Chapter 36: Intruder

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"I don't need a Prince"

"But maybe you need a King?"

"Who says?" Agad akong nag-walk out.

Seriously, why do these things happen to me? Sa pagkakaalam ko ay mabait naman ako, so bakit ako minamalas? Teka, sumpa ata ang maka-meet ang Unluckies?! Kinalabutan ako ng kaunti. Nag-vibrate naman ang cellphone ko kaya agad ko itong tinignan.

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            Hi! Have a good day! ;)

I may not know who you are but thank you. Wait, something is fishy. Sino ba namang magsesend ng message sa hindi mo kakilala? This number, dalawang beses na nya ako tine-text. Una ay 'yong nasa Fancy  House kami, sabi nya 'I miss you' ata. Tapos ngayon 'have a good day'? Teka author, magiging text serye na ba 'to?

Well, sorry ka. Malabo dahil di ako nagpapa-load. Pero sino kaya 'to? Baka pinagtitripan lang ako nito. Bahala na nga. Ignore ko nalang.

"I'm still higher than you!" sigaw naman ni Candice. Sa lakas ng boses nya, pwede na siguro syang cheerleader. 

"I don't associate with the people I don't care for." sagot ko naman. Medyo malayo narin ako sa kanila kaya hindi na nya mahahagit ang buhok o braso ko.

Tumunog naman ang school bell kaya nagsipasok na rin ang lahat. 

"Take responsibility!" rinig kong sigaw ng isang lalaki mula sa room namin. Hindi ako nag-abalang magmadali dahil wala naman akong paki kung may gulo. Somehow, I feel that it's normal. 

Who's these guys anyway?

Binuksan ko ang pinto ng classroom at pumasok. Agad na bumungad sa mga mata ko ang kaawa-awang lalaki sa sahig. Walang dugo pero makikita mo ang sakit na sinasapit nya. Biglaan naman syang sinipa ng isang lalaki satagiliran. 

Did my eyes lie to me? I looked to Aiko but she have no expression too. She's going blank.

There's a man standing before me. Man with his clenched fists, broad shoulders, burning eyes, thrilling aura, scratched voice, and a man with his pride. The man they called King.

He slapped the man infront of us. Looks like a commoner vs King.

"Take him to the rooftop." he commanded. Our classmates followed his orders in just second. A bunch of other sections are watching us too. Is this a fucking show?!

"Anong gagawin mo sa kanya?!" sigaw ko habang hawak ang braso ni Khin. He gave me a cold stare. I can't read what's on his mind. Is he going crazy? Or... is he playing a game again? Is this a proposal? There's a lot of questions popping out of my mind. 

"What is happening?" bulong ko nalang nang bawiin nya ang braso nya at saka naglakad palabas ng classroom. Marami rin ang summunod sa kanya but no one wants to bump into him so they kept a distance.

Even Aiko with the bubble personality becomes a cold princess. Just, what in the world is happening? 

"Let's go out, Devonn." hatak sa akin ni Aiko palabas. I saw Christy too with the other members of Unluckies. Wait- this is thee first time she called me by my name. This feels like a serious matter. 

Nakarating kaming lahat sa rooftop. The other students did't even bother to come up to this building. Ang iba ang nasa ibang rooftop ng ibang building. Itinulak ng mga lalaki ang kaawa-awang lalaki kanina sa gitna. 

Napalilibutan namin sya ngayon. Nag give way naman ang mga estudyante sa Unluckies. Of course, there's me dahil hinatak rin ako n Christy. 

I saw my brother sighning. What is he doing up here? And why on Earth is Unluckies gathering? As long as I know, if they choose a target they won't let their hands dirty. They would ploy others to get the target, they are highly and won't even bother to move a muscle or lay a finger to the target. That's why they are all in the highest rankings of Red's High. It won't affect their grades as long as they don't lay a finger to anybody. They just send troops. But why? Why are they here? 

"You." -Giljam. Everyone remained silent but I here some students' whisper. ["Wait- they are not gonna do it, right?"] 

Gulong-gulo ako sa pangyayari. I don't know, the atmosphere is really weird! Looks like they've been summoned by a demon or something. Even Giljam whom I know to speak like a child or some funny black, turned into a serious lad. His bubbliness came off. He sounded like he's going to kill this little boy on the ground.

"Are." -Louie. I didn't know much about Louie but for several times that I've bumped into him, this is he first time that he looks scary. All the time, he lookks like he's out of the world but now look at him. His eyes went dead. He then fixed his eyeglass. ["Hey, hey. Are you serious? Isn't this..'] I couldn't hear that much from the students. But hell I'm curious! Aiko and Christy didn't even flinched about the situation. My brother didn't even look like my brother, he looks like someone whom I don't know.

"Unlucky." -David. Ok, I can't catch up anymore! ["They said it! This boy is screwed up.] What the f-ck is going on? I have noooo idea! Everything- No, I mean everyone looks serious. Not just serious but deadly. ["That's what he deserve."]

The boy on the ground looks stupid, by that I mean he's too scared with theese guys. Other students are all around the corner of the rooftop. There's just Unluckies and us on the center. Why is he so scared? He doesn't look like a victim though. I sense danger with him.

"You are not a student here. Are you?" -Law. He's now carrying his magical notebook, I can identify him now. If he's not a student, then why is he wearing our school's uniform? What's his hidden agenda? Why is he here? Do someone planted him? 

The little boy didn't care to answer. Looks like he's preparing himself. 

"Oops. Sorry, Ten." -Darren. Bro, would you like to tell me what's going on?! I feel so stupid right here, knowing nothing. Is Ten some kind of name? Is this boy's name 'Ten?

The little boy stood up proudly. The students are now whispering but I cannot hear a thing! Napatingin ako kay Aiko at Christy but still they looked like bored or something.

"Hey let's go out. That's ridiciously boring." said by Christy. They are bored with this kind of thing?! The little boy looked so hurt, he got bruises on his body. And yet thi is boring? I don't know if she is the Christy that I knew. 

"Sigh, they gonna do it again. Once in a blue moon. Let's watch them. Nine" Aiko insisted. She didn't looked worried or something. These two girls, do I know them? Is thi their true form? Are they faking me all the time? 

Someone, please explain this to me. I'm going blank, my mind is full of unanswered questions.

Tick.  Tock.  Tick.  Tock.

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