The Bloody Night

It was already nighttime but the grenades blasting above them were outnumbered. Magee was trying to pacify herself while Sr. Sibal was like a security guard on stand by beside the two-way mirror door, watching over Magee if she would escape. But later then, Series of grenade blasts somewhat summoning her to get out so she went to room number seven, slowly opened the overhead daylight optic hole. It was too heavy since its the first time that hole was opened after it was constructed. In a little while, when she was about to get out, Damian called her, looking up to her.

" Mama..." The boy's very soft voice made her like a statue for seconds.

" Shh...just go back to sleep Damian...your friends are attacking the entrance of our haven, it annoys me too much."

" You might be ... hurt." The boy pitiyingly said.

" No matter what...I shall help. This place is at risk, and so, we are."

" Mama, there were a lot of grenade blasts I've heard, we'll just... hide, I'm scared."

" Shh...just...just go back to your bed and cover your ears, we are at war with your friends right now."

It was enough for Damian to keep quiet and moved aback. Then she emerged on the surface above but to her surprise, her husband was sitting next to the hole.

" Hmm...where are you going?" George smiled despite the series of grenade blasts where the Japs were barging able weapons to destroy the granite entrance gate. Its funny how, for he helped her cover the optic hole while she was guilty escaping that way. The moonlight was ironically lovely despite the oozing sound of blasts nearby. In as much as she want to run or get angry, but she just sheepishly sat beside him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

" I'm caught this way." She whispered.

" Hmm...yeah. Perhaps, you forgot that someone is crazy of you. Sometimes, I'm more scared of your decisions than this war we're facing. Mag...just go back inside, you'll be safer there with Damian." George calmly said, caressing her hair while she's teary eyed.

" George...just shout at me when you feel so tired of preventing me from doing something you don't like instead of letting me feel so guilty of your patience." She sobbed but he hugged her tight.

" I didn't marry a saint but a woman I loved so dearly. You may or you may not change, still you are my wife whom I can always smile at, even during the bad times. Proof is, we're somewhat dating right now and made those humdrum blasts as our fireworks. See how love goes on and on." He smiled and kissed her forehead and she blushed while he caught her face under the shady moonlight with the blasts as their sonata. But Damian underneath shouted a bit.

" Mama! Lolo Sibal is coming."

George backed off and controllably laughed while trying to open the optic hole so his wife could get inside.

" Amà is coming..." Magee smiled.

" Yeah...his instinct led him to check you in our room but he was mad and is trying to verify you at Damian's place. Watch out, haha." George was teasing her.

" Oh dear...I'm going back now. Stay safe, George."

It was then when he had stolen a kiss on her lips when she almost sank below and pinched her cheek and looked at her shimmering face he missed in every moment.

" Keep being silly." He smiled while holding her sliding away from his hand.

When she reached below and as George quickly covered the optic hole, Magee timely landed while coaching Damian to open the door after Sr. Sibal's series of knock. When Damian opened it, he saw Magee sitting beside Damian's bed and without saying anything he closed the door again.

" He's gone now. Hmm..but why you returned instantly Mama?" Damian gently said as he sat on his bed, smiling at her.

" Nothing. I just met a cute handsome angel above, you know." She smirked while pulling back her weapons below Damian's bed after hiding those from Sr. Sibal.

" Ah, I see, so angels are true." Damian seriously whispered.

" Yeah...when people are nice, patient, understanding, faithful, softhearted, they're called angels."

" Ah...so all of you are angels around?" Damian whispered.

" If you think it that way, we can be like angels in your heart, Damian." Magee smiled and covered him with his blanket. But after seconds he showed his face and smiled.

" You saw Papa above." The little boy smiled and hid under his blanket while kicking his feet. Magee smiled and gently slapped his feet to stop and they both laughed.

Just right in the tunnel, George returned and instructed his men to abort the area as Baldur led Mayumi to enter the secret passage going up to help him carry the Captain who was still unconscious. After the Captain, he asked George again to help him carry Albrecht going up while the rest of the soldiers and guerrillas started to move out to the passage going down towards station one. The target was, they have to climb back to the mountain and drop grenades below the door of the locked entrance gate. So when Mayumi reached inside the granite house and she was so amazed.

" Wow! what a beautiful place!" Mayumi smiled while Baldur brought her back to reality and instructed her to keep an eye to the Captain and his brother. Minutes later, George and Baldur left and brought along with them more weapons and ammos. Meanwhile, Amado and Henry also carried along with them a lot of grenades they would use. When they all met at the mountaintop and despite the continued blasts, George and his comrades simultaneously dropped down enough grenades that lost the lives of everyone below. With that, there were more than twenty of the opponents who were badly hit. Needless, but the remains look so scary and heartbreaking especially when they pulled out the bodies going to the flowing river of Kabang, passing Tikaban. For the lieutenant, its the only way that they can deceive the remaining few that the reinforcements they sent were lost again.