Wages Of Sin

Kabanata 27

Kabanata 27

"But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo,

What the hell am I doing here?

I don't belong here..."

Napasabay ako sa liriko ng kanta nang makabisa ko ito. I almost laugh. This is the same song I heard the last time when I came to a ball. Is this song made for me? Sobrang akma naman, kung gano'n. Co-incidence, maybe?

It's been hours, or minutes since I've gotten here, on where I am. Robin got me here directly. Hindi na gaanong masakit ang ulo ko nang may pina-inom sila sa 'king kung ano't may in-inject. I insisted to let them do something in me when Robin assured that nothing bad would happen. But now's getting better. Or am I?

I firmly pressed my eyes shut when I heard the door's room opened. Ni hindi ko man lang pinatay ang radyo na kasalukuyang tumutugtog sa harap ko. Yes, I'm here again. In the same room of the facility. But without Iko. Without Iko, what the fuck. Ang sakit.

"Ooh, ooh, she's running out again...

She's running out, she run,

Run, run, ruuun, ruuuu—"

Napadilat lang ako ulit nang naputol ang tugtog. Then a pair of steel gray eyes met mine. Suddenly, I ran out of breath. Here he is again. On his usual dark and cold-blooded aura, Ferrous stared at me intensely like what he always does. I stopped myself in swallowing.

"You need to get up and help us," he directly said.

"You just know equations, but not pleasing people, huh?"

I heard him took a deep sigh. I thought he'll be answering back, but he didn't. That surprises me. Nakatitig lang siya sa 'kin na para bang naghihintay sa susunod kong sasabihin.

"What did they say, then?" I asked saka sinubukang ipikit ulit ang mga mata.

"Their plan."

"And what is it?"

"Get the crystal heart, use it to get the Earth, destroy our world, and find another planet to colonize."

Awtomatikong napakunot ang noo ko sa sinabi niya. Again, I opened my eyes and look at him. Unlike the last times and my past encounters of him, he looks different now. His fierce face began to fade and immediately replaced by an angelic one.

"Why not ours?" takang tanong ko.

"They said that the sun's too near at us. Hindi kaya ng mga kagaya nila ang radiation. They're so unlike us. When they got out seeing the Earth, and when I encounter them first, they wore this specialized armor-like suit. They have covers in their heads and body, like protecting themselves from something that they aren't capable of," mahabang paliwanag niya.

"Isn't that good news?" nagtataka ko pa ring tanong.

"Also, they added to eliminate Earth after," dugtong niya. Then his sad face showed up. "Curious, I asked why. They added that Earth isn't healthy for creatures like them. It has flaws. It is polluted, toxic, cancerous, blemished, harmed. In other words, may sira. May dumi, depekto."

Halos hindi ako makasagot sa sinabi niyang iyon. Like what the fuck is that reason? If they don't want Earth, then leave it intact. It's our problem that will surely not affect them.

Maya-maya pa'y natahimik ang isipan ko. Right, Earth is for humans who also destroyed it. Why am I defending it anyway?

"Surely, you won't give them that girl... Marrah, isn't it?" I asked. He nodded. "What's your plan?"