Chapter 11: BLOODY NIGHT
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WARNING! The following contains vi*lence, bl*od, g*n and k*lling.. If you find it disturbing, better skip this chapter for your own sake. ⚠️ ⚠️
THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW
(Continuation)
For a split second, no one moved. Then Brendon scoffed, forcing a laugh that sounded too loud, too fake.
“Jesus,” aniya. “It’s just a woman.”
Bumaling sa kanya si Jack, pinilit ang sariling matawabat unti-unting ibinaba ang hawak niyang baril.
“Yeah. I almost forgot it. Didn't we have a delivery tonight? maybe it's her." Aniya at nilingon ang ibang kasama.
Agad silang nagtawanan.
Ashton swallowed harr, but even he... tried to keep his voice steady.
"There's no such a strong woman... maybe she's just wearing a costume," mahinang wika nito.
That was when Joey laughed.
A loud, st*pid, drunken laugh, full of arrogance and confidence born from never facing consequences.
“We should invite her,” Joey said, shaking his head as he stepped forward. “Hey, sweetheart, come he--"
He didn’t get to finish.
The Valeria lifted her arm, her g*n came out and without any hesitation... she pulled the trigger and the bullet went straight into Joey's forehead.
He dropped instantly, collapsing backward like his strings had been cut, his body hitting the floor with a dull thud.
And the silence came back.
A pure, suffocating silence.
Jack stumbled back, horror flooding his face. Brendon’s g*n slipped slightly in his grip. Ashton’s heart slammed violently against his ribs.
She hadn’t flinched.
She hadn’t rushed.
She hadn’t even reacted.
She just lowered the g*n just enough to look at them, really look at them... and then she smiled.
“Say hello to your demon friend for me,” she said calmly.
Then everything happened at once.
Shots echoed through the room... shots after shots controlled, deliberate and merciless.
She moved like she’d planned this a thousand times, each pull of the trigger hit them, each target chosen without hesitation.
Maging si Ashton ay hindi na nagawang itaas pa ang kanyang b*ril ng sumalubong sa kanyang balikat ang isang bala na sinundan pa ng isa.
The last thing he saw was her silhouette standing tall amid the smoke, gun steady in her hand, eyes burning with something far worse than rage.
And when the echoes finally faded, the room was quiet again.
And she stood alone.
Breathing slow, yet steady.
As if she’d just finished checking items off a list. Then, Valeria turned, stepped over the bodies without a second glance, and walked back into the shadows...
Leaving nothing behind but silence, blood, and men who would never hurt anyone ever again.
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REIJI ERICKSON VEYNAR'S POV
Maaga palang ay nasa opisina na ako para ayusin ang mga reports na kailangan kong ipasa mamaya. Habang nasa kalagitnaan ako ng pagtitipa ng kung ano-ano ay biglang umilaw ang cellphone ko.
At nang makita ko ang pangalan ng aking superior ay ko itong inabot at sinagot ang tawag.
Bago pa man ako makapagbati ay naunahan ako nitong magsalita.
“Suit up. We have a situation.”
Iyon lang ang sinabi niya mula sa kabilang linya at ibinaba ang tawag. Kumunot ang aking noo ang nakatitig sa screen ng cellphone. At hindi nagtagal ay agad ding umahon mula sa pagkakaupo at kinuha ang susi ng sasakyan.
At umalis.
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Twenty minutes later, I was standing outside a warehouse in the coastal sector, now rusted exterior crawling with NBI units, police tape fluttering weakly in the cold morning air.
Pagpasok ko sa loob ay mabilis kong tinakpan ang aking ilong, dahil sa wirdo at malansang amoy na sumalubong sa akin. At nang tinanggap na ng sikmura ko ang amoy na iyon ay inalis ko na ang kamay kong nakatakip.
I ducked under the tape and stepped inside, boots crunching softly against debris. The first thing that hit me was the silence.
“Sir,” one of the officers greeted, nodding stiffly. “Basement’s clear. Suspects are… neutralized.”
I descended the stairs slowly, each step heavier than the last.
Then I saw them.
The d*as bodies of the four men.. Ashton Santiago, Brendon Alvarez, Jack Garcia and Joey Salamanca. Who we believe are the leaders of this famous human trafficking thing.
And all of them, were taken down with terrifying precision.
No wild shots. No collateral damage. Clean hits. Controlled angles. Execution-style efficiency.
Umigting ang panga ko at hindi makapaniwala sa nakikita. Maya-maya pa ay naramdaman kong may papalapit sa akin. Nilingon ko ito at nakita ko ang aming superior.
“These were traffickers,” my superior said behind me. “High-value people. We've beenbstudying their every movement, to capture them alive. Kaya nakakapagtaka na bukod sa ating dalawa at sa mga tao mo ay may iba pa na nakaalam ng kanilang lokasyon." Aniya at unti-unti akong nilingon.
Hindi ako nakasagot. Dahil kahit maging iyon ay matinding palaisipan sa akin.
I started looking around, scanning everything... the walls, the floor and the corners of this place. But I didn't saw anything.
Even the forensic temas didn't see anything.. finger prints and even the smallest and slightest hint... there's none.
The cameras were wiped clean, dismantled with care.
Masasabi ko na planadong-planado ang krimen na ito dahil sobrang linis ng pagkakagawa. Kahit kaunting palya ay wala kang mahahanap.
Ilang minuto akong tulala hanggang sa sumagi sa isipan ko ang tungkol sa mga biktima. Mabuti na lamang ay naroon pa din ang superior ko kaya ito na ang aking tinanong.
"They're safe," he said.
Then, pointed toward the far end of the basement.
Lumingon ako sa direksyong iyon at nakita ko sila. Buhay na buhay at yakap-yakap ang isa't isa.
"The suspect.... he came here not because he wanted the victims," my superior said... almost a whisper. "He just get rid of these men. The leaders and those who watch outside of this place."
Huminga ako ng malalim at muling tiningnan ang mga katawan ng lalaki na nakalatag sa aking harapan.
Kung titingnan mo ito ay parang mga hayop na kinat*y dahil sa dami ng dugo na nagkalat sa sahig. At masasabi ko na hindi man lang binigyan ng suspek na makalaban ang mga pinat*y niya.
He just kill*d them right away. But before that, he let them suffer until they lost their breathing... and di*d.
"We have to do something about this, Veynar... Call your men, let them know and tell them every bit of information we have...." aniya at unti-unting lumapit sa akin.
"If this thing happens again? I don't know what will happen to us..." Usal nito. "This is a m******e, Reiji. We must capture the suspect and make him pay," dugtong nito at pagkatapos ay tinalikuran ako.
Naiwan akong mag-isa. Tahimik na nakatayo at nakatitig pa rin sa mga walang buhay na katawan.
Kung sino man ang may gawa nito... alam kong malapit lang siya sa akin. At isang pagkakamali ko lang ay ako na ang kanyang isusunod sa hukay.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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