Return of Time

-Episode 18-

"TAMA NA!" she shouted. (Enough!)

Esperanza looked despite Pepe's good faith.

The persevering, not really set in stone eyes, continued to pursue them.

Slapping Pepe's ċhėst, she hollered, "Ibaba mo ako!" (Put me down!)

He shook his head without taking a gander at her and kept running.

He firmly conveyed her in his arms.

She hollered once more, "Sabing ibaba mo ako!" (I said put me down!)

Pepe hollered back to her, "Hindi ka dad makakatakbo sa lagay mo na iyan! Nakikita mo ba ang mga taong nasa likod natin, humahabol sa atin? Hindi mo sila matatakasan dahil sa pilay mo!" (You can't run in that sort of circumstance you're in. Do you see individuals behind us, pursuing us? You can't surpass them as a result of your physical issue!)

Feeling disappointed, she reviled her harmed lower leg and those two common gatekeepers.

For what reason do they generally pursue Esperanza and Pepe? 'This is exasperating!' she contemplated internally.

One of the gatekeepers raised his rifle.

She cautioned, "Baril! Babarilin tayo!" (Gun! They will fire on us)

Pepe turned right.

This ceaseless pursue was truly irritating her.

She reviewed the time how Pepe drove her away when one of the common gatekeepers pointed his rifle towards her. Pepe quickly diverted her and ran.

They're exceptionally hesitant to leave Saragnayan lying on the ground with his draining nose. Be that as it may, they couldn't resist. The two men in blue outfits were pursuing them, not Saragnayan. She thought, 'He'll be fine.'

Esperanza couldn't comprehend how these two gatekeepers found them without any problem. She additionally saw that the two men were likewise individuals who continued to pursue them from Luzon until here.

'Their industriousness without a doubt never knows when to stop eh,' she told herself.

It's a supernatural occurrence that Esperanza and Pepe could in any case sidestep their projectiles could in any case surpass them. Be that as it may, when would they be able to in any case get away from them? Opportunity will come that they'll be caught.

The firearm was terminated again missing Esperanza's head.

She howled. Pepe reviled. He veered to one side and went further into the timberland.

The firearm was terminated over and over and once more. It hit Pepe's shoulder.

One more shot and it hit his leg.

The two fell on the ground.

The two propelling gatekeepers pointed their firearms to Esperanza.

Huz vufzo jfl gufoare dflouz.

Crash. Crash. Crash.

She shouted for help. Pepe was anguishing. He battled as he fastened his leg.

Searching for help, she snatched stones starting from the earliest stage. Esperanza attempted to toss it towards their follower while hollering "Disappear!"

Her shivering hands couldn't sling as expected the stones and continually missing the objective.

The man in the blue uniform pulled the rifle's wellbeing and pointed it towards her.

She attempted to step back. She snatched Pepe and attempted to pull him, attempting to get away. Be that as it may, the last option was in torment and was not in the condition to move.

How would it be a good idea for her to respond?

The gatekeeper pulled the trigger.

Bang!

Huz uwul jatur. Svu eflnut ar fevflo.

Her body enthusiastically shook. She contacted the region where it was shot. She lifted her hand.

Blood. Her hand was loaded up with dark red blood.

'No!'

Tears came spilling from her eyes as she gazed before her.

It was Pepe. He obstructed himself, safeguarding her from the projectile.

"Pepe!" Esperanza held Pepe's face. "Ba-bakit mo I-iyon ginawa?" (W-for what reason did you do t-that?)

Be that as it may, he simply reacted to her with a powerless grin.

She looked towards the two gatekeepers. They reload again their rifles.

Then, at that point, she saw they weren't focusing on Pepe.

Oru md ovu epfztl npiiut ovu lfduow frt nmarout val jufnmr omjfztl vuz.

They were not pointing towards Pepe. They're focusing on her.

She wheezed and shut her eyes in acknowledgment. 'This right? No chance! Is this my end? Am I going to kick the bucket here, in this period? That can't be correct. I'm too youthful to even think about dieing,' she said, falling down on the ground.

'Be that as it may, this is occurring. This is fuċkɨnġ occurring!'

Bang! Bang!

'Is this farewell?'

Two shots could be heard as it resounded around the timberland.

She took a shivering wheeze.

Quietness shrouded the timberland.

She was breathing vigorously.

And afterward she felt it... she didn't feel anything. She woke up and held her ċhėst. There's no blood. She checked her head with her hands and saw no blood.

Is she still... alive?

Her head lifted as she heard Pepe's substantial relaxing.

His right arm was loosened up and on his hand was a pistol.

She was stunned to see his firearm. She didn't realize he was conveying a destructive weapon. She truly didn't have the foggiest idea.

Looking behind Pepe, she saw the two gatekeepers on the ground. Blood was overflowing out from their head. She turned away with sickening apprehension.

"Iba... ba," Pepe hacked blood.

"Pepe," she said and contacted his shoulders, "H-huwag ka muna magsalita." (D-don't talk)

She took a gander at his midsection and saw blood spreading his camisa (shirt).

"Sa I-iba... ba," he began and battled in torment. (D-down)

She asked him 'what'.

He pointed his ridiculous finger down underneath the incline. He said down underneath was a nipa cottage.

"Nandoon siya," Pepe murmured (He is there).

"Sino- - - - - - (Who- - - - - )" Esperanza didn't proceed with what she needed to ask when Pepe at long last tumbled down on the ground, draining and oblivious.

"TULONG! TULUNGAN niyo po kami!" she argued as she thumped on the entryway. (Help! Help us!)

The sun was putting down.

Beaded sweats covered her face. She took a gander at Pepe.

His arm was secured around her shoulder. Hanging on her side was his face. It was colorless and perspiring vigorously.

"Keep it together, Pepe," she murmured in irritation. She cleaned his perspiration.

She thumped again on the entryway. Checking out she hollered and argued.

The straightforward 'Bahay Kubo' or Nipa Hut was adjacent to a stream.

Laying Pepe down on the floor, she went down the steps and checked out the cottage. The cottage, which was underlying bamboo and other wood material, sat on posts raised over the ground and had wooden steps. The rooftop was covered with voluminous covered. Its windows were closed down. Quietness could be heard inside.

'Possibly nobody is home, ' she estimated.

Her knees fell on the ground. Contacting the earth, her hands ripped at the soil as she began bellowing.

'This is my shortcoming,' she told herself. 'I'm useless. I'm a harbinger of hopelessness. I did this to Pepe. Presently… presently… presently… .he is kicking the bucket as a result of me."

Pictures came blazing to her. Bangun had cautioned her once. He said that she will present to Pepe his misfortune, his hopelessness.

'Furthermore now this is it. Pepe previously broke his nose and two fingers. He has been shot on his shoulder, leg and his mid-region. What's more presently he's breathing his last inhale all as a result of me. All as a result of me, I hauled him here as far as possible from Luzon to observe that Jose Rizal and finish the darn journey! Be that as it may, all we found here is more torment and languishing. I hauled him here, I hauled him in the present circumstance. This is my shortcoming.'

She proceeded, 'I generally did some unacceptable thing. Continuously. Very much like how I did a misstep which caused my companion's physical issue and languishing. Very much like what befell Maria, it is presently happening to Pepe. My shortcoming. My shortcoming!'

The wooden entryway squeaked and opened partially open. A head jumped out and glanced around.

Esperanza lifted her head and guided her eyes towards the entryway.

A man came out. He was wearing a camisa de chino (white shirt) and dark jeans. Stooping down, he inspected Pepe's body and murmured, "Pepe."

Looking stunned, Esperanza remained on her feet and moved toward him. "T-tulungan niyo ho siya ginoo," she said. (H-help him, sir)

The man conveyed Pepe inside the nipa cottage. He requested Esperanza to get out the table. After she did what he said, the man laid Pepe down.

The man went inside a room.

Esperanza began gnawing her nails.

Following a couple of moments, the man came out with a dark sack on his hand. He put the sack on the floor close to the table and went to the closest cupboard. He pulled a few containers and put them adjacent to Pepe.

He threatened to use a blade from the 'batalan' or sink.

"A-anong ginagawa niyo?" she asked the man. (What's happening with you?)

The man said, "Huwag ka mag-alala. Isa akong specialist." (Don't stress, I'm a specialist)

He opened Pepe's shirt utilizing the blade and perceived how seriously Pepe's midsection was.

"Mahabaging Diyos! Sabihin mo, anong nangyari sa kanya?" the man inquired. (Benevolent God! Tell me, what befalls him?)

She peered toward the man. She contemplated internally that this man looks exceptionally recognizable to her.

The man took a gander at her and hollered again to her as she didn't hear what he recently said. He said, "Sabi ko, kumuha ka ng mga tela sa loob ng aking silid-tulugan." (I said, take the garments inside my room)

He peered toward her the second she gazed back to him, he advised her to hustle.

Esperanza quickly obliged. Going into the room, she previously saw a friendless, little bed made of bamboo woods, a table remained adjacent to it with a light on top. A wooden seat was placed before the table. She crawled towards the bureau. With everything taken into account the room was flawless and insignificant.

Opening the bureau, she snatched garments she could get.

'That man,' she told herself. 'He looks recognizable.'

At the point when she went out, she gave the textures to the man. The man was in his 20's. He has an all around managed mustache. On his hands, he's wearing gloves. The man took a gander at Esperanza and advised her to hold Pepe.

She did what she was told.

Pepe shouted in torment as the man snoozed his injury with liquor. The man attempted to quiet down Pepe.

'This man,' Esperanza couldn't shake off the possibility that continued to thump at the forefront of her thoughts.

The man cut Pepe's injury to open it more extensive. Pepe let out a shout of excruciation. She worriedly peered down on Pepe and afterward to the man.

The man pulled the projectile under the injured Pepe by utilizing an instrument Esperanza didn't perceive. 'This man.'

She looked again to the man and peered toward every last trace of his face. He had seen him some place, she realized that. Be that as it may, where? He truly looked recognizable to her. 'Furthermore that mustache of his, I without a doubt as often as possible seen it,' she told herself.

She centered.

'Where did I meet him?' she asked herself.

She continued to mishandle inside her head that memory. She looked through it in each edge of her psyche. He's recognizable. Where did she meet him?

And afterward she recollected. She didn't remember the specific date however she recollected that him.

She met him in Tondo, Manila. He's that more interesting who compassionately gave her food and coins and mixing up him as a poor person. It was him.

It's additionally him whom Pepe met in the boat, the person who gave him the wine and the person who likewise saved him from the tempest.

She wheezed, 'Agustin!'

The man before Esperanza was Agustin.

Her eyes looked through the wristwatch from his hands. She didn't see anything on his wrist. She took a gander at the man. 'He is Agustin, isn't that so? Isn't that so? I recollected he's wearing that wristwatch in Tondo. What's more I recollected Pepe let me know way back that Agustin additionally had the wristwatch like mine.'

Her heart siphoned quicker. 'Where is the wristwatch? Why he's not wearing it?'

Her eyes arrived on the entryway of Agustin's room.

'That is it,' she told herself, 'He may place it in his room.'

She made a stride back and peered toward the specialist. Agustin cautiously and expertly putting spices on Pepe's mid-region.

Esperanza covertly went inside the room. She started scavenging through his bed. Nothing.

And afterward he went to his table and scavenged to his cabinet. And afterward to his bureau.

'What the hell,' she told herself, 'Where right?'

She began to get restless. Why she was unable to track down it? She began snatching her hair in dissatisfaction. "Where is it?" she murmured while gritting her teeth.

She headed outside and meandered her eyes around Agustin's cottage. 'It can't be,' she said to herself. Her heart was siphoning progressively fast each second.

'Where on earth is it?' she asked herself. She began to walk and halted when she kicked on something. It was Agustin's sack.

Twisting down, she attempted to open it.

"Kumuha ka dad ng tela!" Agustin requested.

She was stunned to hear him however she promptly pulled it together. She gave him more garments she held onto from his bureau. Then, at that point, cautiously twisting down, she opened the sack. She saw bunches of apparatuses she didn't perceive, most likely some clinical instruments. She saw no wristwatch in there.

She turned upward and watched Agustin. He was exceptionally centered around working Pepe. 'Where did he conceal it?'

She peered toward his jeans. 'Is the wristwatch inside his pocket?'

Shutting her eyes, she trusted it was not in his jeans.

She looked again his sack.

And afterward… . she painstakingly scavenged. At long last, she saw a pocket. She slipped her hand inside the pack and there she felt something hard. It's the wristwatch! She took it out and her heart couldn't prevent from hustling.

'At long last!, ' she joyously contemplated internally, 'At long last, at long last, at long last! I got. I at long last have the other clock!'

Furtively, she slipped it inside her bra and casually left his sack.