"Seriously?!" He removed his face. I looked away. That's gross! Eew!
"Yeah,I'm kinda serious." I looked again. This is Ridiculous!!
"ZACK!?" I hollered. Niyakap ko agad si kuya zack.
"Welcome back to me! Yaay!" Itinaas niya pa yung kamay niya na parang batang tuwang tuwa.
"Hey,I should be the one doing the childish thing..right?" Natawa ako sa sarili kong mga salita.
"Yeah,but never mind." He smiled "you sounded and looked so mature. Has something happened while we were not with you?" He grinned. Agad ko naman siyang hinampas.
"It's been like a month so I guess.. Yes. I matured a bit. I learned to stand up on my own." I said. Truth be told. Oh," how did you manage to fool the rest of the brainacs? The zombies? Is this planned?"
"Yeah,kind of. I was in a zombie-mode pretend for a well yeah.. Investigation that Emily set. It was to monitor the new type of zombies. I saw lucas while I was talking to Albert and your Mother." Ahh. So that's what happened.
"When did you learn about the new type of zombies? Because us.. We only knew it yesterday." Sabi ko. Parang ang galing naman.
"I was inside their Headquarters for 5 and half days. We learned it just a week ago." Astig. Anyway,speaking of headquarters...
"Where are we now headed?"
"To the headquarters."
*
"This is it?" I said while standing before our headquarters. I miss it. and I mean it.
We marched in while carrying the heavy loads of evidences that zack has collected feom the zombies' HQ.
the gate slowly opened with our fellow survivor's smile.
They were smiling to their ears. My mom ran to me amd hugged me. While ate Min did the same to lucas.
"I missed you,my dear. Akala ko kung ano nang nangyari sa inyo. We're sorry for leaving you in the cafeteria."
"We're fine,Mom. that's okay. We tried to follow you but the footprints lead us to mess."
"What important is..they survived." Napatingin ako kay lucas na ngayon ay nakangiti na din sa akin habang niyayakap pa siya ng iba.
They were also doing the same for me.
And then.. It called us for a celebration.
*
"How's the materials from the infected,Lee?" Tanong ni mom.
"They were fine when Zack brought them out,tita. Ngayon nandoon na sila sa lab. Emily is testing it." Ngumisi si kuya lee habang nililinis ang mga sword nito.
I forgot to tell,siya at si kuya zack ay naging magkaibigan dahil sa shinkendo. It was the art of using a katana. A japanese sword.
Dumeretso si Mom para makapunta sa chamber namin pero I refused to go with her.
"Can I play shinkendo with kuya lee?" Tanong ko kay mom. I hope she'll let me. I missed this sport.
"Sure,you can. Just be careful." She smiled at pinagpatuloy ang paglalakad.
Tumakbo ako pabalik kay kuya lee at kinuha ang isang wooden sword. Good Enough for a fair play.
"Care to play?" Ngisi ko. Hindi siya tumango o um-oo.
Kinuha niya ang isang wooden sword at sumugod. Ipinangsangga ko yung akin sa bawat tira niya. Pero dahil isa siyang lalaki at likas na malakas ay nawala ang wooden sword sa kamay ko at mabilis niyang itunutok ang kanya sa leeg ko.
Napangiti ako. Nagtaka siya. Tinuhod ko ang espada niya at nawala din ito sa kanyang mga kamay. Mabilis kong kinuha ang espada ko at habang siya ay pakuha pa lang ng espada niya ay tinutok ko na agad ito sa kanya.
Hinigit niya ang espada ko pero hindi niya iyon nakuha dahil umikot ang katawan ko sa espada kasabay ng pagtalon ko.
Nakuha ko ang espada ko at naglaban kaming muli. Sa huli ay napahiga ako at tinutok niya sa akin ng espada.
Napahinga siya ng malalim at tumawa ng mahina.
"You're Improved. That's Nice,girl." Sabi niya at tinulungan akong tumayo.
May biglang pumalakpak sa likod at nakita ko si lucas at si ate min.
"Can you teach me how to do that,lee?" Ngumiti si ate min kay kuya lucas. She seemed to plead kaya hinayaan siya ni kuya lee.
Lumapit naman sa akin si lucas at inabot ang towel niya. Tinitigan ko ito ng segundo. I won't use his towel. Baka mamaya may pawis pa 'yun eh.
"Don't worry. Mine's unused." Sabi niya. Dahil pinagpawisan ako sa ginawa namin ay kinailangan ko ang towel niya.
"I saw how you fight." He said out of the blue. "It was good. But you're applying an equal force. Dapat parating may mas malakas ang pwersa. Wether it's the left or right.apply a greater force on either sides." Sabi niya at tumayo ng walang paalam.
Lucas is really weird. He's really weird.
BINABASA MO ANG
DEAD CITY
Mystery / Thriller"The Dead won't come back to life" my Grandfather said. HE WAS WRONG.
