Love In Sirens
Jhonson's Suspicion

The sound of laughter began to fill the core deck along with the small jokes they threw at each other. It was as if they had been best friends for a long time, even though those on this core deck met recently together in one ship about three months ago. When they must be together according to the work orders of the superiors and captains of the ship who choose them because of their painstaking and their expertise in working together.

Although Jhonson is among the young from other colleagues, its performance so far can be said to be very good. He can also adapt to those who are older to nearly thirty years of his life.

A very lively lunchtime atmosphere as usual was taking place within the core deck. There were 27 people there plus 3 people who were on the steering deck, namely the captain and 2 assistants of the ship, so the total crew was 30 people.

Their happy face welcomes the food served by their cook named Arnold to be seen, except Jhonson who is still thinking about the events outside the deck earlier.

"Hey, Jhonson. Don't you like my food?" arnold asked who looked troubled by Jhonson's sour face.

"Ah.. It's not that," he seemed to be in a bad voice. It seems he has offended Arnold the chef for not being interested in the food being served.

"What's wrong with you, Jhon? Usually you're the most greedy when it's time to eat," exclaimed Bian who is a young madura, clearly heard from his thick accent.

Jhonson shook his head, "i'm fine."

"Hey young man, what are you thinking? I don't think you're married yet, there's no way you're thinking about your wife, are you?" seduced by one of the crew named Roni, he was 7 years older than Jhonson.

"Maybe he was thinking his girlfriend was there. Isn't that right, Jhon?" timpal Soni while occasionally bribing his gnarly food.

Jhonson's face was reddened to hold in shame when teased by his partner. Actually, that's not what he thought, but because he was tempted by it unconsciously he became the mind of his lover who was down there. The sound of laughter was heard again after they saw the change in Jhonson's face that was getting flushed. The skin is quite white that makes his red face look more clear, in contrast to the skin of sailors in general who colored brown or more brownish.

"That's it, stop bothering him," said Arnold trying to help Jhonson. His own laughter was the loudest.

Jhonson finally began to eat the dish because his hunger was now not restrained, moreover he had promised with the captain to replace his duties after he finished eating. He sped up his meal, surely his captain was also starving by now.

After he finished eating, Jhonson washed his own dishes and placed them on the table. It is the basic rule there to clean your own food utensils. Very organized and the crew happily carried out the rules.

"Bang Arnold, thanks for the food. I'm going to call the captain back to eat" Jhonson said as he slowly elbowed Arnold, who was standing next to him at the moment.

Arnold nodded, "sama-sama. Take Daniel with you so you're not alone in there."

Daniel turned to Arnold and Jhonson in turn, "where?"

"Driver. The captain told me to wait for him until he finished eating" replied Jhonson.

"Wahh, I'm coming!" daniel shouted excitedly. His face looked sparkling as if it was an interesting thing and he was looking forward to.

Seeing Daniel's response like that made Jhonson laugh softly and then embrace him while walking out of the core deck. Their hands try to scoop up whatever is around to just hold the customers to hold their balance from the ship's sway.

The sea waves feel increasingly coiled, but usually also if the day like this the sea is calmer. Jhonson and Daniel quickened their steps towards the steering deck, climbing stairs after stairs and entering the captain's room.

How shocked they were when they saw such a traumatic scene. The captain and two other colleagues were lying covered in blood with their heads turned completely backward.

Unlike the case with the other two colleagues, the condition of the captain is very sad. Seen his mouth gaping and full of vines until translucent to his ears, a very adventurous appearance. What's more, Jhonson and Daniel who just finished eating certainly made their stomachs feel horrified and disgusted until their stomach contents almost came out.

"Tool-in..." Daniel managed to spit out his entrails, he really could not bear to see such a terrifying sight.

Jhonson, who was initially able to restrain himself, vomited out his stomach because he saw and heard Daniel who had almost removed all the contents of the stomach that had just entered. They leaned behind the wall of the deck made of aluminum, unable to see into the deck.

The two of them just looked at each other without saying anything because they were too shocked by what they had just seen.

"J-Jhon, what's really going on?" daniel asked in his voice with a hunting breath.

"I-I don't know either" said Jhonson, washing his face with both hands rough.

Suddenly Jhonson remembered the head floating in the ocean. It seemed like his suspicions were right, something was wrong with that head. He was sure there was a connection between the death of the captain and 2 other crew members with the head that he saw earlier.

With trembling legs, Jhonson tried to beat his limp body. He was also trying to help Danieal to stand up, they had to get out of here. Their current objective was to enter and lock themselves into the core deck before it was too late.

"Come on, Danieal, we need to get to the core deck. I have a bad feeling" he said with a slightly choked breath holding his body that was very uncompromising.

Daniel holds the fence and pulls the body up, assisted by Jhonson, "we must inform them immediately."

Daniel's eyes darted glancing down the steering deck, planning to press the emergency button but he had to get inside the steering deck.

Damnit damnit!

Daniel cursed in his heart. If he wanted to press the emergency button, he would have to look at that terrifying scene once more. Daniel was pounding his still trembling legs, trying to strengthen his body. He confirmed where the emergency button was located and then with a hunting breath he went back inside the steering deck while closing his eyes.

"Daniel, what are you doing?" yelled Jhonson in panic.

Daniel quickly pressed the emergency button and the sound of the siren began to ring out all over the ship. Jhonson finally understood.

Tenn...Tenn..Tenn...

The sound of sirens and red lights began to flash inside the core deck, making all those who were there immediately stand by while wondering. The state of the core deck was boisterous and chaotic, they began to run around looking for a safe position according to the exercises they had done and waiting for further instructions.

After pressing the emergency button, Daniel dashed out of the steering wheel following Jhonson who had already descended from the stairs. They ran very fast towards the core deck, their comrades had to know what was going on at the moment.

MUDDLE..KRIEK...

Jhonson and Daniel manage to get inside the core deck and lock the door from the inside. They chopped their hands on their knees with gasping breaths while staring at the door they had just passed.

Soni who saw Jhonson and Daniel running frantically into the core deck began to approach them curiously.

"What's going on?" soni asked as he patted Jhonson's shoulder gently.

Jhonson gasped a little, "astaga, you surprised me!" jhonson's hand was holding his chest.

"I'm sorry," exclaimed Soni feeling uneasy, "why do you guys look like that?" ask again.

Jhonson turned to Daniel who was unmoved, unable to report what had really happened. However, they had to report the current conditions in order for the situation to be controlled.

"Tell me slowly, it seems like something bad is going on" Arnold said as he looked at Jhonson's tense countenance.

Jhonson sighed, "the captains, Dimas and Fajri are dead" he said.

Silent.

Everyone in there was sculpting, they were processing the sentence that Jhonson was saying. Their faces stiffened, their eyes widened as if they could not believe what was said just now.

One of them walked slowly towards Jhonson. "W-what do you mean, Jhon? Speak clearly!" roaring.

Jhonson did not budge, nor did he understand what was really going on. He and Daniel only saw the body of the captain, Dimas and Fajri was lifeless. The atmosphere inside the core deck turned silent everyone could not believe what was going on.

One question is, what is really going on?

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