Crystal Mist

Chapter 2: Unleashed

Chevelle POV

Amidst the darkness, I felt a strong grip around my waist. With my eyes still forcefully shut, I tried to fight against it but it was no use. The grip got even tighter.

What is this? Why is there some kind of strong warmth pulling me back from jumping straight down? Hell, even if this is a warning from above, wala na talaga akong pakialam. I am so tired. I am so, so tired.

"I don't care anymore. Lord, pasensya na pero pagod na pagod na talaga ako." I said aimlessly.

With a final push, I gathered all my remaining physical strength just to get rid of whatever's holding me back.

"Oh, chill lang."

With a voice so deep, goosebumps literally raised from every inch of my body. My eyes opened in a blink at sinalubong ang pinakamalawak na tanawin sa buong probinsya ng Alcontar. At the top of the hospital's building, which is around 20 floors or so, you can really see how the province is.

Ang laki ng probinsya at nararamdaman mo talaga kung gaano ka kaliit. Kung gaano naman talaga walang kwenta ang buhay at pagkatao mo. Other than this province, I am very sure that there are places bigger than this. The world is way, way bigger than we'll ever know.

Someone so insignificant like me is not something that would make the world weep.

Kaya, bakit?

With my eyebrows twitched and furious eyes, I tilted my head and found the pest that was holding me back.

Halos magkasalubong ang kilay niya sa sobrang pagkatitig pabalik sa akin. His red lips pouted at me ng makita ang reaksyon ko. Sa sobrang pagkatitig ko at siguro'y sobrang pagtataka, di ko namalayan na nababa na niya ako mula sa medyo mas mataas na palapag kung saan ako nakatayo kanina.

With me on the ground now with this peron, naramdaman ko kaagad ang pagkaliit ko in a literal sense. This man is really tall. His figure isn't that bad as well.

Hmmm. Panira sa plano!

Pero bago pa ako makapagsalita, walang ni isang tunog na lumabas sa bibig ko. Imbes, mas nanginig pa ang buong sistema ko.

I feel every vein flowing through me beating loudly, shaking up my whole system. Ang tanging nagawa ko lang ay titigan siya muli bago dumuko sa sahig. With forces so weak, wala akong nagawa kung hindi bumagsak ng tuluyan sa sahig.

Before I even fell down totally though, sinuportahan niya ako ng mahinaon. Hindi niya hinayaan na mabagsak ako sa paraang masasaktan ako at pati siya ngayon, naka-kneel nalang para maglebel ulit ang aming paningin.

If it was any other day, I'd feel awkward about this situation. It's embarrassing, especially with someone I don't even know. Especially, damn, if it's a patient!

Pero sa pagkakataong ito, I don't feel anything.

I feel completely numb.

I feel empty.

I guess... this is really how it is when you have lost all hope. When you've been through so much pain that nothing even vinticates you anymore.

"Uy, usap muna tayo. Yosi gusto mo?" the man said with a mischievous smile.

I blankly stared at him as he let out a deep sigh. With a swift pick from his pocket, he lit up a cigar.

"Anong problema? Dito lang ako. Nakakatakot yung ginawa mo kanina, Miss Nurse, ah. Kala ko sa pelikula lang nangyayari yung mga ganoon. What the fu-"

Huh? Napapano niyan siya? Gusto ko man ibuka muli ang bibig ko para magsalita, hindi ko magawa.

"Shit! Miss Nurse, nanginging ka. Okay ka lang? Okay ka na ngayon. Buhay ka pa. You're safe. You're alright. You deserve to live." he said.

Sa mga sinabi niyang 'yun, di ko mapigilan at tignan nga ang mga kamay kong di mapigilan ang paninigas at umalog. Although I could tell how fast my heart was beating, I didn't even realize that my whole body is already trembling.

From seeing the world as this massive dark, blank space just moments ago... here I am, in the ground, saved from that darkness.

Damn it! Why did you have to do that?

Habang tinitigan parin ang nanginginig kong mga kamay, nagulat nalang ako ng pumatak na doon ang mga luha ko. They fell so slowly and silently, just like how I always practiced them to be.

Pero sa isang iglap, I felt a calloused hand on top of it and another on my shoulder, patting it. In a snap, my whole world exploded.

Rushing through me was something that I have hidden for so long. The pain, the sadness, the emptiness...

The cries and frustrations I suppressed for many, many years.

The tears and screams I was taught to hold back and never let out.

After being caged and locked with many seals deep within myself, they are finally out... free.

With the dark night, the full moon on its peak brightness, the smoke surrounding this viscous moment.... here I lay, unleashing my hidden self to one hell of a plan wrecker.