DROWNING DESTINY

Chapter 18

Naizen was looking at the old man captured. Now, he was securely held by their colleagues to make sure that he won't and couldn't escape from their grip. He was just looking at him emotionlesy for he was thinking that ABYSS might be headless, however he knew that there was still someone running for the group.

They were still fighting against the military despite of the fact that their leader was going out of the place and unknowingly captured by their enemy. He had no idea of who among the ABYSS members nor leader got shot Harry that caused him to be covered 6ft under the ground.

"What am I supposed to do with her?"

He glanced Ellen that stood up beside her whispering about something he knew what. Ellen was also looking straight to the captured old man.

"Where is she?" He asked for he also asked Ellen to keep her safe.

Fortunately, that woman didn't ask anything when they asked her to wear the extra uniform Ellen has and sit him in the fighting vehicle.. He just had to make sure that no one of their colleagues especially not the captain would be able to see and found out about her.

"She's in the garden hiding in that huge narra tree. Naizen, we can't ignore her here for long. Captain Llorente already mentioned that we are allowed to go home for some rest. We have to ask for permission of going out right now," Ellen responded in her serious tone.

"How about Hector?" he again asked.

"He was guarding her. We couldn't let her out of our sight."

He nodded with Ellen's response. He roamed his eyes around to find their captain and luckily he found her going inside the headquarters. She had already released them for the General gave an order that they were allowed to go home for they deserve it.

"I will ask Captain Llorente the permission," he said and immediately followed the Captain. "Captain," he called the attention of the Captain and she immediately turned to see him.

"Alvarez," the captain smiled widely and faced at him. "Congratulations, the General and the Prime minister was so happy and was so proud of you. They will be giving you the reward you deserve for being fearless of capturing the leader of the terrorist by yourself."

"Having the leader of the rebel group locked in prison was enough of a reward to hear, Captain," he responded.

"You are so much of an Alvarez," the captain retaliates smiling. "I know you would say that, for now, just stop thinking about it for I still have no idea of what reward you will be receiving. Don't worry, I will keep you updated about it."

"Thank you, Captain," he bowed a little and smiled back, "I just came here to ask permission that we will be going home, Captain. De Mesa and Tan will be coming with me for we will be fetching with only one car."

Captain Faye Llorente's smile faded slowly as she heard Naizen's words. She simply turned her head to simply roam her eyes around looking for something that is not specific.

"Ahm.. Of course! It was the General himself who ordered for the team to have some days of a rest. I was so proud of the braveness that you all have. Especially, of.... you," she said and Naizen just chuckled a little.

"Thank you, Captain!" He then raised his hand into his forehead to give the Captain his salute.

"At ease," she responded.

He respectedly bowed his head before he turned his back at Captain Llorente. However, it was just a 5 steps of him when the Captain called his name and that made him stopped.

"Alvarez, maybe in some other time, we can discuss things and life over a cup of tea or maybe coffee?"

For a second, Naizen's eyes narrowed as he tried to absorb every word he just heard that came from the Captain's mouth.

"During free time, Captain," he just answered and before he again turned his head, he caught how was the captain smiled like a saucer.

He immediately went straight towards of where was Hector and that woman he still doesn't know her name.

"Naizen, Peter is on his way here," Hector immediately said the moment he reached him and was refering his brother.

"Your brother was always been a one call away," he joked before he brought his eyes on the quite woman sitting in the huge root of the narra tree.

"I was his favorite sibling, you know," Hector joked back and Naizen just laughed with it a little.

"Give me a minute, I will just have to get my stuff," hr said and stood up. He was about to leave in here when he saw Ellen coming over with 2 bags in her shoulder. He immediately found out that the bag she hanged in her right shoulder was his.

"You better thank me later for I put everything that belongs to you in here. In case you would ask me where was that specific thing," Ellen stated and harshly put his bag in the ground. "This thing was so heavy like hell."

"I didn't asked you to bring this but thank you, you are so much of a superwoman, Ellen. Let's go..."

The woman looked at him and seems to get the means of him calling her for she stood up.

"Don't act suspiciously, we are inside the camp's premises. You will not be suspected for anything for you are with the residents," Hector said and the woman nodded like she undertands everything that Hector just said.

The four of them was on their way to the guest's parking area and good thing, the moment they reached in there, the car was finally there.

"Just dropped me in my house, Peter," Naizen said to Hector's brother who's in the wheels and just glanced at him through the rear view mirror and winked.

"What is your name?" Ellen asked out of nowhere to the girl who was so quite for they told her to.

She was scared, when she woke up and realized she was in the tent, she seems traumatized. She was scared when she saw him, Ellen and Hector with their guns.

The woman looked at them all one by one and bowed her head 45°.

"Yvonne, my name is Yvonne Dela Cruz," she answered.

"How old are you, Yvonne? And why the hell you were there in the place of where the military and the ABYSS war was rising?" Hector asked with no filter.

Naizen was thinking to ask some questions when they reach home. But his friends kund off so excited and now asking questions without taking care of the words they spilled.

"I don't know," Yvonne answered that made all of them narrowed their eyes in confusion. "I was working in one of the small grocery store in the Herria when an unknown man came and took me there."

"We're here."