Baby Amber
The Figure in the Room

Cold air pierces the skin until it feels into the bone marrow. Both of my leg bones are limp, let alone to escape. To stand up I don't feel like I can. The figure looks still at home waiting for me and does not want to leave since. I was tired, until the fear turned into intense drowsiness. I don't know how long I was closed, but when I opened my eyes, the figure was gone. I immediately closed the door connecting the kitchen with the backyard. The quiet night atmosphere makes the backyard look a little creepy if noticed.

"I don't think I opened it." I tried to remember what happened before. But as I recall I never opened the back door to the yard. I scratched my head's hair that wasn't fat.

I went back to the room. There, Ratih was asleep turning his back on Radit. Radit, sleeping facing the wall. After making sure both of them were asleep, I chose to go out and return to the room after closing the door of Ratih's room.

Srreeseeeett ...

My steps came to a halt when a shadow flashed right in front of my feet. A small figure was seen crawling past my front foot very quickly. I turned my head, making sure what figure was passing by just now.

Srreeessseeett...

This time the little figure flashed behind me. The little figure grinned while our gazes clashed.

"Damn." I chose to duck. Choose to act not to see that figure. Slowly I walked into the room, but the door knob felt very hard and hard to turn. Many times I forced, but the door of the room did not open.

The sound of loud giggling laughter sounded. Even the laughter of the little ones sounded simple.

"Why should it keep bothering me." I muttered as I continued to try to open the door knob of the room. Damn, the harder I tried, the stronger the door felt and I couldn't push it.

"Who was the baby?" i guessed.

"Srreeekkkk ... srreekk..."

My body suddenly went back limp when the sound of the drag stopped outside the room. From the side of the room window, the sound of someone walking while dragging their feet disappeared. I curled up, hugged my knees and lay back against the window. I'm afraid I'll have to look back at that creepy figure.

Ssrreeek...

His voice is getting closer. My body shivered in the cold as the sound of the drag got closer and could even have been around me. I could only hug my knees tighter.

Kkrriiiieeett...

The door to the room is open. Like someone had pushed him from the outside. From the bottom, I saw the shadow of someone walking slowly into the room where I, Ratih and Radit were currently. The figure walked closer towards the bed approaching Ratih, where Ratih slept on the edge of the bed close to the bench I was using to curl up at the moment.

The woman's hand stretched out, elongated as if it wanted to grab something. Radit's still asleep. While swaying, the figure of the woman cradled and swung Radit's small body. Radit's little laughter sounded happy, like a child playing with his mother.