Inverted

Prologue

Do you believe that there's a world that looks exactly like our planet?
And would you believe that everyone has another version of them living there?

Keart planet, isang planetang katulad na katulad ng Earth, and you would think that Earth was split into two. Is it really possible?

The scientists have their own theories, but they don't have enough evidences para mapatunayan na nag e-exist nga ang planetang ito. That's why no one believed that the Keart planet was real.

At first, hindi ako naniniwala. Akala ko  kathang-isip lang ang lahat ngunit dahil sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay wala akong nagawa kundi ang paniwalaan na nag e-exist nga ang lugar na iyon.

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"Dad, where are you going? It's getting late." I asked my dad who was quickly putting his documents in his large brief case. He was in a hurry.

He didn't even bother to fix his hair before leaving. He was wearing his thick eyeglasses.

"I have a lead kung nasaan ang mama mo. Matulog ka na and don't wait for me, at baka bukas na ako makauwi. Remember, huwag na huwag mong bubuksan ang office ko kahit anong mangyari. Are we clear?" Sabi ni dad na abala pa rin sa pag-aayos ng kanyang mga gamit. He's now wearing his lab coat. Siguro ay sa CSI na naman siya papunta.

I didn't bother to answer dahil dali-dali rin naman siyang lumabas ng pinto. I let out a big sigh. He's always like that. Uuwi ng bahay para lang mag-palit or kung may kukunin siyang nakalimutang documents. Minsan tumitigil rin naman siya ng matagal sa bahay but he just always locks himself in his office.

My dad is a scientist and he works at Cole Science Institution also known as CSI.
Baby palang daw ako nang biglang mawala si mom. We don't know where she is but dad believes that she was abducted by someone, that's why he is working nonstop upang mahanap at maibalik daw niya si Mom sa amin at bawiin mula sa kanila. I didn't understand what he was trying to say at hindi ko rin alam kung sino ang tinutukoy niya, pero kinalaunan ay nasanay na rin ako kaya never na ulit akong nagtanong tungkol doon dahil never naman niya akong sinagot.

Dahil wala pa akong balak matulog ay binuksan ko nalang ang aming TV.

"A planet that looks exactly like earth? Is it real?" Isang channel about science ang bumungad sa screen. I am fond of everything related to science, pero ang hindi ko mapaniwalaan, ay mayroon pang ibang nilalang ang nabubuhay outside the earth, or there's another planet that looks exactly like our planet. Maybe they are somehow similar but not exactly look alike. Tsk! Kalokohan!

Namana ko siguro sa parents ko na kapwa scientist ang pagkahilig sa siyensiya. I have my own inventions and dad have no idea about it.

*BLAG*

Nakarinig ako ng isang malakas na kalabog mula sa 2nd floor ng bahay namin. I don't mind turning off the television at madaling umakyat sa ikalawang palapag. Inisa-isa ko ang bawat kwarto kung may nabasag ba or any signs kung ano 'yung kumalabog, but there's none. The place was exactly the same the way it is, but there's only one room that I haven't checked yet but I am prohibited to open it. But I don't have any choice. Paano nalang kung may magnanakaw pala dito? So I need to go there and check it.

Ang office ni Dad ay may pass code, pero dahil minsan ko nang nakita na maglagay ng code si dad ay hindi na ako nahirapang buksan ito. Siguro naman hindi 'yon magnanakaw 'no? I hope it's not.

Pagbukas ko ng pinto ay agad kong naamoy ang usok. Hindi ko alam kung saan ito nagmula. The room was really dark kaya dali-dali kong kinapa ang switch ng ilaw. Nagliwanag ang buong kwarto ngunit bago ko pa man makita ang pinagmulan ng usok ay unti-unti na akong nakaramdam ng pagkahilo at tila ba ay hinihigop ako ng kung ano mang bagay. Napahiga ako sa sahig habang unti-unti na ring nagdidilim ang aking paningin, ngunit bago pa man ako tuluyang mapapikit ay naaninag ko ang pigura ng isang tao. Katulad ko ay nakahiga rin siya at mukhang nahihirapan pero ang aking ikinagulat ay...

Kamukhang-kamukha ko siya.

What if everything turns upside down? What if everything changes its position, order, and relationship and it became opposite of what they had been? What if these 'what ifs' became real and everything became 'INVERTED'?