Chapter 5 He's Awake

Chapter 5

"They are one of the richest families here in Manila, Hart. Their clan is all engineers but they don't have a daughter because according to their beliefs she is just a...uhm just. I don't know about their family baking. They have a big firm and as far as I can tell, Engineer Miko S. Brilliantes is the last second youngest grandson of Don Brill, his grandson from his first son," he explained at length.

I don't know why I felt a pain in my chest. Miko S. Brilliantes?

"Bad for them and their family has lost one member," said Kuya who even though I couldn't see him I knew he was shaking his head. That seems sad.

Car accident then dead on arrival.

"Wait, Hart. A-What is that? It's like...it's like there's someone over there," Ate Zedian suddenly said. I'm fine.

Is there someone? Who could that be?

"Maybe this is one of the traps. It's already dark in this place and cars rarely pass by so how is there anyone there? I feel bad about that."

"Stop near him, Brother," I ordered.

"No, maybe he's waving at us in a bad mood, Jean. Let's just avoid it," he said.

"It's like...it's like he's asking for help, Hart?"

"Please, Brother. Please stop it. Check him, Brother," I said with a desperate tone in my voice. It seems that my will is not able to ignore this person.

"Jean, this is dangerous."

"Please, Brother..." I pleaded. There is something in my chest.

I remembered what Lucca said earlier. "Later, when you go home, Sister. When someone asks you for help, don't hesitate to help. Those in need are blessed by heaven and so are those who have springs inside them who help others." Maybe that's what he was referring to? Is he the one asking for help?

"Fine! But stay here, I'll look outside. You're here too, Zedian," he said seriously as he stopped his car.

I heard the door opening and closing. I removed my seatbelt because I was also planning to get off.

"Jean! Just stay there and don't come down! Your brother will be angry!" Ate Zedian shouted at me but I didn't listen to her because I still got off and walked. I only felt my brother's presence so I could approach him even though I couldn't see anything.

Jean, back to the car!" My brother yelled at me but I waved him off.

"Jean, of course! Let your brother go!"

"We need to get out of here because he might have other colleagues," said Brother and I felt him hold my elbow.

But I still feel different. It seems like it is really asking for help. He just couldn't speak because he was struggling?

I struggled from my older brother's hold on me and ran forward.

I immediately felt the unfamiliar presence of someone. I knelt down and crawled to find him because I knew he was already blind on the floor. Until I was able to hold his head and put him on my lap.

He's alive because I can still hear his slow breathing. He is still conscious and his body is still warm.

"Stay away from him, Jean!" I didn't pay attention to my brother's shouting. "Jean! Get inside!"

"Jean! This might just be a trap!"

"No, Brother... He needs our help!"

"Donna Jean! Why are you stubborn?!" my older brother asked with a hint of anger.

"Jean, come on! Let's just report it to the police!" Even if they screamed, I didn't leave here. I was still feeling the man and I touched a sticky liquid. I can smell that blood. It is also possible that he has a wound because he has blood.

"Brother, he has a wound... Just help him!" I'm crying, I promise. Maybe he was dying. He will bleed out if we don't help him immediately. He needs to be taken to the hospital and saved because my heart knows that he is not a bad person.

"Just what if he turns out to be a bad person? Jean!" Not really... I feel like he's not like that.

"Go ahead, Big Brother! Let's save him!" I cried and shouted at them. Hopefully they will believe that this man is a good person and that he is just asking for our help.

"No!" my brother shouted loudly. Why doesn't he want to help this man?!

"Hold on... please. We'll go to save you..." I said and caressed his cheek. After a while, his breathing seemed to become even as his body seemed to relax. I wasn't scared at all. Because I know, he just lost consciousness. "Please, Big Brother... You know... You know that I can feel a person whether he has bad intentions or good intentions! He just needs our help! Please! P-Please, Sister Zedian... Let's just help him... D-Let's take him to the hospital!" I shouted again and again and not far away I heard something.

I felt bad and just hugged the man tightly. My body hair stood on end. There is danger...

"Jean..."

brother... Some...some are coming..."

"What do you mean by that, Jean?" sister Zedian asked me confused.

"There's a lot of them... I hear a... sound like steel hitting the pavement as they walk." When I tell my feelings to those around me, they don't hesitate to believe me. Because they know that everything I said is true.

"I told you this is just a trap! Come on, let's go and leave him alone!" Brother Hart still shouted.

"NO please, Brother! Let's include him! Let's take it together!" I shouted and I just don't know why I was crying so much knowing that we were going to leave the man and we were going to leave right away. Its condition is not so good. He needs our help and my patience can't let us just leave him here. "Let's just save him, Brother... Please, let's not leave him here..." I begged.

"Oh, God! Fine! Zed, help Jean get into the car! Hurry up!"

"Okay," he said calmly. I didn't let go of the man until I felt Brother Hart lifting him.

"Don't cry! I'm going to pick him up!" he said because of my sobbing. "Alright, go live. We are going to save him." He even kissed my forehead so I was reassured.

I could feel his support at the same time that Ate Zed supported me. I heard the door open and I was also let inside.

"Hart, I will drive. First give the man first aid," Ate Zedian said and I was already sitting in the passenger's seat.

"God, this man is already beaten up. He is almost unrecognizable. In fact, I don't even know him anymore," Kuya Hart said.

"Stay home, Jean. The man you want us to save is already in the car. Drink some water first, oh. You might even get dehydrated." He brought the tumbler to my hand and it was already open so I just drank. My seatbelt is now fastened thanks to his help.

I was stunned because those sounds were getting really close. Footsteps are becoming clear to me.

"Sister, let's leave here," I said nervously. It's not just that it's just my instinct because I can already feel a presence and a noise in the distance. I also know if it carries any risk or not.

My sister did not hesitate anymore and started the engine of the machine. He dragged her away. That's the only thing that didn't make my chest go away. It was as if someone was still following and watching us.

"I did not see any stab wounds on his body. He lost consciousness but his heartbeat was weak," my elder brother uttered.

"You have an extra oxygen mask there, Hart. Use it first."

"He just has a fracture in his right leg. His pants were torn and it looked like... He was beaten several times with a hard object or a pipe and if he stayed there any longer he could kill him. He had a wound and he had lost a lot of blood. His condition is no longer good," Kuya Hart explained seriously.

What happened to the man was terrible. He was already beaten and they still plan to paralyze him? How many times did they hit it with a pipe?

"Ms he in a bad condition, brother?" I asked and sniffed even more. It turned me around.

"Yes. It might be difficult for him to recover from his leg. I just don't know what kind of person he is and he was able to handle such leg injuries. I can say that he is strong." Because he is fighting.

It's night and it's still dark around here I'm sure. That's why they are also hesitant that we save the man. Why did this happen to him at night? Then it's still here in a place where there are no people. That he has no one to ask for help.

"Shall we take him to the hospital, Hart?" Sister Zedian asked him.

"Yes," my brother simply answered. Sister Zed drove faster to rush it to the hospital.

It wasn't long before he stopped it. That we may have arrived.

"I will go down first. I will just get a stretcher and call a doctor," he said. I just stayed where I was sitting. Sister Zedian moved and looked as if she peeked at the man in the backseat.

"W-Wait... It looks like... The man seems familiar to me," she said.

"Family?" I asked confused.

"God... It can't be... It was just said earlier. There was news a while ago that he is dead and I know it's him..." I could feel my sister's nervousness as she said that.

"Sister, what do you mean?" I asked and even I was nervous that he was saying.

"Your brother has to come back here, Jean. You stay here first," he said goodbye and hurriedly got out of the car.

I was left with the man who is still unconscious. He probably won't wake up right away. I just waited for the two of them to return when I heard faint moans.

I turned around in the backseat. I really wanted to see that but all I could see was darkness. I just sighed and was startled when someone pulled my arm. I screamed in shock.

His grip is tight but I can feel his heat but I can still feel that he is still weak. is he awake

"W-Where a-are w-we?" he asked weakly. Even with his voice, he was struggling. It's still stuttering that I can hardly understand anymore.

"N-Nasa..." My chest was still tight from the force of the drum in my chest, eh. "We are in the hospital," I answered.

"Nah, I-I g-gotta get out of h-here. I-I n-need to go see Brother Markus," he said and let go of me but I could already hear his violent movements. I know that he still has difficulty moving. "Urgh!"

"Wait a minute! Where are you going?! You can't leave! Hey! Come back!" I shouted because the door opened. He was still moaning.

I quickly removed my seatbelt from my body and got down. I was still shaking the hood of the car so I could move to the other side. I just follow his presence and feel that he is nearby. I am disgusted with myself because I can't really see anything. I'm really useless in this situation.

"W-What are you doing? I'm here," he said softly.

"Where is it?"

"Shh." He pulled my wrist so I sat on the floor. I thought I would be hurt but he was the only one I could sit with. "Oh!"

I immediately left on top of him because he was still moaning. I think I sat on his injured leg. Why is he pulling?

"S-Sorry..."

"W-Who are you?"

"You cut me off with a question," I said out of my own words. He hit the floor while leaning on Brother Hart's car. I also know that because earlier my hand touched his head and shoulder.

"Who are you?" he asked again

"Let's just go to the hospital. You have to" I didn't finish what I was going to say when I felt his head fall on my right shoulder. I mean it seems like it's just resting on my shoulder. "S-Sir?" I put my finger on his nose to check if he was still breathing.

He is still alive but it looks like he has lost consciousness again. Why did he get out of the car? His skin is so bad, he's already having a hard time, eh.

"Jean?! God, why are you outside?!" It was Brother Hart's voice.

"Brother... He has lost consciousness again. Help him."

"We need to get out of here, Jean," said my older brother seriously.

"Yes?"

"He is not safe in the hospital," he added his words. I wondered.

We also quickly left that hospital. I didn't even ask why we didn't leave the man at the hospital even though I was super curious and to give him treatment.

Instead, the next day we went home to Pangasinan and the stranger was with us. I know that is a strong reason why Brother Hart wanted to take the unconscious man with us and it turns out that we are hiding him.

I also know that's not a good idea. We have to hide him because he might still have a family. They will be worried because he has not been found.

My brother's equipment was complete in our house so he had no difficulty in giving treatment to his patient. That's why it was left in the room it was taken to.

My brother tells me that I can go when I have a break from being on-air. There is no problem with me.

It's been a week and the man is still in a coma. Even though he woke up the day before we brought him here to Pangasinan. Kuya said it's normal for him to be c-comatose because of the hardships he went through with the people who hurt him.

"Here it is, baby girl. You can talk to him or play music to entice him to wake up. This is what the patient's families often do when he is comatose. They are talking to it because it can still hear their voices," Brother Hart explained to me as he handed me my cellphone.

I have a cellphone even though I don't use it often. It's just in case of an emergency, eh. He taught me how to move my fingers even though I haven't seen the screen yet.

"Brother, won't his family worry about him? Why did we include him here?" I asked c-curiously.

"Jean, it's complicated. We can't take him out now. Dangerous for him. That's why he's here with us. Let's wait for him to come to his senses. I know that even he would prefer to stay here first," he explained. I just nodded.

"Okay, Brother," I said. He even stroked my head.

"Don't worry, Jean. Just like you said, he is not a bad person," he said. I just smile. I know that because I can feel it.

"Are you okay here, Jean?" I nodded at sister Zedian.

"You can leave me here. Brother's patient's condition is now stable. But can I know if you already know him?" I asked them.

Because I don't know anything yet, eh. Whenever I do speak and tell him something, I don't know what to call him. Always just sir.

"He's the man who was reported dead, Jean," my sister answered, surprising me. Because I remembered who the man was said to have died. Because we both heard that.

"Is that the engineer, Brother? Is Miko S. Brilliant? The grandson of Denbrill Arkun Brilliantes better known as Don Brill?" I asked one question after another. I couldn't even stop it.

To Be Continued....