Hey Indigo Girl (The Series) TAMAAAAAT!!!!
Part 9 maggots in fried bananas

A thin fog accompanied each of our steps. Honestly, because the road conditions are not yet on asphalt, making Danu difficult to push the wheelchair Nek Siti. Several times he had to push with all his might in order for the wheel to pass through the steep gravel in front of us. I walked behind them, watching every corner of the street around. I noticed that since then no one passed by, but this was already off azan isya reverberated. I think the ban on leaving the house only applies in the evening, when magrib or sandekala only. Or indeed this is the situation in this village at night. Because this is the first time I'm out of the house at night. Nek Siti's condition does need to get serious treatment, I'm sure that the wound must be very painful and torturous. It's just that Grandma was unable to scream and complain.

"And, it's so quiet, huh?" I close the jacket I'm wearing. Danu then took a look around while occasionally paying attention to the path in front of him. Make sure that there are not many shocks so that Grandma is fine until the doctor's house Daniel later.

"Maybe the people here sleep spit, Tha. Or tired after all day activities," he said with a reasonable explanation. He refocused on Nek Siti's wheelchair. The distance we travel will be quite long and time consuming. Danu's car was not able to be boarded, because the engine of his car suffered damage shortly after arriving in this village. He has not been able to repair his car as there are some spare parts that have to be replaced and Danu has no backup in his car. The village also does not have a complete car repair shop, there is only one workshop which is usually only intended for two-wheeled vehicles only.

Breeze makes the body shiver, fur kuduk join bristling. I, who had been restless since, kept watching the surroundings. Question after question keeps on pestering the brain. The subtle-creatures in the house made me even less miserable. The emergence of Umm Sibyan itself which is indeed a great scourge of terror in this village has been met with a brief meeting that is quite memorable. It's just that he who doesn't do much resistance moves makes me feel that he's not an enemy to worry about. Maybe because he prefers to disturb young children and pregnant women. Some of the stories from the citizens who became a rumor all this time I've heard from word of mouth. How some children who had lost, some returned, some were not found until now. Even pregnant women who suddenly lose their fetus. Such an event not only happens once or twice, but many times. There are people who ignore the ban. I don't believe this myth myself.

But what disturbed my mind now was not the appearance of the figure of Umm Sibyan. It was just another figure who had injured Grandma earlier. I don't know who he is, why he hurt Grandma like that. Usually demons or refined beings would not be able to injure humans that easily. It seemed like the creature had quite a powerful energy, perhaps he had a lot of grudges or heartache towards humans.

I don't know why I feel that the figure was the incarnation of the next house. From the story of Mr. Karjo, Grandma used to be quite close to the family, until finally the family died all and Grandma suffered severe pain. What a strange coincidence it feels.

"Duh, Tha! Don't be kidding!" sumpul Danu, holding his head behind him and then looking at me. I don't even know what that means.

"What the hell?" my question, grunting as hell. He stopped and I stopped my steps.

"What a throw - throw me with a stone! There is no work, we hunt again, hustle loh, Tha. No kidding!" he still looks upset.

"Throw you with a stone? Don't slander so damn it, Dan. I also throw stones. From there I also walked, not even concerned about you," ketusuk I do not accept the accusation.

"Seriously? You didn't throw me a stone?" He softened a little but his gaze showed a great sense of worry. I started to feel like we were not okay. If it was Danu who felt that someone threw it with a stone, then I'm sure it wasn't just her design. Especially with his reaction that was quite upset. Who did that to him?

I swept my eyes around, looking for every angle by sharpening my eyes. Although it is dark, but if there are indeed ignorant creatures, I will definitely be able to easily see it. Unless he's smart enough to escape first before we know it.

Danu looked around, she came closer to me and whispered the lyrics. " Devil, huh, Tha?" ask him very carefully.

"It looks like it is." I looked up, if it turned out that the throw was not a stone, just a fruit seed or whatever was above us now. But strangely the trees along the way are not fruitful trees or seeds that will drop something and hit Danu. "The real rock, right?" I asked to go back to making sure.

Danu then looked for the thing that had hit his head earlier. He picked up a black round object. With two fingers he took it and watched closely. But Danu threw it back while screaming. "Crazy!"

"Why the hell?"

"Tha, that's ... Not a stone" he said. He rubbed his hands against his pants. It's like there's dirt stuck in there. While still looking at the thing he threw earlier.

"Continue what? Fruit seeds?" I still try to think positively. Danu shook his head quickly.

"Do you know what that is, Tha? Those eyes! Eyeballs!" he groaned with terrified eyes, even more afraid than when facing Umm Sibyan earlier.

"What time?" I was a bit doubtful. I then walked to the object earlier, because when Danu threw it round object that he said the eyes were reflected because it hit a tree near us. Danu kept forbidding me to get close, I ignored her ban because I was curious. It could be Danu wrongly see, because it is too tired and eventually creates excessive hallucinations.

I squat when I'm near the ball. Round, black and shiny look. Like it has splashed into a thick liquid like water got or something thick. It's worth Danu to keep wiping her hands, because it's disgusting. I was looking for a fallen leaf, intending to make it a tool to hold the black ball just now.

I brought the object closer and squinted my eyes, watching every inch of it. Instantly both my own eyeballs were rounded when I saw my face was there. Reflected clearly in the glare of the sharp eyes in my hand. It's really an eyeball. It was still fresh as if it had just slipped out of place. I immediately threw it rough and as far away as possible.

"Really, right? That's eyes?" ask Danu for certainty. I nodded then took Danu away from this place immediately. We hurried, I also helped Danu push Nek Siti's wheelchair, so that we would get to Doctor Daniel's house immediately.

A house with a sign reading 'Dr. Daniel general practice at blah .. bla.. bla.' It made us take a deep breath. Relieved to have reached the destination safely, despite the quite tense drama earlier. I immediately ran closer to his door, knocking and calling his name out loud enough.

Someone uncovers the curtain and the young doctor's face appears. He opened the door and was surprised to see us.

"So, Grandma is hurt" I said pointing to the old woman sitting in a wheelchair.

"Grandmother why? Yes, bring it inside!" Danu swiftly lifted Grandma's body and brought her inside.

Doctor Daniel lives alone. His house is typical of a doctor, he does not have a living room like the house of Bu Heni, but the living room here is actually used as a waiting room for his practice. There are curtains used for the bulkhead and his table that seem to be commonly used to write drug prescriptions. There are even storefronts that provide several drugs - drugs to bandages and various kinds of tools for wound handling.

Grandma was put on the bed that was behind the curtains. The white stripes reminded me of the clinic I used to belong to. Doctor Daniel took a flashlight and noticed the wound on Grandma's neck.

"Why is it like this?" doctor Daniel looked at me and Danu alternately. We were confused as to what explanation we would give. Since it was impossible for us to tell the truth, the illogical thing would only make Doctor Daniel laugh at us. Danu scratched her head, muttering, from her attitude she was trying hard to find an answer that made more sense than a ghostly strangled answer.

"So .. that was, grandma again .. eum, got it anyway, Doc," Danu's answer was spinning around not meeting the common ground. Doctor Daniel is confused.

"Oh, yes, actually the wound is quite painful anyway, it must feel hot and painful, but fortunately it is not too deep. I also happen to have the ointment and the cure. The origin of the ointment is applied regularly, the grandmother must also spend the medicine because there are antibiotics that must be spent, yes. Then don't get her neck wet. Try to stay dry, to speed up the healing process," he explained while still observing the condition of Grandma.

Me and Danu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief at the explanation. At least Grandma's gonna be fine. Some drugs and bandages have been prepared by Dr. Daniel, he also explained which drugs should be taken according to the hours listed in the package.

"I make you some warm tea first, yeah, before you guys go home. Must be tired of walking from home to here," said Doctor Daniel, then immediately entered the house. Pride to base the stale reject the offer, we tepis. Because honestly, I'm tired of walking from home here. I even realized that my throat was dry. Warm tea will relieve all this discomfort.

Grandma is still lying in bed, said the doctor is likely to be tired because of too long sitting earlier, especially the road that is not smooth, making the body will not be comfortable if it linger - long in a wheelchair. Doctor Daniel appears with a tray containing three cups of warm tea that is still reflecting hot steam. Not only that, there was a plate of fried bananas that was already cold.

"Please drink and taste. This fried banana I made. I'm sorry it's a little cold" said Doctor Daniel, putting the cup to the table. I helped out because I felt sorry to be served like this by the host. Only in this village alone, every citizen who sought treatment was not charged. He said the drug stock had been given from the center, and Daniel's doctor's manpower had also been paid by the government. Hence he did not charge a penny from the citizens. Instead, residents often give food to Doctor Daniel as an expression of gratitude. Even this banana he just got from a citizen who broke his hand after farming last afternoon. Even if he doesn't ask for it, and it doesn't feel good if we refuse such a person's gift.

"So, it's always quiet here like this, huh?" I turned my head to the window whose curtains were transparent, with the cup of tea I still held. The heat of this cup makes me feel at home for a long time sticking my palm there.

Doctor Daniel did not reply immediately, he smiled as he looked at his teacup. "Well, this is how the village looks like at night. No activity outside the home. All are always in the house, whether you are asleep or still doing activities. My beginning here was also a little confused and surprised, because when the sun began to sink, all residents immediately disappeared into their homes. The village, which during the day was full of activity in every house and other corner of the village, suddenly looked like an uninhabited village."

"...."

"I live alone here, right? There is no internet or TV. The phone alone I couldn't use until now" he said, putting the flat object on the table. An old phone, not the type of android phone as has been widely spread in the present. Apparently Doctor Daniel is the type of person who does not follow the development of technology. Ah, after all for what to have a mobile phone today, if in fact it can not be used here.

"Doctors don't have assistants?" ask Danu who I really want to ask since then. Because usually a doctor will have an assistant to help him manage patients who come. Doctor Daniel shook his head, staying with a smile on his face.

"Where would anyone want to be placed in a remote area like this. Well, I'm alone too no problem." He then laughed, taking the remaining 4 fried bananas on the plate. Danu laughs with an additional sentence of praise for the struggle of Doctor Daniel. Indeed a rare thing, he included a competent doctor, alert in helping people, even I could not believe that he was a doctor who served in this village. Especially with his handsome face. Usually young doctors seem to have a practice in the city, even if only a small clinic. Not even stranded in this remote village. Away from the crowds, from the family there is not even internet access. I'm still wondering why there are still places without internet signals. This place was not far from the city before.

Danu took in the fried bananas that got washed away in the warm chat tonight. I was just listening to their conversation, which was interesting. Chatting with men. I chose to look at the table in front of me. Teak wood as the basic material looks strong, even though this table looks like it has been here for a long time. White plates with floral motifs on the edges, very distinctive like the property of my great-grandmother who lives in the village. But the thin smile that I had been carving since, suddenly disappeared. The little thing on the plate made me nauseous, he moved, wriggling. I looked up, there was nothing there. I looked back at the plate. Next to the remaining fried bananas, something came out. The same thing as the thing that made my smile disappear arrived - arrived. maggots! There's maggots in those fried bananas. I closed my eyes and opened them again, afraid that this was just my hallucination. Time and time again - times I noticed everything had not changed. I immediately brushed off Danu's hand when I was about to take the fried banana.

"Tha? Why the hell?" ask Danu annoyed. They both looked at me, and I looked at the two men.

"Eum, there was an ant just now."

"Jeez, Aretha. is just an ant as far as you," Danu said and wanted to pick up the fried banana that fell on the floor. More maggots came out of the food. That's really disgusting. Surprisingly Danu and Doctor Daniel did not see it. "Don't, Dan! It's filthy!" I said, firmly.

"Oh yes, that dirty Mas Danu, just take it again," said Doctor Daniel. I noticed the owner of this house, there was nothing strange about him. Or is it just me who saw the strangeness of the fried banana?

"And, mending us go home, yuk. Fear Ms. Heni and Mr. Karjo have gone home, they will panic we are not all at home" I insisted.

"Eum, yeah. It was night too. The doctor will also rest."

Danu took Grandma back to her wheelchair. But Grandma's eyes looked terrified as she looked around this room. This makes me even more anxious, maybe there are other creatures in this house. Or the creature was following us. Don't want to make Doctor Daniel go bad, we'll say goodbye.

We return to this road. Grandma's neck has been bandaged, and it should be opened tomorrow morning. We also have medicine. It feels like we will get used to the quietness of the night Alas Ketonggo village. Wish no one would throw with a human eyeball.

"Tha, what the hell were you? So strange!" danu said while focusing on pushing the wheelchair.

"Hm, don't know, maybe I'm just a hallucination, Dan." Call me you and you I will change from our mouths. When emotional, then we are more comfortable calling you me, and if the circumstances are normal, then back me you. Like a dating guy? Oh no! Danu's not my type. He's not interested in me either, other than because I'm Radit's girlfriend, Danu doesn't like bar-bar women either.

"About. Say try," he forced. I took a deep breath. No matter what I tell you, it won't sound weird if it's Danu I'm talking to like now. We've been through a lot of weird things before. It's just, I'm afraid of his reaction later. Because it's disgusting.

"So, I saw maggots in fried bananas that you wanted to eat" I muttered. Danu stopped his steps, his hand holding tightly to the wheelchair's handle.

"What did you say? Try again!"

"I saw there was a live maggot in the fried banana earlier. Lot, move, squirm and disgust."

"****!" He immediately ran to the side of the road and vomited all of his entrails. I approached and checked his condition. He was fine, just surprised. Well, it's only natural that he's that disgusting. Because it's disgusting. "So we get demonized again?" ask her with a pale face.

"Eitherway. Could be. That's why we're hunting home. Don't let them follow us again!" Danu nodded then we went back on our way home.

Alas Ketonggo Village, what a unique life here. I have to start getting used to other nonsensical things. Of course I should be wary of any dangers that might lurk. Especially considering the spirit that hurt Nek Siti, he really can hurt humans. While here there is no Arden or Radit. Luckily there is Danu. At least he's the only one I can trust right now.