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"FINALLY, you wake up after the treatment. After you woke up, you went into a coma because of the trauma you suffered... I'm glad you're awake", Zandro said, with a big smile on his lips.
Agatha still didn't say a word and just stared at Zandro. She is still confused about everything and she is not yet fully healed. Agatha is fine physically but not mentally. She still needs to undergo therapy.
"Get well soon, Thati... When you're well, we'll talk about everything we missed", Zandro added, and let Thati rest. 'Thati' is Agatha's nickname. He was the only one calling her Thati then, so he was hoping that her memories would come back.
Salem and Than are just in the back as well as Ara and just listening and watching the two. "Told yah! My bet is for Thati anyway", Salem said.
"She has no memory, Salem. I still bet on her because she's able to take action to have a happy ending." Than replied, as if he was arguing with Salem.
"Anong meron? Where are you betting?" Ara asked because she couldn't understand what Than and Salem were saying.
Suddenly, the two became silent and just averted their eyes. Ara raised one eyebrow and gave Than and Salem a questioning face. "So? What's Poppin?."
"It's nothing babe. It was just a useless thing that Than and I were arguing about", Salem uttered and smirked.
Ara glared at them. "R-really?."
"Yep... Yep... It's just nothing" Than adds to the reason given by Salem. "Forget it, it's just nothing."
"Okay fine" Ara replied, then turned her gaze back to the first Archon who was watching Thati fall asleep. She sighed to see the kindness and care of the first Archon. How could she blame him for her parent's death if he didn't look suspicious? She must first find the remaining Archon before she makes a hole for the first Archon.
She just stared at the two, and they seemed like a perfect couple she could see at the time. The first Archon's face is very angelic whenever she sees him smiling very sweetly. Every day she saw his broad smile and his round brown eyes. She would never think that he was the leader of a complex organization. He looks very kind and you can just mistake him for a public servant who just wants to help those in need. She doesn't praise him, she just says what she sees.
Because of what she saw, she decided to prioritize the remaining Archon. She hopes that another Archon will have her revenge so she doesn't have a hard time doing what she has to do. She's not here for justice but for revenge. There's no justice now, so she will make her own law that is responsible for killing her parents. So, in the end, she knew that the blood would flow again... So she prepared herself for that day to happen.
"Ayos ka lang ba?. Tulala ka na naman" ani Salem na kanina pa pala siya kinakausap ngunit wala siyang naririnig dahil sa malalim na pag-iisip.
"Y-yeah, of course. I'm better than okay" she replied.
"Liar, you are always like that when you have a problem. Even if you don't say it, we feel you when you're in trouble. You can talk to us, you don't have to hide everything from us, we can help you" ani Salem.
"W-hat? I don't have anything to say, I'm fine and I don't have a problem. Maybe I'm just tired or it's because of the wounds I got" pagmamaang-maangan pa ni Ara.
"Sus, Hindi kami manhid para hindi namin maramdaman. Ikaw lang naman ang namamanhid na sa mansyon na ito" ani Salem na halatang iniinis si Ara.
Ara frowned and narrowed her eyes at Salem. "When I say I'm okay, I'm okay. You have to believe right away so that we'll be okay... Got it?."
"Whatever, Ara. Just talk to Lord Miller. After all, ikaw lang naman at si Lord Miller ang laging nagkakaintindihan... Sa totoo lang bagay naman kayo pero sorry ka na lang dahil nandyan si Thati" sabi pa ni Salem na halatang nanunudyo.
"I don't feel sorry for myself... Lord Miller and I don't like each other. Did you get it?" she said with a fake smile.
"See that? Than?!. Her smile was fake, obviously just light-headed" Salem's sarcasm.
"Yeah, I saw that too, so my bet is still on her. I told you, there is still a chance", Than added.
"So I'm the one you're betting on, huh?! Very unacceptable." Ara said with mixed annoyance.
"Oh Em Gi, I'm shifting to another boat. I feel like this is the beginning of change... My bet is with you na, it will be fun, Than" Salem was even more sarcastic to Ara.
"Malala na kayo" Ara said and scolded the two who were giggling because of her annoyance.
"What's going on? Why are you all making noise? Thati is already asleep, so let's go out so she can rest." The First Archon said and then drove the three out.
"Do your very best, get your man babe" Salem whispered to Ara.
"What the F are you saying?!... I will never ever do that—"
"You're not sure, heart is very playful, so you have to be good so you can't be played" Than added, and then the two kids laughed.
" You're both like kids giggling—" Komento ni Ara sa mga patutchada ni Than at Salem.
"What's happening? What are you all talking about?" The first Archon asked them.
"Isa pa ito, you're both in denial... Pag kaya niyo ng aminin chaka niyo kami kausapin. Let's go Thanny, let's give them time", Salem said, then pulled Than down the stairs.
"I don't get it," said Zandro.
"Don't mind them, it's just nothing" Ara smirked and winked at Zandro, then walked to her room.
"Ang labo nilang lahat" Zandro said, then walked away from Thati's room. He made nothing clear from all that Salem said, so now it occupied his mind to death. "Napakagandang bungad ng gabi",Zandro added and sighed.
Ara was startled when someone was sitting on her bed. When she recognized that it was Dy, she immediately locked the door and closed the curtain. "F*ck!, What are you doing here? You are putting yourself and me at risk!!."
Dy's thighs crossed and stared at her coldly "I am not afraid. They killed Zhilan!!"
Ara was caught in the act and fell to sit on the sofa. Ara could not speak and gulped hard.
"Were you there?, when Zhilan died?" Dy asked Ara, who still couldn't speak.
"Y-yeah" she said sparingly.
"You saw it, right? What happened? Why didn't you tell us that you were going to raid the lab?" Dylan exclaimed.
"H-hindi ko alam, A-ll I know is Papa Regan's lab will be r-aided by the t-eam" she stammered.
"I will kill them if you can't do it—" ani Dylan na matalim ang mga tingin dahil sa galit.
"I k-killed him" suddenly Ara said.
Dy looked up and his eyes widened at what he heard. "W-hat did you say?—"
"I k-illed Zhilan—"
"No— you didn't?! You can't do that to our friend?!!"
"I d-did—"
Suddenly Dy stood up and gripped the collar of Ara's coat tightly. "T-tell me you didn't do it!!!."
"I d-did, Dy. I k-illed him" Ara said while her voice was shaking.
Dylan let go of Ara's clothes and fell to sit on the floor. "What did you do?!. Why did you do that?! What is your reason, Ara!!?"
"I have no other choice—" Ara said and started crying "Hindi ko ginusto ang mga nangyare, Forgive me, Dy—"
"Your anger is already changing you, Ara. It's even better if you stop this game", Dy added. He was still stunned and couldn't move in the seat.
Sa pagitan nilang dalawa ngayon ay parang umiiyak ang mga anghel sa langit. Both their hearts are mourning the death of their friend. Ara can't explain because she still blames herself for what happened. She couldn't forgive herself, not now, maybe never.
"You tell me what happened, every detail," Dy said emphatically.
Ara was stunned for a few minutes before starting to speak "I was looking for him to help him escape before the Archon's fighters could find him. When I saw him, he was fighting the first Archon. I hesitated to approach, but I was almost stabbed, so the first archon rescued me. We exchanged positions, I fought against Zhilan, I was wearing a mask so he didn't recognize me immediately... There was a lot of First Archon staff around, so I had nothing else to do. I tried to avoid his attacks because I didn't want to hurt him... I even tried to run him away, b-but—"
"But, what?"
"He removed my mask and recognized that it was me. Zhilan grabbed my hands and forcefully stabbed the knife into his heart to save me— Because he knew I would be in danger when the organization found out I had helped their enemy... He died at my hands so I killed him, Dy."
Dy stood up and wiped Ara's wet cheek. "Naiintindihan ko na, Don't resent yourself... He did that because he loves you and I will do the same when you are in trouble again. That's how important you are to us... Just promise us that you will stay alive... Stay alive, Ara."
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