FROM ANOTHER WORLD To You (A Mystery Short Story Collection ) - The Second Book
Chapter 36: S o s o k #7 (Second Terror Part )

#7

"Aakkhh .." I screamed in pain I felt my left foot as if it had been pierced by a nail. I screamed in pain, causing Mbak Jum to be confused.

"Den Reksa, Chyntia, den.." Mbak Jum said by phone. Shortly thereafter Mas Reksa came and checked on me, "Since when has he been like this, mbak ?" ask Reksa.

"So he finished the shower, he was screaming in pain" Mbak Jum said nervously.

Mas Reksa looked at me deeply, then turned his gaze towards my left leg, "Thia, it looks like there's an object coming in on his left leg" he said.

"What ?" I wondered, "How could it be, instead of Ma'am Jum helping me clean the house, there was no stuff scattered a single grain," I said, the pain was stinging and suddenly my head was dizzy, my gaze twitched last before losing all my consciousness, I saw Felix and Dith coming, "Sister, why ?" that's all I could hear, and then my vision was dark.

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My body felt light, light, like smoke, the wind slowly carried me far away. At the end of it I saw a blinding white light, unable to look at it for long.

My eyes closed as I entered the light. When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a grassy field green and soft like a rug. A fairly wide land with a variety of plants there, spreading the fragrant aroma of fragrant.

I pampered myself for a moment by lying on the green grass of the tapestry before my ears heard a familiar voice calling out my name, "Thia... Thias... Thie..."

I woke up looking for the origin of the voice, not far from where I lay looking a beautiful woman, curly-haired, shoulder-length, wearing orange clothes with red rose on her chest; another was a handsome man, a thin mustache running across his pomegranate-red lips, curly-haired and wearing clothes similar to that of the beautiful woman.

"Dad, mother.." I said, "Is this really you?"

"You've grown up to be a pretty girl, boy exactly once with your mother" the man said.

"So did your brothers Felix and Ditha" she continued, "They're grown now,"

"Dad, mom... Is this really you guys ? Aren't you guys dead? How can it be in this place ? Where is this really?" many confused.

"Pacify yourself, son ... We are your father and mother. We died there, but we lived happily in this place. Everything we need is here... We have nothing to lose" said the woman.

"This place is so beautiful, ma'am... Is this called heaven ?" my many.

"Heaven't really been inside you, son... You and your sisters, living a quiet and peaceful life is the real paradise of the world. Here is the last stop after man has done his duty in the world. If he planted good works, he would have a place like this, but if he did evil while living there, he'll be in a worse place" the man explained.

"Son, this is the picture that will happen after we carry out the task that He has given us. We know how you feel in the world, we know you and your brothers miss us. But, there will come a time when we meet and regroup as before. There's someone who wants to hurt you because he's hurt about what you've done to him, but, you've taken the right path, don't care who he is. The most important thing is that while you can carry out your duties and obligations, do so responsibly. Meanwhile, he who only obeys his desires, will get rewarded for his actions. That's soon, son," said the woman.

"You're lucky to have people who treated you so well today, take care of them like you take care of yourself, son..."

"Dad, mom... I want to be here with you forever" I whine.

"It's not time yet, son... Not yet the time, it will come then... We can make sure of that. Well, now come back. Struggle to do your duties and duties with full responsibility," along with that slowly they disappeared I cried out to him but the wind had taken me far away... Far away from that place.

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I shouted loudly when a blackish brown object was pulled out of my left foot, it hurt a lot and it looked like 10 cm of iron. The object was uprooted and floated up and then lay on a white cloth, Kumal cloth belonging to an old man who sat cross-legged to the right of Mas Reksa.

The man's face bowed, his eyes closed. His body was soaked with sweat.

Mas Reksa immediately wrapped the object and was tied by a brownish white cloth, as many as 7 ties.

"Sorry, uncle... Who does uncle mean by him ?" manya curious.

"Uncle will tell you, son... However, before that you read the seat verse that I will tell you. If Allah is pleased, you will be guided, but, if you do not need to force yourself. Come closer, uncle will tell you the key,"

I put my ear to the old man's lips. His mouth was moving and I could hear him clearly.

Soon he grabbed the cloth used to wrap the strange object.

Again his lips were clamoring like a spell and the cloth in his grasp seemed to be burning. Thin white smoke came out and then vanished somewhere.

***

Mas Reksa drove me back home, but Felix and Ditha still did not dare to go home so they chose to stay temporarily at Mbak Jum's house. At the suggestion of Mas Reksa and Mbah Alas, I have to do a house cleaning. The cleansing here is not a cleansing like the perception of the common people.

But this cleansing is aimed more at magical cleaning. Before cleaning I have to undergo tirakat recommended by Mbah Alas.

Tirakat is a ritual of self-purification, restraining all manner of lust.

I spent 3 days, three nights. It was not easy, there were many trials and temptations and I managed to live it well. I felt like I was just reborn, especially after I met my fathers when I was unconscious. The first time I set foot in the yard, whether it was just a hallucination or real, I saw a lot of creatures entrenched around the yard. Not only that, the roof of the house was covered by black fog and spread a strange air.

When me, Muta and Mbah Alas stepped into the courtyard, the fog seemed to move away from us. My mouth was muttering, reciting the mantra that had been taught by Mbah Alas during the purification period, the fog moved, marched together and flew towards the West.

"The evil one will return to his master (the sender)" said Mbah Alas, "You wait here with Reksa, I will follow where the fog goes," after saying so Mbah Alas sat cross-legged, his eyes closed tightly, his mouth twitching.

His body trembled violently the moment after that from his crown came out white smoke moved following where the black fog was going. Soon afterwards Mbah Alas' body remained motionless like a stone.

"What did Mbah Alas do, mas ?" my many.

"The spirit is detached from the body..."

"Died," I asked.

"No. For people who have high spiritual ability, able to travel far even without his body. Explore other dimensions, the passage of space and time wherever he likes. However, if the person is mediocre, his soul can be trapped where he goes.

That is why, without the guidance of experienced people, we can be wretched," explained Reksa.

A while later, the white smoke came and went back into the crown of Mbah Alas.

Mbah Alas' body twitched back, his pair of eyes looking at me sharply, "Your science is very high, he is a student of Sena's younger brother like me who tends to use his knowledge to harm others. He deserves to be called the Shaman of Black Science, his students too. Envy and envy have poisoned the brain and his actions, are ingrained," explained Mbah Alas.

"Chap... If you can tell, who is he ?" my many.

"Someone who has been close to you, nduk," he replied, "I must not tell you, fearing that I will be dishonored. Later, you're the one who's figuring it out. Didn't I give you the clue ?" he then looked at Mas Reksa. From their faces, there seems to be something that should not be known to me.

Until it was in my mind, whether Mas Reksa was the mastermind of all this. Then why did he do that ?

At least that's the conclusion I can draw from the events that made a mess. But, is it possible that he did that ?" my question is in my heart.

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