
“Honey, if I yell, run. Quickly run along with mbak Kun as soon as he appears in a moment,” whispered Refald without looking at me so that his words are not heard by those behind us. Fortunately, Refald's voice was obscured by the noise of insect animals that began to roar when the sun was about to set.
“How about you?” I don't lose softly from his voice. My gaze also remained straight ahead so that no one would suspect that we were talking.
“Me and Mr. Po, will take care of them. Wait for me downstream of the river, mbak Kun will show you the way and also protect you. If I hadn't been there in an hour. Call the number listed on the palm of mbak Kun's hand. You understand, Honey.”
“But ...,”
“There are no other options, Honey. Just follow what I said earlier.”
“I can't leave you, we have to go together.”
“There must be someone distracting him, Honey. If we run together, they'll easily catch us. Trust me, we'll be fine. I promise you, as long as I'm alive, no one will dare hurt you, okay!”
I do not agree that again, I must part with Refald. I don't know why my mood is always bad if there's no one next to me. Just imagining it, my chest already felt tight. I was really scared this time, I was afraid that Refald would not be able to keep his promise. Wanting to reject his wishes but it seems he has been stuck on his stance. It's also free to argue with Refald at this time, plus we're not at all supportive.
Evening has come to signal the night is starting to arrive. We were all still walking through the forest but the forest guard started to get suspicious of us.
“Hei! You two! Is the location still far away? Why do I feel like we're just going around in circles? Are you trying to fool us, ha?” shouted the guard.
Refald did not immediately reply to the screams of the criminal, “Prepare, Honey!” refald muttered. He counted the time with his finger while holding my hand. “Now! Run!” he let go of his grasp and I saw the figure of Kun's mother appear in front of me while drifting far forward so that I would follow him.
While Refald also ran in the opposite direction to me following Pak Po who also suddenly appeared beside Refald. Either I saw it wrong or what, but I'm sure that Mr. Po's face is really handsome, just like Kun's pretty face.
It certainly confused me myself in the midst of the panic that was attacking me at this moment. “What are all the ghosts of Refald's troops face clear and glowing.” I thought as I continued to run and occasionally turned to look at the now-invisible Refald and disappeared behind the jungle.
I faintly heard the sound of the shouts of the alarm guard chasing after the two of us. Gunshots were also heard everywhere accompanied by a curse of the forest guard because we managed to fool him.
“Pursue them!” shouted the guardians of the forest.
I was out of breath because I was running too fast, I bent down to reorganize my breathing. Mbak Kun who was far ahead of me suddenly floated in front of me.
“You all right, Princess?” ask the scary pretty ghost.
I was a bit surprised that Kun suddenly called me ‘putri’. However, now was not the time to fuss over the call.
I still can't answer because my breathing still feels heavy. “I ... no already .. strong run ... again.” I can finally talk too, even with a breath.
“Hide behind that big tree. I'll expel them all.” Mbak Kun pointed at a large banyan tree that was on my left. Slowly, I forced the rest of my energy to walk there and hide behind the large trunk of this banyan tree.
After a few minutes, the police officers, consisting of approximately five people, arrived at the location where I was hiding. Panicking, I forgot to breathe. Tension enveloped my entire mind. So afraid, I did not dare to peek at them. The five of them pointed at each other and were ready to shoot if there was a little movement.
Dor's!
“Out! It's free for you to hide!” yelled one of the guys.
“Who's there!” the other and again heard the sound of gunfire more than once.
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
I close my ears so I can't hear the noise. I'm sure Kun's mbak is playing tricks on them. Where there are ghosts can be shot, there they even waste their bullets.
“It! there!” yelled one of the criminals. “Don't be shot! It's not like a human being!”
“What do you mean?” Ask the others.
“I-it .. kun-kuntilanaaaaakkkkk!” shouted one of the criminals who had started to realize the figure of Kun's mother was all around them. It seemed like that person immediately ran off the ridge leaving behind his other friends.
They all gaped up in disbelief to see the action of one of his friends. Most of them did not even believe that there were ghosts in the forest like this.
“Basic coward! Most watch Susana anyway, so she becomes hallucinating like that!” the comments of one of his friends were followed by another laugh.
Suddenly the horror atmosphere again gripped and mbak Kun began to show his distinctive voice that made the fur I sat everyone goosebumps in fear, including me. For this phenomenal ghostly voice, nothing compares, very very very very very frightening.
I could hear from their voices that the criminals who were chasing me were trembling in fear. From there I began to venture to peek at them from behind the tree I was hiding in to find out what kind of situation was going on.
And it's true that I guess, without them knowing, Kun's mother was already standing hovering behind them and making their hair stand up. After looking back and actually seeing the figure of mbak Kun who I think is charming, the criminals even screamed as loud as his friend earlier and even until someone was pissed so scared to see the most phenomenal ghost figure in Indonesia.
They also ran to and fro until they woke up not because they saw the face of Mayu mbak Kun. But in their eyes, maybe the figure of Kun mbak they saw was indeed really scary so it could have caused a terrible trauma. Mbak Kun laughed fiddled at the sight of the criminals running away after seeing it.
After feeling safe, I also came out of my hiding place and approached mbak Kun who was still on standby floating in his place.
“Haahahaaa, look! Their bodies are big! Tattooed, but the same ghost is afraid! Basic cemen them! It's also delicious so Kunti, hahaha.” mbak Kun looks happy because he has managed to make the criminals escape. However, he suddenly blinked for no reason and his gaze focused straight ahead. “Come, Princess! We must hurry downstream of the river!” take Kun suddenly.
“Is Refald already there?” I asked excitedly to imagine that I would soon meet with Refald again.
“No!” answer me quickly.
“Why? What happened to him?” I started to worry. There was a bit of disappointment as well because I didn't know if I could meet with Refald again or not. My gut feeling is that something really bad is going on even though I don't know what it is.
Mbak Kun did not immediately answer my question, he stopped floating as if he was thinking.
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