Celebration Inside the Mountain

"There! look at them. They seem so serious in their celebration, don't know why they're having a banquet in an open space, I guess, today is the perfect timing. When everyone's dizzy and drunk, c'mon... someone has to help me pull some connections, at least stronger ones." Sr. Sibal closed the ballscope and smiled to them that made everyone confused.

" Amà, what is that?" Magee asked.

" Let's open another secret."

" Again? I must be crazy on this. Wow! you're too brilliant!" George smirked.

In a little while, Baldur, Mayumi, Amado, Alexandra, Eunice and Albrecht arrived and Narciso was smiling to Albrecht.

" Haha! Narciso, how is your injury? hmm, you look a bit finer that the last day I saw you. Did you miss me?" Albrecht put down his handgun on the granite table.

" Yes Sir, haha. I missed the laughter with you." Narciso replied.

" Oh my...okay, I feel like a puppet on a show."

Then the air was filled with laughter.

" Here, Let's get serious again. Hmm...Baldur, can you grab this mission inside the enemy line, we'll cover the steel ground door of the tunnel. By far, it's their entrance and exit. Though, suppose they've discovered the door facing the sea, George?" Sr. Sibal verified.

" Yes, but how?" George raised his brow.

" Oh here. Have you ever noticed that there's a spacious part in between the secret door and the Buccaneer's cave? that's the second door, you can close it if you pass by on top and go down at the Buccaneer cave's door facing the sea. By doing the job together, the other team in-charge of the other door from our old wooden house should have a synchronized time set with your team, George. The target time is our golden watch so that the enemies can't get out. They can't also escape out of the secret exit of the tunnel going to the cliff, it also has a second door where I'll volunteer to man it; or with Narciso. Outright closing the three doors, Albrecht and Magee will start manually pumping, stretching the rubber pipelines as fast as they could and the air pressure with the smoke from the furnace shall penetrate inside, going down the tunnel. That's the bottomline. Although, the door below in our former wooden house is the most difficult to control. There's armed men guarding it and probable backup around. Hmm..." Sr. Sibal deeply thought.

" Sr. Sibal...what if Eunice and I will go and approach the soldiers on guard outside the gate, we'll bring some food which is timely for their banquet. Eunice has a timepiece so we can also synchronize our time with the rest." Alexandra uttered.

" Hmm...that's a little scary, but if you get their attention that way, they can't probably turn their back inside. But I'm just afraid of your safety, let's not compromise your safety. I think its a big - no." Sr. Sibal sighed.

" Excuse me, I think, here's the easiest way. We still have a stock of poison, why not poison their food?" Narciso intervened.

" Huh...it takes more time to do it, though its effective. Anyone?"Baldur tried to survey for possible strategy.

" The rain!" George looked at Sr. Sibal.

" The rain, probably a perfect timing." Sr. Sibal smiled.

" Hmm...there are no bahay kubo's left on the ground since they destroyed the latter. They all slept inside the tunnel. So if it rains...they'll definitely go hide underneath." George explained

" Exactly! but would it rain tonight? I guess its the only solution that will just give us less hassle. I know they'll even close the door by themselves due to the rain." Albrecht further elaborated.

" Yes. It drizzles. I just got up from the daylight optic hole and opened my palm on air, its drizzling up there." Amado reported.

" This is it. I hope the rain would be heavier than the ordinary. So, Mag, Mag...since you're already there using the telescope, what's the progress of their banquet right now?" Sr. Sibal asked to Magee while standing so still with her braided hair but George suddenly moved closer to her wife and covered her back with his military long sleeve.

All the soldiers and guerrillas turned around their heads and as if busy looking for something; while the ladies just smiled at each other and envious to the lieutenant who shamelessly covered his wife with long a sleeve uniform and patiently tied it on her waist.

Automatically, the meeting was adjourned as the scene caused the attendees to separate ways. The ladies just pulled each other going to the kitchen and tickled by what they saw. Indeed, only Sr. Sibal pressed his head and smiled while closing his eyes.

" It was only because she wears a mini skirt. It was not even that short but he seemed has bombed the entire universe that unknowingly dispersed his men around in no time, haha! but still, good boy!" Sr. Sibal thought.

After series of silence, someone from surface gave a code for them to open the daylight optic hole. Its captain Edward and a dozen of armed men.

" Sibal, my friend, Captain Orlando from the Philippine army and wants to see us for future collaboration. They're actually the army that the enemies thought as 'us.' Captain Edward introduced everyone from the Philippine army. George wad a bit grateful that these armed men were God-sent.

" Amá, Dad...since they're already here, I guess our plan will be translated based into standards. The smoke coming from the furnace will be mixed with potion so not to kill the enemies. Instead, after they'll be dizzy and could sleep through a little smoke, everyone of us will go down and tie them all and consider them as prisoners of war." George bowed his head but later his eyes kept looking at her princess, smiling at him.

" That's a good idea even if I never knew yet of the entire plan. But capturing the enemies is a good strategy than killing them right away. If chance merit, I go with it."

After a while, the Filipino captain and his comrades were meticulously looking at the granite house designs.

" These are too advanced! who designed this, cap?"

" It was Sibal." Edward smiled.

" No, I wasn't alone, its Edward and Chuck." Sr. Sibal reasoned out.

" Its so intricate. The entire place looks so expensive even before the time it was constructed. I could feel how much time and money spent in here. Goodness! beautiful! who's that girl?" She whispered to the lieutenant after posing his sight towards Magee's seat.

" She's my wife, captain." His look to the head army entails a thousand words that made Orlando smiled.

" Ah! you're very lucky, in both ways, lieutenant. By the way, can I ask a recap of the entire plan or the plan B of our attack underneath, thank you."