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(Bling! Bling! Bling!) A loud sound of a bell...
At exactly noon lunch in the afternoon the bell was already rung. Almost all students left their classrooms for lunch at noon, right after their classes. Some learners returned home because their morning schedule had been completed. Including Delia, their lectures in the morning session were ended and the afternoon sessions for another batch of students were arriving, Delia walked out of their classroom with Jessica and Maribel, and went to the cafeteria. Inside the University, there is a large gymnasium next to the cafeteria. Delia sat in the middle part of the cafeteria with Jessica and Maribel, while waiting for their friends.
As she waited for the others, the young lady's face couldn't relax, so she began tapping her foot on the cafeteria floor.

“Asan na kaya si Peter?” whispering to itself.
“Guys! Nagawa niyo na ba ang written report nyo sa Media & Arts Composition?” Maribel is asking her friends.
“Kakagawa ko palang kagabi, mahirap pero patapos na ako!”
"Ikaw ba Delia?... Delia!! Hoy!” Maribel yelled at Delia.
“Ako? Tapos na ako bakit?” Delia's nonplussed answered.
“Ayan ha! Hinihitay mo siguro yung prince charming mo!” sambit ni Jessica,
“Ang tagal kasi ni Peter sabi niya sabay kaming mag-lunch this afternoon!”
“Text mo nalang kaya baka hindi pa tapos ang klase?! Alam mo naman na engineering kurso nya!”
"Yesh! beshie! malay mo nag-extend lang subject nila balita ko kasi more than three hours ang inaabot ng isang subject palang!" Maribel said.
"Grabe naman yung oras! siguro kung engineering course ko patay na ako!" Jessica said Maribel both laughed.


“Sige na girls iwanan ko lang kayo walang signal dito hanap lang ako sandali!” she said. Delia rushed to the other place of tables and leaving the two girls to send a text message to Peter, meanwhile after she already sent a text, she was noticed a young man clad in black standing at the far end of the cafeteria while on her phone.
“Sino kaya iyon? Si Peter na kaya?” asked herself. It believed it was Peter at first, but it wasn't; instead, it locked its gaze on her text. Delia was completely oblivious to it, concentrating solely on her phone.. but she heard weird voices coming from the man.
“Delia! Delia!” it was whispered in the mid-air and she only one who can hear the voices. she stared at the man once again but it disappeared like a bubble.
“Delia! Delia? Hoy!!”
“Ayos ka lang? Tuliro ka na naman ano na text mo na jowa mo?” Maribel worried.
“Baka naman nag-away kayo ni Peter? Bakit may third party ba?” Jessica said.
“Ano ba kayo hindi kami nag-away ni Peter at isa pa walang third parting nagaganap!” she immediately responded.
"Tara na bumalik na tayo sa table natin mag-isip narin tayo ng order for dishes natin kapag dumating na ang lima!" suggested by Jessica.
"Okay!"
Soon after, Christina, Anthony, Sean, Peter, and his cousin Henry arrived, and the five went straight to the three on ladies' location middle in the cafeteria.
“Hey guys!!” greeted by Christina, agad umupo ang apat at nagkaharap.
"Oy sa wakas dumating na kayong lima!"
"kanina pa namin kayo hinihintay aba!" Maribel said.
“Salamat naman at dumating kana!” wika ni Delia.
“Sorry for waiting! Hinintay ko kasi si Henry!” sagot ni Peter.
Peter and Delia, Anthony and Christina, Henry and Maribel, Sean and Jessica were all seated next to each other. They order meals and dishes from the cafeteria, where the majority of the foods were sided dishes that most students prefer, such as adobo, mechado, caldereta, and a range of healthful vegetables. The cafeteria's delicious food attracts the majority of students inside.
"Hoy! share naman ako ng chicken meal mo Delia!" Maribel said.
"Wait lang pahingi rin ako ng adobong baboy!"
"Hey, babe can you get some drink of water over there? please!!... love you!!" Christina begged and Anthony immediately took a bottle of water.
"Oh insan ayaw mo ng pork chops??"
"No thanks, I don't like porks! Henry!"
"Ayaw mo ng pork chops? ako na ang kakain niyan!" Sean took the pieces of pork chops on top of the table. Moments passed they already finished their lunches. After that, the majority of them appeared to be stuffed tired of eating. "Busog na ako!" Sean said and he burped, "Excuse me!" he said. The young men and women in the barracks at the cafeteria were overjoyed to strike up a conversation; they smiled and laughed until they opened their conversation about their fathers.
Delia had just calmed down about their father's story.
“Alam nyo si papa kahit 20 years old na ako hindi parin ako pinapayagang gumala sa malalayong lugar!” said by Jessica.
“Ikaw lang ba? Ako nga kapag laging puyat E! Nagagalit! lalo na kapag hindi related sa studies ko” respond by Maribel.
“Sa akin grounded ako ng isang linggo dahil nagasgasan ko ang kotse namin!” Sean spoke quickly.
"Sus ako nga nagagalit kapag pinapatayan ko ng TV o kaya nililipat ng channel kapag nanunuod ng PBA!"
They talked about their fathers and their histories.
“Nga pala guys malapit na naman ang Midterms! Puyatan na naman tayo nito!” Jessica worried.
“Ikaw lang ba ang napupuyat? Ako nga maraming paper works!” Christina answered

Sean complaints, “Ako nga walang tulog dahil sa pagkakabisado ng mga Law gabi-gabi!!”
“Wala kana ngang tulog! Halata kaya para kang sinuntok!!” Henry begins.
“Ano ba kayo Guys! Parte lang to ng pagiging kolehiyo natin at isa pa isang taon nalang graduate na tayo!” Anthony said.
Delia was quiet and merely smiled at her friends leaning on the side in their pleasant story, which Peter caught attention to her quickly.
“Hey! Kanina kapa tahimik?! Its everything alright??”
“Bigla nalang kasi sumakit ulo ko at hindi maganda ang pakiramdam ko ngayon! Pero baka magiging maayos narin ako mamaya!” she seemed unhappy at that time.
“Baka may sakit ka? Samahan kita pumuntang clinic? kung gusto mo?!” her boyfriend said.
“Hindi!!... Huwag na!! Maayos lang ako!” tanggi ng dalaga.
"You sure?"
"Yes! I'm fine!" she smiled at him.
Hindi nalamang kumibo ang binata.
“Peter?... Pupunta muna ako sa CR sandali lang! Sa restroom muna ako Guys!”
“Okay! Sige! Bumalik ka agad!” she kissed her boyfriend on the cheek right side, as she stood up.
Because the young lady wasn't really feeling well and needed to use the women's bathroom. she wiped her face as soon as she stepped inside.
“Bakit kasi nila pinag-usapan ang tungkol sa kanilang mga Papa! Ang lungkot ko tuloy!” whispered itself while she smiled looked in a clear mirror, she finds it lovely gazed on her brown eyes to see snow-white resembling her face when she looks in the mirror. It came out a few moments later; she observed that there appeared dirt on her face and she scrubbed it for a while, but it was not erased; she had no idea what was wrong with her. She cleansed her face repeatedly.
“Bakit ayaw matanggal ng dumi sa mukha ko!?” she scrubbed it twice again.
"Nakakainis naman itong dumi!"
“Alam mo Delia ayokong mag-isip ng malalim! Matatanggal din itong dumi sa mukha ko!” When minutes later Delia noticed the outside of the cafeteria was seemed silent rapidly as she looked herself in a mirror.
“Bakit tumahimik? Kanina maingay pa sa labas! Baka may nangyari!!”
Delia walked out to investigate why the cafeteria was so quiet, and when she opened the door, the maiden was taken by surprise she can't breathe again in a second, she began wiggling her legs after clinching her fists.
“Hindi ito maaari!!!.. Bakit nandito ulit ako!!” The young lady's eyes dilated as she took in the scene and it was shocking, Delia seemed to return to the dark cave, as if in a dream, she circled the cave once more.
“Tao po?? May tao ba dito?? May nakakarinig ba sa akin??” she yelled it again but all she heard was her voice.
"Hello!!! Hello!!? May nakakarinig ba sa akin?!"
The maiden traversed across the dark cave once more, suddenly she heard a man's voice again as she walked.
“Ang boses na iyon! Naririnig ko na naman! Parang si Papa ang naririnig ko sa dulong bahagi ng kuwebang ito!” Delia remarked as she walked back towards the scene, she assumed accurately that it was her father's voice.
“Papa??!... Papa! Ikaw ba iyan? Sumagot ka! Papa!!” she yelled again repeatedly.
Delia saw a light at the far end of the cave and approached her quickly while looking for her father.
“Ang liwanag na iyon! Hindi kaya labasan na?” she said while running. The young lady was soon freed from the cave's darkness.
“Tama nga ako! Hindi ako nagkakamali! Labasan nga ito!”
she escaped from the cave and found herself in a dimly lit part of the building. “Sandali lang ano naman ang lugar na ito?” as she observed the entire place.
“Alam ko ang lugar na ito! Parang nakapunta na ako dito dati! Hindi ito kuweba dahil ito ay isang kulungan! ito’y parang dungeon, tama dungeon nga sa Port Santiago!!”
“Pero paano ako napunta rito?” she asked herself. Until she heard sounds again, this time from a gathering of people surrounding her area.
Tulong! Tulong!” asking for help and begging. "Tulungan mo kami!!" Because of the loud voices, she covered her ears.
“Tama na! Pakiusap! Tumigil na kayo!!” Delia yelled to them.
Delia blinked at the bright light until the entire atmosphere of being lit up, then she opened her eyes again because it was so bright that it seemed much brighter like the sunlight.

“Isang bundok?” she saw a huge green mountain.
“Sandali? ano ang bundok na ito?!” It muttered something to itself. As she immediately resumed her stroll, she caught sight to an elderly man at the top of the hill. She exclaimed it aloud. “Sino ka? Naririnig mo ba ako?” she yelled to the elder man.
“Hello?!! Nasaan ako?! Naririnig mo ba ako?!!”
However, the man does not move and simply stands. Delia observed enormous crates to the left of the old guy and wondered if they were gold and diamonds.
“Ang laman ng mga kahon?! mga ginto ba ang mga iyon!! Sandali at lalapit ako!” she said while she approached the top of the hill and when she got closer to the old guy, she looked at her surroundings and it was darkened again, the ground swallowed the young lady's standing, and she cried very loudly.
“Tama na! Pakiusap! Tama na!!!!!”
(Delia was screaming)
Until everything stopped and she heard something a sounded like a nuke explosion. She opened her eyes again, seeing blurry faces.
"Hmmmm......."
“Delia! Delia! Delia!!! wake up!!..” While she lay on the floor at the restroom, Peter screamed her name repeatedly, his face sweating and his heartbeat racing like a rabbit.

An unconscious woman can't spoked until she opened her lips slowly.
“Hmmmm... Peter? Ano ang nangyayari?”
“Pinuntahan ka namin nila Jessica at Maribel dito sa CR! Hindi ka kasi lumalabas!” Christina explained.
“Nakita kana lang namin na nakahiga! Ano ba nangyari sa sayo?” Maribel was also worried.
“I’m so worried about you? Huwag kang mag-alala dadalhin ka namin sa clinic!” her boyfriend said to her.
“Ano??” said the young woman who appeared to be dizzy.
Jessica stepped aside. "Guys andito na sila Sean kasama ang nurse!"
Sean and Henry came shortly after, accompanied by the clinic's nurse assistant. Peter took his girlfriend to the clinic to relax. Delia and the others lingered for half an hour at the clinic.
“Siguradong-sigurado kana ba na maayos na ang iyong pakiramdam? Baka mamaya E mahimatay kang muli!?” her best friend asked. “Oo maayos na ang aking pakiramdam salamat Christina! Huwag na kayong mag-alala sa akin!”
“I’m so worried about what happened earlier!?” Peter touched Delia's hand.
Delia holds Peter's hand too. "I'm okay now!!"
“Mabuti ay hindi nabagok ang iyong ulo sa sahig ng CR! Kung hindi hospital ang diretsyo mo!” Anthony spoke at tinapik naman ito ni Christina. “Hoy! ano ba ang pinagsasabi mo! Magpasalamat tayo na hindi matindin ang nangyari!”
“Bakit wala naman akong masama na sinasabi!”
“O! Sige tama na yan! Guys maayos na ako okay! huwag na kayo mag-alala! Sandali nasaan na ang iba?”
“Maribel, Jessica, Sean, and my cousin went home earlier! They also worried about you in the restroom!” Answered by her boyfriend.
The maiden fell silent once more her face looked down again. “Hey!” Peter holds her hands again. “Delia! What’s going on there? is something bothering you? Tell me! I’m your boyfriend!”
“Oo nga friend! Ano ba ang nangyari sayo kanina?” Christina said.
“Hindi ko maintindihan! Hindi ko masabi!” Delia spoke quickly.
“Anong hindi mo masabi at hindi maintindihan?’ tanong ni Anthony.
“Delia please tell us what’s happening!” her boyfriend was worried stared at her glamorous eyes.
“Kung sasabihin ko baka tumawa lang kayo at hindi maniwala sa akin!” Peter sat at her side. “No! It's not like that on what your thinking! Just tell us!”
"Sige na Delia! kaibigan mo naman kami E!" Christina said.
Delia was exhaled deeply "Okay!"
“May mga lugar akong nakitang kakaiba! Mga lugar na parang may pahiwatig!”
“Anong klaseng mga lugar? At pahiwatig?” Christina was asking. “May kuweba! May bundok! At may kulungan o dungeon akong nakikita! Yung dungeon na lugar na nakita ko ay sa Intramuros at may mga boses akong naririnig na humihingi ng tulong, parang nagpapahiwatig sa akin! May nakita rin akong matandang lalaki sa itaas ng bundok nung papalapit na ako bigla nalang nawala ang buong lugar! Yung mga nakikita ko may gustong sabihin but I can't explain!!" she said while terrified.
The three were just looking at her when Anthony suddenly started laughing.
“Ano ang nakakatawa Anthony? Sabi nga ba hindi kayo maniniwala sakin!”
"You're just hallucinating Delia!" Anthony said.
"I'm not hallucinating! I'm just told what I saw earlier!!" she yelled.
“Ano kaba Anthony umayos ka nga! Hindi naman sa ganun Delia! Baka bunga lang yan ng iyong pagod! Alam mo naman na 3rd-year college na tayo! marami tayong gawain at mga projects tulad ng thesis! Baka guni-guni mo lang yan!” Christina explained.
“Delia! How long have you been experiencing this?” asked her boyfriend.
“Kahapon! Kahapon lang nagsimula!”
“Alam nyo guys kailan ko nang umuwi! May varsity meeting pa kami mamayang 3 pm! And Delia you need to take rest! Baka maulit lang yan ulit sayo!” Anthony also worried.
“Huwag kang mag-alala Delia nandito naman kami sa tabi mo E!” she hugged her best friend when she stated this. Delia didn't say anything, and Peter kissed his girlfriend on her cheek. “Baka nga gawa-gawa lang ito ng aking isipan!” she murmured something like that in her head. The four exited the clinic a few minutes later, and Delia, Peter, and Christina went outside the University park to take Delia home. On the other hand, Anthony left them and he went to their cafe shop, which was right across the street from the campus.
Meanwhile, someone was unintentionally monitoring the three as they rode in the vehicle leaving the university.

(Ring!! Ring!!) While driving in their red automobile, one of the men answered the phone.
“We! Finally found her Captain!” said the unknown man.
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