4 Chapter Four

Day 13 A sudden Death

She now faces the commander’s and the Sergeant in the commander's office there are pictures displayed to her to identify one by one and it’s a big surprise to her that those all pictures are their friends. She was sure of herself that they are their friends.

"Yes, I am sure they are my friends".. Do you have any news you get from them? Are they okay? Why are they with the gunmen? What happened to them? She continually asks the Commander and the Sergeant.

"Okay, Ms. Chyrill Please calm yourself". The commander said to her.

"We had collected data from your friend and we had an update to them".

"Update? What update? Pwede ba sabihin nyo sa akin kung ano ang nangyari sa kanila ang dami nyo pang pasakalye eh" she speaks in her language and she just suddenly stands in her seat and slammed the table.

"I know what you feel now Ms. Chyrill but we need you to be calm down". The commander calmly told her.

"We are sorry to tell you now Ms. Chyrill that your friends are dead, my soldiers found their bodies in a river with a gunshot in their forehead, all of them has been captivated by the Sans Serif terrorists people who are responsible for the death of your friends".

"No... This can't be I just have seen them a day ago.... and now you're saying that they are dead?"

The commander just sighed and continuously saying about what had happened to her friends.

Her world had collapsed when she heard the horrible news she was suddenly dumb she wanted to shout out loud but no more voice coming out she then suddenly walks away from the commander's office seems nothing to herself. She wanted to cry, but no tears fell from her eyes.

She walks along the hallway of the camp, she sees nothing, it seems that all is dark and shadows coming from her she went to her room and locked it up. She sat down on her bed at that moment, tears fall from her eyes; she cried quietly it was as if something was piercing her heart because of the pain in her chest.

The sobbing cry suddenly intensified as like she wanted to get lost, Sergeant Herrera was standing at the door of her room, he heard how she cried out loud and he feels how hurts, it was, he wanted to knock on the door but he chooses to let her alone for this time.

The commander and the Arland Soldiers are too busy in preparing for the mission to assault the Sans Serif terrorist they had collected the data and along with the people who are still in their custody.

Sergeant Herrera and the two of his men are in the control room to monitor all the area and the possible threat of the terrorist, he thinks about Chyrill if she feels better at this moment. He ordered his men to give her foods, but they say that she was refusing to eat. He was totally worried about her.

Just a few moments the door of the control room opened and they were surprised that Chyrill came in with almost puffy eyes.

"Can you take me to the place where my friends are?" she asked it suddenly.

Sergeant Herrera just sighed and did not know how to explain it to her, he offered a seat to Chyrill to calm her down, but she just shook her head and started to cry again.

"I want you to take me to my friends"... I want to see them..

"No."Sergeant Herrera said.

" Why not? "I wanted to see them for the last time, now if you don't care about them then I do"..

"I understand what are you feeling right now, but it's for your safety and it’s too dangerous"

She can't stop crying, she knows it's feel ashamed to see her crying in front of them, but she cannot hide all the pain and on the other side she feels guilt that she was not able to do something for them.

"You should take a rest and eat your meal" Sergeant Herrera says with so much concern in his eyes.

She just looked at the Sergeant and grinned.

"Don't act that you are concerning to me"

"Of course I am and we are just thinking about your safety".

"Huh.. If you are, you will let me go to my friends... Please... her eyes pleading and she cried constantly.

But the Sergeant just shook his head and turn back at the monitor of the control room, he can't take long to see Chyrill crying and pleading him.

Chyrill goes out of the control room with a heavy heart, she has nothing to do anything, no matter how she tried she walks back in her room no one is concerned in her mourning, how do they care she's nothing to the she just a stranger in their eyes a threat maybe and causes problems to the Arland Soldiers. Sergeant Herrera just looked at her, walks away, he wanted to do a favor, but he has nothing to do something about it.

It was already midnight Sergeant Herrera decided to visit her in her room, he knocks at the door many times but Chyrill don't open the room. He enters the room, but there is no mark of Chyrill he looks at the bathroom but she was not there, he alert instantly the soldiers who are at the front gate of the camp to look an eye for Chyrill.

He is alarmed the emergency button to warn and look for Chyrill all around the camp and he is sure it has not gone yet, the Arland Soldiers is getting ready to search all the area of the camp but there is nothing they found no mark of Chyrill in the camp.

"Look around, she's it gone too far yet" Sergeant Herrera ordered their men.

But there is no Chyrill inside the Arland Camp so that the Sergeant Herrera decided to go outside of the camp with his three men they made their way to North Simpkins Place he knew Chyrill was going there and there was nowhere else to go, but at the middle of the road they saw a woman sitting on the rocky side of the road alone, they light it up to recognize it and it was Chyrill. She was a little dazzled so she somewhat covered her eyes with her palms.

They are quickly coming with her to bring her back at the camp, but she refuses to come with them and she walks way to the North Simpkins Place Sergeant Herrera fellow soldier would have followed her, but he stopped it and said, let her alone, he ordered his men to back the camp and he will be the one to follow Chyrill without knowing her.

Chyrill comes at the North Simpkins Place safely and she was not able to notice that she was followed by Sergeant Herrera, the North Simpkins is still lively at this time, although it was already midnight, others are still awake and she had noticed by them, they quickly approached Chyrill and let her in at their tent that serves as their home for this time.

Sergeant Herrera decided to back at the camp knowing that Chyrill is safe, maybe, tomorrow she will change her mind and she will be able to think that everything will be fine.

Day 14 Honor their Memory

Early in the morning the car of the Arland Soldier standing by at the North Simpkins Place the people there were wondering because for the first time there were Arland Soldiers who approached them this early time.

The two Arland soldiers come over to the place that makes the people alerted and they grab their weapon knowing that they will get in trouble. The soldiers signaled that they had nothing to fear, they were just coming here for Chyrill and they will bring her back to the camp to the order of Sergeant Herrera. One of the people of the North Simpkins, who understand a little English come over to the soldiers and says that Chyrill is not around.

She offered to come with them to go where Chyrill was and it takes a long walk to go at the place, Chyrill headed to the mountainous area of the North Simpkins she wanted to feel as close to the sky and the surroundings were peaceful she just wanted to pray for her friends.

She feels the cold of the morning breeze and the clouds are so low she feels she can reach it may be, her friends can hear her that in this way at least she can be with them. She draws her arms and closed her eyes, she let to feel the cold breeze of the morning and she murmured each name of her friends, But this time she was not crying anymore she just thinks that they are in godfather hands.

"Andrea, Joel, Leslie at Patrick Sana masaya na kayo kung saan kayo naroroon ngayon" Sorry... kung hindi ko kayo natulungan, patawarin nyo ako... She speaks her language that she knows that they are listening right now.

She kneels down and bows her head and offered a prayer, the wind blows suddenly she smiled because she knows that their friends is here right now, though she can never see them, she can feel their presence.

The Arland Soldiers caught up with her in that position and out of respect they just let Chyrill and wait for it to end.

After she offered a prayer, she stood up from her knees and open her eyes,. She gets startled when she sees the Arland Soldiers standing near to her.

"What are you doing here"? she said to the Arland soldiers.

"Ma'am, we are ordered by Sergeant Herrera to take you back to the camp".

"Oh really? Does he miss me? She asked again to the soldiers.

The soldiers keep silence and just smiled from what she had said she rubbed the dirt on her knees and then walked down the mountainous area, she ignored the soldiers even though it still forced her to come back the camp.

The soldiers reminded that she has to come back at the camp no matter what happen that was the ordered coming from the Sergeant. They followed Chyrill down the mountainous area they need to bring her back to the camp.

"hey you, don't need to follow me and I won't go back to the camp".

"I'm sorry ma'am but we need to do this.. You need to come with us right now"

"No. I'm not taking orders from you".

"It's not an order, it's a request".

Her heart beats fast as she heard the familiar voice coming from the back and she will never be wrong that it's Sergeant Herrera. She turns around and sees the Sergeant staring at her that makes her feel uneasy her heart beats faster when the Sergeant trying to come close to her.

"What are you doing here? She asked the Sergeant.

" Well, my men are trying to convince you to come back to the camp as soon as possible, but I guess you don't want, you want me to take care of these things to convince you to." Sergeant Herrera says it seriously at her face.

Her cheeks get redder as the Sergeant says those words to her.

" No, I'm not going back to the camp, I need peace. And suddenly she walks away.

"Ohh... Don't you want to know what had happened to your friends? Or maybe you want to take a glance at them before they are buried.

Her cheeks get redder as the Sergeant says those words to her.

"Don't say that....if you just trying me to return at the camp, there is no place for me there" her tears fall from her eyes and she quickly wiped it.

"I will not waste my time following you here at this place if I didn't tell the truth".

She was confused on what is going on in the fact that she was waiting for this moment to see them again she just need to believe to the Sergeant. She faced the Sergeant and searching answer if all of what he says was the whole truth.

She finally decided to go back at the camp with the soldiers she follows the way of the Arland Soldiers down from the mountainous place, her heart feels sadness and afraid to see their friends, she doesn't want to see them in this kind of situation, she doesn't want to see them with no life and she can't be able to forget the terror comes into her mind.

The road down the mountainous place is slippery she needs to hold to Sergeant Herrera, she held tightly at the Sergeant hands and she feels she was about to fall. The Sergeant felt her fear so he just picked her up that got surprised her.

"Ohh... What are you doing?

" I lift you so that you will not have trouble and it’s too dangerous to a woman like you to come over here, well, I was thinking that how you able to get up in this mountainous place ".

She just smirked and avoided being held by the Sergeant, but she could not avoid being hugged by the Sergeant whenever they passed on the rocky side of the road.

The Sergeant just smiled secretly every time she hugs him.

It's about half an hour when they reached the place of the North Simpkins she gave thanks and said goodbye and she promised that she will be back again and do things that they used to be if everything will be back in good situation.

She got in the car of the Arland Soldiers if only she could obeyed, she would still want to walk alone. They are side by side with the Sergeant so it is inevitable that their arms will stick together. They are both quiet when they went back to the camp, she could still feel the arms of the Sergeant she avoided to get close to the Sergeant she feels uneasy, she feels she is still in the arms of the Sergeant. She gives her attention at outside and right now she could see the camp and as they get nearer her heart beat faster.

Finally, they reached the camp of the Arland Soldier she took a heavy step as they headed to where the corpse of her friends was. There's a moment she stops to walk and she was holding her chest because of the pain she was feeling. One of the soldiers opens the door to see the remains of her friends.

She sees the corpses covered with white cloth her steps are heavy, she just covered her mouth because of what she saw and she could barely bear the brutal death of her friends,. They had a gunshot on their forehead and their hands and feet were tied.

She wants to shout about what she saw and retaliate against the people who did it to them, but there is nothing she could do but to cry desperately and mourn for the death of her friends.

Day 15 Is this Goodbye?

She help of the Arland Soldiers to Bury the remains of her friends she put flowers on their cross and uttered a prayer for their soul, it is difficult for her to accept what happened to her friends how can she explain to their family what happened to them and now she will come back all alone.

Every step she took away from the tomb of her friends was heavy she now decided to go back home after all she had no reason to stay here. She immediately went to her room to pack her belongings if the Sergeant stopped her now she did not care she wanted to stay away from this place to forget the horrible things happened to her and to her friends. Suddenly, Sergeant Herrera came to her mind as she packed her things she felt she would be sad if she left here.

A series of knocks that startled her, she stops to pack her belongings and immediately opens the door, she was surprised when she saw Sergeant Herrera at the front door.

"Ohh..you surprised me, what are you doing here?

" I just wanted to know if you are okay"

"Yes I am and I have decided...to go back home there is no reason to stay here.

Sergeant Herrera gets sad from what he heard and it seemed like he wanted to stop it from leaving, but no matter what happens she will leave the Arland camp.

" I see... you pack all your things now.

" hmm...yeah, I will leave tomorrow morning".

"I see....okay then, be safe.

She nods at the Sergeant and back on what she's doing. Suddenly she felt Sadness at the back of her mind, she wanted to stay here at the Arland camp, but there is no place for her here at the camp. A moment later they heard an explosive outside the camp, she startled and looks at the Sergeant her eyes questioning of what is all about.

Sergeant Herrera comes over here and closed the door he looks around and make it sure that the room is all safe, Chyrill feels fear and her hands are shaking as she heard the continuous gun shots and explosion outside.

"What is happening?" she asked Sergeant Herrera with so much fear in her eyes.

"Stay here, no matter what happen, don't go outside okay?"

Sergeant Herrera goes outside to look at the situation and the possible attack coming from the Sans Serif terrorist she left alone in the room, she is trying to be calm and prayed that everything will be alright.

All soldiers have alerted and buckle up themselves to the Sans Serif Terrorist an explosion was happening in the control room and all signals have been disconnected. The commander together with the others guarded the control area and gives a shot of the group of terrorist unexpectedly some Sans Serif terrorist escaped and others were left lifeless. An hour of massive explosion turns into normal and peaceful of the Arland camp, they were surprised for the explosion happened at the camp.

When everything comes back to normal Sergeant Herrera went in the room of Chyrill he just wanted to know if she was okay, but, then, he doesn't find any trace of Chyrill the door was opened wide and all her belongings were scattered on the floor, he, searched the room and the whole area of the camp, not far from where he is standing he saw Chyrill lost consciousness and bleeding.

He immediately comes over to Chyrill and lifts her at the medic room, her head is bleeding and she had gotten bruises on their arms, he wondered why she got outside of the fact he reminded her to not go outside of her room. He laid Chyrill on the bed to apply bait her head is bleeding and it seems that she was hitting and bumped into the wall. He back in the control room when she knows that Chyrill back in her consciousness she have been shocked and she feels something hurts on her arms that causes wounds and bruises she tried to speak to the medical team inside the room but they said to her to take a rest and don't move too much.

At midnight Sergeant Herrera comes in her room to visit her, but the Sergeant was not able to talk to her because she is still sleeping, she had a bandage on her head and her arms got bruises, he gets close to Chyrill slightly and stroked her face and stared at her for a long time. He wanted to blame himself for what happened to Chyrill he could, it protects the woman he was falling in love with.

He sat beside at Chyrill bed and stared her again for a long time until the moment he fall asleep.

The sun was high when Chyrill woke up, she felt her head and her arms ached from the scars and bruises she had gotten from the massive explosion last night. She touches her head and realize that she had a bandage on her forehead, she is trying to remember about what had happened to her last night, but, all that she can see is darkness, the smoke, an explosion that she heard at that time.

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