Hunter's POV
Bago umalis ay binalutan ko ang ulo nila ng tela, sinigurado ko din na matatakpan ang buhok at kalahati ng mukha nila. Hindi naman sila kilala ng mga tao, pero kung sakali mang ibalita ang pagka-wala nila ay hindi sila makikilala agad.
Naglagay din ako ng tela sa ulo, mabuti nalang talaga at may tela dito sa warehouse. Bago umalis ay sinuot ko muna ang binigay ni Hacker na bracelet, nang masiguradong maayos na ang lahat ay lumabas na kami. Naging alerto ako sa bawat pagtapak namin, hawak-hawak ko si Morgi at Willy, nasa harap ko naman si Yin na nangunguna nanaman sa paglalakad. Mabuti nadin na nasa unahan sya para mabantayan ko din sya.
“Saan tayo hahanap ng bus?” tanong ni Yin.
Hindi ko kabisado ang siyudad, pero may natandaan akong lugar kung saan
Hunter's POVKung si Hacker man yun tulad ng sinabi ni Morgi ay kailangan ko bumalik. Kailangan ko syang tulungan.Ano na kaya nangyare sa iba pa namin kasama? Ganon ba kalakas ang mga Executors?Humarap ulit ako kela Yin. Gusto kong sumama hanggang sa makalabas sila pero hindi ko ata magagawa yun. Kahit pa pilit kong gustohing wag pansinin ang balita ay hindi ko kayang abandonahin ang sino man sa mga kagrupo ko. Napahinga ako ng malalim, pumikit ako ng mariin at tumingin isa-isa kela Yin.“Kailangan nyo mag patuloy nang wala ako.” malungkot kong sabi.Natahimik sila pero agad ding tumango. Agad ko silang niyakap sa huling pagkakataon.“Mag-iingat kayo, pasensya na at kail
Hacker's POVIt's cold, my lips are dry. I can't move my arms and legs, I can't see, I can't speak. I can't do anything. I can feel the chains rapped around me, it's heavy but I can managed. First time to be caught and they did a very good job at welcoming me.It's the coldest welcome ever.I grinned, even know there's a muzzle covering my mouth. I want to laughed at them, to bad I can't see who they are. I want to give them death glares. I'm itching to full a dagger and stab them all. I can feel they are examining me from a far, but they are to scared to come near me. I don't even know where I am right now, but I guess I'm in a different room. Like what I heard they put me on isolation.Am I that special?“So Hacker, do
Someone's POVNaglakad palabas ng Herlanion District Jail ang mga Councilors kasama ang Mayor at Vice Mayor. They are all going back to the palace, but they didn't know the tragedy that is waiting for them there.The Mayor got inside his car first. Everyone looked at him watching his every move. He completely has full dominance among them.“I'll go ahead now, I have something to do. You may all go back to the palace.” the Mayor said not just a statement but a command.Everyone bowed.“Masusunod Mayor, mag-iingat kayo.” said the female councilor.“I will.” the Mayor's response and drove away.Everyone watched the
Hunter's POVBinihisan ko ng maayos na damit ang tatlong babae, habang si Biker sinilid sa sako ang katawan ng matandang lalaki at nilagay sa gilid. Dinala naman ni Silencer si Swordsman sa isang kwarto para doon sya ipahinga. Tinapos ko muna ang ginagawa ko bago mamahinga sa isang tabi, kumuha din si Biker ng medicine kit para magamutan ang sugat ko.Napapapikit lang ako at mahinang dumadaing habang ginagamutan ni Biker. Hindi nagtagal ay natapos na sya, hindi nako umalis sa kinauupuan ko at don na namahinga.Ilang sandali din ay nagising na si Swordsman.“Anong nangyare?” tumayo sya bigla at halos bumaksak ulit dahil sa pagkahilo.Tatayo sana ako pero naalala ko na may sugat pala ako sa tagiliran. Si Biker na ang umala
Hunter's POV”Nasaan nga pala ang mga tauhan ng Lolo mo?” tanong ko. Eto talaga ang kanina pa naglalaro sa isipan ko.“Sila muna ang nag-deliver para kay Lolo, sigurado akong pauwi na ang mga yun galing sa transaksyon nila, hindi kasi ako pwede dahil kinulong nanaman ako sa basement.” sabi nya na may bahid ng sama ng loob.“Ganon ba.” nasabi ko nalang.Tumayo sya at humilata sa kama nya.“Nandito din ang iba mong kasama no?” hula nya. Tumango ako, bumangon sya pero hindi padin umalis sa kama.Natutuwa ako dahil mukang bumalik na ang lakas nya, hindi na sya nanghihina, hindi katulad nang naabutan ko sya.&ld
Swordsman's POVWhere could that bastard be? I'm using my senses to locate him but I just can't find his presence anywhere in this city. I don't know if Hunter can save Hacker in time, so the least I can do is find Bullet and go back to help saving Hacker.Alam naming lahat kung gaano kahigpit ang siguridad ni Hacker. Sa malayuan at malapitan, may nakabantay padin sakanya. That guy really has business with the government, with those tons of informations that he have, he is the main problem of them all. I could've come with Hunter and help her out, but Bullet is still missing. Boss needs to make a command for the benefit of all, I'm just still worried knowing Hunter is facing a whole battalion of guards. I sighed.I stopped walking when I heard the siren, it means that Hacker's public execution is about to begin in a few minutes.
Someone's POVI loud gun shot was heard from where Kipton is. His target criminal has fallen down, blood scattered on the floor, birds resting near them got frightened and flew away. No one heard the gun shot because people are too preoccupied to the countdown for the execution. There were a short silence before he decided to walked closer to them.“Did you do it?” Kipton asked, when he came near the scenario.Because of what Swordsman did to his eyes, he can't see a thing, even the fight of the two criminals that he's been observing from where he stood. He's now wearing a blindfold, to cover the cruel thing that happened to his eyes.Ginamot nya din muna ang mga mata nya pati ang saksak sa kamay nya bago pumunta sa kinaroroonan nila. Ramdan nya ang sakit pero hi
Hunter's POV“You're a fool for leaving them behind.” naka ngising sabi ni Ophelia sakin habang naka-hakbay kela Yin.Napatakip ako sa bibig ko dahil sa gulat. Para akong nanghina nang makita sila, nawala ang kanina kong pinaghandaang atake para sakanya. Wala namang nangyareng masama sakanila, sinuri ko sila at laking pasasalamat ko na wala silang kahit anong pinsala sa katawan.“Pakawalan mo sila!” galit kong sigaw.Umiling-iling sya na may ngiting nangaasar.“No can do,” sabi nya.Nagulat nalang ako ng may mga humawak sa magkabilang braso ko. Nilagay nila sa likod ang mga kamay ko at saka pinosasan. Tinabi nila ako kela Yin, muntik pa ako masubsob dahil basta nalang nila ako hinagis sa tabi nila.Hindi kona pinansin ang pagtrato nila sakin at nilingon nalang ang tatlong bata.&
Morgi's POV10 years later“Are the Midnight Hunters good or bad mommy?” May narinig akong nagsalita kaya nagtago muna ako sa likod ng puno. I saw a women carrying a little boy, and right beside her is a girl. The girl looks matured but according to her height, she's a teenager. “Neither sweety. They are just selfish, criminals are selfish,” she said.My forehead creased. I'm in the cemetery, private cemetery. I'm came here alone because my ate and kuya are still too busy to visit them. The women doesn't look harmful so I choose to come near her. “Do you know them?” I asked with a smile. She was shocked after seeing me.“Sino kayo?” sabi n'ya sabay atras. Hindi naman s'ya kinakabahan o natatakot, nalilito lang s'ya kung bakit ako nandito.This is a private cemetery after all, but I should be the one who's asking that.“Me, my brother and sister made this little house for their tomb,” I said and again she was shocked. The girl beside her tapped her shoulder so she can get her atten
Someone's POVFLASHBACK“These people are dumb to trust you.” Hacker spoke after he calmly entered Captan's office. He even looked around like a normal guest.Hacker's target, Captan Aryen Aragao, the senior and superior in their family. The family of psychopaths. Captan already knew that someone's watching him. He now stared at the young man casually standing right in the middle of his office. He didn't let his guard down the minute the young man entered the room. He sees the young man as a dominant opponent, which is true.“It's rude to enter without knocking,” Captan spoke while remain sitting on his swivel chair. Hacker looked at Captan straight in the eyes. “It's not rude if you're expecting the visitor, which is me,” Hacker smirked.Captan went silent for a minute, weighting the tension surrounding them. The office is like slowly shaking, the walls turned bloody red, but Hacker didn't flinch. “It was you, right?” Captan's forehead creased when Hacker asked a question.“I don
Hunter's POV“Hindi naba nila tayo masusundan Hacker?” alala kong tanong sakanya. Palingon-lingon pa ako sa likod dahil sa sobrang kaba.Pinasabog lang naman n'ya ang riles para mawala ito sa pagkaka-konekta. Gusto ko nga dapat s'ya pigilan kasi baka hindi makasunod ni Ophiuchus samin, pero hindi din naman ako sigurado kung makakasunod s'ya kaya hinayaan ko nalang si Hacker sa gusto n'ya. Nakakalungkot dahil umaasa ako. Umaasa akong babalik... Umaasa akong may babalik.“Disconnecting the rails won't stop them from following. Let's expect that they will come at us with flying vehicles,” sagot n'ya.Bumuntong hininga ako. Syempre hindi sila titigil kahit ano pang mangyare. Bumaba ang tingin ko sa mga bata sa bisig ko, mahimbing silang natutulog. Kanina ay bigla nalang silang napapikit, siguro ay dahilan ito ng pagturok sa kanila. Nakikita ko kasi sa isang parte ng katawan nila na may namamaga, lumalalabas din ang maliliit nilang ugat na nakita kong medyo tumitibok-tibok pa. Halatang ti
Someone's POV“Is she dead?” tanong ni Nolan na seryosong nagmamaneho sa tren. Gusto n'ya munang makasigurado bago tuluyang ilayo ang tren sa estasyon. “I can't barely know her right now Executor Nolan, her body is all smashed,” answered by another executor. Ophiuchus's intention is to slow them down on getting to the location of where Hunter and the kids are. Ophiuchus succeeded but that cost her life. However, despite sacrificing, she died being happy with the freedom that she had obtained, even known it was for a short time. She did everything that she wants to do at the time that everything is in chaos. At ang kanyang ginawa? Yun ay ang kumain s'ya ng napaka dami, as many at her heart's content. She also ride the car that she stole in full speed like there's no tomorrow, she played on the arcades, and sing a song in the middle of the streets. At the time when chaos was enveloping the city, she was enjoying her life. Eto ang kanyang inaasam sa matagal na panahon, at ang isaktrip
Ophiuchus's POV“I will give you a chance to be with us again,” blanko ang mukhang sabi n'ya.My forehead creased. What does he think of me? After all the suffering, he is giving me a chance to join them again? That means a never ending misery for me. Like I will do such a stupid thing! Well I know Malcolm is dead, but he's the second person I dislike. I know what could happen if I'll be one of them again. Nolan is planning to continue all of Malcolm's evil projects. He will rebuild the laboratory, make the poor people as guinea pigs again, make an army of experiments, and conquer the world. Sounds like a joke, but they can do that. Who knows what other plans they might think off, and right now is still a mystery to me how they got the huge lacrima. Nasa isang tagong lugar lang ang Lacrima na yon, pero nagawa nilang matagpuan. Maybe they took it from the other leaders? Until now I don't know, even the history of the last war when the four cities got separated. Napailing-iling nalang
Hunter's POVPasimple kaming nagtago sa gilid at tinignan ang paligid. “There are a few people here, and I can see the buses from a far,” sabi ni Ophiuchus samin. Humarap s'ya samin.“Okay, act natural. Baka kuyugin tayo ulit. I don't want to get mad and accidentally kill these people.” Ngumiwi ako, nagiging aksidente pa pala ang pagpatay n'ya minsan?Tumango kami bilang tugon at naglakad na. Si Hacker ay nauna samin na lumipad sa taas, s'ya na bahala kung paano n'ya itatago ang sarili n'ya.“Do we need bus tickets?” tanong ni Morgi.“Nope, we'll get the vehicle to ourselves.” Napailing-iling nalang ako kay Ophiuchus.“Nanakawin natin are bus?” paglilinaw ko. “Correct,” tumango-tango s'ya.“Meow.” Napatigil ako nang makarinig ng pusa. Lumingon ako sa gilid at nakita ko ang pusa na sobrang payat. Naawa ako sa kalagayan n'ya, ginala ko ang mata sa paligid at naghanap ng pagkain.“Hunter may problema ba?” bumalik sina Ophiuchus sa tabi ko.“Ka
Hunter's POVTumalsik ako habang hawak ang naputol na pana. Nakita ko din ang Lacrima ko na nawasak dahil sakanya.“Hindi,” nai-usal ko.Ang sandata ko... nasira na. “Nako! kawawa ka naman.” Kunyareng malungkot n'yang sabi.Natahimik ako. Binili pa naman nila 'to sakin, tapos nasira ko lang. Napasabunot nalang ako sa wig, muntik pa itong matanggal. Naiinis ako sa Vanessa'ng 'to. Hindi ko man lang naiwasan ang atakeng yon. Doble na ang inis ko. Makakaya bang ibalik ng lacrima ang pana ko? Ayys! pati ang lacrima ko din pala nawasak. Sobrang naiinis ako at nalulungkot, nang masira ang pana parang may parte ding nasira sa pagkatao ko. Huminga ako ng malalim, para maibsan man lang ang inis.“Hunter.” Nakasimangot akong lumingon sa hologram ni Hacker.“You okay?” tanong n'ya. Tumango ako.“Kaso ang pana ko.” Para akong batang nanghihingi ng pasensya dahil naka sira ng gamit ng iba. “Tha
Hunter's POV“Yes. In the middle of chaos, we found her walking down the street drinking a smoothie.” Pagkukumpirma ni Yin.Totoo nga, at hawak pa n'ya ang smoothie na yon hanggang ngayon. Napa maang nalang ako. “Bakit s'ya sumama sainyo?” tanong ko.“She's bored. Natapos n'ya na patayin ang gusto n'yang patayin.” Sagot ni Yin sabay kibit-balikat. Napatango-tango ako, naisip ko nang pormal na makipag-kilala sa bagong kasama nila Yin.“Hi, ako si Hunt—”“Hunter, yes I know you. Nice to meet you in person. You're pretty brutal than I expected.” Nagulat ako nang mag-salita s'ya. Nakatingin din s'ya sa ginawa ko kay Kipton.Kinagat ko ang ibabang labi ko at malungkot na yumuko. Napansin nila ang pagtahimik ko. Naramdaman ko ang paghimas ni Yin sa likod ko, ginawaran pa ako ng yakap ni Morgi at Willy. Ramdam nila na malungkot ako, at alam nila kung bakit. Bumuntong hininga ako, sobrang nanlulumo ako pero kailangan ko tumayo
Biker's POVI was breathing heavily. A load of pain is already overflowing through my body. While battling with Malcolm, I started remembering why I'm doing this.It's like the memories from the past rushed through my head as I thighed the grip to my dagger.I was once an ordinary citizen, came from a rich family. I have no power back then, however I got everything, but I've always been the black sheep in our family. What I hate the most is being accused of something that I didn't do. Shit just got real to me.They, the North Government killed my lineage, took everything from us, then blame me. I was the only one who survived, they didn't take there eyes away from me. They needed someone to blame, and that's me. Paglumalabas ako ay may pangungutya, hindi ko matago ang sarili ko. Because that time, they watched my every move. 15 years old me didn't like what they did. I researched every case on what they did to my lineage, I already know