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Soon enough, the first rain came. I anything. After all this time, after all these little sister! She got caught in the flood just a
listened to the sound of droplets attacking our years I swore that I would be a good brother while ago. You have to help her, Mr. Soldier.
near broken roof during the dead silent night. and protect my sister at all cost. Now my sister She can't be far from here!" My voice was
From the look of it, the flash flood would was going to die. It was all my fault... hoarse and hysterical, unable to hold myself
surely come tomorrow. Sleepily, I tried to get Somebody please help her! together anymore.
up. Next to me was my sister and she was Anyone... just keep her safe... "We will. Don't worry." The same
still sleeping peacefully despite the deafening . soldier reassured me curtly, seeming to have
sound of the rain. A smile crept up almost . something else on his mind. Others just looked
automatically even though the threat was Aldo the Knowledgeable... at me with pity clearly expressed in their eyes.
right before us. I determined to stay awake I found my subconscious pleading They looked as though we wouldn't have
long enough to watch the water come but for his help from the bottom of my heart. much luck in finding my sister and it was likely
soon I began to drift off. Even after I had lost all the faith in him, some that she was dead already.
part deep inside me had always loved and I felt enraged at their attitude. But
respected him. Since I was a kid, the stories I was also consumed by sorrow, not much
In my dream, I saw a girl instead of the usual my mother often told me would make me different from earlier when I had thought
woman I often dreamed of. She was getting up even more impressed and love him for what there was no hope. These emotions tore me
on her tiny feet and left me with an innocent he had done for the greater good, for every apart. They broke me, hit me and tortured me
smile on her face. one of us. Hell, I even wished I could be like with their hideous whip called truth. I stared
him someday. blankly outside the helicopter as it descended
A ray of sunlight hit my eyes, almost You haven't neglected us right? slowly to the safe landing ground. Something
in a painful way. It was daybreak already with Even though we are just poor, insignificant caught my eyes and instantly my throat was
the faint noises of birds and insects enjoying farmers... hitched with disbelief and joy.
themselves for the lack of rain. The downpour A loud noise broke me away from my "Your Grace!"
must have stopped for a while now and I was state of grief, deafening my ears. Through the The sound of the helicopter
glad that it didn't last long. However, the layers of tears, I could barely make out a dark overpowered everything else that was
peaceful moment stayed that way only for a silhouette of a helicopter flying over my head. strangely silent. My eyes trailed along the
few seconds as the sound of water made my The ladder was dropped right beside me but figure that was getting bigger and bigger,
eyes snap open instantly. Sure it was a huge it went unregistered in my still traumatized fighting his way through the muddy water
downpour but this was way too fast for a flash mind. Then, I heard someone shout at me to get something. He was moving fast just in
flood to come. with an authority behind his voice. time to scoop someone too small to see from
Panicked, I ran to look outside "What are you doing?! Just get up the distance I didn't want to get my hopes up
through the window behind our makeshift here already!" Seeing that I made no move, high but I couldn't help secretly thinking that
bed. Gushing muddy color water was rushing the soldier swiftly and easily scooped my it got to be my sister.
past our and the neighbors' corn fields and small, undernourished body and climbed up "Roscha!"
farms, destroying our yet to be harvested to the helicopter. I was surrounded by the I didn't know how far my voice
crops. It was then that I realized something medical team, soldiers and other officers that would go with this throat of mine, but I
and sharply turned back, hoping to find were looking anxiously at the rushing water shouted anyway. The two on the ground
something other than the empty mattress while we flew in the direction of the flood. seemed to have heard me as the girl shouted
lying on the floor. Not a second later, I heard "Mr. Soldier! You have to help my back as well.
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the wooden floor. I felt, rather than heard,
something huge break away from the main
house. My legs carried the body on their own,
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heard right after the impact and I arrived just
in time to see her body falling along with the
structure.
Everything happened in a slow
motion. I saw my hand desperately surging
after her, even though I knew it was futile.
She was falling, falling along with the patio
that couldn't withstand the rushing waves
of water. The empty air in my hand then
filled with water coming from my own damp
sockets. I was again that same boy who
couldn't do anything. The same boy who was
useless. The same boy who couldn't protect
those who were precious to him.
All I could do was stand still, tears
flowing constantly. That fearful gaze of my
sister that was directed at me, pleading me
to help her would haunt me forever. I was
so useless and it broke my heart just to look
at her suffering with me being unable to do

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