A/N: Here's the last part of Chapter 6: Shaky! Please do votes and write your comments down below!
James
Pagiging alerto at handa ang kailangan sa panahon ng sakuna. Sa kasamaang palad, hindi napaghahandaan ang lindol.
It could occur somewhere near a fault and no one can detect it until it's happening. If geologist can create a device that could predict and detect such natural phenomenon we can be able to prepare ourselves and expect of zero casualty. At hindi katulad ng nangyayari ngayon.
Everyone around was afraid and scared. Wala kang ibang makikita kundi pagkabahala at pag-aalala sa mga mukha nila. It's like the festive and lively vibe for tomorrow's event turns into a grey chaos.
I was outside of a food house, still trying to contact Luke. And from here I could hear the sirens of ambulance or fire truck perhaps.
Sabayan pa ng ilang tunog ng sasakyan na mukhang na-trigger ang alarm dahil sa lindol. Napatingin ako sa kalangitan na namumuo ang maitim na mga ulap, na para bang uulan ano mang sandali. There's no clouds that indicates rain, it just smoke coming from a burning establishment.
Nag-ring ng ilang beses ang phone ni Luke is pero hindi siya sumasagot. I called him a few times after I heard his voice from the other line.
"Where are you?" Agad kong tanong sa kanya. Mula sa kabilang linya ay naririnig ko ang malapitang tunog ng ambulansya.
Napaisip ako bigla kung kailan ang huling pagkakataon na nag-alala ako sa kanya simula noong naputol ang connection naming tatlo.
"I'm in the hospital. Ayos kalang ba?" He answered. Hearing his voice somehow makes me a bit calmer.
"I was suppose to ask the same question." I said. "Bakit ka nasa hospital? Are you hurt? Did your--"
"I'm fined. I'm just helping out." I heard him laughed a bit. "Don't worry I'm not panicking."
I heaved a brief sigh before hanging up. There are some cases before that I don't know what to do.
Luke have--let just say he can't control his emotion. He has control issue. When he's anger, afraid or scared he's violently panicking, sa punto na pati ikaw ay magpa-panick narin. Hindi niya nako-kontrol ang sarili niya, all he know is that he's vulnerable and unsafe. Sometimes it results to an physical violence both for himself and the others around him. He wants everything to be in order and if it's not, someone will pay the price.
But I think he learned to fight it. Control it. Without me or Tina he can handle himself now, but still I'm really sorry for him dahil sa nangyari two years ago. I know he been through a lot and I wasn't there, we wasn't there. Naalala ko tuloy ang sinabi niya noong isang araw.
"Just give her a chance."
Kampante ang academy hospital, ni hindi nila naisipang i-evacuate ang mga staff at mga pasentye--kung meron man. They were confident that the hospital building won't budge due to the earthquake and to its aftershocks--na pinapanalangin ng lahat na sanay hindi mangyayari.
I heard, some establishments in the academy designed to endure ground movements such as earthquake. Malaki ang tyansa na isa sa mga ito ang academy hospital.
Tumingala ako. Unti-unti nang nawawala ang maitim na usok na umaakyat sa kalangitan. It's like the fire fighters finished their job.
Hinagilap ng aking mga mata si Luke. Medyo nahihirapan akong makita siya dahil sa mga estudyanteng pagala-gala sa lobby ng hospital. Some of them looked scared and traumatized for what happened, ang ilan pa sa kanila'y tulala. Hindi naman sila pinapabayaan ng mga doctor at nurses na patuloy sa pagbibigay ng paunang lunas.
