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Twenty

"K-Kuya? Ano yung sinabi mo? Ano yung tungkol kay Tito Jayvee?" Tanong ko habang pinupunasan nya ang luha ko.

"Althea you're too young to understand what was really going on on our family. Someday you maybe fell betrayed and alone. But please...please don't forget that I'm always at your side."

He smile and then kiss my forehead.

"Thank you, Kuya."

He smile again and bid his farewell.

Months had passed and Daddy didn't attempt to hurt me again. Kuya go home late, drunk, wasted and sometimes his clothes are stained by a red liquid.

"Kuya, what was that?" I ask one night when he got home.

It was my 11th birthday at ngayon lang sya nakauwi---12:37 am. I wait for him because I want to celebrate our birthday together.

Magkasunod kasi ng birthday kaya naman excited ako.

"I'm sorry, pinaghintay ata kita."

Iniangat nya ang kamay nya sa ere at ilalapat sana sa ulo ko ng mapansin kong puro dugo at may ilang hiwa iyon.

"K-Kuya?"

Bigla akong kinabahan kaya napaatras ako.

I have heard a lot of news among those teenagers na nasasangkot sa gang war at fraternity.

Mukhang nakuha ni Kuya ang nangyayari sakin kaya napatingin sya sa kamay nya.

"Oh? Ito ba? Wag mo tong intindihin, may inattendan lang akong theatre play at nag-play ako ng role ng killer." Nakangiti nyang sabi

Narinig ko ang sunod-sunod at mabibilis na yabag sa labas ng bahay, since nasa receiving area kami, dinig na dinig ko iyon.

Bigla akong hinawakan ni Kuya sa balikat.

"K-Kuya ano yun?"

"Althea, makinig ka kay Kuya, okay?"

Tumango ako at humawak sa braso nya.

"Pumunta ka sa kwarto mo, i-lock mo yun at pumasok ka sa lagi mong pinagtataguang cabinet okay?"

"K-Kuya ? Ano bang nangyayari? Goons po ba ang nasa labas? Mga bad po ba sila?"

"Yes! Yes, Althea, so please. Lock yourself at your room and don't make any noise. Wait for me to order you to came out on the cabinet okay?"

I nodded and hug my brother. He continuously kiss my  head.

"Run now, Althea."

I feel scare when I saw the shadows on the smoked-glass of the wall.

"K-Kuya, I'm scared"

"Just run and hide Althea. I promise we'll be okay."

Tumango ako tumakbo sa may paanan ng hagdan pero hindi pa man ako nakaka-apak sa unang baitang ay bumukas na ang pinto kaya napilitan akong magtago sa likod ng hagdan, sa sulok.

Men in black mask and clothes enter our house. Some of them are holding guns, and the other are holding knife and bat.

Kuya was sitting on the sofa calmly.

The men started to shot and target Kuya but he is too quick. As my eyes blink, he was no longer sitting on the sofa.

He is fighting with a gun and sometime he throw some knives.

I can not believe this.

Kuya was fighting with tons of muscular and tall men.

He kill those men without sweating.