Vengeance (ViceRylle story)

Jasmine

KARYLLE: Are you sure about that, Agent A21?

ANNE: Yes, if that's the only way we could get in without risking anyone's life.

KARYLLE: Okay. I'll go with you for backup. I won't interact with you guys.

VICE: Agent B10 and I will just stay here. Pag-aaralan muna namin nang mabuti kung ano pa yung pwede nating gawin. But we have to get there ASAP.

Bumyahe na sila Anne at Karylle. Ilang minuto rin nilang sinundan lamang si Jasmine bago nila ito pinuntahan para makausap.

Kasalukuyang nasa isang coffee shop si Jasmine at nagtatrabaho bilang cashier. Pumila na si Anne at nagpanggap na oorder.

JASMINE: Good morning, Ma'am! Welcome to Toffee Coffee. May I take your order?

ANNE: Just Ask Someone Again Not Nag Everyone.

Umalis na sa pila si Anne at ganoon din si Jasmine. Binilin nya sa kanyang kasama ang trabaho bago nagtungo sa backdoor. Pasimple syang sinundan ni Anne.

ANNE: Jas...

Niyakap ni Jasmine ang kanyang kapatid at hindi napigilan na maiyak dahil sa sobrang pagkamiss nya dito.

JASMINE: Ate, I thought I'll never see you again.

ANNE: Sshh... Wag ka na umiyak. I'm here.

JASMINE: Where have you been? The last time I saw you was when your officemates visited sa condo.

ANNE: I've been doing some work... Ikaw? Kamusta ka na?

JASMINE: Okay lang. Nagtatrabaho ako dito sa coffee shop after class o kaya kapag wala akong pasok.

ANNE: How about other jobs?

JASMINE: Ahm...

ANNE: May dapat pa ba akong malaman, Jas?

JASMINE: I have another job.

ANNE: What is it?

JASMINE: I work at a secret group.

ANNE: Secret group?

JASMINE: Ate, I know I can trust you.

ANNE: Of course you can. You trust ate and ate trusts you too.

JASMINE: Well, I work at a secret group which has members from all over the Philippines. Most of us are college students. Mga computer-related courses.

ANNE: What do you do there?

JASMINE: We develop stuff. May mga inventors, scientists. Ako, under training palang ako. Wala pa akong sariling project pero I help sa activities nung mga may binubuo nang projects and other stuff like that.

ANNE: May office kayo?

JASMINE: Yes. Headquarters.

ANNE: Saan? I mean, is it safe there?

JASMINE: Yes, it's safe inside. But getting there is kind of dangerous.

ANNE: Do you go there often?

JASMINE: (nods) Three times a week.

ANNE: Ah... Jasmine, can we go somewhere else private?

JASMINE: Sure.

Naglakad sa alleyway sila Anne at Jasmine para makapunta sa kinaroroonan ni Karylle. Nang matanaw na nila ang kotse, kinapkapan ni Anne si Jasmine at nagtanong.

ANNE: Jasmine, I know you're my little sister and you're on my side but I just want to make sure as well. Can I trust you?

JASMINE: Yes ate.

Sumakay sa backseat sila Jasmine at Anne. Si Karylle ay kasalukuyang nasa driver's seat at pinaandar na nila ang sasakyan.

JASMINE: Ate, where are we going?

ANNE: Babyahe lang tayo saglit. Pero for now, I just want to ask you something.

JASMINE: Ano yun?

ANNE: We need your help. We are in search for a little girl who's been abducted almost one year ago. According to our research, she's being held as a test subject for a dangerous experiment.

JASMINE: Ano naman ang maitutulong ko?

ANNE: She's in your headquarters. Mga kagrupo mo ang kumuha sa kanya.

JASMINE: What? Ate, are you sure about that?

ANNE: Yes. Ever since I left, tinatrack na namin ang grupo na yan. Unfortunately, mahirap i-breach ang security system ng headquarters nyo so we do not have any access inside.

JASMINE: Paano mo naman nalaman na yung grupo namin ang responsable sa pagkawala nung bata?

ANNE: We have our ways on spying people. All evidences lead us to Triumvirate. And yung pinakamastermind ay hindi pa namin sure kung sino kayla "Carbon", "Oxygen", and "Nitrogen". JASMINE: You missed someone.

KARYLLE: No, "Hydrogen" is not one of our suspects because he is not part of the Triumvirate but The Theorists. He is Demyan from Russia.

ANNE: And according to our sources, he is not actually "Hydrogen". Binansagan lang sya ng Triumvirate na "Hydrogen" kasi siya ang mas nakatataas sa kanila. Which is also relevant because the first element on the periodic table is Hydrogen. And it is one of the most dangerous gases.

JASMINE: Okay...

ANNE: So now, you're our only "key" to get in the headquarters. We need you to help us save the little girl.

JASMINE: I don't know, ate. Mahirap yang pinapagawa mo.

ANNE: Please, think about it.

KARYLLE: Help us, please.

Kasama pa rin nila si Jasmine at kasalukuyang nakahinto na sila sa tapat ng isang apartment. Dali-daling lumabas si Bob bitbit ang kanilang mga gamit. Nilagay nito ang mga bagahe sa trunk ng sasakyan at sumakay sa shotgun seat.

KARYLLE: Where's V22?

BOB: Umalis sya kanina. Sabi nya, ano daw ang assurance natin na tutulungan tayo nung sinasabi ni A21. Hindi na daw nya kayang magtagal pa ng isang araw sa lugar na yun yung anak nya.

KARYLLE: So he went there?

BOB: (nods)

KARYLLE: Sh%t! Bakit ba nagdedecide sya nang hindi pa nagtatanong sa akin?

Pinaharurot na ni Karylle ang sasakyan patungong Biak-Na-Bato at nagbabaka sakaling maabutan pa nila si Vice. Sinusubukan ding tawagan ni Bob si Vice ngunit hindi ito sumasagot.

Makalipas ang isang oras, narating na nila ang national park at nag-usap usap para sa plano nila.

BOB: Baka nasa loob na si V22. Hindi ko na macontact yung phone nya.

ANNE: Jasmine, one of us is going to risk his life to get in that headquarters.

JASMINE: Ate...

KARYLLE: Jasmine, I already lost my eldest son. My Alena is in there. Our youngest daughter is currently not with us because of what's happening. Now, my husband is going to risk his life. I'm humbly asking you to please... help us.

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A/N: Nakayla Anne nga ba ang loyalty ni Jasmine? Tutulungan ba nya sila Karylle? ABANGAN!

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