Anakdatu - Chapter 4：A Mere Soliloquy on Anakdatu History and a Trap

Never I have ever thought I will be something like this, a super spy, and I am a 15 year old? Heck, I must be the youngest spy in the whole wide world. All I imagined on my life and on my future is that I will be is that I will be an engineer or a doctor of sorts, live a normal life, have a family, have kids and die peacefully, but now, I think I am farther than that.

I looked at my mom, she really is sad, I can’t let her just be like this. “Mom, I know this weird and stuffs, but can’t they just choose another agent? Don’t we have relatives and cousins out there? Why not them?” I asked.

Macabulos stood, “I will leave you guys for awhile, Valerie, explain well to your son everything and once everything is cleared up, I will brief him for his training and also, his mission.” He said, leaving me and my mother in the room.

My mother took a deep breath and put her hand on my cheek, “No my son, it needs to be the direct next in line, it is a bloodline, it needs not to be cut, or a far blood relative, it is important, even how much I hate it, this is your fate and –” she faltered.

“What is it mom?” I asked.

“I- nothing, it doesn’t matter, yet. But promise me, you will be the greatest agent okay? You won’t die like the others, you will kill all the bad guys okay? Promise me okay?” She looked at me straight in the eyes.

“I promise Mom. I promise you and I will never fail you. I will train hard, I promise.” I said.

She hugged me so tight, “Don’t worry, I work in here too as a wife of the ex-Datu Puti and also the mother of the Datu Puti, I will always be here at the head quarters.” She said.

“Wait, you work here Mom? But I thought there were only 10 agents?” I asked.

“Yes, there are only 10 agents but of course an organization will need staff too right?” She answered like obviously.

“Oh yeah right.”

“Come on,” she lead me to the hallway and we walked around, and I was like Wow, really. It’s like you are walking on a space ship, all around you was high tech things, hologram screens like Iron Man’s JARVIS, some staff until my Mom lead me to an office with an engraved name of Datu Macabulos in the door.

Mom knocked, “Datu Macabulos is the easiest to befriend amongst all, for he is the trainer of all heroes here, which means, he is the greatest and most important agent here. He is like the Chiron to Hercules, Yoda to Skywalker, Jackie Chan to Jaden Smith in Karate Kid…”

“Mom!” I said, quite laughing, now you know where my very corny humor skills came from, of course, My Mom.

My mom opened the door and nodded to Macabulos and she looked at me “This will take long my son, be a good kid okay?”

“Long?”

My mother smiled and I went in and she closed the door.

So Macabulos’s office, it’s like the most old fashioned part of the whole place, his office is like a Victorian style of study room with wooden bookshelves, wooden table and chairs, files on the desk and so on. Just old style you know.

“Hello Datu Puti, don’t worry, I know everyone’s names, like their real names because I am like their database and stuffs but of course you will never know the other’s real names. So hi Datu Puti,” he offered his hand for a shake, I shook it and released, “I am Datu Macabulos, I am mostly the chaperone of the whole organization, the one who trains, the one who watches over them, the communication specialist. Here I am.” He said in a General of the army type of voice briefing his soldiers before plummeting on their deaths.

“I will tell you the what, why, when, where and how of the Anakdatu. So first, I will tell you what on Earth are you doing here. Well, you are the next in line of the bloodline of your Father, and I am sure your mother explained that. This is the Anakdatu, the oldest, not just the oldest but also the first espionage organization in the Philippines and also a freelancer for we are not and never connected with the NBI or the government, no one knows about us, we are hidden.

“Next is why, why does Anakdatu exist?”, now he is sounding more likely of an inspirational speaker, “We exist to protect the people of the Philippines, well, I’ll also answer the when, we started back in the 1500s, where the very famous Fernando Magallanes, or more known as Ferdinand Magellan landed with the bunch of Spaniards in the isles of Cebu. The great king Lakan Dula, which is the position held by the current general or leader of this organization thought that there might be problems if they tolerated the foreign guys, so there, he collected 9 other great leaders in his regime to be alert at all times incase problems get worse. So we will go to

“He started searching from the lowest and most important of ranks, the position you are holding right now agent Datu Puti and then Bankaya, Sikatuna, Sumakwel and my position, Macabulos, as what your mother told you earlier, then we will continue. And then there comes Manooc, or Datu Manooc, well, Datus are mostly for formalities so let’s call them by name only. Manooc is the field Captain, the brains and almost in par with the combat skills of Lapu lapu, he leads the team with all his might and one of the most important Datus too. And then there comes Dailisan, the Major, and the deadliest sniper too in the Philippines, also, he never misses a headshot, 647,854 headshots and counting, he is very awesome.”

I jawdropped, “He is indeed awesome, why can’t I be the Dailisan? He is like the awesomest of the bunch” I asked.

He smirked, “Everybody wants that position too Datu Puti, but it is always on the blood, he is the current predecessor of Dailisan so yeah.” He said.

“What? So there are no promotions in this organization? That is kinda sad, anyways, continue to the other three positions.” I said, kind of disappointed, I thought I can be like that Dailisan guy.

“Sadly yes, so moving on, after Dailisan is Pagbuaya, we call him the tank, the beserker, the Rambo,” he stifled a laugh, “He is just so tough that one time he recieved 105 bullet hits of high caliber guns all around his body and shrapnel too from Claymores and grenades and he ain’t just quittin’, he is the weapon specialist of the group but likes the mini-gun quite the best. And the greatest warrior of them all, Lapu lapu, he is like the Metal Gear Solid’s Snake, he can handle a pistol like it is a sniper, a sword, a sniper, a machine gun, a bazooka, any weapon and he can handle and it is also a requirement for a Lapu-lapu agent to be a black belter in Krav Maga, Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, MMA, Boxing and CQC for it is important. He can infiltrate a 500 man hideout alone, just like what he did to retrieve your dad. And lastly, the Lakan Dula, if you thought he is some kind of guy who only sits and watches his Datus do their jobs, well, you got that wrong, this guy, is all of the other 9 combined, he is most likely a trump card, the last choice when things go very wrong but when his skills are not needed, he serves as the general of the whole organization, the mastermind, the spider in the middle of the web and so on. And also, we are located underground of the Quezon City Memorial Circle monument, 6 kilometers underground. And also, around the Philippines, every region has a sanctuary for all the Datus, like a house-base so they can stay there whenever they have any missions on that area. And lastly, we call our bases “The Hut”, no, not Jabba kind of the Hutt, but it is just to honor the first Datus who made our organization. Do you understand everything I have blurted out here soldier? Answer” he said, in a Drill Sergeant way again.

“Yes sir”, I answered “But why does was this organization never caught the eye of the government or the public? Like 1500s was like 518 years ago right? Why?”

“That is the why question, well, we are known very much from the public, and our first public appearance is the KKK movement where Emilio Aguinaldo is our Lakan Dula and Andres Bonifacio as our Lapu lapu. We hid our name as the KKK movement because we cannot act secretly at those times for it is warfare, stealth and espionage is not the answer at those times so they planned a full out blast, but changing the name to KKK to hide our true identity. Anymore questions?” He asked.

“Ohh, right, I didn’t thought of that, awesome history by the way.” I said.

Wow, I was just like wow, I know those are the comments that came out from my mouth from that history but really, it is wow for me. Like who would believe, some spy guys working underground, protecting the sanity of the Philippines for over 500 years and counting and no one ever notices them, just awesome indeed. But wait,

“But I am not ready yet.” I blurted out.

“Well, duh, of course you aren’t. Look at your lanky scrawny physique, how can you last in the battlefield with that? Of course you will endure training that the Anakdatu formulized to make the best soldiers. You’ve got knowledge already on linguistics soldier, from your dad of course and also atleast a blue belt on several types of martial arts, also from the courtesy of your father so indeed, you are almost ready but you need strength, endurance, and lots more. No worries, 5 months and You are ready to go but-” He faltered

Someone touched my shoulder from the back, I shuddered and let out a surprised horrified scream and looked at my back and there is this Snake Eyes guy like from G.I. Joe,”What the hell?!” I said and I almost peed my pants.

“Sikatuna, the master of stealth and reconnaissance, welcome. You should get used to Sikatuna, Datu Puti, for he is always like that.” Macabulos said jokingly.

“Well damn, heck I could live with this, I almost peed my pants!” I said.

“Sorry,” Sikatuna said sheepishly, “Well, we got news for you Macabulos and Puti, uh the former Datu Puti is back.” He said as he goes out the door again, he just went in to spread the news.

“Oh well,” Macabulos shrugged, “The truth is you can’t go out yet, as your mom told you too that this will take long..” He looked at me with a glint of mischief in his eyes, “Death Trap”.

I looked dumbfounded, “Uh what?”, he disappeared like a cloud of smoke. “Hey!” I told him.

A hologram? I was speaking to a stupid hologram, damn. And then the room started to fill with water.