ARMY, DEAD (EPS. 3)
10. Like Before
"Where is this?" Randy slowly opened his eyes and blinked several times to adjust the light around him to his vision. He circulated the view at every corner of the dark room, which was only illuminated by a lamp with a position exactly above the head. The walls of the room that has not been maintained until in some parts have been seen covered in moss, also scribbles of fun for teenage children growing up. His head felt heavy, the influence of drugs that made him lose consciousness had not completely disappeared.
From the darkness, someone wearing a face cover approached him, giving him a welcome greeting with a punch.
Bugh...
Blood dripped on the corner of Randy's lips, but he didn't care about the pain from the blow. He was curious about the people around him, and what was wrong so he was kidnapped.
"Who are you?" Realizing the person in front of him is not only alone, Randy tried to calm down. His instincts say that he has faced a situation worse than this, perhaps even more terrible.
"Hahahaha, you don't want who we are?" That guy underestimated Randy, they weren't entirely sure that his prisoner was in a state of memory loss.
Randy was silent, he tried to remember the characteristics of the people around him, and as a result, he did not remember at all with the people around him.
"The information was correct." the man in black again laughed, glad that Randy did not remember a thing about them.
Bugh...
Blows again hit Randy's face that made him stagger, but he could not do anything with the condition of the hands and feet are still in a position firmly tied to the wooden chair he occupied.
After beating Randy all out, again they laughed triumphantly, as if they had won a great war, whereas all they fought was someone who forgot the memory, and even then was in a bound state.
Blood flowed back but this time came from Randy's temple, to drip on the clothes he was wearing. At first glance he saw and noticed the blood, there was something he thought was strange to himself.
"What's this?" Seeing that his blood was not red, but black, Randy closed his eyes several times. He felt that maybe his gaze had been interrupted by the blow earlier.
"Why is his blood black?" Looking at his blood that was indeed black, suddenly his head started to be filled with strange shadows about killing in the forest. In his shadow he was fighting against someone who knew who until he killed him. Slowly his head began to feel heavy. So many scenes of events that were previously lost in memory are now starting to pass by, so much to make his head heavier that his consciousness is unable to maintain.
"Indeed, throw him in the river!" seeing Randy unconscious, the man standing in the darkness of empty space ordered the others to throw Randy into a river not far from the confinement site, then let Randy just drown.
Randy was taken in the same minibus as the car that took him there. After arriving at the river that became his destination, Randy was thrown into a river that was deep enough. Like throwing a dead animal. At that time the flow of water in the river was swift enough to drown him and also kill him slowly, until he really died and disappeared from the face of the earth.
*****
"Hi, have you been waiting a long time?" A woman in a High School uniform approaches the man sitting under a tree behind the school, his smile expanding after the person he is waiting for arrives.
"Not for a second." The man smiled gently and held the hand of the man who from a few weeks ago had accepted his love.
"Oh yeah, after graduation, I'm the same as the others there is a farewell event, you want to come along?" The man was eager to take his loved ones to a place that he thought was beautiful and extraordinary.
"Anita is also coming, Beni is also coming." Danu is sure, by inviting Anita who is none other than Aini's best friend, then Aini will definitely want to come with him to accompany him to make the final climb with Beni, Randy and Arie.
"Kok Anita didn't say anything, did she?" Danu shrugged, a sign of not knowing about it.
"Yes, that's it." Finally Aini agrees to join Danu and ends their brief chat about their Last Ascent plan. Danu smiled, with a smile that only he himself understood with the intention of his smile.
"Finally."
*****
In the rushing river. Randy drowned until he was dragged far away. Their punch that hit Randy's head, slowly restored his memory of Aini and all. In Randy's mind, the memory was like a row of movies about his own past history, playing out randomly and briefly. There was a feeling of horror considering everything he had done and perhaps a little regret, but it did not last long, because after his consciousness had completely returned, the demonic instincts had regained control.
His eyes slowly opened, implying the grudge and fury that had now returned with the demon in his body.
Danu tried to get out of the river water that dragged him. Far enough apparently he was dragged by the current until he had to bother swimming to the side.
After arriving at the edge of the river, for a moment he laid himself on the grass with his eyes closed only to slightly recover energy, and it did not take long, Danu got up and immediately left the place.
****
Arda came home late tonight. Overtime work has to make time. He laid his body on a soft mattress that always made him comfortable. His right hand began to reach for the phone in the pocket of his right trousers which he had not changed since he arrived home.
"Ehem." Posts that indicate or reveal the person who is beating he sent to someone far away there. His sense of prestige to just write the word "hi" is too high, so that the expression alone is enough.
"Why?" The reply to the message did not come quickly even though Arda read only one word.
"Where? Is there anything strange?" Arda asked about Aini's current state and situation.
"Mmmhhhh, nothing, still safe." Aini did not respond to Arda. The door of his heart has not been fully open to receive a relationship with Arda, even if it is only a friendship.
Arda did not reply to the message, in his head at this time there is no topic of conversation to talk about, especially the situation that is not supportive. But shortly after, there was one incoming message that Arda missed.
"Can I ask you a favor?" For the first time Aini needed Arda, and it made Arda very excited, so that his smile immediately expanded.
"Can, please what?" Still with a beaming face, Arda stared at the screen of his phone, he could not wait for a reply to a message from the girl pujaan.