Chapter I

Chapter I

"You idiot!"

Hinagis ni Secret ang isang lalaking nakaitim papunta sa pader ng isang building. He sprinted towards him as the guy landed on the ground and strangle his neck above, leaving a 1 ft gap from the ground.

"You know you had no match so why keep fighting like tomorrow won't come?" Sinamaan niya ito ng tingin. "Listen, you dumb! The sun will always rise for dreamers and they will always wake up despite of the difficulties they faced brought by fate. Do you understand?"

"Wa...Wake up?" Napaubo ito. "They won't wake up from their nightmare as we govern their dreams!"

Secret smirked. "That's why we, Breakers, exist." Muli niya itong itinapon subalit nasalo naman ito ng isang lalaking bigla na lang sumulpot.

"And we will break every of their Nightmare just like how we break your bones!" Dagdag ng lalaki at sinuntok ng sobrang lakas ito. He then inhaled deeply in a hrash manner. "Kahit bata di niyo talaga pinapalampas! I should kick your balls to prevent your race from multiplying, you moron!"

He was about to kick his balls pero agad na nagsprint si Secret papunta sa kaniya at pinigilan ito gamit ang baston niya. "Yahh. That's enough. We've severed him so much. Have you got the kids name, Help?"

Ayaw pa sana ni Help kapag kuwa'y bumuntong hininga ito at binigay kay Secret ang pangalan. "Very neat and clean, Secret Captain!" He replied chalantly and gave him the name. "Ano? Bukas na lang natin siya ihahatid sa station?"

"Baka bukas ihahatid ka na rin ng mga Reapers sa kabilang buhay." Secret glared at him.

Help raised both of his hands. "Sabi ko nga, ngayon na."

Secret found himself walking towards the station carrying a kid while Help is helplessly sighing for an uncountable number.

"Isang buntong hinga pa, papatayin na talaga kita," banta ni Secret sa kaniya na sobrang naiinis na. "Pick yourself together, Help! Makakatulog din tayo tapos nito."

"Hindi ko yata kayang matulog ngayong gabi gayong ngayong araw din lumisan silang tatlo," he said nonchalantly.

Natahimik si Secret sa narinig nito. Tama siya. Iisang araw sa loob ng iba't-ibang taon. Naging sumpa na ata sa team nila ang araw na 'to. Pero ngayon araw ay wala namang nangyayari kagay ng sunod sunod na dagok sa team nila noon.

"S-sorry, Secret." Biglang paghingi ng tawad ni Help at umayos ito ng paglalakad. "Uhm... Inaantok lang kasi talaga ako at hindi ko na namamalayan ang lumalabas sa bunganga ko."

Napangiti na lang siya habang karga ang batang babae na kumakain na lollipop. "Loosen up. Ayos lang. Pareho lang din naman tayo ng nararamdaman. I lose my subordinates, you lose the person you love and your friends." He looked down. "The only person to be blamed more here is me for I didn't do my best to protect them."

He heard a loud groan. "Haysss! Ayan ka na naman! Tama na nga sa kakasisi mo sa sarili mo! Walang may gusto sa nangyari. It's not something like we need to blame ourselves for faults. It's predetermined. Okay? Tama na. Inom na lang tayo mamaya pagdating sa Tower."

"Tss. Lasingero!" He smirked.

"Excuse po."

"Hmm? Is there something you want, Alyxa?" Secret asked.

"Will I still be able to experience this nightmare again?"

Nagtinginan si Secret at Help. Kapag kuwa'y nilapitan ni Help and bata.

"Ay, ano ka ba. 'Wag ka ngang matakot," Helped said. "If nightmare comes again, hindi namin hahayaan na makuha ka nila, okay? Just call my name! And I'll be there."

Napatawa ang bata nang magsalute ito. "Talaga po?"

Secret chuckled. "Hindi mo makakalimutan ang pangalan niyan, Alyxa. You'll have to scream 'tulong' but in english. Do you get that?"

The little girl smiled at him. "Okay po!"

He just sighed in relief after taking the child to the station and sent her back to the World of Reality. He remembered the question of the child and he just smiled.

This is their duty. To break the nightmare of the dreamer and send them back to the World of Reality. But Nightmare World screams more real than the World of Reality itself. Where unbearable pain is present than in reality, it is essential to the existence of life. Life without pain should ceased to exist.

But their world? Their world is only for those who are strong and powerful enough. Who have enough willpower to not just hold but to hold amazingly.

If you are him, will you be able to handle his pain? I guess you wouldn't.

"I hope this is the last for this day." Help's face which he couldn't even determine whethere an eyes with eyebags or an eyebags with eyes get closer to him as he leaned close at him. "Secret. Magbiro ka lang sa bagong gising 'wag lang sa walang tulog." He cried.

"You don't look like someone been sleep deprived, moron. You cried like sun rise won't come. The day is still long and isn't over. Let's just unwind on top of the 360°."

MALUNGKOT siyang ngumiti at napayuko. Standing in the 360°, he could saw the wole Nightmare World. The world he loathed but still chose to stay for his duty's goal.

He's been carrying the burden for almost a thousand years but it wasn't enough. He would carry this until his last breathe—No! For this will stay until the end of forever.

But just as how he felt, something powerful had conspired when he looked down the street and saw a woman, running like she'll die today. Hindi siya makapaniwala sa nakita. It's...

He whispered. "Imposible." Agad siyang napalingon sa likuran niya nang maramdaman ang isang presensya.

"Secret. Someone called my name while I'm still buying our beer and pulutan," Help said.

Napatingin siyang muli sa babae na patuloy sa paghingi ng tulong. Tears keep falling from her beautiful round eyes, dripping the breathtaking beauty of her face.

Parang piniga ang puso niya sa nakita na tila ba'y may naalala. But still, a smiled formed in his lips as he stood up and face his friend. Without a word, nagpahulog siya sa pinakamataas na building ng una ang ulo.

Who would have know, that the sequel he has been waiting for for almost a thousand years has finally come.

He draw out his cane and smashed the neck of the Govern who tried to attack the dreamer. He swiftly carried her and brought her to the top of the 360°.

"Please. Someone help me. I... I still want to live," she still continue crying.

"Loosen up! You're half saved!" Help said at nilapitan ito but he was stunned and was stoned to where he's standing whem the girl took her hand covering her face. "Misty?"

"Misty who?" She creased.

"I said pesti! Not Misty! 'Wag kang bingi!"

"Eh ba't ka naninigaw?"

Secret just close his eyes trying to contain his irritation from their voices. "Enough, Help. Parang lasing ka kahit hindi nakainom—Oh shocks I'm sorry!"

Bigla niya na lang kasi itong nabitawan nang magtama ang mga mata nilang dalawa. Oh dear! He was just surprised by her sudden movement kay nabitawan niya ito.

"A—aray! Ang sakit ng puwet ko. Ba't bigla-bigla mo na lang ba akong—" Napatigil ito nang napalingon sa paligid. "Ka-kanina nasa ano, ba't ngayon... Nandito na ako sa..." Tiningala siya nito. "S-sino kayo—Ano k-kayo?!"

Parang tinarak ang puso ni Secret ng espada nang nagugulumihanan itong umiiyak at hindi malaman kung saan pupunta. "Hey, stop it!"

"Not until you explain to me what's happening and what the hell you are—" Naputol ang sasabihin nito when he sprinted at her like a flash of light. "Nababaliw na ako!"

She ran away while panicking at dahil sa katangahan nito ay natisod siya sa concrete barricade nge rooftop ng 360° at nahulog. Napa face palm na lang si Help at napailing naman siya habang dinig ang sigaw nito na humihingi ng tulong.

"Could this day get any worse?" He asked himself at tumakbo bago tumalon papunta sa babae.

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