COPULA TRILOGY: Her Vengeance

Frame #21: Darkness As It Peaks

[Chapter Twenty-one: Darkness As It Peaks]

I'm still searching for myself, searching for who I am, searching where I really came from, and why am I here.

"DRIVE FASTER TO THE BASE, MARCO! DRIVE FASTER!"

Just like when I found myself being lost in the middle of the road as a kid, I found myself laying down in the middle of the road... Battling not to die and aiming for help.

How could this world be so cruel? How could this fate did me so dirty? Why do I need to suffer multiple times just to know who I really am?

"Dacheu! Dacheu, that's it, keep your eyes open just for a little bit. We're almost there."

Why did darkness took over me? Why did all of the people whom I trusted could easily betray me?

I'm seeking for my parent's care, my real parent's care. Where are they?

Why did they abandoned me?

I felt my body lay down on a thin matress and it started to move while I could see three silhouette around me, they were all talking to me and telling me not to close my eyes. I could see the surrounding moving forward.

I tried to breath heavily.

What's my purpose on this world?

And slowly, I closed my eyes. As darkness welcomed me.

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SCREAMS, CRIES. I was wiping my tears with my dirty red dress while wandering around the busy streets, people are looking at me but neither one of them didn't asked me what was wrong and why I was crying. They continued to ignore and walk passed by me.

I couldn't help but to feel the sadness again, I think I'm actually dreaming about my younger self, where I was lost.

I kept on walking slowly while still sobbing, nililingon-lingon ko ang paligid ngunit hindi ko alam kung sino ang hinahanap ko. But as I examined myself, I'm a kid again... Am I dreaming?

I've been walking down the streets for two days, no food, no water, no company. That was the exact days I did way back then.

For the last thing I could remember as a kid, I was with someone and few minutes after that, I found myself wandering the streets, crying and finding the person I was with.

"Gracious Goodness, child, where are you from?!" A middle-aged woman wearing a faded colored dress stopped in front of me, her hair was on a bun, and she's wearing a white small apron on top of her dress... She was the one who tried to help me to find my parents.

"Are you okay, lad? Why are you wandering all by yourself, where's your mother?" She held my hands and wiped my tears with her apron.

"I want to go h-home." I sniffed. I was so scared and hungry, I couldn't do anything but to cry for help, that's what normal kid do, right?

"Oh, you poor girl." She quickly hugged me and caress my back gently, "We'll find your Mum and Dad." hinarap niya ulit ako. "But let's not talk here, rich people might throw a hand on us."