The Blood Empress

Bloody 35: The Elite Team's Rage

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- L

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Bloody 35: The Elite Team's Rage

Roen Astrid.

I refuse to die.

Ibinuhos ko ang aking lakas upang piliting igalaw ang aking katawan. My strong will to stay alive seem to burn into a blazing pillar of fire but my efforts have only gone to waste.

No, I refuse to be killed by some measly coward.

Tuluyan nang dumilim ang aking paningin. No matter how much I force myself to stay awake, I keep sinking deeper.

When I close my eyes, a tendril of black fog comes to me from the depths of darkness. It surrounds my body as it whispers to my ear, constantly reminding me of my nightmares.

I felt myself succumbing into an endless loop of my sealed memories...Memories that I kept hidden, memories that I wish to strip off my mind.

No, I don't want it. I don't want to remember.

But despite my strong resistance, awful images come pouring down my mind like meteors falling from the sky.

And just like that I once again ventured in the boundless forest of my memories.

Here I am once again, back in those times where I stood alone, wearing a facade of toughness despite my entire body trembling from tremendous fear.

"Roen, where's your mother?"

"S-she's resting, auntie..."

"Oh really? But auntie wants to play a game with your mom."

"She can't do it anymore, auntie! p-please understand...please."

"Hmm, alright. Then you should play a game with me instead, Roen."

"I-I..b-but..."

Noong mga oras na iyon ay matapang kong hinarap ang kapahamakan na lubos kong kinatatakutan. I took small steps using my tiny feet, walking towards the direction of my mother's hellish nightmare, hand-in-hand with the demon who destroyed my mother's life.

"What? You don't want to? Should I go to your mo--"

"No! Auntie! I-I'll go with you.. I'll play a game with you.."

"Splendid! You're such a good girl like your mom, Roen."

I must protect my mother. I will free her from pain. Paulit ulit ko itong itinatak sa aking utak habang tinitiis ang bawat hampas ng latigo na tumatama sa aking maliit na katawan.

Big fat tears rolled down my cheeks, bearing the terrible ache all over me.

Shouts of excruciating pain breaks free from my mouth until my throat hurts from shouting endlessly.

I have pleaded and begged for mercy until I lose conciousness from extreme torture,

I wake up and a sea of blood welcomes me,

over and over and over again.

Sa pagsapit ng oras at mahimbing na ang pagtulog ng aking ina, marahan kong inaalis ang kanyang brasong nakayakap sa akin. Nagsisismulang manlamig ang aking mga kamay at walang tigil na nanginginig ang aking mga tuhod.