Cornered

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Fight

Nakarinig ako ng pagbagsak ng mga kahoy. Agad Kong iminulat ang mga mata ko. Tirik na ang araw.

I was already lying on the leaves of coconut tree in the shade when I woke up. Sa kaliwang bahagi ng buhangin naman at may nakasulat ng isang malking HELP. Sa isang gilid naman at mga tumpok ng mga sangang may iba't ibang sukat.

Tinignan ko so Traven na naka-topless habang palapit sa akin. Bitbit ang damit nyang parang ginawang supot at may lamang kung ano sa loob.

Kapansin pansin ang pagbabago nya. Kumpleto na ang cuts nya sa ktawan.

Inihagis nya sa harap ko yung bit bit nya. Nagsilabasan ang iba't ibang klase ng prutas. Karamihan at mangga at bayabas.

"Kumain ka na" sandali nya lang along tinignan bago muling naglakad papasok ng gubat.

"Di ka ba kakain?" I asked him. Wala along natanggap na sagot mula sa kanya hanggang sa muling mawala sya sa paningin ko. I sighed. I know, its going to be hard to deal with him.

Kain lang ako ng kain hanggang sa bumalik sya at maaraming dalang dahon ng niyog. Muli syang bumalik sya gubat, Maya Maya pa at saga at dahon ng saying naman ang dala nya. Paulit ulit lang na ganon ang ginagawa nya. I'm only watching him. Siguro mga tatlong or as na ganon.

Nagsimula syang magtayo ng parang isang improvise tent na gawa sa mga kinuha nya. Its nearly dawn when he's done. I was just looking at him the whole time and it bores the hell out of me.

Yung mga natira namang maliliit na sanga ng kahoy ay Inipon nya sa isang tabi. Para bang gagawa sya ng isang fireplace. Pagkatapos nun, may kinuha syang mahabang sanga. Mga kasing tangkadan nya lang. Matulis ang dulo na para bang ginamitan ng bagay na matalim upang tumulis. Then he turned his gaze on me.

"Stay here" he ordered. He walks going behind the huge wall of rock formation where I couldn't see him easily.

An hour have passed and he's still hadn't coming back. A shade of black started to cover the sky, mixing with the hue of orage and violet.

I stand at my feet wiping the debris of the sand off my dress. Starting to ease the boredom, naglakad ako papunta kung saan nawala si Traven.

I scanned the rock formation while forming an answer on, how did he manage to climb that thick wall of rock. But I couldn't, it seems impossible for me to climb that wall. I scanned it again, finding for an alternative route. Luckily, I found one.

Halos humigpit ang hawak ko sa bato sa gilid, para lang hindi mahulog sa rumaragasang alon. Hindi ko alam kung paano nya nalampasan ang daang yon papunta sa kabila. Napaka delikado at kung gusto mo nang magpakamatay ay perfect place yon para gawin yon.

After I did that suicidal act, I easily spotted him few yards away from me. I immediately hid behind a huge rock. He's along the seashore. May sinisibat syang kung ano sa tubig.

He lifted the stick right above his head and then strike something in water with force and when he pulled it up, the stick were already jutting out on the fishs' belly. I'am watching him for almost twenty five minutes and the sun were already sunk under the horizon.

Nung may nahuli pa syang isa ay saka nya napagdesisyonang tumigil. May kinuha pa syang isa pang mahabang pat pat sa gilid at doon naka tuhog lahat ng nahuli nya.

Na alerto naman ako nang makitang papalapit na sya kung saan ako nakatago. Tinignan ko yung dinaanan ko kanina. Madilim at rinig na rinig mo na mas malalakas na ang alon, making it impossible for me to passed that route. I looked at the high rock formation towering above me. I have no other choice but to climb in it.