MAGIC SHOP

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Samara kept catching a glance at Airee while they're eating on the cafeteria. The latter noticed it and rolled her eyes, "What? Do you have something to say?" Airee irritatingly asked.

Samara put the spoon on her mouth and shook off her head, "Mmm-mmm-mmm!" she muttered and looked down. Airee's forehead twitched and so Junelee and Karis.

"You're acting weird." Airee said and the other two couldn't agree more. "Para kang nakakita ng multo kanina pa, ano bang problema mo?" Junelee scolded her friend.

Samara just shook off her head and continued eating. Hindi siya mapakali at gustong gusto niyang tanungin si Airee kung sino si Vince, at ano ang ibig sabihin ng note.

Pero kahit gaano niya gustong tanungin hindi niya magawa, dahil sa dalawang rason, una siguradong tatanungin siya ni Airee kung saan at paano niya nakuha ang note, pangalawa, natatakot siya sa magiging sagot ng dalaga.

Umiling nalang siya at ipinagpatuloy ang pagkain, when suddenly Airee's phone vibrated, nasa table lang iyon kaya naramdaman nilang apat ang pagvibrate n'on.

She opened it. Walang naging reaksyon si Airee pero maya maya lang ay nagpaalam itong lalabas muna siya, kaya nagpaalam din si Samara na kailangan niyang magbanyo, pero ang totoo ay sinundan niya lang si Airee.

Airee's looking at her phone while walking, but she clearly feels and know someone's tailing her, it didn't bother her since she's sure who is it.

Nagtungo si Airee sa kanyang locker. Someone send her a photo of her locker, it's just a plain photo of her locker and nothing more but still she still feel uneasy and strange about it.

First, because lately she've been receiving notes from Vince and second the sender is unknown.

Nang makarating siya sa locker niya ay wala naman siyang ibang nakita, maliban nalang kay Samara na nakatayo sa harap ng locker niya. She smirked.

She was right all along, si Samara nga ang sumunod sa kanya. She opened her locker but nothing's in there except her staffs, she saw Samara staring at her so she closed her locker and went to Samara right away.

"I know why you're here. But sadly, there was no note on my locker this ti-what the hell is this?" Airee disbelievingly asked when she noticed Samara's locker but has her name on it.

"What the hell?!" Samara exclaimed and was about to take the sticker that has her name but she stopped her. Tinignan ulit ni Airee ang picture na pinadala sa kanya at kinompara sa locker ni Samara.

Sure thing, the have the same features but, their padlocks are different, and the locker that's in the photo wasn't Airee's but Samara's.

Hindi napansin ni Airee ang lock dahil napangunahan siya ng mga iniisip niya.

"Aigoo- Airee I'm so sorry, hindi ko alam kung paano napunta ang pangalan mo sa locker ko, pasen-"

"Open it."

Natigilan si Samara, nagtataka siyang tumingin kay Airee at nakita niyang nakatitig si Airee sa locker niya. "Open your locker right now." Airee commanded and she is dead serious.

Samara couldn't do anything but to obey the lady. She opened her locker, and they were both stunned when they saw a black little box inside it. May ribbon at note pa itong kasama.

"What the hell is happening..." hindi makapaniwalang saad ni Airee, kapwa silang gulat ni Samara. Ilang minuto silang nakatitig sa box, nang unti unting kunin ni Samara ang box.

They read the note first and it simply says, Goodluck.

"What does this mean?" Samara cluelessly asked but Airee just shrugged off her shoulder. "Let's take a look." Airee said and so Samara nodded.

Nabalot sila ng tensyon at dahan dahang bubuksan na sana ni Samara ang box nang may sumigaw.

"Airee!" "Samara!" dahil sa gulat nabitawan ni Samara ang box at umagos mula doon ang dugo, kasabay niyon ang pagdating ni Harrix at Yves sa kanila. Harrix is holding a water bottle, kakatapos lang siguro nilang kumain.

"Are you alright?!" Harrix asked, but they couldn't say anything because of the blood flowing on the ground. Napatingin sina Harrix at Yves sa tinitignan ng dalawa at kapwa sila nagulat din.

Mabuti at walang ibang estudyanteng naroon. "W-What's happening..." Samara asked trembling and Airee couldn't believe her eyes.

Yumuko sila Harrix at Yves para pulutin ang box pero nang iangat nila ito ay lumantad ang ulo ng kuting mula roon na balot na balot sa dugo.

"Ahhh!" Samara screamed. Napahawak siya sa bibig niya at napa upo sa lapag, Airee went to her and hugged her so she couldn't see the terrible scene.

"Call the maintainance now." Harrix said to Yves kaya tumakbo kaagad si paalis habang si Harrix naman ang tinanggal ang kanyang jacket at ginamit iyon para takpan ang ulo ng kuting.

Ibinuhos niya din ang tubig niya sa dugo para hindi iyon matuyo sa ground, while Airee tried so hard to calm Samara down.

"Do you have any idea who send this to you?" Harrix asked, but Airee shook her head off. "But someone send me this." Airee said and give Harrix her phone.

Natigilan si Harrix, "What the hell." he whispered as he handed Airee his phone showing a photo the same locker and her photo standing infront of her locker.

"Hindi ko maintindihan iyang noong una, pero ito ang sinabi ng sender." sabi Harrix at iniscroll down and email.

'Have some time, why don't you save this lil girl from a lil harm?'

Kumunot ang noo ni Airee, "But that box is from Samara's locker, at yung litrato ng locker na nasend sa atin ay kay Samara din pero may pangalan ko." Airee explained.

"Someone's playing a trick on us." Harrix confidently said. "But why? Why us, and who could be that someone?" Airee asked cluelessly.

"I have no idea niether." Harrix answered. Kasabay niyon ang pagdating ni Yves kasama ang maintainance manager ng school, he quickly cleaned up the mess without asking.

Kahit halata sa mukha niya ang pagtataka hindi na lang siya nagtanong. "Samara, it's okay now." Sabi ni Airee nang maka alis ang maintainance, but turns out Samara already passed out.

"This little..." Airee said but stopped when she saw Samara's face very up close, may kamukha siya pero hindi niya maalala, she even felt like she met her before. "Weird." she whispered and seek help from the guys to carry Samara.

Si Yves na ang nagbuhat kay Samara habang nakasunod lang si Harrix at Airee sa kanila, "Wala ka ba talagang ideya kung sinong may pakana ng lahat ng 'to?" Harrix asked.

Umiling si Airee, "Wala, all I have is that name, Vince. I've recived many notes from him starting from the first of class until this morning, hindi ko siya kilala at wala akong kilalang Vince sa school na 'to. What really bothers me is that, why me? I'm just a transferee?" she exclaimed.

"May I see those notes?" Harrix said and so Airee invited him to their room dahil nandoon ang mga notes na iyon. Nang makapasok sila  doon, hindi nila napansing may papalabas pala at nabangga ni Airee.

Airee almost fell down but Harrix was fast enough to catch her while the one they bumped into lost his balance.

Si Var pala ang nabangga niya, nakatingin sa kanila si Var nang biglang tumayo ng maayos si Airee at iniabot ang kamay niya sa binata, "I'm sorry Var!" Airee apologized and smiled at him.

Ngumiti lang si Var at nagpaalam na aalis na. Airee and Harrix went to Airee's sit. Binuklat ni Airee ang mapeh book niya kung saan nakalagay ang mga note na natanggap niya.

"This is quite a lot." Harrix commented. Isa isa niyang binasa ang mga ito, "This is alarming, why didn't you tell me about it?" he asked. "Why would I?" Airee rudely askes shutting him up.

"I mean this is a serious matter, what if someone would just grabbed you in the dark and decapitate you?" Harrix retorted. "And like as if you could save me?" Airee exclaimed.

"I did, someone almost killed you and I..." they both stopped. Nagkatinginan sila sa isa't isa, "Could it be that guy?!" they asked in chorus.

"He attacked me the same day our class started." Airee said, "Right, I didn't saw his face but I do remember his body features, I can remember if I saw him again." Harrix then said.

Natahimik sila at kapwa iniisip kung paano nila mahahanap ang lalaki, nang pumasok sina Junelee at Karis sa loob. They're glaring at Airee kaya nagpaalam si Harrix na aalis na.

"How dare you and Samara to leave us at the cafeteria? Saan ba kayo nagpunta? At nasaan si Samara?" tanong ni Junelee. "She's in the clinic." Airee said and invited them to go the clinic.

On their way there, she said everything that happened. "Oh-my-god! Is this happening for real?" Junelee muttered, "Same thought, and why would that guy threaten someone with a kitty's head?! It's so cruel!" Karis exclaimed.

Nang makarting sila sa clinic ay wala paring malay si Samara at nandoon din si Yves, maging sina Ethan, Grey, Rashed, Lei, at Jedric. Napatingin ang anim sa kanila nang pumasok sila doon.

"Why the hell are you here?" Airee asked, "Because Yves is our friend and he called us here, got a problem?" masungit na sagot niya kay Airee.

"Tss, kalalaking tao ang sungit." bulong ni Karis at inirapan si Rashed. "Ash, stop that. Aalis na kami since nandito na kayo." Paalam ni Yves, "Aalis kaagad, may itatanong pa ako kay Airee, ano yung tungkol sa notes na natanggap mo?"

Kumunot ang noo ni Airee sa tanong ni Jedric, "Kalalaking tao tsismoso." bulong ni Junelee pero ang totoo ay nagtataka din siya sa mga pinagsasabi nitong notes, maging si Karis.

"Shut up hilaw na koreana, si Airee ang kausap ko." saad ni Jedric, Airee glared at him, and her stares sent chills down to his spine.

"Saan mo naman narinig ang tungkol jan?" she asked, Jedric looked at Yves asking for help. Napailing si Yves, "I heard you were talking about it with Harrix." he butt in.

"Ask him them. Leave now!" Airee said coldly, and so the guys moved out.

Kakalabas lang nila nang may matanggap na namang email si Airee.

It's a link. She did not click on it, but there's a message attach to it.

Someday News Article 102nd - The Truth, We Reveal.

She rolled her eyes, it's probably just one the senders way to scare her.

Hindi nalang niya iyon pinansin, at itinuon ang pansin niya sa mga kasama niya, lalo na't gising na si Samara.

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