CASSANDRA

Chapter 5

Cassandra Shaire Alejandro

IT'S BEEN hours. We stayed inside the hotel room and keep thinking. We're all quiet and that's the proof that this shit is not just a joke. Minsan lang kami manahimik halos hindi na nga, nanahimik lang kami kung seryoso na ang sitwasyon. This is one of the reason why I don't want us to be quiet because if we're quiet that means danger.

"Where are you going?" Kai asked Luca when he stand up.

"We can't just stay here. Zad and I will go out to look for our parents again at baka pag lumabas kami malaman namin ang nangyayari." Luca.

"Then we'll come with you." Selene said.

"It's dange----" Zad claimed.

"I know it's dangerous but atleast magkakasama tayo di'ba?" Selene cut him off.

"Selene's right. Let us come with you." Kai. Luca just sighed but agree with Kai and Selene

"Kumuha rin tayo ng pagkain." I said.

"If we're on a normal situation I'll laughing right now." Zad said and look at me wuth disbelief.

"Hindi pa ako kumain mula kanina!" Umiling na lang sila.

"Gugunaw na nga ang mundo pagkain pa rin." Luca.

"I can't help it okay?" I said.

Nang makalabas kami ay hinati sa dalawa ang grupo namin. Zad and Selene is on Makren's car while me and Kai is with Luca.

"Where are we going?" Kai asked. Nauuna kami kesa kilala Mak.

"You'll see."  Luca. He stoped at a store where it sells guns and knife and other dangerous stuff.

"Why are we here?" Selene asked.

"We need to be ready of what may happened. As the look of thus place, it's not impossible that someone will harm us." Luca said and he went inside and I follow him. The others did the same.

"I'm freaking out." Selene said and Kai immediately  calmed her.

"Hello? Is someone here?" Luca shouted. After a few moments of silence Zad spoke.

"Looks like no one's here anymore." They started walking around and picking knife and guns to use. And I did the same too.

"Cass! Come here. Hayaan mo sila with those things." Then she pulled me near them.

"Selene please calm down? Nothing will happen okay?" I said and keep walking around. Luca's right we need to be prepared. With that thought I pick a dagger and a small gun. I slid the dagger in my pocket and the gun at my back. I'm kinda fond with these things and I don't know why.

"Cass let's go." Luca called me. All three of them are carrying big bags filled with guns and knives then bullets and other things that I couldn't name.

"Do you know how to use that?" Kai asked.

"We did some traning about self deffenses so we know some thing about guns." Mak.

"Really? Why?" Selene asked. She's a bit calm now.

"Elites are always in danger, that's why." Zad explained. Selene nod. After putting the guns at the back of thier cars. They drove again.

"Let's stop at a restaurant." Kai said kaya binatukan ko.

"Tanga. Sa tingin mo sa ganitong sitwasyon may magluluto?" sabi ko kaya pinandilatan niya ako.

"Let's just stop at SM then." She said and called Selene to tell them to stop at SM.

"Anong gagawin natin doon?" I asked.

"Duh?! Para maghanap ng pagkain!?" Kai said.

"Tayo lang ba ang tao rito?" I asked ng makapasok kami sa SM.

"I saw some people on the side walks when we we're driving so i guess not." Luca

"But why can't we find our parents?" Kai suddenly ask.

"No one can answer your question right now Kai." I said then Luca hugged her.

"They are safe Kai. Don't worry." Luca assured her. Good thing she calm down.

"No one's here too?" Zad asked when we started walking and still din't see anyone.

"Gosh this is like a fucking apocalypse." He added.

"Let's just get some food to eat." I said and picked some bread the other picked any food they want. Kumuha na rin ako ng mga sabon and other womens essensials. Gumunaw na ang mundo basta't maliligo ako. Ayokong mamatay na mabaho.

The whole place is so bright kaya kung titigan sila para lang silang naggrogrocerry sa isang normal na araw. Maybe that is what's good at being an elites. You are composed at any situation.

After we get everything we need we head outside pushing the carts. All of them are pushing carts filled with different things. While me I just bring the bread that I picked earlier.

"Guys this is stealing." Selene said but she still put the food inside a van.

"Mak where did you get this van?" I asked.

"At the parking lot." he answered. "I found the key near it. The owner must have dropped it." dugtong niya. That explains it.

"And it's not stealing Selene it called barrowing." He then turned to Selene and smirks. Kung hindi sanay si Selene sa mukha ni Mak baka nilandi na rin niya.

"Whatever." Selene said. After putting the things inside the van we head back to the hotel room.

"What now?" Selene asked when we reach our room.

"Now we eat." sabi ko at isa isa silang binigyan ng biscuit.

"Seriously?" Selene said in disbelief.

"Wag ka ng maarte gugunaw na ang mundo." I said.

"What's with the loud noise?" Luca asked.

"Where you've been?" I asked.

"At the rooftop I try to call my parents again but nothing." Because of what he said we all went silent again.

"It's okay pare. Kumain ka na lang." Zad.

"What's lunch?" He asked.

"It's early dinner. Maggagabi na." Zad answered him.

"So what's for early dinner?" He asked again and I handed him the biscuit.

"What the fuck?!" I tried to stop myself from laughing but I just can't so as I let my laugh out then my friends laughed too.

"Your really ugly Luca." I said laughing. Luca
laughed too.

"Don't expect a nice early dinner because as you can see we're in a middle of a situation we can't explain or understand." I laughed again after saying that.

"You really can't live a day without laughing no matter what situation it is. " He said and laughed.

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'YOU REALLY can't live a day without laughing'.

How I wish I could be like that everytime. I'm at the rooftop of this building and keep thinking about this. There are so many question inside my head and no one can fucking answer it. My hometown is still bright that it just look like a normal night pero ang totoo ang mga gusaling umilaw ngayon ay mga gusaling napabayaan o biglang iniiwan na lang kagabi o kaninang madaling araw. No one really knows what happend. How it happened? And why did it happened.

I turn around and the place it's glitching. Again. I blinked. Then it vanished. This is the third time that this happened. The thing around me keeps on glitching or sometimes fading. Maybe it because I'm so tired. I shake my head then started walkling back to our hotel room. How I wish all of this thing is just a dream. A dream that will vanished if I woke up or if someone woke me up.

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