Chapter 7

Acereath's POV

I can't believe my princess just woke up from her slumber. The lump in my throat got stuck up!

"Baby? H-how are you?" tanong ni mama habang lumapit kay Aser.

"I’m fine. But what am I fucking doing here?" Her cold voice makes our spine run down. Of course, we hadn't heard it for three months.

"You were poison. Tremendous one," R explains. Our family is immune to poisons. But I think the poison inside my sister is one of a kind. That's why I told our scientists to improve their skills.

Before she spoke, I quickly joined their conversation and explained everything that had to happen to her, except that one thing.

Tumingin si ermats kay erpats at tumango siya bilang hudyat na sabihin na ni papa ang one thing.

"Sweetie… There's one thing you didn't know," simula ni papa habang hinihimas ang buhok nito.

"What is it?" Her cold eyes stabbed the cold eyes of our dad.

"You're… pregnant," Dad said.

"WHAT? Don't kid me around, Dad!" she hal-yelled.

"Bunso, calm down. Baka mapa’no pa ang baby," wika ni Agoeath habang pinakalma ito.

"Also, you ate?" tanong nito na may pataas kilay pa.

"Baby, we should better talk later. The doctor should check you first," saad ko at nag thumbs up. Tumango naman ito kaya lumabas na ako at hinanap ang assigned doctor nito.

Third Person's POV (3 hours later)

Sa pamamahay ng Zoroa...

"Lord Zoroa. The patient just woke up 3 hours ago," explained ng doktora kay Lord Zoroa kaya napatigil ito sa ginagawa niya.

"Around?" tanong nito na tutok na tutok sa doktora.

"Around 11 a. m. po, Lord Zoroa," sagot nito na ch-in-i-check ang documents na kakuha niya lang kanina sa spies nila.

"What time is it now?" Tanong nito.

"Around 3 p. m."

"We better go, para maging malinaw para sa kanila kung paano na buntis ang pasiyente," pahayag nito at tumayo papunta sa car park. Agad rin namang sumunod ang doktora.

Sa panig ng babae...

"What are you doing, honey?" Tanong ng ama ni Aser.

"Dad, I'm gonna be a mom," malungkot na sabi ni Aser.

"Well, it's okay," sagot naman ng kanyang ama to boost her mood up.

"E, hindi ko nga alam ang ama nito, same as all of you," paliwanag niya habang hinimas-himas ang medyo umbok na tiyan.

"We're Romano's. We can find him. Believe me—us," wika nito para mawalan ng tinik sa puso ang kaniyang anak.

"Baby, I think we should go now. There is a lil bit trouble in the Org," singit ng kaniyang ina sa kaniyang ama. Hinalikan siya nito sa pisngi habang hinalikan siya sa noo ng kaniyang ama rin. She also bid her farewells.

Pumasok sa loob si Ace galing sa balcony at tinadyakan ang lalaking kapatid na tawa ng tawa dahil na naman sa Trolls.

"What the heck!" sigaw ni R.

"Sit up straight, brother!" sigaw din nito pabalik.

"Shhhh," babala ni Agoeath habang nakatingin kay Aser na nakatingin sa dalawang lalaking kapatid na nagbabangayan.

"Shut up, please," sabi nito in a cold way tone.

Ilang minuto silang natahimik at naging tulala nang biglang bumukas ang pinto.

"Excuse me, but… Young Lady? Ikaw ba 'yong kakagising lang galing sa coma?" tanong ng isang lalaki na mukhang kapareho ang edad sa kanilang ama.

Her cold eyes investigated him, and her eyebrows met.

"Yes," walang emosyon niyang sagot.

Ang tatlo niyang magkakapatid ay patingin-tingin lang pabalik-balik, titingin sila sa lalaki at kay Aser at balik ulit sa lalaki and vice versa.

Tumingin ang lalaki sa kasama niyang doktora at tumango para siya nalang ang magpapaliwanag.

"Okay so… I'm Dr. Rita Alejandro and this man is Lor-Mr. Regun Zoroa," pakilala nito habang nakatingin kay Aser.

Aser motioned her hand to let the Dr. to continue.

"Ehem… You're pregnant? Right?" tanong nito.

"Yes."

"I’m sorry you've gone through that stage. It's my fault why you're pregnant," she explains while looking down, regretting her faults.

Ang tatlong magkakapatid ay napatayo at handa na sanang atakihin 'yong doktor pero itinaas ni Aser ang kaniyang kamay upang tumigil sila.

"What are you talking about?" tanong ni Aser sa doktora. Si Lord Zoroa ay nakikinig lamang sa kanilang dalawa.

"The truth was... you should not be the one who got pregnant. I was supposed to go to room 6, but your room was 6 when the truth was, it was 9. When I got inside, I saw you on the bed. I saw a person playing on his phone. I thought he knew already when he always nodded at what I said. I am not sure if he was listening to me because he had some headsets on his ear. So, that's why I injected you something. Inside of it was a 'sperm'," the latter explained, which made the siblings hold their breath a bit.

"Who's that fucking stupid person?" tanong ni Ace.

"Wait," sabi ng doktor habang tumitingin sa mga tao na nasa loob hanggang sa nakita niya ang suspect. "That man on your right, Mister," sabi nito habang tinuturo si R. All of them look at R excluding Lord Zoroa, he's busy looking at Aser.

"Kuya R?" tanong ni Agoeath.

"Sorry. So sorry bunso," pahingi ng tawad nito. Agad naman sumali ang doktora.

"No, Miss, you shouldn’t punish him. It should be me," pagpaumanhin nito kay Aser.

"Nevermind that. Kahit na paparusahan ko kayo hindi naman maibabalik ang dati," malamig na wika ni Aser habang nakatingin sa dalawa na may sala. "Kung ikaw ang nag-inject sa akin malamang sa malamang alam mo kung kanino 'yon?" sabi ni Aser sa doktora habang ang tingin ay mukhang malapit ng pumatay.

"It's my son's," sabat ni Lord Zoroa. Napatingin naman ang lahat. "Don't worry you'll meet him soon."

"Indeed!" sagot ni Ace.

"Don't worry cause my son will take responsibility for the child, as well as me," paliwanag nito.

Hindi umimik si Aser at nakatingin lang kay Lord Zoroa. Nakita niyang may ibinigay ito na isang card sa kanya. Dahil medyo may pagkasuplada ito hindi niya ito kinuha kaya si Agoeath nalang ang kumuha.

"Call me if anything bad happens," wika nito at tumingin sa relo niya. Ilang segundo ang lumipas at ito ay nagpaalam dahil sa trabaho niya. Bago pa sila makalabas humingi ng tawad ang doktora.

Agad na humiga si Aser habang ang dalawang kamay ay nasa tiyan niya. Tiningnan ni Agoeath ang calling card.

"Regun Zoroa? Kuya Ace? Perhaps do you know him?" tanong nito kaya lumapit ito upang tumingin, sumali rin si R.

"Zoroa… Hmm, Zoroa… Ahh! Siya ang boss ng Mafia Zoroa," saad ni R.

"Are you sure about that?" tanong ni Ace sa kaniyang kapatid. He doesn't trust him, may topak kasi minsan.

"Oo, Kuya Ace. Kuya R is right. Then that means... the father of the child is none other than 'Elzid Brinth Zoroa?" tanong ni Agoeath habang nakatingin sa information na nakalap niya sa phone niya.

"That kid is one of a kind. He's unstoppable," saad ni Ace habang hawak-hawak ang calling card.

"Dapat palaging nakasuot ng silicone mask si bunso. Baka may galit yang si Elzid-whoever-he-is sa kanya. Just for safety," komento ni R habang napasang-ayon ang dalawa.

"Yeah."

"Baby, you should wea-" Hindi natapos ni Ace ang kaniyang dapat sabihin kay Aser nang nakita niya itong mahimbing na natutulog.

"We should plan this. Then we should tell ermats and erpats after it's done being planned," sabi ni Agoeath.

"Sure," sagot ni Ace habang inaayos ang higaan ni Aser.

Elzid's POV

Nandito ako ngayon sa pamamahay ng ama ko. Hinihintay ko lang ang pagdating niya. Kakauwi ko lang galing sa JC's. Narinig kong bumukas ang pinto kaya tumayo ako. Umupo ang ama ko sa swivel chair niya at ako sa sofa lang.

"Son, meet this girl tomorrow," wika niya habang ibinigay ang isang papel. Lugar at room lang ang nakasulat walang pangalan.

"Pero wala naman itong pangalan, Dad," saad ko.

"’Pag nandoon ka na. Diyaan ka nalang magtanong."

"Paano ko malalaman kapag siya nga ang sinabi mo?"

"Ask her if she met Regun Zoroa with his Doctor. She had a pierceful eyes. You can sense some dangerous aura on her, but I think it was just her defense," paliwanag ng kaniyang ama.

"Why would I meet this girl?" Nagtataka kong tanong.

"Dahil siya ang nagdadala ng anak mo," sabi niya na nagpatigil sa akin. Anong anak ko? E, wala pa naman akong naputukan.

"What are you talking about, Dad?"

"Son, remember 3 months ago? When you got kidnapped? You were kidnap by my men and your 'kids or sperms' I got them with the help of our doctors to inject it on Santiyeza's daughter so you could stop your foolishness but instead on Satiyeza's daughter, naiturok iyon sa maling tao," paliwanag nito na nagpapagalit sa akin.

"Without my permission!?" sigaw ko.

"I've been planning this all along to stop your foolishness and start a new one," saad nito habang nagbabasa ng diyaryo.

"I won't meet her," matigas kong sabi.

"You better be. That kid has your blood! For Pete’s sake!"

"No!"

"Then you made me no choice. Ipapa-bulldozer ko 'yang mga sasakyan mo! Ipapa-freeze ko lahat ng card mo!"

"You can't scare me, Dad. I can live without them," chill kong sabi.

"Then I should better tell your mom about this!" gigil na sabi ni dad na nagpamulat sa akin. Hella snickers! I’m scared of my mom! She's the deadliest girl I've known since. Basta hirap i-explain.

"Fine!" napilitan kong sabi.

Sa totoo lang ready na ako maging ama-pero kapag ang ina ng mga anak ko ay si Blatess. Sayang nga lang at wala na siya.