Suicidium

Chapter 16 : The Process and the Origin

16 : The Process and the Origin

Iniharap ni Richard sa amin ang computer upang malaya naming makita ang nasa screen nito. He played the video as well.

Masiyadong madilim ang video, parang walang kailaw-ilaw sa kinaroroonan ng kung sino mang kumuha ng video na 'yon.

Ilang segundong tahimik ang video. Ang tanging maririnig lang ay ang malalim na paghinga ng kung sino mang may hawak ng gadget na ginamit para sa video. Akala ko nga hindi na magsasalita ang taong nasa video. Pero ilang segundo pa, may nagsalita na.

Malalim at halos pabulong ang boses na gamit ng taong nasa likod ng video. Dinig na dinig din ang bawat paghinga niya. Para bang hingal na hingal siya, o kaya'y kinakapos ng hininga.

"M-my n-name is Roger W-Waines... I-I am a neurologist th-that works for the Special Task F-force under United Na-nation's supervision. Th-three years ago, t-the retired President of WHO, established a-another secret organization th-that no one will know. H-he's the founder of S-special task force where I, and four other doctors w-with different speciality fields, mostly a-about the brain, human anatomy and behavior of humans, w-worked for almost a year. O-our ta-task is to make a medicine that will change the world and will transform the impossible into possible..."

"...w-we are composed of p-primarily neurologist, psychiatrist a-and pha-pharmacist."

Tumitigil-tigil ang salita sa video. Akala ko nga tapos na ang video, pero bigla ulit nagsalita si Roger, ang lalaking nagsasalita sa video. Hindi ko maaninag ang mukha niya. Ang alam ko lang, matangos ang ilong niya at bilog ang hulma ng mukha. Nakita ko 'yon nang minsang may tumamang ilaw mula sa likuran niya. Parang hindi rin siya mapakali dahil maalog ang video.

"Ja-January 2018 when we conducted o-our first trial for vaccines and me-medicines for those who have autism and b-brain illnesses such as t-tumor. Th-the first t-tests were good. W-we thought that we could make those with abnormalities i-into n-normal. B-but we celebrated too early..."

"...Fe-February 2018, we conducted another set of trials to 134 people with different abnormalities and b-brain illnesses. The-they came from different countries.Th-the retired President of WHO firmly believed that w-we made the vaccines and medicines right. Bu-but he's w-wrong. We're a-all fools for thi-thinking that we ca-can make a cure f-for autism and tumor for such a sho-short period of time!"

Madiin pero halos pabulong na nagkuk'wento si Roger. Ang bawat paghinga niya, para bang puno ng bigat. Para bang matagal na niyang gustong sabihin ang lahat ng mga nalalaman niya, pero ngayon lang niya nagawa. Naririnig ko rin ang mahihina niyang paghikbi. At kahit hindi namin makita, alam kong umiiyak siya sa video.

"...3 we-weeks la-later, the 134 people w-we injected with subjected vaccines and medicines become wild. The-they are as if animals from the wild, cha-chasing us a-and freeing themselves from ch-chains. Lately do we realized th-that everything gone wrong. W-we failed to make a vaccine or medicine for those who have abnormalities and brain illnesses. And w-we made it more critical for the 134 people with different na-nationalities..."

"...it sound surreal... but the 134 people killed every person the-they see in the lab where w-we worked for a top secret mission. I-I'm the only doctor to become a survivor, a-and a witness."

Mas lalong naiyak si Roger.

Wala akong masabi.

Hindi mag-sink in sa utak ko lahat ng mga sinabi niya. Hindi ko alam kung paano tatanggapin ng utak ko lahat ng mga nalaman ko. Hindi ko alam kung maniniwala ba ako o hindi. Naguguluhan pa rin ako kahit pa pinapa-intindi na sa amin ang lahat.