Mallory Academy

Mallory : 21

🎭 MEGHAN

For the past three months, masyadong maraming nangyari na kahit sino ay hindi gugustohing mangyari ito sa kanila.

Lanizah, Sherry, Audrey, and Chamadelia are dead.

Someone hit Tiff on the head. Someone pushed Shin in the stairs. Someone leaked Therese's past relationship with Nev. Someone revealed Vahn and John's relationship ; now they have broken up. Mikha was abducted by Jacob. During the closing of Foundation Day, some of our former classmates were poisoned. Some of them survived but some also died.

It all happened in the span of three months. Matagal-tagal na rin no'ng huling may ginawang krimen ang taong nakaitim. It was Chamadelia's death.

I could still remember everything that had happened that night vividly.

It's raining cats and dogs during that night. I was scrolling through my phone when Anya shouted in horror. Dali-dali akong bumangon at lumabas ng kwarto, Mikha was asleep that time.

Naabutan ko si Anya na takot na takot habang may tinuturo, nasa harapan niya si Vahn. Basang-basa siya sa ulan.  Sunod naman na lumabas si Ayesha at Marga na mukhang bagong gising. Natulog yata sila after school.

Vahn was shaking his head while murmuring something we couldn't understand.

“Anya, what happened?” Lumapit ako sa kaniya. I surveyed her to see if there's something wrong pero mukhang wala naman. “Vahn, bakit ka nandito? Ang lakas-lakas ng ulan.”

I flinched when the thunder roared together with the lightning. Vahn was breathing heavily, mugtong-mugto ang kaniyang mga mata. He tilted his head kaya sinundan ko ang kaniyang tingin.

I gasped when I saw Chamadelia's body. Ang kaniyang dugo ay humahalo na sa tubig ng ulan. Marami siyang sugat sa kaniyang braso.

Tumakbo si Anya palabas kaya sumunod din ako sa kaniya. I heard Ayesha calling me pero hindi ako lumingon at sinundan ko si Anya. Lumapit kami sa katawan ni Chamadelia. Puno ng sugat ang kaniyang katawan ngunit sa may bandang tiyan niya ang pinakamalalim na sugat.

“Oh my God!”

Napatakip si Margaret sa kaniyang bibig dahil sa nakita. Sumunod pala silang dalawa ni Ayesha sa amin. Si Vahn at Anya ay patuloy pa rin na umiiyak.

Inutusan ni Anya si Ayesha na tumawag ng ambulansya kaya bumalik ito sa loob ng bahay.

Everything happened so fast.

Itinakbo namin si Chama sa Mallory Hospital but the doctor declared dead on arrival. Anya and Vahn almost had a fight in the hospital pero sa huli ay naipaliwanag naman ni Vahn ang nangyari. Kakagaling niya lang sa break up at habang papauwi siya ay 'yun ang nadatnan niya. Anya acknowledge her mistake so she said sorry to Vahn.

And just like the previous deaths, mukhang wala lang ding pakialam ang Mallory at ang pamilya ng biktima. Pati ang Mallorians! Kumalat ang isyu na 'to pero agad ding naglaho.

It looks like someone made them shut their mouths.

And after almost a month of being silent, nagparamdam na naman ulit ang killer.