Hyazinth: Game Over

XXIV - Leave

"Ate... What did you just say?" Shan asked with a strained voice. I wanted to avoid her eyes because I can see how hurt they were. I wanted to apologize, but I also wanted to know the truth.

She's been a part of me, masakit para sa 'kin ang pagdudahan ang taong nasa harap ko ngayon. She's like a little sister to me, her tongue may be twisted and rough, but I've learned to love and appreciate her existence. She may be the younger sister of my old enemy, but it doesn't matter to me.

"Are you Hyazinth?"

She frustratingly bit her lip, hindi n'ya inaasahan ang tanong ko. Hurting people is really my forte. "How could you... I'm not even Hyazinth..."

"Then what are you doing here? Why are you pointing Darren as a traitor?!"

A single tear suddenly escaped from her eyes. She angrily pointed to Crystal's body, "Because I wanted you to see how crazy he is!" Pinagmasdan ko ang sitwasyon ni Crystal. She's alive, but her life is dedicated to those machines in front of her, "She gave up, you know?"

"What do you mean –" I wasn't able to finish what I was going to ask when someone suddenly covered my mouth from behind. Balak ko sanang sipain ito ngunit pinigilan ako ni Shan.

"Shhh. Don't speak, Sugat." I stopped struggling nang malaman kong si Travis ito, we heard footsteps outside kaya't hinila ako nina Shan papunta sa madilim na part sa ilalim ng pwesto ni Crystal. At nang mawala iyon ay agad ko silang tiningnan nang masama. "We can explain, okay?" Travis uttered.

"She... thought that I was Hyazinth," Dinig kong pagsusumbong ni Shan kay Travis, she was pouting as if we weren't shouting at each other earlier.

"She's not Hyazinth. In fact, it is her." Travis whispered while pointing to Crystal. "But first, we need to get out of here."

Hinila na naman nila ako hanggang sa makarting kami sa tapat ng isang vent, hindi ko mapigilan ang pag ngiwi ko dahil sigurado akong ito ang ginamit nila upang makarating sa silid na ito. Marahan ang bawat kilos namin nang makapasok kami sa vent, umiiwas kami na makagawa ng kahit anong ingay.

May sasakyan din silang dala kaya't ilang beses ko silang minura sa isip ko dahil naiwan ko ang motor ni Zeus.

Nang makarating kami sa dorm ni Shan na s'ya lamang ang nakatira ay sinimangutan ko na agad sila. "What the hell is happening?"

"You were nowhere to be found for the past two weeks... Shan and I decided to investigate Darren. And... little did I know that Shan already knows his secret," Travis explained. Lumipat ang tingin n'ya kay Shan na pilit na umiiwas sa amin, she was biting her lips as if she was nervous about something. "Shan... Tell her, alam kong maiintindihan n'ya ang galit mo kay Darren."

She let out a sigh, all of a sudden, her eyes changed. Ang kaseryosahan sa mga mata n'ya ay nagbibigay sa akin ng kakaibang mensahe. "Darren is the one who created the monster we are battling right now..."

"I know... but how can you prove –"

"I am Crystal Dawn's best friend before she died,"

Tila nawala ang kakayahan kong makarinig dahil sa sinambit n'ya.

"Wha – what?"

"Crystal is the reason why I left this country before... she gave up, but his brother didn't," She explained with a low voice, "Earlier this year, I received a code – binary codes, to be exact. The Zircon Family is very fond of codes, and Crystal is the one who taught be the binary code, and I know she's the one who sent me that message." she suddenly gave a piece of paper full of binary and at the back of it was the translation.