Map of 7 Souls
Winter Bear: The Ep. 45
february 2, 2012 -
The cold tonight feels colder than the night before. This week, every night the city of Jabodetabek is flooded with rain. Flat, thorough in every city.
In the quiet and cold Pine Tree Forest, there was the sound of water falling down to the earth profusely. Dots - points of rain roaring hard hit the roof of the villa made of zinc spandek blue.
In the living room, sat 7 young men facing off against a man. They all listened to the man speak. The sound of crackling fire from the fireplace in the corner of the room, occasionally heard. A burning fire warms them on a cold night.
On the cream-colored sofa, sized for three people had sat Artha, Dapi and a boy named Panca. He's probably about 14. His face still looks so innocent. The sofa is in the middle of the other sofa unit.
On the left side of the sofa, there is a creamy loveseat, sized for two, sitting Hakiki and Yusuf and on the right with the same sized loveseat, sitting Habibi and Siddik.
In front of them, a man was sitting on an armchair. His hands were fixed on the bright yellow arm of the chair.
The man deliberately ordered Artha to gather the young man he had been guarding all this time. It is time for the youth to know the mission of their recruitment.
The man was Arini's father named Bagaskara Wicaksana. He tried to explain to the young men the enemy they were about to face.
Om Bagas, the name they call to a well-bodied man, begins the story of the Big Boss who will be their enemy for the last 20 years, Big Boss doesn't intervene directly to carry out their mission, but sends his chosen ones to carry out that dirty task. Recruiting the young man before her from childhood was one of the missions of the Big Boss, except Artha. He knew that they had the advantage and knew that Artha would not side with him if recruited.
Big Boss managed to recruit some members who were aiming similarly to him. Changing the world with the Law of the Jungle. Those creatures that have been faced with the young people who sit in front of him, except Panca, with the knowledge of Om Bagas.
Right now, the start of the Big Boss mission that wanted to recruit them as a child had failed. The mission changed to kill the 7 young men. Artha has been fighting with the enemy since she was 12 years old. As for the other five, it had only been two years ago dealing with Big Boss' envoy. While Panca is not directly faced with the enemy because it still does not have the strength. To their knowledge.
The seven youths listened to the explanation of the man sitting leisurely in front of them seriously. They were more silent, including Hakiki and Artha.
Still visible on the face of Hakiki, sad face. Not excited after going through the days of losing Arini in this week. He also did not attend school as usual.
Artha, meanwhile, began to react after four days locked in the room. Regretting her not being able to take care of and protect Arini well.
It was the one who kept watching and comforting the two of them, so that they would be stable again as usual.
While the other four, namely Yusuf, Habibi and Sidik, since the rescue of Panca from Big Boss accomplices to kill him, they have lived in the villa. Om Bagas takes care of their needs, including the transfer of their schools entirely from their respective hometowns. During this time they have lived in Jakarta, Dapi who has just settled in Jakarta. While Panca began the incident in the Pine Tree Forest, just taken care of by Om Bagas.
Om Bagas has yet to establish their team permanently as Panca has yet to gain power. The mission that will be carried out next is a mission to increase their respective strengths and build strength in teamwork. That's why they have to live together on one roof. Om Bagas already had a proper reason to their respective parents for their transfer to the villa in the Pine Tree Forest.
The 7 young men did not ask too much and spoke. They were still teenagers who were confused by the predestined situation in their lives. But Om Bagas will try to continue to guide them aided by some of his men who will be an extension of the man's hand.
"Well. Now you're a team. Try to be one to one. One who is sick, must feel all the pain. One who is happy, then all should feel that pleasure as well. Teamwork, that's what should come first. Panca is your smallest sister. Guard him with your lives for not having any power at all. So, anything to ask?"
Panca looked at Om Bagas with an innocent look. His mouth is slightly open.
Om Bagas looked at the faces of the 7 young men alternately. Their faces seemed to be drawn by so much confusion but as if they could not be expressed. At the end of the gaze, the sturdy man looked at Panca and looked into her eyes. The boy turned around, slowly looking down when he was stared at by Om Bagas. The sturdy man saw Panca's reaction and was a little stunned. Thinks.
"The destiny must be lived. We are not asking to be created like this but destiny is a gift to you. You are the chosen people. You can live a normal life as usual but there are responsibilities that you will carry as a superhero. Just go with the Flow. Like water that will flow towards the lowest point and eventually spin back to form a cycle of rain that is beneficial to this world. I know how confused you are with this gift, but as time goes by you will enjoy it well."
The 7 young men did not make any sound. Panca returned to see Om Bagas more often when the man spoke while the others were bowed. Each thought with their adolescent mind.
"OKAY. Panca, Joseph, Habibi and Sidik can rest. I want to talk to all three of them." Om Bagas refers to Artha, Hakiki and Dapi.
"What do you think, really?" ask Om bagas. The question was raised when the other four young men were already climbing upstairs. The truth has moved between Artah and Dapi. The position previously occupied by Panca.
Herself silent.
The man sits with his back straight, waiting for an answer about 3 minutes away from Hakiki. But there was no sound coming out from the mouth of the young man who had slightly curly hair.
"Artha?" His father asked his eldest son.
Artha. She cried.
"What's wrong?" asked the man as if astonished by Artha's current behavior. Advancing back. Both hands clasped forward, united into one unit, his elbows focused on each of the right and left thighs.
Seeing Artha shed tears, Hakiki followed the behavior of the young man sitting next to her. Hiding to hide tears.
"Oms. Can I talk?"
Suddenly Dapi who was sitting next to Artha, raised his right hand up.
The man was sturdy, nodding.
"Sorry before Om. I feel guilty about what happened a week ago. Om gave me the task of guarding both Hakiki and Arini but I didn't manage to do that" he said. His voice sounded soft.
Suddenly Artha said, "Artha is sorry, Pa. Artha can't take good care of Arini. This is what Artha feared. Arini is the victim of our enemies." Artha sobbing. He misses his sister very much.
Truth is silent. Repeatedly wiping the tears with the palm of the hand. Dapi tried to calm the friend who was at the side by stroking his back.
"I don't blame you all. Especially you, Artha. Arini, indeed a victim of our enemy, Papa admit it."
Om Bagas explained it calmly. He didn't feel like he lost his only daughter. He shouldn't have behaved like that. Which parent is not sad if they lose their child.
After the incident, Artha told her papa about what happened. The man, called Om Bagas, was in New Zealand. Artha wept bitterly as she recounted the calamity that had occurred. The man only fell silent and responded casually when Artha called him. Three days later, he returned to Indonesia and found Artha locked himself in a room.
Artha hugged the man tightly. Sniffled. Repeatedly apologizing for Arini being the victim of the enemy. His body is getting thinner. Her eyes were puffy and her hair was disheveled at that moment.
Her father simply fell silent and hugged the young man he had cared for from the age of three. He was deeply moved to see the young man who felt devastated. Reporting from Si Mbok, Artha had no appetite for three days after the incident.
"As I said earlier that each other's destiny must be lived, including Arini," he explained casually.
Om Bagas was silent. Before long, stand up and walk towards the glass window that is in the living room. The living room is big. Looking out through the window glass filled with raindrops falling down slowly. It's still raining tonight.
"Let him live out his destiny until the appointed time," he said. "When that time comes, then Arini will rejoin us," the real man again. "Let him sleep like a Polar Bear to gather his strength."
The three of them were surprised to hear the words of the sturdy man who was standing on his back to them. Artha stopped her crying. Dapi raised his head. While Hakiki wiped the tears and tried to digest the last sentence spoken by a man named Bagas Wicaksana.
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