25: Danger, Danger, Help.

MANUEL

Me and my family are peacefully eating when my phone rang.

"Hola, habla Manuel."

(Hello, this is Manuel speaking.)

"Manuel, necesitamos tu ayuda." Klayyed's cold voice was heard on the other side.

(Manuel, we need your help.)

"Klayyed. ¿Por qué? ¿qué pasó?" I asked.

(Why? What happened?)

"Armarros, Le dispararon 4 veces, nos tendieron una emboscada dentro de nuestra propia casa. Necesitamos tu ayuda, esto es algo que no podemos manejar. Esperamos plena cooperación con su familia." What Klayyed said shocked me.

(He was shot 4 times, ambushed us inside our own house. We need your help, this is something we can't handle. We look forward to full cooperation with your family.)

"Si seguro. Puede contar con nuestra total cooperación." Armarros's family was always there when we needed it the most. Now it's time for payback.

(Yes, sure. You can count on our full cooperation.)

"Estaremos allí mañana." I said then ended the call.

(We will be there tomorrow.)

I looked at my family who is confusedly looking at me while I still hold my phone. I put the phone down and sat down again, I took a deep breath.

"Supongo que mañana iremos a Estados Unidos." I announced.

(I guess tomorrow we will go to the United States.)

They looked at me confused.

"Por qué? ¿Por qué llamó el hermano del tío Armarros?" Inigo asked.

(Why? Why did Uncle Armarros' brother called?)

"Su tío Armarros, recibió cuatro disparos y se encuentra en estado crítico." I answered.

(Your Uncle Armarros, was shot four times and is in critical condition.)

"¡¿Qué?! ¿Amellia está bien?" I raised my eyebrow same as his sisters, he worries about Amellia that much.

(What?! Is Amellia okay?)

I laughingly shook my head, he always denies it, but I could see that he likes her very much.

"Ella esta bien. No te preocupes, recoge tus cosas, saldremos a medianoche." I said and walked upstairs.

(She's fine. Do not worry, pack your things, we'll leave at midnight.)

A L E C X A N D R E I

Uncle Klayyed already called the Herrera family, while I called the Nozaki family.

Dad's still unconscious and is still in critical condition. Amellia stayed quiet, she eats right but won't talk to almost anyone, she just starred at tha blank white wall of the hospital while Dad's inside the ICU. She's not crying anymore, others try to talk to her and make her go out for a while to get some fresh air. But she wouldn't even move an Inch.

"She will be fine, Alec." Aunt Ceilo patted my back.

"I know. She's strong, I'm just glad she still eats properly." I said still looking at my sister who is almost as pale as she was before, she's tired. She eats, but she almost doesn't even sleep, only when her eyes gives up. But then she'll wake up an hour later asking us if Dad's fine already.

I couldn't take it, our Dad's in there, inside that ICU, all of us are trying to be strong, our sister looks as pale as she was when we got her back, I promised I'd protect her and not make her cry anymore. But fuck, I'm failing miserably.

I still don't know how those jerks got inside of our house. I feel fucking useless.

But no, I can't be giving up right now. I'm the Eldest of all siblings, I need to be strong, not only for my sister but also my other brothers.

"Alec." I heard Gio's voice call me.

But still, I'm thankful that Gio's here to help me. Someone who is a little older than me, that will help me with anything, the one I could cry on.

"Found anything?" I asked.

"Yeah, they were after Amellia." I clenched my fist because of what I heard.

"Let's talk outside." I said.

I started walking outside the hospital building and Gio followed. If the others hear about this they'll go ballistic. It's better to already have a plan before telling them.

"What more?" I asked when we stepped outside.

"They're planning to take her somewhere, the information given to me by those who was left alive after being tortured are the boss is planning to take her somewhere in Maldives. It is Raven, their boss is Raven. And all the information that we got are completely wrong." Gio said.

I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

He looked at me in the eyes "Raven, Gerald, and Eveline's relationship with each other. We got it all wrong." I looked at him as I shut my eyes clenching my Jaws.

They fucking tricked us, that bastard Raven, he tricked us.

How the hell? How the fucking hell would someone like him be able to trick Dad and the others.

Totally impossible. At that time, it's just impossible. Not unless...

"Traitors." I angrily whispered enough for Gio to hear.

He looked at me and asked "What are you planning?"

I smirked "Nothing much, just finding out who the traitor is. But first I need more of the true information." I said.

AM E L L I A

Four days had passed, still Dad's unconscious. The Herrera and Nozaki family arrived 3 days ago.

They already started investigating what happened that day. I know nothing even if I ask Alec or Gio, they wouldn't say a thing about it. I couldn't even cry if that's my only use here, I want to help.

It's been four Days, and I finally decided to go back to my Daily life. I need to, I can't be like this and wait for Dad to wake up, that's if he.... Wakes up.

"Lia, are you sure it's okay?" Alec asked.

"Yup, I can't stay like this until Dad wakes up anyways." We're not even sure if he will.

Alec smiled at me and hugged me.

"My big girl. Dad will be alright. He's strong, and he'd still want to see his baby girl's 18th birthday." I smiled at the thought of having dad as my dance.

I won't even have a problem about 18 roses.

"Let's go." Gio offered his hand.

This is it. I'll be facing the world my family wanted me to stay away from.