"Me?! Sigurado ba kayo diyan?"
Dao took the laptop and typed something. Pagkatapos ay muli niyang iniharap sa amin. Gulat kami nang makita namin ang logo ng NASA.
"Paano kayo nakapasok sa NASA?" takang tanong ni Maica.
"Dao found a way."
Kung kanina ay line graph, ngayon naman ay mapa na may pulang dot sa gitna. The information shown beside the map stated the time and date kung kailan ko kinakalaban ang halimaw. Nakalagay din dito ang address na hindi ko inaasahang mababasa.
"Unova Food Corp.,” basa ko nito.
"At first, inakala namin na may lindol o something na nangyari in this span of time pero nang tingnan namin ang logs, wa
***AlexI found myself sitting in a chair surrounded by a vast space of white. It looked familiar to me. The walls that I couldn't recognize for no shadows or dark shades that emphasized it. Even the shadow of my chair seemed to never exist.Standing in front of me was a boy that resembled my younger self. He wore this usual clothes of him na bigay sa kanya ng mga magulang niya. He had this typical look — a hint of anger and displease whenever I talked to him. He was my Alter, the manifestation of my conscience. Because of the experiment, our conscience was given an opportunity to manifest a metaphysical body."Ano na naman ang kailangan mo?" tanong niya na may bakas ng pagkainis sa tono.
"Listen to me, asshole!" My alter jumped and instantly grabbed the collar of my uniform inducing me to kneel. "I know na kasalanan mo ito but you forgot something,” bigla kaming bumalik sa white room along with these images of memories na prinoject sa mga pader. It was my memories. "You forgot the lives that you saved with that powers of yours."Napatingin ako sa mga litrato and it was the memory of me na nililigtas ko ang isang tao o grupo ng tao. Maica's kidnapping, the bomb in the festival, the monster, Quinn, at iba pa na pinigilan ko gamit ang kapangyarihang ipinagkaloob sa akin."I know it's hard to accept those things na maaaring mangyari but I have trust in you. Naniniwala akong malalagpasan mo rin ito. It's hard but I know you can." It's my first time na makarinig ng motivational speech mula sa alter ko. Ang akala ko kasi puro insulto lang ang kaya niya but I was wrong. He could be sweet sometimes.Napayuko na lang ako sa naging pahayag niya. He brought up that "trust" word ag
***MaicaPapuntang school na kami ngayon sakay ang kotse ni Lola Vemine, with Sky as a driver. Nasa passenger seat ako since wala si Alex. I didn't know why or what happened to him but Sky said that he's not going to school today.I'm really worried about him. And I had a hunch na dahil ito siguro sa naging pahayag ni Trevor. The revelation yesterday was not a joke. It did cause a big impact on him, especially the part when he knew that he caused the phenomenal shift in the world na ikakapahamak sa mundo.Even me, I was affected too. Knowing that my friend will face another fight habang kami ay nakatingin lang — couldn't even do a thing to help him. If only I could help him in some way.
***AlexI watched the clock turned 7:00. Hindi ako nakatulog kagabi kasi every time na ipinipikit ko ang mga mata ko, I saw images of the monsters terrorizing this city na tinitirhan ko. Kahit ano'ng gawin ko para hindi maalala ‘yong ipinakita sa akin ng alter ko, ay walang gumagana.I watched Youtube videos, especially the funny one, but it didn't make me laugh nor smile. It was my first time experiencing this kind of feeling. ‘Yong feeling na parang wala ka nang gana mabuhay. I'm stuck in this phase of my life at hindi ko alam kung makakalabas pa ba ako sa sitwasyon ko ngayon. Muli kong inalala ang mga motivational words ng alter ko at ni Sky to gather some strength, but it failed. Masyadong malakas ang nararamdaman ko
***TrishaHaving this so-called psychic ability to read people's aura was so annoying. I had to admit na na-overwhelm ako when I found this ability of mine, pero right now! Uh-uh! Masakit sa mata ang mga kulay na nilalabas ng mga halo nila. Kanina, habang nagkaklase kami, hindi ko napigilang matulog. Paano ba naman kasi, masyadong distracting ‘yong mga halo nila.Kasama ko ngayon sina Sky at Maica sa canteen to have our lunch. And guess what, mas malala pa pala dito kesa sa classroom namin. Para akong nagdi-disco sa klase-klaseng kulay na nakikita ko sa bawat ulo ng estudyante dito. Kulang na lang ang DJ at ang sound system, at pwede nang maging disco center ang canteen.Most of them changed fr
"So, maaari mo bang sabihin kung ano'ng nararamdaman mo sa painting na ‘yan?" tanong niya, still looking at the weird painting. Hindi ko na pinansin ang tanong na bumabagabag sa utak ko."Danger, oppressed, monster, and—""Fear,” singit niya.How did he know that I was going to say 'Fear'? God! This man is weird! Quite mysterious."You're quite an impressive analyst, Ms. Osaka. Are you into arts?" Sa hindi malaman na dahilan ay biglang uminit ang pisngi ko after hearing his praise about my analysis towards the painting. Napaiwas ako ng tingin para hindi niya makita ang namumula kong mukha.Natahimik kami nang ilang segundo pero agad din ‘yong natapos when he cleared his throat. He walked away from me at saka tinungo ang mesa niya.
***AlexI borrowed Tita's car para makapunta sa school. I'm going there not to take my class but to meet someone. Someone na makakatulong sa akin sa planong naisip ko. I found this plan exhausting but it's the only way. While on my way, I found myself stuck in heavy traffic. It's only ten in the morning, pero mabigat na ang traffic.Well, it's fine. Hindi naman ako nagmamadali. Hindi naman klase ‘yong pupuntahan ko. To keep me busy, I grabbed my cellphone and searched few things about something strange na nangyayari sa mundo. Unang lumitaw sa search result ang isang website na nagbigay ng fifteen strange things na nangyari recently. I found myself clicking on the website and reading the article.
"As you can see, Kuya Alex. All of the victims are females and Incubus only attacks females. Using that superstition's claim, we believed na Incubus ang may gawa nito. And not just that. All of them showed symptoms of PTSD. It means, that they really went through a terrifying and traumatic experience,” paliwanag ni Calli which has a point. But the PTSD was not concrete support for their claims. Normal lang naman sa mga tao na ma-trauma once they experienced such traumatic moments."Aside from that, we also found this,” dagdag ni Dao at tila may pinindot na naman sa keyboard. The middle computer showed a line graph na parehas sa ipinakita nila noong unang punta namin dito. "This energy shift happened on the same night and time na na-experience nila ang sleep paralysis,” paliwanag ni Dao habang nakatingin pa rin sa computer screen.