4: Abducted

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"M-Mommyyyy!" A loud, deafening scream came out of my lips followed by a wail. Nahawi sa akin ang lahat ng atensiyon ng mga tao sa Tom's World kasabay ng pagtakbo ni mommy palapit sa kinaroroonan ko.

She looked at me weirdly. "Bakit ka nagwawala?"

I continued to cry loudly as I pointed at the girl beside me who looks a little older than me. "She . . . she hit my arm when I said I wanted to play in this machine! It hurts!"

The mother of the girl came rushing to us when she probably heard the commotion.

"Cheska, what's happening?" she asked to her daughter. The girl was too stunned to speak. Nanlalaki lang ang mga mata nitong nakatingin sa akin, mukhang hindi inaasahan ang biglaang nangyari. "Cheska, speak!"

"She hit me!" I answered instead while sobbing my heart out. "I just wanted to play in this machine, and then she hit me!"

"H-Hindi kita inaano!" sa wakas ay nagawa nitong depensa. "Ang sabi ko lang, ako rito dahil ako ang nauna. I never touched you!"

I faced mom and wrapped my hands around her waist, sobbing as I buried my face on her belly. "I just wanted to play, mommy! It hurts so much. She hit me. It hurts!"

"W-Wala akong ginagaw-"

"Cheska, apologize," narinig kong pagalit na saad ng nanay ng babae.

"Pero hindi ko po-"

"Apologize!"

I heard the girl started sobbing. "S-Sorry," she said in her shaky voice and then cried even louder.

"Pasensiya na sa anak ko," hingi rin ng nanay ng paumanhin, kay mommy nakikipag-usap. "Your daughter can play here, I'll just take this troublesome kid to somewhere else."

"No, no, she can just continue playing. Siya naman ang nauna riyan," ani mommy habang hinapalos ako sa likod. "Sige lang."

"I insist. Kawawa naman ang bata. Sa ibang machine na lang si Cheska."

"Alright. Salamat." Narinig ko ang papalayo tunog ng umiiyak na si Cheska. Mom stopped caressing my back as she put her hands on her waist. "Was that out of boredom or you really wanted to play in this machine?"

Dahan-dahan akong lumayo at umastang sobrang saya. The truth, I am not that happy. I'm just glad that I'll be able to play here for the first time.

"Both," maikli kong tugon at saka ipinasok ang aking token sa machine. I took the fake gun and started shooting the zombies from the screen. "It's the only machine with a gun."

"I didn't know you were interested in shooting. Do you wanna learn?"

I looked at mom with my eyes full of enthusiasm. "Mommy, my dream is to be an excellent sniper!"

Bigla niya akong pinitik sa noo. "That's not something you should be saying out loud."

"Hehe." I made a puppy face. "So, are you gonna make me a sniper?"

"I know how to kill with a gun, but I'm not a sniper. Tito Robert mo ang pagsabihan mo niyan."

I pouted as I continued shooting the zombies. "What about my acting skills?"

"Good enough."

I paused for a moment. "Not perfect?"

"How can it be perfect when you weren't even able to fool me? Tapusin mo na 'yan nang makauwi na tayo. Alas siyete na."

"I thought we're gonna have a dinner here in the mall?"

"Siyempre kakain muna tayo."

I stopped after finishing the first round. I should have came here sooner, I want to play more.

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