“Sure I can. I already did it once. Shaolin fighters, huh? Hiyaah! Think you’re Jet Li, huh? You guys are pretty tough.”
Cardo and his family watch the news on TV about Analynne’s imprisonment in Hong Kong and the escape of Jade Blanco. They discuss about the case. Reasoning with his grandma, Cardo decides to find out whether Analynne is really innocent.
In Hong Kong, Jade reluctantly accepts a drink from Chen Lao her boss, fearing that he might poison her. She asks for a chance to make it up to him and Lao vows to finish her off if she makes another mistake. Meanwhile, Cardo gets ready for his trip to Hong Kong. Glen shows up and he has her promise to look after his family in his absence. After bidding goodbye to the family, he starts heading for the taxi.
“Wait,” Benny calls out as he follows. “Chief, your bag.”
“Oh my goodness,” Flora muses. “Cardo almost left his bag behind.”
Joaquin the jackass sends Chen Lao details about Cardo and reveals Jade having a best friend imprisoned in HK. Meanwhile, Jade/Martha recalls the incident at the airport which led to Analynne’s arrest.
Cardo arrives in Hong Kong, hellbent on not going back home until he finds Martha. While Rachel wishes her dad a happy father’s day, Cardo and Supt. Carreon interrogate Analynne about the case. Analynne swears her innocence and wails nonstop about how Martha had betrayed and used her. She then pleads for their help.
Nelson Wong calls out Chen Lao on the matter with Jade. Lao promises to fix the mess and Nelson offers him a knife. “Here’s your gift to Jade.”
Lao pulls out a handgun. “I already have a gift right here.”
The CIDG officers look on as Analynne is taken back to her cell. Carreon charges Cardo to find Martha in order to prove Analynne’s innocence. Cardo seems miserable. Later, Analynne has a talk with her family over the phone, all the while hiding her plight from her mother and daughter. Meanwhile, Chen Lao stalks into Martha’s room.
“You hid something from me, Jade.”
“What do you mean, sir?”
“Analynne. Your friend.”
Carreon and Cardo deliberate on Martha’s criminal records in Hong Kong, just as Martha is apologizing for hiding the truth from Chen Lao.
“Did you even plan to tell me? I’m so disappointed!”
“I didn’t tell you because I was afraid,” Martha stammers. “I knew you’d be angry.”
“You know what I do to traitors, right? I want to forgive you, but not in this situation. You are wanted by the police in your country, and they are here looking for you. So you are a liability.”
Grabbing a flask of perfume stealthily, Martha bids her time as Lao pulls out his gun and aims.
“I’m very sorry Jade. This is not about loyalty anymore.”
Martha parries Lao’s hand away and sprays the perfume in his face. As he’s disoriented, she knees him in the groin and flees. Certain of Analynne’s innocence, Cardo sets out to track down Martha Maglipon. In the Philippines, a neighbor shows Domeng a newspaper featuring his wife imprisoned in Hong Kong.
Analynne is moping around in her cell, wailing over Martha’s betrayal despite treating her as family. Martha is on the run in a very poor disguise. After failing to reach her on phone, an irate Chen Lao sends out hitmen to kill Martha.
Cardo soon finds a lead on Martha. Verna donates 5 millon pesos to a rehabilitation center. Cita is appalled and worried about her giving her husband’s money away. While Joaquin and his lapdogs are mocking Cardo and celebrating their supposed victory, Cardo finally locates Martha. Chen Lao’s hitmen get to her first but Cardo bests them all in a one-way street fight. Martha runs off.
Supt. Delfin informs the CIDG team of Cardo’s lead on Martha. While Joaquin’s lapdogs seem to find the situation amusing, Chikoy and Vargas are confident that they’ll be able to nab the drug syndicate. Joaquin looks on stupidly.
Cardo catches up with Martha and drags her into a restaurant, with the 3 hitmen hard on their tail. The place empties out as the goons file in and make an Asian fighting stance.
Martha holds onto Cardo. “Can you take them all?”
Cardo gives them his signature glare. “Sure I can. I already did it once. Shaolin fighters, huh? Hiyaah!” Cardo yells comically as he makes his very own fighting stance.
Silently, one of the men raises a leg and begins showing off some moves.
Cardo stares unfazed. “Think you’re Jet Li, huh?”
The fistfight begins. Cardo is initially taken down but only comes but stronger. Bodies go flying as Martha watches. As Cardo fends off the hitmen’s relentless attack, Martha hides under a table. Cardo is knocked down again. However, he gains the upper hand again and thrashes the place with their bodies.
A goon shows off another set of skills as he sends flying some bamboo sticks straight at Cardo, who manages to fend them off. He’s then kicked down again.
Cardo rises to find the hitmen regrouped again. “You guys are pretty tough.” He taunts them to attack and when they do, he finishes them off with a flurry of punches and kicks. Calling out Martha’s name, Cardo searches and finds her under the table.
“You think I wouldn’t find you?” Cardo drags her out.
Martha protests. “Hold on a second. Who are you?”
“I’m a cop!” The episode ends with an eye-locked stare down.
Credit: Blasters Series
