It was a
dark night when Julie and Chris are walking by the Bayside Road. It has been a
cold night and having only a few vehicles passing through this road made it
even colder.
“Sabi ko
na sayo! Dapat hinintay natin si Gary doon sa party para may masakyan tayo
pauwi. Eh nahihirapan tuloy tayong makahanap ng taxi sa lugar na ‘to. Wala
atang dumadaan na taxi dito eh!” complains Julie to his boyfriend. Chris then
replies “Jul, it’s getting late na and the party was getting a little boring
already. Tapos parang ayaw pa umalis ni Gary eh. Hintay ka lang, may taxi din
jan maya-maya.”
Chris
then notices a light from afar behind him. He thought to himself that it could
finally be a taxi and that they can finally go home. And as he thought, it
appeared to be a taxi after all. Chris then hurriedly waves his hand to signal
the vehicle to stop and give them a ride. As the taxi was a few feet away from
them, Julie cries out “Ngek! May pasahero na Chris! Puno pa nga ang sasakyan
eh.” As Chris heard this from his girlfriend, he took a close look to make sure
that the public vehicle is indeed occupied and sure enough, what he saw was
exactly what Julie told him; the taxi is packed with its passengers. But to the
couple’s surprise, the taxi stopped a few meters away from them. “Grabe naman
tong driver na to. Puno na nga, magpapasakay pa.” Julie exclaimed. Chris then
started to walk towards the vehicle and as he was doing so, he says to his
girlfriend, “Baka dito na bababa ang mga pasahero niya.” Julie then responds,
“Ano? Eh wala namang bahay dito sa paligid ah. Tingnan mo nga. We’re
practically in the middle of nowhere.” As Chris heard this, he looked
around and only saw an empty field on one side and a gloomy forest on the
other.
Right
then and there, Chris thought that things started to get suspicious. He slowly
approached the taxi. When he was near enough, he leaned down to take a look
inside. To his shock, he saw no one on the passenger seat or on the backseat.
There are no passengers in sight. He couldn’t believe it. There was no way both
he and his girlfriend were just seeing things. His girlfriend confirmed it
twice already. Even though he started to feel light-headed, he struggled to
walk further forward to talk to the driver and possibly shed some light on what
they’ve seen earlier. As he was about to open the passenger door to speak to
the driver, he took a look inside and to his horror, neither driver could be
seen inside the vehicle. At this point, Chris already felt like his head had
already swollen. It was like he is in a trance due to what he is experiencing
at that moment. “Ano daw Chris?! Bababa na ba ang mga pasahero niya?” screamed
Julie. Somehow, his girlfriend’s voice snapped Chris out of his shock for a
while and he was able to give Julie a look. Yet, Chris couldn’t gather enough
strength to speak up. He could only take a deep breath and gulp through his
throat. He is already thinking that this is too much for him to handle. Trying
to convince himself that all of this are just illusions, he slowly took another
look inside the taxi. This time, what he saw was even more horrific. The
vehicle is once again filled with people. What’s more bizarre about is that all
of them are just looking blankly forward and seemingly oblivious to Chris’
presence. Chris’ eyes started to bulge out in disbelief and as he started to
walk backwards, all the people inside the vehicle slowly turned their heads
toward Chris. Their eyes are so white; they look like they are glowing. That’s
the moment when Chris started to walk anxiously towards his girlfriend. He then
grabbed her by the hand and hurriedly walked away from the taxi.
Chris
and Julie were only meters away from where the taxi was parked when he decided
to look back. The vehicle was no longer there. Now he feels even less safe and
all he wants to do is run away but as he turned back to look forward, a very
familiar set of headlights pulled over right in front of them. Chris is
terrified over the fact that the taxi might have followed them and now he has
to confront it again. He can’t bear to see more of those horrific images he has
seen earlier. As Chris was about to run towards the opposite direction, he
heard something that made him feel safe again, “Chris! Julie! Get in, I’ll take
you guys home.” It was Gary’s car, which pulled over after all. Without any
hesitations, Chris took his girlfriend and got in the car.
In the
car, Chris tried to calm himself down. He can’t wait to get out of that place.
“I told you guys na sabay na tayong umuwi. Bakit umalis kayo kaagad?” Gary
scolded the couple. “Eh eto naman kasing kaibigan mo, Gar! Gustong-gusto nang
umuwi. Kesyo bored na daw siya doon.”, explained Julie. Then Gary said, “Di nyo
ba alam na delikado dito?” That statement caught Chris’ attention and he said
“Di mo lang alam Gar! Hindi ka maniniwala sa nangyari sakin doon.” Gary looked
at his friend with heed and said “Anung sinasabi mo?” “Pare minulto ako doon!”
cried Chris. “Ano ano ano?” yelled Julie. Chris turned to look at his
girlfriend and told her “Yung taxing pinara natin, paglapit ko, nawala ang mga
tao sa loob pati ang driver. Tapos napalingon lang ako saglit, pagtingin ko
uli, may mga tao na naman sa loob. Puro puti ang mga mata nila pero naramdaman
kong nakatingin sila sa akin. Muntik na’kong himatayin dun sa takot!” Julie was
shocked to hear this and could only hold her hand up to cover her mouth and
utter the words “Oh my God…” and when she could finally gathered herself back
together she screamed “Chris huwag mo’kong takutin ng ganyan! Ayoko ng ganyang
biro!” After that, the couple simply heard “I believe you.” Gary claimed
to his friend. Even though he was certain with what he saw, Chris understood
how the story could be so unbelievable so he stared at Gary and said “Talaga? How
could you be sure?” “I know you, man. You don’t have the creativity to make
this stuff up!” said Gary with a grin and proceeded to say “Plus you’re not the
first one to experience that.” “What do you mean?” asks Chris.
“Some of
my classmates back in college covered this story once so I pretty much have an
idea of what you are talking about. Malamang ang nakita mo tonight ay ang
kinakatakutang ‘Taxi #45 ng Malaya Company.’ About five years ago, nadisgrasya
dito mismo sa Bayside Road ang Taxing yun. Ang driver pati na ang apat niyang
pasahero, patay nang sumalpok ang sasakyan sa puno. Pagkatpos ng disgrasya,
marami nang mga kwentong kumakalat na may mga nakakakita pa rin ng taxing yun.
May iba sinasabing nakita nilang bumangga ang taxi pro nawawala naman pag nilapitan.
May mga kwento rin na tulad sayo, humihinto ang taxi pag pinara tapos pag
sasakay na ang pumara, magpapakita yung mga namatay na pasahero. At meron pa.
Minsan pag pinapara ang taxi, pinapasakay mismo ang pumara. Tapos bago pa
makalabas ng Bayside Road, hihinto ang taxi. Pag tatanungin na ng nakasakay
kung ano ang problema, lilingon ang driver pero makikita ng sumakay na walang
mukha ang driver. Sinubukan na ng mga classmates ko na tanungin ang Malaya Taxi
Company about sa Unit #45 nila pero ang sabi ng kompanya eh nandoon lang daw sa
garahe nila ang taxi at di na magamit dahil total wreck na.” tells Gary. “Kung
yun nga ang taxing pinara mo Chris, passlamat ka na lang na yun lang ang
dinaanan mo.” Chris took a deep breath and said, “ Diyos ko. Di talaga ako
naniniwala sa mga ganitong bagay, Gar. Eh nanginginig pa nga ako hanggang
ngayon. Ewan! Ngayon ‘pag iniisip ko yung nakita ko, parang bangungot ang
pumapasok sa isip ko. Hindi ata ako makakatulog ng ilang araw nito. Yung mga
mata nila, ‘di yun maaalis sa utak ko. Para silang umiilaw sa puti” Gary
quickly responds to what he heard from Chris, “Sabi ng iba, kaya daw ganun
angmga mata nila kasi huli nilang nakita sa daan bago namatay ay high beam
headlights ng isa pang sasakyan. Sabi nila baka nasilaw dun ang driver kaya
sila nadigrasya.” Julie then buts in, “Chris nahihilo ata ako sa kwento ninyo.
Akala ko sa movies lang nagyayari ang mga ganun. Buti na lang hindi ako lumapit
doon. Thank God things like those don’t happen to me pero Chris, nilalamig talaga
ako ngayon. Nakakapangilabot talaga ang taxing yun.” “Julie, just relax and
lean back. It’s gonna be ok. Malapit na tayong makalampas sa Bayside Road. Wala
pakong naririning na sightings ng taxi outside this road.” says Gary as he
glanced at Julie through the rear view mirror.
As they
were exiting the Bayside Road, Gary adds one more story he remembers about the
cursed taxi, “May isa pa. Hindi lang yung taxi mismo ang nagpaparamdam sa mga
dumadaan doon sa Bayside. Pati na ang mga namatay na pasahero nito ay
naghahasik din ng lagim. May nagsasabing nagpapakita daw ang mga pasehero sa
mga drivers ng mga sasakyang dumadaan doon. Makikita mo daw sila sa tabi ng
daan na parang pinapara ka. Tapos ‘pag nakalampas ka na, magugulat ka na lang
pag lingon mo sa rear view mirror. Makikita mo na lang na nakasakay na sila sa
likod.” “Anak ng… Eh anung gagawin ng driver?!” screams Chris. “Marami sa mga
drivers, lumalabas sa sasakyan at tumatakbo. Kaya maraming nachochop-chop na
sasakyan diyan sa Bayside kasi iniiwan na lang.” Gary glanced at Chris and
looks at Julie through the rear view mirror as he continues, “Meron namang mga
driver na malalakas ang loob at pinapabayaan na lang daw. Pero may nangyayari
sa mga pasahero ‘pag pinabayaan mo lang silang sumakay. Nawawala daw sila
isa-isa at nangyayari ito habang may dumadaan na sasakyan. Ang sabi ng iba,
yung Taxi #45 ang nakakasalubong mo kaya’t nawawala yung mga multo sa likod ng
sasakyan mo. Parang isa-isa silang sinusundo.” “Grabe! Gulong-gulo talaga
siguro ang mga kaluluwa nung mga namatay kaya’t ganun na lang sila kung
pagparamdam.” says Chris. Gary nods at his friend and says “Sa tingin ko kaya
nila ginagawa yung dahil ‘di nila maalala kung ano ang nagyari sa kanila.
Paulit-ulit silang bumabyahe sa Bayside para maalala at matanggap ang sinapit
nila. Kaya kung pakikiramdaman o pakikitaan ka man, pabayaan mo na lang. Isipin
mo na lang na para mo na silang tinutulungan.”
Gary,
Chris and Julie finally reached Julie’s house so the couple were dropped there.
Gary escorts them to the door and bids them goodbye. Julie has entered the
house and Chris shook Gary’s hand and said “Thanks man! Because of the things
you’ve said, I kinda feel better about what happened tonight,” Gary smiles and
tells Chris “Don’t worry. All three of us shared your ordeal tonight. By the
way, nakita ko rin sila ngayong gabi…” Chris’ jaw dropped and whispered
“What?!… How?! Where?!” “Relax! I think I handled it pretty well. Just
don’t tell Julie about it.” says Gary. Chris then asks, “Ha? Bakit?” Gary
responded, “When I saw them, they were already inside.” Chris’ eyes widened and
Gary continued “Yes. They were inside my car but just couldn’t scare the hell
out of your girlfriend. Kaya alam ko kung bakit siya nilalamig kanina. And
don’t worry. You’re here now in her house. You’re safe and secured. We’re
kilometers away from the Bayside Road. You have nothing to be scared of
anymore.” Chris then felt weakened with terror and sat on the porch steps where
he and Gary were standing. Gary glances at his car and tells Chris “Yo I need
to go! See you around.” As Gary was walking away, Chris screamed “Whoa, Gar!
Ayaw mo mag-stay?” Gary continued walking to his car and just yelled “No! I
still have to go back!” Chris quickly replied “Wh.. WHAT? Sa Bayside?! Bakit?!
Naloloko ka na ba? Umuwi ka na kaya!” As Gary was entering the car, he looked
at Chris with a serious look and said, “Trust me.” As Gary was driving away,
Chris found the answer to why his friend needed to go back to the cursed road.
A very familiar sight appeared before Chris. At Gary’s backseat, Chris saw that
there was one more passenger that was left and looked at Chris with those same
blinding, bright eyes. Gary needed to drop off one more passenger.
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