Wages Of Sin

Kabanata 29

Kabanata 29

The tension and panic I tried to stop earlier began to spread as we walk silently in a quiet street of Resurrection. No one tries to make a noise except for footsteps. Besides the reason of being careful as always, a group of E.T. goes down from their ships.

Ni hindi namin maintindihan kung bakit sila bumaba. Ferrous's description about them is fit when I saw taller-than-me-creatures wearing a metal-secured armor-suit, 4-6 kilometers away earlier.

So far, nasa walo pa lang ang mga nakikita namin. Ferrous warned us that if we try to fight with them, there's a probability that more of them will show up. We won't let that happen.

He also explains us about that force field those eerie beings created. He said that it is a barrier without a mass and acts a wall. Ginagamit ito para pangdepensa sa kalaban. Means we can't go out and nobody can get in inside this city, kung saan ngayon pumapalibot ang force field.

The four of us are on the way back to the facility, making little footsteps to avoid a sudden attack. Kani-kanina lang, nagkaroon ng connection si Ferrous kina Thora pero bigla ring nawala. Ang usapan lang daw, doon magkikita since there are more weapons and other things in there that could help us in defending.

We suddenly wondered if where the army we have earlier is. Sobrang dami ang sumama kanina sa 'min, but we don't know what happened right after the explosion.

"Do you familiarize the weapons they're using?" I heard Ferrous whisper into Wield.

"Hindi sila gumagamit ng metallic bullets," Wield whispered back and pointed one of them. "That one's dangerous. It's a laser gun that could make something explode right after pulling the trigger. Mukhang hindi sila pamilyar sa mga bakal."

I saw Ferrous nodded while his eyebrows met. Napalingon siya sa 'kin saka ako nahuling nakatingin. I looked away and focused myself in front.

Bigla lamang akong natigil sa mahinahong paglalakad nang makitang si Tears, na siyang nasa harap, ay biglang tumigil. I tried to peek on what's happening and saw one of them. Its head is on side view and I'm seeing its back. Hindi ito gumagalaw na para bang nag-oobserba sa paligid.

"One of them noticed us," he whispered, roaming his eyes. Then he pointed a big bus that's enough to cover us, I think. "There. Go, go, go."

We followed his command and went inside that bus. A disconcerting atmosphere greeted me after wandering my eyes around the vehicle. Sumenyas si Tears na magtago sa isa sa mga upuan. I didn't move. I felt that something's off.

Someone's here.

Before I could talk, may bigla na lamang tumayo sa pinakalikod no'ng bus at tinutukan kami ng baril. Then it's followed by three men in different positions. They all surround us with their big guns, waving.

Napalunok na lamang ako. Ferrous and Wield stopped walking and raised their hands. When the four men recognizes Ferrous, binaba na lamang nila ang mga baril at napangiti.

"We've been looking for you, sir," the one who first showed up said. "Sorry for the guns."

Halos himatayin naman ako nang sabihin niya iyon. Gosh. I also recognized them. Sila iyong mga nakasama namin kanina. I recognized one of them as the one who sit by my side on the helicopter. Buti na lang.

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"Marami po kami kanina. But there are ETs who goes down that made us fight. Pagkatapos, nagkahiwa-hiwalay na kami. Siguro po, may iba pang buhay. But only four of us made it here, sir. Hindi na po namin alam kung nasaan ang iba."