The KNIGHT

Merlin

Lia

Iya is already admitted to the hospital at bukas na yung operasyon nya. I am now at home looking at pile of boxes sa may bodega namin trying to find the necklace and they that Iya told me a few days ago.

Si Divine ang nagbabantay ngayon kay Iya.

I look at several opened boxes on my right at nagbuntong hininga. Wala doon yung hinahanap ko.

I focus me attention on the box in front of me and then I opened it and started searching inside. There is still nothing but a small black leather bag caught my attention. I put it out of the box and opened it. May laman ito na lumang maliit na camcorder. I look inside the bag and tried to see if may mga cassette pa na kasama sa loob but to my dismay wala.

Naaalala ko pa before. Mahilig magtake ng videos si Ma. She records almost everything. It is just sad that we lost most of her cassettes dahil naiwan naming magkapatid yung ibang gamit ni Ma at Da sa bahay ni Tito Wil. Ibabalik ko na sana sa loob ng bag yung camcord ng biglang bumukas yung lalagyan ng cassette nito. I was surprised to see na may laman pala itong isang cassette sa loob.

I tried to watch it but the camcorder's battery is already drained. I decided to charge it while I take a bath.

After maligo binalikan ko ito. Luckily thr battery still chargef very well. Nagsimula na akong panuorin yung tape.

At first my mom's smiling face appeared as she was trying to fix the camera into position.

"Oh okay na hon. Tawagin mo na yung mga bata." My mom said while looking at one side of the room. My dad then entered the view and then he looks at the camera and nag wave ng hello.

I can feel my eyes watering. They look so alive in here.

"Mira! Riza! Bumaba ba kayo!" My dad called and then maririnig sa background yung tunog ng mga paa na tumatakbo. Iya and I entered the video then tinabihan kami ni Ma and Da.

"Hello po, we are the Ortega family! And right now nandito kami sa Family Farm House in Quezon!!!" We all said in unison.

Medyo naaalala ko na ito. May assignment si Iya about telling something about your family and we decided to do a video presentation. Yung mga next scenes were us doing our everyday activity as a family.

Suddenly na cut yung video.

Yung sumunod na kuha was inside the family car. Mukhang si Iya ang may hawak ng cam. They were all happily singing

"Hi! This is Riza and this is Bunny my favorite toy. Dala ko din itong favorite jewelry box ko from Da!" Rixa said habang binibida yung mga dala nya. I can still remember thay Jewelry box na ginawa ni Da for Riza.

Suddenly I started panicking. A familiar trucj kasi came into view.

This video was taken at the time of the accident.

I closed my eyes when the truck hit the car. Tinakpan ko din yung tenga ko because I was hearing a lot of screeching noise.

After that there was dead silence for several minutes.

Then...I heard someone crying.

"Mom! Dad!"

I opened after hearing Iya's voice. Nakita ko that the camera got stuck under the back seat. Wala akong makita but I cam hear my sister very well.

She started grunting as if trying to push something heavy.

"Dad!!!!!!!!!" Iya screamed. Parang kinukurot yung puso ko. Naiintidihan ko na fully why Iya chose to forget every detail of this accident. I can only hear but the horror it gives me is overwhelming paano pa kaya si Iya who saw everything.