The Nightwatch

FUNERAL

Chapter 8.

Panibagong araw na nagising ako at halos nakakamatay ang aking pakiramdam.

Pagkamulat ko pa lamang ay nandilim agad ang aking paningin. Sumisikip ang dibdib ko dahilan kung bakit nahihirapan akong huminga.

Tuyong tuyo ang aking lalamunan at halos binibiyak sa sakit ang ulo ko.

I ramble out of bed faintly. Binuksan ko ang pinto at saktong pagbukas ko nito ay tumambad sa akin si Beverly.

My legs are trembling I can no longer support my body to stand properly. Napahiyaw si Beverly ng bumagsak kami pareho sa sahig dahil nawalan ako ng balanse.

Everything started to be hazy and indistinct. I heard them panicking but I can no longer distinguish what they were saying. I felt coldness and numb at the same time.

I know I am dreaming cause I found myself standing in the middle of our house's hallway.

The surrounding seems so bliss and colorful. I look around and I could hear my family's voice. They were giggling piercingly. I knew it came from the kitchen where all of us usually unite. That's why I went down the stairs.

Then I caught a sight of them on the kitchen, happily eating like how every family should be.

Sabrina is laughing so hard while my mom's trying to conceal her laugh. And my dad is sitting there unknowingly he looks funny with those stain of ketchup that scattered his mouth.

I smiled painfully as a tear rolled down my cheeks. How could my lovely family could end up being killed in such horrendous way?

Then everything went blurry and the colorful surrounding was placed by the atmosphere I felt that night.

Pitch-black and frightening.
The cold breeze sent shivers down to my spine. And I once found myself on the second floor of our house.

The master's bedroom door is slightly open and from here I could see my parent's body full of blood and agony. Once again I'm seeing the most horrific sight in my entire life.

I walk towards Sabrina's room and her state isn't much different from what my mom and dad is. They are all dying and I stood there too frighten to even move.

The settings changed once again and I am now running. Running incessantly into the wilderness. There are bad people who's chasing me.

I can't stop running cause I know if they caught me they will kill me. I would end up just like how my mom, dad and Sabrina.

But too much running made me breathless and thighs are starting to ache. I can no longer run.

But as soon as I stopped running someone shot me. And the earsplitting sound of the gun shot filled the whole wilderness.

My heart aches emotionally and physically as blood drips down from my chest.
Napaluhod ako at pilit hinahabol ang aking hininga. Hanggang sa unti unti akong bumulagta sa lapag.

I opened my eyes abruptly. Napaupo ako at hinabol ang aking hininga na tila galing ako sa bingit ng kamatayan.
Ramdam ko ang mga butil ng pawis na tumutulo mula sa aking noo.

I feel much more better than I remembered I was.

Nakahiga ako sa kama at dama ko ang mabasa-basang bimpo na nakatupi at nakapatong sa aking noo.  Balot din ako ng makapal na kumot. Tumayo ako ng makaramdam ng pagka init.

Sinilip ko ang kalangitan sa bintana at medyo makulimlim. Sigurado ako na hapon na.

Matapos pakiramdaman ang aking sarili ay tumayo na ako at lumabas ng pinto.