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The CHRONICLES is a collection of fun and light-hearted side stories featuring the QED 4. This i...
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LORELEI
WE ALL turned to the direction where the noise was coming from. I could hear footsteps coming closer and the rustling of leaves from the woods.
Halos mapatalon ako sa gulat nang biglang sumulpot si Rye Rubio mula sa bush. Dala-dala niya ang flag na may mukha ng robot. Wasn't that a logo from the Transformers franchise? He belonged to the team of the Robotics Club, didn't he? Why was he here? He was running toward our direction, glancing behind him now and then.
Tumayo kaming lima. Mabilis na hinawakan ni Alistair ang flag namin. Mabilis na kinuha ni Jamie ang kanyang binoculars at tumingin sa mga damuhan at sa malalapit na puno. If an attack from his team was imminent, we had to be prepared for a counter-offensive.
"Wala siyang kasama," Jamie said, lowering the binoculars. "Kung hindi 'yan trap, pwede na nating nakawin sa kanya ang hawak niyang flag. Parang regalo niya sa atin. Sayang, 'di nakabalot ng gift wrapper."
How bold of Rye to come alone. Nang kaunti na lang ang layo niya sa amin, itinaas niya ang kanyang mga kamay at binagalan ang paglalakad. He's clearly outnumbered, five to one, unless he hid a trick up his sleeves. He would be a total fool if he's gonna try to steal our flag alone.
I saw his fighting skills first-hand, noong nagkaroon ng hostage crisis sa school gymnasium. Magaling siya sa hand-to-hand combat. Kung kaming apat lang nina Loki, Jamie at Luthor ang nasa grupong 'to, he could take us down with minimal effort. Luckily we had Alistair on our team. Hindi niya kami basta-basta malalamangan.
"You're trespassing on our territory!" Loki shouted at him. "What do you want?"
Huminto si Rye sa paglalakad, nakataas pa rin ang parehong kamay. "Nandito ako para ibigay sa inyo ang flag ng Robotics Club. I'm the traitor in their group."
Nagkapalitan kami ng tingin ng mga kasama ko. We all had that surprised look on our faces. That's an unexpected development, if it were true.
"Really?" Loki arched an eyebrow. "So you wanna jump ship to the winning team?"
"Sa apat na teams, kayo lang ang may mataas na chance na manalo," pasigaw na sagot ni Rye. Natatakpan pa rin ng bangs ang isa niyang mata. "Nagkamali ba akong pumusta sa inyo?"
My teammates and I exchanged glances again. I clearly understood kung bakit sa tingin niya'y mas malaki ang chances na kami ang magwagi sa game na 'to. Pero may bumubulong sa akin na hindi dapat kami basta-basta magpaniwala sa kanya.
"Take this," Rye said as he threw his team's flag to our side. Mabilis itong pinulot ni Jamie at inilapit sa amin. "Pwede na ba akong maging part ng team n'yo?"
Sa sitwasyon namin ngayon, parang palay na ang lumapit sa manok. Walang ka-effort-effort, nakakuha na kami ng flag ng kabilang team.
"Can you give us a minute?" sabi ko. So many thoughts were running in my head.
