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Abyss of Silent Heroes

Reluctant of her roots, a 20 year old Magee and a Captain's daughter - was sent by Lolo Sibal to UST in 1938 to study Philosophy. Way back then, Lolo Sibal was a survivor of the 1918-1920 Spanish flu pandemic and who was accidentally trapped , along with the Captain for twenty years in the legendary cave of Kabang. Interestingly, the Captain left to him the wealth for Magee's education and returned to the United States. In September, 1941 Magee has heard from a UP friend that the the war had to rise on December of the same year so she returned home empty-handed and stayed with her family. Without them knowing, her father, the Captain who survived has returned to the Philippines for another military mission on the same month of September, 1941 and assigned the 25 year old 1Lt. George of the infantry and the in-charge of the platoons in combat to take care of his daughter in whatever means. One day, during the early weeks of the opponents' occupation, one of its officials named Hakanori proposed to Magee through her mother and agreed for the wedding. Magee was against to it despite her multiple attempts to escape. Accidentally, the night before her wedding, she fell into the abyss nearby their house and found herself the next day that she was with the Filipino guerrillas together with the American and German soldiers. She noticed the Captain personally but only in a short encounter and there - he was gone. In the fight for freedom under the foreign occupation, 1Lt. George used a different tactic and studied very well the terrains and natural habitat of the place. He led the disarming of any opponents patrolling and collected all their weapons and uniforms, worn by Filipino guerrillas in disguising. He also applied sharpened bagacays in holes, pulleys, and ropes in all sorts, throwing rocks, powdered some poisonous plants and made antidotes, used herbs and root crops for their survival and even dug some exit points and tunnels all over just to reach the cave of Kabang. Alongside with Magee at war where he only started as his guardian through the Captain's request had smoothly twisted and subtly turned out that he became madly in love with her. One day...

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Secret Granite Rooms

"What's next, we're already here inside in the first room. It's empty and there's no sign of life." He smiled.

Magee motioned to the far right, nearby the wall and moved it smoothly going sideward right.

"Wow!" George mumbled.

Then Magee stepped in and enticed his hand to follow her. Its the second room which has still the approximate size of 6x6x8. There was a luminous light of pale green beetles encircling the place and its theoretically fanciful.

" Is it already here and functioning this way even before you came? Wow! this was my dream before - to study bioluminescence. These are terrestial anthropods, we called them fireflies but they were cultured in that small rotten tree bark, where the droplets of water falls on a mangrove bonsai forest below. Wow! the flow of water is constant and it flows on a pathway, drainage going to that small hole. Amazing!"

Then there were granite benches around, so smooth and all the embellishments looks like a receiving room. The flowing water stands as the source of oxygen and it keeps the room cool and there was an etched texts on the central part of the wall , "George loves Magee"

"Wow!" He looked to Magee and kissed her forehead.

" This is historical! I loved it more seeing us everywhere here. The three Dads have planned out for our future early on, so sweet of them George, right? But come, let's proceed to the third room." Magee whispered as she then slithered the granite door sideward right.

"Great heavens!" George mumbled and pressed his wife's hand and turned out speechless.

" Can't also believe on this. This is beyond imagination but a proof of their exquisite 10 year construction with stone. I...I loved this part of our house." Then she smiled at him.

" I slept like a princess here for more than 15 days." She smiled.

" Wow!" He gently sat on a very loquacious granite bed over a foam with a royal design all around.

" It was covered very well before I found these room." She did the talking since his husband was speechless.

Then there was another flowing water on both sides and follows a yellowish granite canal filled with floating yellowish fungi with mini white flowers. They looked like small lotuses on sides. There was also one daylight optic hole in case the water goes out of flow, it could be the source of air and light. But if the sliding door is open, the fireflies traverse in this bedroom and slips on the hanging green plants.

" While I sleep, the fireflies gives me light and they seemed dancing and, conversing and making a great life . Then in the morning, at 3:00 am they goes up on a higher part of the bonsai tree at the receiving area and when they're here inside the bedroom, they stayed flat on top of the hanging plants. I loved seeing them on top, gathered and gives so much light."

" Haha." George laughed.

" Why are you laughing?"

" Nothing." He lied.

" Hmm, why?"

" If I tell it to you, you'll get mad of me and kick me off. So I lied, haha!"

" Ah, okay. Anyway, look! that's the square clock I told you that alarms.

"Hmm...here you are. Its a special naval clock and known as - classified. When it alarms, their ship has an agendum where their team only knew. If it alarms, meaning, he's alive and he's just doing fine elsewhere. It had a synchronized signal with their teammates aboard and their mission. Thank God, Dad is just doing well." He smiled.

" That's our lavatory with a flowing water. Look there's a piled up of I guess, 30 towels, pillows and blankets. You've got slippers and mine and there's a big heart overhead.." She smirked and pulled his husband's hand toward the next room, the fourth.

" Wow!" His eyes roamed around with amazement.

" George?"

" This is impossible!" George blurted.

" Yes. Me too, I can't believe seeing this kitchen. According to the journal, this was built just recently, around 1941. All the food and stocks we see around was a year salary of Dad Edward. See all this line, carbohydrates like pasta, next proteinous ones and canned goods, oil, soy sauce, salt, sugar and beans." Magee explained.

" Mag, the emergency kit. Our Dads are both in the military and so a medical kit is a top priority. Let's find it around.

" I haven't explored yet the fifth room although, I opened it already. There were military boxes and military uniforms. All of them have your name. I only reached that limit. The door is difficult to open, it lacked grease already I guess, so I just left it open. Let's go there. You will love the place."

" This is it! he quickly found the military medical kit and found the vials they both were looking then he was gratified seeing the expiration date.

"There's even a note that all of these were delivered here on August of 1941, a month before we reached Tikaban and three months before the war broke." He smiled and kissed her hand.

" This makes me more secured, George. I can peacefully give birth having all of these. Next is the milk. I've heard not all women can breastfeed. Its war, so - we have to prepare for milk, otherwise, if ever I don't have milk, how can our first baby survive?"

" My God, this must be another problem , please help me. First, she wants me to wait fo the angel fruit tree to bear fruits before I can sleep with her as a husband. Second, anesthesia needed when she labors - now, she's looking for a survival milk for her newborn soon. I really need a pharmacy." He sadly thought.

" I was really looking for milk when I saw all those stuffs, but there's none. I saw a cream for pasta, not that. Hmm its not, so we have to look for baby milk before we can call ourselves as real parents. Its a prerequisite before you can sleep with me on November, 1942. Don't worry, I'm helping a lot, I'm in charge of the sewing and knitting of the baby suits. The good news is, we already have so much food." She smiled and gently kissed a little of his ear.