CHAPTER 7

"Nakakapagod naman to,"

Nasa kalagitnaan kami ng paglalakad ng biglang nagreklamo si Aya at umupo sa isang kahoy na natumba.

"Yes, exhausting. Ilang oras na nga ba tayo naglalakad? Was it too far?" Gatong pa ni Ynah.

We're actually walking for three hours but then we still haven't see the place. We're just following the tracker and it looks like we still need to walk for two hours or more.

I let them rest for awhile and stood up. "Let's go, we still have a long journey to do."

They all stood up as they carry their bags and continue our gait.

In the middle of our hike, I notice a very familiar sound of the birds. No, it's not a bird. I looked around and looked at the tall tree thoroughly.

That's when my eyes widened and I immediately got down and crawl to the nearest tree.

"What? Why?"

I looked at them and they're in their position, unlike them Aya is still struggling where to hide. I shook my head and motioned her to the side of the tall tree.

"What's happening?" Myra asked.

Nilagay ko ang isang daliri ko sa bibig ko para patahimikin sila. I observed the sound and I'm not wrong with it, it's their way to send cignal to each other whenever they saw an enemy.

"Shoot, they saw us?"

I nodded at Kin. "They're too good beguiling us, they're sagacious in trapping."

I exasperatingly opened my bag and get my Uzi and crawled. "Look around you, they're surrounding us."

They all nodded and hold their guns tightly, Lian–as a sniper–climb to the tree and settled her sniper to snipe.

"They're in position, they're ready to kill us. Maybe they're expecting us to continue our gait, mabuti na lang at napansin mo kaagad."

She moved her sniper and adjust a little before she spoke. "There's a five men above the tree, the rest are on the ground, waiting for us to come over."

I sighed and enabled my earpiece.

[Can't find you, wait up.] Nana said as soon as I enable it.

I waited for her respond until she spoke. [Sorry bitch, the satellite can't find you. I'll just check if there's a nearest house for you to rest. Enjoy playing with guns, sucker.]

I irritatingly gripped my gun and spoke. "Fucker, easy for you to say."

[Not really, I trusted you. You're a deft, that's why.]

I mentally rolled my eyes. "Yeah right." I sarcastically said and disabled the earpiece.

"Let's move."

I stood up and walked slowly as I looked around. Lian is still at the tree, the rest were following me. I raised my right hand and motioned Aya and Nath to go to the right while the rest are in the left.

I walked straight and looked at the right, none. I looked at the left, none. I looked up–

"Fuck!"

I cussed numerous times as I crawled and hide to the tree. I didn't saw them!

They started to fired their guns and bullets are now starting to play in the air. Hindi ako makagalaw dahil sa tama ko sa kaliwang kamay at dahil na din sa sunod sunod nilang pagpapaputok.

"Cap! Are you okay!?"

I looked at Ynah and nodded. Napansin ko din ang tama sa paa ni Nath pero nakikipagbarilan parin siya.

I groaned aggressively as I gripped my gun and started to pull the trigger and fire it to them. Lian is still on her position, sniping our rivals.

I drop myself on the ground and with my shaky hand, I pulled the trigger and killed the enemies. May nakita akong kalaban sa isang puno kaya doon ko pinaputok ang baril ko.

The man fell down to the ground. When they started to fire their guns alternately, I crawled to the tree and hide.

"Fuck!" I cussed as blood keep on streaming.

I get my towel and wrapped it around my wound and tighten it making me scream in pain. "Fucking hell!"

"Lian! Aya get her! Faster!"

I looked at Myra when I heard her shouting and screaming. My eyes widened as I looked at Lian's unconscious body on the ground. Nangalati ako sa galit, my eyes darken and the I pulled my bag closer to me and get my carbine.

Dumapa ako sa lupa at nagsimulang magpaputok. Apat na lang.

One down. Three to go.

"Captain!"

Nanlaki ang mata ko at hindi na nakaiwas pa sa bala, napahiga ako sa lupa at napahawak sa tiyan kong natamaan.

"Putangina."

I rolled my body to the tree and rested my back on it. Naghihingalo ako sa sakit ng dalawang parte ng katawan ko, masakit pa ang kamay ko nadagdagan pa sa tiyan!

"Wait! Wait! Don't move!" Ynah shouted when I tried to move again.

Hindi na ako nagsalita pa at hinayaan na lamang siyang pigilan ang pag-agos ng dugo mula sa akin gamit ang kamay niya.

I can feel my head getting dizzy, maybe because of too much loss of blood? Yes maybe.

I closed my eyes when I felt a little bit tired.

"No! Captain! Don't sleep! Open your eyes!"

I didn't hear Ynah's voice after that because darkness came and filled my head ang eyes.

"Fuck!"

Napamulat ako sa sakit na nararamdaman ko sa kamay ko. I looked at the woman next to me, she's wearing a simple shirt and a pajama. Who's is she?

Nagtaka man ay hindi na ako nagtanong pa lalo na't dumating na si Myra at Aya.

"Good thing you're awake already, how are you?" Myra asked.

I closed my eyes again. "Painful but bearable, where are we?"

"Somewhere in the middle of the forest."

Napamura ulit ako ng biglang nilagyan ng babae ang kamay ko ng alcohol.

"Damn it, it hurts."

Aya chuckled. "I thought I'll be the one who's wounded after a fight, I've never thought an agent like you can be in this situation."

"Not because I'm a deft, I can't die. Tao din ako, natatamaan at mamatay din."

"Ayos na,"

Tumingin ako sa babae at tumango. "Salamat,"

Tumango lang siya at saka umalis.

Umupo ako sa gawang kahoy na kama at saka inayos ang kamay ko. "What happened?"

"You passed out because of your wound. Gladly we saw a doctor, approaching us."

Napataas ako ng kilay. "Are they the doctors that we need to save?"

Myra nodded her head. "Yes they are. Malapit na lang pala tayo pero napapaligiran din pala sila ng mga sindikato, they heard a gunshots and that's when they decided to helped us in the middle of the war."

Napahilot ako sa sintido sa sinabi niya. So they're around us, how can we survive in this massacre?

"You don't need to worry, may mga sundalo dito."

"Yung mga naka assign dito?"

She nodded. "Anyways, sa kabila lang ako. Lian is still unconscious, maybe because of the impact when she fell on the ground."

"Sige,"

Sumunod din naman kaagad sa kaniya si Aya kaya naiwan ako sa loob na mag-isa. Maybe because of my tired and painful body, I fell asleep again and just woke up because of the hand caressing my stomach.

Hindi pa ako nakakamulat ng mata at kaagad kong dinakip ang kamay niya. Iminulat ko ang mga mata ko at tignan siya.

"Hey," He greeted.

I blink my eyes numerous times and I'm not mistaken, Levi is in front of me, showing his body in flesh.

I shook my head and let go of his hand. I squeezed my eyes shut and rested my body on the bed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Maybe because I'm a doctor?" He obviously said and get the alcohol.

"Oh please not the alcohol." I winced and avoided the cotton bud.

"What? Don't tell me you're afraid of alcohol?"

Tiningnan ko siya ng masama. "Why would I? I just hate the cotton!"

He bit his lower lip to suppress his smile. "Why would you?"

I adverted my eyes on him and gripped the side bed. "B-because it's weird!"

"Anong weird dito? It's just a cotton,"

Tiningnan ko ulit siya ng masama. "Edi ilagay mo sa sarili mo! Huwag sa'kin!"

"Ako ba ang nabaril? Ang lakas ng loob mong makipag barilan tapos takot ka sa cotton?"

"Hindi ako takot sa cotton!"

Inilapit niya bigla sa'kin iyon kaya napa-iwas ako. "Hindi daw takot," Bulong niya.

"Huwag ka na ngang lumapit sa'kin! Doon ka na shoo!"

"Nope, not until you let me put this cotton to your wound."

Sumama ang mukha ko sa sinabi niya. "No, I won't let you." I said in a firm voice.

"Then I'll stay here."

He sat on the chair next to me and put his leg on the corner and rested his head on his leg.

"Stop carping me!" I hissed.

"Nope, not until you let me put this."

I sighed and looked away from him. Nagkahalikan na kami pero ganito parin trato namin sa isa't isa? Seriously, what's the fuss?

Bakit ba naman kasi sa dinami-rami ng doctor sa Pilipinas siya pa ang ililigtas ko? Eh malay ko bang may sabit pala to tapos nakikisama lang.

Why would I think about that anyway, I don't care about him. I just need to do my mission and that's all.

No kissing at all!

My face heated because of the thought. Nakakahiya talaga yung ginawa ko, it's not my first time kissing someone within the mission though, it was the first time that I encountered the man I kissed after a mission.

"Why are you blushing? Are you thinking about our kissed that we shared?"

I looked at him and raised a brow. "Why would I think about those. . . creepy disgusting scenario?"

Good thing I was good in lying, although it was really disgusting. I mean, kissing a stranger is creepy but nah his taste is not disgusting. Maybe because he taste good?

Oh damn, please advert the thought!

"Disgusting? Creepy? Does kissing someone inside the bar creep you out? Then why are you kissing a stranger?" He said as his forehead knotted.

"Well. . . I need to do that so I still have no choice but to kiss someone." I raised a brow and titled my head. "Why am I explaining to you anyway,"

I adverted my gaze on him and just shut my eyes and rested my body on the bed. It was not comfy, parang nakahiga ka lang sa sahig but I can't complain because we're in the middle of the woods. Saan ako hahanap ng sofa dito?

And also, I'm used to it. Sometimes, I just slept in the ground as I do my mission. Not that disgusting at all, nope it's not.

I suddenly risen up as a callous hand caressed my stomach. I grunt in pain and hold myself to touch my wound.

"Putangina mo, ang sabi ko huwag mong hawakan diba!?"

Napaatras siya ng kaunti at itinaas ang kamay. "Woah, I just touched your wound does it matter?"

"It matter!"

He blinked numerous times and pressed his lips together. "Wala namang cotton," Mahinhin niyang ani.

I adverted my eyes on him and looked at my wound, nabigla lang siguro kaya sumakit.

"I hate it, I don't like it when someone's holding me. So fuck off,"

He chuckled softly. "Okay, sorry. Just let me check your wound and just look at me as your doctor and no. . . I'm not a stranger anymore."

I layed my back again and let him check my wound. It's not comfortable, since I always checked myself on a female doctor, which is Agent Demon. Though, I'm a nurse myself so it's really not that inconvenient for me to check myself. And I also learned a lot when it comes to medical missionary, at kahit hindi ako doctor ay nakahawak na ako ng pasyente kahit sekretarya lang ng doktor. 

Napapangiwi na lang ako habang nakapikit at dinaramdam ang kamay niya sa tiyan ko.

Kung pwede lang bawiin ang kamay niya dahil sa sakit ginawa ko na, kaso hindi naman pwede dahil baka ako pa ang mamatay.

I still need to put Caion and Wave behind the bars, and also I don't want to die without bequeathing my lineage. Although, I don't have a man in my life I'm still desiring to have a family.

Kahit hindi na pamilya, anak lang ay ayos na.

But if this mission will led me to death, okay, I'll accept the destiny. As if I'm gonna let that happen.

"It's done,"

I opened my eyes and welcomed his deep brunette eyes. Goodness, my weakness.

"Good, now fucking go."

His mouth agape and looked shocked. I raised a brow and spoke. "What?"

"Ahh. . . can't you say thank you?"

My forehead knotted as I looked at him weirdly. "I'm thanking someone if I want to, but I don't want to say thank you to you so go."

He blinked numerous times and gulped. "Oww. . . Okay,"

He stood up and walked to the door. Tumingin pa siya sandali sa'kin kaya tinaasan ko siya ng kilay. Umiling iling siyang lumabas sa kwarto at hindi na nagsalita pa.

Weirdo.