30 Doors

12th Door

"The way to cover our sins is to uncover it by confession."
-Richard Sibbes

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SATANA

Isa akong kriminal.

I have killed a lot of people.

For reasons, only we should know.

They know too well. When he said, all those who know too much and can't contain at keeping the secrets alone, must die; that they don't deserve us.

They'd die the next hour.

They don't deserve to live.

I only follow orders. If he tells me to kill those who don't deserve to live and will not pass their standards, we kill them. Either Mildred or I kill the next.

Kid's last words, 'save Satana' didn't really mean that I was in danger. He meant to save me from me, from the danger my mind carries.

He knew I killed Athena but I asked him to keep it a secret. Pinaniwala ko siyang aksidente ang lahat. Na akala ko'y si Athena ang killer na umaaligid sa madilim na floor. He believed me. I would like to think he did.

May nakita si Emerald na hindi niya dapat nakita pa. Ang masaklap, hindi niya nagawang ilihim ang lahat. She should have been saved. Pero dahil nagawa niyang sabihin sa tiyahin niyang si Claina ang nakita niya, she failed.

She's dead the next hour. Claina killed herself. Because Mildred threatened her to kill the others if she didn't end her life. Out of fear, the old lady hung herself.

Ngayon at patay na si Kid, hindi ko na kayang panindigan ang lahat ng sinumpaan kong tungkulin sa organisasyon.

Vlad knew who we are. Now the mastermind wants him dead.

I can't kill my friends. I thought I could save them from them. From myself.

But I was wrong.

They wanted Vlad gone. Hindi niya masagot ang riddle na pinapasagot sa kanya, hindi na siya asset sa grupo, nalaman din niya ang katotohanan tungkol sa kanila pero hindi niya ito nagawang itago.

One must be good at controlling their emotions, keeping himself cool while solving puzzles, silent on every secret unless totally proven in order to be saved.

Karen got killed by these people. Blood calls for blood. Karen's death calls for vengeance... and for replacement. Someone like us. Someone deserving.

"Kill one, then go." Nakatitig si Mina sa hawak nitong cellphone. Alam kong galing na naman ang text sa mastermind. That brute.

Kanina ko pa pinipigilan ang reaksyon ko. Pansin ko kasing nagmamatyag sina Mina, Vlad at Andreas. May alam na din si Andreas saamin. He knew it the night on the 16th at ang duda ko'y may nasabi sa kanya ang chismosang nurse bago ko siya nilunod at pinugutan sa tunnel.

Vlad must be killed. But I can't. I have lost Kid. I cannot afford to lose Vlad... and Zyril, kahit na hindi kami masyadong close, may pinagsamahan kami. If I were to kill one amongst these employees, hindi isa sa kanila ang papatayin ko.

They were my family. Sa kanila ko nahanap ang kahulugan ng pagkakaibigan. Sila ang dahilan kung bakit sa kabila ng pagiging miyembro ko ng 'Infinite', may nananatiling kabutihan at konsensya sa dibdib ko.

I abandoned my family at an early age. I did not want to live under the shadows of silver and gold. I found the 'Infinite' as my escape to the reality I have long abandoned. Until I found true friendship with Vlad, Kid, and if she would agree, with Zyril.