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Geyl | 48: Fears

trigger warning; explicit content, suicide, brutal killings, mention of blood and phobias.

Fears
Geyl's POV

"Oh my god!" 'Yan ang unang binigkas ko sa pagmulat ng aking mata nitong umaga. Isang kutsilyo ang tumama sa banda ulo ko.  Isang pulgada ang layo nito sa aking tenga.

May isang lalaki na ang pumasok sa aming kwarto at kutsilyo agad ang binalandra. Si Hzanny ay nakaupo at nakatulala lang sa kabila nang nakatutok na kutsilyo sa leeg niya habang ako ay hindi makagalaw sa kutsilyong nasa tabi ng aking ulo.

Sa isang iglap,

Nagawa ni Hzanny na tabigin at sipain sa mukha ang lalaki. Mahina lang 'yon pero sapat na para mapaatras ang lalaki at tumakbo palabas.

"Hoy!" sigaw ni Hzanny at hinabol ito.

Napatigil kami dahil gan'on rin pala ang madadatnan namin sa bukas na kwarto ng boys' room. May isang nakaitim na lalaki ang tinutukan sila ng kutsilyo pero nagawa nilang tabigin at agawin ito.

Nagpapanhik na tumalon ang misteryosong lalaki sa bintana.

"Gago!" sigaw ni Rougue.

Bumaba kami sa sala dahil alam naming isa 'yong Wake Up Activity.

Humilera na agad kami nang maayos. Pansin kong kulang kami ng isa dahil wala si Jenyi. Last night I confronted her, I surmised that she slept in the Foxtrot. We are not okay. We are not in good terms.

"Good morning Seekers, Hanrex on the house! Kulang kayo---Oh well," aniya. "Gumawa ako ng schedule. Five hours on Explosives class. Two hours for Gun Shooting Class. And one to two hours for Self Assessing na hindi ko na hawak."

Ang daldal niya? Oh he really is!

Bawat isa sa amin ay nilapitan niya at para ba'ng inuusisang maigi. I have this gut that he was taking his intuitive sight.

"Ay, ang cute ng bangs nitong pinakabata sa inyo. Tapos---" Lumipat siya kay Rougue. Hinawakan niya ito sa balikat at tiningnan mula baba hanggang taas. Tinabig ni Rougue nang malakas ang kamay ni Mentor Hanrex. Napansin ko ang mabigat na paghinga nito at malikot na mata. Bagay na nakikita ko lamang sa mga taong natataranta.

"Arteng lalaki," bulong ni Hanrex. Minsan lang may magpakilalang Mentor kaya mahalaga sa amin ang bawat identification na kanilang binibigay.

"Buhay pa ba 'yong si Jenyi? Nasabugan lang ng bomba, umarte na."

Bomb? O' what the hell, 'yong kahapon na nagdurugo siya?

"Let's start na lang, ano? Pasaway ang babaeng iyon. Come here, everyone. As you can see on the table, there are different kinds of bomb. Mula improvised to complicated one. I will introduce all of them. After that, we will proceed sa parts and then on how it works. It's not easy if you are afraid to take risk. Nakakamatay."

Jenyi's spitting of blood could be 'cause of this activity, she's still alive and pretty sleeping on the Foxtrot. She deserves rest, though, galit ako. She didn't trust me. She lied. She lied kahit na buhay ang kapalit.

"The wires is complicated right? That's life," usal ni Hanrex.

We were in 2 hours class. He's good in teaching, sobrang daldal. He can tell 3 stories in one topic of this Explosives Devices lecture. We were standing around the table with IED's, it's wires, some remote controls, watch, strings, batteries, and cellphones.

"Is it true? Colors in the wires are not significant in cutting?" tanong ni Roman.

"In assessing, it is within the wires function itself, yes it is important but in cutting the wires to stop --- You will not cut the red wire because it looks like the right one to cut, right? The right thing to do is you should see it yourself. On how this bomb works, how this wires are connected to the main parts. What is your goal? To stop the timer or to stop it from detonating?"