Chapter 2: I See I Woke Up In Parallel World Pt. 2

"Lawrence! Come over here quick! Your lolo's awake!"

'Who is he? I remember Lawrence here with me but I need to see things first for myself and examine.' Woken up by a shout of an unknown man in the standard Philippine Marine uniform, I tried to rise from the capsule but before I could a dark brown-haired teen rushed over as I saw his violet eyes showing gladness.

Violet eyes? Science showed there's no such as that to us, humans. Only in fiction works and anime had those things. Same could be said to natural hair colors. Hell, it might be parallel world with history remaining the same.

"Lolo Kyle! It's me Lawrence! Lawrence Conlan!"

'Lawrence?! But why is the color of his eyes and hair are different? Alright, let's test him.' "If you really are Lawrence Conlan, answer me this --- what's the first anime I watched and who introduced it?"

The other man looked confused but the teen(?) smiled confidently and gave me a salute.

"Retried Captain Kyle Hernandez, it's Slam Dunk. It was one of my brothers, Julius Conlan, who introduced anime in year 2009 during your birthday, April 3."

I smiled. "You pass. It is you, Lawrence! I'm fucking glad!"

"Yeah! Lolo Kyle, me too."

Rising up, I looked around.

The room was suspiciously modern.

Very modern like made up of modern materials.

There were no tables or something except lighting and plugs but I suspected this room was a storage or some hanger for vehicles. Why? I sensed some hidden object hidden in that giant intermodal container. Don't think of this one's heart, I've seen many crazy shit in wars and skirmishes besides that infamous Bataan Death March where one of the guys I talked in a club survived from it and inhumane act, the cause why I am not big fan of ultranationalists, Nazis, Maoists, racial groups, and other things and political philosophies that were out the line and nonsense universally found in an incinerator and unmarked graves.

Turning my attention back to the 'younger ones', I gestured the young man to borrow the hand mirror and asked his name.

"Affirmative, Retired Captain Hernandez. I'm Gabriel Rosario, Philippines Armed Forces Reserves. I passed the Commando Course 8 months ago."

"Thanks, Gabriel." Accepting the hand mirror, I looked at it myself.

'What the actual fuck! I'm a handsome motherfucking teen who has sort of green eyes.' Slightly surprised from my newer younger appearance, I asked Lawrence a question. "Lawrence, we got isekai'd, right?"

"Aye, Lolo. We are in the year 1822, February 1."

'This must be the time when Andres Novales and others are alive then. I don't know what kind of character Andres Novales is besides hating discrimination shit espoused by the mainland Spaniards but The Filipino Count…I'm sure he's a liberal.' I thought, recalling bits of history, getting off from the capsule, before asking another question. "I see. Is there a reason why we were isekai back to the past?"

"Well, we have a divine benefactor with us and our entire group made up of men picked by them. The side effects…. we are fully vaccinated and literate in whole existing languages available in this era. Please read this paper for more."

Flashing the paper, words started to appear.

'I see…. they want us to change the history at the cost of nerfing USA for the better good and sanity while we play crafting a better saner nuclear weaponry-free world without Al Qaeda, crazy shit religious extremists, rumored Neo Nazi battalions, and drug cartels unexpectedly produced nor supported by the CIA and the US government. Hmmm, those things and gifts our benefactor gave are overkill and will give us an advantage in the long run as long as we can recreate them, make a better version, and kept them out of sight from the public eyes and foreigners for time being. WHAT!? Jesus, that's such more than cheat including what they did to our bloodline! We need to seal this forbidden knowledge from prying eyes!' "Alright, I understand our sort of second-chance situation. I know we are in the motherfuckin' Felipinas but where are we exactly?"

"Camp Brotherhood, proudly erected two months ago in one of the undiscovered Philippine islands whom we decided to call Brotherhood Island for simplicity's sake." answered my great grandson. "Brotherhood Island is an undiscovered and uninhabited one revealed by our literal unknown divine benefactor. As you see, Lolo Kyle, our group have plans to occupy more of those types they listed for our use and the armed forces by pouring a lot of resources but Lolo Alex and the Council believe we must secure the Philippines as an independent sovereign nation earlier than ever before we start investing in and from the 'regular' and what we have."

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'That's what I would say before striking.' "Okay, give me new clothing to wear. Besides taking a look at Camp Brotherhood, we need to see Kuya Alex and the guys I'll be working with."

"Copy that, Gramps. I'll text Lolo Alex." As Lawrence said that, he pulled out a cellphone from his waist bag, surprising me while he started texting one of my relatives, Alexander "Alex" Pearson-Wallcroft, my childhood friend.

'How will that work without satellite or cell to-'

Ting!

'Never mind.'

"Lolo Kyle, that's the reaction we all had last month when we tested it including the new arrivals before you." commented Gabriel. "Please treat it as normal until the day our country we are about to create will be able to produce those things and put them up besides our group. The bonus effects will remain. Oh, it's been 3 days for you."

"I see." I said, understanding my situation, as I then turned my attention to Lawrence who smiled. "Lawrence, Gabriel, lead the way. I need to take a shower and new set of clothes. I'm gonna need my revolvers because without it especially in this dangerous era, my cards would be limited."

"Understood. The ride is here, Lolo."

Turning where Lawrence pointing at, Gabriel went over to the exact location of grayish intermodal container, near the capsule.

Watching him unlocking it, I had many thoughts what's behind it.

Is it a tank?

Is it a plane?

Is it an AFV?

Is it an APC?

Is it an IFV?

'Oh, it's a Storm!' 

Storm, this expensive beautiful multipurpose tracked son of a bitch was one of the items ordered by the Philippine Constabulary and other law enforcement agencies (LEA) including the Armed Forces, firefighters, Philippine 911, and the associated agencies.

From what I heard from my contacts, this beast does well in waters…. like flood and amphibious tasks, the reason why the emergency response teams who by the way were connected with the Ministry of Disaster Resiliency, the ministry in charge of preventions and measures against disasters and one who collaborates in ministries such as infrastructures for example, were one of the first to put it in their shopping list.

While the tech used in making one was a bit advanced for my taste except my 'soon-to-be stored' capsule, the only drawback was the need of 'refueling' station for electricity and fuel in this era but knowing the divine benefactor got our back, surely, they would find a way for that.

The paper Lawrence showed to me was a proof of it. It's an act of divine mystery, one of the things I would treat as one of the normal behind the scenes starting today.

"Lolo, this beast unlike the normal ones we have in our original timeline, what we have in our inventory use two alternative energies --- solar, and lunar. It replaced diesel."

'After the independence, we'll have to gather personnel, people who will work with us behind the scenes, reinvent the necessary items, reforms, and keep an eye on the threats within and outside the Philippine soil. Besides keeping an eye on China and Japan, one thing for sure is we have to weaken the USA to lessen their influence and power. The Maphilindo must happen, no matter what.' I thought, thinking about the expected events and actions, before nodding my head as I smile slightly. "Nice, Lawrence. Alright, let's go inside the vehicle."

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