Road Trip Day 26
Location: somewhere in Compostela Valley

Alice Flonne's POV:

Last night was...umm...how could I say this...one of the nicest nights for all of us here at the camp...

There was a feast in our camp, like nothing will gonna happen tomorrow. The dish...I mean dishes for the night is sutokil...it was one of the favorites here in Mindanao, my little friend Azmina tells me. It is a combination of grilled tuna, boiled tuna, and fresh tuna marinated with vinegar and other spices.

My brother and his troops makes our cookings as their "pulutan" or some bro-hood dinner with some bottles of beer, while me and my friends are eating and laughing together on the other side of the camp.

"Alice! Alice!"

"Oh! Yes, Kuya Jake?"

"Could you have a chat to you for a moment?"

"Sure..."

I stand up and approached Jake, then we walked back together into the camphouse...there he told me something...

"Alice, you need to evacuate the area tomorrow." Jake told me.

"Huh?! Bu-but why?!" I was close to tears when I asked him...for I won't let him separate from me ever again. "Whatever you'll say, I won't leave! I won't let you go again!"

"But...but you're in danger!" Jake then reveals the truth. "Tomorrow, something will happen...the terrorists will counterattack this camp for defeating them...and they want to take Azmina with them! You should leave as soon as possible. My men knows a shortcut that leads you back to the town! Just go, and take Azmina with you!"

"Bu...sniff...but..."

Jake then approaches me...and wiped the tears from my eyes...

"I'm sorry, Alice. But I need to protect you...but I promise...after this fight...I will lay down my arms...and follow you. I'll help you rebuild our family, don't worry."

"You...sniff...you promise?"

"Yes, Alice. I promise." With this, Jake and I make a pinky swear to seal our promise."

"Flonne! Flonne!!!"

"EEEK! Wha-what is it, Lexi?!" I was in deep thought that I was startled when my boyfriend called my attention.

"Well, you look so sad right now. Is there anything that I could help?"

"Oh...ehehehe...don't worry about it." I smiled back at him. "I just remembered something."

"Remembered something? Well, if you want...you can tell me." Lexi then holds my hand. "Don't let it hide inside...speak out so you can feel a little bit better."

"Oh...okay. Thank you, Lexi. It's just that my bro-"

And as I began to speak my concern, volleys of gunfire began to ring the atmosphere...the battle is already begun.

"Go! Go! Go back to the house, quick!"

As fast as lightning, Lexi dragged me through the gunfire and into the camp house, where my friendsare there...accompanied with some of my brother's troops.

"Guys! Thank goodness, you're all safe!" I group hugged my friends in relief. "Wait...did you know where my brother Jake is?"

"Well...yes." Then, one of the soldiers in the camp house decided to speak up for me. "He's now leading an preemptive offensive against the terrorists...they're have just rescued Muhammad and currently returning here...though they are being pursued back by terrorists."

"How long he has been out?" Lexi asked the soldier.

"About three hours, it was early morning when they left. By the way, Jake assigned me to evacuate out of the camp right now and into the safety."

"WHAT?!?! YOU MEAN NOW?!?!" Azmina is startled by what the soldier was said. "Bu-but...how about my dad?! I won't leave until I see my dad!!!"

"Azmina...please, this for your own safety." Danica, holding Azmina's hand, pleas to her. "If you stay here, the terrorist might take you as well! Please, join with us."

"Yes, Azmina." Claire, holding Azmina's other hand to calm her down, added. "Alice told me that her brother will follow us when he rescues your father. Just trust him, please?"

The persuasion of my friends have calmed Azmina down...she holds their hands tightly...

"Alright...I trust him." Azmina replies. "I'm joining you, let's go."

"Thanks for understanding, Miss Diamla. Good thing that Jake has fixed your truck so you can travel out of the wilderness." The soldier then told us the directions. "Going back to town is very easy for you, madam. You just need to go straight in the rocky road outside of the camp...when you reached the paved ones just turn right. I'm sure that you will gonna back to safety in no ti-uuugh!!!"

"GET DOWN!" Lexi puts us down to the ground...as the soldier that guides us to the truck was shot and killed. The sounds of gunfire are getting closer to the camp...so we are forced to crawl...the truck is just close enough...I'm so close in holding the handrails of the truck's door, when somebody hold my hand.

"COME ON! LET'S GO!!!" It was my brother Jake, along with him is Azmina's father, Muhammad. He helped us to stand up and cling and entered into the truck. Alex quickly starts the engine and drives the truck away from the scene. As Azmina silently hugged her father Muhammad...very happy to see her father once again...Claire, Danica, Jake and I glanced at the camp as it beginning to go away from our view...the rebels are fighting back against the terrorists...killing everybody who poses in their way.

And just as we are looking forward to our safety...suddenly, a random soldier comes out of the bushes...and points his rifle...towards me...and Azmina.

"WATCH OUT, ALI-UUUGH!!!" Jake...shielded his back...to protect me...and for that...he received the bullet that suppose to hit me. The soldier was eventually killed by the rebels...but as for my brother...he vomit out a lots of blood...and clings to my shoulder...as he slowly collapses...

"JAKE! JAAAKE!!! PLE-PLEASE...sniff...DON'T DIE IN FRONT OF ME!!!"

"...I don't know...if I can take this much longer..." Jake speaks to me as hard as he can. "But...Alice...at least...I keep my promise...right..."

And that's when my brother...Jake Alexander Molina, closes his eyes...and lost consciousness.

"JAKE! JAAAKE!!! PLE-PLEASE...WAKE UP! DON'T LEAVE ME!!! I DON'T WANT TO LET MY FAMILY FALL APART AGAIN!!! PLE-PLEASE...WAKE UP! Please...wake...up..."

My emotions are too strong for me...I can't handle this...so I started...to faint as well...

"FLONNE! FLONNE!!!"