sabi ni Vice, "Why did I just say that?"
"It's because of the poison." sagot ni Karylle, "It makes you tell the truth."
"If you run, I will shoot you." Billy said as he pulled his gun from his pocket.
"Would you really shoot me?"
"No." sagot ni Billy na hindi nakapagsinungaling sa kanya.
"Yeah, don't waste your bullet."
Tumakbo naman ito patungo sa kwarto ng kanyang kapatid at pinainom na nya ito habang hinahaplos ang buhok ng dalaga.
----
"Do my laundry, check. Save my sister, check. Save my own life.." nanghihinang sabi ni Vice habang nakaupo sa isang sulok kasama si Billy at Karylle.
"I'm so sorry about all of this." sabi ni Karylle na nakayuko.
May nakita naman si Vice na parang GPS at bigla itong nagflash.
"Bad guy's name is Terrence Romeo. Used to be a basketball player but he blew out his knee. Now he sells hard-to-find items, like nuclear codes, to hard-to-find people. Lots of people want to spend lots of cash on these codes, but they're not going to get the chance." tuloy tuloy na sabi ni Vice.
"Why not?" tanong ni Billy.
Tinaas ang GPS tracker at sinabing, "Because this will bring us right to him, let's go!"
----
Pagdating nila sa isang building nakalock yung front door.
"I got it!" sabay na sabi ni Billy at Karylle na gusto i-pick yung lock.
"Well, sino mas magaling?"
"She is. Damn that truth serum." sagot ni Billy habang binubuksan ni Karylle yung pintuan.
They reached the elevator and while waiting napatingin si Vice kay Karylle.
"God, you're so beautiful." Vice said as he stares as her.
Nakarating na sila sa kwarto kung nasaan si Terrence. They banged the door.
"Sino yan?" tanong ni Terrence.
"The FBI, CIA and me, who's a little tougher to explain.." sigaw ni Vice dahil again di sya pwede maglie.
Binaril ni Karylle yung pintuan at sumigaw ng "Freeze!"
Kinapa na ni Billy si Terrence para makuha yung nuclear codes.
"Where's the antidote?" tanong ni Billy pagkatapos makuha yung USB.
"Here." walang alinlangan na binigay ni Terrence ang tatlong maliit ng tubes.
"Sandali!" pigil ni Vice.
"Nagflash ka?" tanong ni Karylle.
"Hindi pero para safe sya muna dapat uminom." sabi ni Vice at inabot kay Terrence yung 'antidote.'
"Good one, Vice." sabi ni Billy
"Smart boy, the antidote is in the cabinet, bottom right shelf."
Kumuha si Karylle para sa kanilang tatlo. Inabot na nya kay Billy yung isa habang pinoposasan si Terrence.
Magkaharap na ngayon si Karylle at Vice na nakatitig sa isat isa.
Iinom na sana si Karylle ng pigilan sya nito, "No, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait."
"Wag muna." sabi ni Vice.
"Bakit? What's the matter?" confused na tanong ni Karylle.
"Nothing. It's just that this... This will probably be the last chance that I have to know the truth." Vice said habang nakayuko, "Alam ko naman ginagawa mo lang trabaho mo, pero sometimes it feels so real, you know?
Napakagat labi naman si Karylle dahil alam na nya kung saan ito papunta.
"So, tell me. You and me. Us. Our thing under the undercover thing. Meron ba tong patutunguhan?" sabi ni Vice na tumitig na ulit kay Karylle.
"I'm sorry, Vice." napalook away naman si Karylle, "No."
"Got it... Got it. Salamat for being honest." malungkot na sabi ni Vice.
"Even though, wala ka namang choice dahil sa truth serum." dagdag pa nito with a bitter laugh.
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"Good job team." sabi ni General Atienza, "Natanggap na namin yung nuclear codes and now our weapons sites are more secure than ever."
After ng meeting nila napagpasyahan ng umuwi ni Vice. Iniisip parin nya yung naganap kanina sa kanilang dalawa ni Karylle. Gusto nya sanang lumaban pero ngayong si Karylle na mismo nagsabi na wala silang chance, nawalan ito ng lakas ng loob. At pinamukha pa sa kanya na wala lang yun 'relationship' nila para sakanya, kaya gusto na nya sukuan ang dalaga. Di rin naman kasi madali situasyon nila. Naisip din nya na may handa namanang magmahal sa kanya ngayon kaya ayaw na nya sayangin ang oppurtunity na makaramdam ng pagmamahal. Dahil kung aasa lang sya kay Karylle, malamang di nito mabibigay ang gusto nya. Kahit ang gusto lang naman talaga ni Vice ay ang pagmamahal ni Karylle.
Nagpunta si Vice sa Eat Yo para makausap si Karylle.
"I didn't know you were coming by." bungad ni Karylle sa kanya.
"Karylle, you know when you think you're going to die, and your whole life is supposed to flash in front of you? Hindi yun nangyare sakin kahapon. In fact, list ang nakita ko. Isang listahan ng mga bagay na di ko pa nagagawa and di ko pa nasasabi.." litanyang sabi ni Vice, "..and today, I want to start crossing things off my list."
"At I promised myself this would be the first thing I'd do.." Vice continued.
Nakatingin lang si Karylle dahil sa isip nito, she was expecting na sasabihin ni Vice na 'mahal kita' pero nabigla sya sa susunod na sinabi ni Vice.
"..we need to break up?"
"Ano?" Karylle said na parang nabingi.
"You know, you know, like, fake-fake break up our pretend relationship. Di ko na talaga kaya eh. The longer we go, the longer we keep trying to fool people into believing that we're a real couple.. pero the person I keep fooling the most is me." malungkot na sabi ni Vice.
"Okay, if that makes you happy." Karylle faked a smile before turning her back on Vice.
Umalis na si Vice nang magring ang phone ni Karylle. Si Billy.
"Gusto ko sanang tanongin nun napoison ka, may nasabi ka ba na pwede mong ikapahamak or did you say anything to compromise yourself?" sabi ni Billy sa kabilang linya.
"Uh...No. But if I hadn't been trained to withstand pentathol (which is the truth serum), I might have."
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A/N: Basically, di sya tinablan nung truth serum, so she could still lie even though she was poisoned. If you have other questions, hit me up. ☺