• It’s raining real hard this afternoon. As I look up at the dark sky and as I listen to the pounding-like sound of the rain as it touches the roof, I am having the feeling of uneasiness and just like other rainy days tears suddenly come out of my eyes. The rain would have cheered because at last after such long summer, it finally rained but this kind of rain makes me lonely and frightened. Is this Mother Nature’s way of punishing us for all the crimes that we did and are still to her? Maybe yes or maybe this is just one of the symptoms of global warming- still humans fault.

    It is getting darker and darker; the electric company must have thought that it’s better to cut off the power to prevent damages that this hard rain might cause. All alone in this almost dark office, it reminds me of the exchange of text messages that I had with someone last night. Due to some this someone’s stupid proposal/ stupidity, I finally came up with a good title for this part. Today, I made myself believe that I were in a dark place, all alone. As I close my eyes, I see only darkness. Uh now that I think about it... closing my eyes and seeing the darkness that comes with closing them indeed made me feel all alone. Should I surrender into the darkness or open my eyes and let myself surrender naturally to the lightness that envelopes me now?

    In everything I do I see your face... as I close my eyes your face is still there... so vividly etched in my mind... who could you be? I only saw you for the first time last night, in my dreams. How could you affect me this much? When I woke up this morning, it was your pretty face that first came unto my mind. You are not beautiful like all the women that I have been with; your hair is not long and shiny like what I would prefer my woman to have, though it is black- that much is a factor. You were so small and looked so fragile; in spite of that, I could sense that you are strong. But what made me remember you and want you was the fact that in that dream you smiled at me as if that smile is truly meant for me.

    Tonio called me for a meeting with all of us six. He said that the blueprints that we were so eager to have our hands over had been found underground Alberio City. “Chrome, as punishment for what you did last night- or this morning to be exact, building this barrier around the Kingdom will be your job. Gather at least 50 men- is that enough Tonio?”

    “10 should be enough, it is for his punishment anyway,” Tonio chuckles as he answered me.

    “Oh s**t! So much for a week of vacation Sammael, creating that barrier would take us a month!” Chrome looks distressful as he stood up to me and fired fire to Tonio which did not even affect Tonio. “Fine then! I will employ 50, hahaha, women.”

    “Geez man. Take a break for once.” Lucious Pachu’a, one of their comrades, “Womanizing will haunt you, you know. Ha ha, by the way, that project also includes Magnolia.” I wonder why it seems easy for this people to laugh like that even after soaking their hands with blood- enemies’ blood but nevertheless blood of the people that we killed.

    “Sammael” Rawlins Salus, “Hey Bloody Satan. What’s wrong with our Prince?”

    Ow. Reality. “You do know there’s a five-inch in where you punched me Rawlins?” I said touching my arm where Rawlin’s fierce hands punch me. The pain did not really mattered to me but the fact that this is the first time my mind wandered somewhere...

    “You aren’t giving me any punishments like Chrome, right?”

    “Ugh... I’m going back first. Let the soldiers stay here, we wouldn’t need them anyway.”

    “Oh yeah... I heard from the messenger who came this morning that the King wants to see you,” Anger rose in my chest when Maalik mentioned my father. My damn father, just hearing the word king already makes me want to exercise the power that I inherited from him. It will be good if I kill one of his best men.

    “I’ll come with you.” As usual, Tonio knows what seeing my father will do to me. A friend huh...

    Why do you have pop in just when I am feeling this way? I will not let you manipulate me. I will never surrender to you even if surrendering means having you...