Fantaisie en Réalité

Chapter 6

I saw a girl with the same age. She keeps calling me from behind telling me not to go, telling me not to continue what I planned to. But I am decided. I grabbed my things and rode a horse. As I went further, I can hear her voice fading from the distance. 

I need to do this. I need to find him! I know he's alive out there--

Alive? Who's alive? Who do I need to find? 

I slowly opened my eyes and as soon as I got up from laying down I felt a sudden pain from my shoulder. Tsk. I remembered, I was stabbed and it hurts a lot. 

Kasabay ng paglibot ko ng aking tingin, napagtanto kong nasa loob ako ng mismong tent ni El Supremo. He's sitting not far away from the bed and looking at me blankly. 

Hirap man ay pinilit kong tumayo mula sa higaan. "Siguro naman napatunayan ko na na hindi ako isang Ispero?" siguro naman diba? 

Umayos ako ng pagkakaupo kahit nahihirapan dahil sa isang simpleng galaw, kumikirot ang sugat ko.

F*ck! It hurts like hell.

"Maari ka nang umalis" mataman nya kong tiningnan, from head to toe.  Seems like judging my situation right now.

"Umalis? N-ngayon?" wala sa loob na kinapa ko ang sugat ko. Yeah, I want to get out of this place , but I am not fully healed yet. Isa pa, wala akong ibang mapupuntahan.

"Maari  mong lisanin ang lugar na ito pagkatapos mong magpagaling" muling saad nito at lumabas na.

Lisanin? Pwe. Ambantot ng word.

But anyways, hindi na nila ko pinagbibintangan hindi ba? I proven myself. Siguro naman sapat na yung nangyari para masabi nila na hindi ako isang Ispero.

But..

Why do I feel like..

"Hindi mo maaring ituloy ang plano mo. Delikado!" nag echo iyan sa utak ko. That's from my dream. A girl is stopping me while calling me a different name.

I am confused. It's just a dream right?

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Weeks later:

I am not yet fully healed pero hindi na ganoon sumasakit ang sugat ko. Well, thanks to Luceo, he's the one who's always there. Siya din ang madalas kong nakakausap pati narin madalas naglinis ng sugat ko.

Honestly, marami parin sa kanila ang hindi naniniwala na hindi ako Ispero - almost half of them I think.

They still look at me like I am an outsider, well literally I am.

Kung may iba lang akong mapupuntahan ay umalis na ko dito. But I don't know where. Gustuhin ko mang pumunta kung nasaan sina Manang Sabel ay hindi naman sila papayag.

They said, they are in the main land now. They can't risk taking me there lalo na hindi parin sila fully convinced na hindi nga ko kauri ng kaaway nila.

"Iyan, dalawa o tatlong araw pa ay tuluyan ng gagaling ang iyong sugat" ani Luceo na katatapos lang bendahan ang balikat ko.

"Salamat" I smiled at him.

Inayos nya na ang mga gamit sa ibabaw ng mesa. He's about to leave when the a group of man-- sabihin na nating, grupo ng mga hindi naniniwala na hindi ako kalaban-- ang dumating.

"Hindi parin namin kami makapaniwala na hinyaan kang manatili dito ni El Supremo" nang uuyam na saad ng isang lalaki. He's playing a dagger on his hand.

Speaking of El Supremo, they are not here. The higher ups are away for almost 1 week now. They are patroling and visiting other bases.

But I clearly remembered he said, once he returned I should not be here. Tsk. As if may mapupuntahan ako diba?

"Hetor itigil mo yan" Luceo stands in front of me. He's always like this, protecting me.

"Kalma Luceo. Wala naman kaming gagawing masama sa babaeng yan, liban nalang kung ipag-utos mismo ni El Supremo na patayin sya" ngumisi ito ng nakakaloko. "Kami mismo ang kikitil sa buhay nya"

Aaminin ko, natatakot ako sa maari nilang gawin. Pinagpapasalamat ko nalang na marami paring naniniwala sakin na hindi ako Ispero.

"Tama na Hetor. Bumalik na kayo sa ginagawa nyo" ani Baron na kararating lang. He looks at me and just nodded.

Napaiktad ako dahil bago umalis si Hetor at ang grupo nito ay ibinaon nya pa sa mesa ang hawak nyang dagger. Muntik na talaga kong mapatalon dahil dun.

They all gave me a warning look bago tuluyang umalis.

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A/N: Is there a romance in this story? Well maybe 😅