Chapter 22
Jayjay's point of view
I don't want to believe it.
I don't want to believe what Freya said.
Is this their true face?
Yuri...
Could she really do this? Could she really do this to a girl?
Keifer...
Could she really hurt a girl? Could she be violent towards her?
The door opened at that moment.
I couldn't look.
"Jayjay?"
I looked and saw Rakki.
"Are you okay? You don't look very well."
"I'm fine, Rakki. Don't worry about me."
"Okay."
I bent down and washed my face.
"You suddenly disappeared on Ci-n's birthday. The last I saw you were with Micay. I learned from Ci-n. Where did you go?" Rakki said, refreshing her makeup.
"I had a little argument with Tripp. I went after him. I couldn't let you know. Sorry."
"It's alright... but... is there something going on between you and Tripp?"
"Ahhh...yes, we're dating. I forgot to tell you."
"Hmm...Congratulations."
"Thank you."
"Are you still not on speaking terms?"
"No, we made up."
"I'm glad."
I smiled.
I wonder if Rakki knows what Freya told me?
"Rakki"
"Yes?"
"I want to ask you something."
"Of course."
"Freya was here before you arrived. She told me some things. Keifer and Yuri... They were her ex-boyfriends... Yuri got what he wanted from her and left her. Then Keifer approached her and they became lovers. After that, Freya changed a lot because she was still in love with Yuri... She became very strict and possessive. She even... used violence against Freya once. Is that true?"
He couldn't answer.
And... this means yes...
"That's right... Everything's true. You know... I value the E section. But only for you and Ci-n. I hate Keifer and Yuri. Especially after what they did to Freya... And Ella... She never wanted Keifer because she was afraid of him. That's why she became Aries' girlfriend... Jay... You stay away from those two too, I don't want you to end up like Freya. Please..."
So that's why Ella didn't want Keifer...
Everything is really true...
"Don't worry about it. Let's go," Rakki said and took my arm.
We left the restroom.
We were walking. Then a loud shout came.
"Jayjay!"
"Ella?"
Ella and Mica were coming towards us quickly.
"Have you seen Aries? We've looked everywhere but he's not here... He's not answering his phone either."
"We haven't seen him. Where could he be?"
"Damn it!" Ella screamed.
Mica tried to calm her down.
Just then, a notification came to my phone.
I looked and saw it was from Ariesten.
Ariesten:
"Jayjay! Come to the backyard immediately! Help me!"
What's going on?!
"Ella!" I shouted.
"What!" she snapped.
"A message came from Ariesten. He's in the backyard. He needs help."
Ella ran quickly towards the backyard without saying anything.
Mica followed her.
Rakki and I looked at each other and both started running towards the backyard.
We arrived at the backyard...but...
No one was there.
"Are you kidding us! Where's Aries?!" Ella shouted, her voice trembling.
"I'm not kidding. Look, the message is right here," I said, opening it and showing her the message.
Just then, a gunshot was heard.
We all ducked down at the same time.
"What's happening!"
"Killing four birds with one stone, huh?"
Suddenly, a voice came.
We slowly stood up and looked towards the source of the sound.
It was someone wearing a mask and holding a gun. Behind him were 6 or 7 other men.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Never mind, little girl. Just know this. We've come to get you. Your brother is in our hands," he said, and pulled out his phone and played a video.
"Aries!"
Aries was in the video. He was tied to a chair and covered in wounds and bruises.
"What do you want?! Let Aries go!" Ella shouted, tears streaming down her face.
"I told you... We've come to get you."
Then the men behind him started walking towards us.
They were all very strong. We couldn't do anything.
...
The men came and grabbed our arms and then started dragging us away.
"Let us go!" We were screaming.
But they didn't care about us.
There was no one around. It was as if everything had been planned...
They put us in a black car.
Before we could say anything, they sprayed something... A smell...
I was dizzy...
What did they spray?!
Mica's eyes slowly closed...
Then Rakki's...
And Ella's...
I couldn't breathe.
My eyes slowly started to close too...
"Keifer..."
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Keifer's point of view
What happened to Tripp?
Why do we look so alike?
Why is he as possessive as I am?
The doorbell rang.
Trippp looked at the door anxiously. Apparently, he was waiting for Jayjay.
Professor Alex arrived, but he wasn't there.
His belongings were here, but he wasn't.
Something couldn't have happened to him, could it?
I looked at Yuri; she was looking at me with worried eyes.
Then she turned away.
I turned away too, and this time I met Tripp's angry gaze.
"Where is Jayjay?" he whispered.
"I don't know, wasn't he with you last?"
"Yes, but he went to the restroom and then disappeared."
"Trippp and Keifer!" Professor Alex shouted.
"Excuse me," Tripp said, bowing his head.
Professor Alex continued the lesson.
I received a notification on my phone, and when I opened it, I saw it was from an unknown number.
+63********:
"Keifer, your friends and your lover are in our hands. If you want them back, come to the location below. Be careful. This time it won't be easy 😈"
Below it was a photo and a location.
I opened the photo and saw Aries, Ella, Mica, Freya, Rakki, Grace, Honey, and J-jayjayi, all unconscious and tied up.
My eyes immediately went to him.
I involuntarily stood up quickly, and my chair fell over.
Everyone was looking at me...and I was looking at him...
"Mr. Watson, what's wrong?!"
I couldn't speak; my tongue felt tied.
I looked at section E and quickly left the classroom.
I could feel it...they were all following me...
"Keifer!"
I turned around, and as I felt, they were all there.
"What's wrong?!" Rory shouted.
I could only show them the photo and the message.
"Damn it!" Tripp yelled, kicking a chair.
"Who this time?!" Yuri shouted.
"I-I don't know."
I finally managed to speak, but why am I stuttering?
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Ci-n shouted, her voice trembling.
I understand what she's feeling right now...
The fear of loss...
Jayjay and Rakki...
They're everything to her... and now those two are facing death...
I turned around and ran towards the car.
The others followed me.
"Everyone to the cars!" I shouted.
"Keifer, my car is being repaired. Someone hit my car this morning," Yuri said.
Ahhhh! Was this really the time for this?!
I looked at Tripp; she was looking at me too.
"Can we use your car too?"
"Okay, but only for Jayjay."
"Alright."
"Keifer, you guys go ahead, I have a very urgent matter to attend to. I'll be back later. Take my car too," David said, looking at his phone.
He handed me the car keys and quickly drove away.
What was this business?
Cin, Felix, and Edrix got into my car; Yuri, Calix, Rory, and Blaster got into David's car; Denzel, Josh, Eman, and Drew got into Eman's car; and Kit, Mayo, Eren, and Trippte got into Tripp's car.
I drove to the location, and the others followed...
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Jayjay's point of view
"Jayjay! Wake up!"
My eyes slowly opened.
I met Rakki's worried eyes.
"What happened?"
"What could have happened? We've been kidnapped!"
Ahhhhh! Again?!
We were in a place that looked like a warehouse. It was quite large. There were two doors.
When I looked around, I saw that everyone was awake.
Aries and Ella were having a deep conversation, Mica was silently crying, Frey—What! Freya?! Not just her. I saw Grace. Her belly was quite swollen. She looked about 7-8 months pregnant. There was someone else. Who was this? She was a very beautiful girl... Very beautiful indeed... I wonder if she's a model or something? What is she doing here? Why does she look so familiar?
"Ayyyy! Where is this place?! It smells awful! Get me out of here!"
Freya started complaining...
"Will you shut up?!" That girl I didn't know said.
"No, and who are you?" Freya asked.
"I'm Honey Bee Ryder. And who are you?" Honey said.
Honey? Still a very familiar name...
"I'm Freya Hidalgo. I'm the queen of this place."
"Queen?" Honey laughed, "more like someone who volunteered to be queen."
Freya frowned.
"Girl, be thankful I'm tied up, otherwise I'd come and rip out your chalky hair and your animalistic face."
"What are you talking about?! I was so scared, you know?" Honey teased.
"Se-"
"Silence!" A voice interrupted Freya.
Who was this man? He didn't look like the man from this morning.
His arms were covered in tattoos. He had muscles. His face was very handsome.
"Who are you and how dare you interrupt me?!" Freya yelled.
"Me? I'm Sato Ryosuke. And I don't want to listen to your shrill, disgusting voice, so shut up or it'll be bad," he said, pointing to the gun in his belt.
Freya couldn't say anything and fell silent.
"What do you want from us? Why did you kidnap us?" I asked.
"You must be Jayjay. You're the main person involved in this kidnapping. Keifer and Yuri are my old enemies. I needed you to get revenge on them. I tried to gather everyone close to them and their gang."
The gang? Is he talking about the E-section?
"What do Freya and Honey have to do with this?" Ella asked.
"Freya has a history with Yuri and Keifer, and Honey is Keifer's secretary."
W-what! Honey is Keifer's secretary?!
I don't remember ever seeing her with Keifer.
"Ahhhhh! When are they coming?!" Sato shouted.
Did he summon them?
That's right, he'd said he wanted revenge.
At that moment, the door burst open and Keifer, Yuri, and Tripp entered.
"So you've arrived. Hmmm, you. I've never seen you before. Who are you? One of their men?" Tripp asked, looking at him.
"Who he is doesn't matter. Give us what's ours and let's go, Sato. It's not worth the trouble," Keifer said seriously.
"Aaaa, but I went through all this trouble, and you're just going to take them and leave? How about a little game? 😈" he said, and his men entered behind him.
"Sato, whatever happened is in the past. Let them go now," Yuri said.
"Don't say that, Hanamitchi. I've been planning this day for a long time. It can't end so easily. I won't let it end so easily," Sato said with a sarcastic smile.
Keifer and Yuri looked at each other, then Trippe.
"You know how to fight, right?" Yuri asked.
"Of course, I've been in many group and gang fights," Trippe replied.
Keifer nodded and then whistled.
The E group entered. They all had cutting tools in their hands.
"Finally, the gang is complete. So? When do we start?😈" Sato said excitedly.
"Whenever you want, Ryosuke," Keifer said mockingly.
Sato turned around and called out to the men behind him.
"Deal with them, I'll take her and leave," Sato said and started walking towards me.
He's taking me? What does that have to do with me?
He came and untied me, then, before I could do anything, he picked me up.
"Aaaaaaa! Let me go, Sato!" I screamed, but he didn't listen to me or anyone else and headed towards the door.
He opened the door, glanced at the others one last time, and then left the warehouse.
"Let me go! Where are we going!" I screamed.
"I don't care about the others, but they can't take you. You're coming to Japan with me."
"What! Never!"
"Nobody asked for your opinion."
Damn it! I'm really being taken away.
We were walking down a long corridor.
He was walking quite fast and didn't seem to have any intention of stopping... until a few men appeared in front of us.
"What are you doing here?! Get back to fighting!" Sato shouted.
"Boss, half the men are already gone. We need your help," one of the men said.
"I'd be surprised if you ever managed to do anything right. Okay, keep an eye on this girl. You know what will happen if anything happens to her," he said, and pushed me to the ground, handing me over to the men. Then he went back into the warehouse.
The men grabbed me and started walking.
When will this corridor end???
We were still walking, I think it had been about 15 minutes. I couldn't feel my legs.
I was looking at the ground. Suddenly, I was thrown backward.
The men had stopped.
When I looked up, I saw a masked man.
He didn't look like the man from this morning.
This time...this time...
Who is this?
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David's point of view
Flashback;
I received a notification on my phone.
+63*******:
"David, Sato and his gang have been planning this day for a long time. Today, Sato is going to kidnap Jayjay and the others to get revenge on Keifer and Yuri. I know... You've been secretly protecting Jayjay for a long time, and you were the one who rescued him from the truck and took him to the hospital the day he learned the truth... If you want to save him again, come to the location I'll send you, posing as one of Sato's gang. Password: Mask..."
Who is this? How does he know I protected Jayjay and what happened that day?
I told Keifer and took a taxi to the location he sent.
There's a guard at the door.
"Hello, can I come in?" I asked.
"Who are you?"
"I'm one of Sato's gang."
"What's the password?"
"Mask"
"Okay, you can come in." He said, and opened the way.
I went inside, and suddenly an arm pulled me into a room.
When I looked, I saw someone with bright blue eyes and curly hair.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Percy. I sent the message on the phone."
"How do you know me?"
"My stepbrother mentioned you before."
"Stepbrother?"
"Yes... Felix Collins...my stepbrother."
"W-what! Felix?!"
"Shut up, don't shout, someone will hear."
"Okay, okay. Are you two stepbrothers?"
"Yes, and not only that. I'm Keifer, Aries, and Yuri's childhood friend, and Freya's ex-boyfriend."
"Why did you suddenly disappear?"
"We were in an accident a long time ago. Aries, Yuri, Keifer, and I. In that accident, I fell off a cliff. Everyone thought I was dead... Everyone. But somehow I survived and received treatment all this time... just so I could walk again... and now I can walk. Even now, everyone thinks I'm dead. I'll be back in public as soon as possible."
All this is so strange... so...
"What do you want me to do?"
"Sato and his men are going to kidnap Jayjay to Japan, stop them, that's all you need to do."
"Okay."
He handed me a mask. "Take this, no one should recognize you."
I took the mask.
After looking at me one last time, he put on a mask too and went outside.
I'll succeed...
I'll do this for him...
The flashback ended...
Jayjay is looking at me strangely. I think he's trying to get me out.
"Who are you?" one of the men asked.
I deepened my voice.
"I came to rescue that girl you're holding," I said, and punched one of them.
They all lunged at me.
"Run! Go to Keifer!" I yelled to Jayjaye.
He listened to me and started running towards the warehouse.
I did it...
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Keifer's point of view
Sato took Jayjay and left the warehouse.
I'll be back, Jayjay... I'll come back to get you...
A man shouted, "Let the fight begin!" and all the men ran towards us.
There were about 50 men.
The fight started then...
There were punches and kicks everywhere...
The girls were screaming.
Four men came at me and I easily defeated them all...
A kick from behind knocked me to the ground.
Then someone got on top of me and just as he was about to punch me, I caught his fist with my hand...
I kicked him with my foot and got on top of him. I started punching him. When he was covered in blood, I stopped and stood up.
When I looked, half of it was already over...
Part E was still fighting breathlessly...
I saw Trippi...the sweat dripping from his forehead...his bloody hands...his kicks...I saw them.
I saw Keifer...
He let go of the man he was punching, stood up, looked around, and then looked at me...
We were both breathless...
I'm sure we both looked the same now...
A clapping sound brought us back to reality...
When we looked, we saw it was Sato...
Everyone dispersed.
"Bravo, you've defeated half my men, but it's not over yet," he said, and then about 25 more men followed him...
Doesn't this guy ever run out of men?
Sato smiled cunningly and shouted, "Let the fight continue!" and turned around and sat back down in his chair.
My first order of business will be to defeat these guys and smash his face in...
The men came at us again...
It was like we were starting for the first time...
Our energy was incredibly high...
In just 5 seconds, 10 men were down...
Fifteen minutes passed, and all the men were down...
The entire E squad was down...
They were all struggling to breathe...
I looked at Sato... He was looking at me mockingly...
I forced myself to my feet and started walking quickly towards him...
But then I had to stop...
Jayjay burst through the door, breathless, and started running towards me...
But Sato had already caught him and put a gun to his head...
Damn it!
The entire E squad suddenly rose to their feet...
Jayjay started crying...
He was looking at me...
"What are you doing?" Sato asked.
"I'm just doing what I'm told," Jayjay replied.
"What? Who told you?"
"That...the masked man... told me to run away, to go to Keifere... and that's what I'm doing..."
"The masked man? Who is he?"
"I don't know, I don't recognize him."
"You know what? If I killed you right now, I'd get my revenge and my plan would work."
No...no...
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Jayjay's point of view
I was running...
For minutes...seconds...milliseconds...
Still the same corridor...still...
I'm out of breath...
But all I can think about is her...
I want to reach her...I want to jump into her arms...I want to share the same breath with her...
Through my pouring sweat, I finally saw the door...
I quickly opened it and saw her...
I ran towards her, but before I could hug her, someone grabbed me by the waist and put a gun to my head...
Time seemed to stop...
My tears flowed spontaneously...
I couldn't take my eyes off her...
She was looking at me anxiously...
No...I don't want to die...no...
All of E section stood up and they all looked at me anxiously... He started staring.
"What are you doing?" Sato asked, right in my ear.
"I'm doing what I'm told," I replied.
"What? Who told you?"
"He...the masked man...told me to run away, to go to Keifere...and that's what I'm doing..."
"The masked man? Who is he?"
"I don't know, I don't recognize him."
"You know what? If I kill you right now, I'll get my revenge and my plan will work."
No...no...
"Don't do it, Sato! You won't gain anything by taking revenge on us! Don't!" Yuri screamed, covered in blood.
"I'll gain a lot...Yuri."
Yuri just shook her head helplessly...
"Jasper Jean Mariano...say your last words...your time to die has come."
I squeezed my eyes shut...
"Damn you," I whispered.
Sato chuckled.
"1"
No...
"2"
Keifer...save me...
"3"
Keifer...
Then the gun fired...
The world was gone...the sounds...the images, everything vanished...
What happened...? Am I dead...?
My eyes slowly opened...
I was alive...
My eyes shifted to the side...
S-Sato...
He was lying on the ground, shot in the head, covered in blood...dead...
When I lifted my head, I saw someone in a mask again, but something else caught my attention...
His eyes...
His eyes were shining bright blue inside that black mask...
He was looking at me...
He had a gun in his hand... He had killed Sato...
"W-who are you?" I asked.
He said nothing...
He slowly put the gun down and reached for his mask...
He slowly lifted it...
And his face appeared...
I looked at the others...
Felix fell to his knees when he saw the man's face...
Tears streamed down his face...
Keifer, Aries, and Yuri were speechless...
Freya... She was stranger than everyone else...
She was silently crying on the ground...
What did this man mean to them?
"I'll ask again... Who are you?"
"I am... Percy Mariano"
Mariano?