Hyazinth: Game Over

X - Crimson

"What? Who is Hyazinth?" I asked. Pakiramdam ko ay siya lamang ang tanging makakasagot ng mga katanungan sa isip ko ngayon.

Kagat-labi siyang tumingin sa 'kin, tila ayaw niyang magbanggit ng kahit ano tungkol sa pangalan na binanggit ko.

"Raynald... Please?"

"Her eyes were red... the same color of the blood..." He whispered. He roamed his sight around the white room as if he was cautious about something that might happen.

I let out a sigh. I escorted Raynald to the chair while calming him, I really want to know everything he knows about Hyazinth, but I cannot force him to speak, especially when he is watching him.

I carefully watch him. He looks more disoriented than the last break down he had. Naglakad ako papunta sa intercom at kinausap ang nurse na nag-assist sa kanya kanina, "We need to confine him."

"Yes, Doc,"

Umupo ako sa tapat ng silya na inuupuan ni Reynald. I really know the feeling of knowing something but cannot utter any of it to others.

"Scarlett, I'm really sorry." He mumbled. Nanginginig ang mga kamay niya maging ang mga paa niya and when I held his hands ay bigla na lamang pumatak ang mga luha niya. "I'm terrified. I don't want to die,"

"Hey, hey, you're not going to die," I assured.

"She will catch me... And because I've given you information about Amanda, she might take your life too."

"Hindi n'ya magagawa iyon. Wala siyang makukuha sa 'tin, okay?" I smiled. Humigpit ang hawak ko sa mga kamay niya nang mas humagulhol s'ya. I don't want him to be killed and whatever it takes gagawin ko ang lahat upang maunahan si Hyazinth.

"Will you be able to defeat her?" He asked.

"I will do my best."

Saglit kaming nabalot ng katahimikan hanggang sa binasag n'ya ito, "I believe in you... You were able to defeat Alvarez five years ago. I know you can do it."

I smiled. I let go of Raynald's hands, balak ko rin sanang magsalita ngunit muli siya umimik, "And it turns out you're a precious heiress of the Alvarez Family." He suddenly smiled and looked up, "Our mission was to locate you. Hindi ko inaasahan na ang babaeng lubos na hinahangaan ni Amanda ay ang babaeng kailangan din pala naming hanapin."

At nang muli niyang ibalik sa akin ang paningin niya ay binigyan n'ya ako ng isang matamis na ngiti.

"Amanda admires Scarlett Lexie Sphene so much. She admires you the most among the Zodiacs. It is one of the reasons why she pisses off you a lot... She wanted you to notice her."

I was left speechless. I don't even know how I should react to his statement. He softly laughed while looking at my reaction, "And now she's gone..."

"I'm sorry—"

"It's not your fault." Once again, his eyes turn into an endless stream. "She didn't like the idea of playing another deadly game like Danima."

Tahimik lamang akong nakikinig sa kanya hanggang sa muli siyang nagsalita, "Chris and I was already registered in the game while she is not."

"Hmm?"

"And then this woman... A woman with bloody red eyes appeared. We were confused during that time dahil nasa apartment ko sila... Tapos bigla na lamang siyang lumitaw. Her eyes were piercing through Amanda."

Bloody red eyes? "Does she have blonde hair?" I asked.

"Yes," She must be the same woman that I've met in the bar, the woman who bumped into me and intentionally left the stupid cube.

"She asked Amanda kung seryoso ba siyang hindi sasali sa laro, nagalit pa nga si Amanda noon at sinigawan ang babae. But what made us shiver is when she stood in front of Amanda, she just fucking tapped her shoulder and then... Amanda began to glitch..."

I pursed my lips. This is ridiculous, ayokong maniwala sa sinasabi niya ngunit alam kong sa sarili ko na hindi imposible ang nangyari. We've been inside a virtual world, things like this can no longer surprise me at all.

"Cubes..."

"Cubes?" I repeated.

"Inside my apartment... Amanda's position, the place where she was standing, it became cubes."

"Can you elaborate it more?"

He bit his lower lip, "Ang pwesto kung nasaan si Amanda ay nabalot ng mga cubes na may shape ng katawan niya. It was actually carved in the floor."

I frustratingly bit my thumb and looked at him carefully. Hindi pa s'ya tapos sa kaniyang kwento, "Galit na galit kami ni Chris noon. He suddenly runs towards the woman... He challenged her, swordsman ang class ni Chris pero bago pa s'ya makaatake sa babae ay may kakaibang liwanag na ginamit ang babae dahilan para tumalsik si Chris sa pader."

Saglit siyang napalunok saka siya kinakabahan na tumingin sa akin, "He was defeated, his health bar reached zero. Hindi s'ya nakakagalaw habang nasa pader, the woman laughed at us and even said that I should play the game so that won't suffer like my friends. And when she left, Chris began to glitch and slowly disappeared."

Bloody hell! Does that only mean if our health bar became empty, we are no longer part of this game? Oh shit, how about the shadow chaser that I've fought?

"You will stay here, okay?" I said.

Tumango s'ya sa akin kasabay nito ang pagtunog ng intercom at nang sagutin ko ito ay nakausap ko ang nurse at sinasabing nakahanda na ang magiging kwarto ni Raynald. I escorted Raynald to his room kung saan malapit lamang sa opisina ko.

I went back to my office after that and saw Shan at the door. She was looking at Raynald's room. "De Guzman... Raynald De Guzman." She mumbled.

I curiously looked at her, "You know him?"

She faintly smiled and went back to my office. Sinundan ko s'ya sa loob at nakuha niya talaga ang buong atensyon ko dahil sa madilim na tingin sa mga mata niya.

"Shan?" I called.

"Do you want to die?" Her sudden question caught me off guard. Her face is still dark, and I can't even see through it.

"Shan, what the hell?"

Nag iwas siya nang tingin sa 'kin at sinilayan ang bintana, "That guy killed her. He is a psychopath."

"Hey, you're not allowed to call people psycho—"

"But he is! He's a killer!"

Naguguluhan akong tumingin sa kanya, "He killed who?"

"He killed Amanda!"

"You know Amanda?"

She suddenly gritted her teeth and slammed her hands on my desk, "For fuck's sake! Of course!"

"A little bit of information could help."

"I am Shan Marfori. I am Amanda Marfori's sister,"

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