FROM ANOTHER WORLD To You (A Mystery Short Story Collection ) - The Second Book
[ Horror] M a n e k i n (first half ) By: Leonardus Eric K.

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Mannequins as tall as adults in general are placed in a glass cabinet located in the middle room of a luxury house that is quite spacious and airy, he is not alone. On the left right there is also a mannequin – mannequin with a similar size, average – flat in the form of an adult woman and do not wear a cloth with a different pose. There are about – about 10 pieces of mannequins in the room the rest is – antiques and ancient items. They looked alive, while the flashlight of the luxury housekeeper struck him.

“I did not expect, Boss Hadi likes to collect – items of antiques, strange and creepy,” said one of the guards on his friend who was yawning.

“The terrible thing, bro.. Everything here is inanimate, impossible to move and kill you,” he said.

“Iya. Why should we be told to look after in this environment ? Why not Umar or Yogi. Aren't they more experienced than us?” said the first man.

“Ah, stop, bro .. don't complain. Lucky we are still given a job by the Hadi Firmanto Family. If not, maybe until now we've been vagrants. So just do our job. If the boss hears your complaint, we will be kicked out into the streets again. Well, wife and child – what will your child eat?”

“Krk... kkrrkk...kkkrrrkk.....kkkrrrrrrkk..

“Eh, what sound is it ? You heard it ?” ask the second person.

“Se... it looks like from the direction of the room,” said the first person, “Come, we check,” invite him while pulling the trembling second person's hand.

When they arrived at the doorway, the voice was heard clearly. Their hearts are beating fast. Despite their fear, they opened the door immediately.

“Kkkrrriieeettthh.

The door is spread wide and visible to them, one of the glass storage of curly-haired woman mannequins, the shoulder length is cracked – and...

“Pprraaannggg ...”

The glass broke, the mannequin was like melting, the candle tub was burning by fire.

‘Kkrrkk... kkkrrrkk.

A black body figure, crawling out of the antique closet, slowly – land the figure moved closer to 2 men – men who still highlight it with a flashlight, slowly, they were unable to move their legs – feet to run, their jaws felt stiff and their eyes were wide open, while the figure was already in front of the nose.

“Aaarrrggghhh.

Their cries rang out, filling the vicinity of the place, echoing through the darkness of the late full moon night, stirring the Eastern sky which began to spread orange, orange color, surprisingly animals – animals night increasingly quieter and replaced by the chirping of birds welcome dawn. Accompanying gusts of wind that caress the slopes of – Anjasmara mountains, fog and cold that began to feel.

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Hadi Firmanto sat in his study room full of piles of books – books, his legs were placed on the table, while, his chin held one of the phone handles.

Suddenly, from the direction of the entrance, a man came to digopoh –, “Please excuse me, sir I interrupted,” he said.

“What's up, uncle ?”

“Two antiques housekeeping guards found dead this morning, Sir,”

Hadi Firmanto's face paled, “How could that be, Uncle ? Then is there any missing item ?” tanyakanya.

“Nothing, sir.it's just that there's something weird about one of Manekin's new storage cabinets coming in the other day. I will take you there,” said the middle-aged man.

Hadi Firmanto immediately followed the middle-aged man. After walking approximately – approximately 15 minutes, they arrived at the Antique Storage House.

“Good the authorities did not check this place ? Otherwise I could be sanctioned,” said the 28-year-old CEO.

“Mayat 2 The security guard was found approximately 500 meters from here, sir. The situation is quite sad,” said the middle-aged man while opening the entrance of the Dutch-style luxury building.

When the door opened, they both stepped in. A pair of Hadi Firmanto's eyes swept to every corner of the room, and stopped at the closet containing the long, shoulder-length curly-haired woman's mannequin. Together with the middle-aged man, he observed it and looked by them like a former – shards of wax at the bottom of the closet, extending to lead to the entrance. The candle flakes were stopped there, while the glass box holding the mannequin remained intact.

“Do not say, the mannequin is alive and can penetrate the glass cabinet,” said Hadi Firmanto.

“But, how could there be a candle flake underneath and extend up there ?” ask the man.

“Ah, never mind.. Maybe Mbok Ijah forgot to clean the floor when the mannequin was placed there,”.

“Can Be So. But, I was the one who cleaned this floor after the Mannequin was stored there,”

“Tak need to think about, soon there are 2 other mannequins imported from Banyuwangi region, Uncle. So please prepare a place to put the mannequins. Oya, has the body of 2 guards been taken to the RS for autopsy purposes ?”

“Already, sir... Do you want to see it ?”

“Please take me there,”

“Ready, sir..” said the man while closing the door. They did not know that after his death from the Antique Storage, the Mannequin slowly moved its pair of eyes as if it was emitting a burning red light like a flame.

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Tirta Husada Hospital. For the past few days, it had received countless terrifying corpses. The bodies of – bodies were like being ripped apart – shredded by a wild animal so that it was no longer recognized by its identity. That afternoon, there were 2 other bodies of male sex and wearing security suits. The only – identity identifier is the name label on the left chest of the clothing worn. Theo and Rino. Security guard house storage goods – antiques owned by Hadi Firmanto.

When the young CEO examined the bodies of Theo and Rino, he could not bear to vomit almost all of his stomach. The two guards' faces were damaged and their stomachs were torn apart, some of their intestines sticking out between the dried flesh and blood. The fishy and foul smell that made the young CEO vomit – vomit.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man who accompanied him only turned his face in the other direction, he was right – was really horrified to see the state of the 2 Guards.

"We must inform the family immediately, sir..."

"really. Uncle.. This matter uncle handled well, in the meantime, I'll find out who is behind this murder,"

" I'm sorry, young man.." Suddenly a gray-haired, black-clothed woman appeared out of nowhere, making the 2 men jump in shock, "Are they related to you ?" ask again.

Just as Hadi was about to reply, the man he called by the name of uncle signaled to leave the place immediately. Hadi Firmanto nodded, "Sorry, ma'am, we have urgent business, we beg yourself first" he said as he set foot to leave the place.

However, the woman in black pulled up her sleeve, making the young man stop, "Young mannequins, the mannequins in your antique storage house, it should not be put on display because it will ask for another victim" said the woman, widening her eyes.

"What do you mean by mother ?"

"You, young man, you love to collect antiques, especially statues of beautiful women. Don't realize, you're doing terrible shit,"

"I'm sorry, Mom. We don't have time to serve you a talk. Please take your hands off my shirt" said Hadi, holding the strange woman's hand.

"Woe, you young mannequins will soon kill you..he.he.he.he.he...h just wait for the right time," said the woman as she stared at the departure of Hadi Firmanto, he grinned horribly.

Elsewhere, not far from the city where Hadi Firmanto lives, almost every day there are news that some students aged around 13-19 years disappeared after school lessons were over, on average the students who lost it were mostly women. Not only the students, but, the ABGs also disappeared.

The local government has been unable to do anything but declare that anyone who has a daughter is expected to look after her daughter properly while awaiting further development.

The guardians of the students were forced to prohibit children, especially women, from leaving the house or going to school. This causes them to suffer from quite strong psychological distress. They are like birds in a golden cage.

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Hadi Firmanto's face was red when he heard that the delivery of the package that had been agreed with the company "Natural Stone" delayed threatened to be canceled. This is the first time that has happened, because so far the transaction process has run smoothly without any obstacles.

So, Soeradijo was called to be asked for an opinion, "Uncle Dijo, did the uncle already know that the Batu Alam company was delaying the process of shipping the next goods,"

"Manekin ?" tanyakanya.

"Right, uncle...does uncle have a way out ?"

"Just calm down, sir, I still have an acquaintance of Manekin businessmen. Precisely the shape can not be compared with a company as big as Batu Alam," said Soeradijo with a smile.

"I mean, uncle... how ?"

"His name, Mr. Wasis, sir, is a wax sculpture craftsman whose residence is in the city of Banyuwangi. Even though he did not have a company as big as Natural Stone, however, many customers ordered wax sculptures or mannequins on him. When talking about the quality and quantity of goods, I dare to guarantee no less than other mannequin companies such as, Natural New Company," explained Soeradijo.

"Well, uncle, please help me to schedule a meeting with him, if that's what uncle said, I'm not responsible anymore,"

"Ready, sir..."

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PLEASE ATTENTION.... IN THIS SECTION, THERE ARE SCENES THAT MAY DISTURB THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SIDE OF THE READER BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL SCENES FOR 21 YRS +, PLEASE READERS CAN TASTE IT WISELY

The cauldron contained wax, rubber liquid and gypsum seemed to boil over the burning furnace. The puff of smoke coming out of the cauldron gave off a strange scent, suffocating the chests of anyone in the dimly lit room. Under the furnace a figure of a woman's body was tightly bound to an iron-plated bed. He was about to break away from the straps of his hands and feet.

The woman's face flushed red from the flames inside the furnace but, not disguising her pallor. His pair of eyes that were wet with blackened splotches of tears were wide, he was about to shout, but, the black cloth tied tightly to his jaw so that the sound coming out of his throat resembled the desperate growl of someone being strangled.

Rebellion left his hands and feet abrasive and it infuriated the bald man who was standing not far from the woman lying down.

"Hey, sweet boy, can you calm down a little, the more you rebel, the more your hands and feet get hurt. All your life longing for the beauty and beauty of your eternal body, this is the only way. So, dear not if it is beautiful but flawed," he said then he turned his gaze towards the thick and tall and sturdy man who stood behind the cauldron.

"The beauty and beauty of your body will not fade even for hundreds of years, son," after which his hands worked to cut off all the cloth that was attached to the woman's body, the woman growled, not a single cloth covered his body.

Not stopping there, the bald man poured cold water on his body and made the woman shiver, while he was helpless when his body was washed. After it was felt clean, the bald man raised his head and signaled the guard to spill the liquid in the cauldron onto the woman's body.

There was a scream held. The woman wriggled like a heated worm, until she finally fell silent as the rubbery liquid (alginate ), beeswax and gypsum covered her entire body. The bald man smiled coldly, after which his hands went back to work carving, sculpting, painting and coloring.

"Ktrlngg..."

The sound of the phone made him stop working, he glanced at a tall, tall man who was cleaning a glass cabinet in which there was a mannequin. As his pair of eyes collided with the pair of bald male eyes, he nodded his head and raised the phone handle.

"Hallo.." he said, "We'll meet at 10 tomorrow morning. Thank you for contacting us" he hung up the phone.

"Call from whom, Jud ?" ask the bald man.

"CV. THE FIRST RIDE SALES. The chairman of the company wants to meet with the father tomorrow to discuss the cooperation contract," said the tall man.

"Oh, all right.. The meeting is tomorrow at 10 am, isn't it ?" tanyakanya.

"Yes, sir..."

"It's good, it's good" said the bald man, cutting off the wrist and legs of the newly created statue. After placing a half-grown wax figure on a glass case, he wrote the name LEA on the right groin that no longer had legs.

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