NEW BORN VAMPIRE 3: Wild Frost

Chapter 11

Agad akong natigilan habang nasa gitnang bahagi ng parking lot dahil sa biglang pagtunog ng aking cell phone. Napabuntong-hininga na lang ako kapagkuwan ay bagot na nilabas ang aking cell phone mula sa loob ng aking suit. 

Nang makita ko kung sino ang caller, mabilis ko iyong sinagot bago muling huminga para pigilan na mapasigaw dahil sa inis. 

"So what happened there, Alexander? Are you still in the bar? Is everything done? Tapos ka na ba diyan?" Brian asked cheerily. 

"Nah, everything is done but..." 

Damn it! Hindi ko kayang manahimik. Masakit pa rin ang pagkakasampal sa akin ng baliw na babaeng iyon. Kung bakit naman kasi hindi rin nag-iingat sila Brian at Dylan. Every mission like this should be a secret but this one... 

Sa pagkakaalam ko ay nakainom sila habang hinahantay namin lumabas ang na-report sa amin na bagong new born na gawa ng mga Unsound vampires pero sapat ba na dahilan iyon para pabayaan nila ang isa sa mga dapat nilang gawin? 

Part of our mission is that we should not let mortals know what we are doing whenever we are hunting Unsound vampires or newly born Unsound vampires but what Brian and Dylan did earlier is exactly what I call endangerment. 

Pero mabuti na lang at baliw din ang mortal na nakakita sa kanila. I don't know what she's thinking but while talking to her, it looks like she's only interested having her way on me. I mean, she just stalked me. Ilang beses akong nagsabi ng masasakit na salita sa kaniya just to hurt her feelings so that she would walk away from me. But in the end, she's the one who have got the upper hand. 

The audacity of her. Running away after slapping me. I should have control her mind in the first place so that I will not end up getting a slap from her. 

"Yohoo, are you still there Alexander?" rinig kong sabi ni Brian sa kabilang linya kaya napabuntong-hininga ako. 

"You owe me, you motherfucker," sabi ko na agad naman ikinatawa ni Brian.

"I got a feeling that something funny happened to you there," Brian said that made me huff. 

Funny, huh? Paano kaya kung itong gago ito ang nasampal? May pagkababaero pa naman siya. 

"The b***h slapped me, you should be the one who got slapped in here. I shouldn't be here if only you work properly back there," gigil kong sabi na mas lalong ikinatawa ni Brian mula sa kabilang linya. 

"Sorry, Alexander. Actually, there's a reason why we got messed up back there. After namin makalabas ng bar, agad kami nag-report kay Kate. And now, Kate is calling an emergency meeting. Dating gawi," sabi ni Brian na ikinahilot ko sa aking sintido. 

Dating gawi means having the meeting on Blackwell Academy since Blackwell Academy is considered the safe place to have our meeting. Even if the school doesn't have a large number of guards, every vampire clan became scared to set their foot in the academy after knowing that Kate Merilia Vrey-Valerious is the one who's running the academy. 

Kahit na si Kate ang reyna ngayon ng lahat ng mga bampira, Kate spends most of her time in Blackwell Academy. 

"Akala ko makakapaghinga na ako," tanging nasabi ko kapagkuwan ay napabuntong-hininga. 

"I feel you, brad. But you know, it's the Queen's order. And from what I heard, Kate has been restless ever since the number of newly born Unsound vampires has spike from fifteen to twenty. Nagrereklamo na nga rin si Theodore dahil hindi man lang daw sila makapagpahinga ni Kate," sabi ni Brian na muli kong ikinabuntong-hininga kapagkuwan ay lumapit sa hood ng aking Maserati para umupo. 

"Okay then, but don't forget, Brian. You still owe me something," sabi ko na muling ikinatawa ni Brian sa kabilang linya. 

"Sure, sure. Whatever. Just tell me whatever you want and I will give it you," Brian said that made me nod before hanging up the call. 

Napabuntong-hininga na lang ako kapagkuwan ay napahimas sa aking pisngi na hanggang ngayon ay nararamdaman ko pa rin na masakit. Tch! 

That woman is lucky that I have no plans hunting her down. Kahit na masakit ang pagkakasampal niya sa akin, hindi ako maghihiganti bagkus ay kakalimutan ko na lang ang nangyari. Wala rin akong mapapala sa oras na mag-aksaya ako ng oras para lang maghiganti dahil lang sa nasampal niya ako.

Napabuntong-hininga na lang ako habang iniisip ang mga nangyayari sa mundo namin na mga bampira. Hindi ko mapigilang mapaisip lalo na at parang kataka-taka ang biglang pag-angat ng bilang ng mga newborn mula sa mga Unsound vampires. Tunay na nakakaalarma nga rin talaga ang mga nangyayari lalo na't ang ibig sabihin ng pagtaas ng bilang ng mga newborn Unsound vampires ay may hindi pa kami nati-trace at nahuhuli na mga Unsound vampire. 

How I wish that we can easily end this problem because just like what I just said, the past years that already passed has been quiet. As in there's no vampire attacking mortals. No vampire clans fighting. No nothing. 

Sana ay wala kaming mga panibagong kalaban dahil hindi ko alam kung ano ang mangyayari sa oras na muli na naman may magsimula ng laban. I mean, I should feel confident since we have Kate and Krizza on our family but I really can't do it. I can't act feeling  confident knowing now that Kate, our Queen has been restless. 

Matagal nang napatunayan ni Kate ang sarili bilang isa sa pinakamalakas na bampira ngunit ang malaman na wala siyang pahinga kagaya ng sinabi ni Brian ay isa lang sa mga senyales na ang problema namin ngayon sa mga Unsound vampires ay hindi basta-basta. Na kahit kami ay pamilya ng mga bampirang may kapangyarihan, may mga hindi pa rin kami nalalaman. 

Even if we have Georgina who can foresee what's going to happen, her ability is not enough on what's going to come. Kaya hindi ko rin talaga magawang maging okay sa mga nangyayari, naiinis din ako na wala akong magawa kung hindi ang sumama lang sa pag-trace ng mga Unsound vampire at manghuli.

"Alexander, is that you?" 

Agad akong napatayo nang makita si Kate papalapit sa akin. "Kate?" Well. I must say, she really looks tired. But what brought her here? I thought that she's already in Blackwell Academy, waiting for us. 

"Good thing I found you here. Can you give me a ride? I feel so exhausted," sabi niya na agad ko naman sinagot ng pagtango. 

"Sure. But how did you got here? Brian said that you called an emergency meeting," tanong ko habang nakatingin sa kaniya na hawak ang kaniyang purse. 

"Well, after hearing Brian's report, I immediately visited the bar because I want to check something," Kate said before her face became more serious. "Something's off the moment I entered the bar, Alexander."

"Something's off? How? Have you found the reason why Brian and Dylan got messed up?" tanong ko na sinagot naman ni Kate ng pag-iling kung kaya't napahilamos na lang ako. 

"Let's go now, Alexander. I don't think this is a place where I can tell you something that will shock you all," Kate said that instantly raised my brow as I watched her walked towards the side of my front passenger seat and entered my Maserati.