willow tree (eye)
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Rovier
Para akong baliw dito ka ikot ikot. Hindi ko na alam saan pupunta. Wala din balita sa iba, habang tumatagal yung oras mas delikado yung sitwasyon ni Hixiel.
"Gusto kong magmura, Leirand ang tagal mo tang-" umilaw yung phone ko. A text message from Leirand.
Willow Tree
Willow Tree? Saan ba yun? Ang daming Willow Tree dito sa university. Gago ba siya? Mag bibigay na nga lang siya ng instructions yung malabo pa.
"Tang ina naman nito" parang may gumagalaw sa nilalaman ko. Hindi maganda pakiramdam ko sa mangyayari. Malakas naman yung si Hixiel mas lalaki pa iyon kay Leirand bakit ang bilis niya mawala-
"What the fuck?" napadaan ulit ako sa main gate. Wala na yung nakasulat sa wall. Nilingon ko kung saan namin iniwan si Rhesia kasama yung bangkay.
Wala na akong maaninag kaya tumakbo na ako palapit doon. Wa na yung bangkay pati yung lubid kahit yung bakas na dugo. Tila ba walang nangyari.
Coliseum is also empty. Napakagat ako sa labi ko dahil I felt I'm being useless here. I sprinted pabalik sa may statue when I saw the janitor there.
"Kuya" tawag ko sa kanya so he could stop from walking. Maybe he's the one who's cleaning.
"Bakit sir?"
"May nalinis kaba dito kuya?"
"Wala naman sir bago palang ako nag round baka yung mga nauna sir. Sorry kung wala po akong naitulong" napailing ako at tinapik si kuya sa braso.
"Ok lang kuya, last na po. May alam ka po bang Willow Tree?" baka maguluhan si kuya. Ang dami pa naman ng Willow -
"Sa likod ng coliseum sir. Lumiko ka pa right po may konting daan dun tapos ihahatid kana sa Willow Tree" what?
"Thank you kuya" agad akong tumakbo.
I better trust him. Mukhang yun ata tinutukoy nila na Willow Tree but why the fuck I don't even know?
Napatigil ako ng may nakita ako sa gilid na tumakbo. Its too dark to see that person clearly. I don't know but my instincts say to follow that person.
I ran after, let's say him, and he seems to noticed me dahil mas bumilis yung pag takbo niya. Among the ten of us ako yung pumapangalawa sa pag takbo.
He turned right. Papunta itong main gate ah. Where the fuck is he? Ang bilis niya naman mawala-
I jolted down at agad sinipa yung paa nito. He dropped the wood. Luckily nakita ko yung shadow niya. I snatched the wood and hit him hard. But he blocked it with his arm.
He's on full black.
"Who the hell are you-"
"Rovier? Bakit nandiyan ka"
Before I can answer that freaking dumb bastard I was pushed by the guy earlier and was able to hit me in may jaw but it was a weak one.
"Stupid, I was fighting someone here then you fucking disturbed me? You're fucking helpful" inis kong sigaw kay Leirand pero mukhang hindi niya naintindihan.
"Bakit nakikipag away ka? Hixiel needs us right now. You're supposed to be at the Willow Tree. Walang nag reply sa inyong tatlo kahit update man lang-"
"Ok Synver wag mo muna ako pagalitan. First of all I don't even fucking know what the Willow Tree really means. Second yung text message doesn't really explain much. Lastly when I was about to go to that freaking fucking willow tree na sinabi nung janitor nakasalubong ko yung lalaki na tumatakbo paalis doon and my instinct says to follow him baka may kinalaman iyon kay Hixiel"
"Plus Huero must be there tsaka I just confirmed na malinis na lahat. Walang bakas na makikita sa nangyari kanina. Even the writings in the wall, look. Just good as new paint" I explained faster dahil I know pagalitan ako nila.
"It happens not too long ago diba? How come they were able to clean up the area like this? Shit, they're avoiding na malaman ng lahat yung nangyari" well that's obvious
"As always they'll kept it as a secret para mapanatali yung kalinisan kuno ng University. Let's go" sumunod agad ako kay Steilah na mukhang susugod sa isang gyera. Palaban talaga ang isang ito.
We didn't waste time and sprinted to the said Willow fucking Tree.
"Let me help you" agad naman tumakbo palapit si Steilah kay Huero na ngayo'y niyayakap si Hixiel na malapit na magmukhang ube.
"She has deep cutted wounds. Si Rhesia na saan?" that's when I noticed na wala pala si Rhesia.
"Iniwan namin siya doon sa bangkay" nasapak naman ako ni Gallem at tinawagan naman agad ito ni Gannet.
"Rhesia? Nasaan ka?"
"I'm almost there, can someone wait for me sa eskinita? I think someone's following me"
"Alright we'll be there bilisan mo. Mag ingat ka ha sige" Gannet's eyeing me and alam ko na kumg anong ibig sabihin nito.
"Samahan mo kami, tara na baka may kasama yung lalaki na naka black. Maybe Rhesia's holding something" siguro?
"Alam naman natin si Rhesia baka may kinuha yun sa bangkay na makakatulong o baka may nakuhanan- tama baka kinuhanan niya ng picture yung mga nangyayari kanina" kwento ko sa kanila pero mukhang may sariling mundo ata yung dalawa at hindi nakinig sa akin.
"Nasaan na si Hixiel? We need to get out of here. This area is dangerous. Its testing us, it wants us to share what friendship we have and what kind of friends we are. This is just my theory pero. Iisa isahin tayo, we need to stick together" hingal na hingal si Rhesia and she even got some wounds.
"Umuwi muna tayo and doon na tayo magkwentuhan let's wait Hixiel to wake up para mag kwento- fuck" tinulak niya ako patagilid at tumakbo papunta kung nasaan sila Leirand.
"Huero check here mouth, tang ina wala akong sinabi halikan mo" rinig kong sigaw ni Rhesia.
"Hindi ko naman hinalikan ano ba" lumapit na kami pero hindi ako ganuon ka lapit. I'm scanning the whole area, iniisip ko na anytime aatakihin kami.
We don't have to let out guard down.
"Check if Hixiel still has her tongue" napalingon ako sa kanila. What the fuck?
"What do you mean?" bakas sa boses ni Leigh ang kaba.
"While I was searching foe Hixiel may nakasalubong akong naka itim. Then he said to me na he made my friend keep the secret she knows in her grave pero- just check it Huero" this time tinignan namin ng binuka ni Huero yung bibig ni Hixiel.
"She still got her tongue" kinarga na niya ito and we're ready to live. Kinuha rin ni Synver yung lubid na mukhang ginamit kay Hixiel.
"Guys" rinig kong tawag ni Synver and he's shaking too much that he even lost his balance. Mabuti at malapit lang si Steilah kaya na alalayan niya agad ito.
Bakit ba nanginig to- napatingin ako doon sa hinahawakan ni Synver, lubid lang naman ito. Teka may parang cartolina na may sulat na
It's "le grand Lustucru" who's crying
He's hungry and will eat
Raw and alive, without bread or butter,
All the little kids
Who aren't asleep.
Teka, mukhang ito yung background music nung video na sinend sa amin kagabi. Tang ina pag nakita ko si Calvin ako bibitay sa kanya. He's sick and we need to stop bago pa dadami yung biktima niya.
"Let's go, I think someone's watching us here after all this place is called the eye for no reason" ok yung sinabi ni Gannet really scared the shit out of me.
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