DETECTIVE FILES. File 2 (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 19: MARIA CACAO

Chapter 19: Maria Cacao

It was almost midnight when the case was solved. The person responsible for the murder already asked forgiveness after I exposed his crime. Matapos iyon ay humiram ng cellphone si Ryu sa isa sa kanila at may tinawagan. Nagpaalam na rin siya sa mga taong natitira doon.

"Wait. We're leaving at this hour? Sigurado ka ba sa sinasabi mo dyan Ryu?", I asked him habang nasa labas kami. Malawak ang mga lupain doon at walang mga kabahayan doon. Ilang saglit lang ay nakarinig ako ng munting tunog mula sa kalangitan. Unti-unti iyong lumalapit sa amin at may ilaw mula doon na humagip sa direksyon namin.

A chopper ?

"Did you just summon the mafia chopper?", I asked him. He gave me a nod bilang sagot and that's when everything in my head boils. "Bakit ngayon mo lang yan naisip? We shouldn't have walked in a hill with snakes or slept in a hut sa baryo ng mga pugante!"

"I told you I hate being followed by the mafia but now I've got no other choice. I just called Mnemosyne and she tracked the GPS of the phone that I used", he said with a smirk. Argh! Nakakainis! Kung dati pa niya itong naisip edi sana ay maayos na kaming nakauwi kahapon pa lamang!

Lumapag malapit sa amin ang chopper at bumaba doon si Mnemosyne. "Hi babe!", nakangiti nitong bati kay Ryu, but the latter just ignored her. Her voice was loud enough for us to hear dahil maingay kasi ang tunog ng sasakyang panghimpapawid. Lumapit siya sa akin at bumeso sa pisngi ko. "Hi Amber!"

I gave her a smile and Ryu dragged me towards the chopper. "Let someone take care of Old man Rionessi's car tomorrow", wika niya at iginiya ako papasok sa chopper. I know he was referring to Mnemosyne kaya hindi na ako nagsalita. Pumasok rin siya at tumabi sa akin while Mnemosyne sat beside the pilot.

"Hi Amber!", nakangiting bati ng piloto and I was surprised to see who it was!

"Red?!"

"Yeah, that's me!", he said at muling pinalipad ang chopper. What the hell? He can fly a chopper?! I thought he's a psychology student and yeah. A reaper.

Nilingon kami ni Mnemosyne. "I know what you are thinking. It's like 'what the hell, Red can fly a chopper?! And yeah, he can. He's been driving flying objects since 15", nakangiting wika nito. Uh, mas lalo yatang ayoko ng malaman pa kung ano ang kayang gawin ng mga reapers.

"And babe—"

"It's Apollo", putol ni Ryu sa kanya.

"Yeah. Apollo. Here's what you're asking for", inabot niya kay Ryu ang isang lumang kahon. "I got that from Scott's old abandoned house."

Binuksan iyon ni Ryu at tumambad sa amin ang larawan ng isang lalaking maputi at mabalbas. In one of the pictures, they were making pots, some were cleaning gold pieces at ang iba naman ay litrato na nasa minahan.

"The young white man is obviously Scott and the other guy is the Russian Ivanovich himself. As of the tattoo in his arm that you sent, those acrylic characters simply means APPRENTICE, tatttoed by Ivanovich", paliwanag ni Mnemosyne.

"Which means that Scott isn't Scorpion?", Ryu asked.

"Yeah."

"What? He suffered in prison for 20 years ngunit hindi naman pala siya ang may kasalanan?", I asked in disbelief.

"He's not the only one who suffered such fate Amber. You're too naive for the cruelties of life. Believe me, there are others who have been to worst. If there's worst than worst, many have been there", seryosong turan ni Ryu.

Mnemosyne snapped her fingers. "Okay, let's cut the drama. And you Ryu, prepare your face for the fists that's gonna land there later. The Vander Boys have been itching to throw punches. Even the reapers didn't mess up with them. They're scary", nakangiting wika niya.