Compilation of Short Stories and One Shots

The Asylum

Asylum- a mental hospital.

A/N:
Warning! May violence dito! And may mga scene na brutal.

1995
"Hihihi..." A child giggled while rocking back and forth inside the dark room of the asylum.

Yakap-yakap niya ang manika na binigay sa kanya ng kanyang pumanaw na ama.

She's sitting in the corner of the dark room, her hair is messy, her dress is dirty. Dark circles are visible under her eyes. She has dried lips and she's pale.

She's been inside the asylum since she's 5 years old. She's now 9 years old.

She stopped rocking back and forth. Tumingin siya sa pintuan at ngumiti ng nakakakilabot.

"Hi dad..." Her voice echoed inside the whole room.

Tumayo siya at lumapit sa kanyang kama. Humiga siya habang yakap-yakap pa rin ang manika.

"Hihihi..." She giggled one more time before closing her eyes and falling into a deep sleep.

She's Lucia, a patient of an old asylum located in the depths of the woods.

1996
"Hi Lucia. Happy birthday..." Sabi ng isang babaeng doktor na may hawak na bagong biling manika.

Tiningnan lang siya ni Lucia at inirapan tsaka bumalik sa paglalaro ng kanyang lumang manika. The doctor sighed.

Umupo siya sa kama ni Lucia, just beside Lucia.

"Lucia, I have a new doll for you..." Tiningnan siya ni Lucia ng masama.

"Huwag mong kukunin ang doll ko!" Sigaw ni Lucia at tsaka sinampal ang doktora.

Agad na napasinghap ang doktora. Tumayo siya at lumabas sa kwarto ni Lucia, leaving the new doll above Lucia's bed.

Lucia glared at the newa doll, then threw it against the wall making it break.

2006

"Room AC467, Lucia Angeles, female, 21 years old, stayed inside the asylum for 16 years, is not showing any progress." Napailing na lang ang may-ari ng asylum sa narinig niyang information about kay Lucia mula sa secretary niya.

Sumandal siya sa swivel chair niya at pinaikot ito while still listening.

"Her father, Rolando Angeles, was dead due to hemorrhage 16 years ago and that's the reason of her illness. Her mother, Lucy Dela Cruz- Angeles, who is a doctor here, died due to depression 3 years ago."

Natigil siya sa pag-ikot ng swivel chair.
'That girl is an orphan...' Sa isip niya. Patuloy pa rin sa pagsasalita ang secretary niya pero di na siya nakinig.

Natigil sa pagsasalita ang secretary niya nang bigla siyang tumayo at nagsalita.

"Who else knows about Lucia?" Tanong niya.
"Yung iba pong doktor." Magalang na sagot ng secretary niya.
"Get rid of those doctors and find replacements. Do it carefully." Ma-awtoridad niyang sabi at lumabas ng opisina.

The owner of the asylum is a 'she'.

The sound of her heels on the floor echoes through the corridors. Mag-isa siyang naglalakad sa madilim ng pasilyo habang isa-isang tinitingnan ang number ng pintuan.

'AC467...'

She entered the code and pushed the door. She stepped inside at tumalikod para isarado ang pintuan.