2 Genesis II

Ten years later...

Yumi heaved a nervous sigh for the nth time upon checking herself out in the mirror and even though agitated, she went out of the bar's comfort room to look for her step-brother, Ylac. In normal circumstances being half an hour late, she could only imagine what he will do to her once he get his hands on her. But she knows that tonight won't only be the same as before but the punishment she will get tonight will stain her forever.

"Yumi!" She startled upon hearing her brother's thunder like voice. Even though the club is so loud because of the party beat and the frequent cheers from the guests, hearing Ylac's voice frightened her.

She nervously turned around just to find his distorted face while eyeing her from head to toe. Yumi knew that he doesn't like what he's seeing.

"Your fuckin late! And what's that thing you're wearing? I told you to dress up to turn them on and not the other way around, stupid!" He hissed before he grabbed Yumi's arms and almost drag her to where his friends are.

They stopped in the table where five unfamiliar good-looking guys are sitting eyeing her with different looks on their faces. Yumi is getting cold feet and wants to run away but it's hard to do that because his brother is holding her arm real tight just to make sure she couldn't run the moment he'll handed her to the guy he has a deal with or rather say, to the guy he has a debt with.

Yumi is trembling in fear but Ylac just smirked as if telling her that she deserves it. That it's the payment for what her mother did to his dad and him.

"I like her. Our birthday boy is so lucky to take her tonight." Said the guy on their left that didn't even hide the lust on his eyes.

"Are you sure she's a virgin?" Said the other guy that has a lot of earrings on his left ear. Even though she clearly see disgust on his eyes while looking at her, it calmed her a bit. At least there's one who wouldn't want to take her to bed.

"Of course! I've kept my eyes on her so I knew she's never been in any relationship and definitely haven't been fucked by anyone." Ylac said with a devious grin on his face and it gives her the chills. "Anyway where is he?" 

She tried not to burst out crying because of her shameful state but her tears fell like it has a life on its own upon hearing their conversations. She doesn't want to do this but he's not giving her a choice but to do the things he wanted. It's her fate. Because she's the daughter of Luisiana, the woman who took away their everything. But now, hearing them talk humiliates her to the core.

She thought that it'll be better to accept Ylac's beating than give herself to the man she doesn't even know. That's why in trembling voice, she told him what she wanted for the first time after he branded her his slave.

"Y-ylac I-i don't - don't think I can d-do t-this." He looked at her angrily and gripped her arms tightly that made her winced in pain.

"Hey Ylac, I thought she's into it? Why does it looked like she's just being forced to do it?" Yumi looked at the man who just arrived in the scene. Shock and embarrassment is written on her face when she saw the President of Art Club where she choose as her extra curricular activity, Ezekiel Tuazon.

Yumi feels like she was slap in the face when she saw disgust on Ezekiel's eyes upon meeting hers. She's used to see his blank stare when she greets him in school but not the disgusted look he just gave. Yeah, they're worlds apart but seeing him in this mind of situation make her realize how different their worlds are.

"Go home Kid. You shouldn't be here if you're not into it." Ezekiel said coldly before he faced Ylac. "Take her home. Our deal is off." And then he left after him were his friends that gives her brother a light tap on his shoulder before leaving.

"You'll regret this day Mayumi Castañeda. You'll regret being that whore's daughter." Ylac said while looking at her with detestation.

If embarrassment is what she felt when she Ezekiel, terror is now she felt when he left with his friends.

Before she could react, Ylac dragged her outside pulling her from the hair. Giving her a humiliation in a lifetime. She kept her eyes closed and tried not to mind how the other guests follow their eyes on them. There are also others who think that what's happening to her is a source of entertainment when some of them took their phone out and start taking videos instead of helping her out.

"Y-ylac pl-please stop! I'm sorry! I'll... I'll work hard for us. For me to-to pay your debts. Just not this. I don't want to give myself to just anyone." Yumi begged when they came in the parking lot but the next thing she knew is that she heard a loud ringing on her ears when Ylac smashed her head on his car.

A great tremor overtook her as tears raced down her cheeks. She took every blow he gives her for being her mother's child. She took the punishment for the sin's her mother did to him. She closed her eyes and withstand every punches and kicks she got from Ylac and just pray for God's help.

Dear God... Please save me. 

And like a bolt of lightning...

Her savior came.

He has a look of an angel. His eyes were dark as night. But his smile would give you shivers as he wears the devil's smile.

----

"Congratulations on your fifth album!" Zeus just smile and made a fist bump with Cupid Zembrano when they went to the bar owned by the latter.

"Thanks bro. I'll send Mors Sola's complimentary album next week." He said before taking the bottled water that Cupid gave him.

Unlike his two other band mates who are now most likely drunk, he drinks moderately for a lot of major reasons. And the people who are close to him knew that 'major' reasons.

"So how's life? I heard Mors Sola will be having their first world tour in six months time, is that true almighty Zeus?" Cupid asked with a wide grin on his face making him smile shyly. 

Zeus Tuazon is the front man of the band, Mors Sola. It's a band consisting of four guys that came from a well-known family. It still reigns as the top rating band in the Philippines for five consecutive years now. Even though when they just started, there are rumors that the reason they became the top band on their first year in the music industry is because of their family background. But putting with so much dedication and hard work for all those years, they've got the acknowledgement they deserve not only from their listeners but also to the other music artists they know. And now there are speculations that they'll be having their first world tour after they release their fifth album.

"Hopefully. I'm still praying that everything will work out just fine." Zeus said with a bashful smile on his face that made his best friend, Lucas chuckled.

"You're not only praying for it to happen, you make it happen. So stop being so humble, Zeus cause seeing your bashful smile after all these years gives me the creep bro!" Lucas said that made them laughed out loud and punched him on the shoulders in a jokingly way.

Lucas Quijano is Mors Sola's drummer and his best friend. Although Jairo and Apollo, - Mors Sola's bassist and lead guitarist, - are close to him too, Lucas is the one who shared the same fate with him.

They both lost their moms in an accident and live under the care of someone who's not even a relative not because they don't have anyone anymore but because they're both not wanted in the family. That's why they both clicked right away when they first met in college. They have many similarities except for one thing. 

Lucas remembered how he lose his mom, but Zeus can't remember everything that happened starting from when he was fourteen years old up until he was sixteen when he woke up in the hospital after being in coma for a week. And that time, all he saw that is taking care of him was his Dad's secretary. And he's like a broken vessel after knowing what happened to his mom. And when he got released from the hospital, his father sent him in an empty house to live on his own.

He heaved a sigh in secrecy and tried to erase the negative feeling that is trying to infiltrate his system. Trying to remember those days won't give him back the memory he lost. Because someone else has it. He could have those memories if only that someone will leave on its own.

Zeus scanned the crowded place while banging his head lightly going with the beat played by the DJ for that night.

Mt. Olympus is a well-known bar in Bonifacio Global City. It's quite popular for college students and working people around Taguig area and is flock by a lot of people every Friday and Saturday nights.

He's trying to enjoy the night when something clicked inside him when a petite woman getting dragged by the hair caught his attention. He felt a familiar pain on his head while a particular hum starts ringing on his ears that made him run to the nearest bathroom.

With trembling hands, he tried to open the lid of the small container of his medications that he always bring with him. But even after taking the right amount of medicine the pain won't go away. The humming of that particular song gets louder and louder until he find himself in that familiar white room where his hands and feet are all tied up. And when the pain is gone, everything is in a total darkness.

----

"Fuck! I really hate this man's taste in fashion. The way he dress is so fucking boring! Seriously? Suit and fucking tie? What the fuck is he? A business man?"  I said in annoyance upon seeing my reflection in the mirror and before I could stop myself, I smashed it with my fist leaving a crack and some blood on it. That makes me feel good somehow but the raging anger inside me didn't diminish.

I opened two buttons of his shirt and throw away his tie. That thing on my neck makes me feel suffocated. A wide devious smile pasted on my lips when I saw where he was when I went out of the comfort room where we changed.

Well, at least this bastard knew how to have fun now. I thought before walking past to his friends that has a wondering look on their faces maybe upon seeing him changed the way he looked and seems unaware of me coming out.

It's been a long time since I was tie up in that filthy place to have some fun. Cause every time that I've got the chance to do the things I love, - and that is to destroy him - I have to do performances or do rehearsals on his behalf or else I won't get to visit my mother's grave because of Stephen, - his dad's secretary that is taking care of him now - who's the only person who knew where my mom buried.

And now that I have the time to have fun and destroy him, I'm not in the freaking mood cause I have some business to do.

I went out of the bar and didn't even look back when Cupid call his name. I keep on walking until I found out the source of my anger. Hurriedly, I walk to them. I clenched my fist and grab the arm of the guy giving punches to the almost lifeless woman on the ground.

"What?! You wanna help this bitch?! You wanna die?!" The man shouted angrily but I didn't utter a single word and just let my fist do the talking.