Cyainne's POV:

"Sir Theodore, malakas ang kutob ko na hindi lang sila naglayas o pumunta kung saan, it's been three days, kilala ko sila. Uuwi at uuwi sila kahit saan sila galing."

"You think he didn't thought of that Franco?"

"What are you trying to say Syd?"

She just rolled her eyes to him.

"Shut up you two."

Awat ni Dwayne sa kanila.

"Sir, I think I can confront an Ares member."

Spencer proposed out of the blue not even looking at us, but on the pen he's spinning around his fingers. Huh, this dilettante. Don't even know what he's saying.

I'm tired of this amateurs around me.

"Sure, you can. But what if it's not them?"

I said to help them stretch their ideas from this little struggle.

I am sitting dreary on the table across them with my foot on the chair.

"Agree, those three weren't a repellant of trouble, just a subpar magnet of it in fact. So that's plausible. "

Sabi naman ni MJ sabay tingin kay Franco.

Wala na talaga akong masabi sa kabagalan ng pagproseso ng isip nila.

"Argh, we can't even file a missing person. That's a low-key disadvantage of being in a secret organization."

Dwayne with his arms around Syd's shoulder.

Being in an ineffective organization you say?

"We can find them without the police, or the SWAT, FBI or whatever, and pwede ba? Don't underestimate our capabilities?"

Sasha blurted out.

"Take this, Drew from Tres is also missing, after his long whereabouts, and he's nowhere to be seen again just a day prior to the vanishing of the three."

Erwin cuts the conversations of Sasha and Dwayne before it ends up in the other way.

"It ain't just a coincidence,right?"

Sydney said with her serious opinion.

This douchebags making assumptions right away, well, hindi ko sila masisisi. A total unrelated incidents.

Wala kaming interes ng pinsan ko sa tatlong yun. Those were just a bunch of immature crackheads who's get beaten up and executed by street gangs on the street. I don't care where the fuck they are in the circle of hell rn.

"Yes I think so, ugh, it is a brain-scracthing enigma."

Franco said in his idiotic face.

I just contained my laughter inside me.

"I'll try to approach Seira."

Finally, Sir Theodore said. Since I've been his real life bridge to Sir Alistair, it's really just a piece of cake to link their every moves, hindi lang nila alam, traitors are everywhere. They are the most vulnerable secret organization I'd ever know.

Because of this man's confession last night, we now have the biggest alas in our hands.

---FLASHBACK---

"You don't have to cuff me, there's absolutely no point to that."

Sabi n'ya pero nakaposas na s'ya. Nanatili lang s'ya sa harap namin na naka luhod sa salas, sa harap ng lamesang may ilang bote ng whiskey at shot glasses.

"And what do you think this unexpected guest is trying to say Cy?"

Sabi ng pinsan ko, completely disregarding this man's words.

"Hindi ako pupunta dito magisa and unarmed kung papatayin ko kayo. I have no intentions to threatened anyone."

You're not even a threat.

"Enough the excuses, tell us what you want."

Agad kong sabat dahil obvious naman ang mga sinasabi n'ya.

"I have this very powerful potential weapon, and I want to trade it with you."

Hindi kami umimik ng pinsan ko para mapilitan s'yang ituloy ang mga sinasabi n'ya ng walang hinto.

"A trade of your acceptance of me as a new member of your group... Seira..."

Hm, interesting. This weapon might be powerful than Tsar Bomba for him to wish to live that dream.

"And what is this weapon?"

My cousin asked.

"I don't know, but we can call it The Alistair boomerang..."

He paused while I stared at him.

"...you see, he threw this thing high up in the air-and it will kill him back soon."

He said in a serious tone.

"Such a useless witt, and why would we trust you. Don't you think it's that easy, you have to give us a rational reason and prove your loyalty. Meaning, once you decided to stick with us, you'll do whatever we say, you'll open heartedly accept our test even if it cost any part of your body...."

"...or even your life."

Lubha s'yang nagulat sa mga sinabi ni Seira, hindi n'ya siguro inaasahang maaring mamamatay muna s'ya bago pa s'ya matanggap.

I have never trusted anyone, my cousin, my father, you name it, not even this snake crawling in front of me.

"Alright then..."

There's a long pause before he continued while remaining in his knees.

"...my life, in exchange of my acceptance, in trade for my weapon. Hm I wouldn't think that you will end me, probably you'll butcher or disembody me..."

He clenched his jaw, ramdam kong gusto n'ya nang umatras. But that will hurt his pride running to us, isn't it?

He looked up to me.

"...By the way, you're a great pretender Cy. Guess I have another secret in the box..."

He said, trying to use that fact to probably got a lighter torture. But I won't hesitate to end you on instant even without your stupid boomerang.

He continued talking when he sensed that I won't say anything.

"...You probably haven't heard that I was missing this past few days-I was kidnapped and held down in an isolated, dark basement. It's hard to imagine and even think who tied me down in a chair with a single light above my head..."

"My captors are my team. The team I am fighting for. The team you willing to die for, the family you've pledged to protect and sacrifice for. The family with the same vision..."

So this is what's happening inside Tres all these years. Backstabbing each other's hopeless backs.

"They shut me down just because of this secret. I'm so tired of fearing the people who suppose to save me. And now..."

"...there's nothing that could satisfy me but revenge. I understand that you have to think before letting me in these tall walls, but I promise I won't turn my back on you."

He said in a pathetic way, you've already turned your back in Tres. And no doubt you can certainly do that in our mob. But we can squeeze the life out of you 'till we had enough information, that we can trash you back on your cyclical genesis.

-----END-----

"Seriously sir? Alam naman natin na wala ng iba pang gagawa nito. Tapos kakausapin n'yo lang s'ya? *sigh* you gotta be kidding."

"Oh Shut up Dwayne. Your only job is to shut up."

Franco said, I don't understand why they can't handle this. It's probably that their passiveness and emotions don't work properly, or probably some rusty loose screws.

"Shhh."

And Sasha in the corner just shhhshh-ing them.

"Are you trying to say that I'm a burden huh Francboy?!"

"I didn't say that and don't mean that way, but you admitted it."

Susugurin na sana ni Dwayne si Franco ng bigla silang natauhan ng maramdaman ang presensya ni Sir Theodore.

"Insolent bastards! Get out of my face!"

Nagulat ang lahat sa malakas na boses ni Sir Theodore, padabog na unang lumabas si Dwayne. Sinundan naman ni Sydney, Spencer na nakapamulsa, Sasha na nag sorry pa sa boss nila at nahuli kaming tatlo nina Erwin at MJ.

"Call us when needed Sir."

Tanging sabi ni Erwin kay Sir Theodore na nakapikit habang nakasandal sa swivel chair at naka patong ang isang kamay sa arm rest at ang isa ay hinihilot ang kanyang noo.

Tinapunan ako ng tingin ni MJ bago sila lumabas ni Erwin.

I am not surprised when they express jealousy, paano ba namang hindi? I don't want to be cocky but I'm the only functioning piece in Sir Theodore's chess.

"Accompany me tonight Cyainne, we'll go meet Seira."

Sabi n'ya nang maramdamang wala ng ibang tao.

Tumayo na ako at naglakad na papuntang pintuan.

"Count on me."

Good luck barking up on a wrong tree Sir Theodore, hope you'll have a great time.