Chaleigh heard the whispers of the passengers inside the ship. Others have not yet recovered from the shock of what happened.
By now their group is gathering at their spot. Yvaine was currently rubbing Vyze's shoulder to ease her trauma. She was sitting on the right side and Zaliyah, who sighing, sitting on the left side. Vyze sitting on between them and Mamo sitting across from them.
There was only a table in between and Bax sitting next to Mamo on the arm panel of the couch.
They just face each other in silence—both thinking.
She's standing next to Wynce and Nivo. She even noticed Nivo rubbing his neck as if stressed by what was happening.
Colthen also just bent over sitting next to Vynx at the very end of the couch where Mamo was also sitting. Vynx was sitting on the side before Colthen.
When she saw Vynx who was quiet and seemed to be thinking, she looked at what she was holding. That is bottled water that Mamo ordered her to bought for Vynx.
"Why haven't they touched the dead man's underneath yet?" Zaliyah suddenly asked and looked at Vynx.
"He couldn't be move, especially since he's dead." Mamo answered. "The police can investigate him first when the ship docks," he explained and she once again terrified. Because the situation of the man who died is still etched in her mind.
She slowly walked around behind Yvaine to head towards Vynx.
"The police will go through a lot of processes to find out what really happened, Nhie," Nivo added and looked at Zaliyah. "Especially the finger print, who touched him."
She had reached Vynx's side when she heard what Nivo said. Zaliyah also looked at her boyfriend with a worried face. "H-How is that? You touched him too."
"That's not a case. That's not valid," he answered and that wasn't enough to remove the trace of concern from Zaliyah's face.
She simply handed the cold bottled water to Vynx. He looked up at her before he touched the bottled water in her hand.
"Are you sure?" Zaliyah asked, still rubbing her palm on her pants.
"That's not it," Bax interjected. "I think they will take a finger print from the knife," he predicted.
They obviously don't know anything about the proper invitation process so what they say is just guesswork.
"Did you touched the knife?" Colthen turned to Vynx. Vynx shook his head.
"Not even once was I given a chance to grab it," he replied and opened the bottled water.
Everyone watching him drinking water. She also couldn't guess what Vyze thinking as she stared at her brother while wiping his mouth.
Vyze eyes are swollen from crying and those are still flowing with tears. Traces of anger and fear clashed in her reaction.
Angry that she couldn't quite tell if it was about the man attacking Vynx. Because if that's the reason, everyone knows that it wasn't Vynx's fault either. As for fear, it's normal for anyone to be afraid if their brother's life is in danger.
"It's good that you didn't touch the handle of it," Mamo said. He looked at him and can also be seen with concern.
Of all of them, He is really the one that should be more dependent on them because it was his cargo, especially when it comes to disaster. "Because just in case, there will be a possibility that the police will suspect you. Even if we say that you are still the victim. It's a different when it comes to murder—"
"I didn't kill him, Mamo," Vynx retorted.
Mamo looked at him. "I didn't say anything like that, Vynx," he clarified. "I just mean that even if you are the victim if you are the one who killed it is not valid for you to stay out of jail."
She worried that Vynx would feel because of Mamo's words so she forced herself to speak, "Just in case...he touched it, Mamo." She looked down at Vynx for a moment. Because she's currently standing next to him. "I saw the whole things happened, he was just avoiding the knife to defend himself," she continued and looked at her companions. "I'm still willing to speak to prove it."
"Chaleigh is right," Wynce suddenly spoke. "Vynx only did defense, I saw it too. He was protecting his life and his sister's life earlier. If he touches it, he still has a reason."
Some of them nodded. Vynx still has a loophole but what she saw earlier fighting in the end were Wynce and Nivo. "Why Vynx? Wynce was the last man to fight before he fell down there?" Yvaine asked, as if they were thinking the same thing.
Mamo raised his back from his seat and looked straight at Yvaine. "I'm referring to the knife buried underneath. Maybe, the police might think someone put it there," he clarified.
"I kicked it, Mamo," Vynx replied. "I did that to keep the knife away from the man but my kick went in the wrong direction so it fell down there."
When he told about the knife, Vyze bent down and cried again. That's how Yvaine and Zaliyah caressed her back. Because of what happened, Vyze was the most affected—she was the one that almost died. If she didn't lift by Vynx and Bax, he must have been the one that got stabbed below.
"I don't know why were you always outside earlier," she cried and scolded her brother when she looked up.
Her eyes were wet with tears as she can't stop crying. "Who did you fight with and get to that point?"
Vynx's facial expression changed after receiving such a question from his twin sister. "I didn't fight anyone, Vyze!" His voice rose to reason. "Do I look belligerent?"
The others were also shaken by Vynx's reaction. "Then why did something like that happen? Why did the man want to hurt you?" Vyze's voice also rose and she spat on the floor. When these two actually talk, it's impossible for the way of talking happen calmly.
"I don't know! I don't even know him!" the brother's answer was annoyed and his forehead furrowed.
"You don't understand the people thought, do we all know that you are not careful with your looks! Maybe later you looked at his wife or his daughter. Then he got angry, rushed at you!" he was surprised by what Vyze said. He didn't think that this scenario was what playing in her mind.
"What?! Are you saying I'm a womanizer?!" You can see the surprise in Vynx's eyes as he yelling at Vyze.
Vyze suddenly rose her feet. "Why? Isn't it not true?"
She looked around and noticed people watching them. Mamo signaled the twins to calm down.
"Don't mess around here. Sit down, Vyze!" Mamo ordered Vyze.
"No!" Vynx stood up and his eyes were still glaring at Vyze. "And which woman am I looking at here? You even mentioned the wife—seriously?"
"You son of a bitch! Vynx, sit down! Stop it! You're embarrassing!" Mamo scolded them and hit them with a fan. "Sit down!" he ordered Vynx who are keep a sharp eye on Vyze while Mamo hitting him the fan on the shoulder.
Colthen couldn't rose his feet because of what Mamo did. "You, sit down!" He also pointed at Vyze with a fan and fanned her face but Vyze did not blink even a second. She keep staring intently at her brother.
"Why not?" Vyze is still wheezing. "Yes, you're just quiet! It's like you're feeling cold, looking cool! It's like you're a handsome introvert! But inside you have a desire too!"
Vyze even pointed at Vynx's chest and the man looked at himself unbelievably. His eyes widening at what his twin sister was saying.
Vyze, on the other hand, moving back and forth due to Yvaine and Zaliyah pulling her. "And I'm sure that man..." She pointed further. "He noticed you! That's why he rushed and want to kill you!"
"And really—" Mamo and Colthen were quick to catch Vynx when he was about to reach his twin sister. Mamo even screamed out of surprise.
"Calm down, Dude! Calm down!" Colthen pleaded him and patted him on the shoulder while holding him by the arm.
"You're really losing your mind, aren't you? After what happened, you're going to blame me and create a story like this?" Vynx yelled back to Vyze.
"So how can you explain what happened, anyway?" Vyze's challenge.
"And because I don't know the reason, you made up the reason in your mind? You don't know what you're saying Vyze, so please stop!"
Once again, Vyze's face could not be painted due to crying. "And why? What's the reason? What did you do?" Her question as she cried again.
Chaleigh was almost carried away by the way Vyze cried, she felt both pity and a trace of fear.
"Nothing! I didn't do anything! I just wanted to hang out on the deck. Did I know there's a man over there with a knife and I'm the one he wants to hurt? No!" Vyze is really the only one who can made Vynx to speak directly especially when they are fighting.
Vyze remained silent, wiping away tears in annoyance.
"We both know nothing about—"
"Don't you know what I was feeling earlier?" Wynce stopped talking when Vyze spoke again and poked her chest. "Vynx, I'm so scared!" she admitted and Vynx bowed his head.
Colthen let go of his arms when he was sure that he would not rush at his twin sister again. "Until now I'm afraid," added Vyze while crying. "I don't want to get out of my mind, what if you got stabbed? What if I found you were gone? Or what if I fell there?" She pointed out the direction of the deck. "Do you get it? I'm afraid of dying! I'm afraid about you! I'm afraid of losing you! If you're gone, what about me?"
Because of the emotion she sees in Vyze, she almost carries her feelings. Vyze still wailing and Vynx couldn't speak anymore.
She gripped the arm panel of the couch tightly and she didn't realize that her tears were falling too.
In the short time that she was with these two, she always witnessed them fighting. Now she witnessed how they value each other.
Vyze said it right inside the comfort room of the terminal in Batangas port. If only one of them perishes, the other will be restless.
"Water..." Vyze immediately took the water that Yvaine gave her. The trauma it suffered because of what happened was too much.
She noticed Vynx moving, all of their eyes followed him as he turned and approached his twin sister. Zaliyah automatically stepped aside to let him pass.
"Oh, I can't stand this feeling," said Mamo, clutching his chest. He turned around when he saw Vynx hugging Vyze.
Like Mamo, she couldn't handle the emotions brought by the two. Her tears fell even more as she chuckled fakely. Even Yvaine and Zaliyah were emotional about what was happening.
"I'm scared," they heard Vyze say as he fell on Vynx's chest. The man rubs her back. Maybe, Vynx just wants to make his twin sister feel that even though he often doesn't agree with her, he is always by her side.
"Shh! It's okay, that won't happen again," Vynx said whispering.
"Yey! They are now friends," Yvaine joked and then laughed.
"The drama feels?" Mamo laughed.
They were in that situation when she looked in front—behind Yvaine. She saw a man wearing a black T-shirt and a hat watching the twins. Her chest pounded when she saw the tattoo on his arm. It is not different from the dead man's tattoo; triangular shape and has a red rosary at its base.
"H-He has a tattoo," she whispered, full of dread.
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1 YEAR LATER"Oh my god!" A loud scream echoed throughout the living room and when Chaleigh turned around she saw Vyze patting the two kids on either side of her arm as she ran. "Help!"Her brows knit together looking at her as she was currently talking to one of their friends."Why? What's happening to you?" she asked Vyze and briefly glanced at the two men who looked alike on the opposite couch where he was sitting who were both busy playing Mobile games.Vyze arranged to carry two kids but she accidentally dropped one—just slowly—and it was about to run towards Vynx and Vio but Vyze stopped him. "They pooped together!" Vyze yells causing her to let out a bubble of laugh. This is how difficult when you are taking care of twins. When it comes to pooping together you don't know which one of the two to take first."Vynx!" Vyze called. She choose Vynx because only Vynx has the ability to answer."Oh?" replied the twin brother but did not look at her. Still busy playing his phone."He
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Suddenly the strong and cold wind blew even though they were inside a place she hadn't memorized. Maybe they were inside the path she saw earlier.The flames in the torch dancing causing the whole place becomes lighter and soon darker. Vio stopped what he was planning to do to her. He looked around in surprise and they all did the same.She felt Zaliyah moving and Wynce got up just in time and watched as Zaliyah rose up.Her long hair is blown by the wind. She stood up straight and faced Vio."Son..." Did she hear right? Zaliyah, called Vio a son? But Zaliyah went on, "You're not a bad person.""What's happening?" Marietha's footsteps were big approaching to them."Open your eyes, open your heart," Zaliyah continued."Who are you again inciting my son?" Marietha asked Zaliyah sarcastically.Zaliyah faced her and gave her a bad look. By now the strong wind had stopped blowing."My son, not yours, Marietta!" corrected Zaliyah.Marietha's eyes widened. "What the hell are you saying?""Th
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Chaleigh landed in an unfamiliar place. It doesn't seem ordinary. Everything around her smokes and she can't see anything but only that thing."W-Where am I?" she asked in a whisper but her voice echoed.She was not inside the church as she last remembered. She passed out... She ran as fast as she can, remembering the last thing that happened. "Vyze? Bax? Wynce, where are you?"But no one answered. She continued to run as if this place had no boundaries."Vyze!"She didn't stop, she just sped up but the smoke around her didn't seem to change."Wynce! Bax!"The last thing she remembered, Bax caught Vynx's stab that was meant for her. After that she lost consciousness.So what place is she in?"Is anyone here?'Is it still part of Mt. Enigma?"Chaleigh..."She quickly faced behind. Her chest pounded when she saw the woman who always appeared on her.She stepped back says stammering, "W-Who are you?""I said don't let him go." The woman stepped closer causing her to continue back away.
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The woman, looks like a large frame in the twins' house. She is the woman wearing the wedding dress that Vynx introduced to them as their mother.In other words, this girl..."M-Mom?" Is a mother of Vynx and Vyze. She walked straight in front of them and behind her followed about six people with tattoos on each right arm."A-Auntie?" Wynce whispered."You guys are too stubborn and you're still going here. I've sent several threats but you still haven't been brought in! Get them!" she ordered after stopping in front of them."M-Mom what does this mean?" Vyze asked as the two men approached to touch her but Wynce pushed one away."Auntie! What is this?! Why are you doing this?!" Wynce's veins almost popped out of his throat and on his forehead as he asked.The man stood up and Vyze's mother faced Wynce. Her face looks like Vyze's so it's not unlikely that they are mother and daughter, the only thing she doesn't understand is what's going on.Someone held her but Bax took off quickly. "L
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From head to toe, there was no doubt who the person was in front of them now. He was standing and Nivo was on his feet with blood currently gushing from his mouth.They know who he is. From the shoes he wears, his pants and his red jacket..."V-Vynx?" Her lips trembled when she said his name.Right! Vynx! What they saw is Vynx who stabbed Nivo. Vynx is now the man in blood-stained clothes, carrying the stone shaped into a knife standing in front of them. His face had no emotion, just looking at them while they couldn't believe.Wynce with currently parted lips. His eyes widened as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing. And also Bax that is no different from Wynce's reaction. Uncle Bilyo is now obviously confused. Vyze with parted lips. Sweat and tears streamed down her face at the same time.While she? She didn't know if Vynx was still in front of her. It seemed like a different person and she couldn't feel the presence of the man she loved.Why is that? Everything in her dream c
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"Nhie! Wake up, Nhie!" Nivo almost climbed the cruz. It wasn't that high that he was still touching Zaliyah's waist. Every word he uttered echoed. Maybe because of the depth of where they are.Viewed from the church steps. The altar can be seen in the center. On the left side you can see various images, on the right side you can see the cross where Zaliyah is and it is slightly behind the altar.There is a large stone that can be compared to a wall but it is not attached for another stone. If Chaleigh wasn't mistaken that way will go inside and she doesn't know what's in there.But she is currently standing next to the cross. Bax and Nivo are working on how to get Zaliyah out of there. Wynce and Uncle Bilyo are also helping and Zaliyah's hands are only tied with rope. It's easy to remove if they are properly positioned."Nhie! Wake up! I'm here, Nhie!" Nivo kept crying and trying to calm himself."W-Who did this to her?" Vyze asked and she heard her swallowing saliva."It looks like t
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"Colthen!" Bax moved quickly and knelt down next to his lifeless friend. His hands trembled as he held it while his knees literally shook with trembling."C-Colthen! W-What happened, w-who did this?!"Wynce's light remained focused on them but his face was glistening with sweat. His lips parted as he watched Bax's crying to his friend's body fall asleep.Nivo's body trembled as he slowly approached Bax."I-Is he dead?" Vyze asked dejectedly and you could also notice the tremor in her voice due to shock and fear.Nivo's hands were shaking when he held Colthen's hand. After a while, he wiped off the sweat that seemed to be depressing."No! Colthen!" There Bax raised his head while crying. He hugged his friend's lifeless body and shouted the words, "Who did this to you?!"Chaleigh looked around while crying. When Bax looked up from where Colthen had come from she looked up too—even those with them. All they see are branches and leaves. It's just above where the moon can be seen.If someo
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"Zaliyah!""Hello!""Zaliyah, Please answer! Where are you?""Nhie! Don't play pranks like this please!""Did I hear right?" Chaleigh asked in whisper to her companions. "Is Zaliyah missing?""Looks like you're not the only one looking for someone. It looks like they've also lost a friend," Uncle Bilyo commented.They just remained standing where they were. They waited for the two men to come and when he got close to them, Wynce deliberately aimed the cellphone flashlight at their faces.They immediately covered their faces with their arms—glaring in the light of Wynce's flashlight."Who's that?" Nivo asked and because of the light they didn't recognize them. When he heard his voice, her entire system tingled."Colthen? Is that you?" Bax asked. He had no idea that they would no longer with his bestfriend. She clenched her fists in anger.Nivo came even closer to see them better. "Take that away!" He demand as he got closer and shook the phone Wynce holding, luckily he didn't drop it.
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Chapter 48
The dress of the priest-shaped rock itself is white in color and has a red tie hanging from its neck and falling over the chest down to the belly. There is a cross engraved on the left side of chest and it is tilted as if it is being worshipped.It is not man-made by the book. It was only found by the Filipino ancestors. Only its paint is man-made and it looks like it has been taken care of because if this paint has been around for a long time it is sure to have faded by now.Nivo circled behind it. There is an arch there with a beautiful design. Just like the one at the feet of the priest, there are also flowers surrounding it. Some of them are orchids, queen of the night and other types of flowers that they don't know."Someone is taking care of this place. It's obvious," he said and touched the stone image."I think it's a group," Nivo said."A group but the quiet one now.""Probably, it's Friday the 13th and it's still Holy Week. There's really no one here.""What if there is?" Za