Chasing Sinners (COMPLETED)

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|Dyena|

Weaklings will stay weak forever. But weakness is not evil, since human beings are weak creatures to begin with. Alone, you feel nothing but insecurity; that’s why we form guilds, that’s why we have friends. We walk together in order to live a strong life. The clumsy ones will walk into more walls than the others, and it may also take them longer to get there. If you believe in tomorrow and put yourself out there, you can naturally obtain your strength. That’s how you will be able to smile and live strong.

"Dyena—"

Of course, every soldier is prepared to die. But these people aren’t just pawns on a chessboard. They all have names, families and feelings in their hearts too. They are all humans who live and bleed. You have the responsibility to ensure their death will not be in vain. No matter what may come, remember this in your naive heart, and be ready to die to fulfill that duty.

Napangiti ako ng hilaw. This world. This world is so merciless. Only the victors are allowed to live. This world is merciless like that.

Ibinalik ko ang paningin ko sa hari ng Commission matapos niyang barilin si Dylan. I want to cry. I want to shout. But I guess, walang magagawa ang mga yon kundi ang makita niya lang na mahina talaga ako. Na pinapatunayan kong wala akong rason para mabuhay pa.

"Paborito siya ng ama mo, magagalit yon dahil patay na ang tauhan nya." Fuck. Fuck his birth. "Anyway what did you say? You want to end the deal?" natigil siya sandali, ayokong ibaling ang mata ko sa katawan ni Dylan na wala ng buhay "Okay. So, you're preffered for the next deal, right?" What the hell? "Mukhang... di mo ata nangustuhan ang sinabi ko?" he aim his gun to me.

"Anong deal?"

"Let the heavens deal with life and death, even the most fearful lose to that. Lets live for another moment." he took a small stepped forwardly "Let me kill your fear." Upon hearing those words, natulala ako.

Parang huminto ang mundo ko sa sinabi niya.

All I need is the power to be able to protect my comrades. So long as I can have the strength to do that, I don’t care if I’m weaker than everyone in the world.

Love. He killed my fear. He killed my weakness. Habang pinapanuod ko, habang nakatingin ako sa laptop na iniwan nila, namumuo ang matinding galit sa akin. Sobra. Sobra. Sobra na tong nangyayari sa akin. Sa pamilya ko.

Agad kong tinahak ang daan palabas, pabalik sa Meir habang tumutulo ang luha sa mata ko.

Habang palapit ako sa bakuran ng Meir, lalong bumibigat ang kalooban ko. Parang anytime magbibreakdown ako.

"Papa..." nakita ko si Zoe, nasa tabi ni tito Xaner na may tama ng mga bala sa katawan. Ni hindi ko alam kung buhay pa ba siya o hindi.

Si tito Ervin na tumutulo ang dugo mula sa ulo habang nakatukod sa katanang hawak niya. At si tito Alexis na nakaupo habang mahinang umiiyak sa tabi ng asawa.

At ang mga tauhan na binawian ng buhay mula sa isang matinding massacre na nangyari. Yes. They massacred the Meir.

"I've felt betrayed from the very beginning." I whispered when I saw daddy, nakatayo sa may hagdanan habang ang karamihan ay wala ng buhay sa sahig na nasa harapan niya.

"They almost wiped us." He said while grinning. He's on pain. He is.

"Kaya ba pinilit mo kong isama kay Dylan sa mission niya papa?" I asked him.

Tumango siya at ngumiti "Mabuti nalang at ligtas ka." Lumapit siya sa akin at niyakap ako ng mahigpit. Nasa damit ko na rin ang dugo na umaagos mula sa mga sugat niya "I know, he will never touch you."