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12:10 PM TRAIN

Limang minute na lang at nasa station na ako. should I listen to this creep?

"Let's go."

Sa wakas. Lumayo na sya sa pagtingin nya sakin. He offered his hand. And unknowingly I took his hand. Ano ba ang naiisip ko? Baliw ba ako. ?

The next thing I know, we were jumping out of the train. Ito na ang katapusan ng mga paghihirap mo Meij. Finally, namatay ka na dahil sa paniniwala mo sa kung sino-sinong nakikilala mo sa tren. Sa huli, hindi ka naman pala talaga matalino. Sa huli, uto-uto ka rin pala.

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12:11 PM UNKNOWN PLACE

May biglang pumitik sa nakapikit kong mata.

Ano to? Buhay pa ako?

Langit ba to? Or hell? Or outer space? Or alien spaceship?

Masakit ang ulo ko. Hindi ko alam ang iisipin ko. Ano to? Nasaan ako? I looked around. Pamilyar na lugar. May isang single na kama sa tabi ng dingding. May isang ilaw na maliwanag sa katabi. Isang poster ng isang laro. Mga libro sa itaas ng cabinet. Computer set. Mga bala ng videogames. Teka... apartment ko ba to?

"yes. Apartment mo to. Wow. In fairness. Neat. Pero sad. How do you live like this? "

Nabagok ba ang ulo ko? Bakit ako nandito? Anong petsa na ba ngayon? Kaluluwa na lang ba ako? Nagkukumbulsyon na ba ako kaya ako naghahallucinate?

"no. youre not hallucinating. Ano k aba Meij? Ano to? Nanalo ka ng awards? For what?"

He's completely strolling my place. Tinitingnan nya ang ibabaw ng cabinet ko. Im still confused. I cant take this kind of things all in one day. Pakiramdam ko pinagsakluban ako ng langit at lupa. I walk towards him.

I need to know whats going on.

"Sino ka? Bakit mo ko kilala? Paano tayo nakapunta agad dito? Anng kailangan mo sakin? Ano ka?

"haha. Finally! I was getting worrired dahil hindi ka nagfrefreak out. Haha. Pero you need to work out on your expressions. Medyo kulang pa. hindi ka papasang artista nyan. Hehe"

He pat my head and continue strolling around.

"Sagutin mo ang tanong ko. You are in my place so I have the upperhand." Sabi ko naman with a firm voice.

"woa. Seryoso ka na? that's it. then I think youre ready to talk since I can sense na naniniwala ka na sakin"

He sat on my bed since wala naman akong bangko sa apartment at sumenyas na umupo ako sa katabi nya. Syempre. I don't pay attention sa senyas nay un.

"okay. I love to answer all your questions. But I cant. You see Meij Maria. You are the chosen one. you are smart. You study human behaviour and structure. Open-minded. You are everything we need."

"okay?"

I am observing the situation. I need to know what he is up to?

"i'm sure you heard about the dimensional theories?"

"oo. That there are infinite universe therefore infinite possibilities of existence. " I think im getting it. pero paano? Impossible. Kung nagkataon, isa tong breakthrough sa science.

"yep. Matalino ka talaga. *smiles*"

Nakita ko na naman ang ngiting yun. Siguro dapat araw-araw ang isang pangkaraniwang tao sa dentist para magkaroon ng ganong ngiti.

"I am not like you. but I am like you. you see. I am from another dimension with the same timeline pero magkaiba ng events. Everything you have here is the same sa aming dimension. Everything except evolution. You are all not evolved. HAHA."

Medyo nainis ako sa mayabang nyang pagtawa.

"I need you to transfer your knowledge in order for us to neutralized our dimension."

"so ano? Gusto nyo kong patayin?" I don't really mind actually. I am a living dead rin naman sa katotohanan.

"what? Hahahahahaha. Youre watching way too much movies Meij. Hindi. Uhhhm..Parang computer lang. copy then paste. You have to keep all your knowledge then I have a copy."

"ano? Alam ko may twist yan. What's the catch.?"

*smiles* "you always amazed me. Okay. Alam kong alam mo na hindi Ka na pwedeng humindi. The catch is, if anyone finds out about this. The transfer will back out and we have no chose but to evade your dimension pero don't worry. That will never happen since I know you well."

"What? Sasakupin nyo ang Dimension na to? Ano kayo hilo!"I said. I could have shouted that pero I cant. Ewan ko ba pero my emotions are really not there. Siguro dahil wala talaga akong pakialam kung masakop man ang mundong to o hindi.

"im not programmed to answer any questions from you though. so refrain from your questions."

"ano? Ano to gaguhan? If you need my help might as well let me ask you about things that I need to know"

"okay. I'll set my answering to three. You can ask three questions then I would answer. If you asked me a question more than three times, it will automatically trigger a signal to diminish this dimension *smiles*

That was unfair. Nakakainis. How can this be.

"tsk. Don't worry. Matalino ka. And like I said, im just like you. youre at the top of your class. Alam mo ang ibig sabihin ng bawat galaw ng tao, so you'll figure things out yourself without asking me."

Sumakit bigla ang ulo ko. Parang nahihilo ako. Mas nahihilo pa ako ngayon kesa noong magdamag akong gising para maglaro ng video games. Umiikot ang lahat. Masyadong mabigat ang mga sinabi nya.

"so? Okay ka lang Meij? Hold my hand if youre okay."

He calmly said while offering his hand to me again. Nakakainis. After all he said. Parang wala lang sa kanya.

Naptingin ako sa orasan sa may banding pinot ng banyo. 01:00 pm. Eksakto.

Hilong-hilo na talaga ako na parang hihimatayin ako.

Out of exhaustion, I grabbed his hand.

12:09 PM Train

"miss. Pedeng pakiipod. ?"

Nahimasmasan ako. Narealize ko na isang babae na maraming dalang pinamili ang nagsasalita. Agad akong umipod sa kanauupuan ko. Napatingin ako sa orasan ko, 12:09. 11 minutes pa sa next station.

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WAIT.WHAT?