“Are you running away from us? Where is what I made you do? Where did you take everything I gave you?” “I don't want to. I want us to stop and surrender to the police. Surely, they will understand us if we tell them the truth, right?” I said as I knelt down in front of them, but I received a strong kick on my face causing me to fall and lay on the ground. “You hear what you're saying? Do you think they'll understand if we tell them we didn't kill him purposely?” he said, and he kicked me in my arm all over again. Due to poverty, I stopped my studies. I'm the eldest of ten siblings, and I'm the only one my siblings look up to because my father doesn't have a good job, and he's drunk every night. While our mother, who was supposed to take care of us, was addicted to gambling and always came home drunk every night. So if I don't make a way and work, we will surely all die of hunger and thirst. Until I met Wesley, a leader of a gangster group. Our ages are not far apart from each other
It wasn't easy for me to get him out of the mental hospital as their security there was tight, and everywhere I looked there were his father's men watching over him. Some uniformed nurses simply pass by his room to make sure he's in there and what he's doing there, then they report it to their boss or Wesley's father. I'm just lucky that people around me don't notice me and nobody knows me either. But I still have to be careful because they're not just an ordinary people. Seven days ago, I always went into Wesley's room to clean up his messes. But no one knew that he did all that on purpose so that they would call me and let me in to clean up his messes, even though the truth was that we were both talking about what we should do on the day he ran away. I looked around to make sure that no one else was outside and that no one else was listening to us. At the same time, I took out the janitor uniform from the garbage bag and then handed it to him. He quickly took it and hid it inside h
I just woke up and Wesley was driving the car. I immediately looked around our entire surroundings, where this place seemed familiar to me. Furthermore, I was about to ask him, but suddenly, I noticed the hammer by my side and some mechanical tools. After a while, he stopped the car on one side and got out of the car. I went out to follow him and I notice that we have stopped, at the house, of one of his close friends. Without question, I followed behind him, and then he rang the doorbell where the door opened for him immediately. “How are you, Joseph?” he said when he saw his friend, it was obvious on his face that he was completely surprised when he saw Wesley and just a few seconds later he suddenly stabbed him with the screwdriver he was holding. My eyes widened in shock and I did not notice that he was holding a sharp object in his hand and I did not expect that he would do that to him. I slowly approached Wesley to stop him, at the same time he pulled out the screwdriver from h
“Simon, can you hear me?” the psychiatrist asked me while I was stunned and deep in thought. I don't remember anything about what happened to me, as long as I woke up to find myself in a white room while I was wearing a patient gown and my hands were tied behind my back. Suddenly, I thought about Wesley because my last memory of him was that I saw him sitting on a chair with his hands and feet tied and half of his face bleeding. That's why I immediately looked all around me to look for him, but there was no one else there except me, the two security guards standing next to me and the female doctor in front of me. “Where's Wesley? Where did you take my friend?” I asked the doctor, so she looked up at my face and then lowered her eyeglasses on the desk. “How many times have you mentioned that name to me. Who is Wesley?” she politely asked me at the same time I brought my face closer to her, which shocked her. “Please help him. Save Wesley. His life is in danger now, and someone wants
I found out her name was Lucia because that's what I often heard her called. Actually, she is beautiful and cheerful. I always see her smiling, and she is also friendly, that's why everyone likes her. Our worlds are extremely diverse, and we are both different. But I couldn't stop staring at her and be curious about her. Sometimes I don't realize I'm already awed by her, and she often catches me staring at her, she'll just smile at me but then turn my back as if I don't care about her. Until one day, she suddenly approached me while I was standing by the window watching the children playing outside. I didn't know that she was standing next to me and silently watching me. I was about to leave, but my eyes widened in shock when I saw her next to me. “I'm just curious why you're always looking at out that window. Now I know what you're always watching. Why don't you come down and join them? They're all nice, and they won't eat you.” She said with a smile, but I didn't respond to her, bu
Lucia and I became close to each other, and she became my first friend. She was the first person I trusted and loved completely, more than myself. I won't deny that I'm slowly falling for her, but I just chose to keep it a secret to myself. As time passes, I get to know her more and more, and gradually something changes in me. I learned to laugh, smile and talk to anyone. Apart from that, I have also changed a lot. The former psycho that they all feared and avoided became a good guy because of an angel like her. It's also because of her that I learned to go to church every week, and my day is always colorful whenever I think of her. I didn't waste a day or a moment to be with her and hear her every story. Until I decided to confess my true feelings to her. It was December fifteenth and it was snowing. I sent a message to her that we both meet at our old meeting place because I have something important to tell her and I also have something to give her. I fully prepared for that day and
Lucia and I haven't seen each other for almost two weeks. She doesn't even call me or come to the orphanage to visit me. I often find myself staring at the window or staring at my cell phone waiting for her to call me, but it looks like she has completely erased me from her life. However, I couldn't let her end up with that man and I wouldn't let them both be happy while I suffered alone from the pain they caused me. I found out about the university that Lucia attends, and I secretly follow her like a stalker. I just followed her wherever she went and watched her from a distance where she couldn't easily see me. Furthermore, I get annoyed when I see the smiles on her lips, and I hate her even more when I see her laughing with that man, her boyfriend. I watched, followed and monitored her every move. I've been following her almost every day wherever she goes, but I'm too scared to show her. There is a fear in my heart that she might get caught to me and be angry with me when she finds
The heavy rain was pouring down as I stood near the window and looked outside. I closed my eyes and inhaled the cool breeze. This is what I like most. I love hearing every drop of rain as well as the cool breeze. When I opened my eyes, I noticed a woman standing outside the gate while she was drenched in the rain. I frowned, and I stared at her carefully, where I realized it was Lucia. So, I quickly ran down the stairs and came out with my black umbrella. I quickly went to where she was and opened the gate. I looked at her from head to toe and noticed that she was shivering from the cold, and it looked like she had been standing there for a while. She slowly looked up at my face and I noticed her puffy eyes as if she had been crying all day. “What are you doing here, Lucia, and why are you wet? Are you losing your mind? What if you get sick?” I said at the same time I put my umbrella on her, and I was the one who got wet in the heavy rain. She suddenly ran to me and hugged me tightly
I punched him hard in the face, which surprised him, and he quickly fell to the floor. I was about to punch him again, but his bodyguards immediately stopped me and helped him stand up. He raised his right hand to signal them to let me go, and then I quickly came to him and pulled him by his collar while I was looking at him angrily. “Where did you take my friends? What did you do to them?” I said to him as I held him tightly. His bodyguards were about to approach me to stop me and take me away from him, but he immediately raised his two hands and then nodded his head causing them to back away from the two of us. “I don't know what you're talking about. We didn't find anyone else there but you. Believe me or not, but that's the truth.” His response was, but I didn't believe what he was saying because I know what kind of person he is. That's why I pulled him closer to me as I looked at him intently. “You're a liar. Did you think you could fool me? Maybe you were able to fool your own
“Sixto!” I turned to the voice I heard. I saw Simon, Luigi, and Wendy as they smiled at me. They called me and invited me to join them, but I remained standing where I was as I was stunned by them. What are these things I see? Are they really in front of me now? I whispered to myself when suddenly Luigi came to me and grabbed my hand which made me look at him and thereafter, we run towards the car. I was confused by what was going on, and I couldn't quite understand what was really going on, but I was happy to see them again. While we were riding in the car, I looked around where everything was peaceful and there was no disturbance to be seen there. How it's good to feel the fresh breeze as well as the beautiful sunrise that seems to be dancing with the clouds. I let out a sigh of relief because of the lightness of my feeling and I turned to look at Luigi, Simon, and Wendy again but suddenly the smile from my lips disappeared when I realized that they were not there, they disappeared
When I regained consciousness, I heard a defibrillator that seemed to be close to me. “Sixto, can you hear me?” the voice I kept hearing as I slowly opened my eyes. It was blurry at first, but gradually my vision returned to normal. I looked around my entire surroundings with a trace of wonder on my face, and I don't know where I am now besides that I can't move my whole body and I can't feel anything. What is happening to me, and where am I? I whispered to myself that a man approached me while he was wearing a white uniform, at the same time he shined a blinding light in my eyes. I tried to open my mouth, but no sound came out of my mouth. Wait, what's really going on? Am I just dreaming? I wondered to myself and tried to close my eyes again, thinking I was just dreaming. But when I opened my eyes again, I was still where I was, but suddenly all the people around me disappeared. Until I heard heavy footsteps that seemed to be heading towards where I was. I tried to get up and move
“Sixto are you alright?” Wendy asked me worriedly as she put a white towel on my back while I focused my attention on Anna, who was now wrapped in my clothes. “Don't worry because I'm fine.” The only thing I responded to was, and I placed Anna's head on the back side, and then I started the car while Simon and Luigi followed behind us. I was speechless during those moments and didn't realize that I had been awake for two days just driving. I don't eat, I don't even drink a drop of water. Furthermore, I just focused my attention on what I was driving until suddenly, I felt a headache, so I stopped the car for a while. Wendy woke up and turned to me worriedly. “Sixto, what is wrong?” she said as she touched my forehead where she felt the extremely hot temperature of my body, besides that, she noticed my pale face. “You're not in a good condition, so rest first, okay?” She added at the same time I removed her hand, which surprised her. “No, I won't stop. They have to pay for what they
Because we had difficulty in searching, we just decided to go to the capital city of our country where we can see the president, and it seems that it would be better for the two of us to face each other to clarify all the questions that are bothering my mind. We thought of getting out of that city, but we were immediately stunned when we got to the road out of that place. Simon and I both got out of the car and then looked up at something hanging up there. “What's the problem?” Wendy was curious as she walked towards us and then Luigi immediately follow her. Suddenly, Wendy screamed loudly at what she saw and in her shock she stepped back but lost her balance, so she sat on the ground. “Jesus, who the devil could have done this to her?” I heard Luigi say as he stood next to me. I can't speak, I can't move where I am, and I can't take my eyes off what I see now. Furthermore, I couldn't quite believe it, and I didn't expect anything about that thing where Anna's severed head was hangi
“Do you think we'll ever be able to return to our normal bodies?” when I heard what he said, I couldn't answer him immediately. I just let out a deep breath. I don't even know if we can go back to the way we were or if we can live as a normal human being. “If you had to choose between the two, what would you choose? To go back to your old normal life or to just stay as you are now?” he added, and I slowly looked at him with a trace of astonishment on my face. I don't quiet understand why he decided to ask me about that matter, but it seems that if I ask him about it, he might pick the last one as I feel that he is gradually liking what he is now. So, I just smile and turned to me. “I'm not in the right position to answer about that. I don't even know how long I'll live or how far I'll go. No one can dictate what happens to us in the future or what destiny awaits us.” After I told him that, I stood up and then turned away from him. I was about to get in the car, but I immediately stop
With the help of Luigi and Simon, we immediately caught the group of rebel men and got their guns from them. Just like the three pranksters, we tied their hands behind their backs and then covered their mouths with scotch tape and put them inside the cargo truck. “What exactly are you planning to do with them?” Simon asked me. “My plan will not change. We will hand them over to the police.” I replied to him, then I drink bottle water. “Are you sure we can trust them? What if they just let them go again?” he said with a trace of curious on his face. I took a deep breath and looked around. “I think that if they just release them again, we will have no other choice but to find them and bring them back to them, am I right?” after I told him that, I patted him on the shoulder as I got into the car and Wendy followed me. “Are you alright?” I asked her, and she turned to me for a moment, and then she nodded her head. “Yes, I'm fine.” She replied while putting on her seatbelt. At that ti
“You, don't you know who I am? Don't you remember this face of us?” I said to him, at the same time he looked me carefully in the face while he alternately looked at me and Wendy. Until his eyes widened in shock, at the same time he backed away with a look of surprise on his face. He must have remembered who we two were because he was the only one who shot us that day, so he can't immediately forget the sin he committed and because of that someone lost her life, Wendy. “You're the ones who died that day. But how come you're still alive until now? What's going on? Is this really what I'm seeing, or am I just dreaming?” he stammered with a trace of curiosity on his face. “What do you mean?” his colleagues are curious about him. “They were the people who fell off the bridge then. But how come they are still alive today and can still walk normally?” he said at the same time I winced, so they turned to look at me again with a trace of shock in their eyes. “So, you remember who we are?”
Our whole surroundings became quiet and the bodies of headless zombies were scattered everywhere. Whenever I looked at, there were corpses strewn about and bathed in their own blood. We returned to our car and then Simon opened the trunk where the three pranksters appeared to us where we caught them removing the ties from their hands. “Looks like we're going to need a bigger vehicle.” Simon said as we looked around our entire surroundings where not far away we saw a cargo truck which we immediately approached. “Who will drive this truck?” Luigi asked as I turned to him and grinned. “Who else?” I replied, and then I turned my gaze to where Simon was. We decided that we would use two vehicles, with Simon and Luigi in charge of the cargo truck while Wendy and I rode in the black van. We entered and locked the three pranksters inside the cargo truck with their hands still tied, and their mouths covered with scotch tape. “What are you planning to do with them? Aren't we going to feed t