Year 3000 | ✓

Day 6

Cassie and David,

    Don't be afraid of me, I'm not an enemy. Let's talk before everything's too late.

-Mr. Bob

Kinilabutan ako sa nabasa kong letter. I don't know how to react! I don't even know who that Bob is.

I've been receiving an email from him since last night. Pati si David ay pinipilit niya rin na maka-usap. Ano bang kailangan niya sa amin?

Naputol ang pag-iisip ko ng mapansin kong nasa harapan ko na pala si David.

“What do you need?” - I asked him.

“Kausapin kaya natin si Universe tungkol dito? Para malaman natin kung sino ba si Mr. Bob at kung bakit niya tayo kilala.” - He replied in a serious voice.

He's right. We deserve to know who that Bob is.

I agreed to his idea at sinubukang kausapin si Universe. Pinikit ko ang mga mata ko at nag focus.

“Universe... universe...” - I whispered.

Why is the universe isn't responding?

Halos 3 hours ko nang sinusubukan na kausapin si universe pero walang sumasagot. I feel bothered.

Nilingon ko si David, at tulad ko, halatang wala paring improvement sa ginagawa namin.

We both gave up. Mukhang ayaw talaga makipag usap ni Universe ngayon.

A tone from my phone caught our attention. When I checked it, it was a notification from an email. Binuksan ko ang email at binasa ang mga messages na galing ulit kay Mr. Bob

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Cassie and David,

                 Meet me at Biells' Caffeine, I have something to tell you.

-Mr. Bob

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Cassie and David,

                   I'm trying to help you here!

Mr. Bob

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Cassie and David,

                   This is for your own good. Pls don't ignore this message.

-Mr. Bob

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There are many unread messages from Mr. Bob, pero bago ko pa man mabuksan lahat ng yun ay bigla nalang namatay ang phone ko. I don't know what happened.

“What if i-try natin?” - David whispered but it was loud enough for me to hear.

“I-try? are you insane? Pano kung modus lang 'to?” - I responded.

“I don't know, feeling ko gusto kong marinig kung ano man ang sasabihin niya.” - sambit niya. I didn't manage to reply. Naguguluhan ako. It feels so strange.

I sat on my bed at nag isip. May nag uudyok sakin na makipagkita kay Mr. Bob, pero pakiramdam ko there's something na pumipigil sakin. Just like awhile ago, I dressed up para sana pumunta sa Biells’ Caffeine na tinutukoy ni Mr. Bob pero when I look up in the mirror, I saw that I was still wearing my nighties. It feels strange kasi feeling ko nag-bihis na ako nun, or maybe it was just sort of my imagination since the situation is stressing me out. I don't know.

May isa pang incident, I stood up para pumunta sa room ni David para yayain siyang makipag meet up na kay Mr. Bob, I remember lumabas na ako nun sa room ko then suddenly nahulog yung purse ko, I bowed my head para pulutin iyon pero pag-angat ko ng ulo ko ay nasa loob ulit ako ng room ko while facing at the vanity mirror. I decided to rest after that moment since nakaramdam ako ng matinding pagka-hilo.

Cassie...

Bumalik ako sa aking wisyo when I heard a soft whispering voice inside my room.

“Universe? Is that you?” - I mumbled with excitement. Finally!

Are you enjoying your stay here in year 3000?

“Yes but--” - hindi natapos ang sasabihin ko ng biglang nagsalita si universe.

Good, then will you stay here forever?

“Of course not!” - Madiin kong sagot. I didn't mean to raise my voice, nagulat lang ako sa tanong niya. I was about to apologize when Universe immediately response.

What do you mean not?!

I was a bit shocked since medyo madiin yung response nya. Hindi siya yung usual na soft voice na lagi kong naririnig. I can sense anger from the way it spills the words.

Before I talk and defend myself, biglang may kumislap na nakakasilaw na liwanag... and there, everything went blank.

to be continued..