Mustika Serpent's Skeleton
Kenan Knows

I was silent when I heard Qenan's words, like they contained something. Something that will hurt me.

"Bik Jum, clean up the dining table. Leftover food that has not been touched, keep it in the kitchen. Oh yes, Bibik if you have not eaten, just eat first," I bargained with Bik Jum after the banquet was over.

Mr. Haryu's room is next to mine, even though the guest room is already provided on the lower floor. Even more luxurious contents along with other furniture compared to the room next to me.

"Eh, today I, right, want to go to Mbah Sugiono's house. Until I forget, huh."

I say goodbye to Qenan, on the grounds of going to the supermarket to buy Mr. Haryu's needs.

Hoping to get an answer from Mbah Sugiono about the mystery of Bik Imah that always haunts me, which makes the days gripped by fear and makes life uncomfortable.

"May there be a solution" I whispered expectantly.

The trip this time was quite smooth, not up to an hour, I was on the hill before Mbah Sugiono's house.

"Mr ... Mbah Sugiono!" I screamed with a loud breath.

"Would you like to come here again?" Suddenly Mbah Sugiono's voice startled me from the opposite direction.

"I want a consultation, Mbah."

"About what?"

"I wasn't told to go in first, was I?"

"Who are you here with?"

"I mean, Mbah?" my many frowns.

"Lake in!"

I followed Mbah Sugiono from behind, once inside the house, directly telling the events that have happened to me. Sometimes he mutters, a sign of understanding the problems I am facing.

"Why am I being haunted?"

"As if something is awkward, because as I recall, the spirit of Bik Imah has been perfected by Nyai Keling," explained Mbah Sugiono made me not understand.

Silent. Mbah Sugiono fell silent, like he was thinking about something. I did too, waiting for him to open his voice again.

Pok! poke! poke!

The sound of applause from the terrace, making me and Mbah Sugiono simultaneously turned their heads.

"I finally found you, Mbah!" exclaiming the young man who wears a leather jacket and sunglasses.

"Who are you? How dare you raise your voice to me." Mbah Sugiono's voice was no less fierce, while puffing his chest, he pointed at the man with his left index finger.

I followed, then peeked out from behind Mbah Sugiono's back. Then, the man in the black jacket opened his glasses.

"Carel?" I gasp.

"You familiar? Tanya Mbah Sugiono widened her eyes at me.

"I've met him twice" I said, glancing at Karel.

"There's no need to question the woman, because she doesn't know anything!" Karel snapped again, so that Mbah Sugiono was getting angry.

"Please you young man! Go, before your life is wasted."

Karel laughed at Mbah Sugiono's words. I blinked my eyes at him many times. However, he still ignored. I was afraid that the shaman would kill Karel like he killed Bik Imah.

Sure enough, Mbah Sugiono began to cast spells, similar to the snake stealth summoning spells. I began to shiver in fear, cold sweat pouring down. There's no way I'm witnessing human death for the second time.

"Already, Mbah. Don't get too responded to. Maybe Karel's just a prank." While holding the shoulder of Mbah Sugiono, I pleaded.

"I'm not kidding, Rafe. Get out of there!"

"But ...."

Ssssss!

My sentence was cut off, the sound of the snake's hiss was so loud. The ground I was treading shook, O God!

I looked around for a hiding place, because when the snake demon passed me, he had a look with a terrible eye.

Karel began to raise his palms together, muttering kamit, then he shouted, "Allahu Akbar!"

A white-colored chunk of light shot out from his palm. Suddenly my eyes widened, who initially thought that Karel was reciting a spell like Mbah Sugiono did. It turns out that what Karel did had an effect on me, too.

Hot body, but the cold was felt in every joint and my bones. As the snake stealth died, I took out a small stone from my mouth, followed by vomiting blood. The stone was thrown into the air and exploded.

"Brafe! Get up, Rafe." I faintly heard Karel's voice. Then I opened my eyes slowly, and the sky was dark.

"Come, we're going down. It's all over." Karel swept me down from the hill.

"You still strong?" karel asked glanced at me. While I was still propping up on his shoulder.

"We stop first, my legs feel limp." Karel immediately carried me towards the main road. Sometimes he looks at my face.

"ah! Don't be, Karel. I don't want to turn my heart away from Qenan, "my inner self.

Arriving on the main road, it turns out that Karel's car has been parked. I glanced back towards the path.

"Once, it's over. Do not think again to step there, let alone use the services of a shaman who will make your life suffer even more." I just kept my head down.

"Let's go in" said Karel as he opened the car door.

"Yes," I said slowly.

In the middle of the road there was the sound of azan. Karel stopped his car, then took me to the mosque. However, I rejected him on the grounds that made Karel frown.

"Yes, already. You wait in the car. Remember, don't go anywhere. Okay?"

"OK," I said, smiling from a tired face.

I don't know what to give Qenan a reason for when I get home. Missed call notifications lined up on my phone screen.

"Duh! Qenan must be angry," I murmured.

I spread my eyes around the mosque. Still quiet. Then staring at the streets passed by several couples, whether it's a married couple, whether it's dating, which obviously I've forgotten when Qenan invites the road together. It has been a few months just out alone, and all that time also languished in the luxurious house owned by Qenan which he said to me.

"Hey! Daydreaming again, later kesambet you know," seloroh Karel surprised me.

"We stopped by the minimarket first, yes. I'm gonna go get some snacks for home."

"Asyiaaap .." said Karel. The car then drove back at a moderate speed.

"Why do you know that I'm at Mbah Sugiono's house?" tanyaku opened the conversation after from the minimarket.

"I'm following you. Want to know everything?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"My father died because of Mbah Sugiono."

"What?" I immediately lifted half of my body off the seat, in shock.

"Six years ago there was a woman who used the services of the shaman, he captivated my papa in haram ways. After Papa marries the woman, our property is drained, and Papa has a heart attack, worse yet, the woman leaves Papa lying down without taking him to the hospital." Karel hit the steering wheel, his eyes I saw watering.

"I'm sorry if it makes you remember the past. That's enough, don't continue."

"No! I want you to know everything."

"Emh, yes, no. We just stop there. I'm afraid why-why when you drive a car," I bargained while pointing to a park bench located on the edge of the highway.

"Actually what you told me about Bik Imah's ghost terror on Mbah Sugiono, it's not real. All of that is my way of finding the shaman's fucking residence" Karel explained.

I saw his eyes sharp and his hands clenched.

I just kept quiet, don't understand, why is he using me?

"You don't feel taken advantage of, but trust me, that's the only way to find him."