Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 22 The Tight Night

Four o'clock in the afternoon when Herly regained consciousness, opened her eyes. He tries to recognize where he is, and recalls the events that have happened to him.

"Why am I here, so bright, who turns on all the lights during the day like this?"

Herly sat down while holding her head which felt heavy. He glanced at the window and saw Bagus standing in front of the window, with a sincere smile on his lips.

"I've only seen him smile this sincerely for the first time, the boy has really changed from the one I first saw."

"What happened to Gus, why am I on this couch. Who's the light on?"

"You really don't remember what happened Her?"

"It's four in the afternoon now. You passed out in your romantic room, almost two hours. Last time, you touched a white cloth and then I found out, it was someone's bone."

"How could a faggot keep such a strange object in his room. Doesn't he know what the box is, too?"

Herly did not reply, the young man still looked dazed. He was still arranging the moment, when he entered the room, and opened the old closet in the corner of the room.

Herly recalled, what he had done in the room of the father, until he was unconscious. Herly was still not even sure that Bagus had carried her down to the living room on the first floor.

"I don't remember the details of everything Gus .The last time I remember, we went into the room, then I opened the old black box, and I found our ancestors' things. Then I found a strange object hidden behind a wooden board, in that box."

"After my body ached, like a high voltage electric shock, then everything went dark, and I don't remember Gus anymore."

Herly they're resetting the memories in her brain. He tried hard to collect the memory pieces, before he fainted. It was good to sit in front of Herly hoping that his friend would remember what had happened.

"After you were unconscious, what did you feel then Her?"

"You sure don't remember what was after that. Don't you feel like there's something weird or weird, like a corner, or do you feel like your body is floating in the air?"

Herly was surprised to hear Good remarks. He asked in his heart, is it possible that he can experience strange phenomena, as expressed by Good?

The young man tried to remember what he felt at that time. Herly kept trying to remember everything that happened. And he succeeds, Herly gets a little memory, as she crashes deep into the past.

"okay... I remember now, whether it was real, or just a hallucination, I don't know. It's up to your judgment, Gus."

"When I put my stuff in a white cloth, my body felt stiff. Suddenly I flew into the past, and saw two men dressed in royal attire."

"They were performing a terrible ritual. There was a huge horned tall creature that they worshipped. There was a young woman who was abused, and then put in a cave."

"The woman repeatedly asked that she be released. But no one wants to hear that woman's pity."

"Ndoro, please let me go, this leg hurts like ndoro, legs, help me legs."

The voice of the woman's moans ringed in my ears. I saw him in brackets, and was treated very inhumanely."

"Even until the young woman became pregnant. The cruel nobility and his followers, they could forcefully remove the baby from the womb of the poor woman."

"I think it's very sadistic Gus. Before she died, drained of blood, the woman swore. He will finish off all the offspring of the man who has made himself suffer."

"And the sky answered his vow. Suddenly lightning struck, the sound of thunder bolted sautann, black clouds silenced the village, then death was where, I horrified Gus. The woman cursed the whole village, then everything went dark."

Herly describes the experience, when she is in a state between being conscious and not. Good then guessed, if the bone belonged to the young woman who might have been Darsih, the figure of a young woman who was told by her grandfather named Anom.

"So he was Darsih, and that man was Herly's great-grandfather, who was the cause of all this curse."

It was good to be silent a thousand languages, then the sky changed even faster. It was like the night was coming early. Herly stood up, examined the sky, and looked at the clock. The hour hand shows five o'clock in the afternoon, but the sky is dark. As if it would be midnight.

"What is this Gus, why is the sky so pitch-black, is this a sign that something is going to happen in this house?"

Herly panicked, she was confused by what was happening. While Bagus was walking towards the window peeking, was the person he saw, still there watching Herly's house.

"They're still there, who this guy really is. There are a total of five people. They're friends, or opponents, hopefully those guys are on our side. From this moment on, I have to be careful that they may have bad feelings for us."

Instantly the atmosphere became tense Herly tense, arrived the aura in the house was pressing, felt so hot terrorizing them. Thunder sounded with a bolt.

Shortly after, the lights in Herly's house flickered. All the homo's heirlooms vibrate. His voice was so loud, it made a rowdy whole house.

"Here you stay, here, I mean, we're safer at home, than running out!"

"But Gus you heard that noise right?"

"Are you sure we'll be safe inside this house?"

"You should have listened to the lawyer, before making this decision. Now we don't want to have to face it."

It was good to take a black bag out of his pants, then sow salt around where they stood. Afterwards the young man lit a lot of candles and sat down cross-legged while reciting the mantra.

The wind was getting louder, all the goods scattered on the floor, there was a pitch-black shadow trying to enter, but it was blocked by a horned figure similar to a goat's head.

Herly prayed, his eyes closed, he resigned if he had to die in that house. While Good continued to recite the mantra. Suddenly the door of the living room was open forcibly as if it had been broken down by someone.

"Get out of here while you have time, run west, there you'll be raden safe!"

"Bah Anom, what is all this, and why are you here Mbah?"

Herly was surprised to see Mbah Anom, suddenly came with five students. He was curious about what happened, but Mbah Anom immediately rebuked him. The old man told Helry and Bagus to leave the house as soon as they had the chance.

Good to pull Herly's arm and ask her to run through the front door. Just now they managed to reach the terrace, suddenly the door closed by itself.

Herly looked back, and the house had become pitch-black. From the inside only the sound of the fight was heard, and the voice of Anom who told his students to make a formation.

"Here it is, we must quickly leave this house. This time trust everything to Mbah Anom."

"We must survive, otherwise his efforts will be in vain!"

With a heavy heart Herly was forced to follow the words Good, they both fled west according to the orders of Mbah Anom.

Herly stopped her steps. He hesitated to continue their escape. The road they were on was a path to the wilderness, and Herly was afraid they could not return.

"What else is it, Her, let's run..., we have to hurry, you definitely don't want the creature to come catch you, right?"

"But Gus, this road we're taking into the woods, what if we get lost bro?"

"Here you are, don't be such a coward, just trust Anom's mom, I'm sure the old man sincerely wants to help us."

"You remember what he said, he was the descendant of your ancestor's loyal servant, and your grandfather entrusted you to him."

"That means from the beginning, it was Anom's job to look after your family. If you're afraid, you should be obnoxious from the beginning, don't break the prohibition of her father!"

Good remarks made Herly somewhat distraught, but he realized, if what was said Good is true. He caused all these misfortunes. Herly who became the source of the disaster that befell his village.

"I'm sorry, Father, please give us a sign, so that I can restore peace in our village."

"Heh Herly... Do you still want to stay here, or come with me to the forest?"

The loud sound of a Good clash shocked Herly. He then ran back to follow Good to the edge of the forest.

"There was a ponduk there Her, perhaps the safe place Anom said was the hut. We go to the cottage, her!"

Herly resigned, he no longer argued with Good. They went into the hut and saw the clenic goods there.

"So all this time he lived on the edge of this forest. Why are there no villagers who know Mbah Anom, even though the villagers must often look for wood on the edge of the forest?"

"What do you think Her, I think this place is safe enough to take shelter, Yes. although it is a bit smelly, and dirty, but this cottage deserves a short break."

"I'll make a fire, you just sit in that hall. We're going to have a potluck tonight, by chance when you turn on the lights in your house, I'll have a chance to pick up some fruits and chocolates from the kitchen."

"Enough this stuff up our stomachs. I'm asking you not to sleep, afraid that the creature might chase you through a nightmare."

It's good to throw a chocolate bar, and an apple at Herly. That night they stayed in the hut, with hungry stomachs, and stayed awake.

"It's all my fault, I have to get everything done immediately, before this problem becomes a runnyam."