STORM SIGNAL

It's raining as if crying for the coming storm.

Maketa observed Juan have some wounds. "Jacky when are you coming? I think Juan needs you" Jacky is not available, so she sends it as a voice message.

Juan was taking his antibiotics and cleaning his wounds. Maketa has seen the garbage can with the cotton soak in blood.

Still, Juan goes to law school and work. There was a time that Juan collapsed because of over fatigue, Roxanne put him to a bed in the back of the restaurant, and cleaned his wound and let him sleep.

He wakes up the next morning. His cellphone has so many missed calls and texts. Robert arrived at the restaurant looking for him.

"Is Sonny here? I am his friend I have been looking for him, he said he is working here." Robert said.

Roxanne guides him to Juan(Sonny). I need to bring him to the hospital, and he brought Juan to a taxi and they went to the hospital. He was checked and advised to rest for three days. Juan called Tony, Maketa to see his video sent to their emails. They looked at it and it was explained there that he was in a confidential mission with the PDEA to get Rojack.

Juan is in pain now, he is suffering from

his bullet wound. He went to sleep, Jacky arrived and take care of him. She has seen his video sent to her by Maketa. Roxanne arrived and bring food and take care of him. Jacky introduced her self as his doctor. Roxanne cleaned his wound and cleaned his face and his body with a lukewarm face towel and changed his clothes. Jacky was feeling jealous. When Roxanne went home, Jacky was not smiling and she said, "Who is Roxanne?"

"She is my cousin from Romblon," Juan said.

"Have you been to Romblon?" Jacky said a bit angry.

"No, this is just a cover," Juan said.

"Humph! Cover?" Jacky said annoyed.

"You're jealous?" Juan said.

"No, I'm very jealous!" Jacky said.

"But this is just a cover!" Juan said.

"What if you will develop for her?" Jacky said.

"Hey! don't you trust me?" Juan said.

"I trust you, but I don't trust her," Jacky said.

"Don't worry Jacky, just for a few days this will end. the plans are set for execution." Juan said.

Jacky just silently cried and said " Juan be sure to be alive when this is finished," Jacky said.

Rojack was tipped by his paid police who overheard some information about the raid. But he does not know the date when. Elado also has heard stories about that but with no date yet. It is Juan who will set the date. Juan was an important informant not an employee of PDEA but a volunteer asset confirmed by the President of the Philippines.

Robert made an advance information gathering of the hideouts of Rojack and Elado. Rojack planned to attack Elado three days from now, while Elado planned to attack Rojack two days from now. It means Elado will attack first. The PDEA and the police are on standby to capture them.

Two days Juan is feeling better, physically, but Jacky was not talking to him now, she is angry.

Elado in the full force of eighty gangsters surrounded the compound of Rojack who had ninety-six people with high powered guns, at the cover of the night, they attacked silently.

Kashack! Sounds of guns being cocked.

Juan was with the PDEA. They had one helicopter on stand by, ten snipers, and one hundred personnel who are already in the vicinity as garbage collectors, street sweepers, ice cream vendors, popcorn vendors, etc. They are all with an earpiece and waiting for instructions.

They reported the movements of the Bahala na gang and its reinforcements.

Robert reported in his satellite and drones the movements inside the compound. Then the defensive shot by Rojack's men to the attackers started. Rojack who plan to attack tomorrow was ready but was surprised by the sudden attack now. Maneuvers and different kinds of gun sounds were heard. PDEA did not move yet.

Juan and Elado had built some trust with each other. Juan had given him a map from Robert the details of Rojacks hideout. This information had made Rojack's men panic as they can not ambush Elado's gang. Rojack was wounded And his men were defeated. The PDEA come in from the scene and fired to Rojack and Elado's men. Juan captured Elado, who was so surprised to see Juan is full battle gear and surrendered to him. Only six were captured with him. Rojack escaped. PDEA was surprised how Rojack escaped when all his men were killed by Elado's men and some by the PDEA. Sixty million worth of Shabu and other drugs were confiscated and one hundred sixty high powered guns were recovered and fifty million pesos in cash that remained but an insider said who is wounded said there are two bags with twenty million pesos each was not there.

Juan doubts that there is a mole in the PDEA paid at the last minute with millions. He thinks Rojack could have been in one of the cars of PDEA. He instructed Robert that if there is a car that will go separate from the group as they return to barracks must be monitored.

Juan requested the PDEA head for a request that all go direct to barracks for debriefing.

As they go, one PDEA car turned to the left. Robert informed Juan. Juan asked the PDEA commander to tail that car by the helicopter. As they arrived at the top of the car, the commander through the megaphone called the car to stop immediately. But the car continued so the helicopter machine gun shoot the car and the engine explodes the driver was killed a PDEA agent they found one bag full of money at the trunk but he is alone. They get some things in the car as evidence. It was found out that hairs in a comb had a match with Rojack at the DNA test later.

Roxanne was visited by Juan and Jacky and debriefed her of the truth. Roxanne was thankful and said, how is Elado? You can visit both of you here anytime, my feelings for you as my favorite cousin does not change. Juan did not answer, then she turn to Jacky, "Yes, we will" Jacky said. Juan said Elado could be converted to a state witness if Rojack is captured. There was information that he could have escaped to the Visayas alone.