◇ Chapter 19 "Best of luck!"

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▪NO P.O.V.▪

2 months later.

Alexia is constantly trying to keep her breath composed as she stares at the car window on her left side. The window is very tinted but she tried her best to spot the establishments and the cars' lights at night.

This is her first time going outside for the last two months, ever since she trained for Dark Dragons.

"Do you ever just wanna point a gun at your mouth?"

Francis spoke beside her, basically breaking the silence with all the members inside the van.

"Shut up kid. I'm tryna' sleep here." Jacobi responded at the back following a long hiccup.

"Don't ruin it for them, man, this is their first mission. You shitted your pants on your first remember?" Ezekiel said to Jacobi.

The guy just laughed it off which gave a light vibe somehow in the car. "You literally puked like a kid on a bus, Eze!"

"Can you shut it you two?"

Miliano Lopez interrupted their talk. He is sitting in front of Alexia and Francis. Miliano is one of the higher-level members who joined this mission, then a bunch of freshly graduated 2nd-Class ones filled the entire boat which raised everyone's anxieties more.

They don't even trust themselves let alone the people they're with. At least, judging from the look on their faces.

Both guys finally stopped as Ezekiel apologized. "Sorry, Mr. Lopez."

Alexia couldn't feel more stressed and uneasy. They are already reminded of what each of the members has to do, but the fear of the unknown is there. They didn't know what to expect even though they were about to be the whole monstrosity.

'You got this.' Bilin ni Alexia sa kaniyang sarili.

She held her earpiece that was already in place. Huminga siya ng malalim. Breathe in, breathe out.

Alexia feels somewhat relieved after she remembered something.

'Right, he is there. He's there to protect her.' Alexia spoke in her mind.

She closed her eyes to think of something else.

Flashback...

Chaos is about to occur.

"Storytelling the goddamn thing to your friends, huh?!" Zaxel shouted with so much outrage that all of the veins in his neck are showing.

Sinuntok niya nang malakas si Logan sa mukha kaya lumagapak ulit ang lalaki sa sahig, umuubo ng dugo. Walang magawa ang mga recruits kundi tumayo sa gilid nang magkakadikit at pinapanood sina Logan at Francis na ginugulpi ng grupo ni Zaxel. Kahit gustuhin man nilang depensahan ang dalawa, kailangan nilang protektahan ang sarili sa gulo.

"Ano nang gagawin natin?" Nag-aalalang saad ni Hanna.

Wala ding umaawat sa kanila kahit yung mga nagluluto sa cafeteria. Base sa mga ekspresyon nila, mukhang sanay na sila sa ganitong mga kaganapan.

"Who're we gonna tell this to?!"

"Call the members, Dorothy!"

"You think this is school and they're teachers and shit?!" Dorothy shouted out of stress.

"May alam ba kayong puwedeng pag-sabihan?" Joan Garcia asked the rest of us.

"Bastards!"

Suddenly, a lady shouted so loud that is more than enough to catch the attention of everyone. Zaxel stood up properly with a death glare, quickly glancing at her.

Who's the most stubborn and bull-headed girl among recruits, again?

"Did you just cuss?" Alexia unbelievably said as she quickly glanced at Molly who had just done something so unusual of her.

Alexia is surely the most stubborn one, but the one who can't tolerate shit is Oquindo.

Valdez spoke again. "As much as I want to savor this moment--"

"Bastard, you say?"

Zaxel and his group stopped bird-shitting the two guys who are basically dead as meat and knocked out on the floor. The group walked near Molly and that's how the other recruits slowly backed away from her, except Alexia, who stayed by her friend's side.

Knowing they're gonna target them next, here goes the most stubborn one refusing to submit to the 2nd-Class members especially not even knowing why they're mad at the recruits in the first place.

Zaxel closed the gap between him and the two ladies. "Hindi ko alam kung anong problema mong gago ka pero hindi kami mga punching bag para labasan ng galit mo." Alexia warned on his face.

"Oh be careful with your next words, recruit, don't think I'm hesitating at all." Zaxel darkly said. He pulled a shuriken into his pocket. A sharp curved knife about to be inches on her chest level.

Alexia hesitated to talk but knowing she has absolutely nothing to lose and she definitely has sharp words like a trump card, she brushed off the fact that a literal knife is right in front ready to pierce her skin. She proceeds to look at him. "That threatened on a puppy? You're nothing without your band and knives, Zaxel."

He widened his eyes and he immediately dropped his hand with the sharp object. That certainly hit his ego. "Damn shit, slut. You asked for it!"

Without a single warning, Zaxel lifted his other hand to slap Alexia hard across her face.

Did that echo everywhere.

Her body immediately reacted to the hit. She almost fell to the floor.

All of the recruits gasped and Molly alertly held her friend's back to prevent her from falling down the floor.

Molly placed Alexia to her side as she glared at the guy. She had the stare of a devil. "Don't you ever hurt my friend again--!"

"5 minutes away."

Natauhan si Alexia sa reyalidad nang bumukas ang partition window sa harap at nagsalita si Fawck, ang naka-assign na driver ng van nila ngayon.

She shrugged off the memory of Molly's wrath.

Higit na mas magaling mag-drive si Alexia kaysa kay Fawck at ilang beses niya nang pinatunayan iyon throughout her whole training period. Pero dahil ito ang pinakaunang mission ni Alexia as a 2nd-Class member, kailangan niyang maging parte ng Swords lineup.

"You have your shurikens, right?"

Tanong ni Zaxel sa kaniya na nakaupo sa kabilang seat, ka-row niya.

Alexia nodded at kinapa ang utility belt.

After seeing her response, he spoke again. "Make sure your gun is fully loaded and don't go anywhere 'til I say so, you're the weakest after all," Bilin niya. "And never take your gloves off." Huling saad nito sa mas striktong tono. Lumingon na ulit si Zaxel sa harap.

All the members inside the van are Batch 1, which means sila ang unang bababa sa target place of the mission. This batch is led by Miliano Lopez and his assistant is Zaxel Becker. Pinagsabihan ni Zaxel si Alexia dahil siya ang isa sa mga kasama ng lalaki the time they already depart from the van. And well, this guy couldn't be much more of a perfectionist.

He has an automatic instinct to protect his group which makes him a good lead, but if you don't manage to follow just a single order, he's not hesitating to either shout you in the face or drop you out of the mission and he won't care about saving your ass. Since he's the one who leads, he's most likely not ordering others to save you as well. He'll completely drop you out. In Zaxel's perspective, a single dent can destroy the whole team and plan.

And this just pressured Alexia once again.

Batch 2 is led by Asher and his assistant is Cyrus Mordecai. Alexia will never not be mind blown by how someone like Asher, her literal age, can only do so much. Naalala niya lahat ng mga pagpapahirap sa kaniya ng lalaki. Halos iyon nga lang ang maalala ni Alexia sa tuwing binabalikan niya ang mga araw na isa pa lamang siyang recruit sa Dark Dragons.

Mali, hindi lang si Asher ang nagpahirap sa kaniya. Lahat sila.

And now's not the time to look back at all of it.

Miliano prepared the trigger of his gun and that was the very sign we needed to prepare ourselves too.

Shit.

"Recruits, you always have the upper hand. Never be hesitant."

I know everything else is shitty right now but that was a good rhyme.

"Never be hesitant. Got it." Jacobi reminded himself in a way he punched his chest.

"Hey, you're not a recruit anymore," Even without glancing at Ezekiel, I know he looked at me and Francis when he said it. "Best of luck!"

"Rushton, speaking. Sudden changes, I will have to guide you with Vairano. Cadeau is assigned to Asher's batch instead."

I was a bit more stunned than I already am when someone spoke in my in-ear. It was Rushton.

Hindi na si Adrian...?

"Understood, Rushton." Miliano Lopez spoke in his in-ear.

Only the leader and their assistant were given the in-ear that is allowing them to speak towards the Clevers members. In this instance, there are only Miliano and Zaxel, and Asher and Cyrus in the 2nd Batch.

"Prepare to the ground." Fawck called last minute.

... Here goes absolutely nothing.

To be continued...

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