The Fight For Life

Chapter 12: A Macedonian survivor

A Macedonian survivor

"One of them is inside the gate!" Habol hiningang sabi ni El.

Nalaglag ang panga ko sa sinabi nya. Paano ito nangyari?! Naamoy pa rin ba nila kami?!

Hinigit ni Dome si El at isinara ang pinto pababa. Maging sila rin ay halatang kinakabahan. I don't know what to do now. At nilalamig pa ako kahit nakasuot naman ako ng jacket.

Napatingala ako at nakitang may ulap pa rin.

"We can't just stay here and do nothing." Nakapameywang na sabi ko.
Pero ano rin ba ang pwede naming gawin sa pagkakataong ito! There's nothing in this roof deck maliban sa upuang gawa sa kahoy. We left our things in the room.

Pipo whimpers but El caress him.

"We'll stay here. Get down and stay in one corner." Maotoridad na sabi ni Dome na nagpaigting ng panga ko.

"What if they call more of them, Dome? Mamatay tayo dito." Matigas kong sabi, pinipilit kong kalmahin ang boses ko.

This is his fault! If he should've listen to me ay hindi siguro mangyayari 'to. Now, we are trap!

Pero hindi rin, Alexandre! May posibilidad rin na mangyari ito kung sa ibang lugar kami tumuloy. It's just that I feel hopeless kaya isinisisi ko ito ngayon kay Dome. Nakakainis naman e!

Lahat kami ay napaigtad nang muli kaming makarinig ng mga ungol sa baba.

"Shit. It's still two am." Mura ni Dome.

"Paano na 'to?!" Halatang-halata sa boses ni El ang takot.

So, maybe we'll just stay here and wait for our death.

Ginulo ni Dome ang kanyang buhok at lumapit sa bakal na nakaharang. I can hear his heavy breathing bago sya bumalik sa kung nasaan kami. El is now sitting on the bench with Pipo.

"This is my fault." Ani Dome.

Napayuko ako. I want to say his wrong but he's right. Naguguluhan ako sa iniisip ko. But the only thing that matters is he doesn't want this to happen to us.

Nanlambot ang tuhod ko at hinayaan ko lamang ang sarili kong bumagsak sa sahig. We don't know kung ilan silang nasa baba. The moment they break in the house, for sure they will feast on us.

Napatingin ako sa hawak kong baril. Mamatay ba sila sa isang bala lang? I don't think so.

Maybe the best thing to do is to just wait here. We have more chances to live if we remain in here. Tinignan ko si Dome na gaya ko ay nakaupo na rin sa sahig.

"I'm sorry, guys." Dome mumbled along with the growls downstairs.

"Hindi, Dome. Hindi mo naman ito gustong mangyari e." Ani El kaya napatingin ako sa kanya.

El really can give a positive energy to someone. Maybe because of his soft attitude. I bet his mother and father is so proud of him. Maybe they love him so much.

"Maybe if we just remain here, we have a higher chance to live. Hindi pa naman nila tayo nakita diba? They haven't confirmed yet that we are here. Let's not just allow them to see us dahil mas nagiging aggresive sila kung makita nila tayo." I tried to lift the heavy atmosphere. "Let's just wait 'till the sun comes out."

This is so not me. Pero naging ganito ang ugali ko noong makasama ko ang ibang survivors noon pagkatapos mamatay ng pamilya at mga kaibigan ko.

Mali ang nararamdaman ko. Because I'm caring for them now. Just like how I felt for those people who died leaving me all by myself.