DETECTIVE FILES. File 2 (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 11: HIS EXCELLENCY

Chapter 11: His Excellency

"Cooler?"

"Amber? Damn!", he said at agad na itinuon ang baril sa driver na nahintakutan din. "Drive fast!"

Hinampas ko ang isang braso niya. "Put away that gun idiot!" Natataranta na kasi ang driver. Who wouldn't be kung bigla na lamang may pumara sayo at bigla ka na lamang tutuonan ng baril!

Agad naman niya iyong binaba. "Shit, Amber! What the hell are you doing here?" He keeps on looking back at halatang natataranta.

"I should be asking the same question. What are you doing here?", I asked him habang nagpupunas siya ng pawis. The driver was glancing at us on the rearview mirror. Cooler pointed again his gun at the driver. "What? Just drive anywhere and make it faster!"

"Oh, nothing. Don't kill me. Please, don't kill me! I'll drive you anywhere, just please don't kill me", wika ng driver and this time ay binatukan ko si Cooler.

"Awww! Aray ah!", he scowled at me. Uh, seriously?! Umaray siya sa simpleng pagbatok na iyon?

"Ibaba mo sabi eh! Natatakot yung driver sayo!", wika ko sa kanya. Funny how he looks so dangerous with a gun, yet sa simpleng pagbatok ay napapaaray na ito. "Sabi ko anong ginagawa mo dito? Sinusundan mo ba ako?"

"Sorry to burst your bubble Amber but I wasn't following you. Dalawang linggo na ako dito. I should be the one asking what are you doing here. Parang kailan lang ng tumawag si Artemis to inform me that Ryu brought you in the mansion and now you're here?", he said.

"I'm on a vacation with Gray", sagot ko sa kanya. Ikinuwento iyon sa kanya ni Artemis?

"Ah, I see. A vacation huh? You decided to spend some time here with Gr— with Gray? What the hell?!", he asked. "With Gray? You mean Gray Vander?"

I rolled my eyes at him. "Gray Silvan, not Vander."

"He's still a Vander whether he likes it or not", he said with a pout. "But why the hell?! Bakit si Gray ang kasama mo?!"

"Don't ask. It's a long story. Now mind sharing why you just came calling the cab I'm in, sweating like a pig and pointing your gun on us?", tanong ko sa kanya.

"I don't know that you are in this cab. I'm chased by some guys, damn business", wika niya. Panay pa rin ang lingon niya sa likuran.

"WHAT?"

"Ugh, sorry Amber", he said with a frown. Damn him! Idinamay na naman ako. I remembered one time when we ran to escape his pursuers. We escaped but in the end ay ang nahuli kami ng mga inutusan ni Cronus. I gave him a dagger stare bago itinapat ang paningin sa labas ng sasakyan

"What happened to your hair?", nagulat niyang tanong. Hinawakan niya ang hindi pantay kong buhok while his hands was still holding the gun.

Hinila ko ang buhok ko mula sa kanya. "I'm going to a parlor. I cut my hair using a knife."

"Have you gone crazy for doing such?! Sayang ang buhok mo", he asked surprisedly. Kung nanghihinayang siya sa buhok ko, paano na lang kaya ako? Araw-araw ko iyong inaalagaan and then one day! Uh, masakit sa kalooban!

"It's a matter of life and death", sagot ko sa kanya. The driver asked kung saan kami maaring bumaba. When I looked back, wala na ang mga kotse na sumusunod sa amin.

"Bring us to Fleet Street", Cooler said at tumango ang driver sa kanya. Pinahinto ni Cooler ang driver sa isang busy na daan at panay pa rin ang tingin ni Cooler sa paligod kung ligtas na ba. When everything was cleared ay hinila niya ako palabas ng kotse.