(August 23 2005, Wednesday)
Alice asks Narda why she is still working. Narda replies that since Efren’s wedding is tomorrow, she has volunteered to go overtime rather than sulk. She is also sad about Lenlen’s condition and the family who are now claiming Iking as their own. Narda then passes by Ava’s room. The door is open and the latter invites her in. She is asking for a massage since her head is aching. Narda says there is a spa still open at this time of night, but Ava says she does not want to squander the money her “future husband” gives her. Narda reluctantly agrees to massage her head and temples. As she does so, Ava chats happily about her upcoming wedding to Efren and how she wants Narda to be there. Narda’s eyes fill with tears. A teardrop falls on Ava’s forehead but she does not feel it. Her snake’s skin begins to show in patches all over her face. Narda’s eyes widen in surprise. She gets up suddenly and leaves, saying she has to get back to work. Ava smiles, thinking her rival is just jealous.
Iking’s aunt and cousin visit late at night. Milagros is cranky and asks what they want. She repeats that she does not want a DNA test done. The aunt tells her they have not come for that; she just wants Iking to get to know his cousin, Miguel, her son who is wheelchair-bound. Iking goes down and Milagros cannot stop him from playing with the boy. They spend a long time and Iking is happy to have a playmate. He suddenly remembers Lenlen and hopes that he will not lose Miguel in the same way.
Valentina tells her mother what happened in the ladies’ room and Efren’s desire to visit her parents’ tomb. Prospera is worried and keeps reminding her daughter that she cannot deceive Efren like this forever. Valentina is determined; she says she loves Efren and she will fight for him to the death.
Narda goes to a fellow chambermaid and tells her she must leave as there is an emergency. She takes her clothes and bag from the locker and runs off. Alice then enters searching frantically for her lucky charm, the crystal fragment. She asks the other chambermaid if she has seen it, and the latter replies in the negative. Alice asks who was there last in their locker room, and she is told it was Narda. Alice immediately concludes that Narda is a false friend who has treacherously stolen her lucky charm.
Narda calls Efren’s landline but there is no answer. Efren has been driving all night and drinking, reluctant as he is to get married. Narda transforms into Darna, telling herself the wedding must not take place; she cannot let Valentina deceive Efren. She cannot see Efren anywhere. Instead, she comes upon Divina, now Demonica, spreading her evil in the city. Demonica is a hideous-looking female wearing a black cape. Darna yells at her to stop what she is doing and to fight her instead. Demonica turns around and the combat begins.
- written by: South Rock
