March 15, 2022Tuesday, 8:37 PMOfficer Alfarez and Officer De Vega planned to investigate in the middle of the night where everyone is surely at home. They are wearing an all-black outfit with a mask and a black baseball cap. They’re about to enter a barn when they heard footsteps coming from afar. Hiding behind a cart, listening to every move from the other person around.“I need to talk to that bullsh*t farmer. Who does he think he is? Reporting this to the authority? I thought you handled it right? You’re useless!” The guy said with irritation in his voice. Alfarez and De Vega peeked from the small holes in the cart. The other guy didn’t say anything but from the looks of it, he doesn’t feel well. “Hey! Are you okay? Talk!” The irritated guy panicked.“I-I can’t b-breath.”“Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! H-Hold on! I’ll just get the car and i-immediately send you to the hospital.” The guy said and ran away. When he’s not on the site, Alfarez and De Vega move closer to the poor guy who is h
Six o’clock on the next day came, many patients arrived at the hospital where Cally was admitted. Trestan went back to their home to get some clothes and when he returned, his phone rang. “What’s up doctor?” “Where are you?” “Hospital.” “Why are you there?” The doctor’s tone was tinged with shock. “My sister got sick, and doctor,” He paused. “I don’t want to think that my assumption is right but I think… I think my sister is infe---“ “Listen, save your explanations later but for now… you need to leave there right now! The virus that we’re observing spread everywhere and I heard that they will lockdown hospitals. You might be trapped there, so hurry!" Trestan stilled when he looked at the television in the hospital's lobby. [“SL News... last 2020, an epidemic has spread throughout San Lorenzo that killed almost half of the town’s population. And this disease seems to be returning and the side effects are even worse than last year. It was scattered throughout the town and everyo
‘... Someone… please! Wake me up.’Ferran’s heart almost dropped by the knock on the front door. He slowly opened it and saw a teenage girl wearing a boyish outfit. “Hey, uncle! Good morning. Mom wants to have you this and---”“Thank you.” He quickly grabbed the container and closed the door.“And mom is asking you to have dinner with us. See yah.” The girl said before leaving. He sighed and looked at the container and saw fried rice and a fried egg.While eating his breakfast at a messy table, his mind was full of questions. ‘What happened?’ ‘Is this a nightmare?’ ‘Can someone tell me what’s happening right now?’Before he took a bath, he looked in the mirror again and nothing changed.He is in Simeon Ferran’s body and it was like a torture to him, to be in his rival’s body. He tried to slap himself once and it really hurt that turned his golden brown cheek to red.He took a bath and wore something clean and comfortable. He sat on a messy couch and looked at the empty ceiling.
“Ferran,” someone called his name so he lost his deep thoughts. “Finally you’re here. We need to get the statement of the rape victim, Georgia Ramos. She’s now conscious according to the nurse who’s in charge of taking care of her.” Seconds passed before he recognized the man who’s in front of him. He is SPO1 Rouvie Sanchez, Ferran’s partner, and friend. He doesn’t care about Alfarez and Ferran’s issue so he casually deals with everyone but of course, he is really close to Ferran. “Okay. Let’s go.” He gets his cap and leather jacket before he leaves his cubicle. PO2 Jennifer Jimenez smiled at him as they passed by the front desk but he didn’t give her at least one glance because he went straight out of the station and got into the police car. SPO1 Sanchez grinned at him while starting the car’s engine. “It looks like PO2 Jimenez really likes you but you don’t even give her some attention. Haha. Poor Jimenez.” SPO1 Sanchez said and laughed a little. When they reached their dest
Ferran was taken care of by the nurse when SPO1 Sanchez arrived at the hospital. He got a few scarce but he barely noticed it because he was thinking of something more important.“Ferran,” Sanchez exclaimed when he saw his wounded friend. “What are you doing here? The hospital reported about the incident and Georgia was---”“Murdered,” Ferran stated.“H-How—” Sanchez was interrupted by someone who had just arrived.“You are the last to be seen when the incident happened. Maybe you were involved?” SPO2 Alfarez suddenly appeared somewhere and looked at him suspiciously. He could not help but answer it with condemnation.“Are you accusing me? Hah! Unbelievable.” Ferran couldn’t believe that old Timotheus used to think that way. Really annoying. He clenched his fist and stopped himself to punch Alfarez.“Alfarez, you may forget that it is unreasonable to accuse someone without sufficient evidence. Watch your words.” A serious reminder from Sanchez that weighed down the aura between them.
Ferran was eating his breakfast when his phone rang inside the bedroom. When he picked it up, Sanchez was calling.“What’s up?”“Are you going to work or not?”“Maybe? I don’t know. My whole body aches and I’m a little bit dizzy, you know?” Ferran answered.“Well, you don’t have to go to work today. You should take your day off.” Sanchez’s worried voice could be heard on the other line.“Alright.”“And I have something to tell you tomorrow.”“What is it? Can’t you tell me now?”“I want to tell it in person and it’s confidential. Someone might hear our conversation so I’ll better end this call.”“Okay.”Since Ferran had nothing to do in the afternoon, he thought of cleaning the whole house. Throw away what should be thrown away, fix what should be fixed, clean up what should be cleaned, and when he was arranging some things on a bookshelf, he saw an upside-down photo frame.When Ferran looks at it. It was a photo captured almost 15 years ago. Hot tears fell on his cheeks while staring
“Gut feeling eh?” Sanchez asked as if he couldn’t believe his friend’s answer.Ferran didn’t respond and he could sense that maybe Sanchez doubted his innocence. Timotheus, in Simeon’s body, deceives everyone around him. So, technically, he’s not innocent in the first place.In their cubicle, Sanchez started discussing the incident last night at the hospital.“The blood found in your military knife…” Sanchez shook his head while thinking that something’s really off, before continuing. “... contains blood from a dead person.”“W-What? How did that happen?”“That question also bothers me. It’s so strange, right?” Sanchez leaned on the backrest of his swivel chair then double checked the file. “That means one thing...” They looked at each other as if they were thinking the same exact thought.“That man changed his identity.” Ferran mumbled but enough for Sanchez to hear.“This is very dangerous for you because he’ll hunt you down.”“Yeah. I know. You don’t need to remind me. It was as if
Trestan and Cally were waiting outside the operating room where Timotheus was being operated on. Cally was crying while Trestan was trying to calm her. He was so scared because of his father’s condition but stabilized himself for his sister’s sake. This scenario has been happening before but he’s still nervous.Trestan was stunned for a bit when someone tapped his shoulder so he looked at it. It was Simeon Ferran who was full of bandages. Trestan recognized the man but chose to just ignore him ‘coz he felt a little uncomfortable by Ferran’s presence. Ferran sat down next to Trestan, and just stared at the operating room’s door. Waiting for some good news about Alfarez’s situation.“Daddy will be okay, light?” Cally asked while sobbing.“Yes. He’s strong. He’ll survive. We’ll just have to wait for him to recover, so…” he paused, then wiped her sister’s tears. “... you need to stop crying ‘coz daddy might hear you and he’ll be sad.”Ferran couldn’t help but smile at what he heard from