PART TIME DETECTIVES [VENTURES]

Episode 29- Friend or Foe

[Clifford Archangel]

Pagdating ko sa office ni Botulinum ay nakita ko syang nakaupo sa isang mahabang kulay itim na sofa, kasama nya sila Hemlock, Cyanide at yung lalaking palaging kasama ni Cyanide. Kasama nila si Boss kaya bigla akong kinabahan. They could kill me in right here right now if the boss say so.

Malaki ang office ni Botulinum yun ay dahil pang-apat sya sa rank ng organization. Maraming kung ano-anong gadget ang nagkalat sa office nya, naglalakihang mga monitor at limang malalaking laptop. Unang tingin mo pa lang sa loob ay siguradong mamamangha ka na sa dami ng ilaw galing sa iba't-ibang screen ng mga gadget nya.

"have you turned into a rock or something? why don't you step in here for a moment" malamig na sabi ni Cyanide.

Nanginginig akong pumasok sa loob ng office, pagkasara ko sa pinto ay biglang nagsitaasan ang balahibo ko, hindi dahil sa lamig ng aircon kundi dahil I'm here infront of the five most powerfull men in the organization, the four of them was staring at me, except for Cyanide. I was intimidated and petrefied.

Unang beses ko silng nakita nang harapan, take note that I'm the 8th ranker of the organization, being at the rank only gives me the privilege of seing their faces in pictures.

"you look tense, have some candy"

Iniabot sakin ni Cyanide ang isang pirasong candy na hugis ahas. Aayaw sana ako kaso tinitigan ako ng katabi ni Cyanide kaya agad ko itong kinuha pero hindi ko ito sinubo, I know a thing or two about Cyanide, most of his candies were poisonous, kaya palaging pinapaalala samin na wag na wag kakainin ang candy na bigay ni Cyanide.

Kainis naman, sino ba kasi ang taong naglakas ng loob na pakialaman ang computer ko. Bakit ba kasi sa dinami-rami ng member sa organization yung sa'kin pa talaga ang pinakialam ng mga hinayupak na'yon.

"Botulinum where did you hide the christman decor?" Cyanide ask

Sinamaan sya ng tingin ni Botulinum at bahagya pa nitong inayos ang salamin nya "The hell Cyanide, could you stop acting like a kid? Do you fucking know what you did to my room last year?!"

"Oh C'mon, what I did last year was marvelous! right Hemlock? it's aesthetically marvelous right?" tumango si Hemlock at napasimangot naman si Boulinum.

Binuhat ni Hemlock si Botulinum samantalang kinuha naman ni Cyanide ang salamin neto at inilagay sa itaas na bahagi ng bookshelf.

hindi ko alam kung tatawa ba ako o matatakot sa mga pinag-gagagawa nila, lahat nang naririnig ko sa kanila ay puro nakakatakot na balita, wala akong nabalitaang may pagka weirdo din pala sila mg-isip, especially Cyanide.

"Cyanide, Hemlock. can you two please be formal for a moment? can't you see we're in the middle of an important conversation here" saway ni boss sa kanilang dalawa at muling tumingin sa'kin.

Bigla na naman akong kinabahan, ano kayang ipapataw na parusa sa'kin ni Boss? okay na naman sa'kin kung ipapatay nya ako tutal wala namang nag-aantay sa pag-uwi ko, wala naman akong pamilya o kahit na mga kaibigan na maghahanap sa'kin.

"Boss why don't you let him eat the candy I gave him, after that we are going to talk on something"

"Alright, eat the candy"

itinaas ko ang candy at isinubo ito, the taste of the candy was so bland, there's no hint of sweetness on the candy and that's when I get nervous. I'm the one dealing with poisons in the organization, so I know a couple of poisons who are oderless and tasteless, if this candy is sweet I could be saved but if this is too bland I could be dead.

I waited for a couple of minutes unable to moved by fear, the five of them were just staring at me though Cyanide doesn't give much attention, he's too busy playing with his fingers.