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Luciana
I tried to look around but everything was so dark. There was no one in sight to whom I could ask for help. I kept walking along the dark path while hugging myself tightly. Fear started to creep in on me as I couldn't see anyone or anything. I was not in a city, nor a room. I was just in the middle of nowhere, and darkness was enveloping me. It felt like I was trapped in a box where time, and day don't exist.
Until I walked to a point where a single wooden door was in front of me.
No wall was supporting the door, it was standing on its own while a soft glow of light frames the corners of the door making it eerie, and magical at the same time.
I reached my hand and held on to the doorknob, but I paused for a second trying to weigh my options on whether I should open it or not. My finger twitched a little as uneasiness enveloped me but I sucked it all up and turned the knob before slowly pushing the door open. The eerie squeak that the door made added a tinge of creepiness to the whole ordeal, though it made me feel antsy because I do not know what lies ahead on the other side of this door, yet, I pushed through.
My brows knotted, and my eyes squinted a bit. My lips parted, and my heart tumbled inside my chest. I tried to look at the surrounding more clearly making sure that I was really in the place where my life started.
I saw a boy busy tinkering on the doorknob with what looked like a make-shift key, then I heard footsteps nearing me. So I hid on the wall beside the hallway. Heaving a deep sigh, I peeked into the hallway to see who it was but staggered back when I saw it was...a younger version of me.
I was Clutching my rosary tightly, I quietly walked toward the boy. He was too busy trying to pick the lock that he didn't even feel my presence.
I quietly watched the whole scene playing out. Fear started to grip my whole being.
...Am I dreaming?
or
...Am I dead?
Why was I in the orphanage? This has already been burned down years ago!.
My hand shook as I watch the scene unfold just the way it happened years ago. I saw the younger version of me, and it made my heart ache because back then my life was so simple. Everyone was loved by the sisters, and even if we all suffered the same circumstances of not having parents...we had each other.
I had Victoria.
Until I was taken away.
My eyes were glued to the scene in front of me.
I glared back at him and crossed my arms over my chess. "Eh bakit mo kinakalikot yung pintuan ng office ni mother superior?!"
"May aampon na ba sakanya?" He said. His gaze entirely focused on the baby in the crib.
"Hindi ko alam kung makakabalik pa ako dito." saad nito habang palapit ito sakanya. "Pwede mo bang isuot to sakanya" Inabot nito sakanya ang isang kwinatas na mukang locket.
My hand automatically reached for my neck, missing that cold silver chain that had been around my neck for over a decade, until I lost it in the river. I suddenly felt immense disappointment. I wasn't able to give the only thing that the boy wanted to give to his sister. She would've at least known what his brother and mother looked like.
...but I stole that chance away from her.
If only I placed it on her bassinet earlier, then she could've taken it with her when she got adopted on that faithful morning.
I saw the younger me looking in the direction of the boy as he ran away from her.
"Anong pangalan mo?!" She shouted which made him stop and face her.
"Phiel" and then he ran.
Phiel...
Could it be...Jophiel?
Was he the boy that I ran into at the orphanage?
I looked around as the sound of a heart monitor echoed throughout the hallway that I was in. I staggered back as my surroundings morphed into a hazy mix of colors. I turned around and started running away from the crumbling site. The ceiling and the floor began to merge as I ran toward the bright light the whole place turned as dark as a tunnel.
I felt so tired, and my lungs were gasping for air but I endured. I had to run to the light.
I stretched my hand out, trying to grasp the gleaming white light as I ran with all my might towards it. The small luminescence became bigger, and bigger as come near it. The time seemed to slow down as I cross between the darkness, and into the light. I didn't try to look back for the fear of going back to that dark place.
The sound of the heart monitor became louder, and I gasped so hard trying to breathe in as much air as possible, and then in a snap, I was staring into a white ceiling.
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Jophiel
Nakatutok ang mga mata 'ko habang pinapasadahan ni Sidriel ang mga armas na nasa mesa. Kasalukuyang nasa basement kami ng warehouse at naghahanda sa nalalabing paginflitrate niya sa mga Delos Santos. My eyes flicked towards the other side where Lucas was also preparing his black backpack, he was stuffing his clothes and other things that he might need for this mission.
I leaned back on the couch habang nakadekwatro ang aking paa. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and went straight to the live recording of the CCTV camera in my room. It has been a week, and yet hindi pa 'din nagigising si Luciana.
I clenched my jaw as I remember how I cursed, and shouted at the doctor. Ang sabi magigising kinabukasan pagkatapos ng pagkaopera sakanya pero halos magiisang linggo na itong nakahimlay sa kama.
My thumb caressed the screen lightly. Kahit na isang linggo na itong comatose ay hindi padin nabawasan ang kagandahan nito. She looked like sleeping beauty na nakaidlip lamang, her skin is pale while her lips that are pouty are as red as roses. She's a true beauty.
