It was in the middle of the night when Sanji and I began to execute our escape. I held his hand—hoping to find comfort kasi masyado na akong kinakabahan.
"Twi, you don't have to worry about anything. I know that we can do this kaya let's go." I nodded and continued to venture through the hallways. Buti na lang talaga may blueprint kami ng bahay, mas napadali yung mga pasikot-sikot sa secret passages from this Mansion. Kung nasaan man si Anna ngayon, tatanawin ko 'tong malaking utang na loob.
Napatigil kami sa paglalakad nang may mga tao kaming narinig. Parang nagkakaroon ng malaking commotion. Don't tell me...
"Sanji, run faster. Now."
Hindi kami magiging safe kung hindi kami makapasok sa secret tunnel na prinovide ni Anna. Kaya ang eksena, pareho na kaming parang malalagutan ng hininga sa sobrang pagod. Ba't kasi ang laki-laki ng bahay na 'to?! Hindi naman kami nasa Victorian Era para magkaroon pa ng ganito kalaking bahay!
Pagkarating namin sa tunnel, medyo nakahinga ako ng maluwag. At least, they would never find us here.
As we're venturing inside, maririnig ang mga drops ng water and yung masangsang na amoy na pumalibot dito. For the sake of escaping, kaya kong tiisin lahat. Malapit na kaming makalabas nang parang ang liwanag sa labas. Maybe, napaaga yung sundo namin? Hindi pa rito ang landmark nang napag-usapan namin ni Anna. Kaya bakit?
"Wait, Sanji. There's something wrong," nang sinabi ko yun, saktong may sumigaw sa labas.
"Planning to escape you ungrateful mongrel?!" I think I heard Elyse, one of the Privileges. Ba't sila andito?! What's happening?
"Come out, you foolish child! There's nothing you can do. I told you I'll never let you go!" then I heard Mademoiselle. How did they know? Si Anna... Okay lang kaya siya?
"Ano nang gagawin natin?" tanong sa'kin ni Sanji.
"I think there's another way para lumabas sa Mansion. However, the situation will probably be worse than this. We have to go back and take another tunnel. Ang problema, it is the waterways outside this Mansion. In short, sa kanal tayo dadaan."
"It still better than being captured by them eh?" then, hinawakan ni Sanji yung kamay ko at sabay kaming tumakbo pabalik. We're not sure kung nakaabang na rin sila sa loob once na bumalik kami. Pero it's worth the shot. We have to try every option dahil kung mahuli kami, I know for sure that it's equivalent to death.
Kinilatis naming mabuti yung hallways bago kami lumabas. Once it was cleared, tumakbo kami nang mabilis. However, dahil madumi yung tunnel na napuntahan namin—nagkaroon ng shoe prints yung dinadaanan namin kaya tinanggal namin yung sapatos at naglakad nang wala ito.
Hindi namin namamalayan, sinundan na pala kami ng isa sa mga Privilege, si Amon.
"Well, well, well. It looks like we're playing cat and mouse. When the cat's away, the mice will play. Stupid. I didn't think you'd take that literally," Amon smirked when he said, "Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to oust you from this house, there is a big bounty in your head Twilight. Your friend can go, but you can't."
Nagkatinginan kami ni Sanji, pabulong niyang sabi—"get out of here. I'll hold him back."
Umiling ako dahil ayaw kong iwan siya pero sinigawan niya ako, "GO!"
I took a last glance at him and ngumiti pa ito before Amon pounced on him. Hindi ito ang plano so anong nangyari, what went wrong? Kasalanan ko ba? Masyado ba akong halata?
I am quivering from head to toe, hoping na sana malagpasan namin ito ni Sanji. Hoping na setback lang ito pero...What if hindi? What if mas malagim yung consequences dahil sinubukan kong tumakas?
Nagmamadali na akong makapunta sa isang tunnel nang makita ko si Anna. Agad akong lumapit sa kanya at niyakap ko ito.
"Anna! I'm glad you're okay! You don't know how much I worried, akala ko napano ka na." However, I felt Anna's tears damp through my shirt.
She said the last thing I would expect her to do.
"M-miss Twilight, I-I'm sorry," saka niya hinawakan nang mahigpit yung kamay ko at sumigaw, "SHE'S HERE!!! I CAUGHT HER, SHE'S HERE!!!"
At narinig ko ang napakaraming footsteps na nagmamartsa papunta sa'min.
I'm doomed.
BINABASA MO ANG
GAME OF DEATH: Wrath Online
FantasiSynopsis: "Man by nature is a selfish creature." A girl who wants to escape from the clutches of her adopted parents--a living abomination, as they say. However, as her bottled fury grows and her desires burrow deeper--stronger, the place where she...
