She stopped and felt her surroundings before she take her step to the abandoned building. Marupok na ang hagdan kahit sementado ito, pangit na kagamitan at materyales kasi ang ginamit sa pagbuo ng gusali. At isa pa, wala ng taong nag-aalaga rito.
The light of the moon kissed her face, you can hear only the chirps of nocturnal insects filling the chilly air inside of the building.
When she reached her destination, she hold the doorknob and push it without making any sounds. She saw nothing in a dark room except to the white blanket that already smells bad. Buwan lang ang nagsisilbing ilaw niya at gabay sa gabing iyon.
"Ang baho muna dapat ka nang itago." Saad nito habang kinaladkad sa malamig at maduming sahig ang isang babae na kinumutan ng kulay puti.
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Sa kanilang tinatayuan sabay-sabay silang tumingin sa kalangitan nang magsimula na ang putukan.
They hear the beautiful and exciting sounds in their surroundings made by the people of Meteo. Fireworks with different colors and displays created light to their eyes and head.
Even if they are not in the same place they felt something was wrong and they don't mind it. It's a special day to them and they wanted to celebrate it with a smile on their face.
"Bagong simula, bagong bukas, at bagong buhay." Sabay nilang saad sa kanila-kanilang sarili.
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“Indeed, and we are the ones who teach them.” a smirk plastered on the face of Rheign who wears jumper pants. Gwyneth continue, “Who's with us?”
“I think you don't need to ask them.” Rheign said when they saw the 2 of their friends walking towards the other group composed of girls.
Hindi nila alam kung bakit at kailan nagsimula pero ngayon sigurado sila na sila ang magtatagumpay. They already in a mess when the group of guys approached them to stop them.
Their hair is already in a mess and their arms and legs had scratches from the witches they quarrelled with.
The boys stop them in a scene where Harika pulled the hair of the girl who claimed the guy who wore a cap while the opponent's hand was handcuffed by the towel owned by Harika, same as Celquinne.
These two girls are strong, huh? Imagining how they do that thing while their one hand was on their opponents hair, aching.
While on the other side, Gwyneth and Rheign topped their opponents and grabbed their hair too and in the two arms of Celestine choked the girl but not so tight.
The guys bring the other group in their hand and help them to fixed themselves.
A guy who wears a denim coat paired with a grey shirt on the inside accused the group of Harika that they committed mistakes and need to apologize to the other group. Wanting to be a successful lawyer soon, Celquinne defended themselves.
"Excuse me, you don't know what exactly happening here. You accused the wrong individuals. You're evidences are not valid to take us to the place where that girls," tinuro pa nito ang mga kababaihan na nasa tabi ng mga kalalakihan. "belong."
Totoo naman talaga dahil hindi sila ang nagsimula they just greeted the other girls even though they plan to crashed their faces before and then somebody grab their friend hair and the war started. Hindi naman nila kasalanan kung natalo nila ang kabilang panig.
Hindi agad nila nakayanan ang mga pangit na mukha na nasa harapan nila kaya't napagdesisyunan nilang pumasok sa malaking istraktura. Dapat silang makaramdam ng takot dala sa loob ng lumang gusali na nasa tuktok ng maliit na bundok pero imbis na takot, nagagalak ang kanilang naramdaman ng sumunod sa kanila ang dalawang grupo.
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Pagkatapos ng isang sigaw ay isang sigaw pa ang bumalabog sa tahimik na umagang iyon sa mga taong gustong humihilik pa sana.
Manong Robin held a stick that opened the brown broken cabinet. His face turned to red like a tomato while his left hand was on his nose in a way that he couldn't smell the dizzy and horrible odor.
Kahit tinakpan na niya ang kaniyang ilong ang mabahong amoy pa rin ay nakahanap ng paraan upang ipakilala ito sa kaniyang katawan.
Manong Hener on his side screaming too after him. The two homeless men searched for products to sell in the junk shop but what they saw was far away from their expectations. A human being was on the inside of the cabinet covered with white blanket, enveloped with dirty flying insects and the flesh slowly eaten by worms and moths.
After a minute, the neighborhood was in a mess. A group of police covered the crime scene with yellow tape and some detectives questioned the two witnesses.
Rheign, call some of their friends to share what news she heard. Celquinne and Harika were already on the scene but they still waited for Gwyneth to come.
Gwyneth ran towards the scene after knowing what happened but she halted when she bumped into the woman who was wearing a white body covered— from head to toes. She saw the ID that hung on her neck, scribbled the bold name LIVA.
Sa pagkakabangga niya sa babae ay may naramdaman siyang kakaiba na hindi niya mawari, ngunit, ayaw na niya itong bigyang pansin lalo na't gusto niyang makita sa huling sandali ang kaibigan.
Ang unang kaibigan na ilang taon na niyang tinuring bilang kapatid. Their memories mixed on her head, the laughter of her, the sweet voice that can cheer her and the promises that they kept to each other.
The found cabinet store in 2nd floor of the building where Dr. Liva on her white gloves examined the scene and the the corpse. The clouds above them moving faster to join together and create a dim environment and start the raindrop pouring heavier. Napansin naman ng doktora at ng kasamahan niya na unti-unting natapunan ng tubig ulan ang ilang bahagi ng gusali dahil sa hangin.
“Dominique, nakunan mo ba ng litrato ang bahaging iyon?” tinuro niya ang bahagi na malapit lamang sa may hagdanan. Habang hinihintay ang sagot ng isang kasamahan na ngayon ay nakahawak sa kaniyang kamera ay umiling muna ito bago nagsalita. “Hindi pa po.”
Dalawang beses siyang nagpabuntung-hininga. “Ilang taon ka na ba sa trabaho mo? Dalawa? Tatlo? Dapat alam mo na ang patakaran sa pagkuha ng litrato.”
“Doktora, hindi naman po iyon malapit sa bangkay.” Pagtatanggol naman ng isang kasamahan niya sa trabaho.
“At bakit? Alam mo ba kung saan iyan namatay? Nakakasiguro ka ba na rito siya namatay? Hindi ibig sabihin na baguhan lang ako sa trabaho ay wala na akong karapatan mag-alaska dahil nakasalalay sa atin ang natitirang pag-asa ng taong namatay na.” Umalis muna siya sa saglit sa kinatatayuan niya pagtapos ang nais sabihin.
Sa kagustuhang lumanghap ng hangin upang maibalik sa konsentrasyon ang kaniyang isipan ay may natagpuan siya. Isang batang babae na sa tingin niya ay teenager pa, mas naging kuryoso siya ng makitang ngumiti ito habang nakatingin sa gusaling kinatatayuan niya. Hindi lang simpleng ngiti, ngiti iyon na nagbigay sa mga balahibo niya na tumayo.
Even though the girl was not near from her, she knows she speaks by herself. For the last word that muttered by the girl she suddenly read the mouth of it, its Celestine. She muttered the name, Celestine.