With Every Stardust

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Chapter 00: She Who have Sinned

"The beginning was not the creation nor where you think it started"

"We lost the visual of the target"

There were six men in black coats and weapons slung over their shoulder. Kinuha ng matandang babae iyong baril na nakasukbit sa bewang ng kausap at kinasa ito.

"Do you mean to say that you failed your mission?"
Nag-bow sa kanya ang mga ito. The old lady rolled her eyes in dispapointment.

"You know our rules. Death is an honor than living in failure"
Sunod-sunod na mga putok ng baril ang umalingawngaw sa ilalim ng bilog na buwan.

"Ugh, their filthy blood does not even taste good"
Pagrereklamo ng Old Lady. Binalingan niya ang isang batang babae na puno rin ng dugo sa katawan.

"And you, as part of this failed mission you should die as well"
Tinutok ng Old Lady iyong baril sa ulo nito. Then the last bullet from the magazine was released.

"What should we do about that bitch?"
Tanong ng driver niya.

"Do not worry, she has no choice but to come back or die while on the run. That ungrateful wench needs us to survive anyway"

The full moon witnessed their secrets no matter how the dark clouds tried to cover their sin. The moonlight caressed the dead bodies and buried their last memories deep down unto the ground. The ground was not holy nor before this happened. The leaves surrounding them nor the gushing water down the fall were able to tell the story of the little girl who bet her remaining life for freedom.....

All because a decision was made before she was born.

A fifteen year old girl bathed with her own dried blood weakly opened her eyes. She welcomed the gloomy and ill-litted room. Her vision started to get clear as her eyes adjusted.

Walang pagbabago, napakalamig at napakatahimik sa bawat sulok ng maruming kwartong ito, isip-isip niya.

Nakakapit pa rin ang nangangalawang na kadena sa kanyang kaliwang binti na nakakonekta sa kaliwang paanan ng kama. Nagdurugo at nilalangaw na rin ang kanyang paa dahil sa sugat na natamo niya kakapilit masira ang kadena.

Magbubukang-liwayway na base sa  maliit na butas sa kanang pader, hindi niya na mawari kung ilang araw na ba siya naroroon dahil pagtulog ang mabisang paraan para matakasan niya saglit ang kanyang sitwasyon.

Dapat pa ba akong magpasalamat? May tubig ulang naipon sa lalagyanan ng basurahan dahil na rin sa malalaking butas ng bubungan, marahil ay isang bagyo na lang ay matatangay na ito, isip-isip niya.

Walang pagdadalawang-isip na inubos niya ang tubig mula sa basurahan, ngunit hindi ito sapat para sa kanyang kumakalam na sikmura. Tinignan niya kung may munting dagang nahulog sa kanyang patibong. She has no fucking choice, that will be her only life card. 

It would feel right to die trying to survive… that's what kept her alive.
Ayaw niyang mamatay na dilat na dilat ang kanyang mga mata. She was about to reach for it when she saw a red velvet box sitting on the almost worn out table beside her. Her heart pumps fastly, may kakaiba.

She opened it just to find a blank paper. She was about to crumpled it until she found something weird on it. Hinawakan niya ang marumi at mabasa-basang lapag saka hinaplos ang munting papel. May mga namuong mga letrang bumakat dito.

The light will guide you

-gIo

Iyon ang nakalagay. Hinagod niya ng tingin ang buong kwarto. Ngayon niya lang napansin ang isang lalaking nakaupo sa madilim na sulok.