Chapter-257


Enemy who?

Jay-jay's POV

My sweat was dripping. My wrists were also sore because of the tightness of their
ties. This traitor never spoke to me again. He only spoke Japanese to his friends. It was a good thing my
friends sensed this and also kept quiet. Ryosuke Sato! That's his name. His friends call him Ryo. But I prefer to
call him Gungong. It's annoying! I can't think of anything to do because they might get involved with Mica.
They might be the ones he's going to beat up. Even if I speak, I can't because he might not be happy with what
I say. "You!" Gungong said while pointing at Ella. "...why are you looking at me like that?" She obviously had a
hard time speaking English. I looked at Ella who she was pointing at. I wanted to slap my forehead because of
her appearance. She wasn't talking but she was looking at Sato so badly. Go ahead... That's a nice move.
"Because I don't understandâ€"." Sato quickly cut off what he was going to say. "You don't have to." I couldn't
help but not intervene. There were so many things he needed to be involved with. "Why are they here too? You
only need me, right?" His gaze shifted to me. "Yes, but things didn't work well because of Jason." Friday the
13th? The one we fought in the gotohan. The one with the beautiful motorbike. Is that still alive? "...what I
want is Keifer, Yuri and their gang." He added. Gang? Who? The Ulopongs? Well, those aren't Gangs. Gang-
gangan (feeling Gang) is still possible. One more thing! Their King is gone. Why wait for us to go home .
Jusme! Maybe it's HVIS graduation and we're still here because the other one hasn't shown up yet. "Maybe
you can't involve them anymore? Those guys will go even if you're the only one holding me." I said in a
conversational tone. "Then you're the only one?!" Freya's groin was tight. "Oh, you idiot." Ella whispered but it
was obvious. Even though we're not okay with Ella's alright.... I was going to agree with her. "What?!" Freya
asked annoyed. "Actually, I agree with her." Honey was still referring to what Freya had said. "...the old one is
because only you will be saved. You are the only hero." "Oh, another one." Rakki said while frowning. I want to
bang my head against the wall because of the stupidity of these two. I'm already working on a way for them to
get out of here and that's all they have in mind. Wow.... Just wow. "Urusai!" (Shut up!) Gungong shouted at us.
"WHAT?!" Freya and Honey asked at the same time Sato grabbed his hand. "I said 'shut up'." We both nodded.
The Gagas fell silent. Gungong turned away from us for a moment and said something to his companion.
Someone took the thing he was talking about from his pocket. He immediately took out his cellphone. I stared
at it because it was familiar to me. It had a casing that looked like.... Shit! Aries' cellphone. "How did you get
that?!" I asked while still staring at the cellphone. I said it. It wasn't Horoscope who texted me. That guy was
so careless . "That's Aries!" Ella said and tried to stand up but a man quickly grabbed her by the shoulder. "...is
he with you? Is he here too? What did you do to Aries?!" I felt scared. I couldn't understand. All I could think
about was that he had lost his cellphone again. But what was Ella saying? "What..... isn't Aries at school?" I
asked calmly but there was a trace of fear. "He was with us looking for his cellphone. We only separated for a
moment but when we went back to him, we saw you ." Mica explained. No... I hope not! I faced Sato. "Is he
here?!" She smiled annoyingly while signaling with her two fingers to her companions. My heart felt like it had
been chased by a horse because of its faster beating. A man in a uniform and with a black bag on his head
was brought in. The others arranged a chair for us to sit on and sat the man they were holding there. As he sat
up, Sato removed the black bag from the man's head. Mud! "ARIES!" Ella and I shouted almost at the same
time. It was as if he was dizzy and drugged from playing too much video games. He forced himself to look at
us and it was as if he woke up from a dream when he realized who we were. "J-jay? Ella? Whatâ€"The hell!" He
shouted when he noticed that he couldn't move his hands because they were tied. He tried to struggle from
the ties but it was useless . "WHAT DO YOU NEED SO MUCH?!" I shouted angrily. Only! Do you have to include
everyone! "Shut up Jay!" Aries shouted at me. "WHY DO YOU NEED TO INCLUDE THEMâ€"!" I couldn't finish
what I was going to say because he suddenly slapped me. Ella and the others also shouted in shock. "FVCK
YOU! DON'T YOU FVCKING TOUCH MY SISTER!" Aries shouted angrily. If no one had grabbed my shoulder
from behind, I would have probably fallen straight to the floor. I just closed my eyes because of the pain. You
whore! I'll get even with you later! I forced my eyes open. I noticed that each of us had a man standing behind
us and holding our arms so that we couldn't stand up. "Noisy, noisy." Sato said and came closer to me. The
man behind me forced me to look up by pulling my hair. "I don't like noisy people." He said and then suddenly
punched me in the stomach. You're a fool! The man holding me let go of me so I kept falling to the floor. Aries
kept getting angry while struggling. "FACE ME, COWARD!" He added but Sato just laughed at him. I was in
tears as I writhed on the floor. I couldn't even hold my stomach because I was tied up. A man stood me up
again and returned me to my seat. I caught my breath and the Gunggong confronted me again. You're a fool!
I'll take you back too! "Listen to me." He said and took out a cellphone. "...talk to Yuri. Ask him to be here as
soon as possible. Your life is in danger and bring his gang and of course.... Keifer." "Don't follow him." Aries
said. Sato snapped his finger and pointed at Aries. Another man immediately punched him.I almost ran
towards him if this crazy Gunggong's expression hadn't been in my way. "You will do what I said or..." Ella
pointed at them. "...I will hurt them next." "Do what he says!" Freya shouted at me. "Stop!" Rakki shouted at her.
"...maybe he'll do something to Ci-N." "R-Rakki is right. Maybe they can't handle Calix, maybe there are many
enemies." Mica added. "What?! They'll probably ask the police for help. They really can't handle this crazy guy."
Honey said annoyed. "Shut up! Let Jay-jay decide." Ella while her concern for Aries was evident. I looked at
them all. I knew they couldn't handle what Sato and them would do to them. They're not as strong as me. But
if I send Yuri here. Maybe they'll help. Maybe Sato has more people than we expected. Tsk! It's up to you! "I'll
do it." I replied to Sato. He smiled and pressed the button on his cellphone. It was on loud speaker so
everyone could hear the ringing. I held the cellphone to my mouth and answered the call from
on the other line.
["Hello? Who is this?"] It was Yuri's voice.
"Y-yuri..."
["Jay? What happened? Where are you?"]
I looked at Sato, it was obvious from his face that he was waiting for what
I would say.
"Yuri..." I took a deep breath. "...there are many of them, about ten of them inside here
I'm not sure about the ones outside. Bring backupâ€"."
I couldn't finish what I was going to say when Sato pulled the
cellphone away and slapped me in the face. I almost fell
again but someone grabbed me from behind.
I took the opportunity that he was close and spat right in
his face. His cheek was already numb from the two consecutive slaps
.
Maybe it could be the other way around, to be even!
Gungong was looking at me with a bad look. He wiped his face
with his palm while handing the cellphone to the man with one hand
.
"Send him our location and get ready." He ordered without taking
his eyes off me.
"Fuzakeruna!" (Don't mess with me) he shouted at me.
"You're a motherfucker!" I imitated his tone.
It seemed like he got what I meant, that's all, I
think his patience had snapped. He strangled me without any hesitation.
"LET JAY-JAY GO!" Aries shouted.
I could hear Mica and him shouting at the same time. But I didn't
know what to listen to. Because all I knew was that
my breathing was getting tighter and my vision was gradually blurring.
"Jigoku he ike!" (Go to hell!) He shouted right in my face.
Go away! Whether you cursed at me or not!
My surroundings were almost dark when he let go of me. I bent down
while gasping for breath and coughing. I gradually felt
my tears in the corners of my eyes.
"I am so eager to kill you!" He said and walked away from me.
"S-sato." I called out to him even though it seemed like no voice was coming out of
my mouth.
He turned to face me and I glared at him.
"...just wait until I get out of here. I will make you pay." I threatened
but he just laughed at me.
He walked out the door and so did the others with him.
The men behind us had already let go of us. They also left until
only two people were left.
"Jay..." Aries called out to me.
I looked at him and forced a smile. "I'm-I'm okay."
"They'll come, right?" Honey asked.
"What if they can't handle the enemy?" Mica asked worriedly
. "...what about us?"
"They can! I know they can!" I answered even though I honestly wasn't
sure.
I wanted to cry. I thought I was going to pass out.
I could see in his eyes that he really wanted to continue.
But I couldn't do that. Not in front of them. I had to
be strong because if I gave up too. What about them? What are
we?
They'll come, I know. But will he come?
"Who was that guy earlier?" Rakki asked. "...what does
he need from us?"
Aries and I looked at each other. I was unsure if I would answer
Rakki's question. They might not think well of him when they found out that
I was really his target.
"I remember him." Ella suddenly said. "...I saw him talking to
Yuri before."
"He said, he needed Yuri, Keifer, and Gang." Freya said.
"...do they have a Gang?"
"Section E is the Gang he was referring to." I answered.
"Is that why we're here? Because he knows we're close to Section E?"
Mica asked.
Maybe...
I just thought of that now. He probably wouldn't involve
Mica and the others just because of me. Unless
he's been closely monitoring all my movements or maybe even the movements of the
Snakes.
"Why me too? And Aries?" Mica said and looked at us. "...as well as
Rakki, he can't get close to Section E."
"Also me." Freya whispered. "...I don't remember having a connection with
them. Maybe with Yuri and Keifer but that was like.... a very long time
ago."
Yes, that's right!
Does that mean they just got involved with me. If that's the
reason, it's my fault. It's my fault why they're here too.
"Whatever the reason is. I'm sure that guy is crazy
." Rakki said while looking at the door that Gungong passed through.
"...you saw what he did to Jay-jay."
"So what? We're just going to wait for those Section Es
?" Honey said annoyed.
"Pray." Aries replied. "...pray that they come
with Keifer."
I looked at Honey. "You're the one with him. D-do you think
he'll make it?"
"I don't know." She replied and looked away.
"How come you don't know?"
"I don't know! There's no way to contact him! Except with
Keigan, which is impossible because he's blocking all of
Keifer's connections here in the Philippines." He explained the reason for the
others to look at him.
"H-I don't understand." I said while shaking my head.
Honey took a deep breath. "Keifer needs to sort himself out
. No space and time for distraction because
his relatives don't want to give him his inheritance. Keigan made sure that he will have all
the time in the world so he cut off the connectionâ€"."
I immediately cut off what he was about to say. "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! What
cut off? He can talk to other Snakes!
He can even talk to Horosâ€"Aries!"
"Duh!" He replied. "He has ways."
Wew... His banking motto.
I was really confused. Until the picture of him
on his birthday came to my mind. The one that GagongBaliw sent.
If he had no connection here with us. It was really unclear that they were alone
with my textmate who always seemed to be in a hurry. He only spoke to her once.
We both fell silent. Feeling and thinking about what could
happen to us. Only now did I realize that the
silence was crazy.
I simply untied my hand from the tie but it only
hurt more every time I moved.
It was annoying! Nothing came to my mind.
I looked at Aries who was also looking at me. There was a trace of
worry on his face. I wanted to ask him if he had a plan but
Sato'ng Gunggong's two men were watching us.
"It's so hot in here! Don't you have air conditioning?!"
Freya asked quietly.
We just sighed. She was more worried about the temperature
in the room than her own life.
The two of them ignored her. They just looked at her for a moment before
turning to face each other to talk.
"Oh, you're deaf! He's not handsome." Freya told them.
"Can you please shut the fvck up?!" Honey said annoyed.
There they are again!
If this is what I hear, I'll just stay there in silence even if
I'm crazy. They're still arguing.
Our guards and Rakki's aren't stopping them either. It seems like they're tired of being in
the middle of their fight.
We've been acting like fools for about half an hour waiting for
something to happen when Sato the Gunggong suddenly walked in. He was still smiling and
it seemed like he was enjoying showing off his teeth to the max.
Don't sing! Don't sing!
"He's here." He said and looked behind us.
I and the others did the same. The door made of
rotten wood opened and the person Sato had been waiting to
see for a while came out.
Two of his men followed. He walked towards us while
looking at me.
"Y-yuri..." I almost whispered.
He smiled at me for a moment before stopping walking and facing the
Gunggong.
"Let them go now." Yuri's order was serious.
Sato laughed out loud. "No!" He suddenly shouted. "...I said, You,
Keifer and your Gang."
He was still trying to find the Ulopongs and their King.
"Keifer is busy and we don't have a Gang, we called them friends."
Yuri clarified.
They really considered those Ulopongs friends. They were so
proud.
"Then where isâ€"!" Sato didn't finish what he was saying when something suddenly
fell from the ceiling behind us.
We both turned around. The thin plywood that was
full of termites had already fallen. Next, a small man slowly stood up
while getting dressed. I looked at Yuri as he slapped his forehead. This one
looked clumsy . "Why is that wood so soft?" The small man saidâ€"it would be more accurate to say Batang
Kumag. "Ci-N?" Ella said. He turned to us like an innocent child. He looked at me and Yuri before smiling
broadly. "Torplise!" He said raising both hands. "Get him!" Sato shouted but before they could move we heard
a series of noises outside. "Someone got in!" Someone shouted. I looked at Yuri. He had someone with him,
he wasn't alone! Before I could even speak, someone grabbed me from behind and pulled me away. Yuri tried
to chase me but Sato's men blocked him . I also heard Aries yell my name. Things were happening too fast.
"Where are we taking him?" A man behind me asked. I looked at the people in front of me. They were all
walking in a hurry. "Get the car!" Sato ordered a man. Car? They're going to get me away! I quickly struggled
against the man holding me but because of their speed of walking I fell to the floor. I heard Sato's words one
after another in the afternoon. I was familiar with some of the things he said that I was sure I was cheap. He
suddenly grabbed me and pulled me. I screamed in pain. Even though my hair was thick, it wasn't enough to
carry my whole body. "Kisama! Father!" (You! Bitch!) He shouted. All I could do was stomp. I couldn't stop
crying because of the pain. I really didn't want to feel like I couldn't fight back. Just let go! When I'm caught, I'll
shave your head! He let go of me as he realized that he couldn't pull me like that. I thought he was going to
give up but he kicked me in the back. Since my hands were tied behind my back, that was the first thing he
kicked. "Arrgghh! That's enough!" I screamed in pain. It was as if he was really scared to hurt me. He wasn't
satisfied yet and hit me with something hard. I immediately fell to the ground to move my face and chest
away because that was his next target. "That's enough! THAT'S enough!" I screamed with a mixture of
begging. He also stopped after a few blows that caught my shoulder and arm. He also hit my thigh and leg. I
wanted to cry out loud because of the pain I was feeling. I couldn't move anymore. I felt like this was the way
he was going to kill me. But I was wrong because I heard him draw the gun that he was going to use to kill me.
"Go to hell now!" Anyone.....please.....help.