boy told his grandfather. "But you're mom and dad had been gone for a week now. Someone has to take care of you. When your father's good friend called me and told me what happened, I immediately came here to take you with me. You know I can't stay here and neither can you, alone, " Rodulfo told his grandson. "But what if mom and dad suddenly returned," he told his grandfather. "Then they'll know where to find you, your mom and dad know that I'll take good care of you in their absence, you're my only grandson," he told Sebastian. Hoping that his mom and dad would return and follow him to his grandfather's house in Manila, he agreed to go with his grandfather. His grandfather then brought the young Sebastian to Manila. While Sebastian waited for his mother and father, Rodulfo sent him to an expensive private school. Everyday, Sebastian went to school with a trusted family driver. As years passed Sebastian realized that he was incredibly strong and possessed incredible strength. He told his grandfather about it. Rodulfo then sat with him and told him something about his mom and dad, and about him. Rodulfo started talking and Sebastian listened. "When I first came here in the Philippines, I fell in love with a beautiful Filipina woman, you're grandmother," Rodulfo paused for a moment and continued, "You're grandmother was a manananggal." Sebastian suddenly looked up at Rodulfo. At his young age he already knew what mananangals were. He wanted to speak but decided to just listen and allow his father to continue narrating. "You're father is a manananggal too, Sebastian." Sebastian couldn't contain himself anymore. "Does that mean that dad just like grandma fed on humans huh?" he suddenly asked not wanting to hear what expected his grandfather to say. But Rodulfo quickly assured him. "No, Sebastian, you're grandmother and your father did not feed on humans. They turned into a manananggal when they shouted their names. And they have laser lights that appear in the middle and upper parts of their chests." "Really," Sebastian suddenly said. "You