Into Paradise Book 2 Ch 23: Secret Weapon – Hit Team Arrives
Habang nasa ospital si Joanne naman ay si Gia at Megan naman ay nagsisimula ng gumalaw sa labas ng ospital, nandiyan si Megan na nagpunta sa police station naman at sinugod niya ang chief of police na nagulat sa nangyare kay Karlson at tumango ito.
“I want you to call all police that has contact to Gregorio Datu, wala akong pakialam kung sino yan, mula sa nakakausap niya hanggang sa trip trip niya lang makausap, I want to interview everyone of them you understand me? Lahat lahat!” sabi ni Megan at tumango naman si police chief dito.
Pumwesto naman sa isang interrogation room si Megan, lahat ng police ay natatakot sa private security nila Megan at wala silang magawa dito ng binantayan nila ang pinto kung nasaan si Megan, isang tao naman ang taga tawag ng pangalan ng mga pulis at kabado ang mga ito sa pagpapatawag ni Megan sa kanila.
Si Gia naman ay nasa air strip ng San Fernando, hindi makalanding kasi ang jet na ginagamit nila sa pag alis dahil iyon ang bagong Jet plane ni Karlson habang ang ginamit naman ngayon ay ang lumang jet ni Gia na kaya naman mag land sa San Fernando ang Jet na ito.
Nakatayo sa antayan ng kotse si Gia, kasama niya din ang kanyang security team at naktinign ang ginang sa Jet na bumaba at nag taxi ito sa hangar na kanilang pag-aari, ngumiti si Gia sa pagbabaa nila, apat na tao ang bumaba sa eroplano at halatang mga init ang ulo ng mga ito.
Kasama ni Gia si Candice at si Denise, para bang nagulat ang dalawang dalaga sa mga taong bumaba sa eroplano, isang tao lang ang kilala nila at ayun ay si Scarlett, ang kaibigan at assistant ni Karlson at Joanne naman ang dalaga pero ang tatlong lalaki na parang mainit ang ulo ng mga ito.
“Ah Lola, sino po sila?” sabi ni Denise at nagulat si Candice dito “Lola, you called them po? You called everyone pala?” sabi ni Candice na may takot sa boses nito at tumango naman si Gia dito “Their leader was threatened you bet I called on all of them” sabi ni Gia at tumingin siya sa dalawang dalaga.
“This team will hunt for Greg, walang nakakawala sa kanila, lalo na at leader nila ang naagrabyado dito” sabi ni Gia sa kanila at tumingin ito kay Denise at Candice “I brought you here to tell them lahat ng alam Ninyo, when did the accident happen, the time, and the layout ng lugar natin, importante iyon dahil kaya nilang mahuli si Greg bago pa man magising ang kuya ninyo” sabi ni Gia sa dalawang dalaga.
Nagkatitigan sila Denise at Candice sa sinabi ni Gia, di nila alam pareho kung bakit naman sinasabi ito ni Gia sa kanila pero sinabi din ng ginang kung bakit niya pinapunta ang mga kaibigan ni Karl dito at kung paano nila igaganti ang kuya nila.
“I asked them here to take care of Greg Datu, kaibigan sila ng kuya mo, all these fifteen years in the US, sila ang mga kaibigan ng kuya ninyo kaya naman may mga magagawa yang mga yan para mahuli si Greg, di sila basta basta, yan ang tandaan ninyo” sabi ni Gia at lumapit ang apat sa kanila.
“Hello Madam” sabi ni Scarlett at ngumiti naman ang ginang sa dalaga at bumeso ito “Hello Scarlett, you remember Karlson’s sisters? Candice and Denise?” Sabi ni Gia at natawa si Scarlett “Madam of course I remember Candice, I took her shopping once in LA remember? But Denise I think we met when I dropped the Dumdum off here right?” Sabi ni Scarlett at natawa naman si Candice at tumango si Denise.
“Ah I forget at times, anyway, ladies this is Scarlett, the assistant and guardian of Karl whenever he goes away” sabi naman ni Gia at natawa naman si Scarlett dito at umiling “Well Madam this time that Dumdum got into trouble that threatens his life, but we will get the person responsible for this” sabi ni Scarlett at tumango naman si Gia dito.
“Thats good to know, you boys ready to hunt an asshole?” Sabi ni Gia at ngumiti ang tatlong binata sa kanila. “Yes Madam” sabi ng machong lalaki at ngumiti naman ang isang nakasalamin na lalaki at ang lalaki na naka headset ay ngumiti naman ito kay Gia.
“So where do we blow stuff up? You know boss likes a big bang when he does these things” sabi ng naka-headset at umiling ang naka salamin naman sa kanya “Oh stop now John, you’ll get a nice headlock from our Boss with what you are doing” sabi ng nakasalamin naman.
“Whaaaaaat? Hey! Just cause you’re courting Madam’s Daughter and the Boss’ Aunt doesn’t make you our leader here Steve!” Sabi ni John at natawa naman si Steve pero pinigil sila ng maskuladong lalaki “Stop it John! Steve! We only have one leader and he got hurt and thats why we are here, now you John stand properly and Steve you can go see Ms. Megan later, we need to introduce ourselves to Boss’ siblings” sabi ng malaking lalaki at natawa naman si Scarlett dito.
“Boys you’re in the presence of Madam, you sure you want to be like that? Sorry about them Madam, they had lots of coffee before we land” sabi ni Scarlett at ngumiti naman si Gia sa kanila “Hmmmmm these boys, still energetic as ever, Karl would need that but let me introduce you first to his sisters who seem to be looking at you weirdly” sabi ni Gia at ngumiti ito sa dalawa.
“Let me introduce to you Candice Michelle Ortega, half sister of Karlson and the eldest half sister that he has, the other si Denise Jane Ortega, the eldest of Karl’s stepmother with his Father, they would gladly help you out with the details of Karl’s situation” sabi ni Gia at kumaway naman ang dalawa sa pagpapakilala sa kanila.
“Ladies, this are the friends of Karlson, you already Ms. Scarlett Jones, the assistant of Karl and also the best friend of Joanne known also as the guardian of your brother” sabi ni Gia at ngumiti naman si Scarlett dito na kamukha ni Amy Addams at sexy pa din ito.
“And for the boys we have Gustavo De Leon, you can call him Gus, he is an american with a Scandinavian descent, he is the muscle of the team but he is also your brother’s Lead in Security in the company” sabi ni Gia at ngumiti ang masculadong si Gus at ngumiti naman siDenise dito at natawa naman si Candice.
“My, looks like you have a fan Gus, now the one beside him wearing glasses is Steven Lopez, he is a filipino Canadian that works as Karl’s sales VP, they call him Steve and he is a good strategist and it seems he is still courting my Megan” sabi ni Gia at ngumiti naman ang nakasalamin na binata “Hello there” sabi ni Steve at ngumiti ito.
“Woooow alright Steve! Go for the gold!” Sabi ni Candice at natawa ito at ngumiti si Denise “Manliligaw siya ni Tita ate?” Sabi ni Denise at ngumiti si Steve “Oo I am making ligaw to your Tita but I don’t think she’ll like it if you call her Tita, sabi niya you should call her Ate right?” Sabi ni Steve at nagulat si Denise na nagtagalog ito at natawa ng konti.
“Alright then, so the last one is John Gregory Hayes, English-American that is an expert in logistics and to he honest he loves fireworks, he is your brother’s head for logistics and usual drinking buddy” sabi ni Gia at ngumiti si John “Hello there ladies! You can call me John!” Sabi naman ng binata habang may thick english accent ito.
“Now Candice and Denise, please take care of the group and give them all the details, I’ll need to go to Japan to make sure of somethings and will be back the soonest, Megan will also coordinate with them so that the four of you can start figuring out where is that man, and when you find him make sure he is alive until I get back” sabi ni Gia at napatingin naman sila Denise at Candice dito.
“Lola aalis po kayo? As in now na po?” Sabi ni Candice at tumango si Gia at ngumiti “Oo hija, kaya nga pinagamit ko sa kanila itong jet na ito para naman madalian sila makapunta dito at para din madali akong maka pag in and out of the country, masyadong malaki kasi yung isang Jet” sabi ni Gia at bumeso ito sa dalawa.
“Make sure din na di bibitiw ang kuya niyong pasaway ah? I’ll return with a weapon, since its needed after all” sabi ni Gia at napaisip si Denise at Candice sa sinabi ng matanda at naglakad na ito papunta sa eroplano “Oh and Scarlett, you and the team can go all out in finding that person” sabi ni Gia.
Ngumiti naman ang apat at nagpatunog ng kamao si Gus at sumaludo sila kay Gia “Yes Madam!” Sabi ng apat at ngumiti si Gia at sumakay na eroplano, habang ang apat at tumingin kila Candice at Denise at ngumiti “Candy, can first bring us to Joanne? We need to see her” sabi ni Scarlett at tumango nag dalaga.
“Sure, she hasn’t left the hospital since she returned here, may you can go and talk to her and tell her to rest up?” Sabi ni Candice at tumango si Scarlett “I bet, plus its better we see him first before we go and do our move” sabi ni Scarlett s tumingin ito sa mga binata.
“Okay Boys, I need you to make sure that you all are in your best behaviors, we will see the Queen and then we would go and make sure that the Boss is taken revenged for you understand?” Sabi ni Scarlett sa mga lalaki at tumango naman sila, ngumiti si Scarlett at umalis na ang grupo nila mula sa airport.
Sa presinto ay isa isang ininterview ni Megan ang mga pulis na kakilala ni Greg, matinding kasong legal ang panakot ni Megan pero sa dulo naman ay wala siyang napala sa mga ito at nainis na siya, guilty ang dalaga sa nangyare nay Karl dahil alam niya na pwede sanang pigilan ito.
Naalala ni Megan ang ate Megumi niya, tanda niya ang pagaalaga niya sa batang ito kahit na sa sandaling panahon pero di niya inaakala na may maghahangad ng kamatayan ng anak ni Megumi at ayun ang pinaka dahilan ng guilt feeling niya ngayon.
Bata pa si Karl sa edad na trenta, at kung sakaling mawala siya ay di matitiis na isipin ni Megan ito, at malamang babaliktad ang buong mundo nila sa pangyayare na ito, ito ang gusto sana maiwasan ni Megan, gusto niyang mahuli sana agad si Greg para doon na lang mag focus ang ina niya.
Ngunit wala ni isa sa mga nakausap niya ang nagbigay ng clue sa kanya kung nasaan si Greg, pumasok si Col. Danny dito at huminga ng malalim ang dalagang attorney at tumingin si Danny sa kanya. “Wala na tayong makakausap Megan, isa na lang pero naka leave siya ngayon” sabi ni Danny at tumango si Megan.
Binigay ni Col. Danny ang file ng pulis kay Megan “SP03 Macario Villa, dating partner ni Greg nung nagsisimula sila bilang pulis, pinapatawag ko na siya pero wala siya sa tahanan niya, the soonest he comes in eh sassbihan kita Megan” sabi ni Danny at tumango na lang si Megan.
“Salamat Danny…” sabi ni Megan habang nagbabasa ng file ng pulis “Megan, you need to go home and rest muna, you look so stressed out, daig na daig pa nung unang pagkakakilala natin, you need to also rest your body” sabi ni Danny kay Megan pero umiling ito sa ginoo.
“Hindi pwede Danny, pamangkin ko ito, hindi basta basta tao lang, I can’t rest kung wala man lang akongmahahanap at mabibigay tungkol sa kasong ito Danny, anak ng kapatid ko ang biktima at di ako titigil hangga’t wala akong nahahanap” sabi naman ni Megan kay Danny at tumango naman ang Police Captain.
“Sige Megan, papatawag ko agad si Sp03 Villa, pero magpahinga ka na muna, wala naman na tayong mahahanap sa mg ana interview mo today eh so rest muna Hija” sabi ng police captain at tumango si Megan “Salamat Danny, you’re a real friend ah” sabi ni Megan at natawa naman si Danny “Kalokang Attorney na ito eh” sabi ni Danny at natawa naman si Megan dito at nag-ring naman ang phone niya.
“Hello?” sabi ni Megan at ngumiti si Danny dito naman “Oh Denise ano meron?” sabi ni Megan at ngumiti si Denise “Hello Tita… I mean Ate ah kasama na namin po yung team ni Kuya papunta po kami sa ospital with them” sabi ni Denise at nagulat si Megan sa sinabi ni Denise.
“Wait… team ni Karl? So kasama si…” sabi ni Megan at ngumiti si Denise at tumango ito “Opo Ate, he is here din po” sabi ni Denise at natawa naman si Megan at ngumisi and dalaga “I’ll meet you in the hospital” sabi ni Megan kay Denise.
Natawa naman si Denise at tumango ito kay Megan “Okay po Ate” sabi ni Denise at binaba n ani Megan ang cellphone niya at ngumiti ito kay Danny, “Sige na Friend, I’ll take your advice na muna, pero please contact me if in case na may contact na kayo kay SP03 Villa” sabi ni Megan at ngumiti ito.
“Ay ang bakla! Alam ko yang ngiti mong yan! Sige ako na bahala muna pero wag sana kayong gumawa ng bagay muna na siguradong makakasama sa inyo, let the law work for you muna” sabi ni Danny at natawa naman si Megan “wag ka mag-alala, tulog pa ang pasaway sa amin, ako muna ang lead dito so waiting kami sa yo about it” sabi ni Megan at tumango naman si Danny sa kanya.
Tumayo naman si Megan at bumeso ito kay Col. Danny bago ito umalis sa Police station, samantala sila Candice naman at Denise ay dumating na sa Hospital kasama ang apat na kaibigan ni Karlson. “Ate Charlotte si Ate Joanne?” sabi ni Denise at ngumiti naman ito.
“Kasama pa din si Karl sa loob pero nay good news, his fingers moved and it seems he is responding well, we’re waiting for him to wake up na lang talaga and isa tinanggal na din ang respirator kasi nakakahinga na siya ng sarili niya, its been well” sabi ni Charlotte at ngumiti naman si Denise dito at niyakap niya ang ate niya at naiiyak naman ang dalaga sa good news sa kanya.
“Salamat naman ate!” sabi ni Denise at dumating si Candice kasama ang apat “Oh ano nangyare?” sabi ni Candice at ngumiti si Denise “Ate Candy, si Kuya! He’s getting better and he’s going to wake up soon!” sabi ni Denise at ngumiti si Candice at yumakap naman si Candice kay Denise at ngumiti naman ito.
“Thank God!” sabi ni Candice at ngumiti naman si Scarlett dito “I’m guessing the Dumdum is getting better? That’s why you all seem so happy?” sabi ni Scarlett at tumango si Candice “He seems to get better” sabi ni Candice at tumango si Charlotte “Well we removed the respirator since he is breathing normally and his wounds are healing and the important part is that his finger moved earlier as well” sabi ni Charlotte at ngumiti naman si Scarlett dito.
“Ate Lottie this is kuya Karl’s friends pala” sabi ni Denise at ngumiti naman ang mga lalaki dito “Si Ate Scarlett, Kuya Gus, Kuya Steve and Kuya John” sabi ni Denise habang pinapakilala niya ang apat na kasama nila at ngumiti naman si Charlotte “Hello Scarlett, Gus, Steve and John, I’m Charlotte, Karl’s Stepsister and one of the attending Doctors for him” sabi ni Charlotte at ngumiti ito sa apat.
“Hello Charlotte, can we go in and see our Boss?” sabi ni Scarlett at tumango naman si Charlotte dito “Yes he is it the VIP Private room V, Joanne is there anyway” sabi ni Charlotte at ngumiti naman ang apat “Thank you Doctor Charlotte” sabi ni Gus at ngumiti si Steve “We’ll talk to those two first okay?” sabi ni Steve at nag thumbs up si John naman.
Nagtaka naman si Charlotte sa ugali ng apat, halatang may something sa kanila dahil may aura ang apat na parang galit pero halatang tinatago ng apat ang nararamdaman nila tungkol kay Karlson naman. “Ate okay ka lang ba?” sabi ni Denise at tuamngo naman si Charlotte.
“Oo naman DJ, nagulat lang ako sa kanila, para bang may lungkot ang aura nila na may halong intent na gumanti naman eh, nakakatakot sila” sabi ni Charlotte at tumango naman si Candice “Tama ka diyan Lottie, di ko alam na kaya nilang magkaganun pero kanina ko pa ramdam to” sabi ni Candice at tumingin si Denise sa kanila.
“Ano ibig niyong sabihin mga ate? Parang normal lang naman sila eh” sabi ni Denise at natawa naman ang dalawang ate niya “Ibang feeling yun kapatid, as in” sabi ni Candice at tumango si Charlotte “Oo nga, parang si Karl mismo, may galit sa titig pa lang kaya ramdam moa gad agad” sabi ni Charlotte at nagtaka naman si Denise dito dahil hindi niya ramdam ang aura ng team ni Karl.
Sa loob naman ng kwarto ni Karl ay lumabas si Joanne matapos nitong maglinis ng katawan at ngumiti ito kay Karl na kahit papaano ay nawalan na ng konting makina sa katawan ng binata at humalik ang dalaga sa taas ng ulo nito “Nae yeobo, il-eonal sigan-iya, nan nega hal su issdaneun geol al-a, geuligo uliege dol-awa” (My Honey, Time to wake up, I know you can do it and come back to us) Sabi ni Joanne sa binata, kanina lang gumalaw ang daliri niya na sinabi nila Bianca ay magandang development para sa binata.
May kumatok naman sa kwarto at nagulat si Joanne sa mga taong nasa likod ng pinto ng makita niya ito, si Scarlett, Gus, Steve, at John, ang mga kaibigan nila ni Karl at lumapit sa kanya agad si Scarlett “Jo…” sabi ni Scarlett at ngumiti naman si Joanne ng yakapin naman ang dalaga naman.
“Red… you’re here” sabi ng dalaga at yumakap din ito kay Scarlett at ngumiti dalaga “Of course! You didn’t show up back home and we planned to surprise you and give a surprise to Boss but looks like we’re the one surprised seeing him like this” sabi ni Scarlett at ngumiti si Joanne at naiyak ito ng konti.
“You know he got better, right? If you were here like a few hours earlier he would have had lots of machines strapped on him, also he was flatlining too… I thought we were gonna lose him” sabi ni Joanne at natawa naman si Scarlett “You know he’s not going let go of you remember?” sabi ni Scarlett at nagulat sila.
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
Napatingin sila kay John na nagpatunog ng air horn kay Karl “Hmmmmm looks like he’s really out” sabi ni John at binatukan siya ni Gus at natawa naman si Steve dito “Stupid idiot, you’re in a hospital” sabi ni Gus at napakamot sa ulo si John naman “Sorry Big guy, I thought he wa just pretending-” sabi ni John pero piningot ito ni Joanne.
“You stupid kid! You think my Honey would pretend to sleep like that huh?” sabi ni Joanne at natawa ang tatlo dito “OW OW OW OW OW SORRY BOSS MADAM! SORRY!” sabi ni John at natawa naman si Gust at Steve dito “Told you to keep your discipline, right?” sabi ni Scarlett at nag pout si John dito.
“Haaaaay John! You really know how to make things better huh?’ sabi ni Joanne at niyakap niya ito at niyakap niya din si Gus at tapos naman ay si Steve “You seen Tita Megan already?” sabi naman ni Joanne dito at natawa naman si Steve “Oh not yet, will probably see her here since she told Denise that she will be here today” sabi ni Steve at natawa naamn si Joanne dito.
Natawa ang lahat pero nagulat sila dahil gumalaw uilt ang daliri ng binata na para bang sinasabi na hi sa team niya, ang team niya nandito ngayon at nagulat sila “Honey!” sabi ng dalaga at natawa naman sila Gus at Steve dito “Wow your airhorn worked John” sabi ni Gus at natawa lalo sila ng papatunugin ulit sana ni John pero kinuha ito ni Scarlett at umiling naman ito.
“Stop it you dumdumer! You are in a hospital” sabi ni Scarlett at natawa si Steve dito “Oooohhhhhh Dumdum and Dumdumer! It’s been so long since we heard those nicknames!” sabi ni Steve at natawa naman si Joanne dito at tumango ito habang nasa tabi ni Karl.
“So I suppose you guys are here to do one thing right?” sabi ni Joanne at tumingin ang apat sa kanya at tumango ito sa kanya “Yes Queen we are here for that” sabi ni Gus at ngumiti ang tatlo na kasama nito “Yup no one does this to our Boss and gets away with it” sabi ni Steve at tumango si Joanne.
“I want you to do your worse to that person but make sure not to kill him, I want to see that person and I wanna kill him myself if possible or have Karl do it to him, we all know what kind of trouble that man caused us” sabi ni Joanne at tumango naman ang apat na kasama ni Joanne.
“Well yeah, I would have given anything to see that board implode with the things we found out but sadly we couldn’t, they just got it via email and I have their resignation letters” sabi ni Scarlett at umiling naman si Joanne sa dalaga “Its time we trim the fat on that team anyways, surely Karl would be happy to know that when he wakes up” sabi ni Joanne at ngumiti si Gus.
“Oh I bet it will be a nice big celebration too!” sabi ni Gus at ngumisi si John “So who do we go after Boss Madam? Who did this to our big brother of a Boss, I’ll make sure to blow them up sky high” sabi ni John at piningot naman ni Scarlett ang binata “No blowing up, remember, Madam and Red told us to keep him alive” sabi ni Scarlett at natawa naman si Gus at ngumisi “But beating him up ain’t a problem right?” sabi ni Gus at ngumisi si Steve “Or tying him up in different ways?” sabi ng binata at natawa naman si Joanne “Yes you can beat him up and no you can’t tie him up in different ways, its not Megan after all” sabi ni Joanne at natawa ang apat.
“Okay, here’s the deal, I’ll stay here with Karl but I want you to update me the whole time of your findings and also to talk to the siblings, they have more details about what happened to Honey in terms of the incident” sabi ni Joanne at tuamngo naman ang apat at bumukas ang pinto.
“STEVEN ANTHONY LOPEZ!” sabi ng isang pamilyar na boses at natawa naman ang mga nasa kwarto ng makita si Megan na para bang nanggagalaiti sa binata “Oh… Hi… Megan-” sabi ni Steve pero di na niya…