I open my eyes. Letting me see the last scene I saw when I was last here in Imaginary Realm.
Nothing changed at all, may mga litrato pa rin ang nakasabit sa malaking lobby, a small smile escaped from my lips. Seeing my brother in this pictures with me brings warm in my chest.
I lowered my head looking at the wooden floor. I remember this place.
"M-mom? D-dad?"
Mariin kong sinara ang mata ko. I don't wanna remember those unlikely memories. Nagumpisa kong maglakad ng diretso. I was startled when I heared voices as I started walking. I hissed when my weight started to increased again. Oh I hate this place.
"Isabelle....."
I closed my eyes and try my very best not to stop from walking, my legs are starting to numb again. The third gate, its also known as 'Nightmares' if the first gate is the owners greatest mistakes, third gate is your worst nightmares.
As i walk I saw many faces pass by at me, I remember them the first person I ever killed. Ang mga taong nagmamakaawa sa akin na buhayin ko sila. I closed my eyes. You all deserve to die. You don't have a right to beg for your lives.
I gritted my teeth and step again, muntik na kong mawala sa balanse dahil sa bigat ng buong katawan ko. I can hear their cries in agony. My manically laughing while killing them. I can feel terror is starting to creep in me. I shook my head, their cries and my laughter is not helping.
I don't wanna kill them....but if I don't they will killed Sean. I can't afford to do that. Napailing ako dahil sa iniisip ko. This third gate of mine is shitting at my thoughts. "Shut up!" I yelled at them, I can see their bodies but their faces is blurr. I gritten my teeth when their cries becomes louder.
I step again, and sweat is starting to fall down in my forehead. Just keep walking Samantha. I looked at the faceless bodies surrounding me, I lowered my head and try my hardest to ignore their cries. When I suddenly sees a pair of feets in front to me. Its very familiar to me. Those feets..
Pagangat ko ng tingin ko ay nanlaki ang mga mata ko sa nakita ko. "M-mom" I said. Puro dugo ang damit nya at sa tabi nya ay si Dad na nakatingin sa akin na animo ay kasalanan ko ang lahat.
"Isabelle...I told you not to go" Mom said. "Its all your fault Isabelle" Dad said.
"I...." I said while looking at my mother's emerald eyes, "Dad....I" I said then look at him, their looking at me in disappointment. I swallowed my saliva, I have to explain it to them so I can finally escape this place. I close my hands into fists. I just need to forgive myself.....how hard can that be?
"I-I don't know, their someone followed me....I-I did'nt mean too...."
"Its all your fault..."
"Its all your fault..."
"No! It no--"
"Its all your fault..."
"Its all your fault..."
"Its all your fault..."
"Isabella saan ka pupunta?"
"Mommy..." Sabi ko while looking at the beautiful girl looking at the young very familiar girl to me. Me when I was 8.
"Nothing"
"Bella...please understand that no one should see us"
"I know....or bad guys might caught us"
I was standing there while watching the young girl sneaking out to play outside. Umiling ako while yelling at her. "Go back!" I yelled but she doesn't seem to hear me. "Hey kiddo! I said go back!"
Then I saw a girl, a very familiar one."thanks for helping me to suprise your mom. Isabellee~" Napahawak ako sa ulo ko dahil sa naalala ko. Very thing is covered with blood. My hands is covered with blood, Sean is crying......two bodies lying in the wooden floor, I used to run with Sean. Sya yun...ang babaeng nagsimula ng paghihirap ko. And she's freaking making her way to the me! "Don't come near her!" I yelled as I tried to block her but she just walk through me. Lumingon ako. "No.."
"Are you Isabella Montenegro?"
"Don't tell her! Isabelle!" I yelled at myself while looking at my younger self.
"Beautiful sister? How did you know? Bella's name?"
The girl chuckled then brush the young girl long straight red hair while smiling.
"Stop it!" I yelled. lumapit ako sa bata bago ko sya pilit na tinatawag. "Bella makinig ka! That girl will Kill Mom! Our Mom! Don't bring her home! Please I'm begging you!" I said as tears started to fall from my eyes. I don't wanna see that again...please hear me.
"I'm Xenna your mother's friend back in the Company"
"Mommy friend?"
"Uhmm"
"Oh! I see you in Mommy's phone!"
"Hahahaha yeah...were best friends so maybe you should called me Aunty?"
"Hmm! Aunty!"
"Hahaha good girl" *ruffles the girls hair*
"Now why don't we suprise Mommy?"
"Fuck it!" I cursed. "I swear I'm going to kill you!" I said while looking at this girl, but she's just smiling. "Don't you dare!" I yelled while trying to kill her using my double dagger. "Die! Fuck you! Just DIE!" I yelled.
"Suprise Mommy? Mommy likes surprises!"
I stared at the lobby as the scene stared to change into a bloody one, nabitawan ko ang double edge dagger while looking at the two bloody corpse. "Mom...." I uttered.
"My hahahaha Killing your Mommy is so worth it! And she actually believes that I will let you two leave! Hahahaha"
"M-mommy?"
"Thanks for helping me to suprise your mom. Isabellee~"
"Its all my fault" I said while looking at my dead parents. Kung nakinig ako sana buhay pa sila, sana hindi ko kinailagan na sumali sa grupong iyon, sana wala ako ngayon sa mundong ito. I still remember their blood in my small hands. Their open eyes while looking at my picture in the wall. Its all my fault. This bloody scene is my....greatest fear, I wish I can forget.
"Ate!"
"Sean? Bitawan mo ang kapatid ko!"
"Hahaha and what will you do? Kiddo?"
I stared at myself and she looked at our younger brother to be choked to die while the girl is laughing manically.
"Die..die die...DIE HAHAHAHA!"
I covered my ears just like how my younger self did to her ears.
"S-sister"
"Your sister is a coward! Sya pa nga ang magdala sa akin dito! She killed your parents! HAHAHA"
"sis..."
I open my eyes and look at myself, tears is streaming down of my cheeks, as she slowly held the bloody knife in our mother's hands. I slowly shook my head. "If you kill her.....you will never be yourself again" I said while looking at myself as she determined looked at the girl who's choking our brother. Sean is looking at my younger self while his hands is trying to reach her.
"Let go my BROTHER!"
I watched how my younger self stab the girls nape, making her fall in the hard wooden floor, I pounced at her while stabbing her chest for so many times. Sean is looking at me at horror as if he sees he's darkest nightmare.
"Die! Die! DIE! HAHAHAHAHA"
Her soft sweet voice while saying those words brings much horror in me. I'm scared at myself. I don't wanna be like that....I don't wanna see Sean scared of me. "I'm a monster" I mumbled, I lowered my head as the red liquid reach my feet.
"Ate stop! Please!"
Inangat ko ang tingin ko at nakita ko si Sean na yakap yakap ang batang ako. "Nandito ako ate...hindi kita iiwan. Y-you save me ate....you save Sean" Sabi nya. A tear escaped from my cheeks. "Yeah....I saved your ass" I said. Why would you have to be so bright? Sean.
"I Sean will always be by your side forever"
The younger me looked at our brother, she let go of the bloody knife before looking at the girl who killed our parents. Mouth open and eyes is wide open while looking at her.
"I....I..."
She said then looked at our parents. Before crying out loud, at the aged of 8 I already killed someone. Sean looked at me pitifully. He hugged the younger me tightly before looking at my side. Making me wake from my senses.
I did it to save him, to save my brother from being killed. And I'm willing to do it again if the circumstances let me too.
The bloody scene and the younger me and Sean disappeared, letting me see my parents corpses standing in my way to reach my third gate.
Hirap akong nagpatuloy sa paglalakad at ng malapit na ko kina Mom at Dad ay nilagpasan ko lang sila. "I'm sorry...." I said before opening the big silver gate blinding me to close my eyes.
And when I open my eyes Dark's face greeted me.
"What the heck is your doing" I said making him flinch and took a step back.
"Well...I-i was ummm...j-just...Captain did you just open your third gate? I can feel your mana increased" Dark asked while his eyes is shining, completely dodging my question.
Pagod akong tumango sa kanya bago ako tumayo pero agad din akong nahilo kaya mabilis syang kumilos para alalayan ako.
"Thank you" Walang emosyong sabi ni Samantha dahilan para mapanguso si Dark. Pero alam nya na walang lakas ngayon ang Captain nya para makipagkulitan sa kanya.
"Damn going to imaginary Realm always draining me" Samantha mumbled and unconsciously looked at her right hand.
Samantha was so drift in her thoughts that she didn't notice she's already falling to sleep at Dark's back due of fatigue.
Dark noticed his Captain falls asleep in his piggy backride but he didn't dare to called Samantha's name to confirm it. Alam nyang nakakapagod ang pagbubukas ng gates sa imaginary realm kaya di na sya nagtataka kung nakatulog agad ang Captain nya.
Nang maihatid ni Dark sa dorm ang Captain nya ay panay ang impit na tili ng mga babae pero hindi nya ito pinapansin dahil sa nakakatuwa at innosenteng itsura ni Samantha kapag tulog ito. Sino ba magaakala na may pinatay itong maid kahapon?
Well basically hindi naman iyon kasalanan ni Samantha kundi ni Claire, but you can't deny the fact that she stole the antidote from Claire.
Samantha cleary knows that her sister poison the cake at alam din nyang may antidote ito para safety purposes kung aksidente man nya ito makain.
"Well she's still adorable" Dark mumbled before going to his dorm.
*****
"Hmm...Good at taekwondo, and Kung Fu. Has a high IQ and....hobby is....Killing eh. What's your name again"
"Fuck You"
She blankly said, while looking at the old dude looking at her in such interest. Her hands is bounded by big chains in her chest and hands. Her feet is also chain so she can't move. Her gun and knifes was confiscated so she's basically unarmed.
"Miss Montenegro, I don't wanna scare you....but I will scare you. We know you have a younger brother"
Her eyes suddenly range making the man smirks, he is right about this girl weakness.
"We will not harm him....as long you followed my instructions. Don't try to fooled me, my eyes is everywhere. One wrong move and your dear brother will die in his Academy. He's in section -A. What a smart boy isn't he?"
Her eyes suddenly soften remembering her brother, but she can't afford to loose him too. She looked at the old dude.
"I will do anything....just don't kill him"
Making the old dude smile. She knows him, Sya ang lalaking nagpapatay sa magulang nya, makapangyarihan ito maimpluwensiya. Wala syang magagawa kundi ang sumusunod, kundi mamatay ang kaisa-isang tao na nagbibigay liwanag sa madilim nyang mundo.
"From now one your code name is FLAME"