The Morgue Retreat House

4. The One Where They Go Home

JR

In the afternoon, they were given some time to rest, they must gather at the session hall again. JR was talking to Paulin, about his worries that haunted him. "Pau, who's in room twenty?" He asked.

"Uhm, nobody." she replied.

"Are you sure? I heard someone shower inside the room.

"Yes, as I know, only rooms nineteen, eighteen, seventeen, sixteen, and fifteen are occupied. At wala akong pake sa mga ibang room, after all JR, it's none of our business to know who lives in these rooms. We're merely guests here." she replied.

"Even though alam ko na hindi ito ating business para malaman ang mga impormasyon na parang ito, I just wanted to asked kung sino ba yung nag-shower sa room Twenty?" JR asked again. And they overheard it. The sound of the shower, the echo of the water rushing down the drain. They shouted, like there was no one in the world that would hear them. As time goes by, the gushing of the shower increased, and increased.

"JR, sorry for doubting your thoughts, they were true after all."

"Ohh!! Sabi ko sa'yo! Hindi ka kasi marunong makinig, e!" Sarkastikong sagot nito.

"We should run for it. Let's go down stairs." Paulin suggested as they run through the hallway.

"Quiet grade six!" Sister Lisa warned them, "Go to your rooms now!" she demanded, and ushered then toward their rooms.

JR and Paulin didn't listen to Sister Lisa, JR and Paulin parted their ways, JR going back to the boys' room and Paulin going back to their room. When JR arrived, his body shivered of the thought of room twenty, nothing could stop him. "JR, what happened to you? Bakit kaba nanglalamig?" Kyle asked.

Pero hindi ito sinagot ni JR dahil sa kanyang takot. Kyle ignored his friend, he couldn't even speak simple words. He couldn't reply when he was being spoken to, as if he was deaf, that he could not hear anything.

But there was something JR could hear, the sound was stuck to his ears. The only sound JR could hear was the melody of the gushing of the shower, going on and on in his mind. He was convinced that he was crazy at the moment.

"Kyle, hindi ko ito kaya. Hindi ko kayang tumira dito, I've already have enough." Kyle gave JR a blanket, wrapping it over his body.

"Be brave, JR. These things are just maybe illusions or something. Your eyes can fool you into these kind of things. Magdasal kana, it could make you feel brave." Kyle advices, he was right JR thought.

"Kyle!!" JR shouted as his body seemed to float midair.

Paulin

Paulin ran to her room as quick as she can, sa loob ng kwarto ay nag bihis si Reah. "Paulin! Ay, besh! Can you please close the door? I'm in the middle of something here." Reah Sheen said.

"Oh, I wasn't aware. But I have something to tell you, it's something quite important." Paulin quickly closed the door, may kumatok sa pinto, it was Nicole. "What are you guys doing here?" tanong nito.

"Nasaan kaba pumunta? Naghanap ako sa'yo, Nicky at wala kaya ka dito."

"I was out doing something,"

"May gustong i-bulong si Paulin sa'atin," Paulin explained everything that happened to them. "But amongst that craziness, may nangyari kay Jake and me—" Reah and Nicole squealed out of excitement. The next moment they were shouting out loud and only a roar of the thunder could make them quiet.

It rained hard after that, it was twelve noon, but it felt like it was twelve in the dawn, the retreat house darkened, the joyous and light atmosphere was long gone before anyone could notice.

"What the hell Is happening?" Nicole asked.

"We don't know, I bet someone doesn't want everyone of us to disturb them."

The window curtains were closing and opening, There was a presence in the retreat house and Paulin was sure of it. The clenching of her stomach made her sure of it.

With the darkness came the chill, the coldness, they were shivering. They covered their bodies with blankets and went to sleep.

Kizzie

They closed the curtains so it was dark, as they cover theirselves with blankets, they felt that someone was there, merong humila sa kumot nila, tiningnan ito ni Fiona, meron siyang nakitang babaeng nakaputi, she shouted voicelessly but it kept on pulling the blankets.

"Guys! Meron talagang kakaiba sa retreat house nato!" She shouted.

"Oo nga pero bakit? Bakit nila tayo ginaganito?! Ano bang kasalanan natin?" Tanong ni Kizzie. "Maybe it's just nothing, wala tayong nagawa na hindi maayos, diba? So it's pointless na may nag-haunt sa atin." She added.

"Baka dahil kanina, sa mga pag-ingay natin! Baka naabala sila!" MK replied.

"No, hindi ito posible, ghosts don't react that way. They only react they are disturbed." Fiona objected.

"Duh! Doesn't being loud and noisy disturb ghosts! Use your mind, stick!" MK and Kizzie laughed, there was embarrassment in Fiona's face.

Biglang huminto ang ulan at bumalik na ang ilaw at araw, sun came back, all were delightened.

"The sun," Kizzie continued. "it's finally back, but we didn't do anything to deserve this."

"Just stop wondering, Kizzie at magpasalamat lang tayo na bumalik na ang araw. Baka may ginawa sina Reah, Desiree, at Paulin. Let's just enjoy every moment."

MK

MK searched about the history of the retreat house, they were given free time to use gadgets, at ginamit niya itong oras para malaman ang totoong mga pangyayari sa retreat house.

It said there; The retreat house was formerly a morgue, many souls were still not in peace so they sometimes get distracted if someone disturbs them. It has an unknown history that dates back to the 1800's. The land where the Retreat House was built was known to be a land where the Spaniards tortured and executed Filipinos.

"Oh My Gosh!" She shouted. And the website shutted down. When she looked at it again, the text was gone, replaced by a statement: The CECM retreat house XXX city was a facility that was built in the '90s. The design of the lower floor was made by the famous Filipino painter, Dante Alberta. Having nine circular rooms. Originally, the building was planned to have seven floors. But construction and budget only allowed the retreat house to only have four floors.

The ceiling fan turned fastly and the bathroom door opened and closed, while MK collapsed.

When she woke up, she was not like her usual self anymore, she talked less and even says words that they can't understand.

"She's possessed!" Fiona said.

"What should we do?" Kizzie asked,

"Let's bring her to the chapel." They both said.

They brought her to the chapel, dragging her.

"What happened?" Priest Buch asked.

"Eh, kasi father, merong ghost nambabagabag samin!" Fiona complained.

"Ano bang ginawa niyo?" He asked.

"Ang ingay po kasi namin kaya siguro naabala sila!" Kizzie said.

"Ahh. . . Sige."

Ginamot ni Father Buch si MK at sinabing nawala na daw ang sapi nito, pero may nakalimutan pa rin si MK ng mga memories nila, pero hindi niya malimot si JD, and those bad and happy moments with him. It keeps running through her brain via heart.

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"MK, ano bang history ang meron sa retreat house nato?" MJ asked.

"I don't know, hindi ko na matandaan sorry."