Savior

"Aish! Why did I ever treated those two!"

That's what I keep on murmuring while I'm walking in the middle of the road right after our class. It's already 6:30 in the evening. At this hour, I'm supposed to be lying on our sofa while watching k-drama on our oldest model television.

From school up to our house was only fifteen minutes ride using public utility vehicles. But if you're going to walk just like what I'm doing right now, it takes 30 to 35 minutes.

And our place wasn't that modern yet. Since we're in a province of Oriental Mindoro, Roxas district, our place was considered as rural areas. The whole district are far from being in a city.

If the city consist of so many street lights where you can enjoyed walking at night coz it seems still morning, well in our place only fireflies are all I can see.

Towering street lights are replaced by huge and scary balete woods that famous for being a shelter of ghost and enchanted beings that part of a Filipino culture.

And it creeps me out everytime I'm thinking that any moment, there's something horrible whose gonna showed up in front of me. I walked so fast because of that thought. I'm the only one whose walking in the street.

And in our place, most residence of the barangay are already inside they're home at exactly 6 o'clock as if we're in some kind of martial law and it's a sin being on the street at this hour.

I stopped from walking just to observe for a while when I heard something from behind. But when I turned around, there's no one there. I felt nervous all of a sudden.

I continued from walking. Faster this time. Then I heard footsteps from behind. It looks like someone is following me from afar. I hold on my old model phone that serves as my flash light.

I almost scream and jumped when my phone alerted. It's a text message from my mother.

Cyleen, where are u? Don't stay too late outside coz there's a news that some weird maniac and rapist roaming around our barangay.

Shit! Seriously, ma!? I'm in the middle of nowhere and she's gonna texted me this weird and crazy stuff. I feel like my hands and whole body was shaking.

What if— what if the one whose following me right now is that rapist on the news? Oh God! Helped me please. I don't want to die young. And I don't want to be a victim of rape and sexual abused either.

I tried to focus myself from walking and observing on my surroundings at the same time. I can't even reply to my mother coz I don't have a cellphone load. What a life! I can't even call Lexy for help!

I heard the footsteps getting closer. As if in a second, there's someone whose gonna pull me inside that forest not too far from the main road. I didn't waste my time. I started running. And I heard that someone behind me run too. Following me.

I take all the courage to looked back and saw a tall man not wearing any shirts, just his short that looks so dirty or what. His eyes looks so horrible and lustful that telling me I'm dead once he caught me!

I can't asked for helped coz there's no house near at my location yet!

"I'm coming to get you, babe!"

I heard that monstrous voice behind me. That lunatic! How dare him call me babe! I run faster. So fast, that I felt my whole body so tired. I'm already sweating so hard and I looked like a mess.

I looked behind again only to realized that man was so near! I run again. But I tripped on the large stone that I didn't noticed. I fell on the rocky road and started crying.

Oh my gosh! I'm gonna die tonight!

That ugly and dirty man stopped in front of me while smirking like a psycho.

"Don't come closer! I'm gonna call a police!"

I shouted.

"Police, huh? Sure, then. But — I can assure you that before the police came, I already lured you! I think ten minutes, and I'm lustly satisfied with that beauty of yours. Look. I'm not even touching you and yet, I'm totally hard on!"

I covered my ears for me not to hear those horrible words this psycho maniac is saying. How could these monstrous creature existed in this world!?

One step. Two step. Three step.

I utter a silent prayer when that man was already in front of me. I felt that my whole world stopped when the man grab my arms, pull me up harshly and started dragging me out of the main road.

But my world started turning again when I saw a blinding lights approaching coming from a vehicle. It's an old black mustang that stopped in front of us. Whoever this person is— I'm thankful that he/she gaves me hope in this frustrating situation.

Then the driver of mustang showed up. And I think my heart melted and felt warm in the middle of the cold night when I find out that it's Cylec.

"What do you think you're doing!?"

Cylec said furiously at the man. He makes me freed from that mans grip and put me behind him. I felt so stunned.

"Don't you dare interfer, young man if you don't want to have a faucet in your stomach."

The man said before he brings out a hunters knife from his pocket and pointed it on Cylec direction.

"Drop your fucking knife!"

The other man in his driver's uniform showed up with a 45 calibre on his hand. The man harassing me suddenly dropped his knife and started to run away but the Brgy. Officials patrol vehicle showed up on time.

"We received a report about the escaped prisoner with rape charges."

Our barangay captain said.

"It's him."

Cylec said.

The barangay officials carry that useless man at the patrol vehicle.

"Thank you for helping us captured this bastard, Mr. Jordan."

Our barangay captain said while looking at Cylec.

"Anytime, captain. Let's go, Mr. J— Cylec. It's getting late."

The other man carrying a gun a while ago said before he silently entered the drivers seat.

"Are you okay?"

Cylec asked the moment we entered at the backseat.

"I think so?"

I said, half shocked, half conscious. He gave me his leather jacket when he saw how dirty my white uniform is.

"You look like a mess. What are you doing on that place?" He asked.

"I'm just walking for me to go home when that psycho showed up and harassed me."

I said. I felt like I'm still trembling in fear right now everytime I think about that man!

"You're walking? Why? You don't have a service?" He said.

"I'm taking a tricycle but ahm— I don't have any fare left so— I walked."

I said awkwardly.

"You don't have a penny and yet you treated me and Alonzo a while ago? What kind of thinking is that, Cyleen."

Cyleen. He called me Cyleen. It felt so good to hear him saying my name like that. Are we close now? Or friends? He's calling me on first name basis. Seriously, Cyleen! That's all you're thinking about right now? Why not! He's my savior after all.

"It's okay. You helped me out on our quiz. I can really walked. I'm used to it. That psycho was just a moment destroyer!"

I said. He stared at me and shook his head. He didn't say any words again.

"Thanks, by the way. For saving me. I can't say that I'm gonna treat you again coz—."

"Cut it off. You don't need to repay me. Did you eat already?"

I shooked my head.

"What I'm going to do with you!"

He said and massage his head as if he's so stressed out.

"Stop the car!"

I shouted when I saw our house approaching.

"Is that your house already?"

Cylec asked.

"Yeah. That tiny house with a bamboo gate." I said.

The car stopped right in front of our house. I saw my mother waiting for me outside. She's walking back and forth and looked so worried.

"Thank you once again, Cylec. And to your dad."

I said and looked at his father at the drivers seat. His brows furrowed before he nodded and opened the door. I smiled at him and waved before I get out of his car and close the door.

I watched their car left before I entered our house together with my worried mom. I explained to her what happened and I'm glad she understand. She just gave me a non stop lecture that I almost fall asleep.

That night, I felt so many emotions. Fear. Worried. Shocked. But the most strange feelings I felt is that— I think— I think I'm starting to like my savior..