Keifer's POV
The area I was passing through was all fields. I didn't know where I was, all I knew was that I was close to Jay-jay. I could see a few houses but not that many. As I was driving so fast, I could hear the roar of my car's engine.
I was running at 100 to 120 kilometers per hour. Whoever kidnapped Jay would have thought of a way to take him far away. Even if he tried to escape, he would be caught right away.
It didn't take that long when I saw the old building. It was three stories high and the paint was faded. Its name had also been erased and the word 'coop' was all that remained.
I stopped the car just a few meters away. They couldn't see me right away. I got out quickly. My steps were large as I approached.
I immediately saw two men smoking at the entrance of the building.
They hadn't even managed to stand up properly when I slammed one of them's head against the wall. His companion quickly backed away but I didn't let him get away. I choked him and brought his face closer to mine.
"Where the fvck is my girlfriend?" I said with a growling voice.
"N-n-n-na-sa..." He couldn't continue what he was saying because of my choking so I just pointed to the third floor.
I let go of him but I gave him a strong punch first
before turning away from him. I walked inside the building. I immediately looked for the stairs
to the second and third floors.
While going up, I saw a familiar person. Before he could scream, I kicked him in the chest. I'm not sure about his name but
I know his from the stupid Alphabet Gang.
The gang that uses letters for codenames. They looked stupid
so Yuri called them the Alphabet Gang. This group has been gone for a long time
but I know we defeated them a long time ago.
There were probably only a few of them now because there wasn't much
spread around the building. I headed straight to the third floor. I was on the stairs when I heard someone laughing.
I listened carefully to where it was coming from. Through the open door,
I saw Jay-jay tied to a bench while blindfolded. He was at the end of the room and everyone's eyes were on him so no one noticed
me.
It looked like he was the one they were laughing at. I took advantage of the
situation. I looked at them all and also checked the distance they were from my place. I counted them too.
"Woman..." One of them said. "...It's been rumored in all the groups here that
you're Keifer's girlfriend. So why should we believe you?"
It looked like I was the one at fault for that part. I always tell
others that she's my girlfriend even though she's not really.
Nice job Keifer.
She's definitely going to be my girlfriend anyway. I'm giving it to everyone so that
everyone knows that she's mine. So that no one will try to
make up with her.
Actually, I can also announce that she's my
soon to be wife. That's why that's too much advance and Jay might get angry.
I'm going to my girlfriend first.
"We weren't..." She said. "...She just used me."
I felt like I was being slapped by what she said. But I realize my mistake.
I know it hurts her but it hurts me too. It hurts me that I have to hurt her.
No worries... She's still mine. I'll make sure of that.
"She just used me to get back at my brother." She breaths
out "...Nothing! I'm stupid, I fell into his trap."
"Ouch." Someone commented.
"What did Keifer do to you?" One of them asked.
She shook her head as if she's not ready to tell the whole story. I didn't
move. I want to know what she's going to say.
But I'm quite confused. Why do these useless people seem to be listening to her? It seems they've lost sight of the fact that they're kidnappers and Jay-jay is a hostage.
These people are gossiping.
"I'm so in love! The mud was falling so much and then when it fell, I'd say—jok-jok-lang!" He said annoyed. "...it's a good thing the knuckle didn't crack. The boy almost fell."
It's not a joke and I'm not falling.
"You're really stupid! You're so stupid!" One of them commented again.
I arched a brow. It turned out they were the ones who commented. It's embarrassing for them.
They were saying different things about Jay's story. I even cursed which makes me pissed. It's like there was a story telling and now they're on Jay-jay's side.
I didn't want to interrupt their story. But we have to leave now.
"Nice story." I interrupted them.
I could see their alarm. We were getting ready and preparing. I was right. They are lacking because they are not as numerous as before. The alphabet is not complete.
I saw their leader—what is his code name again? Z?—next to Jay-jay. His fists are clenched. He looks very angry with us or with me.
I think he was really angry because we called them the
ALPHABET GANG. Their group really didn't have a name. Yuri, Felix and Ci-N teased them. They called them Alphabet
and sang the ABCD song.
I look at Jay-jay. She's a bit tense but not scared at all. Maybe she
recognized me.
"That was a heart warming story. That's all that was missing."
Because you didn't know the part that I fvcking fall in love with you.
Suddenly someone rushed at me with a punch. I just hit his fist after I punched him. Because of that, they came one after another.
It was so easy. Our group was too weak. Add to that their actions were hasty and seemed to be without thinking.
They were scolding me one after another as they came. They were saying things that I couldn't understand. I grabbed one of them and flipped him in the
air. His fall was painful.
The others tried to get up to come back to me. I twisted the arm of one before stomping on the knee of the other who was coming at me. He probably brokea bone. Almost no one rushed me and it was like they were giving up until
someone hit me in the face with a fist.
It's making me so damn angry. Someone even threw a punch at me.
"You idiot!" Z shouted at me.
"You don't know how to handle it." I said while rubbing my jaw that he hit.
"...I've knocked you down before, here you go again."
He smirked. "What now?!"
I gave him a deadly glare. He's still arrogant while he's the only one who can
fight me. His comrades are already down. That's why he still
trampled on Jay-jay. Since the beginning, they didn't have a fight
with me. They kidnapped her thinking that I would surrender. He still
trampled on the girl I love.
"You still—that!"
I almost said my love.
"Daldal mo!" Someone shouted from my back.
I quickly turned around to avoid him and pushed him to the floor. I
knew I sensed his presence behind me. That's why Z was brave enough to still fight me.
The one who tried to rush at me fell to the floor. The
knife he was holding also fell, which he probably tried to stab me with.
Z was obviously surprised and panicked. Suddenly, the one I pushed stood up and picked up the knife. I thought he would come back at me but he was going in a different
direction.
To...NO!
"Now A!" Z shouted.
A stabbed Jay-jay. Blood rushes through my veins.
My feet involuntarily stepped forward to get closer to him and stop him.
His knife is inches away from Jay before I grab his wrist and didn't let go.
But then something sharp hit my right
side.
My grip on A's wrist tightened. I then looked behind me. Z grinned arrogantly at me as if he was saying that I had lost. I immediately grabbed his wrist, pressing the pressure on me. Pain is roaming around my nerves but I can't shout. Jay can't hear my suffering.
I slowly backed away to get them away from him. Z pressed harder on me. Meanwhile, A grabbed his hand.
When he was far away, A suddenly punched him in the chest with one hand. I let go of him so he had the opportunity to stab me too. The incident happened quickly, I grabbed Z's collar with my other hand to pull him up and use it as a shield.
I could see how he was hurt by the hit. It's my
turn to smirk back at him. He got the better of me but that's not gonna happen
again.
He fell down and looked at A whose face is in horror. I grab his neck and
choke him until he looses his consciousness. I have no plans to kill him. I want him to suffer and his conscience to carry what he did to his friend for the rest of his life.
I'm not that evil.
Z's knife was still stuck in me. I couldn't pull it out because my blood would definitely flow. Jay-jay doesn't like blood. He might panic when he saw me.
I slowly stepped closer to him. My side ached with every movement I made. I just winced in pain.
"W-who is that?" Jay-jay asked sounds scared. "...W-what's going on?
Where is K-keifer?"
Hey... It's me.
I couldn't speak because of the pain I was feeling. I just tried to get closer to her immediately. I need to check if they hurt her.
"W-who are you?" She asked again. "...I-is that you Keifer? You speak."
I stopped in front of her. I took a deep breath because of the pain I was feeling. I looked at her whole body. There was no sign
that they had hurt her. Maybe a few little bruises.
She was constantly trying to get out of her binds. I was about to help her but I suddenly looked at her lips.
I remember my harshness the last time I kissed her. I want to apologize
to her because I had to do that. I have so much to say to her. But I have to save it for a while. She can't know yet.
We're in this situation right now.
Her cheeks have a few little bruises and dirt. I smiled bitterly.
Sorry for making you suffer like this.
I touched her cheek. She immediately avoided it, probably because of fear.
"Mud! Get away! Don't touch me!" She shouted while
pulling her face away.
I bit my lips to hold my laugh. She just said a profanity.
"Keifer!" She called me. "...help me!"
My smile disappeared and I moved closer to her, but she was
far away.
I'm here...
She's about to cry, I can sense it. I saw her lips trembling.
I wanted her to feel safe. But somehow my eyes were
focus at her lips.
It was like a magnet pulling me to my lips. The next thing I know, our
lips were being locked together.
I badly miss kissing her.
For a while I can feel that she felt protection and relax. She stop moving
as if she's figuring out who I was.
It's me... The man that you love. You're safe now. No one will hurt you
now. I will protect you no matter what.
I pulled away to catch our breath. That's how surprised I was when I noticed that she was about to cry.
"Don't... Please." She begs. "...have mercy on me."
Maybe she doesn't recognize me. I stood up to hopefully remove the blindfold
but suddenly my side started to twitch as blood flowed. I had no choice but to pull the knife still stuck in my
hand.
I backed away from the pain. I took a few deep breaths
before trying to pull the knife out again. It was so soft that it wouldn't even move. I felt like I needed to call our friends.
I fell to my knees because of the softness. I tried to stand up and finally
noticed that I was moving away from Jay-jay's place.
I took a deep breath. I pressed my grip on the handle of the
patalim. A heavy and deep breath as I pulled with all my strength
from my side.
I almost screamed in pain but couldn't stop myself from falling to the floor. It made a loud noise. I quickly stood up even though my body didn't want to be with me. I looked at Jay and was about to approach him when someone suddenly shouted loudly.
"JAY-JAY!"
I looked at Percy who was entering and kept approaching him.
The entire Section E followed him, who was already looking at me.
I motioned for them to go to Jay-jay. I tried to walk away.
He can't see my condition. I hadn't even gotten close to the
door when I sat down.
"Keifer..." It was Eren trying to help me.
Josh also came to me and they tried to pull me closer to the nearest wall. They leaned me against it.
"Let me see your wound." Josh said but I pushed his hand away.
"Don't. She doesn't have to know."
"You're badly wounded Keifer. You can't hide that from him."
It was Yuri.
I saw that they had already untied him from the bench. He couldn't see me.
I tried to stand up because I was having a hard time. I was also feeling dizzy because of the amount of blood I had lost.
Eren helped me stand up. Josh did the same.
I immediately saw Jay-jay who clearly wanted to come closer to me.
Don't!
You can't come closer to me. You don't like blood. I don't want her to
feel uncomfortable because of me.
She didn't move from where she was standing. I force myself to walk
while Eren and Josh are still helping me. Until we got outside, they were still supporting her. They put me in Yuri's car.
I saw Jay-jay get into Percy's car. I couldn't help but look at him as he looked at us. His eyes were sad.
I'm so sorry Jay.
All that matters to me is that you're safe. It doesn't matter to me if you
remember me. I can handle even a few more wounds. I won't let them
hurt you again.
Their car had already left and all I could do was look away.
"Keifer! Your car keys are mine, I'll drive." Felix said.
I handed over my car keys. Yuri got in and took the driver's seat.
Ci-N, Eren and Josh also got in the backseat.
"We'll take you to the hospital." Yuri said and started the car.
I couldn't answer anymore. I was thinking about how to make sure this wouldn't happen again. It felt like I had to cripple all the
gangs or groups I fought against to threaten them.
I was already feeling cold. I didn't know if it was because of the
air conditioning in the car. My eyelids were also falling down on their own.
"Keifer!" Yuri called me but I couldn't respond.
My body was automatically dragging me to sleep. No matter how hard I tried to
open my eyes, I still felt so sleepy. I can hear Yuri and
Ci-N but I can't understand what they're saying.
My sights are all blurred. I don't know what's happening around me but I
can feel them carrying me somewhere. It took me a long time to notice that
I was lying on something soft. There was also a light going on in front of me. Or it would be more accurate to say that I was the one moving.
It was getting dark and the only last thing on my mind was Jayjay and his sad eyes.
I don't know how long I've been unconscious but I woke up because of the
various voices I could hear. It was like they were talking but I could only understand a few of them.
"Jay-jay is okay," Kuya said.
It was Felix.
"What's wrong with that Alphabet group?" It was Calix
sounds pissed.
"I don't know... We just need to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Yuri said.
That's right. I have to make sure that this won't happen again.
I opened my eyes and looked at them all. Some of them
fell silent when they saw that I was conscious.
"Keifer... Are you feeling anything?" Yuri asked while walking in my
bedside.
"Is Jay-jay okay?"
"He's okay. He might have gone home." It was Felix who answered.
Suddenly someone jumped onto my bed at my feet. It was Ci-N all smiles.
"Is it a fight again?" He asked.
David grabbed him by the collar of his neck before pulling him off my bed.
I tried to get up but my wound immediately started to throb.
"Easy... Your wound is deep and you've lost a lot of blood." Eman said while pushing me down.
"I-I have to make sure that this won't happen again. I have to send
threats to other groups." I said.
I noticed their looks. Some looks so confused while the other
has this mocking face as if they don't believe me.
"You're in trouble too. You're going to push Jay-jay after all you just took your life." Mayo said while shaking his head.
"What's the real problem?" Kit said looking so worried. "...if
you're angry, you can just take it out on us? Don't do it to Jay."
"Did something happen that we don't know about?" Rory asked.
I shook my head. "It was all about the plan."
"Plan our ass! We're not stupid! We know you're done!" It
was Denzel.
"What now? What are you up to?" Drew asked.
I breathed heavily. I tried to clear my thoughts. I only had one thing on my
mind.
"Protect Jay-jay. Send warnings to those who try to touch her." I
said with authority.
"You're in trouble Keifer. But no matter what, it's for Jay-jay."
David said.
All of them nodded and said the same thing. For Jay-jay for her safety.