Thelma never stopped
praying as Lani slowly recovers. She
still can’t see but she started to open her mouth so that she can speak. And
slowly words came out , she said “ they took me”. Everyone could not understand
but Thelma with a little idea of what’s happening, said “we are here to help
you, who took you”.
As everybody was listening
that time Lani continued to speak , she
said ,
I was just reading my book around 9:00 pm when I saw 2 cats on our
window, Ninfa was asleep ,so I continued reading and did not mind those cats
since I see them almost every night. I fell asleep while reading and woke up
again around 11:00 pm because of some noise. Cats still there, now they’re
looking at me. I was a little afraid so I sent them away by throwing a paper
onto them. They didn’t move an inch. I was really sleepy so I went back to
sleep. Uncomfortable but I managed to sleep again and woke up to see not a cat
but now 2 ladies looking at me, they are now standing inside our room. They
took me , I don’t know how but we were just floating ,I don’t know how to
describe it! I’m trying to let go but
they are stronger than I thought. I knew them, the old lady and her middle age daughter.
I kept on asking what is going on? What are you going to do? What is
happening?! And then we stopped, I don’t even know where we are, it only took a
very short time for us to be in the place where we stop. So I think we’re not
far away, but I don’t recognize anything except for the tree. The tree is just
at the back of the house how come it’s different. They said “we’re inside the tree”, and before we kill
you we will let you know everything. It’s as if I’m dreaming now but I know
that I am talking to them while I’m in my room trying to recover. Thelma still
praying as Lani continues to speak. I’m still with them and I can’t go back.
They said they’re going to destroy everything now, that they were responsible
for all the things that happened to the family especially to the child.
Everyone couldn’t believe what Lani just said but they don’t feel good about it
either.
With a little energy she had she suddenly jerked and she
spoke “they’re going to Manang Jen’s room” it was our room that she’s talking
about, and while she’s telling the people around her about it, automatic there
was something going on inside our room. It’s as if she’s narrating a story and
while she’s talking about it where her eyes were closed everything that came
out of her mouth is happening at that same moment.
The story about what happened in our room was in the
first part. I was in bed with my brother when I saw something, I was really
helpless that time so with trembling body I managed to call for help from
people outside the room. I heard Manang Lisa’s answer, “Inday are you ok?” then I heard she’s trying to say
something but it’s not clear. Then a lot came in, there’s Nonoy, Jose and
Manoy. They were at Lani’s room earlier when Lani said that somebody’s coming
into our room they rushed to help me and my brother. Meanwhile it was Manang
Lisa who runs to help us first but when she entered our room she suddenly can’t
move a single step.
They helped us got up, we went to Lani’s room and there I
felt disoriented. They were talking about “Aswang”. And I remember what I saw. It
was really scary.
We were just sitting in the corner of Lani’s room as we
listen to what she’s saying. She said that they are now downstairs, and as she
speaks we can all hear screams from people downstairs. Men spread out to gather
some of our family and bring them in Lani’s room where it’s safer for all of us
since she seem to know what will happen. That night was really mysterious. Manoy
saw a shadow walking without the owner and it entered the main door of our
house using the space from the floor to door and its only half an inch. He
grabbed a chair and cast it into the shadow. And it vanished.
Women and children with some of our men stayed beside
Lani’s room to know what to do, some went down to monitor everything. It was
almost dawn when Lani said that she’s very tired and she wanted to give up. My
grandmother said not to, but Lani without the energy to speak said again, I
just want to go with them I’m so tired as she point her finger into a space without
anyone. She speak again, “what do you want?” as she cries, “why me?” We were speechless. I cannot describe what I
felt that time but I know it isn’t some kind of a joke it was real.
The sun came up and they
disappeared. We all went down and saw everybody, some of our neighbors and even
people living blocks away from us, asking questions “what happened?” are you
ok? But we all knew what we saw, and they are missing in the crowd.
(By Haycia my wife's post)
