What happened to you? Escape and Evasion

[Jax]

Hi! Curious lang ako sa mga nangyari sa inyo nung evasion.
What were you thinking? How did you react to become Prisoners of War? Who was your buddy? What did you do and did you get caught? xD Daming questions.

Anyway, kaming girls sa lounge, we tried to bar the doors. Pati windows. Nilagyan namin ng mga bote ung malaking butas ng jalousy windows in case some officer would sneak up to unlock the door. Pati ung windows near the cabinets nilagyan namin ng rifles to cover the big hole there. haha. Para kung nahulog yun, maririnig namin.

Theoretically, gagawing tayong prisoners of war. Pero kung totoo yun, patay na siguro ung mga captors kasi we girls were holding and 'shooting' with the rifles. Haha.

Anyway, pinakuha samin ung upper TFU and scarf, then we were told to line up in front of the lounge. Some forget their scarves and TFUs and they even asked permission to go back in. Pero 'lam niyo naman, sinigawan pa sila para ma-rattle sila. Pinasquat kami tapos tinali ung scarf over our eyes. Then one by one kinuha kami and we were lined up again, this time one behind the other.

Tapos biglang sabi nalang ni Sir Roxas (distinct ung voice niya. hehe. Alam ko rin na ung isang babae dun ung di officer na ksama natin sa boodle fight dahil sa voice niya.) na biglang mawawala ung nasa harapan namin.

Too late. I got separated. haha. Ang hirap kaya mag--stick to the person in front of you. So I told the ones behind and in front of me when I was guided to the line again, to hold the sleeve of the one behind them. It was easier after that, since you stayed connected.

Syempre alam na namin lahat na sa vanguard. Un, dinala kami sa third floor, sa room at the end with the mats. Familiar sakin kasi nakapasok na ako dun for my bowling PE class. I didn't take off my blindfold and the rope on my hands right away. Malay ko kasi, baka trick lang, may nagbabantay. I mean, talagang iiwanan ka ng captors if this was supposedly real? But yeah, so eventually, un, lahat kami tinanggal ung blindfold and rope.

At cautious kaming mga girls. hehe. Medyo natagalan kami kasi super suspicious. Si Sars nga umakyat pa sa window para tignan kung kaya namin mag-jump to any ledge down there eh.

Twice may dumating na girl officer. She shined the flashlight on our faces, lahat kami nakahilera sa wall near the door. Pinag-iisipan pa namin if we would assault and capture her eh.

May dumating na mga guys, sinabi about the puno ng kawayan sa kanluran. Like, wherever that was. Lahat kami clueless.

So me and buddy Bridge went down. Di namin napansin ung 2 officer girls sa second floor. Grabe, dark talaga. So un, alam na siguro nating lahat na tig-ten steps per level sa vanguard. haha.

Pagdating sa first floor, may nakaupo na guy sa stairs. Nakita ko dahil biglang nag-on ung light. Merde. So Bridge dragged me to the parang bodega under the stairs. Sino ung guy na nakaupo? Basta maputi siya... si Brendon ba un? Malay ko.

So un, na-aliw naman ako, hiding place ung bodega. I had no idea it existed. hehe. Medyo matagal kami ni Bridge under there. Minsan may tao, pero may time na kaming buddies lang nandoon. The light kept going on kasi. Si Sir Roxas ung nandun, nahuli pa sina Maceren at isa pang buddy pair. Pina-squatras ba? It sounded like it. So un, took some time there. Then may guy buddy pair na bumaba rin and crouched near the entrance to the bodega. Me and Bridge followed them outside. Buti nalang that effin' light didn't go on again. Whew.

So un, followed the guys. Tapos nag-stick to the wall kami. Dumating si Sir Salinas. Lahat kami, freeze! Nakatayo kami, and she shined the flashlight in our eyes. Ako, I had my hands holding the scarf in front of my face. Skin reflects light kasi eh. Pero grabe, akala ko, huli na kasi kung totoo un, halata namang tao ung nakita ni Sir, diba? Pero un, parang statues lang kami, tapos narinig ko nalang sabi ni Sir Salinas "Ay ang galing! Parang wax figures lang." And she left! wow. So totoo nga sabi ni Pascual samin kanina, na minsan pinapalagpas nalang pag tahimik ka at di obvious.

Tapos un, patuloy kami, skirting the walls with the guys. Tapos may time nanaman, huli na dapat ako. On both sides of me may parang bushes. Nakatalikod pa ko sa road, at nag-freeze ulit ako na nakacrouch. Dumating nanaman isang officer, medyo tinulak ako ng konti. Nagpanggap nalang akong parang leaf or something. Go with the flow, nag-bounce back forward ulit. haha.

So un, crawling, cautious, with the guys, hanggang makarating na sa field. Nag-rush and drop across the road. We weren't sure where that puno ng kawayan was, akala talaga namin dun sa field na un. Di nga namin alam which tree eh. So me and Bridge got separated when the guys decided to go pretend be civilians and walk the sidewalk.

I'd met Mr. Melchor before, so I knew him, and I knew he was one of 'them'. hehe. Un, huli si Segovia at Brent. At nawala nalang bigla sila dahil nahuli. Wala na ring officer nung nag-civilian walk din kami ni Bridge. Nagtanong pa nga kami sa guard dun sa gate kung saan ung puno ng kawayan. When we go to the tree, no one was there! So me and Bridge went back to the cadet entrance to the lounge, where we met up with Raine and Arie. Tapos un, the lounge. Late kami. haha. wow.

So un. The evasion experience. hehe.

Kayo, kuwento naman!

[Roger]

So as stated above, us girls are a bit more catious. xD The plan was fine. The doors were barred and the windows had traps. After spending a night waiting - it was honestly, the most tiring thing I had to do - and texting Kent and Austin to see what was up at their end, I had finally lain down on that sofa thing near the windows where rifles where set up to warn of intruders.

Bang. I was awakened form a half sleep, and instantly knew what was going on. I rushed to the left door (if you're inside of the lounge) and pushed it shut again. Unfortunately, I didn't have a very good grip and a guy in a maroon jacket with a black bag on his head was commanding the other cadets to get their TFUs on and their scarres kung ayaw nila mabulag! Hehe. Well, I have to say that the situation felt kind of humorous to me. It was like a fratman who'd just barged into the ladies bathroom or sumthin'. I had a fairly good grip on the door afterwards, and I felt kind of sorry for the people on the other end of the door who were still trying to barge their way in. Unfortunately, I was the only way who did that. Other enemy forces had penetrated the lounge through the other door, and I found myself at odds with this officer who pulled the table back so his comrades could get in. (Until now I have no idea who that officer was but from the silhouette it looked like a guy. Umamin na! xD) My first instinct was to push the poor peep with my shoulder, but at the same time my mind told me that I didn't really want to hurt the officer. (Sorry, natural defense instincts are quite difficult to supress.) I figured, what the hell, the other enemies were inside the lounge anyway. But if the other cadets had been able to hold the door, I would have gotten someone to hold the left door and then I'd probably assault the one who'd gotten in. Well, he was alone and I was curious to see what the other 'enemy forces' would do if they hadn't been able to penetrate the lounge. Jeez, I felt like Kurt Russell in the movie Soldier. All that COD during my fourth year in highschool had probably gotten into my head. xD Please forgive my un-Pinoy style of writing. It's difficult to stop once I start ranting. Anyways...

Unfortunately, my TFU was not where I had left it. My hat was on my head and the shawl wrapped around my neck, but my TFU was not where I had left it! I thought, Oh Shit! I knew I would need it. Turns out Rodolfo had taken it. Well, I quickly grabbed a large TFU and put it on. In my half drunken state, I noticed the nametag said Yap. I was a little confused at first, coz I knew that Jamie Yap hadn't been there with us. The TFU was large. Again, Sorry J4! It bothered me quite a lot that it wasn't my TFU I had worn, but I went to the second line of female cadets who were squatting. I watched as others got blindfolded until Sir Supremo, or was it Sir Brillo?, reached to get my shawl and wrap it around my eyes. I mentioned that the TFU I had taken wasn't mine. She said I should still use it and I had a choice to take it off and not use it. I knew I really needed it so I just shut my trap and allowed my eyes to be blindfolded. Then some guy commmanded us to Put Our Hands Behind Our Heads! Oh yeah. I did that, but pushed my blindfold up a bit in the process. Hehe. What? Wouldn't you think of doing that too? Anyway, after all were blindfolded and I was unceremoniously pushed to the back of some other female cadet, we were told to stay with the line or risk getting lost. Lost? How the hell do you get lost in the DMST complex? 'Sides, I could kinda see where I was. So anyway, I strayed from the line and felt the soft crunch of grass beneath my boots. I knew it was the grass in the middle of the complex. Again, this idea popped into my head that I should quickly move into prone position. There was a chance I might not be spotted in all the commotion. But I knew I might get lost. No one could tell me any info. I thought that the guys had probably been taken too. So I just followed the voices until I reached the forbidden asphalt road. (Think Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz singing Follow the Yellow Brick Road) An officer guided me all the way to the third floor Vanguard after that. So I couldn't break free just yet. But I was kind of smirking all the same. It's quite difficult to feel afraid when I could recognize the voices of some of my captors. And I already figured that some were COCCs that had quit the program. (I was right, I recognized them during the sharing afterwards.)

So third floor vanguard building. I didn't know the room with the soft mat on the floor but I knew it was the third floor. After the captors left, I quickly took my left hand out of the ropes and lifted the blindfold. It was a risk, I knew that perhaps there was an officer watching quietly, but hey, I wanted my sight back! From the maneuvering, I knew that my left side was to the wall so I quietly took my left hand out of the ropes and pushed my blindfold up. I was one of the first to do it, because I could see that the other cadets were still quietly seated. I told my buddy Ariella that it was safe to take the blindfolds off, there was no officer. Anyway, we all just stood up and walked about the room until we heard someone coming. All female cadets lined up against the wall nearest the door. It was a guy! Perez and DelRosario and Dulam had come to rescue us! xD Anyway, Perez told us about the puno ng kawayan sa Kanluran. What the? I had no idea where that was and they said it was near the gym. Okay, Ariella said she knew where it was, and hey, it was kinda fun. Also, we had to wait for some sort of signal. Apparently we waited for quite a while for the guys to come again. Twice a female officer came in (Yeah, I knew it was Sir Salvador) and shined the light in our faces. I figured that the third time she came I just might attack her but luckily she didn't come. Patrick and Jerome came too after a while. But they left also. Then Carlos and Brendon came back.

So after a few attempts at escape, we finally hit up on a plan. Carlos would flare his lighter once for us to follow and twice if there was an officer. Anyway, the thought that came into my head at that time was "Wow, you had time to get your lighter but not your upper TFU" xD Go Carlos! Unfortunately, the light turned on in the first floor and me and Ariella ran to the other end of the corridor on the second floor. Where I... xD stepped on Monica (Very truly Sorry!) and found myself staring down at the ground. Turns out that it was the fire exit. After cursing a few times and checking the bruises and being hauled up we resumed our escape. After checking the cuts on my legs, me and Ariella waited near the end of the corridor. We saw a guy (I dunno know who) seated on the steps. After waiting a while, some people noisily ran up the stairs and that's when me and Ariella dashed out the back of the Vanguard (luckily no one accidentally switched on the lights) and rushed to the monument. We quickly went down the field and spent most of our time snake crawling to what we thought was the puno ng kawayan. I apologize Ariella, for my slow progress in the field. It was around 5:15 when we finally reached the side of the gym and guess what? No people. We saw the other cadets already going back to the lounge, but we thought sila yung mga nahuli. Anyway, it was nearing six so we rushed our way to the roofed parking in front of Vanguard. Manong guard kindly told us that we should make our way to the lounge. After talking with Ariella and figuring that if we got caught we should say Manong Guard directed us there, we saw Laura and Bridge making our way towards us. Then we double timed it to the lounge and I found out we were the last team to make it there. After listening to the sharing, I kinda thought my story was boring since we really didn't encounter any enemies/officers, but I wanted to share anyway. xD So that concludes my long tale about a few hours. LOL. Thanks for reading! Share naman kayo!

[froken]

Pagkatapos ng smokers night nag-pajamas agad ako. I didn't want to go on wearing cold, wet clothes eh. So ganon ako natulog.

Nagising ako sa kalabog ng pinto. Tingin ko ako ang pinaka-tulog mantika sa atin, dahil by that time, yung mga girls nagba-bar na ng pinto gamit ang mga mesa. Sumigaw sina Sirs Roxas at Salinas to wear our TFUs.

Sinoot ko nga. Over my pajamas na lang, dahil hindi ko mahanap ang belt ko at masyadong maluwag ang lower TFU ko. Buti na lang, nagkasya dahil may pajamas. Pero yung boots ko. Baliktad ang pagkakasoot ko. Ang sakit non sa paa ko, kaya agony ang squat at paglalakad. Nung tinanggal ni Sir Roxas yung scarf sa leeg ko para ilagay sa mata ko, nagdusa ako sa lamig. (Napaka-delicate ko... I'm not sure if I'm cut for RO.)

I calculated my every step. Madali kong nahawakan ang nasa harap ko, at hindi ko sya nabitawan. Yung nasa likod ko, minsan nabibitawan ako, pero nakakabalik. Hindi ako dadapa kahit minsan dahil maliliit at kalkulado ko ang galaw ko.

Matagal kami ni buddy Ilao sa third floor. Ang kwento, hayun sa post ni Roger.

By the time nakababa na kami sa first floor, accidentally natapik ng likod ko yung light switch. (Yes, ako yon, pero hindi ko inamin kay Sir Roxas! For survival reasons.) So I think lahat kami nagdusa ng squatras, pero kung umamin siguro ako ako lang. Sorry!

Pagkatapos ng squatras nakalabas kami ni buddy Ilao sa may pinto. Nandun si Del Rosario on the other side, hawak hawak ang Mahiwagang Lumulutang na Basurahan. Nung nahuli siya ni Sir Roxas na wala ang buddy niya, kami ang itinuro niya instead na yung buddy niya. Buti pinalampas kami ni Sir Roxas.

Pero hindi na kami nakalayo ni Buddy. Nahuli kami thrice sa may damuhan. Una, dahil mali yung napuntahan naming lugar, manipis ang folliage. Pangalawa, dahil napagalaw ang paa ko dahil nag-shiver ako sa ginaw, at nahuli. Pangatlo, dahil nakaapak kami ng bubog at narinig iyon.

Hindi na kami nakalayo. Sad. Hindi rin naman kasi namin alam kung saan na pupunta, mula sa gym.

In between, nakakatulog ako. Kaya rin siguro hindi ko napigilan ang shivers ng paa ko. Napaniginipan ko nga na kinain ko na yung damo!

[dp124]

paano naging si sir roxas ang nag raid sa inyo if inaambush nya kami?
mga lalake..sobrang bagal mag bihis.
i gave an order to wear their TFU. They complied. Moments after, carandang called: "halt! who goes there??"..
so bale,,tumangap na sila ng orders tapos nag pa halt sa akin..
amazing...
tapos may bagong formation kayo ginawa..yung circle formation..hudle ba..before na ambush kami, nag huddle mga 4cl boys. parang boy scout kasi circle.

as for me..the ever MEDEVAC..salamat dahil wla namang tanga tanga nagka sugat2 ng todo ang similar things.
so corps office lng ako..naka patay ang ilaw. bukas ang laptop.(iniisip ko na sana ng Plants vs zombies nlg ako)..pinagtritripan ko ulit ulit ang commotion na music. may binoculars naman ako kaso di naman ako lumalabas. total boredom. wla palang sentinel sa grassland at that time, so kung naabot nyo na makaalis ng building at nag decide na pumnta ng lounge, malamang na walang makakakita sa nyo.kaso wla namng anything sa lounge.

[dp124]

>may rifle pala ang mga girls sa room(sana ng pretend fire na kau after mag IGD if ever nag IGD duty)
>TFU ng boys ay nasa girls??bakit??
>

[Jax]

Ah, so Sir, kayo pala ung nag-binoculars... xD Na-intel po sa amin na meron ngang may binoculars sa isang room.

Ung girls, di na nakapag "Halt! Who goes there?", kasi coming from the direction of the barracks yung "attackers" so syempre from the line of sight ng Lounge konting space lang un from cover, and besides, halata namang hindi sila friendies kasi forcing their entry na eh.

Sir, nagpaputok nga kami, sir. Naisip ko nga dapat patay na silang lahat, kaso walang pumansin sa gunshots, so sabi ko sa sarili ko, "Ay nako, what the hell, magpa-POW na nga lang." Kasi un naman dapat ung activity, so nag-comply nalang kami.

At Sir, TFU lang ng isang guy yung naiwan sa lounge at nakuha ni Roger, sir.

[scarlet]

oh well grabe nabore ako nung nasa lounge pa kaming mga girls..as in ginagawa ko pa muna chem prelab ko para hindi masayang ang oras..actually wala na ako balak ma2log pro sobrang boring talaga, i can't feel the action kaya aun na2log muna ako..tpos nagising n ulet ako at nagbantay s may bintana..na2log ulet ako dahil wala ako makita tpos bigla n lng nagkacommotion..

biglang nakarinig ako ng malakas na katok s pinto tpos aun nagpapanic n ang lahat..balak ko talagang iresist yng hostage-taking at magtago n lng s loob ng small room..pro sabi q cge fine go with the flow..tpos aun calmado nmn aq nagbihis ng tfu..nkkagulat lng nmn yng mga sigaw ng mga officers..pro sobrang nangawit ako dun s squat! haha

sumakit yng thighs ko kasi antok n antok p tlga aq tpos nabigla agad yng legs q dun s squat..haha..sumakit din yng legs ko dun s paglakad-lakad nmin papuntang vanguard..ang liliit kc ng mga steps n tinatake ko kc baka matapakan ko yng nasa harap ko so aun para aqng pato kng maglakad..

nung nasa rooftop n kmi, iniwan n kmi ng officers tpos ayoko p sana tumakas kc mas maharap nmn humiga lng dun s floor..pro aun nagsitayuan n silang lhat kaya go with the flow n lng aq..

ayoko tumakas using the stairs s vanguard dhil npakaobvious nya at baka may nagaabang lng dun n officer so as in umakyat tlga aq s labas ng bintana at nag-isip kng pde b kming bumaba dun..hnd q makita kng may emergency ladder dun so wag n lng..bka aq p may kasalanan kng may mahulog n kadete..pro as in paulit-ulit tlga aq dun n akyat ng akyat in case kailangan q n tlgang tumakas..atat n atat n tlga aq bumaba s bintana pro takot lng tlga aq n baka may malaglag samin kng dun kmi dumaan..

aun so like after one eternity later, nakababa n rin kmi s 2nd floor..biglang may narinig kmi n footsteps so aun as usual, s labas p rin aq ng bintana nagtago..dun s may roofdeck s 2nd floor..sumunod dun c buddy jessa kya aun andun kmi forever hanggang s mka2log n kmi..lagi kc kming may naririnig n ingay kya akala nmin mga officers kaya hnd kmi lumalabas..

tpos nung sisilip aq kng ok n b, biglang nag-on yng ilaw..puitk, panira nmn ng diskarte toh..balik! balik s 2log! haha! naisipan q nnmn bumaba dun s roofdeck..wala aq makita n ladder kaya cinalculate ko yng distance nung nearest puno n pde nming talunin..pro too bad, ang nipis nung puno, baka biglang maputol kng ako'y bababa dun..

sobrang bored n tlga aq, gs2 q n mtpos yng activity kc prang walang nangyyri sa amin..kya nagtxt n aq kay gelline, humingi n aq ng tulong pra makaalis n rin kmi s pinagtataguan nmin..tpos aun bigla silang sumilip s aming hiding place at dinala nila kmi s fire exit s gilid ng vanguard..

grabe, ang taas pala nung dapat n talunin bago makababa ng ladder..nung una, hindi ko tlga x feel n babaan dahil hnd q kayang magpalaglag s napakataas n height..pro aun naunang bumaba c milcah tpos sumunod n aq..mejo mabilis nmn aq nakababa dun s ladder pro natagalan aqng bumitaw..ang taas kc ng height n huhulugan q..hnd q alam kng paano q lalambutan yng landing q..

pro aun, inencourage nman aq ni milcah and gelline kaya aun tumalon n rin aq s wakas at sumakit ang ankle ko..sumunod nmn c buddy jessa pro hnd nya kinayang talunin yng ladder kaya aun napagusapan n lng nmin n magkita n lng kmi s harap ng vanguard..so aun, nagswitch kmi ng partners, c milcah at ako, tpos c jessa at c gelline..

nakarating n kmi s harap ng vanguard tpos nakita nmin n nagsisialisan n ang mga tao at hnd n sila nagsstealth mode..so nagtaka kmi at ginaya n rin nmin sila kaya aun..nalaman n lng nmin n IT'S ALL OVER N PALA..haha..kaya aun bumalik n kmi s lounge at pinagtawanan ang aming sarili.. XD

[asero]

natapos namin to ni Jasper!!hahaha.