MYFATHER
Episode 38's
The sun had already risen when Wayan felt something licking his face. The creature ignored his regretful cry, even more so with the licks that moved to the ears, ”Oke.oke...I was awake.”.
The rocket wagged its tail as its master opened its eyes, barking in annoyance as Wayan tried to chase her away from it for still wanting to sleep longer. The wayward dog bit the zipper of the sleeping bag and pulled it open, the cold wind whizzed on Wayan's legs and stomach who groaned annoyed, his sleepiness was expelled already.
The man wakes up, washes his face with water from a preparation bottle, and prepares breakfast. Food supplies remain for three more days.four days if consumed sparingly.
While enjoying the bread and cold cheese Wayan recalls his strange experience last night. From their conversation it seems like they are enjoying the atmosphere of the circus, there is an audience called..also elephants.also the tone of carousel music sung by the woman who is not familiar to him? And it felt awkward because he didn't find the circus in the woods during his search...
Obviously, tonight he has to double-check the place, and this time he won't be alone because the Rockets can definitely smell something if there's something odd. In fact, it's harder to find the location during the day than it was last night. It was only at four in the afternoon that Wayan finally managed to rediscover the place where he saw the two creatures.
The place is a thick grassy field where the grass there looks fatter and greener because it gets the right portion of water and ultraviolet. And he recognized the big tree he was sheltering in while eavesdropping on the couple's conversation.
”What did you find friend?”
The rocket growled and after barking several times the dog ran behind the bush. Didn't think long Wayan ran after. The two went into the bush and hid there for a few seconds before a boisterous sound of laughter could be heard.
”You must come once to visit, mother.”
It was the voice of the woman that Wayan had heard the night before. Looks like they're a lot more this afternoon than last night. He looked around trying to see where the sound came from.
”Yeah...” This voice has never been heard by Wayan.
“Mump you're still here.”
“Telah. I'll find a good time for that.”
”Appointment, yes..”
”Iya.iya...”
”You will never know how he keeps his promises.”
This voice was the voice of another woman, not the first.
”Oh, I know. Although I rarely meet him I know how it is customary. So I have to ask for his promise in the name of his father's grave.”.
”What a terrible.”
Wayan nodded, this man's voice a voice he heard last night. There are two men and two women. Unfortunately he had trouble seeing them from his hiding place.
”But only that will make El keep his promise.”
”I don't have to do that. Anyway you'll I'll call.”
Carrying the Rocket, Wayan shifted to a crowd of bushes whose branches were low and not too lush. He felt the Rocket's body stiffened so that the muzzle of the dog was muzzled so as not to make a sound. From behind his hiding place he saw the four figures. Two of them were foreign but the other two were clearly known. Both are what they are looking for. Mirna and Yudi!
Speak of the devil...
Wanted not found.not sought even appear...
There was a sound of cars approaching. Wayan gawked when Mirna and Yudi acted as if there was a car there. Both of them like sliding the door, rising up and sitting in the seat, while what was seen by Wayan was both sitting in a floating position and there was absolutely no car in his view. Miraculously, both of them seemed unaware of it, or maybe Wayan was not able to see the magic vehicle.
”Take care of him, man! Because he's my dear brother.”
”Come to the house of El. If not for mom you can do it for me.”
”With risk you will be smothered by it?”
”Come, El..”
”Oke..oke..later we set the time. Bye sis.”
”Thank you for lunch. That was the best lunch.”
”Come by again whenever you want.”
The roar of the ghost car hardened, Mirna and Yudi, who were sitting floating, were seen speeding. Wayan had peeked through his magnifying glass and found himself still unable to see what kind of mysterious vehicle carried the two. But from the glass that Wayan knows that men and women who are still standing waving towards ’mobil’ Mirna is not a demon or kuyang. As he was thinking about making his next move, the Rocket slipped out of his grasp. The dog could not wait to break away from him and charged towards the two men.
Both of them did not react when the dog reached their place with incredible speed and jumped to bite one of them. Rocket's sharp teeth only meet empty air. The rocket barked in confusion, not understanding how its target could simply vanish. But Wayan soon realized the meaning of all this...
The two figures were an illusory figure made by the kuyang to deceive Yudi. Make it seem like he is not alone in this place. Wayan does not know why the kuyang did that but he must immediately follow where Yudi and Mirna went.
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The lessons and training given by his grandfather made his senses work instinctively. It seemed like there was a needle embedded in his body that was ready to tell me where Kuyang was going when he managed to get their trace. Wayan did not know how the needle could be there but it presented itself when his grandfather confronted him in his second fight with Leak.
He remembered his first painful defeat. His grandfather laughed at him, saying his fighting style was predictable. What did he expect from a beginner fighter who was still green? But the man still protects Wayan from death. And when he forced Wayan to find his own Leak to hunt him on the second hunt, that's when ’jarum’nya function. Although the fight was not successful because the Leak managed to escape, Wayan felt such a great victory.
The needle shook violently, telling him that he was getting closer to where I was. At the last corner he found a house standing in the middle of the forest. An unusual house, in an unusual area....
Wayan gulped..Where were Mirna and Yudi?
The tremors in his body ensured that...
The house is indeed unusual in all respects, both its existence and existence. Like an eagle's nest on a banyan tree, the house was completely disproportionate. Built in a mixed-style Victorian style that gets a minimalist touch, this kind of building is more suitable to be in an elite residential complex than in the middle of a forest of opposites. And if the house is indeed the home of Wayan man sure the owner has become a soft food of predatory animals. Without a fence surrounding impossible wild animals in this forest difficulty breaking into it.
That'll make it easier to get in there. Wayan walked around, making sure no one caught him outside, or saw him from inside the house. The quiet atmosphere brought an unpleasant feeling to him. And sure enough, just four meters away from the house suddenly the man bounced back.
The man crossed his arms to protect his face but his jacket and pants were burned. He did not remember anything when he was thrown, the last thing he heard was just his screams. Spontaneously he rolled to put out the fire. Blinking her eyes a few times, hoping that the fire that burned her was just an illusion just like the couple that accompanied Yudi and Mirna.
But the charred smell and pain throughout his body was indeed real. What he is experiencing right now is not an illusion. His trembling hands tried to grab a magnifying glass from a bag of pants, a glass that became a mainstay to see stealth creatures, which he could also use to see the barrier that prevented him from approaching the house.
”Freely you use that tool!”
Wayan was surprised and looked back. A beautiful woman in an all-black dress with similar colored long hair stood gracefully. His face was like a betel in two with Mirna. For a moment he felt certain that it was Mirna, but the girl would definitely recognize him immediately, or maybe he pretended not to recognize her because his guise had already been discovered by Wayan. The woman's left hand was nailed to her waist while the others played her beautiful hair. A sweet smile adorned his face. But that smile was not an angelic smile but a lustful evil smile.
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