The Culprit (UNDER REVISION)

Case 001: Mission Failed 👮

                             "Mission Failed"

Tahimik siyang nagmamasid sa paligid at tinitingnan ang bawat isa. One wrong move and he knew he'll fail. He is in the nightclub for his mission: He needs to catch the most wanted in their drug list, the notorious drug dealer and human trafficker named Raymond de Vega.

Actually Raymond de Vega is not his true name; he's just hiding in someone's identity. The real Raymond de Vega is a retired police officer who died on his hands. The worst thing about it, he use Raymond's de Vega's identity and committed heinous crimes in the city. But those cases remained unsolved because they couldn't find concrete evidences that they could use against him.

He puts on disguises, kaya walang nakakilala ng totoong itsura nito. Ang tanging alam lang nila ay bulag ang isang mata nito na tinatago ng kalahating maskara na laging suot nito. Ayon sa mga kuro-kuro, nabulag raw ito sa isang engkwentro, gawa ng isang taong pinatay din nito.

He also paid people to disguise like him to distract the police attention so they can't catch him. The police authority became stricter when it comes to false statements and they implemented strict protocols and trained lots of policeman that will capture that abominable criminal.

Tulad ngayon, nagtungo sa isang nightclub ang binatang pulis na si Alejandro, kasama ang kanyang team sa Special Task Force upang tugisin ito. Ilang linggo ring silang naghanda para sa misyon na ito. Kung sakaling hindi man niya mahanap ang totoong salarin, maari nilang paaminin ang kung sino mang nagpapanggap sa katauhan nito na siguradong may koneksyon sa totoong kriminal.

He sat on the counter and ordered tequila. He smoothly drank the liquor and looked at the middle aged man who's now flirting with the one of the hottest prostitute in the club.

"Do you like her?" the bartender asked him.

"Who?" he asked back without even bothering to look at the bartender. Kanina niya pa napapansin na nakantingin ito sa kanya.

"Oh c'mon don't play innocent I know you know what I'm talking about," the bar tender answered with a chuckled.

Napailing na lang siya at hindi pinansin ang lalaki. It's funny to think that the guy mistook his motive, pero mas mabuti na iyon kaysa malaman nito ang totoong pakay niya. Mahirap nang  makatunog ito at magsumbong pa sa amo. Siguradong mabubulilyaso ang plano nila. He have to make sure their plan will work this time.

The people go crazier when the show started. Isang prostitute ang nagsimulang sumayaw sa stage. Sumasabay ang bawat kembot ng baywang nito sa saliw ng malamyos na musika. The prostitute slowly unbutton her shirt and stripped her clothes one by one hanggang sa isang manipis na tela na lamang ang bumalalot sa katawan nito.

The guys went nuts when the girl was about to strip the last fabric covering her body. But Alejandro is not one of them; he remained serious and seems uninterested. Pero hindi tinuloy ng babae ang paghuhubad at dali-daling tumakbo sa backstage.

Dismayado ang mga manonood, nagreklamo ang ilan ngunit sinagot lamang ng pabalang ng tagabantay doon. Anito, doblehin daw ng mga kostumer ang bayad kung gustong masiyahan sa palabas. Walang nagawa ang nga ito kundi tumahimik na lang at maghintay ng susunod na palabas.

"Hindi niya talaga kaya maghubad," the bartender commented behind him.

"So, she supposed to strip her clothes?" he thought to himself. Akala niya at sinadya nitong bitinin ang mga manonood, so they can crave more at bumalik pa sa mga susunod na gabi. Some nightclub have that kind of strategy.

Muli siyang tumingin sa kanyang pakay. Mula sa kinaroonan ay kitang-kita niya ang pag-aabutan ng droga. Ngali-ngali na siyang sumabak pero pinigilan niya ang sarili. He need to wait for his Chief's signal first. Hindi nila ito kasama sa field pero monitor nito ang mga galaw nila mula sa headquarters. Kailangan pa rin niyang hintayin ang back-up bago simulan ang operasyon. That's one of the things he hate being a policeman, they trained to follows rules. Kung siya lang mag-isa ay kanina pa siya sumugod.