The Talisman Of Bathala

CHAPTER 2- Sadly not-that-hot vampire in my house.

"JUST LIKE BAYYYYBAY BABY BABY OOOOOOH!" The bus driver yelled while the students, teachers the optimistic tour guide and I covered our poor ears.

And yes, we're in the bus stop already, but seriously. Is it even humanly possible to go through an asintonado screaming his lungs out to the off-key beat of the worst song ever??

'Oh, dear God,' I prayed mentally. 'I know I have done a lot of mistakes in life, but please. Stop the horrid punishment. Amen.'

I cringed. Annoying people? Yes. Making custom prayers? Yeah, I'm better off in having a boyfriend.

"I'lL BuY u AnYtHiNg, buY aNY RinG~~"

"Um, Sir?" The tour guide said, his voice filled with strained kindness.

"ANd I'm iN PieCes, BAby fIx me,"

"Sir, PLEASE-"

"AnD juSt shAkE me, uNtiL YA WAKE MEH-"

"ANAK NG TOKWA*[1]!! LET ME HANDLE THIS!"
Sir Leon yelled angrily as he stood up.

All of us watched with suspense as he stomped towards the driver's seat.

"Ween Ah WAsss THIRRTEEEM-"

The next scene, I kid you not, it actually happened. And ok, I'll be honest, it helped me understand true happiness.

Mr. Leon punched the radio, and it said it last static-y noises.

I guess that's what happens when you're a retired soldier: you get 99+ strength.

"EH?!?!" The bus driver said angrily, turning his head to the man who broke his horrible heaven. "ANO BA ANG PROBLEMA BAKIT MO SINIRA ANG RADIO...ko *[2]" He then stopped when he saw the dude who did it, who was also pretty tall.

Mr. Leon smiled darkly at him. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"

The driver stuttered, "N-Nothing Sir!" He then looked at everyone. "H-Hey! What are all of you doing, sitting there! Alis*[3]!"

I blinked. Looks like my prayers got answered!

Everyone rushed out of the bus, eager to go home and relax, while the tour guide was waving like a maniac, yelling, "PLEASE COME AGAIN!"

I sighed exasperatedly. This was such a tiring day. Unusual and funny, but tiring.

......Meh, at least there's free food.
Food that I will eat with Ma once I go home!

After a few more minutes of walking, I finally got home.

Now, home for me was a small apartment with two rooms: a bedroom that I share with my mom, and a dining room. For food, we buy instant noodles. For entertainment, we play nanay tatay*[4] or scream "WALANG FOREVER*[5]!" at couple by-passers. For.......Erm, hygiene, we do our business in the nearest cubicle.

'It ain't that much, but it's still home sweet home......Alabama.' I chuckled at my weird sense of humor as I went through my pant's pockets, searching for the home key.

BAM! I heard a loud crash from the house that made me look up, alarmed.

Mom still won't be home until 9, so.......

I silently opened the door with the key and looked around. Ok, not in the dining room, so they must be in....

I silently peeked inside the bedroom, and I was shocked to see mom inside, considering she had 2 jobs.

I also wasn't expecting the freaking aswang*[6] wrestling her.

Wait, how do I know that? Well, it doesn't matter. My mom's life is on the line. By a disgusting monster, I note.

When you think of a aswang, you would picture a beautiful/handsome person with fangs. I'm very sorry, but the real thing is a bald ghost person with pale grey skin and a Voldemort nose. They also have a looooooong black tongue. Sorry!

Good news: the monster hasn't noticed me yet, which meant she won't try to eat me. Yay!

Bad news: The monster hasn't noticed me yet, which meant it is still fighting mom, and gradually gaining the upper hand.

I stood there frozen trying to think of a way to help mom, while they were fighting.

Shoot! I can't think of one! They never thought me what to do in this situation in class!

And then, when the aswang was just about to kill mom, it was like time slowed down for me. Then, out of pure instinct, I dropped the food (RIP jollibee ╥_╥) and pointed my finger at the monster.

I was shocked when I saw a stream of golden light come out from my pointer finger and surround the monster, forming into strange symbols glowing so bright that I had to close my eyes.

By the time I opened my eyes, I saw that the monster was reduced to a pile of dust.

......I don't know how I did that, but the effort made me really tired.

Before I could completely go unconscious, I quickly looked at my mom to see if she was hurt. She was looking at me with shock in her eyes. ".....So it really is you, Ta-"

Then everything turned to black.

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GLOSSARY

[1]: Anak ng tokwa: You see, Filipinos are not fond of bad words, but sometimes, there are situations where they really want to say some. So, we made up censored words like the 1st word, "Son of a tofu!" ...We tried our best.

[2]: The ramblings of an angry man who just got their radio broken by a man but then stopped when said man was seen.

[3]: Alis: Leave off or Get out if here or Go or..... ya you get it.

[4] Nanay tatay: Back then, we didn't have the mighty item: GADGET. So someone made this game. That only required your hands. Yay.

[5]: Aswang: Vampires. And no, not the hot Edward kind. The ugly type. That eats babies. Yeah, Filipino mythology is pretty.....unique.