***MaicaPapuntang school na kami ngayon sakay ang kotse ni Lola Vemine, with Sky as a driver. Nasa passenger seat ako since wala si Alex. I didn't know why or what happened to him but Sky said that he's not going to school today.I'm really worried about him. And I had a hunch na dahil ito siguro sa naging pahayag ni Trevor. The revelation yesterday was not a joke. It did cause a big impact on him, especially the part when he knew that he caused the phenomenal shift in the world na ikakapahamak sa mundo.Even me, I was affected too. Knowing that my friend will face another fight habang kami ay nakatingin lang — couldn't even do a thing to help him. If only I could help him in some way.
***AlexI watched the clock turned 7:00. Hindi ako nakatulog kagabi kasi every time na ipinipikit ko ang mga mata ko, I saw images of the monsters terrorizing this city na tinitirhan ko. Kahit ano'ng gawin ko para hindi maalala ‘yong ipinakita sa akin ng alter ko, ay walang gumagana.I watched Youtube videos, especially the funny one, but it didn't make me laugh nor smile. It was my first time experiencing this kind of feeling. ‘Yong feeling na parang wala ka nang gana mabuhay. I'm stuck in this phase of my life at hindi ko alam kung makakalabas pa ba ako sa sitwasyon ko ngayon. Muli kong inalala ang mga motivational words ng alter ko at ni Sky to gather some strength, but it failed. Masyadong malakas ang nararamdaman ko
***TrishaHaving this so-called psychic ability to read people's aura was so annoying. I had to admit na na-overwhelm ako when I found this ability of mine, pero right now! Uh-uh! Masakit sa mata ang mga kulay na nilalabas ng mga halo nila. Kanina, habang nagkaklase kami, hindi ko napigilang matulog. Paano ba naman kasi, masyadong distracting ‘yong mga halo nila.Kasama ko ngayon sina Sky at Maica sa canteen to have our lunch. And guess what, mas malala pa pala dito kesa sa classroom namin. Para akong nagdi-disco sa klase-klaseng kulay na nakikita ko sa bawat ulo ng estudyante dito. Kulang na lang ang DJ at ang sound system, at pwede nang maging disco center ang canteen.Most of them changed fr
"So, maaari mo bang sabihin kung ano'ng nararamdaman mo sa painting na ‘yan?" tanong niya, still looking at the weird painting. Hindi ko na pinansin ang tanong na bumabagabag sa utak ko."Danger, oppressed, monster, and—""Fear,” singit niya.How did he know that I was going to say 'Fear'? God! This man is weird! Quite mysterious."You're quite an impressive analyst, Ms. Osaka. Are you into arts?" Sa hindi malaman na dahilan ay biglang uminit ang pisngi ko after hearing his praise about my analysis towards the painting. Napaiwas ako ng tingin para hindi niya makita ang namumula kong mukha.Natahimik kami nang ilang segundo pero agad din ‘yong natapos when he cleared his throat. He walked away from me at saka tinungo ang mesa niya.
***AlexI borrowed Tita's car para makapunta sa school. I'm going there not to take my class but to meet someone. Someone na makakatulong sa akin sa planong naisip ko. I found this plan exhausting but it's the only way. While on my way, I found myself stuck in heavy traffic. It's only ten in the morning, pero mabigat na ang traffic.Well, it's fine. Hindi naman ako nagmamadali. Hindi naman klase ‘yong pupuntahan ko. To keep me busy, I grabbed my cellphone and searched few things about something strange na nangyayari sa mundo. Unang lumitaw sa search result ang isang website na nagbigay ng fifteen strange things na nangyari recently. I found myself clicking on the website and reading the article.
"As you can see, Kuya Alex. All of the victims are females and Incubus only attacks females. Using that superstition's claim, we believed na Incubus ang may gawa nito. And not just that. All of them showed symptoms of PTSD. It means, that they really went through a terrifying and traumatic experience,” paliwanag ni Calli which has a point. But the PTSD was not concrete support for their claims. Normal lang naman sa mga tao na ma-trauma once they experienced such traumatic moments."Aside from that, we also found this,” dagdag ni Dao at tila may pinindot na naman sa keyboard. The middle computer showed a line graph na parehas sa ipinakita nila noong unang punta namin dito. "This energy shift happened on the same night and time na na-experience nila ang sleep paralysis,” paliwanag ni Dao habang nakatingin pa rin sa computer screen.
***MaicaNakaupo kami ngayon nina Trisha at Sky sa sala habang nanonood ng Netflix movie sa TV namin. Alex was not home ayon kay mama at hindi rin niya alam kung saan ito pumunta. Ikinuwento din sa amin ni Trisha kung paano siya nagka-interes sa babaeng natagpuang patay kanina sa banyo. She told us about the gray halo na nakita niya sa babaeng ‘yon."About the gray halo, alam mo na ba kung ano ang ibig sabihin no'n?" tanong ko kay Trisha na abalang nakatingin sa TV.She shook her head. "I've searched the internet pero walang lumulutang na definite answer. May mga nakita ako but it's too irrelevant sa biktima.""What does it says?" Ngayon, si S
***AlexBeing comforted by someone who wasn't related to you by blood was too pleasing. I know it's not my first time but every time Tita comforted me as if I'm having it for the first time."Sorry to disturb you, Tita, pero may itatanong lang sana ako,” biglang sabi ni Trisha dahilan para mapunta sa kanya ang aming mga mata."What is it, Trisha?" tanong ni Tita."Nakakatulog ka ba nang maayos?” Trisha asked that made all of us confused. Nagtaka kami kung bakit ‘yon ang naging tanong niya."Well, after having the sleep paralysis…" Hearing the word "sleep paralysis" ca