Chapter 8- Demeter Ortega

*Demeter Ortega*

It's been two weeks since I've been informed to be part of the special team, I'm glad but sadly when the invitation arrived I'm already on my way to London for a mission. I've been a medical police for two years and am still on it. I have no plans of changing my career and yet here comes the special team, well I don't exactly know why they included me on the lists. There's a lot of aspiring agents in the country but they picked me! Whatever reasons they have, I don't know. All I know is I'm going to be part of them.

"Demie?" I heard Charles call. Well after my trip from London I directly went to Charles clinic, my personal Psychologist, for a consultation. I don't know if my mind is still fit for hard training.

"Huh? You were saying?" I asked him in confusion, I'm not sure if he's saying something or just called my name.

"I said we're done. I'll prescribe you some medicine to help you sleep at night in order for you to avoid Insomnia." He said as he wrote down in his prescription paper.

After writing down the lists of medicine he handed it to me.

"Thank you Charles." I said.

"Hope you'll be fine enough." he uttered.

I've been in this state for almost two years. Traumatized? I don't think so, it's' more like the ghost from the past still haunts me.

"Good luck on your new team." Charles ended the conversation.

I stood up and walked towards the door. Before I could finally depart from Charles office I received a text message from someone.

From: Team Captain

Your teammates are waiting for you.

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I've set foot on the Training Ground before it ended. I saw the guy who tends to be my worst nightmare on the field with the two other members of the opponent's team.

"What?" I've heard the guy say before I shoot his sensor located on his right ear.

"ARGH!" he screamed in pain as the bullet shot the sensor. Its' impact is the reason why this guy is physically hurt. I immediately headed towards him to check his state.

Sebastian and the other girl also attended my victim.

"Are you okay?" The girl asked him.

"I don't think that's valid!" The guy said as he faced me.

"Well I think it is. It's not my fault shooting you in the ear where you put the sensor. You should know that ears are one of the sensitive parts of a human body, you shouldn't use it as a tool." I directly said to him. Not valid my ass!

I handed a heating pad to him. It's a good first aid for an earache.

"Consider this as my apology. Hope your ear will just be fine, If not just inform me and I'll cover the whole medical fee." after spilling those watery words out of my mouth they didn't intend to talk back or respond. Well I guess they don't want to argue, I don't want to argue either.

"WE WON!!" we all heard a noise of excitement from someone. We turned our heads to see him and we saw not just him, we saw an approaching team of a girl and boy. I think they're my teammates. The girl is on a piggy ride on the guy's back. I guess she hurt her foot. We all gather at one place.

"What happened to Ady?" the guy who screamed asked them, he's quite physically fit and has a wholesome face. I bet he made a lot of girls cry. He's more like a CEO's son to me. I heard him call the girl Ady, so I assumed the girl's name was Ady?

"She got sprained, accidentally." the guy who's holding her answered. He looks skinny but I can't deny that he's attractive. Having that kind of face is really a blessing. He's more like Adonis of the Greeks.

"Anyway, who's this?" the guy who screamed a while ago again asked while pointing at me. But this time he asked Sebastian who's now standing four steps behind me.

"She's Demeter, one of our members." Seb answered without even looking at me and now all eyes on me except for him.

"Demeter Ortega. I'm glad to finally meet all of you..." I introduced myself.

"Hi, I'm Allen Marque." the guy with a CEO son looks stretched his arm to offer me a shake hand. Inabot ko ito at pagkuway ngumiti sa kanya.

"I'm Adelaide Sheridan." The girl on piggy back ride said. On my estimate she's smaller than me, based on her legs and arms.

"This is Troy Conde and that's Sebastian Crisostomo." Allen said as he pointed Troy and the latter.

"So, we now have a winning team." we all heard a familiar voice. It was our captain together with a lady whom I believe is the opponent's leader.

"Congratulations..." bati ng babae samin.

"Small things..." Sebastian answered her. What's with this guy? Parang may something? Ah, Kung sabagay late ako kaya hindi ko alam kung anong mga nangyari kanina.

"If it weren't for Demeter the outcome would be so different than it is." the lady again answered and smirked at Sebastian.

"Yes, but sadly she came." Sebastian uttered. Why do I sense a hidden grudge between the two? Do they have misunderstandings? Well I don't care, the bottom line is I saved him, and I saved the team from losing.

"Enough! The both of you! Since our team won, Miranda and her team are going to treat us to a victory dinner as we bet." our captain smirked at Miranda who's now rolling her eyes.

"Care off Adelaide." she said as she walked out of the scene.

"Anong care off sakin? HOY MIRANDA!!" The girl who's now leaning at Troy's shoulder shouted. So I guess they're close enough for her to address the latter casually.

The Miss waved her hand without looking back. And as for Ady, she looks so pissed.

"It's okay Ady, you know she just wanted to tease you because she misses you a lot." our captain said, trying to calm Ady down.

"I hate your Ex girlfriend Zeke." she said directly to our captain.

So, Ady and Ms. Miranda are close and our captain and Miranda are ex lovers. Great!

"Adelaide!" our captain stopped Ady with a pissed tone. It's like he's telling Ady to stop spilling out their matter because it's personal.

"It's okay Zeke. You know that when I'm pissed by her I directly passed it to you." Ady said sarcastically.

"Hay naku Adelaide!" our captain said as if wala siyang magawa sa sitwasyon. He looked at us.

"What are you waiting for? Fix your things and prepare for the victory dinner." he said as he followed his ex lover. Cute!

"Kaya mo na ba mag lakad?" I heard Sebastian asked Ady. Oh yes she's hurt nga pala.

"I don't think so." she answered.

"Halika na alalayan kita." Sebastian offered her. Well, I think they're now close. I don't like it. Pabibo.

"No need, I can carry her on my back." Troy said and started kneeling on the ground waiting for Ady's move.

"Sure ka? Baka likod mo naman ang mapano mukhang mabigat pa naman si Ady." Sebastian said.

"Wanna die?" Ady said to his face. Allen laughed and looked at me.

"Ganyan talaga silang tatlo. Masasanay ka rin." he said. Ganyan silang tatlo? Well I don't think so. I know Sebastian well. He's not someone who can act friendly to anybody. Someone you can trust and befriend, he's far from that. I don't know if two years are enough to be a changed person.

They all headed their ways to the locker area to fix their things, as for me I was just sitting on the bench waiting for my team to be ready. I'm watching the green environment peacefully while the wind is touching my skin and my hair.

"Demie." I heard a familiar voice from someone. I turned my head to the left and saw Dimitri.

"Well well, hi there twin brother." bati ko sa kanya. He rolled his eyes as he remained standing in his place.

"I have important things to talk to you." He said.

"Is it about my job? Cause if it's too personal, don't talk about it here." I said as I was about to walk away from him but he stopped me by grabbing my arm. I faced him and saw his serious face.

"Listen to me Demie, I'm in danger." napakunot-noo ako sa sinabi niya. Who's in danger? Siya?

"Paano? Sino o ano?" Diri-diretso ngunit walang pakialam kong tanong. Hindi sa hindi ako concern sa kapatid ko, of course I am. But we grew up competing each other. Sinong mas magaling, sinong mas matalino, sinong mas mabuting anak sa paningin ng mga magulang namin at ng mga tao. Dimitri and I are not really close.

"DIMITRI!" we heard a shout from somewhere, we saw Ms. Miranda heading towards our way.

"Let's pack up, we need to report at the office, there's already a lead in the case." She said while walking towards us.

"Let's talk some other time Demie." He said and turned his way to Miranda. I watched the both of them walking away from me. What's the matter with him? He's in danger of whom? For what? Is he really in danger? I don't know! Pero nakaramdam ako ng kaba, siguro nga dahil kambal kami kaya ko to nararamdaman. This is actually the 'what you called twin telepathy', where twins like me and Dimitri can feel each other's pain. Well I don't believe in those, I just believe that we both hate each other period! In danger or not, he can always count on me even though I hate him there's always another person whom I hate more than him.

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[PENTAGON]

I am now busy unpacking my things and arranging it in my closet, Ady's currently curing her sprained foot with ointment. Well we are actually sharing the same room.

"So it's Adelaide right?" I started the conversation cause I feel like she's more of a shy type or maybe snobbish.

"Yeah... Demeter?" She asked me back. I nodded and smiled at her.

"So do you apply to be one of the members or was picked?" She asked me.

"They picked me, personally. I don't know why but they chose me, how about you?" I asked her again.

"Well, they forced me to join the team." She answered. Is she saying that she was forced to be one of us? WOW! Maybe she's a great agent. I've heard that she was basically based in England before, so I bet she's really one of the creams.

"If you don't want to be part of the team, why did you agree with them?" I again asked her. Well, girls really like to talk 'A girl talk'. She sighed and fixed herself into her bed before she answered me.

"Maybe I just have reasons." she was about to lie down but I again uttered another word.

"Is it true that among the group you're the closest to the Royal Family?" Well I've heard the rumors about her, that she once became a lady guard of the late Prince Rob.

"Ah, yes but I'm not close to them. It just happened that I became one of their lady guards.

"How is it working with the royalty? Mababait din ba sila? Sophisticated? Reverend?" Sunud-sunod kong tanong because I'm dying to know. Ngumiti lang siya sa akin bago nagsalita.

"For me, they're more like woesome." she answered while staring at nowhere. Woesome? Bakit niya naman nasabi? Does she pity them because the Prince died in despair of saving his life and his younger brother? Well they really have one of the saddest stories but I think they have the privilege to live in luxury and wealth. They were respected by the former administration. If it weren't for the greedy persons they could still be alive and the special group to assassinate the last Prince wasn't formed.

Well we're going to assassinate him, the higher ranks wanted it. And I think it's pitiful, well I'm excited for the mission and I can't also wait to work with the Pentagon gang.

"Let's sleep, maaga pa tayo para bukas." Ady stated as she finally lay down and covered her half body with a blanket.

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