It’s been three days since our infiltration to Apostles and Besodiah began, and every now and then, I am secretly going to Mr. Samuel without their knowledge. It feels like he is my key to communicate with my father, especially that he was getting direct orders from him.
“I heard that two came back earlier,” I mumbled.
Mr. Samuel nodded and looked at me, “The ex-politician and his wife.” After being with him for days, I’ve learned that most people going to Alpheus City had high ranks before the apocalypse started. They are well respected during their days. “Do you want to know what their sins are?”
Nanatili akong tahimik, hudyat na pinatutuloy ko s’ya sa kung ano man ang balak niyang sabihin. Siguro nga’y medyo tampo ako sa mga pangit kong kasama kaya’t hindi ko sinasabi ang mga bagong nalalaman ko o sadyang tinatamad lang din talaga akong magsalita sa harap nila.
“Senator Revileza is a corrupt man. He’s using his position to bring fear to the people who accidentally learned his wickedness. Ang mga ngiti at kabutihang asal n’ya tuwing may mga sakuna noon ay pakitang-tao lamang. Masyadong madaya ang sistema ng Pilipinas, lalo na’t mabilis mapaikot ang mga mamamayan sa mabubulaklak na salita lalong-lalo na sa pera.” Sa tuwing mumungkahi s’ya ng mga opinyon n’ya hindi ko mapigilan na maghalo-halo ang emosyon ko.
Minsan pakiramdam ko’y tama siya ngunit minsan naman nararamdaman ko na hindi makatao ang solusyon na sa tingin niya ay karapatdapat sa mga taong nagkamali sa nakaraan.
“Sa tingin mo po ba’y makatao ang ginagawa ni Da— Mr. Fernandez?” Tanong ko.
Umiling s’ya at ngumiti sa akin, “Hindi makatao ngunit paano sila matututo kung palaging palalagpasin sa mabuti at maayos na paraan ang nasasakdal? Paano na lamang ang mga taong minalit, inapusta nila?”
Saglit akong natahimik dahil sa sinabi n’ya. Mahirap baliin ang prinisipyo ng ibang tao.
“Ija, mabuti pa’y umuwi ka na. Malapit na gumala ang mga guwardya, bukas na lamang ulit natin ituloy ang usapan,” sambit n’ya. Ngumiti naman ako sa kanya bago ako tuluyan na magpaalam at bumalik sa RV.
At katulad nang inaasahan ko’y pareparehas na naman silang mga abala upang mapansin ang pagdating ko.
Siguro’y kahit makagat ako ng bozo ay wala pa rin silang pakielam sa ‘kin. Mga bwisit, sana pinunas na lang kayo sa kumot ng mga tatay niyo.
I pulled out my cellphone under the pillow and slammed my body to the bed. I quizzically looked at the messages when I received a message from Alex’s number. He told me that he left his phone in our house because of the sudden apocalypse, which he actually cause.
ALEX:
Runaway from Alpheus City, Amira. Please.
I tried sending a message to his number, but I didn’t know that I still needed load to send a fucking message even though we are in the middle of a fucking apocalypse.
Pero… Saan kaya may pa-loadan na malapit?
And even though I was really eager to know who has my brother’s phone, two people came to my mind who’s actually behind it. It can be my mother or father if Alex’s really left his phone in our house, and that’s only the fact.
This message is either a trap or a warning. In a sense that this person might be luring me out of Alpheus because I might hinder his plan, or maybe a sign because that person is already awakened.
Damn… Ang sakit sa utak.
“Mommy—” I swiftly deleted the message when Spencer suddenly spoke.
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Science FictionPUBLISHED UNDER IMMAC PPH After an unexpected apocalypse, Amira and her friends found themselves trapped inside the border of Luzon, in which the virus was spreading rapidly. And in order to keep living, they needed to reach the capital of Luzon, an...
