FROM ANOTHER WORLD TO YOU (Sistery Story Group )
Chapter X - I'm [still ] Alive - Second Half
That night, the air was cold. Thin fog crept down from the mountain bodies which were then carried by the wind flying towards the field where the industrial area in the corner of Malang city. The place where my body lay and I sat on the edge of the mound.
Some workers are still seen passing by, 5 earth diggers work digging the ground where my body is planted. Even if the clothes they were wearing were already soaked in sweat and mixed with the ground, they still continued to dig. Until finally the hoe of one of the earth diggers hit something.
“Buddies .. it feels, my hoe hit something, maybe that thing is what Mr. Sugeng is looking for,” said the owner of the hoe. Hearing the news they seemed to get more excited and speed up his work and ...
From the former excavation is seen by them an object measuring approximately 1.5 square meters in black.
The casket cover was open and was seen by me also by them a body figure wrapped by a brownish white shroud. The foul smell immediately spread and pierced through their nasal cavities. A man emerged from behind the workers, followed by Cindy, Sugeng Prasetya, Cindy's father.
It was at that moment that a white antelope appeared and stopped between them. From the car appeared a man, “Hey, what are you doing here ?”
“It should be me who asks, who is lying in this crate ?” sugeng Prasetya.
“I don't know, I don't know him even I don't know if in this place embedded a crate,”
“Then let me give something to you Mr. Robert,” said Sugeng Prasetya he took a piece of grey cloth from one end of the coffin and thrust it before this young man, “Is this yours ? From the shape, the same as the tear of the clothes you wear. Look at the shirt at the end of your waist. What if this rag is connected there. Well, what's your explanation ?”
“I ... I am innocent, that woman planned this all,” said the young man nervously, his face deathly pale. He tried to escape from the place but, some people had already blocked him, “I am innocent. Wrong that woman,”
“Finely, you give an explanation at the police station,” said one of the obstructors while handcuffing his hands and leading him to leave the place.
I approached my now-rotted body, wanting to cry but the tears felt dry. Suddenly, the wind blew slowly, my body drifted back lightly. The people around me turned into pieces of white light and I was already in a crowded place.
“What room is this, filled with cigarette smoke, disco songs played as loud as they were and people were screaming while swaying their hearts out once in a while they sipped an alcoholic drink, not a few people who sit half lying in a chair. This is what is called discotheque ?” ask me alone. On the other end, I saw two women sitting face to face with a curly-haired fat man. Mother and the one sitting next to her was me.
“Master Thomas,” My mother said, “As I promised, I will bring a woman who can help me work in this place,”.
The man called Thomas by the smiling mother, “Are you sure ... let your biological son work in this place ? Moreover, his age is only 13 years ”.
“I've thought about it carefully. Frankly, my husband's income is nothing compared to the results I got in this place, even though according to the STRIPTEASE people it is dirty work. But, what fools people say, if we starve they just take pity on us. They won't help,”
“Alright, if so. But, since I own this place, I'm the one who manages your workplace. You remain as a Striptease, while, this child of yours must work to serve all the guests who come. Whatever their request .. he must obey. How ?”
“We agree,” 2 people were smiling then shaking hands with each other.
A white light again blocked my eyes, again this body was hovering, circling around the place and seeing myself naked, she said, thrashing in the arms and kisses of a middle-aged man while a camera held by a woman glared at me. After that they left me unconscious, before leaving the woman had thrown a considerable amount of money.
I was taken to another place, this time in the room room. Mom was furious and hit while her feet kicked my distended belly, “How did you get pregnant ?! Didn't I tell you before work drink your medicine so you don't make it like this. Now that you're pregnant and her father is not clear, remember once again who's pregnant with you and don't make it up. Mr. Thomas couldn't have done that,”
“Be... true, ma'am ... she's the one who has been haunting me.... I'm not lying,”
“You... the child who does not know is lucky, without him, where could you and your brother live until now ? Now you're accusing him of all sorts, you don't know why !!!” he snapped while this time kicking me harder on my stomach and making me faint.
Seeing me lying helpless, my mother picked up the phone and soon a car entered the yard and a young man in Toby's painting got out of the car. “You have made sure that your arrival is not seen by others, not ?”
“Of course,” answers.
“Help me lift the body of this bastard child. But nobody saw it. I've prepared everything,”
The young man and mother raised my body and put it in the coffin, they then went towards a field. There was already a hole big enough again in, that's where they put the chest. After they left, no one knew that the night had happened to me. A crime that is quite neat, clean and completely planned. And, the killer is my own mother. What's my fault, ma'am ?
I saw my body lying on a distended stomach, motionless, no more signs of life. I dare not admit it, but, that is an indisputable reality.
“Kak ..” Cindy greeted me gently, I turned my head. The boy looked at me deeply and then said, “Well, I'd like to see my mother at home. Hopefully he will admit what he did,”
I nodded and stood up, I walked half floated through the darkness of the night. My goal is clear, HOME.
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In the room, my mother was laying her head against my father's chest, while my father was smiling, while his fingers were stroking his head affectionately. They did not realize that I was standing on the doorstep staring at them. “Mother, why did you do that, what was my fault, ma'am ?” my many. SILENT, NO ANSWER.
Out of annoyance, I opened the door, and the sound of the hinges surprised my mother, “Mas, was not the door closed, why is it now open ? I don't think any wind opened it, did it?” tanyakanya.
“It must be wind, isn't the air vent yet closed ?” dad said while walking to close the door and air vents, “Nah, I've closed, let's sleep,”
Just now my father threw his body onto the bed, the door was knocked. Dad looked annoyed, “Ah, these nights who would like to visit,” while saying so, he put on his clothes and then stepped out towards the front door. I've learned so much from Cindy and my friends, I know how I can show my current form to my mother, my hope is that she can confess her actions to me.
And this is the time, I concentrate all the energies in my subtle body and ...
Seeing my sudden appearance before mom, she screamed loudly, “You ... aren't you dead ... Why are you here ?” he asked with a trembling voice.
I walked closer.
“DON'T APPROACH !! GO ALL THE WAY !!” his yell.
I don't care when my face is right in front of my nose, “What's my fault, ma'am ? Why did you do that to me?”
“No !! Don't come any closer, you're dead !! Get away from me !!” this time the mother closed her eyes, cold sweat pouring down all over her body.
“Why, bu ... why ?”
“Please ... please, I am !!” my mother is hysterical.
I lost my temper, I stared intently at the woman and, “Tell me, why did you kill me?!” my voice sounded higher and made her fall from the bed.
“All because of your father ? I can't give her a child so I'm cheating on you with another woman and you're the bastard ! Because of her my desire to become an honorable woman ran aground in the middle of the road !!! He loves you more than me !! I feel insulted !!” his screams made me silent. And on the doorstep, father stood while looking at him in wonder, “Who are you talking to, dik Ratmi ?”
Mother cried sobbing, “I'm sorry, mas Ridwan.. I have been guilty of you, forgive me, mas ..” he said on the sidelines crying and it makes dad can only hug her. It was then that several police officers came in and handcuffed the woman's hand and led her out. When mom was herded by some officers and put in a police car, my eyes were blank but, I could still see her lips twitching and my ears hearing, “I'm sorry, son Lena. I'm sorry, mas Ridwan..”
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In a place far enough from home looks a blue avanza car gliding at high speed. I can see who the driver is, a couple of young guys. They were the ones I had met at Mr. Thomas' discotheque, the young man looked seriously at the street while the young man was gulping down a bottle of liquor and occasionally thrusting it at the young man who was also drinking. The sound of disco music playing loud to deafen, coupled with the influence of the mirror makes the vehicle go uncontrollably.
Well, I remember. the man stuck me with his liquor and raped me while, the woman captured the embarrassing event on a camera and spread it to cyberspace.
I don't know why all of a sudden this white dress I'm wearing turns red, red like blood. That memory makes me angry, desperate and sad. Until I felt a considerable force move my legs to the road that the car was about to cross.
And, the car really hit me. But, I didn't feel any pain or anything, and then I saw the car roll over and hit a stall selling gas cylinders.
“DUAR !!”
A loud explosion occurred in a short time the fire burned all the stalls in that place. My ears heard a loud scream.
I could see how the 2 young people were grilled by a lick of fire that could not be controlled. These eyes did not blink, even when their bodies did not move anymore and I smiled .... A SMILE FULL OF VICTORY.
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I [M STILL ] LIVE :
NOT LIKE MOST PEOPLE;
I [M STILL ] LIVE :
EVEN WITHOUT FLESH AND BLOOD, WITHOUT PULSE AND HEART;
I [M STILL ] LIVE :
AT LEAST IN MY WORLD, WHILE, IN YOUR WORLD, I AM A WOMAN YOU USED TO CALL A RED KUNTILANAK.
( 29 – Oct – 2018 )