LAST CHAPTER

WARNING: ONE LAST CHAPTER AND VERY SHORT UPDATE | I'm not a professional, so Yeol's situation is purely based sa pinag-tagpi-tagpi kong research from Google. [ Source: AANS.org ]

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Third Person's

It's been days since the great war had ended. Naka-isolate ang lahat ng miyembro ng DA gang sa tagong facility ng Jang Medical Institute para mas mapabilis ang kanilang pag-galing. All of them are too exhausted and some are still in coma due to what had happened.

"Babe, wake up already. P-please!" Umiiyak at nagsusumamong sambit ni Batchi habang nakaupo sa tabi ng kama ni Myungsoo at nakahawak sa kamay nito.

"Shh. He'll wake up soon." Pag-aalo ni Jora kay Batchi.

Both L and Yeol are still in comatose state dahil sila ang mga pinaka-napuruhan. Bukod sa blood loss at natamong bugbog ay nagkaroon rin ng internal hemourage si Myungsoo dahil sa pagkakahampas ng baseball bat. The doctor's said that he's already in good condition and they just need to wait for him to wake up.

Habang si Yeol naman ay nasa critical condition. He lost a lot of blood and though they were able to do blood transfusion ay matindi pa rin ang natamo niyang bugbog. He also got a head shot and he's lucky that he's not yet dead, but the doctors are unsure whether he'll wake up or not.

As per the doctors, he's really lucky that the bullet gone through his right frontal lobe tip toward the forehead and well above the base of the skull as it's likely to cause relatively mild clinical damage, because it passes through no vital brain tissue or vascular structures.

Seeing that Yeol is deeply comatose with minimal evidence of brainstem function and without evidence of an intracranial hematoma that might be causing coma, a fatal outcome is nearly certain. Since a hematoma is confirmed though the CT scan, an emergency craniotomy for clot evacuation, removal of debris and devitalized tissue should be performed. It is common for pressure to build up within the skull, so a craniectomy (a procedure in which a large portion of the skull is temporarily removed to decrease pressure inside the skull) is also often to be performed.

Lahat sila ay malungkot sa kasalukuyang kalagayan ni Yeol lalo na't alam nilang isa sa kanilang kaibigan ay nauna na silang iwan.

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After 3 months

Someone else's

I felt like I'm paralyzed and I can't feel anything. I can't even open my eyes and I felt like I'm being swallowed by darkness. But I can hear something. Pilit kong hinanap ang kung sinumang nagmamay-ari ng tinig na iyon at mabuti na lang dahil nagtagumpay ako.

Nagkaroon ako ng lakas upang unti-unting imulat ang aking mga mata. Matinding liwanag ang unang bumungad sa akin, but I adjusted my sight after a while.

"Oh god, you're awake!" Dahan-dahan kong nikingon ang pamilyar na tinig na aking narinig kanina lamang. I instantly smile at the sight of her smiling face brimming with tears.

"A-andrea, babe." -ahina kong saad dulot ng hirap sa pagsasalita dahil sa tuyot kong lalamunan.

She immediately gave me a glass of water saka siya tumawag ng doctor mula sa intercom.

May ilang doctors at nurses na pumasok to examine me and when done ay may sinabi lamang siya kay Andrea before leaving.

"How's the gang? Yeol? What happened to the great war?" Hindi ko mapigilan ang sunud-sunod na tanong matapos niya akong tulungan maka-upo.

"They're all good. Kagaya mo ay magaling na ang mga sugat nila whil---"

"What? How did it happen na magaling na ang nga sugat nila? Hindi ba't kahapon lang ang great war?" Putol ko sa sinasabi ni Andrea.

"Babe, it's been 3 months since the great war. Lahat kayo ay magaling na ang mga sugat na natamo during the great war. Nanatili kang comatose kaya under observation and brain activity mo ngunit sabi ng doctor ay sa oras na magising ka ay kailangan mo lang magpahinga ng at least 2 weeks to adjust and you can go back to your normal activity." Sagot niya which left me dumbfounded.

"So, I was in coma for 3 months? That long?" Tanong ko at tanging isang tango lang ang isinagot niya sa akin.

"How about Yeol?" I asked her and she explained his situation. The doctors already performed all necessary operations but he's still in coma.

Nagpasama ako sa kwarto kung nadaan si Yeol at naabutan ko silang lahat doon. Tinanong ko sila sa mga nangyari the night of the great war. I can recall something, but it's vague. It's as if the scenario when Jon took the girls happened again.

"She's not going to be happy seeing how you're lying on this bed. Please wake up, Yeol." Sambit ko habang nakatitig sa katawan niyang walang malay.

"He's still not awake?" Bungad niya pagkapasok niya sa kwarto ni Yeol.

"Not yet. But we're all hoping that he will, sooner." Sagot naman ni Namu.

"Yeah, he should wake up. He needs to. We need him, I need him. He's the only key to find her." Sagot niya.