DEFENDERS (slow update)

Blood 17: INNER DARKNESS

"Do you think he'll ever wake up? It's been five days already," boses ni Lee Ann mula sa gilid ko.

"We have to give him time. He used his power too much," Doctor Marcus replied.

Five days? I thought, alarmed and too dazed to think.

All my thoughts were moving slowly that I couldn't remember what happed to me.

I have to wake up!

"How about his genes?" Lee Ann asked.

"His genes are still dormant according to his medical results. He's safe for now."

"But he deserves to know the truth. He should know about the Triggered Genes," she insisted.

Triggered Genes, I tried my best to remember about it, but I couldn't.

Hinayaan kong lamunin ulit ako ng kadiliman. Nanghihina pa rin ang buo kong katawan. Para bang may nakapatong na mabigat dito dahilan para hindi ako makagalaw. I had no idea how much rest I needed to wake up.

Out of my will, flashes of events embraced me again that I couldn't stop myself from digging my own past.

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"D-Dad? Mom?"

"Toffee? What are you doing here?" Mom asked, looking worried.

"I-I saw a m-monster," naiiyak na sagot ko sa kanya.

Binuhat ako ni Dad at dinala sa kama nila. Niyakap ako nito bago nagsalita ulit. "It was just a nightmare, Toffee. You're safe now."

"Be brave, honey," Mom whispered over my shoulders.

"I-I'm not brave, Mom. I'm always scared."

"Well, I don't believe that. You found a way to get out of that dream and that makes you the strongest baby I know," Mom said as she stroked my hair fondly.

Then my dad touched my cheeks and whispered softly, "To be brave is to make good choices, Toffee. Remember that."

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Nagising ako mula sa panaginip na iyon. It's been a while that I had a dream about my parents. Napangiti ako.

I miss them badly, I thought.

It took me a minute to realize that I was inside the room. Unlike the common white color of Nightshade Academy, this room was painted in pink. I haven't seen this place before. Its unfamiliarity was making me sick that I wanted to run away.

I looked at the wall clock of the room- it was 1:37 of the afternoon. Mula sa bintana ng kwarto ko, nakikita ko ang liwanag ng araw at ang mga ibon na lumilipad sa himpapawid.

Napatingin ako sa lamesang nasa tabi ng kama ko. There were three glasses of blood waiting for me to drink. Napalunok ako dahil dito. Hinawakan ko ang leeg ko sa matinding pagkauhaw na aking katawan.

Within a second, I left the bed and drank the blood from each glass. Napapikit ako sa sobrang sarap na dulot nito. Ramdam ko ang pagdaloy nito sa bawat ugat ng aking katawan. I felt the strength and speed in my body once again. Para ba akong nabuhay ulit sa kamatayan na hindi naman talaga nangyari. The feeling was satisfying, very satisfying.