Japanese soldiers came barging in just at the crack of dawn. They woke up Alice and her friends tied them up quickly and ushered them to ride in a vehicle in front of the camp. They also saw the woman that the captain had abused on their way to Manila. Ken and the captain will not be traveling with the prisoners so only the low-ranked Japanese soldiers are with them. There were are total of 2 trucks holding the prisoners and 3 military trucks with soldiers in them. The abused woman sat next to Alice this time and she looked so pitiful. "Hi, my name is Alice. What is your name?" she asked the woman. "My name is Isabela." she has a hard time looking into Alice's eyes because she feels that she is very dirty. "Can we become friends?" Alice asked. Isabela nodded shyly but after talking with Alice for a while, she felt comfortable with her. "You are from this area?" Alice asked. "I lived in the province of Taguig but I was captured by these soldiers on the way to visit my grandmothe

After the soldiers left. Alice rushed to the tree where Ken left the food and drinking water. Pedro and Isabela followed quickly, they saw the flask and the meat, and their stomachs started to grumble as well. "Let's eat first before we continue with our journey." Alice told them. "No need to hurry, I am slightly familiar with this place." Isabela said. "Where are we now?" Pedro asked. "We are in the boundary of Taguig, after about an hour, we will reach my best friend's place." Isabela is talking with her mouth full. "That would be great, you will see your best friend soon." Alice was envious. She wondered when she could see Odette and Johnson again. "We have to walk quickly, there are snakes in this part of the forest. We should be careful." Isabela told them. They followed Isabela and after walking for more than an hour, they could see an outline of a big house. The design is clearly Spanish but it looks like a mansion. They quietly approached the house. "We are now in the

Johnson and Isagani were being kept in prison along with the new prisoners that the Japanese soldiers had captured. It has been more than a day since they last ate, and the water they are drinking is not clean at all. After the ambush, the camp is in chaos, and the soldiers are targeting all the males aged 17 to 60 in this town. They said that this town is full of guerillas, and they see them as a significant threat. So many innocent men were implicated and tortured. Even the rich people in this town were targeted. The Japanese soldiers happened to have someone wearing a bag made from woven dried leaves over his head and pointed at the men captured in this town. Once they were pointed out by this man, their fate was sealed even if they did not belong to the guerilla group. "That man is despicable." Isagani whispered. "How can he do it to his fellow countryman?" Johnson sounded confused. "That kind of person is selfish. He only thinks of himself and disregards other people's lives