Seizing Hell (Ellington Series #3)

Kabanata 9

Kabanata 9

Three

"You need to wake up now, Helliona..." I heard someone.

I can't feel my own hands and legs. Hindi ako makagalaw but I could hear their voices. I badly want to open my eyes for me to see them but I can't. It's too heavy and I couldn't lift them up.

I stayed like this for who knows. I don't know, boses lang naman nila ang naririnig.

Yeah right, I got stabbed nga pala. Is it bad or mild lang? Am I dying?

Nang ibukas ko ang mga mata ko, si Mommy kaagad ang nakita ko. She's sleeping on the couch beside me, she looks tired and stressed.

"Mommy..." I called her with my raspy voice.

Mabilis siyang tumayo papunta sa akin. She shed tears while caressing my cheeks. I don't know her reasons kung bakit siya umiiyak in front of me. I am not yet dead.

"You're awake!" umiiyak niyang sabi. "May masakit ba sa'yo? Anong nararamdaman mo? Teka, Doc! Doc!"

I held her hand, she looked at me and I could see every tears on her cheeks. Her nose were red with her puffy eyes.

"I'm okay..." I said. "Ilang araw na akong tulog?"

"3 days..."

3 days? Ganoon ba kalala ang nangyari sa akin? I don't remember na nasaksak ako twice but I knew it's deep. Hindi rin naman na-hit ang head ko somewhere. Maybe may mga natamaang internal organs ko kaya I almost died.

She talked to my doctor. Hindi pa ako gaanong makaupo kasi it hurts pa. I mean, my wound! I could feel it kaya. Medyo mahapdi nga but it's tolerable naman.

I just feel so dirty right now. I want to brush my teeth and take a bath. Ayos lang kaya or not? Baka it's not allowed? Baka bad decision iyon.

While I wad scanning the whole place, someone came into my room. It was Leader!

Gosh, ngayon lang ulit kami magkikita and I'm here, laying on my bed kasi nasaksak.

"Lad!" I tried to get up pero naramdaman ko kaagad ang sakit.

I pouted my lips while looking at him.

"Hindi ka pa pwedeng maglikot." He said, he smiled at me and gave me a peck on my forehead. "How are you feeling?"

I smiled a bit. "Dirty."

"Silly," umiling siya at umupo sa couch. "We were so worried to you, Hell. Hindi pa nakikita hanggang ngayon ang taong sumaksak sa'yo,"

I recalled what happened. So Google's playing with Michael. Nagkainitan sila and then later on nagsapakan. I was just watching them tapos when someone approached me, sinaktan ko kaagad. And then few minutes, I got stabbed by someone. I wasn't able to see his face but I'm sure na he's one of Michael's friends.

"Maybe he is one of Michael's friends?" sabi ko sabay tingin sa kaniya.

"Hindi, e." he sighed heavily. "Hindi siya kilala ni Michael. They don't know that guy, kahit si Google ay sinabing hindi niya kilala ang lalaki. Google saw him sitting beside you sa tool bar, snd if he's one of Michael's friends, dapat nabugbog na ni Google."

What? Then who's that guy? Is it one of those losers na nanligaw sa akin before? Maybe he's one of them. Hindi niya yata matanggap na I dumped him kaya siguro gumanti.

And Leader has a point. Google took all of the guys with her own, hindi pwedeng friend nga siya ni Michael kasi I saw how his friends begged for their chances while getting hit by Google.