Last Mission
The dark sky was beautiful. The stars aligned perfectly in the most unusual patterns. It was good night for some. A wonderful night to talk to the stars. When I was young, my mother taught me to wish, and she told me to wish for a long life. That was my only whisper to the night since then.
I wonder if I still want it after tonight.
"H-Hindi... Anong gagawin mo? W-Worth, you told me you'll stay, t-that you won't leave me again. What's this, soldier? Sabihin mo sakin... And p-please... Don't speak like that to me! Hinding-hindi kita mapapatawad kapag may m-mangyari ngayong gabi... You're done, right? All you need to do was to capture her! Ano itong mga pinagsasabi mo?" Naghihingalong asik ko sa kanya.
May papalapit ng mga sundalo sa posisyon samin. Nasa likod kami ng mataas na bato bilang harang sa kung sino man ang nagpapaputok sa paligid.
Tuluyan na akong nawalan ng pakialam sa mga pangyayari.
"Answer me!" I demanded.
Yet, he merely moved an inch. He was so still looking down on me. His eyes traveling to every corner of my face as if he was trying to create a perfect sculpture of me in his memories.
Para akong mahihibang anumang oras. Rumaragasa na ang mga luha at ang tanging ginawa niya ay pahiran lang ang mga iyon.
His thumb carefully brushed my lower lip. He averted his eyes to the soldiers for a split second before staring back to my demanding eyes. "You shouldn't be here to see this. Hindi ka dapat nandito... Hindi ko ginusto ito, Bellemy. I only changed my mind a while ago because I thought of you, to be the last thing I would see. Before anything else, baby. I'm so sorry... Please, I did not meant this but someone needs to jump... I need to take it away from here to keep everyone safe, it was not disarmed completely yet. It had to travel low in a fast range, and guided."
Pumitik ang puso ko. Tumusok ang mga kataga niya sakin ng paulit-ulit. Unti-unti ko nang nakikita ang lahat.
His father didn't want him back. He needed him for whatever he will commit now. And Worth accepted this. A soldier who had sworn his life in this mountain, of course, he will do it willingly.
Pero paano? Paano na niya nagawang makapagdesisyon ng naroon ako mismo? Kami ng anak niya?
Our wedding was a spare of time. Everything we had was our only flicker left, that's why it felt like he made every moment special. Because it was the last.
"Ganoon nalang ba iyon kadali? Para iwan kami?! Ako, Worth? Bakit mo ginagawa 'to?! A-All this time... I don't care anymore! I don't fucking care for what you are fighting for and stop this! How could you? How could you love me and decide something like this? This... T-This is suicide, Worth!"
Gumalaw ang mga kamay ko at sinuntok lahat ng bahagi ng dibdib niya. Ang mga paa ko nawawalan na ng pwersang tumayo pa.
"Bellemy..."
Halos buhatin na ako ng nga braso para pigilan sa pagluhod sa harapan niya. Dinig na dinig ko na ang pagtawag sa kanya ng ilang sundalo.
They were telling him, it's time.
Gusto kong lumuhod at magmakaawa sa kanilang lahat. Please... not my husband.
Linibot ko ang paningin ko sa kanilang lahat.
"S-Someone... Please. Please, t-take his position. I can't live without my husband. Parang-awa niyo na... Huwag po siya." Mistulang tumayo ako ng matuwid at umalis sa mga braso ni Worth. Naglakad ako sa kanila at iniisa-isa ang kanilang mga mata.
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