Third Person.
Sakiya woke up after a week but she's weak. She still couldn't move in her own. She still cannot eat solid foods. And she keeps on groaning, and telling them that his whole body is in pain.
She keeps on sweating uncontrollably, her temperature is high, she sometimes vomit blood. Genesis and Xileten did their best to sort out thr situation.
The situation last for almost two weeks, two weeks of Sakiya being in hell. Like she's been experiencing a withdrawal about the chemicals Dr. Fuentes put inside her body during the completion of the experiment.
"How is she?" Asked Striel who just came back from Heilthor.
Naging tambayan na nito ang base ng Serophile and they all gladly welcomed him. After Heilthor, sa base na ng Serophile ito dumideretso para tingnan si Sakiya.
Palagi niyang nati-tyempuhan na tulog si Sakiya o di kaya naman ay sa hindi magandang sitwasyon kaya hindi sila makapagusap.
Death Rebellion didn't knew what happened to Sakiya or atleast that's what Striel thought. After what happened, hindi na nagawang magusap ni Lysias at Striel, o si Ignis at Striel.
"She's recovering." Napabuga ng malalim na hininga si Striel. Syto became silent, and so Serophile.
Everyone is busy, making everything balance. Xileten told Anton too, why Ignis and Lysias act like an asshole without informing them.
And the cycles goes on. Sakiya's recovering. Striel plans to leave Sector 5 for good. Death Rebellion and Ignis reunited, Calx found out what happened to Sakiya but they never blamed their leader.
"A bottle of alcholi, please."
Nagangat ng tingin si Micu ng umupo sa kalapit na stool nito si Kirres. The crowd is messy, makalat ang kulay asul, pula at dilaw na ilaw sa paligid.
People are wasted, drunk and destructive. They literally owned the dance floor.
"What's next?" Tanong ni Kirres kay Micu na siyang nagmamasid sa crowd kung saan naroroon ang di magkamayaw na mga tao.
"You lose her." Tumingin si Micu kay Kirres.
"It's my fault. I deserve it. I ruined her that's why I can't be with her." Kirres sigh.
"You love her. I know, Ki. Why didn't you took the risk? She loves you too, before, you know, she met Zerist." Tumitig si Kirres sa kawalan.
He knew that Sakiya loves him and Sakiya knew that he has a feeling on her. But none of them took the risk of confessing. None of them took the risk to tell each other how they feel.
"Did she recover?" Asked Kirres after a while.
"Well, she's Sakiya so, yeah. She did recover. It's been over a month since it happened. So, she's been moving like nothing happened." Lysias sigh. "She blamed herself." He whispered but Kirres mamaged to hear it.
"What?" Tuluyan siyang napaharap kay Micu na umiwaslang ng tingin. "What did you just say?"
"She.. Sakiya blamed herself. I asked her not to do it, pero hindi niya ako pinakikinggan. She said, it was her fault that we betray her. It was her fault that I am Lysias, that I manipulated her, that.. I hid the fact that I am Lysias." Mabibigat na sambit niya.
"She shouldn't done that. You knew the consequences. She shouldn't blamed herself. She must not lose control. She must not lose interest on what's happening around her. Because no interest means no adrenaline. And no adrenaline means no emotion. No emotion means, she.." nanginginig na ipinatong ni Kirres ang mga braso sa lamesa.
"She's gonna forgot being a human.." Micu finished the words that Kirres couldn't bring himself to say.
RF73 is still inside her body. She's still a subject even though they're now trying to flush out the chemicals in her veins. So, Sakiya must not lose interest on what's happening because the adrenaline that she's feeling whenever she's excited, nervous or in danger keeps her alive.
And blaming herself for what's happening around her is the least thing that Micu, Kirres and whoever knows the truth about her wanted to happen.
"We can use Striel." Bungad ni Teron Algabre sa dalawa. "We can tell him what's really happening and we can use him to keep Sakiya's adrenaline. You know, Sakiya is in love with the bastard-- i'm so sorry Kirres." Pilit na ngumiti ito na hindi naman pinansin ng huli.
"No. Sakiya, she'll gonna hate us. Or worse, she's going to kill us when she found out that we're using Striel." Sambit ni Kirres. "But, we can actually just tell him the truth and let him took control. He's an assasin afterall." Kirres smirked.
"Striel won't believe us--"pinutol ni Teron ang sinasabi ni Micu.
"Exactly Lysias. He's not going to believe us that's why we're going to give him a reason to believe or make him found out everything on his own."
Itinaas ni Teron ang shot glass nito sa dalawa na agad naman nilang tinanggap. Cheers.
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"Ignis wanted to talk to you."
Nagangat ng tingin si Sakiya. Nakakagalw na ito ng maayos na para bang walang nangyari and she been literally like in hell, not being able to moved around. Not being able to talk or say what you wanted, not being able to do anything.
And now the she recovered after a month of being in that hell, she's now ready to face everything head on.
"He's with the President." Hindi nagbigay ng emosyon si Sakiya lalo na ng marinig ang sunod na sinabi ng isa sa mga reaper.
Nanatili siyang nakaupo sa sofa na nasa loob ng silid niya habang nakakalat sa maliit na lamesa ang isang blue print, nasa sahig naman ang ilang itim na bag na naglalaman ng mga armas.
"Tell them to fuck theirselves." Malutong na sambit nito. Walang nagawa ang reaper kundi umalis. Isa lang naman ang ayaw nitong mangyari, mapagbuntunan siya ng galit na si Sakiya.
Sakita don't want to see their faces. She doesn't want to hear anything from them. They betray her. Lysias and Ignis or should I say, Julian and Kirres betray her.
Ilang saglit lang ang tumagal ng muling bumukas ang pinto. Inis na pinulot ni Sakiya ang isang butterfly knife sa tabi niya at ibinato iyon sa direksyon ng prisensya ng hindi siya lumilingon.
"I said tell them to fuck theirselves. What--"
"Thats... that's what I told them.." kunot noong napalingon si Sakiya sa nagsalita. Agad naman na kumalma ang expresyon nito ng makita kung sino ang taong iyon.
Nakataas ang kamay nito sa ere, nakangiwi habang hindi parin umaalis sa kinatatayuan. Iginala ni Sakiya ang tingin sa lalaki, hinahanap kung nasaan tumama ang butterfly na binato nito.
"Shit." Bulong niya sa sarili ng makita na nakabaon ito sa bandang tagiliran ni Striel. Mabilis na lumapit siya sa binata na nakangiwi.
"Did.. did I hurt you?" Asked Sakiya, dumapo ang kamay nito sa tagiliran ni Striel, trying to figure out if she hurt him but no. Good thing, Striel was wearing a loose shirt, kaya sa damit lang ito bumaon.
"Almost." Striel whispered bago inalis ang butterfly knife na nakabaon sa pintuan.
"I need to make sure." Sambit ni Sakiya at walang pasabi na bahagyang itinaas nito ang damit ni Striel, exposing his ripped side.
"You perv." Kapos ang hiningang biro ni Striel dahilan para biglang mapabitaw si Sakiya sa damit niya.
"Asa ka." Sakiya rolled her eyes. Lumakad na ito pabalik sa sofa na sinundan naman ni Striel an nagsisimula na namang mangasar.
"Alam mo naman na hindi ako tatamaan no'n atitinaas mo pa rin yung damit ko, really Sakiya? You perv. You're trying to sneak at my body aren't you?" Bahagyang niyakap ni Striel ang sarili, like he was trying to protect himself.
"If I wanted to see your body, I should have made you undress infront of me, Striel." Tumikhim si Striel lalo na ng diretsong sinabi iyon ni Sakiya sa kanya.
He didn't expect those. "You know I can do that." Sakia finally rolled her eyes again.
"Bully." Striel mumbled. Ibinagsak nito ang katawan sa sofa kung nasaan si Sakiya. Pumalibot ang braso nito sa bewang ng huli, hugging her. Ipinatong niya ang baba sa balikat ng babae, and yeah, it was Striel. Acting like a baby again.
"I missed you." He kissed her cheeks. Ibinaba ni Sakiya ang hawak bago iniakbay ang isang kamay nito kay Striel and she started playing with his hair.
"I missed you too." She said as she plant a tiny kiss at his forehead making him smiled.
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