Horizon Pirates

Kabanata 24

- THIRD PERSON'S POV -

"Join my crew." Frost said with a plain voice and expressionless face. The man is not expecting him to agree but he's also not expecting him to reject the offer. Ito ang unang beses para kay Zech na hindi mabasa ang isang tao. Hindi niya maunawaan kung sa paanong paraan tumatakbo ang isip ni Frost.

"Okay." Zech answered and drank his beer. Walang masama kung sasabayan niya pansamantala ang binata.

'A crew? Is he trying to be a pirate? If that's the case,then this is an opportunity for me.' Zech thought.

Dahil sa bisyong alak,mas malaki ang nagagastos ni Zech sa isang araw. He's already running out of money. Ang isang grupo ng pirata na nagsisimula palang ay isang oportunidad para pagkunan niya ng pera.

Katatapos palang ni Zech kalabanin si Frost matapos mangyari ang maliit na hindi pagkakaintindihan. Surprisingly for Zech,he lost the duel even when using a weapon.

'This guy is stronger than me. Hindi magtatagal ay gagawa din siya ng sariling pangalan.' sambit ni Zech sa sarili.

Wala sa desisyon ni Zech ang mag stay sa grupo ni Frost. Sa oras na magka bounty ang binata,iyon na ang pagkakataon niyang umatake. He will first earn his trust and betray him later. Zech was planning to sell Frost to the marines and get the bounty for himself. Sa ganoong paraan ay hindi niya na proproblemahin pa ang paghahanap ng pera.

Isang bumubulusok na barya ang lumipad patungo sa kanya. Mas mabilis pa ito sa bala ng baril, Zech's body moved instinctively to catch the coin. Kung hindi siya pinalad saluhin o iwasan ito,malamang ay may butas ng nabuo sa kanyang ulo.

'Who the hell?' Zech became wary, he felt a little bit chilly sensation. Who the hell in this world capable of turning a normal coin into a bullet right?

"Give my leather pouch back you f--king jerk!"

Napalingon si Zech sa pinanggalingan ng boses,pamilyar ito sa kanya. That's the night when she met Azra.

A fight almost broke up between him and the woman. Hindi naman talaga pumapatol si Zech sa mga babae,he will not waste a single second to unsheathed his katana or give them attention, it's because Zech believed that they're not worth it. He always thought that women are just fragile and weak creatures.

That foolish belief reached its ending that night.

Zech unknowingly unsheathed his katana. Tinulak siya ng sariling instinct para gawin ang bagay na iyon. Sa unang pagkakataon sa buhay ni Zech, that's the first time of him to felt threatened by a woman.

Upturned peanut eyes glaring at him. Isa lang ang sinasabi ng utak ni Zech sa kanya. If he didn't give the d-mn leather pouch back, something really worse could happen.

He can defend himself to any attacks even if he's sleeping but couldn't avoided the punch from Azra. That punch can crush a normal person's skull to dust kapag nagkataon.

Napag alaman ni Zech na magkakilala pala sila Frost at Azra. By that time, alam na ni Zech na mahihirapan siya sa isasagawang plano.

Frost and Azra was planning to free the victims of Auction House. Muli niyang hindi naintindihan ang takbo ng mga isip nito. Why would they bother themselves to such trouble? Wala naman silang makukuhang kapalit, there's no money or treasure reward. Ilalagay lang nila sa kapahamakan ang buhay nila sa walang kwentang rason.