"Not all people fights for life. Some just wants life to stop fighting. Some just wants life to fight itself. Without them getting tired." —Own

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They're not dead...
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They're not dead...
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THEY'RE NOT DEAD!!!
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*KRING* *KRING* *KRING*

It's 10:23 at night when my phone rang. It was an unregistered number.

"Hello?" No one answered.
"Who is this?" Still no one answered.
"Hello?" Silence.

"If you aren't gonna talk, it's no use calling." I said and hang up.

I drank the water on my bed side table and when I finished, my phone rang. Again.

Officer Hervio

"Hello."
"Oh, good. Your still awake." He said. "We have a case." He said, now in a serious tone.

"Spill." I stood up from my bed, wear my bed sleepers, and made my way to my closet to change.

"We need an eye inside." He said. I know what that means.
"Coming. Text me the Address." Even if I don't wanna, what can I do? I accepted this kind of job.

I wore a Black pants, crop top and office jacket, paired with a black rubber shoes.

After I changed I looked at my phone, officer Hervio already texted the place.

'Liquid Night Club'?

I got out of the house and went to my Motorcycle parked at the garage.

I drove to the place and I saw officer Hervio waiting outside the club together with someone I don't know.

"That's what you're going to wear?" the other guy said.

"And why is it part of your business?" I asked while parking my motor.

"Ah, Myst, this is Yosef Caleb Lee. Yosef, this is Mystic Rhian Aria Gacia. And napag usapan namin na kayo ang magiging mag partner for tonight's mission."

"What? I can go alone." He said.
"And so can I." I second emotion.

"You see guys, these is not the same as your past missions. All three of us will go, but you two are in charge of talkings. And I will be on guard." Officer Hervio explained.

"Can't we just do it alone? Individually."
"Then how can I watch you both?"
"Call another cop?"

I sigh. Pleasing officer Hervio is impossible, I tried it for some times already and he didn't gave his ideas up. So, I won't do it anymore.

I walked inside and the bouncer asked for my ID. Since I'm a minor, the police made me a fake ID for missions like this.

I took my Fake ID and showed it to the bouncer.

While the bouncer was checking my ID someone suddenly put their hands on my waist. When I was about to take their hands off, he suddenly speak.

"Shh, just follow my lead." Him.
"What are you doing?" Me.
"I forgot my ID. And I got no choice 'cuz officer Hervio forced me to." Him.
"Now, follow my lead." Him.

"Babe, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be late." What is he doing?!

Sigh.

"I-I-It's f-fine."

"You may enter." The bouncer said.

But before he opened the door, he looked at me and then lend his sight to the guy beside me.

"I'm with her. Right, babe?" Again with that.

I just nod as a response.

"You may go." Then opened the door.

The person behind us is Officer Hervio and he got in easily since he is really an adult.

"I'll be on watch." Officer Hervio.
"Oh, by the way, all you need to do is find the suspect for attempted bombing. Officer Vera will tell you the details and description of the suspect. We'll take care of the rest." He added and gave us a pair of wireless headset.

This officer really needs to know how we feel.

Sigh.

"Garcia, Hervio, Lee, guys, you there?" Officer Vera said.

"Here." We all said in unison.

"Okay."
"The suspect is a male. Above 30 but younger then 45. A former Businessman. A flirt and a womanizer. And is active in social media." She said.

"That's all? How can we tell who with just that info?" Yuan asked.

"Yosef, right?" I asked and looked at him. But before he could answer,
"Just shut up and use your deduction skills." I said at nauna nang mag lakad.

"Whoa, your mean." I heard him said.

He caught up with my walking and talked. Again.

"As I said it's not easy to tell who the bomber is with just that info." He said.

"Then do an elimination. Suspect is Male, so we eliminate all women." I said.

"Above 30 but younger than 45. Eliminate all older and younger in the said age."

"A businessman. Cool type. Playboy."

"So, we eliminate, a couple people for not being a businessman. Less people for cool type. And less a little in Playboy. Most young people here are playboy. And all of them are active only for business." I said.

"You will split in two teams. Hervio will look on the first floor, while you and Yuan will look on the second floor. Now!" Officer Vera told me.

Bakit hindi nalang hiwalay ang investigation namin nitong lalaking 'to?

"Lets get to work." He said and stretched his arms.

.

"What the--!" Napabalikwas ako ng gising dahil sa malamig na tubig na dumapo sa mukha ko.

"Good Morning!" Bati ni tita.

"TITA!!!" I shouted and she just chuckled.

"You're 10 minutes is over and I just came to wake you up." She happily said.

"Pero hindi naman po kailangang buhusan niyo ako ng tubig." I said but she just shrugged her shoulders.

"Breakfast is ready!"

"Ok. Now leave."

She chuckled and left my room.

Tinignan ko ang orasan ko, and it's... WHAT?!

"Tita! Bakit hindi niyo ako ginising ng mas maaga?!" I shouted. I didn't hear an answer but I heard a chuckle.

7:10 am. My class starts at 8. How am I always late?

"Breakfast?" Tita asked when I got down.

"No, I'm late." I said while brushing my hair. "But I'll take this." And took an apple.

I looked at my watch and it's 7:55.

Bakit ba kasi ang tagal ng misyon namin kagabi?!

Last night...
"Lets get to work."

"You look over there. And I'll look here." He assigned me the bigger part of the ground.

He didn't wait for my complaint and just ran to his 'part'. Idiot.

I swear that idiot!

It's hard to tell. Most of them looks young, they're mostly womanizer, they look cool and they look like businessmen.

Looking around makes me stressed. It looks like all guys here are the same. Just different ties.

Wait, that's it!

Ties.

"Yuan, officer Hervio, do you like the color orange?"

"No." Yuan answered.

"I do not like it. Why?" Officer Hervio answered.

"Look for a man with Orange tie." I said when I realized.

"What? Why?" Yuan asked.

"Men hates the color orange. Look around. All men wear almost the same outfits but different ties." I started to explain.

"Yeah. But what's the connection?" Officer Vera said.

I sigh. "Orange is the trend this month. You see, brown, orange and yellow are colors that men hate, and no one is wearing ties with the said color. But if he is really that active in social media,not for business, he knows the trends." I continued.

"And since the trend is orange, it doesn't matter if he doesn't like it." Yuan continued.

"Great thinking detectives." Officer Vera and officer Hervio said in unison.

Nag lakad pa ako habang tinitignan ang paligid ko. Kumuha ako ng wine para hindi ako mahalataan

3...
2...
1...

"I found him!" I said.

He's with 3 women, he's talking while holding his wine on his left and his right hand is leaning onto the wall. Wow, perfect for description.

"I found one too. Perfect for the description."  Yuan said. 

"What?!" I exclaimed. I guess one of them is the suspect.

"Ah, shit! He almost caught me looking at him." Him.

"The bomb is ticking! We need to catch the real culprit!"Officer Vera shouted.

"He's hands are in his pockets. Enough evidence!" yuan said.

I looked at 'my' suspect and nothing changed. Does that means I found the wrong one? But I need to be sure first.

I walk to him and excused him to the ladies.

"What can I do to a beautiful lady?" 

"Hi, I just wanted to talk. And since you were attractive, I thought that maybe you can accompany me?" I was puking on my mind. I'm not judgmental but this guy, just no.

"Detective Garcia! What are you doing?! We found the culprit already." Officer Hervio said, but I ignored. I'll see if I have the real culprit.

"Sure. Shall I tour you around?" What a weird offer.

"Lead the way then."

Looking at his back made my senses go wild and aware. And I noticed a slight slice on his suit with a little curve in it too. if you are far from it, you can never notice it. 

As I keep following him with the slight slice filled my thoughts I didn't realized that he had stop walking. When I looked around it is just me and him in this white room. Have we been walking that long?

"I see you're still interrogating me even if your team has found another suspect. I see only you have found me." He said. He gave me chills down to my spine, how did he know? 

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously. I'm scared, yes, but now is not the right time.

"How else?" He asked back and lend a hand out, with it, an earpiece appeared. "How about you? How did you know it was me?" He asked.

"you have an earpiece, I doubt that you still don't know." I answered.

"Oh, come on. It might be your last night here on earth. At least let me know." I got curious on what he meant kahit alam ko naman talaga angibig niyang sabihin. Maybe I just want na siya mismo ang mag sabi.

"you won't talk aren't you? Oh, well, at least that decoy did his job right." My eyebrows almost met. Decoy? 

The other suspect!

"i see you already know." He said. I knelt. 

"Yes, and your under arrest." I took the handcuffs I put inside my shoes. "they were uncomfortable on my foot. How about you put them on?"  I said.

"How about 'no'?" He asked and started to attack. I took out my baton stick and defended my self by striking him with it. Sticks are second in best weapon for me.

Unfortunately, he's good with talk but weak in action. In less than 3 minutes, he is now lying on the floor holding his leg.

"3 minutes. Next time, try being good at actions than words." I told him and he groaned as a response.

"And, please be comfortable with this, cause it suits you." I told him as I took my cuffs out.

After that 'small talk' of ours, I found the secret door to the club at the corner and got out with the suspect. 

I had a little talk with officer Hervio, officer Vera and Yosef. By 'little talk' I mean 'little argue'. They were mad because I caught the bomber alone and I'm mad because they were.

And some time after that, I went home without talking to anyone anymore. The important thing was the real suspect was the one arrested and the party is still going on like nothing happen.

Their expressions was priceless when I told them that the one they were arresting was a decoy. But also to my surprise, it was really the decoy who pressed the button for the timer.

Actually, he was threatened by the suspect. The suspect didn't want to put himself in danger that's why he put a decoy in his place.

A phone was also found on the decoy's pockets and he said that the suspect will call him to when he should press the button.

But on my own opinion, I think he just hired a decoy because he thinks that's the only way to protect himself from us, since he can't fight.

The reason of the suspect was for revenge. His best friend died in the exact club because of the owner. He said that the owner was dealing drugs and the friend saw it. So the owner killed the friend in that exact club and in front of his eyes. He wanted to get revenge on that by also taking the owner's life together with his own and other innocent lives.

The bomber got arrested. But together with him, the owner of the club will also be arrested with his henchmen. And the club? It will be torn down and the lot will be sold.

Even if I know the reason, I still can't understand why people have to kill.

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END of Flashback.

Habang naglalakad ako papuntang school may nakabangga akong isang babae na naka hoodie at naka suit case. Nakita ko na parang natataranta siya ng makita ako, pero hindi ko nakita ng maayos ang mukha niya kaya hindi ko alam kung kakilala ko ba siya. Ang tanging nakita ko lang ay ang kwintas niyang may kakaibang design. Weird.

Binalewala ko yun at tumuloy na ako sa school. Wala na akong oras para isipin ko pa siya. Late na ako ng 13 minutes sa klase ko, baka napa-paranoid lang ako dahil sa pagod at kulang sa tulog... Diba?...

t.b.c.

A/N: Bare with my wrongs. Any advises could help.