Sir Erick

>Sheloah's POV<

Nakita na namin ang grupo nina Veon and the Sniper Team started to shoot down a group of zombies near them. Nakarating na ang ibang grupo dito at sa wakas, nakarating na rin ang grupo nina Veon. Kaming Strike Team agad umatake sa mga zombies na tumataas papunta sa area namin.

Sinarado muna namin yung pintuan at agad nagsalita si Sir Erick.

"Ilan ang nawala sa unang grupo at pangalawang grupo?" tanong niya at sumagot ang representative each group.

"Group 1, we lost 4, 7 are injured," sagot ni Shannara at nag nod si Sir Erick.

"Group 2, we lost 6, 8 are injured," sagot naman ng isa at nag nod din si Sir Erick.

"Ang mga injured, punta kayo sa gitna. Attackers at the front. Sniper Team at the middle together with the pilot. Support, surround the injured," utos pa ni Sir Erick and we all nodded and we followed the order. This is it. Aalis na kami rito. Lahat sabay-sabay.

Isang malaking grupo. It's now or never. A matter of life and death.

Binuksan agad ni Kreiss ang pintuan at lahat kami tumakbo pababa. Pinoprotektahan ang mga injured, pinoprotektahan ang pilot. Ang tanging naririnig mo lang bullets, sigawan, groan ng mga zombies. Talagang battle field sa zombie apocalypse na ito. No total silence. Everywhere you go, you have no choice but to fight and survive.

A lot of hours passed and it was all a battle. Mas maraming nai-injure. Mas maraming umiiyak, mas maraming sumisigaw, mas maraming nasasaktan, mas maraming namamatay, mas lalo kaming nababawasan. From a total of 52 nung unang count namin, approximately, we are narroed down to 23 or less. Now our top priority is to run and protect the pilot. Not to attack. And most of us panicked.

Sir Erick was bitten and we had no choice but to cut down his left arm and use a tourniquet for him not to die.

Walang oras para magpahinga. Magpapahinga kami saglit lang, pero tatakbo lang kami papunta sa NAIA. Ngayon na nandito kami, agad kaming tumakbo papunta sa lugar kung saan nakapwesto ang plane. Nagulat ako dahil agad hinawakan ni Veon ang kamay ko. Alam ko ang ibig niyang sabihin.

Natatakot siya na baka mangyari ang panaginip niya. Ang Kreiss...

Is nearly at his end.

He lost a lot of blood. Sinaktan siya ng zombie pero hindi siya kinagat. But it made a large scar on both is neck and arm. Nag aalala kaming lahat. Sa sobrang sakit ng buong katawan niya, buhat siya ngayon ng tito ko sa likod niya.

Lumingon ako at nakita ko ang mga kasama ko. Nakita na namin yung plane at bigla kaming naharangan ng zombies. Most of us had no bullets left. Ang katana naming Strike Team, sira na. We are completely surrounded and we don't know what else to do. Even Sir Erick couldn't make another plan.

We all bumped each other's shoulder dahil surrounded na kami at masikip na. Then Sir Erick suddenly spoke, "We all made it this far," sabi niya at lahat kami napatingin sa kanya. "And I'm not letting things end here," dagdag sabi pa niya at mas naging curious kami.

"What do you mean?" tanong ng tito ko and Sir Erick gave him a smile.

As if he's about to give up.

"You all go. I stay here," sagot ni Sir at lahat kami nagulat. "I am just... a liability anyway," dagdag sabi pa niya at tiningnan niya ang nawala niyang left arm.

"But Sir—" hindi natapos ang sasabihin ko nang biglang sumigaw si Sir Erick.

"You will not die! You will proceed and protect each other!" sigaw niya at lahat kami napatahimik.

"Do not dare show me your sympathy! I will die in success, watching you survive through all this," dagdag sabi pa niya at mas naiyak kami. "Listen to my final request and just go," he finally said at kinuha niya yung pinakalast na grenade sa bulsa niya at hinawakan niya nang mahigpit.

We all started to cry and we all looked at him. Hindi ko napigilan ang pag-iyak ko so before we left, we all took one last glance. I hugged him for the first and last time in my entire life. "Thank you... For your courage, wisdom, and sacrifice." Last words ko sa kanya and he all smiled at us.

Everything seemed to be in slow motion again. Hinawakan ni Sir Erick ang granada and he was about to activate the grenade along with him. He's acting as a bait. Hindi ako makagalaw kasi deep inside me, I want him to come. Hinila ako ni Veon at lahat na kami nagsimula tumakbo papunta sa airplane. Sumigaw si Sir Erick nang napakalakas at lahat ng mga zombies pumunta sa kanya and we all started to cry.

He gave us one last glance and I examined his lips and I noticed he whispered something and I already noticed what he said.

"Survive... Army of True Salvation."