Chapter 36. Regrets and Goodbyes
Aeon's POV
"I don't know what you're talking about" hirap kong sagot. My sight is starting to be clouded by light. I can't die right now. I refused to die like this.
"You still can't remember?" he asked then threw me away. I shook my head to at least ease the dizziness in my head.
"Try to remember what you unveil that night. The reason why they want to kill you. That made them kill Cannary instead" galit niyang sabi saka niya pinutol ang paa ng isang kahoy. He's really going to kill me.
"I loathed you for that. That's the reason why I want to kill you right now. It's because of you" dagdag niya habang naglalakad palapit sa akin. Pinilit kong makatayo kahit hirap na hirap na ako.
"Think Cordea" his growl resonates through the whole building. I tried to remember what he's making me remember when a memory flashes through my mind. A map.
"That map was where you humans live" ani ko.
"At last, you remembered"
"But what do the shifters have to do with all of these?" nagtatakang tanong ko.
"Unfortunately, you creatures share the same desires. Shifters laid their eyes on that map first but you happen to know about it too. It's not the vampires who put you into an eternal sleep, it's them. Because they know that you'll be torn on their roses. They put you into a perpetual slumber because they fear that you might kill them" sagot niya sa akin. Magtatanong na sana ako ng biglang yumanig ang lupa. Napatingin ako sa labas at isang building na ngayon ay tinutupok ng apoy ang nakita ko.
"No. Trasher!" sigaw ko saka ako tumakbo palabas kaso naunahan niya ako.
"Where are you going?" he asks while wearing a grin on his face. I glare at him.
"You should direct your anger and vengeance towards the shifters, not to us. I didn't even have the idea of telling about the map. We can live without you humans. We've been living without their help for decades now. I am the ruler of this island, do you really think that I'd waste my time hunting some pathetic and filthy beings?" I spat at him.
"Oh, the job of me killing you is a mission so no hard feelings," he said playfully.
"You think that our lives are merely worth that mission of yours? How low can you get? You, humans, are worst than evil" I spat. "Now move" utos ko sakanya.
"I'm sorry, hon. But as I've said earlier, I'm going to kill you here" he said then he stabbed me with the wood that he's holding earlier to my heart. I vomit plenty of blood. I can't feel anything. It's hard for me to breathe. I'm getting dizzier.
"Now, I'm going to kill that man of yours" when I heard him say that. I felt numb all of a sudden. He turns his back on me then started to walk away. Hinugot ko ang kahoy na sinaksak niya sa akin. I walk towards him then hugged him from the back using my left hand then I stabbed him on the back.
"I'm sorry but I can't let you kill him. Let's just die together instead. Besides, I don't want him to be with someone like me. He deserves better" ani ko sakanya saka ko diniinan ang pagkaka saksak sakanya. I let him go when he tried to turn around. Akala ko ay lalaban pa siya ngunit nagulat ako ng inangat niya ang kanyang isang kamay at hinawakan ako sa mukha.
"I wish in our next lives. We could just meet as ordinary persons" nakangiting aniya saka niya hinaplos ang mukha ko.
"I'm sorry, hon. I promised I'd protect you but I failed" dagdag pa niya. A tear escapes from his eyes as he started coughing blood.
"No, I'm sorry. I should be the one protecting you but look what happened to us" tears started to stream down our faces.
"I love you hon" mas lalo akong napaiyak sa sinabi niya.
"I love you" sagot ko sakanya. Ngumiti siya sandali at bigla nalang siyang natumba. I managed to catch him.
"Fire" banggit ko sa pangalang tawag ko sa kanya. Hiniga ko siya sa sahig saka ko hinawakan ang kanyang kamay.
"I should be okay because I mourned for your death a long time ago but why am I still hurting again? I'm so sorry. They shouldn't have disturbed you. You should be at peace right now but here you are. You don't deserve this kind of death. I'm so sorry" hagulgol ko. I look at his face. Hinaplos ko ang pisngi niya saka ko hinaplos ang labi niya at hinalikan ko siya.
"I'm sorry, hon," I said one last time then my surroundings started to spin then everything went black.
Our love is forbidden from the beginning. To our kind, it's considered as taboo but we still insisted because we love each other. But then he died, he was killed. He died not even knowing and seeing his daughter.
I thought love would not be on my vocabulary again when Sylfire died. Then I met Trasher and before I even knew it, I fell in love again. I want to fulfill my promise but I don't think I can. You deserve someone and something better. I am happy to love these two amazing men in my life and to be loved by them. As for my daughter, I'm sorry if I can't avenge your death. I'm sorry if mommy forgot you but you're the most precious one in my life and you're the best thing that ever happened in my life. I don't know if I want to wish that in our next lives, the four of us should meet again. I'm afraid that I will just bring misfortune to your lives. You deserve so much better. These would be my regrets and my goodbye.
Ire's POV
My heart aches as I run away from that building, leaving her all on her own. I want to hate her for lying but I can't. I want to ask her so many questions so she better not die on me.
"Let's head on that building first" sigaw ko sakanilang lahat bago kami tumakbo sa building ng secondary.
"What the hell is going on?" tanong ng isa sa mga kaibigan ko. Hindi na ako nag abalang isipin kung sino ito. Nang makapsok kami sa building ay sinara namin lahat ng pwedeng mapasukan ng mga tao.
"Why the hell are we hiding? We can kill those humans" ani nanaman ni Colton.
"No. Their weapons are advance and they can kill us in a blink of an eye. They already tried earlier" ani kuya na kasama pala sa mga na hostage kanina.
"Do you have any contact outside?" tanong ko kay kuya.
"They cut all the connections and we can't trust anyone right now. As you can see that woman is part of the council" sagot ko. He's right. We can't afford to trust anyone right now.
"Come out you filthy creatures" rinig naming sabi ng isang tinig tinig sa labas ng building.
"Come out or we'll burn you to death inside this building and this will serve us your graveyards" ani pa ng isang boses. Nagtawanan naman ang kanilang mga kasama. There are plenty of them.
"T" tawag ng isang tinig. I turn around only to find Tam walking towards me, Thalia is behind him.
"Tam" banggit ko rin sa pangalan niya.
"Where's A?" tanong niya sa akin.
"She's still in the hall" sagot ko sakanya.
"How can you leave her behind?" galit na sigaw ni Thalia.
"Thalia shut up" suway naman sakanya ni Dark.
"It's her decision to stay behind. She's with her husband" dagdag pa niya.
"What?" gulat na tanong nilang dalawa. Walang alam si Thalia sa lahat ng pinagtapat ni Aeon sa amin kanina.
"He's husband is dead" ani Tam. Mukhang alam niya ang bagay na iyon tungkol kay Aeon.
"Wait. I can't understand what you guys are talking about" ani Thalia.
"We'll explain later" sagot ko naman sakanya.
"Let's head upstairs" utos ni kuya sa aming lahat.
"What? We can't fight them upstairs" ani nanaman ni Colton.
"We can't fight them, Colton. We may know how to kill our kind but humans are beyond our league. They are cunning and ruthless. We can't underestimate them" ani kuya. I don't know why he's giving so many credits about them but he has a point. We are not in the era where vampire reigns.
"Let's just head upstairs for now and think how we can escape here" ani kuya na sinunod naman namin. Naglakad kami papunta sa ikaapat na palapag ng eskwelahan.
"Find a room where we can stay" ani kuya. Naghanap kaming lahat ng bukas na classroom.
"In here" ani ng isa sa mga kasama namin. Lumapit kaming lahat saka kami pumasok. It's the science lab of the seniors in the secondary.
"So? What's the plan?" tanong ko kay kuya.
"We have to distract them so others can escape" sagot ni kuya.
"Kelan pa tayo natakot sa mga tao?" ani nanaman ni Colton.
"Dude we don't know what they are capable of. And our pride is less than important right now. Our lives are more important" saad ni Arius sakanya. Mabuti naman at hindi na siya nagreklamo pa.
"Can you guys see if they've surrounded the building?" pakiusap ni kuya. Nagkanya kanya sila ng direksyong pupuntahan at ng makabalik sila ay mukhang mahihirapan pa kaming makakatakas.
"This is bad" ani ng isa sakanila.
"We are surrounded" dagdag pa nito.
"They are even burning the whole building" ani naman ng isa na kadarating lang.
"They really intend to burn as alive" bulong ni kuya
"Wait. There's a way out here" ani ng isang babae. Napatingin kaming lahat sakanya.
"What do you mean? Where?" tanong ni Adrion.
"There's an underground tunnel in here" si kuya ang sumagot.
"How'd you know?" tanong naman nang babae.
"Sweety, I'm the headmaster of this school. My family own it so it's given" sagot ni kuya.
"Who are you anyway and how'd you know too?" tanong ko.
"She's a junior student and a member of the student government" si Thalia ang sumagot. Well, that explains it.
"Lead the way" ani kuya sa babae na sinunod naman nito. We followed her and as we go downstairs smoke started to envelop the whole building.
A/N: I am literally crying while writing the part where they stabbed each other and Sylfire saying his regrets and goodbyes. Next chapter is the epilogue. Happy reading-A