Chapter 10: Malacañang Destruction

It's been 3 hours since Kleirra and the other rescuers started to tending everyone who was hurt. As she carefully rolled the bandage at the man's arms, she used what she learned on the school without knowing it.

One person after another, she carefully tend the bruises or wounds. Even though her knowledge is still limited, at least she used what she ought to do as she enrolled in college for nursing.

As for her cousins who was already a nurse and two nursing student, after watching Kleirra, they decided to do what she started.

After tending everyone in 4 hours, the other rescuers arrived with more people who were injured. Some of them has severed injuries like a broken leg, or a certain thing that was stuck on their body.

The newly-arrived rescuers were shocked to see that the people who they left earlier is now fully tended. Moreover, they were just five. Without knowing that the rescuers started to talk about her, Kleirra continued to tend the wounds after they've arrived in here.

Kleirra kneel down as she communicate with the patient while it has eye contact, "excuse me sir, but may I tend your wounds?" she asked with respect as she bend down until she was the same height of the wounded elderly man.

After confirming it, she throw a small splash of water unto the wound and then applied some betadine and cover it with bandage. ". . . Kleirra . . . ?"

Kleirra stop from moving when she heard someone called her name from behind. She peeked behind her, only to see her former classmates when she was still in Grade 12.

"Aswald." Kleirra called his name. One of her classmates who soon became her friends because they share similar things, that is being an Otaku.

"What are you doing in here? I thought you were in bayombong?" Aswald asked as he quickly approached his friend who he hasn't seen few months ago.

Kleirra replied, "Who would go to another province when someone made a false report of bombing in Nueva Vizcaya? Moreover, that false bombing came out to be true. Few buildings was in wreck in there, just 2 days after it was made a False Bombing. The school that I've been attending is no exception. Truly Destroyed." as she looked at her friend.

Upon hearing it, a small laugh in low voice escaped from his mouth as he sighs. "Still like that huh" Aswald put his hand on Kleirra's head and pat her hair as he messed up her hair.

"By the way, are you okay? Do you know someone who was hurt?" Kleirra asked suddenly as aswald blink as he heard that question. She's still like that. Aswald felt relieved when he notices that Kleirra hasn't changed.

He replied casually, "Jake does." And that moment he began to tease Kleirra. But what Kleirra had thought was, is he injured.

"Where? Is it big?" she asked hurriedly. "Huh?" Aswald blink.

"You said that jake was hurt."

Aswald laughed upon hearing that. Kleirra was literally did not change a single thing. Even her denseness was still there, very intact.

"Yeah. In his heart" Jake teased but Kleirra raised one of her eyebrow as she began to wonder. But as soon as she heard that, she became very concerned, "isn't he critical? He might be dead."

Aswald laughed but not loudly before he replies, "You're not getting it, Kleirra."

She became confused to what does aswald mean. "Well, you said he was hurt in his heart. With that, he should be in the hospital by now." Kleirra replied while aswald is still laughing but cover his mouth.

That denseness of her was really evident as aswald face-palm himself.

That's when Kleirra realized that aswald was making fun of her. She pouted at the thought of that, "how could you do that to me?" She asked back as she glared daggers at her friend.

The atmosphere surrounding them soon shifted into a very insanely awkward one.

"I'm sorry. Still dense as ever." aswald stated as the uneasiness in his voice became noticeable. Kleirra just stared at him, locking her eyes into sight, making aswald to feel awkward as she stared at him intently.

"Good thing that you're okay. By the way, where's Hermione?" Kleirra asked as she remembered her friend. One of her BESTFRIEND whom she met when she was in grade 11.

It's been few months since she last saw her.

"She's fine. Don't worry." aswald replied. "Then where is she now?"

When aswald was about to answer, someone yelled something that may cause a riot in here. Upon hearing it, Kleirra blink many times as she processed what she just heard. She heard it clearly and loudly. But there's no way that will happen.

Because in this moment, the hard-to-achieve tranquil peace is slowly fleeting…"The Malacanang is destroyed!"

Those are the words made everyone stopped from what they are doing. Soon, silence atmosphere came to greet them. How could that be possible?

How and why did the Malacanang is destroyed?

Those are the several questions Kleirra wanted to asked upon hearing that. Not knowing that a wrinkle had formed in her forehead. "As in… that Malacanang..?" Aswald looked at Kleirra in discomfort upset.

Kleirra nodded in silent and then looked at the ground. Aswald looked at the frowning Kleirra. "No way…"

Aswald was in speechless. Who in the world would destroy the malacanang? As if that someone wants to challenge the whole philippines.

Destroying malacanang it's like sending a huge threat to the entire country. But who is the dumb person who'll do that?

But then, Kleirra remembered something. It was like she was struck like lightning.

– That missile… it couldn't be…

As soon as she quickly recalled what happened earlier, the missile who changed its course in the middle at the sky. The newly-destroyed malacanang…

She thought that the 'Odyssey' launches that. But what if if not? No matter how many times Kleirra think, the outcome is still the same. The Destruction of the Philippines.

The destruction of malacanang… those missiles…

She went outside of the center as aswald followed her afterwards. Kleirra ran faster as if she was waiting for someone outside as oswald gently followed her while in behind.

As soon as Kleirra and oswald were outside, Kleirra immediately looked at the skies. She was soon greeted by much more redder than before that it becoming darker.

All of all places, why did it happen to be in this country.

The shock expression lies in Kleirra's face. Her mouth open not too widely as she looked at above. She then now think the only possible outcome.

Those two… were connected

As curiosity hit aswald, he soon followed to looked above. The once tranquil color of the sky turned into a red bloody sky instead. "What… happened…?" He looked back at his former classmate.

But what he saw was… Kleirra isn't looking at him. Her focus was somewhere. But it is evident that her fist was…Trembling…

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