Day 14 Honor their Memory
Early in the morning the car of the Arland Soldier standing by at the North Simpkins Place the people there were wondering because for the first time there were Arland Soldiers who approached them this early time.
The two Arland soldiers come over to the place that makes the people alerted and they grab their weapon knowing that they will get in trouble. The soldiers signaled that they had nothing to fear, they were just coming here for Chyrill and they will bring her back to the camp to the order of Sergeant Herrera. One of the people of the North Simpkins, who understand a little English come over to the soldiers and says that Chyrill is not around.
She offered to come with them to go where Chyrill was and it takes a long walk to go at the place, Chyrill headed to the mountainous area of the North Simpkins she wanted to feel as close to the sky and the surroundings were peaceful she just wanted to pray for her friends.
She feels the cold of the morning breeze and the clouds are so low she feels she can reach it may be, her friends can hear her that in this way at least she can be with them. She draws her arms and closed her eyes, she let to feel the cold breeze of the morning and she murmured each name of her friends, But this time she was not crying anymore she just thinks that they are in godfather hands.
"Andrea, Joel, Leslie at Patrick Sana masaya na kayo kung saan kayo naroroon ngayon" Sorry... kung hindi ko kayo natulungan, patawarin nyo ako... She speaks her language that she knows that they are listening right now.
She kneels down and bows her head and offered a prayer, the wind blows suddenly she smiled because she knows that their friends is here right now, though she can never see them, she can feel their presence.
The Arland Soldiers caught up with her in that position and out of respect they just let Chyrill and wait for it to end.
After she offered a prayer, she stood up from her knees and open her eyes,. She gets startled when she sees the Arland Soldiers standing near to her.
"What are you doing here"? she said to the Arland soldiers.
"Ma'am, we are ordered by Sergeant Herrera to take you back to the camp".
"Oh really? Does he miss me? She asked again to the soldiers.
The soldiers keep silence and just smiled from what she had said she rubbed the dirt on her knees and then walked down the mountainous area, she ignored the soldiers even though it still forced her to come back the camp.
The soldiers reminded that she has to come back at the camp no matter what happen that was the ordered coming from the Sergeant. They followed Chyrill down the mountainous area they need to bring her back to the camp.
"hey you, don't need to follow me and I won't go back to the camp".
"I'm sorry ma'am but we need to do this.. You need to come with us right now"
"No. I'm not taking orders from you".
"It's not an order, it's a request".
Her heart beats fast as she heard the familiar voice coming from the back and she will never be wrong that it's Sergeant Herrera. She turns around and sees the Sergeant staring at her that makes her feel uneasy her heart beats faster when the Sergeant trying to come close to her.
"What are you doing here? She asked the Sergeant.
" Well, my men are trying to convince you to come back to the camp as soon as possible, but I guess you don't want, you want me to take care of these things to convince you to." Sergeant Herrera says it seriously at her face.
Her cheeks get redder as the Sergeant says those words to her.
" No, I'm not going back to the camp, I need peace. And suddenly she walks away.
"Ohh... Don't you want to know what had happened to your friends? Or maybe you want to take a glance at them before they are buried.
Her cheeks get redder as the Sergeant says those words to her.
"Don't say that....if you just trying me to return at the camp, there is no place for me there" her tears fall from her eyes and she quickly wiped it.
"I will not waste my time following you here at this place if I didn't tell the truth".
She was confused on what is going on in the fact that she was waiting for this moment to see them again she just need to believe to the Sergeant. She faced the Sergeant and searching answer if all of what he says was the whole truth.
She finally decided to go back at the camp with the soldiers she follows the way of the Arland Soldiers down from the mountainous place, her heart feels sadness and afraid to see their friends, she doesn't want to see them in this kind of situation, she doesn't want to see them with no life and she can't be able to forget the terror comes into her mind.
The road down the mountainous place is slippery she needs to hold to Sergeant Herrera, she held tightly at the Sergeant hands and she feels she was about to fall. The Sergeant felt her fear so he just picked her up that got surprised her.
"Ohh... What are you doing?
" I lift you so that you will not have trouble and it’s too dangerous to a woman like you to come over here, well, I was thinking that how you able to get up in this mountainous place ".
She just smirked and avoided being held by the Sergeant, but she could not avoid being hugged by the Sergeant whenever they passed on the rocky side of the road.
The Sergeant just smiled secretly every time she hugs him.
It's about half an hour when they reached the place of the North Simpkins she gave thanks and said goodbye and she promised that she will be back again and do things that they used to be if everything will be back in good situation.
She got in the car of the Arland Soldiers if only she could obeyed, she would still want to walk alone. They are side by side with the Sergeant so it is inevitable that their arms will stick together. They are both quiet when they went back to the camp, she could still feel the arms of the Sergeant she avoided to get close to the Sergeant she feels uneasy, she feels she is still in the arms of the Sergeant. She gives her attention at outside and right now she could see the camp and as they get nearer her heart beat faster.
Finally, they reached the camp of the Arland Soldier she took a heavy step as they headed to where the corpse of her friends was. There's a moment she stops to walk and she was holding her chest because of the pain she was feeling. One of the soldiers opens the door to see the remains of her friends.
She sees the corpses covered with white cloth her steps are heavy, she just covered her mouth because of what she saw and she could barely bear the brutal death of her friends,. They had a gunshot on their forehead and their hands and feet were tied.
She wants to shout about what she saw and retaliate against the people who did it to them, but there is nothing she could do but to cry desperately and mourn for the death of her friends.