Light Warriors
Part 1

Afternoon, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Staring blankly at the view of the Petronas Twin Towers from her bedroom window, Rumi began writing poems in her diary.

The green butterfly faithfully accompanied him. He kept moving his wings. Even if Rumi did not lock her up somewhere, like a jar, bottle, or something, the butterfly never left Rumi.

Rumi smiled looking at the butterfly. His hands continued to etch ink in his diary, knitting word for word.

The butterfly perched on top of her diary, as if she had read what Rumi had written. He could feel what Rumi felt in his writings.

A butterfly that holds a million mysteries.

Rumi wrote :

"I looked at the green butterflies that were always following me...

There was crying, laughter, sadness, happiness behind the green butterfly...

I turned my light body, kept turning and turning...

Performing a dance of the Universe full of mystery...

It spins around the Earth..

Turn around following a clockwork turn...

Day and night turnaround...

Sad happy, happy sad...

It transcends all existing dualism...

Until it looks like there is only one point..

One point that became the center of the turnaround...

One point is the center of all existence...

A point that covers everything in the Universe..

That point is DIA..

HE's that point..

The green butterflies danced with me...

I think I want to tell you

How did the green butterfly begin ? " 

 *

Surabaya, two years earlier.

The rain fell with a rush, accompanied by the sound of lightning and hurricanes. Surabaya is under threat from strong winds.

A man, tall and wearing a black jacket, continued to observe the high school building. The headgear that was fused with the jacket, made his face not clearly visible. His eyes continued to look at the school building sharply. A cynical smile adorned his face.

His mouth was muttering, chanting magic spells. From the palm of his right hand, came hundreds of black smoke that formed various forms of creepy astral beings.

"Run your duty well" said the man. "Keep watching those two twin lights."

"Okay, sir," said the astral beings simultaneously.

They split up, poking the bodies of everyone passing by, while spreading anger, hatred, pride, sadness, and various other negative feelings.

*

BUKK. Jaka hit Rumi Satria Pramana's stomach hard. Meanwhile, Jaka's other two friends, Anjar and Koko hold Rumi's hand. 

Rumi looked weak and helpless. His face was full of bruises from being beaten by the three of them.  Bloody lips. He tried his hardest to escape, but failed. He lost strong. Three people faced with one person who did not have the courage. An unbalanced force.

"You have promised to pay off your debts, " snapped Jaka fiercely.  He lit a cigarette, sucked it, and breathed the smoke into Rumi's face. 

Spontaneous, Rumi coughed.  Anjar and Koko laughed. They were comforted to see Rumi coughing in front of them.

"When can you pay off your debts, Professor sleep? " continued Jaka.

"A. I'll pay it off soon. But it can't be now. I have no money yet, "Rumi replied stammeringly. His voice was hoarse, barely audible.

BUKK. Jaka again hit Rumi's stomach hard.  Rumi falls on the floor of a dirty school shed. 

His white uniform was exposed to dust that filled the floor of the school shed, mixed with sweat and blood pouring from his face and lips.

Jaka and his two friends kicked Rumi's body lying on the floor in a row.  Rumi could only cry without being able to put up a fight.  The pain all over his body was unbearable.  

"Let's go, guys, "Jaka orders Anjar and Koko. "Waste of time here. " 

They leave Rumi lying alone in the school shed.  It was dark and stuffy in the room.  Spider nests fill almost every corner of the room.  There was only a small amount of sunlight entering through the air vents highlighting the body of the eighteen-year-old High School boy. 

"Syam.please me, "Rumi mentioned the name of her twin brother, Sham Satria Pramana.  His body has no power to rise.  Too painful. 

In the dark, he saw the Angel of Light. The angel said in an inner voice:

" Don't pay it back, even if you're hurt. Watch out, don't retaliate, or I'll leave you forever"

Vaguely. The Angel of Light disappeared, changing into a mysterious male figure in a black jacket and tall stature. He stood right in front of Rumi's face, crossed his hands, smiling cynically. Rumi had no power to see it. Rumi closed her eyes, unconscious. His right palm touched his chest and continued to name his twin brother. Everything went dark. 

"I'll take you to the dark realms now" the man murmured. He directed his hand to strangle Rumi's neck, suddenly someone opened the barn door, startling the man.

"Sial..," grinned. He immediately turned his physical body into an astral body, then darted out quickly and disappeared.

*

Rumi wakes up on her bed, in her cramped boarding room.  Meanwhile, Syam was compressing his bruised face and treating his wounds. 

Time shows at nine o'clock. Faintly, Rumi looked at the face of her twin sister.

"You're all human, Mi? " Sham asked.  " Thankfully.... " 

"Yam, where am I?" ask Rumi.

"You're at the boarding house, Mi," replied Sham.

"Shyam, how is the story I can go back to the boarding house? " Rumi's amazed. "Aren't I in the school shed?"

Syam smile. "I'm worried about you. Before Maghrib, you are usually at home. But, until the time of Isha, you have not come home either. My heart suddenly skipped a beat. My hunch is not good. I thought you called me telepathically. I rushed straight to school and I found you lying in the school shed, unconscious. I'm taking you home." 

"Have you eaten? "asked Rumi.

"It has. I bought our nasi goreng before" replied Syam.

Rumi looked over from behind the closet.  His father was asleep.  Wrap the remaining fried rice is still next to his father's body.  

Rumi lay back down. The pain was still running all over his body. 

"Mi, tomorrow if your body is still sick, you should not go to school first," said Syam. 

"Hmm. It's okay, Sham. Tomorrow it won't hurt anymore either." 

Sham threw himself next to Rumi. 

"Mi, you have a debt to your friend again huh? "   

"Yes, Sham. I was forced to owe Jaka money to pay for school. Been waiting for a few months." 

"How much in total, Mi? " 

"One million, Sham."

"Huh?  Much anyway? " Sham surprised.  

"There is no other way, Sham. If it's not paid off soon, I could be out of school." 

"Why don't you talk to me anyway? "

Rumi lowered her head. "Sorry, Sham."

Sham looked at the face of his twin brother. He sighed.  

You take it easy, Mi. I promise, I will set aside my work money to pay off all your debts to Jaka."

Rumi hugged her twin sister.  He could not hold back his tears.  

"Syam, I'm sorry. I've troubled you." 

"No, Mi. I've never been hard."

"Sham, should I just quit school, so I can help you work ?"

"Don't, Mi. If you quit school, there is no hope for this family. Remember, Mother, you are the hope of our family."

Rumi still continued to cry in the arms of her twin sister.  

" I'm still working hard to make money to pay off all your debts to Jaka and pay your tuition. You take it easy, Mi. Show me, father, and mother that you can graduate well, then go to college, and work or maybe have a big business of your own."

"Your mind is too long, Sham. "

Sham smiled, "we eat first yuk. I bought you fried rice. " 

"Come, Sham. I'm hungry too."