Cleaning

A DEAD BODY OF AN UNKNOWN FEMALE WAS FOUND ON SMOKEY MOUNTAIN LAST FRIDAY EVENING. BASED ON THE AUTOPSY REPORTS GATHERED BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS IT'S ANOTHER VICTIM OF MANILA SERIAL KILLER. OUR NATION IS AT RISK. WHERE ARE THE POLICE? WHY...

A chill run down the man's spine and he folded the newspaper in half before tacking it away in his drawer. The whole nation was getting frantic about the serial killer roaming the streets. There were news of the dead girl on every channel in the television and radio. Pictures were even circulating social media just minutes ago but it was immediately put down.

It was the eight girl and people were getting weary. It has been four months since the first killing and the authorities were still keeping the people behind the shadows. Back then no one thought anything of it; speculations said it was personal but when another girl was found with the same MO and another one three weeks after that. The speculations changed, no one wants to speculate anymore. They only wanted answers.

This kind of hideous crimes were unheard of in the country. No one after Juan Severino Mallari was recorded and that priest wasn't even known by many. The man wouldn't even know him if he hadn't accidentally unearthed his story in the internet.

There's a veil of helplessness covering the people. The economy were even affected, women refused to go out at night afraid to be the next victim. Thus company's nightly operations were reduced to more than half capacity. And the areas were the victims were found became a ghost town after the third victim. People were moving out back to provinces.

Though somehow, the crime resulted to something beneficial. The densely populated city was now greener. Pollution diminished after percentage of the population were gone. And petty crimes were also reduced. The minors doesn't roam the streets on eerie hours anymore and the nights were a lot peaceful.

"Where are you going son?"

The man looked up to his mother down to the small watch in his right wrist. "I'll just have a stroll in the neighborhood mother."

"In this hour? Aren't you afraid of the killer? You kid, you're going to be the death of me!" his mother shouted, shaking her head.

"Mother, I am not a girl. Besides the streets are almost empty," reasoned out the man while he packed things on his bag pack.

"What are you even doing out there?"

The man smiled. "Don't worry about me, I'm just cleaning the streets. You know I'm doing social outreach program, right? It's for the good mother."

"Just be careful out there."

"I would mother. I would. The whole nation is watching me," he said mumbling the last words under his breath.

Author's Note: I'm really greatfull with today and yesterday. I'm so blessed I'm jumping for joy.i hope it continues.