SSHS 211 Albert and Hestia soon began their work. From the information that they have gathered from Aaron yesterday, it seemed that the villain of the story is Freya all along and they are being spun in her web the further that they entertain her requests and pleas for help. “I cannot believe we almost fell for that trap.” Albert grumbled under his breath as he arranged all of the cables, wires and gadgets that were scattered in his dorm room--- it became so cluttered that he could not see the floor anymore and the dorm lord ordered him to clean his stuff up or else he would throw it out himself. As of the moment, Hestia and Albert were talking through a phone call--- while Albert was cleaning his place, Hestia, on the other hand, was busy arranging her bulletin board that was hidden in her walls. Her usual bulletin board was not enough anymore, she needed a bigger one and fortunately, she has a couple of other bulletin boards stored in her closet t
SSHS 212 It was the darkest part of his life yet. And there is no way that he will be able to forget not even a single detail about that time, about that day… he can never forget. That is the only contribution that he can do in the name of forgiveness and retribution. It was all that he can muster at the moment as he is still being a coward of some of the things that he encounters in life. He might tremble at the face of a police officer or even flinch at the sudden wail of a siren whether far afar or nearby. No matter what, such fear creeps inside his veins continuously as he holds that secret deep within him and no one knows about it. No one must know about it or else it would be his doom. It would be his end. He would rather die than let anyone know about it, he would rather end his life than spill the beans about it. That is how determined he was in keeping it a secret. After all, it was a grave sin that he made in order to satisfy the desires and greed that he had accumulated
SSHS 213 It then became apparent to them how it would behard to convince Arthur to be on their side and to turn his back to Freya. Asidefrom the fact that they have yet to know what is Arthur’s secret and how darkis it that he was willing to be enslaved by the senior cheerleader. They haveasked Aaron about it but even he does not know such a thing about Arthur. As Aaronhave told to the two rookie undercover spies, “It is the subject that he doesnot want to talk about nor even touch. He was avoiding it and I only knew aboutthat--- that he has a dark secret because he slipped his tongue one time. And whenI really persuaded him to talk about it, he lashed out. After that, I neverasked about it again.” By how Aaron’s face became crestfallen after telling that, it is evident that he was traumatised by how the Computer Tech Boy lashed out on him. He was shocked that Arthur was capable of unleashing such an emotion. Well, who would not be? In any case, every person
SSHS 214 The two rookie undercover spies went on with their days about their clubs and classes. So far as they noticed, nothing has changed, from their observation of Freya’s and Arthur’s movements, they seemed to also be plotting something but they are also discreet about it that they were cautious with their movements. It was like they were aware that they were being watched. But then again, the same can be said to the two rookie undercover spies: they are also being watched. The two sides of the coin were watching each other, ready to strike once the other moved a different way or in a dubious way. At the end of that day’s classes, Hestia and Albert first went back to their dorms to get ready. They changed into their casual attire and went to meet each other at the main road of the school ground. They walked their way towards the gymnasium number one, just like what they talked about with Aaron on the phone that early morning. Once in front of the gym number one, they looked at
SSHS 215 After arriving at the front of the Café de Luna, the two rookie undercover spies were greeted with a warm smile by the receptionist. “Name of Reservation?” The receptionist asked as they were led inside the café. “Torento.” Was all that Albert said and the receptionist understood, that they are the guests of Aaron Wysickle Antonio Torento for the day. Although it was really them who made the reservation, they just useD Aaron’s surname as an identifier. As they walked deeper into the café, it was significant that the free space of the café--- to which some of the guests who prefer to dine in the café in an open space--- were vacant, there not a single customer on sight as they walked inside the café. “This way please.” The receptionist said as they were led into the elevator, then the receptionist pressed the button for the third floor. Once the elevator moved upwards, a mellow elevator music began playing as the three of them remained silent. Until A
SSHS 216The two rookie undercover spies were reluctant if they were going to share that piece of information to the Basketball Star Player. The need to know to know the answer to the question: who was the person behind the voice; was so intense and the fact that they are under the pressure of time right now is an added burden. "Nothing. We just needed to know." Hestia reasoned out as they arrived at the conclusion that it is better for the Basketball Star Player to not know that part of the story. It might endanger their identity as a spy in the end if they ever mentioned that part. Aaron also brushed off the topic and moved on with what they are talking next.
SSHS 217 And yet, even if they arrived at the decision to not talk about such matter, the curiosity and the need to know for the answer behind their questions continued to probe inside their brains. It was so constant that it was getting hard to ignore and for it to be shoved back in to the back of their minds. And in the end, curiosity won. “Hey, Aaron, I have a question.” Albert started. Such statement caught the attention of the Basketball Star Player as he stopped what he was doing and curiously looked at the male undercover rookie spy. There was a bit more silence before Aaron gave the nod that signaled that it was okay to ask whatever question he has in mind. “Okay,” Albert cleared his throat for a moment. Some of the pudding still stuck in his throat. “So, before autumn, have you been here? In this café?” there was a tone of uncertainty in Albert’s voice. Hestia noticed it but never pointed it out and just continued eating her dessert. Such question tinkered in Aaron’s mind a
SSHS 218 Aaron already expected this. That he would be the last option that they could have when talking about trying to save Arthur, or at least to convince him to join their side. He already expected this, he knew that this was coming, he even ‘trained’ himself--- both mentally and emotionally for this--- but in the moment of it all, when it was finally announced to him that he is indeed the last resort for this thing, he cannot help but feel nervous and unsure. “Okay.” Was all that he could utter at that moment. He knew about this, but the moment it self being true is a new kind of truth puncher. “Okay, I can do that.” He repeated and tried to coat his dry throat with the remaining drops of coffee in his mouth. He was trembling a little, he knew that, but he cannot help but to do so. This did not go unnoticed in the trained eyes of the two rookie undercover spies. They noticed the trembling, and the uncertainty and being unsure laced in the voice of the Basketball Star Player. T
SSHS 247After the Thanksgiving dinner that night and that mission, the two rookie undercover spies went on with their days. They went on being the ‘normal’ third years that they are and continued being the third years that they are. No more missions were given to them after the mission about the Montague couple and they do not know if the headquarters of the ISO where sympathising with their shock or if there is really no more mission for them to do. But either way, they are glad that they were able to finish the mission in such a short time and also experience being students as they are.They went on and experienced things as if they were normal people and not some spies who were trained at the very young age. Not some undercover people who are in there for the sake of completing their mis
SSHS 246After the game it was already time for dinner, Damian and Excami won because none of them were able to find out what kind of thing they had and they were all tagged out of the game. It was fun for the most part but what everyone waited for was the thanksgiving dinner and it was satisfying. They enjoyed every bite and they waited for the dessert because it was the star of the dinner the dessert.Then after eating, they lounged a little longer by the dinner table and talked about all the other things, like the fun times that they had in school, the love story between the Montague couple how they met how they fell in love and then almost talked about how they conceived the children but thankfully damien and Excami stopped them before it happened. The Montague siblings almost asked about the families of Hestia and Albertand what kind of stori
SSHS 245Sometime later, it is already the Month Of October and things have been going smoothly both for the Montague siblings and for the two rookie undercover spies and for the Montague couple. for the course of the month of october, Hestia and Albert had been invited for dinners and lunches by either Damian or Excami and would always result for a dinner together with their parents and with that the bond between all of them had grow and become stronger and they were more close with each other than ever before.But there is something that the two rookie undercover spies can not pinpoint at all. because most of the past missions they have been assigned to, they are always making the opportunity to get close to the target; they are always making the opportunity to do something, to create a movement, a pattern, a path for their mission t
Sshs 244The next day, Hestia and Albert walked side by side to their classroom. Apparently, the whole school knew of the incident yesterday: Mrs. . Montague pulled them out for the whole day and never came back until the wee hours of the night. Some people tried to block them and ask a ton of questions about what happened yesterday; questions like: what happened? Where did you go? What did she say? Was she generous? Was she kind? Was she loving and sweet and like a saint when she visited back at the beach house? What did you talk about with her? Such a ton of questions were asked to them and yet they remained silent about it. No comment, no answers, just complete silence as they went through
SHS 243 They ate in silence, up until dessert. No one spoke a word and it stayed that way until they were brought into the library. No one spoke as each of them were encouraged to pick a book in the vast collection of books inside the library. As they sat into the chairs available at the library, only then did the conversation start at the pretence of wanting to know what book they found. “How about you, Hestia? Albert? What book did you pick?” Hestia and Albert then lifted up the books that they picked. Mrs. Montague cooed at the books in their hands and proceeded to analyse them. “Wow! You live up to your personality. Unlike someone else.” Mrs. Montague threw in the shade as she briefly looked at her children who were silently reading with their father on the other side of the library. It was not quite far, but it seemed that the Montague siblings were so immersed in what they were reading that they did not notice the shade that was thrown at them by their
SSHS 242 As the three of them sat in silence without any of them taking a bite of their food, they tried to process the information that was at their table. The Montague siblings have been showing two different personalities and all between being inside the school and at school. If at school, they were glorified as students who are the top role models; a fun and energetic one and a gentle ruler, both were on ground and knew how to touch some grass. At home, they are the arrogant siblings who think they are better than anyone and will not even go down to their current level. It was as if they know the a person with the same name and yet still different by how they act.&nb
SSHS 241 A new school year started right before their eyes. Without any mission to worry about, time passed by the two rookie undercover spies and with barely any notice, they were in their third years. There were a lot of things that happened but they were used to it and it passed by them like a flash of the camera and after that, it was already in the middle of the month of September. The voting for the new Student Council began and the whole school was bussing with noises and the representative of the running Student Council President was shouting and getting people to vote for their candidates. “Please vote for…” one student shouted. “No, please vote for…” another student shouted. It was the start of the shouting battle between the two parties running for the Student Council President position. It created so much commotion that Damian had to step up and break the commotion apart. “Enough with this! This is so immature of you! Can’t you go and make your da
SSHS 240 As the surroundings dimmed into darkness, the light sensors in the gymnasium began to light up. Freya’s eyes adjusted from the dark and into the light that the sensor lights brought up. She shielded her eyes with her hands from the sudden light and that was Albert’s cue to remove himself from the sight of the Senior Cheerleader and go behind her. This is not to catch her off guard--- oh she was already caught off guard by the time she mentioned the Pandora’s Box--- but it was his way to not let Freya do anything anymore that will put herself into more danger. It is better if she just surrenders to them in a plain and simple manner.&
SSHS 239 “By the way, how were the Montague siblings? I have not heard from them after that incident with Arthur.” Albert asked. The two rookie undercover spies were roaming around the campus, taking a leisure walk as they passed by some of the students who were headed for their extra curricular activities. The two of them do indeed have some activities too but it was all done. Hestia is done with her paper works and scheduling for the Student Council and Albert was also done with his portfolio for the Photography Club with the theme of ‘After Christmas’. There was a moment of silence to the part of Hestia before she answered the inquiry of her spy partner. “They have been normal, acting as they always have as far as I am concerned. Although Excami now has her guard up always and was weary of everything and everyone, she is as cheerful as ever. Well, it is Damian who changed. He became more strict and protective of his sister, and he also became colder.” Hest