WITH EYES TO THINK (Completed)

Season One: START (of his life)

SEASON 1

-3-

"YOU KNOW why I wanted to end someone's life in a place like this?" saad ng isang lalaki.

Nasa dulo sila ngayon ng isang malawak na gubat---ang Questas forest. On the other side from where they are, makikita ang mga taong nagkagulo. They were fighting for their lives.

The man pointed his gun towards the man who's few inches away from the cliff. "Kasi gusto ko kayong makitang magdusa. I'll shoot your head then I'll push you off the cliff. How was that? Surely, that's very satisfying to see," he continued, grinning to the man. "If you've got anything to say before anything else, now's the time, Leighton Wajeeh."

Tiningnan siya ni Leighton sa mata. "You'll forever lose!" he said firmly, trying not to stutter.

Then the man chuckled. "Iyan lang ang gusto mong sabihin? What an empty ultimatum. Linyahan ng mga bidang namamatay sa huli."

Leighton just clenched his fist.

"Well, I'll tell you now," The man spoke again. "Any minutes from now, dahan-dahan na naming makokontrol ang Santa Luna at ang buong mundo. And sadly, you're no longer here to witness that."

Before the man could pull the trigger of his gun, a voice suddenly echoed to the whole forest. Ang tinig na alam na alam ni Leighton kung kanino galing.

"B-Blaze!"

At dahil dito, napatingin si Blaze sa direksiyon ng nagsalita at mayamaya, he suddenly grinned. Ngunit, hindi inaasahan ni Leighton ang sunod na sasabihin ni Blaze.

"Oh, look who's here. My father's puppet."

***

Two months earlier...

LEIGHTON WAJEEH

PAWIS NA pawis at nahihingal na napabalikwas ako mula sa aking pagkahiga. Paulit-ulit kong sinapo ang aking mukha dahil sa nararamdaman ko ngayon.

To realize, that was just a dream.

Most people would say, "Thank God, it's just a dream." But in my case, ang panaginip na iyon ay totoong nangyari walong taon na ang nakalilipas. A scenario that brought me traumas and mysteries.

'What?! Who's coming?! Hell, no! I don't know what they are talking about! Damn that school!' I could feel rage in his voice, and his expressions and gestures. 'What?! Huh! That school... that LSA really did this!---sh*t!' Inihampas niya ang kaniyang telepono matapos iyon. He seemed to be out of himself as he leaned on the wall, while grabbing his hair.

The details after that were still very clear to me. I was just 10 years old at that moment. And now that I'm 18 years old, those memories still haunts me. How my father was killed by a masked man right before my eyes.

I looked at the clock on the wall of my room and it's still 9 in the evening. Maya-maya lang ay nakarinig ako ng tatlong katok mula sa pintuan.

"Son, you up?!" matigas na tanong nito.

Napakunot ang noo ko dahil sa pagtaas ng boses na iyon. I immediately looked at the door and quickly wiped the sweats on my face with my shirt.

"Yes, mom..." I responded.

As if on cue ay agad na bumukas ang pintuan. Bumungad kaagad sa akin ang galit na galit na mukha ni mommy.

She put her hands on her waist at mariing tumingin sa akin. "Ano 'tong nabalitaan ko na nag-enroll ka sa Levióur Seijin?! I have given you fund and told you na doon ka sa Questi High!" galit na usal niya.