Milky Way: VALLENA's
Chapter 16: The Bad Fate of the Trash Village
Lena looked around her there was only some smog. He also found his body to look like a 10-year-old child. His small footsteps drove towards a small temple decorated with several offerings and some ropes that bound the temple like a chain.
“eri, get away from it!” shouted a 26-year-old woman.
Her name is Widyari. As its name suggests, its charm is like an angel. Her clothes look like ancient kebaya. This woman is Lena's mother and Eri was Lena's name as a child.
“why do you always forbid me to play here?” ask little Lena
Widyari immediately grabbed her daughter and felt some of her daughter's limbs like making sure of something.
“you don't feel anything strange happening to your body right?” widyari asked with great concern
“i heard someone call me. And when it dawned I was already here” explained Lena
“heard son, this is not a place to play. I told you this was the place to seal the ancient talismans of the ancestors. It would be dangerous if you were near here. Let's go”
When Widyari took her daughter away, her daughter screamed like she was feeling the heat. Widyari immediately hugged him tightly and shouted to the elders.
Not yet had the elders come, all the offerings in front of the sealed temple scattered by themselves. The chain from the rope that bound him burned by itself. Hot winds began to blow in all directions. Widyari tries to protect her daughter with her body. But all was in vain as the wind blew fiercely towards the temple. That extremely violent gust was like wanting a little Lena to swallow. As a result, Widyari's weak body was unable to withstand it. A face full of sadness appeared on Widyari's face when she saw her little daughter sucked into the porters.
Some of the elders who arrived late were disappointed, they did not expect this sealing temple to take any more casualties. Moreover, the victims this time are the descendants of their Leader who will be the successor to the leadership someday.
"Hyang Sukmo Sejati, jatine sukmo ingsun, sukmo mulyo ati luwih sexenono ingsun send gondo arum kang dak send marang king of makoro, buto ijo. Kang adoh tanpo wangenan cedak tanpo senggolan, yo not invite siro temeko-o”
There was a spell coming out from the lips of a woman with a wooden stick in her left hand. This shaman woman looked blind and all the elders who saw her were immediately on full alert upon realizing her arrival. Since this female shaman was a member of the RIP sect in other words, this female shaman was an enemy to their Milky Way sect.
After the spell came out of the shaman's lips, a figure of buto ijo was seen embracing a large tree behind the temple. Buto Ijo's eyes were red and lit up like demons. His teeth are long. His body was covered in thick fur. It was clear buto ijo that his body began to grow until the tree he embraced broke.
“i did not expect the Milky Way sect to be able to hide the fire of Brajamusti for thousands of years without anyone knowing it”.
Lena woke up from her sleep. His head feels dizzy. His body is weak. Several times he almost vomited. Hunt him down he ran as hard as he could towards the toilet to spit out his entrails. His face looked like it was full of question marks. The dream he had just experienced, he was trying to understand whether it had just been a mere dream or a fragment of his forgotten past.
Lena walked weakly. The AIDS that was lodged in his body began to be uncontested. I don't know how much longer he can hold on. Right now he had no idea what to do other than try to remember his past before he died. Sometimes he looked out the window to stare at Vall from a distance. But tonight Vall can't be seen there.
Lena's steps turned towards the kitchen, seeing Gin sleeping and snoring on the floor like a dying buffalo with some food scraps all around.
The knock on the door of the house was heard. With a lethargic face, Lena opened it. Lyra was standing at the door with blood stains on her clothes.
“what happened?” ask Lena
“sorry, I can't continue living here. Tonight my two daughters and I will go”
“no, stay here for a while. I really like your daughter. Let me stay longer with them before me.”
Lena could not continue, he said. He felt unable to tell her that he was dying. And he wants to feel the warmth and happiness of a family with those who have been by his side.
Lyra gave a cloth bag to Lena. The pocket of cloth the size of the grip contained many small diamond granules.
“hopefully that's enough to replace everything you've done to my two daughters”
Lyra also left Lena who was still silent and pensive to see that many diamonds in her hands. Without him noticing, Gin was already standing next to him and taking the pouch.
“what's this? Candy?” gin said without hesitation eating some of the diamonds
Lena, who was annoyed by Gin's behavior, choked the man's neck with all her might and shook him violently.
“spit!! 1 seed of this thing is more valuable than your life!” snapped Lena.
Because of Lena's severe condition, suddenly Lena fell and drooped unconscious. Gin who initially thought Lena was just a temple started to get a little anxious when he heard Lena's weakened heartbeat.
“hei crazy boy! Here!” gin shouted at Vall who had just returned from his training
Vall who saw Lena unconscious immediately carried her and took her away.
“where are you going to take him?” ask Gin
“hospital. There was something strange about Lena the day before. It's a good time to check it out because she always refuses every time I check”
Gin who saw Vall's body was exhausted immediately grabbed Lena and held her.
“show the way!” snapped Gin
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In front of the garbage village gate. It appeared that a woman in a waistcoat and tights came entering the gate. The woman looked around. His eyes turned to the broken writing that Lena was about to put on the gate. The writing of the Milky Way made the mysterious woman smile eerily.
Not long after the woman noticed the writing of the Milky Way, several groups of youths came passing through it towards the exit of the gate.
“I heard the owner of this place is a woman who has an L sign on the arm?” ask the woman
Those young men who saw this beautiful woman asked also looked happy. Even some of them try to seduce and get acquainted.
“right, her name is Lena.” Answer a man
“and is this Milky Way word purely from him?”
The woman gave a small laugh and started sticking out her tongue with a bloodthirsty look.
“you know, the suffering he means is a beauty of life itself” said the woman with her index finger touching the forehead of a man in front of her.
Without them noticing, the woman's finger directly pierced through the young man's skull with ease. Some of the young man's friends ran away in fear as his friend's body shook and twitched violently with a finger that entered his brain.
Several other young men ran to their knees and some were chased and killed using their fingers as strong as iron. One young man ran through a narrow alley. He was also cornered in some buildings that are still being repaired. His face was pale his heart was pounding like a war drum. He looked around looking for a way out but it was too late. The woman walked up to him. His bare finger scratched the wall until it was like a sharp iron claw.
“trust me, your life will be better up there. There is no more worldly suffering, a place where a collection of animals in the name of themselves as humans collide with all their ego” said the woman.
A moment later, a jaw cut and some of the young man's teeth were torn off his head. As soon as the pieces of his victim's head fell on the ground, there was the sound of the screams of a woman occupant of the garbage village. Some who came to see the location were also shocked by this very cruel sight.
The berry-fingered woman licked the blood on her finger and prepared to kill anyone seen in this village. Because to him, this village was the Milky Way. Both Gin, Vall and Lena were not in the garbage village. Even Lyra was gone. When the RIP sect members knew Lena's identity, who could help the garbage villagers this time?
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Lena was in a dark place. He screamed for his mother. His little voice seemed to be swallowed by the darkness and made him even more frightened when he realized he was alone in this dark place.
Little Lena was surprised by the shock of the dark place. Several aftershocks made him sit up and cry in fear. His cries turned into screams as he looked at the huge palm. Even her fingers were as big as Lena's.
The big, hairy hand grabbed and held Lena tightly. Lena's agonizing cry sounded like it showed how much pain the big hand was grasping her small body.
Not long after, Lena's body was pulled out of the room. Outside the room, several elders and his mother were waiting anxiously. Their faces turned happy when they saw Lena's body successfully come out.
The small body of Lena was thrown away from the sealing temple building. It also looks like the buto ijo creature roared loudly feeling the pain of heat that enveloped his body. The fire of Brajamusti penetrated all the flesh of buto ijo.
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Lena also regained consciousness from her stupor. As he looked around, he only found Vall lying beside the bed where Lena was. Lena realized that she had been in the hospital. Anxiety and fear also perched in Lena's mind. He's afraid Vall knows something he's been hiding for a long time.
“I feel like wasting my time being a loser just to stay by your side”
From everything Vall said, Lena immediately understood that Vall already knew everything.
Lena just bowed and mute. A few strands of his long hair covered one of his blue eyes. His face was not as fresh as before. The disease that Lena suffered not only took away her health, but also the beauty that had been decorating her face.
“you remember when we were kids? Shade under the rubble. You said you'd make me a house and I said I wanted a family. After everything I've experienced, I finally have a small family even without blood ties and only limited friendships. I feel like you guys are family to me. It makes my day warmer. Even though I was emotional every time I saw Gin, I felt like he was a father to me. Both Nina and her mother, they also gave me many fond memories during these 10 years”
Vall touched the face of Lena who was still down. He saw Lena curling up more and more sadly.
“aku scared. I'm afraid of dying. I still want to feel happiness with you. Don't leave me, I promise to keep your distance from you” said Lena
Not much to say, Vall pulled Lena's head and gently kissed her beautiful lips. Vall clasped his hands tighter against Lena's back as Lena tried to rebel. Vall's kiss came to a halt when he saw Gin enter the room.
“do I interrupt?”ask Gin
Both Vall and Lena, they were equally speechless and silent while turning their eyes in the other direction. Seeing the two love-drunk youths, Gin left them both.
They have been quieting each other for a long time. The kiss that Vall had made the two of them feel at a loss to start the conversation. It was a kiss they did for the first time.
“aku hungry” said Vall breaking the silence between the two of them
Vall leaves Lena in the treatment room. His footsteps drove down the hallway. He sees Gin glued to the TV screen in a room. Vall who did not care even intended to ignore him. But Vall's footsteps seemed to be unable to be moved when he heard the live news directly discussing the headquarters of the Parlok cartel which was in the ravages of mysterious men.
Even more surprised when he heard not only at the Parlok place, but also several rescue teams and dozens of fire engines were directed to the garbage village. There has been a huge murder in both places simultaneously. This hot news spread across the country.
“take me, take me home” said Lena who was standing behind Vall
Vall, who did not expect Lena to hear this, tried to cover Lena's eyes while staring at the TV screen of 50 inc, showing the condition of the garbage village that looked burning and full of corpses scattered on the ground.
Lena kept shouting hysterically asking Vall to drive her to the garbage village. The village and its inhabitants that he cared for with great suffering were exhausted with terrible overnight.
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Far from the city. Inside a small house on the beach, a 35-year-old man named Juli is fixing up the clothes of a 9-year-old girl. The boy's eyes were round like the Moon's.His nose was pointed like Vall's. Her face was full of question marks.
“father, where are we going?”
“city of birth of your mother” replied July smiling sweetly at her daughter.
Juli's long hair is tied to a ponytail as was her usual when she was young. Her age-consuming face still looks as charming as a woman. Holding her daughter, Juli exits the small and simple house. The moon that was reported dead was standing in front of the house waiting for her husband and daughter.
“you know what we'll face later. Are you ready for your choice?” ask July
“I'm ready if it can help my best friend. No, they are family to me” said Moon who looks like a country girl. His face looks bright and happy. Unlike him who was in the confinement of his family. During these 10 years Moon lived his life happily with Juli who was one of the members of the RIP sect