Episode #102: Iking’s Family

Summary of Darna Episode 102
(August 22 2005, Tuesday)

Valentina is surprised. She knows these women must not know. She holds her open hand out and hypnotizes them, telling them they will remember nothing of what they have just seen. She is angry. Now she knows water causes her disguise to come off and therefore, she must never let herself be touched by water in Efren’s presence.

Darna is present later in an investigation of the death of one of Divina’s victims. An investigator thinks it is an inside job. Darna wonders who could be behind this, perhaps, Valentina. Meanwhile, Divina has obtained a new place for herself now that the hotel’s owner is gone. She acts proudly and arrogantly. Some people recognize her as a singer.

Efren tells Ava six months should be enough waiting period for them before their wedding. Ava is upset and says he wants to wait that long in the hope that he and Narda can get back together. Efren says that is nonsense and suggests two months, then one month, two weeks, and finally, one week. Ava is happy with the last and agrees. Efren does not look happy with what he has gotten himself into.

Iking comes downstairs to see guests in their house. One is the woman who gave him that toy. Narda and Milagros are talking to them. They ask why Iking went downstairs. He tells them he knows who that woman is. The woman stands up and insists this boy is her nephew. Narda refuses to give up Iking just like that. The woman says she cannot be wrong since Iking has the same birthmark her nephew did; she saw it when he was born. She says he is her sister’s son. Then she narrates how she had waited for her sister the latter’s family at the bus terminal. The sister with her husband and newborn baby had to cross a bridge, but they disappeared and were never seen again. This woman now is positive that Iking is that missing nephew of hers. Narda and Milagros remember that night. They cannot answer. The woman’s lawyer suggests that a DNA test be made. Iking goes off and prays by himself. He does not know what to do. He does not want to leave Narda and Milagros. He also wants to do what his real mother would have wanted him to do.

Efren and Ava go to make arrangements for their wedding. The wedding planner is the same one Efren and Narda consulted before. She cannot help but compare the two, and wonders why Efren will now marry another. Ava notices the comparison. The wedding planner thinks Narda was a lot nicer. Later, Ava complains to Efren about how she cannot get out of Narda’s shadow. Efren tells her he is doing everything he can to forget his ex girlfriend. Then he asks if they can visit Ava’s parents grave, as he wants to formally seek their permission to marry their daughter. Ava then makes an excuse. She says she is hungry, and then she faints.

- written by: South Rock