In the dark alleys near her apartment,Thea found herself shaking while leaning the rough and hard cement walls. The place is silent only the sound of their breath and crickets at this nine in the evening were heard. Nightmares came rushing back in Thea's mind as she saw those fierce eyes,messy hair those sharp jaws and wide shoulders mixing in with the big build of the guy's body, white skin and the threatening aura. Out of fear Thea threw all of her grocery items towards the guy,hearing her own shaking breath and muffled cries.
With his arm,the guy covered himself with the things Thea threw at him. Still covering himself with those muscled arms,he stood up and walked silently closer to Thea.
"S-Stay away from me Clark,stay away from me!"Thea cried and trying to run away.
"No Thea__"Clark gently called for her and grabbed her waist pulling her closer to him. Feeling her back against his chest Clark took a deep sigh,he wrapped his another arm around her neck gently and hugged her so tight from her back.
"Thea I missed you so much,its been so long since I smelled your scent,the feeling of touching your skin I miss those,your hair that's so black making me want to play with it always."Clark whispered as if he was dreaming and keeps on sniffing her hair and neck." I've been watching you from afar trying to get close to you,oh goooood"
Thea cried,her chest is in deep pain as all those fear and rage she's been feeling is unattainable. She keeps on pulling Clark's arm in her neck and waist. The feeling she felt when the day Clark violated her went back;the feeling of losing her dignity as a girl. Feeling Clark's warm breath touching her neck and chest makes her shiver as his her went tighter than before.
She keeps on punching his arms wrapping around her her body,but the same as before,her strength is no match to his. When his embrace started to loosen up,she immediately pulled herself away from him.
"Thea I missed you so bad__"Clark was stopped when he received a violent slap from Thea.
The slap itself made Clark snap from being a dreamy guy to the violent one,his expression changed,those caring and apologetic aura were gone and replaced by a cunning and psychotic aura. Just from the sight of the changes happening to Clark,Thea panicked,her legs were shaking and as if she was frozen in place, she covered her mouth and muffled her loud wail.
In a snap,Thea felt herself lying on the ground she's unable to move,seeing those pair of legs in front of her,seeing this big fist covered in blood. She felt her head ringing in pain,Thea saw the blood that was on the ground continuously flowing along which she is thinking was hers. A strong pair of arms grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into a tight hug. She can hear deep voice and can feel the shaking along with the embrace and the sobbing.
"Im so sorry Thea....Im really sorry,I really didnt mean to hurt you....Oh god,Im so sorry."Clark cried while kneeling on the ground,hugging her.
He saw the blood coming out from her forehead,with his shaking hands he covered her big wound on her forehead."God damn it!Dont come out blood. Dont come out! You're killing my precious Thea!"Clark screamed.
The scream draw the attention of on-duty tanods that are roaming around the area. With the tanod's long and thick stick used to protect themselves from drunk citizens,they point out the figure of Clark hugging Thea.
"Hey,hijo* what happened there?"Tanods asked Clark from afar.
Out of fear of being caught Clark lets go of the bleeding Thea and hurriedly run away. Thea is lying on the ground unable to feel her body,her vision became blurry and all she can see is Clark running away.
A straight struck of light hit Thea's eyes as soon as she woke up,everything is white on her sight,she roamed her eyes around and see so many hospital beds. She can still feel the pain in her wound,but when she tried to touch it,its already bandaged.
"I see,you're awake,dont touch your wound you may infect it."a gentle voice was heard from a middle aged woman,wearing a white t-shirt and a jeans walked beside her bed.
Thea kept silent as she keeps on roaming her eyes around.
"Dont worry,you're in the barangay* health center now. you're safe,we have tanods that guard the entrance."The woman smiled. "By the way I am Sonya,Im a health worker here,for now others keeps in figuring out who to call since you dont bring any identification card or a phone when the tanods found you."
"No dont call someone,Im okay__"
"But you seem not,you need to get some test if ever there is some damage in you head."
"No,I can really manage."
"Are you sure you're not gonna call someone?You seems like a minor.How old are you?"Sonya asked her.
Thea looked away and closed her eyes."Im already nineteen years old,so I can really manage myself."
"Oh okay,then what's your name?We need it for the center's records."
"Amithea Gonzales."
"Do you remember who did that to you?The tanods said,before they got closer to you they saw a guy near you who ran away."
Thea went silent and stared at her remembering all the things that happened clearly.
"No,I dont remember anything,all I can remember is being knocked out."
"Oh,okay,dont pressure yourself Amithea."Sonya smiled and left her.
Thea didnt last long in the center,later that night,she was accompanied by several tanods on her way to her apartment. When she got to her place,she immediately washed up her hair that hardened due to some dry blood. She saw herself in the mirror;her sweater is stained with her blood and her cheeks were cleaned,but there's some bits of dried blood on it.
She took off her sweater and threw it away,after washing up,she hurriedly went to her closet.
*I need to get away from here,Clark is just somewhere.* Just the thought made Thea shiver.
She packed all her clothes and some necessary belongings in her bag,she broke her five piggy banks and took all her saved money. When everything is set,she saw her phone lying on the bed. She harshly take it and threw it to the wall.
*Its no use telling Uncle what happened,he'll just keep on apologizing and will still not punish Clark after what he did to me.*
After a sleepless night Thea went to the bus station all by herself.
"Tondo!Tondo!"drivers are shouting.
Hearing those,Thea silently walked towards the bus going to Tondo,Manila,before the bus could depart she stared at the banner in the entrance of the terminal saying 'Cainta,Rizal'.
*I hope I could find a job and place to stay there.*
Thea just randomly chose her place to go when deciding to ride the bus to Tondo,when she got there,she rode another public vehicles just reach the University of the Philippines.She remembered passing the admission test for her Senior High school,her uncle didnt knew it yet. She was actually about to surprise him about this,but unexpected things happen.
She cant afford all those prices the boarding houses near her school offered,not until she saw a chubby bubbly girl walking inside the campus. She grew hungry when she saw the food she's bringing. It was too obvious not to notice how Thea stared at her food so the chubby girl bubbly walked near her making Thea wonder.
"Oh god,you look awful."The girl said staring at her.
She's just standing in the front gate of the school not knowing what to do and where to go,along with four massive baggage where her stuff is placed,she might admit that really looked awful. She's tired and hungry but she saved her money left for her expenses for the place she'll be staying.
"You want some? Im Sara by the way."