"Hey, stop squeezing me,” Athena said, peering out slightly under the bed. "I feel something crawling in my back…." I cried.  "Both of you, could stop yapping… this mission is highly sensitive. One wrong move and we will jeopardize everything," Irene warned.  "Easy for you to say, you're not the one hiding in between!" I muttered.  "Hey, as if my situation is a lot better. I'm at the exposed edge of the bed right now which makes me more vulnerable," Irene confessed.  "Are you guys not afraid of what we are doing, I mean the way Matty described her grandfather, he surely won't hesitate to shoot us dead if

 That time Joseph still didn't know that his Big Bro was already suffering from terminal illness, and had only a few more weeks to live. Mariano then tried his best to dispose of them in any way possible after failing the mission.  "The Messiah Group suddenly disappeared, some of its members fought back and died miserably, others ran away, while some got arrested. Big Bro died a few days after his illness got the best of him. I and some other members, on the other hand, got caught in a trap Mariano that set-up after trying to sneak into Big Bro's funeral." "Fortunately, I only got six months of imprisonment since they cannot get enough evidence to detain me for much longer, with that I remember what Big Bro told me about a suburban barangay in the north, so I tried to look as his stuff and find out that the place he

 "Manong Kokoy, just park the trike at the side…." I said as I went out of the vehicle.  "Naku, Mimi, are you really ok?" Manong Kokoy asked me.  I gave him a silent nod and flatly answered him with a question, "Should I be alright?"  I never gave it a second thought and went upstairs to see Natalie and Tatay at the doorstep. I fixed my shriveled hair and smiled with my busted lips.  Seeing their expectant faces made me crestfallen. "What happened to you, did you get into a fight," Tatay asked, seeing my slightly beaten up face.  "It's nothing, Tatay," I said to make him less worried. "Anyway, Ate! What happened

 The solemn ground whispered a comforting tone as the gentle winds passed by dragging the autumn leaves slowly descending on the grassy floor.  It was the height of noon and the sun was shining brightly at the blue skies, staring down the tombstone erected below. For a single point, a fair maid stood in silence as she looked down the grave, etched with memories of the deceased.  "Mom and Dad, have you been well? Sorry I wasn't able to visit for quite a while now," The girl in a daunting uniform said as she stood up on a well-furnished grave.  The wind blew gently once more, swaying the wisps of her hair. She placed a  bouquet of Hydrangea flowers on the grave and gazed at the distance zooming towards a dignified man approaching her. 

 "Good Morning, Reverend Jaiden!" a lady in green shouts as Jaiden walks to the side of the street. "To you as well, Grace," he said as he beamed a smile.  "You're all smiles today, did something good happen?" she asked, trying not to appear desperate for gossip.  "No, as a matter of fact, I am just as happy as I'm yesterday," he said in the most sincere voice he could manage for the moment. "I see," the lady nodded as to not impede his private life.  As Jaiden walks up to the church he can see a line forming to get in. For a moment he thought that this service would be for a full house.  Jaiden lets out a deep breath and prepares himself for the 10:00 am sermon. Meanwhile, Pastor Ha