15 ALIVE

ALIVE

We're alive...

That's the first problem...

This day— it was meant for field trip and researching. This day, we we're meant to take pictures, search, and make films about the place we'll go to. We just be in Bagaboon Indoor jungle. A house of Mrs. Emilia Baigne Baron. The house was filled of plants they say, because his husband died because of a poisonous plant.

I remember a little thing.

No... I remember it vividly.

"Uyy, Soph—ano pang hinihintay mo!? Tara na! Iiwan Tayo Ng bus nyan!" Sigaw ni Zara.

The Field trip was announced last week, there will be 8-10 bus waiting for each sections.

"Wait lang, I need to double check if I left something, eh." I replied, while digging into my bag, dahil palagay ko may nalilimutan ako.

That Time, I knew something's odd.

I knew I felt a dark aura,

i had nightmares before that day.

"Huyy, di ka Naman rescuer para nagdala Ng sangkaterbang health kit..." Nguso ni Aris sa akin.

Tinarayan ko naman sya at sinabing may MABUTI nang alerto, at handa— kesa sa magiging dependent kalang once na may nangyari.

After few minutes, actually— last minute, ay bumaba na ako together with Zara and Aris.

"There, a bus for our section Turquoise." I pointed to the bus.

Every bus has banner kase, nakasulat kung Anong section ang sakay nila.

Hos lahat pala Ng mga kaklase Namin ay naroroon na eh.

"What the hell 'you waiting for?!" Pasigaw na bungad ni Mazikeen sa loob Ng bus, sabay umupo sa pwesto nya, bandang gitna.

"Pst, over here—Soph!" Kaway-kaway Naman ni Lucas, sumesenyas na doon kami banda umupo, which is sa likod.

"Eto na Naman tong pungggok na 'to" inis na Sabi ni Aris.

"Shht" inis kong Sabi.

Umupo ako sa kabilang Banda, katabi si Zara. Habang si Aris at Lucas Naman ay magkatabi.

Magkakaiba ang destinations Ng bawat bus—well, Yun Yung Sabi samin. Pero Sabi Naman Ng iba ay pareparehas lang daw Ng destinasyon.

Umandar na Ang bus, at Wala namang problema. Tawanan, kwentohan, malalakas na tugtog Ng cellphones, TV sa bus, tawanan Kasama ang driver.

All that, until i heard the wheels screeching, our bus honking repeatedly, kasunod non ang pagdausdos Ng bus, I heard an explosions— the last thing I saw was the student in front of Aris, Kian—his eyes got struck by the glasses, bumain sa mga Mata nya. That... Was the last thing I was.

I thought experiencing that was already terrifying.

But, no....

This is even more terrifying, horrifying.

I woke up, not inside the bus.

Not inside school, clinic.

Not inside a hospital.

But...

Inside a huge room...

almost no windows...

Well, there are few.

The lighting was yellow and warm.

But, this feels like isolated room.