I think I'm sleeping but I'm not quite sure. If I really am, then it must be a dream.
Shadows.
I've seen Shadows and I felt them touching my body, caressing my skin. I tried to open my eyes but a force inside me shut it off.
"Aaah! "
Napabalikwas ako ng bangon nang maramdaman ko ang buhok na pinasok sa tenga ko. Naman eh! Bumungad saken ang mukha ni papa Jason na nakangisi. Tssk. Siya lang naman nakakaalam sa weakness ko.
" Di ka ba papasok? " tanong niya saken.
Humiga ulit ako at tinabunan ng unan ang mukha. I felt my strength being sucked out of my body. I don't know the reason though. It feels like... like I've been drugged.
" Kung ayaw mong pumasok, sumama ka na lang saken sa junk shop."
Hearing that word made me feel so alive. I jumped, literally jumped, out of my small bed.
"Maliligo na ako pa."
Ayoko sa junkshop. Ang daming tambay na lasinggero dun. Pagkapasok ko sa banyo ay nanghihina ulit ako.
I sighed and turned the faucet on when I caught something on my wrist. I massage my eyes to make sure I'm not hallucinating.
Nikka
I was stunned, dumbfounded for a moment.
My heart is beating unusually fast.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON??
I never had a tattoo. Wala pa 'to kagabi. Nikka?
There's only two words in my mind.
Code Game
Kinuha ko lahat ang shampoo container, lotion , tootbrush holder at lahat-lahat ng nakasabit sa dingding. I checked every corner of the bathroom then went back to my room and did the same pero wala rin akong nakita.
" Ano bang nangyari sa'yo?! " bulyaw ni Auntie nang nilapat ko ng pwesto ang mga gamit sa bahay.
" We're being watched."
" Ano bang pinagsasabi mo?! "
Hindi ko na siya pinansin at pinagpatuloy na ang ginawa ko. I checked everywhere and heaved a sigh of relief. Buti na lang wala silang nilagay na CCTV.
Bumalik na ako sa banyo at naligo.
As the freezing water slithers on my skin, I can't help myself to ponder again and again.
Hindi panaginip ang aninong nakita ko. Hindi naman ako tulog mantika kaya walang ibang explanation kung bakit nila naukit sa wrist ang code name ko.
They must have drugged me. That's possibly the reason why I'm in this strange state.
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" Katherine, you're late."
Nginitian ko lang si maam .
"I know."
" You yourself know__,"
" I myself know that I'm dumb but I'm not taking anything seriously," ako na ang tumapos sa sasabihin niya. She hates me so much to the point that she became unaware she's uttering the same lines to me .
Nginitian ko ulit sya.
" Of course. I know that too," sabi ko.
Pangatlong subject ko na si Maam Sheera. Ganyan ako ka late. All because of that CCTV Raid. Napahawak ako sa wrist na tinakpan ko ng pulang handkerchief. The thought that they sneak in last night to carve this name made me paranoid. It isn't okay. It feels like parasites are eating my organs. Code Game was supposed to be a game in the website! or so I thought.
