FROM ANOTHER WORLD TO YOU (Sistery Story Group )
Chapter VII - Sister Michelle - First Round

The dark history of the past, buried by time, runs through events that are either intentionally or unintentionally forgotten. However, there are times when the buried, burst out. Asking for justice and dragging the perpetrators of history into mystical and mysterious occurrences is beyond reason to the mind of ordinary man. This is what I experienced when I was at Tirta Husada Hospital.

When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was my body lying in a white room, my head tied with bandages, the smell of – chemical drugs as if forcing into the nasal cavity, the, penetrating between – by oxygen mask. The sound of the machine measuring blood pressure and heart rate tickled the ear on my left. It was like the buzzing of thousands of bees around my head.

A beautiful woman dressed in white was looking at me, smiling kindly and saying, “ You are already aware of Mr. Alfred. How are you doing ?” I tried to smile, but this bandage that tied my head felt like it was restricting my movement or answering the nurse's question. “You can call me Sister Michelle. The wound on your head is quite severe. Instead, do not move too much first until the doctor allows it,” said the nurse nurse.

I don't know how many doses of sedatives entered my body, the sound of machine humming like a sleep song, in an instant I fell asleep. Where I was, the pain all over the body seemed to disappear especially the friendly welcome as well as the smile of the nurse named Michelle, it made me no longer think about the story until I was lying in a place I hated all this time. I let myself be lulled in a different realm, DREAM REALM.

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A stuffy, dirty place. The smell of the drug – chemical drugs mixed with the smell of blood rancid the stomach nausea. Since when have I been here ? My eyes stared around, so many broken and dirty beds scattered here and there. On top of the bed lay rotting corpses with bodies full of maggots, worms, centipedes, plus a bunch of flies mowing down some of the blood that began to dry up. The disgusting insects crept here and there, as if partying, I must get out of this room immediately, if I do not want to spill all that is in my stomach out through my mouth.

I walked through the stuffy hallway and a black door, stretched out before me. I clawed at the doorknob, but, these fingers seemed to just pass by. When you touch the door, this wrist disappears. Suddenly I moved the room. In the room a woman's body was walking on all fours, the woman was dressed like a nurse, “Suster .. “ my handkerchief. My voice was not heard even though it was loud. The nurse continued to crawl until her body finally disappeared in a corner.

Once around the corner, I found nobody, where did the nurse go. Sounded like a heavy object dragged – drag from behind. I turned my head and.. widened my eyes, a black-haired, long and tangled woman crawled towards me with a broken motion. He crawled around dragging his pair of stumped legs, there was no sign of life in his blackish-brown eyes and was drenched in blood. The woman crawled and continued to crawl until I screamed loudly while her face was right near my nose.

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I opened my eyes, my body lying on a bed with a clean white cloth. The oxygen mask covering my nose and mouth was removed, but, the infusion needle was still attached to my left hand. “You are awake Mr. Alfred,” a gentle and friendly greeting is heard and as I turn a nurse stands to my right. She's Sister Michelle, “Congratulations ... You've gone through critical times,” he said again.

“Oh, Sister Michelle. How long have I been asleep ?” my many.

“It's been 3 days since you first woke up. Apparently, you just had a bad dream,”

“3 Days yes, means it has been 5 days I was treated in this place. Who is the doctor who handled me ?”

Sister Michelle smiled sweetly, “His cup, your health is starting to recover. There are usually no patients who quickly recover from severe injuries like you. Maybe without Mr. Doctor Andre, not necessarily you recover as soon as this,”

“Doctor Andre, yes.. can I meet him ?”

“Sorry, Mr. Alfred .. because this RS is still newly established, we are short of manpower while the patients who come quite a lot. So we have to split the tasks. However, there are still patients who have not been treated. One of them: You, Mr. Alfred. But, thankfully you do not complain much, because all this time you sleep a lot. So, we're easier to handle,”

Just as Sister Michelle closed her mouth, the door of the room opened, a tall doctor came in with another nurse. “Good morning, sir ... I'm Doctor Andre who is taking care of you. How are you doing this morning ?”

I smiled, “Thank you, sir. Thanks to Mr. Doctor my condition is starting to improve,”.

“Thank God then,” he said while his pair of hands started working checking the pupils of the eyes, pulse and heart, “Hmm, your endurance is quite good, he said, whereas since you first entered the ICU and had a coma for several days, now it has begun to gradually recover,”

I frowned, “Koma ?”

The man called by the name of Doctor Andre nodded,” You have been here for approximately 2 weeks, Mr. Alfred. Frankly, when you're in a coma, we're desperate, not knowing how to save your life. The accident at the Cipularang Toll makes you almost out of blood. So, we try our best to preserve your life,”

“Where is possible ? Said Sister Michelle I've been treated here 5 days?!” I said as I turned my gaze towards where Sister Michelle was standing. But I don't know where he is now.

“Suster Michelle. You mentioned Sister Michelle ?” asked the nurse as she turned to see Dr. Andre. I nodded, “True. He was standing here,”.

Doctor Andre smiled, “Pak Alfred. There is no such thing as Sister Michelle in this hospital. Try to rest, according to my estimation .. 1 week, you can just go home. Good morning, sir..” he said as he turned his back and walked towards the exit. I was speechless, a pair of my eyes were staring at the ceiling of the room, “Any..” I let out a long sigh. The influence of sedatives, makes my drowsiness start to attack. However, Sister Michelle's name almost eliminated my drowsiness, “Suster Michelle ...” my sigh. A million questions about him really made me unable to close my eyes. I'M RESTLESS.

Suddenly I remembered my nightmare a while ago, my fingers reaching for the pen and paper on the table not far from where I was lying. A moment later, the pen I was holding was dancing on the plain white paper surface and within a short time, it had a painting of a woman, her face similar to Sister Michelle's. On another page of paper, there was a painting of a woman that appeared in my dream. A WOMAN CRAWLED WHILE DRAGGING BOTH HER STUMPED LEGS AND CRYING BLOOD.

The king of the day moved to the Western horizon, its reddish light brought the twilight vines to the row of lush trees that stood lined up along the courtyard of Tirta Husada Hospital. Some of the rays that enter through the leaves and branches of the trees form beautiful lines. Some of those streaks of light entered my bedroom window and hit my skin, I felt how warm it was. When my eyelids opened, the first thing I saw was the beautiful face of a female nurse who was no stranger to me, SISTER MICHELLE. In my eyes, she was like an angel who came down from Heaven and always looked after me while asleep or awake, she was a woman of perfect beauty. Moreover, the pink color on her sensual lips.

Sister Michelle averted her eyes, “What do you mean, Mr Alfred ?” tanyakanya.

“I mean, it's been a while since you sat by that window looking out ?”

“I've just arrived, seeing you sleep pretty soundly, I don't dare to wake you up. Oh,ya ... it's time for your body to be wiped,”

“Tell me, Sister ... Have you been working in this RS for a long time?” I asked while letting him wash my body.

“I've forgotten how long I've been working here, Mr. .. why do you ask that,”

“I'm just wondering, even if you've been working at this hospital for a long time, how could they not know you. I mean Sister Lisa and Doctor Andre,”.

“Ah, let it go, Sir. So, stupid, they don't know me,”

“What do you mean ?”

“Mr Alfred, I ask for help, if they come, can you not mention my name ?”

“Do you have a problem with them ?” many wonder.

“Please, Sir...” Sister Michelle looked at me with a pleading gaze, “This whole thing is for your good, Sir,”.

I was getting more and more clueless as to what the woman was saying, my pair of eyes stared back at her deeply. For a moment we were both silent, the atmosphere in the room was silent, only my heartbeat was heard. Just my heartbeat, but, I don't hear Sister Michelle's heartbeat.

The beautiful woman still looked at me without blinking until I could not refuse her request, “Alright.

“Mr Alfred .. I haven't told you yet. But, I hope, time will give the answer to Mr. .. at least while you are still at Tirta Husada Hospital,” he said.

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For the umpteenth time, I felt my body as light as cotton, my two soles walking half hovering above the floor of the room where I was being treated. I let the night wind take me where it blows. From door to door, window to window and wall to wall, not a barrier to where I go. Until I finally arrived at a room where I saw a woman sitting in the corner of the room while in front of her stood 6 female nurses and a bald doctor, their eyes were wild and cruel. A terrifying grin like a pack of hungry wolves was painted on his face.

The woman sitting in the corner of the room sobbing, “I'm sorry, doc... I promise to keep my mouth shut tight for the incident,” her door on the sidelines cried. The bald-headed man smiled, “I believe, you are not a stupid nurse. I believe in your every word. However, secrets must be kept,” he said as he glanced at one of the nurses carrying a scalpel. The woman looked pale as the nurse approached her with a cold smile, “Do not the doctor, do not do this..” she exclaimed in a trembling voice. Shortly thereafter, his voice was no longer heard.

In the next instant, I saw the 6 women walking while pushing a table wide and long enough and the body of the crying woman lying on it, they headed to another room, on the door of the room is written “KAMAR OPERASI”

The table stopped right in the middle of the room, the lights were turned on and faced with a body that was lying helplessly on top of it. As the body twitched, the first thing one of the nurses saw was putting a scalpel right on his tongue. The woman thrashed about to break away but, her hands and feet were tightened, no matter how hard she struggled, the stronger the bond became and she felt a great pain and blood splashed out, it all came from his tongue that had been cut off.

I could feel his pain as he widened his eyes along with the splashes of blood from his tongue and feet that soaked all his clothes. His tongue and a pair of legs were cut off. After that he saw the nurses whose number was 6 people tore clothes and took out: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys from inside his body. That sadistic and horrible scene made me have to throw my face away. But, my gaze was fixed on a shadow .. the shadow of the woman who crawled while dragging her pair of stumped legs. His movements were broken, the sound of a broken bone rustling, tickling my ears and a terrible face appeared right in front of my nose. My screams echoed throughout the room through the cracks of the walls, the vents of the air, and then ended up in one of the rooms where I lay.

I jumped in shock, cold sweat pouring down and soaking all over my body. Another NIGHTMARE. But, my ears were still faintly hearing screams, and indeed, there was a scream coming from one of the rooms not far from my room.

Slowly I revealed the blanket that covered my body, I went down and walked towards the door. I turned the doorknob, the door leaf opened slowly and I saw some nurses walking in a hurry. Curiosity led these legs to walk down the aisle and follow the nurses from behind. Their footsteps stopped in the break room specifically for the attendant, they covered their mouths with their right hand while their pair of eyes showed shock, horror mixed with pity.

Just as I was about to ask, a security guard came up to me, he patted me on the shoulder while saying, “Sorry, sir... For those who have no interest, it is forbidden to enter this area. Let me take you to your room,” there's nothing I can say but to obey. On the way to my room, I asked, “Actually, what has happened, sir ?” The man smiled, “There was an accident and we will get it done soon. Sorry for making your break interrupted,”

“It's night, sir ... don't forget to lock your room door to avoid unwanted occurrences,” he said as soon as we got to my room. I nodded, before closing the door, I had a chance to see a black shadow creeping on the floor to then climb up the wall and disappear on the ceiling of the room. The incident kept me awake until the sound of the bells wall clock chimed 2 times. The time has shown exactly at 02:00 in the morning. Usually hours like this, Sister Michelle was still by my side, guarding and sometimes telling me anything until dawn.

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