Later that night, Silver was having nightmares.
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"Psst! Hoy! Batah*, go to bed!" A boy ordered his eyes glued to the t.v. screen. "It's already midnight!"
A younger version of Silver appeared from behind the boy. "I. AM. NOT. A. BATAH! And just how am I suppose to sleep with you yelling every time you loose against Kuya Felix?"
"Ummmm... just shut up and go to bed..."
Silver eyed the older boy in front of her. "Hey couzin."
No response.
"KUYA* JOHN!"
"WHAT?!" The boy yelled finally setting his eyes off of the screen.
"MOVE! I'M SQUISHED OVER HERE 'COZ OF YOUR BIG BUTT!"
"He can't help it if he's black." Another boy from the other side of the room, also with his eyes glued to the screen, said.
"Black?"
"Yeah, you didn't know that?"
Silver laughed and shook her head. "You're funny, Kuya Felix."
The boy nodded his head. "I know..."
Silver waited impatiently. "HELLO?"
"Ok, ok, geez!" He said finally moving out of Silver's sleeping space and next to Felix.
Pleased that she had finally won a fight against her cousin, Silver blocked out the sound of the video game and fell asleep.
The next thing Silver knew, she couldn't move. It was like something or someone was holding her down. Startled, Silver opened her tired eyes as quickly as they could. "K-kuya...?"
There was Felix, embracing his little cousin and the strange thing was was they were outside of the house. And probably far away from it.
"Kuya..."
"Go back to sleep Ruvee..."
"... You just called me Ruvee..." Silver looked into Felix's eyes. They were red. He had been crying. "Kuya, what's going on? Where's Kuya John, Manang* Ching, Kuya Ronald, and my mom and dad? Why are we outside?"
"....They're dead, batah...."
Silver couldn't believe her ears. The word "dead" had only been used as jokes around the people she knew, but to have it be used for the ACTUAL meaning was something more. "M-m-mom?" She called and started to cry.
"Someone sneaked into the house... A burglar... And when John went to check it out ---- *pause. crying. sniffs* The burglar shot him... Everyone in the house went to check to see what just happened *pause. sobbing.*, and the burglar shot them --- Every last one of them *sobbing* --- I took you from your sleep and managed to get you out through the window."
At this point Silver was crying her little and young heart out. "KUYA!!!! M-MOM!!! D-DAD!!!!" She yelled.
Felix embraced the frail child once again and rocked her back and forth. "Don't worry... I'll take of you..."
*~ § ~*
Silver woke up covered in cold sweat. Her hand ran over her pillow... it was wet. She had been crying in her sleep. At the bottom of the bed, Samimon was sleeping like a baby. He didn't know a thing.
She got out of the bed, making sure she wouldn't wake Samimon, and walked over to the balcony. The wind had a little chill in it, but she didn't mind. She was more focused on the moon which glowed very brightly... and began to cry. "Why?? Why??" She questioned as she looked up at the moon. "Why god? Why'd you do this to me? WHY?!?" She shouted now in a crying state.
"Silver..." Pangmon said softly as he stood next to the sliding door. "I know that you had that dream again, and I'm sorry to what happened to your parents, but you have to move on..."
"Not just my parents, Pangmon --- My family... He promised, Pangmon, HE PROMISED!"
"I don't know what else to say, but "I'm sorry"." Pangmon said and gave Silver a big comforting hug.
Silver sniffed. "Thank you, Pangmon."
~*~
Back in the digiworld, someone with green eyes was also looking at the moon.
"There was one, in my dreams, I could clearly see. Dum dee dee dum, high above the skies. Beautiful and sadness, is the story I tell. Twas one day, the wind guided him where to go. Like any dove, high above he flew..."
The person paused for a moment, and jumped down the tree branch they had been sitting on. The person began to walk away, but looked up at the moon one more time.
"Don't be afraid...I won't let them take you... I'm not going to let that happen again, I promise..."
~*~
The next day at around 2:45 p.m., Sora was walking to Highton View Terrace. She decided that it was best to travel the old fashion way ---- by walking. Well, actually it was because her car was out of gas. On her way, she was thinking about the call she got from TK.
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"Hello, is Sora there??"
"This is her."
"Hey Sora, this is TK. Guess what?"
"What?"
"I found the fifth girl!"
"You did? Where?"
"Near the park last night," TK said sounding triumphant, "She wants us to meet her where Highton View Terrace was today at three o'clock. Are you in?"
"Of course, but why'd she choose Highton View Terrace as the meeting spot?"
"I don't know."
"Hmm ..."
"Ok, well, I guess I'll see you later."
*~ § ~*
"Highton View Terrace?? Why there?" Sora asked. She was so caught up in thinking that she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. Sora was walking across the street as a car headed toward her and really fast.
At the last moment, she noticed the car, and froze. The driver was shocked and tried to stop, but slipped on something in the road and the car was now spinning out of control. All Sora could do was wait for the car ready to collide into her.
"Sora, look out!!" Someone shouted and pushed her out of the way.
Sora and the stranger landed on the sidewalk as the car slammed into three other cars. Sora looked at her rescuer and saw that it was ---
"T-Tai! ---" She said trying hard not to blush. "Thank you for saving my life."
"Well, with me being Matt's best friend, and you being his girlfriend," Tai said and got up, "Ya know..." He helped her up, but then collapsed.
"Tai! Tai!" Kari called as she got out Tai's black Lexus and ran over to her brother with TK and Matt behind her. "Are you all right?"
"I think he may have pulled something." Sora announced.
"How about you? Are you OK?" Matt asked her.
"I'm fine ---"
"We've got to bring him to a hospital." TK said.
"No! We can't miss seeing the fifth girl and what's going on in the digiworld!" Tai retorted.
"Here's an idea. How's about we take you to Izzy's apartment? He lives the closest. We can drive you in your car and Matt and me can tell the others and the fifth girl that plans have changed." TK insisted.
Everyone nodded their heads and helped put Tai in the back of his car and Matt drove them to Izzy's house. Lucky for them, Izzy was just on his way out to the meeting place.
"Kari, Sora, Izzy, watch over Tai, until we come back with Mimi, Joe, and the fifth girl," TK said and looked over at Tai, "And don't you dare start walking around, not till we come back with Joe and he tells us what's the matter with you."
"I'm going with you guys." Tai proclaimed as though he hadn't heard a word that TK said. He tried to get up but like a reflex he fell down.
"Stay on that chair until we come back. Oh, and by the way," Matt said and grinned, "we'll be using your car."
"Matt, I swear if I find even one scratch in my car!! ---" Tai warned.
"Don't worry, Tai. My brother's a real good driver." TK told him, waved good-bye, and followed Matt.
~*~
"Matt, why are you so quiet?" TK asked after a five minute drive with the radio on and Matt not singing to his favorite songs.
"It's nothing, TK. Just thinking." Matt replied.
"Why Silver said to keep away from her?" TK wondered sounding positive that that was it. Matt didn't respond. "I bet that she's only trying to protect us from something."
"But what? What the hell is she running from?" Matt muttered and stopped the Lexus.
The two brothers got out and noticed Mimi and Joe talking in front of where Highton View Terrace was. "Oh hi, Matt! Hi, TK!" Joe said. Matt and TK looked around.
"She's not here." TK whispered to Matt.
"It's only 2:57. Just wait a few minutes." Mimi announced.
Someone was walking towards them while kicking a rock. Everyone looked up.
"So, where's the others?" Silver asked.
"The plans changed. Tai did something to his leg, so you're going to have to tell us at Izzy's place." TK told her.
Silver stood there surprised and speechless. 'Well, I guess we'll just have to scratch that out.' She thought.
Once Mimi got in Joe's car; TK, Matt, and Silver in Tai's car, Matt eyed Silver in the mirror. She was looking out the window at everything that they passed. As though she wouldn't be seeing them ever again.
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Batah - means kid in Tagalog
Kuya - used to show respect for an older BOY/GUY in the Philippines... as in Japan (example: Yamato-KUN)
Manang - used to show respect for an older GIRL/GAL in the Philippines...
*~ § ~*
"Psst! Hoy! Batah*, go to bed!" A boy ordered his eyes glued to the t.v. screen. "It's already midnight!"
A younger version of Silver appeared from behind the boy. "I. AM. NOT. A. BATAH! And just how am I suppose to sleep with you yelling every time you loose against Kuya Felix?"
"Ummmm... just shut up and go to bed..."
Silver eyed the older boy in front of her. "Hey couzin."
No response.
"KUYA* JOHN!"
"WHAT?!" The boy yelled finally setting his eyes off of the screen.
"MOVE! I'M SQUISHED OVER HERE 'COZ OF YOUR BIG BUTT!"
"He can't help it if he's black." Another boy from the other side of the room, also with his eyes glued to the screen, said.
"Black?"
"Yeah, you didn't know that?"
Silver laughed and shook her head. "You're funny, Kuya Felix."
The boy nodded his head. "I know..."
Silver waited impatiently. "HELLO?"
"Ok, ok, geez!" He said finally moving out of Silver's sleeping space and next to Felix.
Pleased that she had finally won a fight against her cousin, Silver blocked out the sound of the video game and fell asleep.
The next thing Silver knew, she couldn't move. It was like something or someone was holding her down. Startled, Silver opened her tired eyes as quickly as they could. "K-kuya...?"
There was Felix, embracing his little cousin and the strange thing was was they were outside of the house. And probably far away from it.
"Kuya..."
"Go back to sleep Ruvee..."
"... You just called me Ruvee..." Silver looked into Felix's eyes. They were red. He had been crying. "Kuya, what's going on? Where's Kuya John, Manang* Ching, Kuya Ronald, and my mom and dad? Why are we outside?"
"....They're dead, batah...."
Silver couldn't believe her ears. The word "dead" had only been used as jokes around the people she knew, but to have it be used for the ACTUAL meaning was something more. "M-m-mom?" She called and started to cry.
"Someone sneaked into the house... A burglar... And when John went to check it out ---- *pause. crying. sniffs* The burglar shot him... Everyone in the house went to check to see what just happened *pause. sobbing.*, and the burglar shot them --- Every last one of them *sobbing* --- I took you from your sleep and managed to get you out through the window."
At this point Silver was crying her little and young heart out. "KUYA!!!! M-MOM!!! D-DAD!!!!" She yelled.
Felix embraced the frail child once again and rocked her back and forth. "Don't worry... I'll take of you..."
*~ § ~*
Silver woke up covered in cold sweat. Her hand ran over her pillow... it was wet. She had been crying in her sleep. At the bottom of the bed, Samimon was sleeping like a baby. He didn't know a thing.
She got out of the bed, making sure she wouldn't wake Samimon, and walked over to the balcony. The wind had a little chill in it, but she didn't mind. She was more focused on the moon which glowed very brightly... and began to cry. "Why?? Why??" She questioned as she looked up at the moon. "Why god? Why'd you do this to me? WHY?!?" She shouted now in a crying state.
"Silver..." Pangmon said softly as he stood next to the sliding door. "I know that you had that dream again, and I'm sorry to what happened to your parents, but you have to move on..."
"Not just my parents, Pangmon --- My family... He promised, Pangmon, HE PROMISED!"
"I don't know what else to say, but "I'm sorry"." Pangmon said and gave Silver a big comforting hug.
Silver sniffed. "Thank you, Pangmon."
~*~
Back in the digiworld, someone with green eyes was also looking at the moon.
"There was one, in my dreams, I could clearly see. Dum dee dee dum, high above the skies. Beautiful and sadness, is the story I tell. Twas one day, the wind guided him where to go. Like any dove, high above he flew..."
The person paused for a moment, and jumped down the tree branch they had been sitting on. The person began to walk away, but looked up at the moon one more time.
"Don't be afraid...I won't let them take you... I'm not going to let that happen again, I promise..."
~*~
The next day at around 2:45 p.m., Sora was walking to Highton View Terrace. She decided that it was best to travel the old fashion way ---- by walking. Well, actually it was because her car was out of gas. On her way, she was thinking about the call she got from TK.
*~ § ~*
"Hello, is Sora there??"
"This is her."
"Hey Sora, this is TK. Guess what?"
"What?"
"I found the fifth girl!"
"You did? Where?"
"Near the park last night," TK said sounding triumphant, "She wants us to meet her where Highton View Terrace was today at three o'clock. Are you in?"
"Of course, but why'd she choose Highton View Terrace as the meeting spot?"
"I don't know."
"Hmm ..."
"Ok, well, I guess I'll see you later."
*~ § ~*
"Highton View Terrace?? Why there?" Sora asked. She was so caught up in thinking that she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. Sora was walking across the street as a car headed toward her and really fast.
At the last moment, she noticed the car, and froze. The driver was shocked and tried to stop, but slipped on something in the road and the car was now spinning out of control. All Sora could do was wait for the car ready to collide into her.
"Sora, look out!!" Someone shouted and pushed her out of the way.
Sora and the stranger landed on the sidewalk as the car slammed into three other cars. Sora looked at her rescuer and saw that it was ---
"T-Tai! ---" She said trying hard not to blush. "Thank you for saving my life."
"Well, with me being Matt's best friend, and you being his girlfriend," Tai said and got up, "Ya know..." He helped her up, but then collapsed.
"Tai! Tai!" Kari called as she got out Tai's black Lexus and ran over to her brother with TK and Matt behind her. "Are you all right?"
"I think he may have pulled something." Sora announced.
"How about you? Are you OK?" Matt asked her.
"I'm fine ---"
"We've got to bring him to a hospital." TK said.
"No! We can't miss seeing the fifth girl and what's going on in the digiworld!" Tai retorted.
"Here's an idea. How's about we take you to Izzy's apartment? He lives the closest. We can drive you in your car and Matt and me can tell the others and the fifth girl that plans have changed." TK insisted.
Everyone nodded their heads and helped put Tai in the back of his car and Matt drove them to Izzy's house. Lucky for them, Izzy was just on his way out to the meeting place.
"Kari, Sora, Izzy, watch over Tai, until we come back with Mimi, Joe, and the fifth girl," TK said and looked over at Tai, "And don't you dare start walking around, not till we come back with Joe and he tells us what's the matter with you."
"I'm going with you guys." Tai proclaimed as though he hadn't heard a word that TK said. He tried to get up but like a reflex he fell down.
"Stay on that chair until we come back. Oh, and by the way," Matt said and grinned, "we'll be using your car."
"Matt, I swear if I find even one scratch in my car!! ---" Tai warned.
"Don't worry, Tai. My brother's a real good driver." TK told him, waved good-bye, and followed Matt.
~*~
"Matt, why are you so quiet?" TK asked after a five minute drive with the radio on and Matt not singing to his favorite songs.
"It's nothing, TK. Just thinking." Matt replied.
"Why Silver said to keep away from her?" TK wondered sounding positive that that was it. Matt didn't respond. "I bet that she's only trying to protect us from something."
"But what? What the hell is she running from?" Matt muttered and stopped the Lexus.
The two brothers got out and noticed Mimi and Joe talking in front of where Highton View Terrace was. "Oh hi, Matt! Hi, TK!" Joe said. Matt and TK looked around.
"She's not here." TK whispered to Matt.
"It's only 2:57. Just wait a few minutes." Mimi announced.
Someone was walking towards them while kicking a rock. Everyone looked up.
"So, where's the others?" Silver asked.
"The plans changed. Tai did something to his leg, so you're going to have to tell us at Izzy's place." TK told her.
Silver stood there surprised and speechless. 'Well, I guess we'll just have to scratch that out.' She thought.
Once Mimi got in Joe's car; TK, Matt, and Silver in Tai's car, Matt eyed Silver in the mirror. She was looking out the window at everything that they passed. As though she wouldn't be seeing them ever again.
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Batah - means kid in Tagalog
Kuya - used to show respect for an older BOY/GUY in the Philippines... as in Japan (example: Yamato-KUN)
Manang - used to show respect for an older GIRL/GAL in the Philippines...