Note:
This short story was collected from a certain person from private interview (conversation). The author will change the name of place and name of the main character to protect them from judging. Please respect the real life stories too for you to understand it fully. Thank you for understanding.
(All details are pure non-fiction)
(Language: Tag-Lish)
(This is pretty old story to imagine)
MC P.O.V.
"I am 22 years old when it happened. And it was so scary like...if you met a real life demon, that demon won't hurt you unless if you hurt the victim, but those people who did horrible things to my friends is not like a real demon would ever do to you or to me.
I worked as a call center worker before. I am supporting my family also my siblings of course.
So, this is how it happened.
I am sorry if sometimes my grammar is wrong. Talaga lang na di ako gaanong nagE- English kapag ganto hehehe... ehem so ganto na sya.
Um, my boss...wants me to go home now after I finished his paper works which he asked me a favor, it is to help him out. And hindi lang naman yun eh. For the next day, it is okay for him kung aabsent ako pero ako ang tipo na taong hindi aabsent ng walang matibay na dahilan such as lagnat etc.
So, lumabas ako ng building mga 7 pm na. But I remembered na sa araw ng ********** ay mahirap ang sakayan at uso ang traffic pauwi. So, ayun mabuti na lang na nasabi agad ng maaga ng boss ko na okay lang daw if na di ako papasok next day na yun.
Baka iniisip mong nagsisinungaling ako ah hindi, kasi mabait lang talaga boss namin.
So, ayun nasa bus ako. Mabuti na nga lang ay walang tayuan sa loob ng bus but traffic. I feel like 2 hours bago bumilis ang byahe eh hahaha malayo din ang apartment naming magkakaibigan. so yeah.
When i look at my phone it is already 9:30 na ng gabi tas biglang may tumawag.
And they are 5 friends. 3 boys and 2 girls. Actually, we are treating each other like siblings since childhood years hahaha.
Ayun kinamusta nila ako, tas bigla nilang sinabing Happy Birthday *****!
And I am like, birthday ko pala, di ko naalala. Then, they send me some pictures especially the cake, the design for my party daw sa bahay namin, tas foods and drinks, pinikturan nila.
And here i said, awww thank you very much.
So, ayun, exactly 10:20 nasa harapan na ako ng bahay. Wow ah ambilis. Actually, i was surprised that bumilis ang byahe hahaha siguradong lucky lang ako.
But something is not right kasi...wala dito ang kotse ng mga friends ko. Like honestly, they bought a car na kasya kami sa loob, they even sent me some selfie, sorry kung di ko agad nabanggit, na nasa loob sila ng kotse. Pero hindi ko na inisip yun. So, i get my keys to open the door but it is not locked.
Nagtaka ako dahil lagi kong sinasabi sa kanila na dapat isarado or ipad lock nila ang pinto kahit birthday ko for their safety. But tuloy parin ako pumasok. I open the light sa sala and there goes Boom! Happy birthday!
May parang sprinkles pang sumabog sa ere, tas may foods and drinks sa table at nandun ang birthday cake.
Then one of my friend said Blow your candle then i did.
Tas sabi ng friend kong boy na I'll slice the cake. Tas pumunta sya sa kusina to get the knife but we have bread knife pero French Knife ang kinuha niya as in nakakapagtaka.
Then suddenly my cellphone rings using my friend's cellphone number. So, i excused myself to answer the call.
Me: Hello sis.
Then, the voice is my uncle's.
Uncle: ******, asan ka ngayon?
Tas sinabi ko nasa bahay ako.
Tas sabi ni tito, umalis ka na dyan. Nasa panganib ka, mga impostor daw sila.
Then, thankful na may backdoor kami so pumunta ako dun quickly pero bigla akong hinarangan ng isang kaibigan ko ang door and asked me saan ka pupunta? I just said na lalabas muna ako may nakalimutan ako and they said may front door naman eh.
Then, i go there quickly at labas na agad. Ang hirap kasi sa bahay namin ay madamo ang gilid at ilang layo pa bago makita mga kapitbahay namin.
I run fast as I could. But as long na nakatingin ako sa likod, hala hinahabol nila ako uy ako si tanga shempre takbo ng takbo as in sumisigaw na ako tulong. Honestly, nandun na pala si Tito but....
Kashungahan has been summoned nga naman, nadapa pa ako. Edi ang ginawa ng tito ko at ng iba nyang kasama, binaril ang lalaking impostor na nadapa din at hinahatak ang aking paa.
Pero hindi naman sya talaga nabaril sa dibdib eh, i think nabaril ata ang kanyang braso na nakahawak din ang kamay niya sa binti ko.
And then na may chance akong tumakbo, tumakbo na ako. There, my uncle hug me so tightly like ayun parang bata na naman ako na umiiyak like, Tito salamat pooo huhuhuhu.
Tas the rest of the impostors run to me and tama ang timing ang mga police na katrabaho ni tito, pinaligiran na sila as nakakatakot eh. Yung isa dun na magii-slice ng cake ko ay tumatakbo din sakin mula sa malayo na hawak hawak ang kutsilyo.
I mean, it is so traumatic ever happened to me.
And there, nahuli silang lahat.
Uncle brought me to a safe place as he showed me the car of my friends. Also, the CCTV sa loob ng car as in brutal ang nangyari sa kanila.
Kung isusummary ko sya parang, they copied my friends faces after that they remove their face and it is obvious dahil puro dugo ang kotse. As in the face skin was removed, piled off.
Nakikita din sa kotse, yung mismo sa recorded video na may evidence, na andun yung mga food, mga decorations.
So what is their purpose to get my friends faces? Mas masahol pa sila kesa kay Satanas eh hahaha ewan ko ba.
Pinatuloy ako ni Tito sa bahay niya with Tita at nung pinsan ko. Then, um, nagpa DNA test rin ang mga parents ng friends ko kasi sa una di sila talaga naniniwala.
But when they received the DNA test, confirmed na sila nga ang parents ng friends ko.
Ayun may libing, my boss gave me lot of days and nights to rest para makalimutan ko din ang nangyari. Nagpasailalim din ako sa mental therapy eh and mabilis naman ako nakarecover as in.
I just wished to heaven na sana ayos na silang lahat dyan sa langit. I also blamed myself too kasi kung di birthday ko nun di sila agad kukunin sakin. We also promised to each other na magiging Tito at Tita kami ng mga anak namin tapos iiwanan na nila ako.
So, unfair. Don't know why.
Sana if you experienced this, don't give up..
Thank you sa time mo at nakwento ko sa iyo ang malungkot na karanasan ko.
Sige salamat sa time"
- Interviewer.