ORION
The Untouched Part I
A trivial matter that would not even be underestimated had occurred, his life had to be protected because he had someone waiting to be saved. They argue for a while and then end up because of Mahanta's call from his phone.
After a while they talked on their cell phones, Mahanta who had found the border, now somehow his call was cut off suddenly. Once there was a rumble, the sound of insects and the sound of objects falling to the ground violently.
“Mahanta, don't do things you can't do. I'll be there soon.”
Orion's anxious feelings make him step away to meet Mahanta who is at the border. Lost contact now.
***
Early in the day, near the border. At 3 o'clock.
The cold wind grew stronger, a speck of rain fell unconsciously. Orion stopped stepping as soon as he sensed something was wrong up ahead. At that time there were no stars or moons, but only black clouds that even matched the color of the night sky.
The weather was not supportive, today was very troubling for him. Orion then took a deep breath and took a step somewhere that could be used to shade for a while.
“I have absolutely no idea what's going on here. And Mahanta is invisible, does that mean he is far away, into that border?” orion muttered.
Sometimes Orion feels warm but for a while because the Fire Abinya only in his right arm. Since he heard the statement from Dr. Eka regarding what happens if Orion uses his power once again, Orion does not dare to use his power.
Therefore, even though he was shaded not to be showered again, he still shivered in the cold.
The drap! The drap!
A man dressed in a raincoat flashed by. Looking at him, Orion was shocked. He immediately got up from his seat and called out the man's name.
“Runo!”
The man turned to the origin of the voice that had just mentioned his name.
“Pak Orion? What are you doing here?” tanya Runo frowned.
“You don't like me coming here?” insinuations.
“Ma-sorry. Not I mean so,” said Runo stammering while waving both hands forward.
”Are you here because of Mahanta?” ask Orion.
Runo. “Yes. I followed in his footsteps. Because that time was somehow, the last time was near that museum.”
Runo explains that he met Mahanta near the museum. Initially the two of them are together and then as Mahanta has told them before, they meet someone looking for Chameleon's partner who is the lute player.
But after that, Mahanta separated from Runo suddenly. Perhaps because Mahanta had found the place Orion intended, he continued to walk into the border area.
“He's very sloppy. Runo, you don't come with me. Or later something bad will happen,” said Orion.
“Cannot. I came with you because I wanted to complete our task together. I admit I'm weak, sir. But I am still a comrade-in-arms,” said Runo staunchly on his stance.
The wind blew louder, the rain from the front soaked their clothes so quickly. There's no time to move right now if you keep walking forward without knowing what's ahead. For this reason, they decided to take shelter while in the place where Orion had found.
“Let me say one more time, sir. I will not run away like before,” Runo said.
“On that, I don't know. But maybe you'll be useful instead of looking for Mahanta,” Orion thought.
“Please don't hold me like that. I also have the right to come with you.” Runo is very strong.
Before Orion answered, he sighed while turning his face away. He momentarily stared towards the border feeling a cold tremor in his body.
“That's Mr. Orion,” Runo replied as he lowered his head.
Then Orion went back up from there patting Runo on the shoulder he said, “I need you to stand guard outside the border. Call the child named Endaru with this phone if more than 2-3 hours I do not return.”
Orion then gives Runo his cell phone. Also in case Runo was ordered to contact anyone he could contact about the matter.
“Alright, Mr. Orion. Be careful when stepping.”
***
Time is passing fast. Orion braved the storm of wind and rain, gradually stepping and increasingly going far to touch the border area.
Sraaaa!
The rain was getting heavier as it touched the border area. Not only that, in the middle of the dry land that turns moist there are some corpses that are already unshaped.
“No wonder when I came here, the city near the border no one occupies. Especially those that are close to the border.”
Some became bones, some blood and flesh still attached even though it had seeped into the ground. Some of Orion's bodies were found in the trenches.
“War?” thinking Orion was surprised, he stopped stepping and instantly became silent after turning to the side that was close to the trench.
His body was much more numerous and scattered. One thing that shocked Orion back then was the mist that appeared to be unreasonable.
“What?!”
Surprised, Orion stepped back. There was a feeling of fear, horror to make him shudder creeps. Orion felt a sense of danger in the fog.
“This is what exactly? Mahanta! Are you there?! Ahey! Answer!”
Orion confirmed Mahanta's whereabouts, but it seemed Mahanta wasn't behind the fog. Some of the land may not have the strange fog but somehow Orion felt he had to pass through this fog in order to find Mahanta.
“The fog is strange, the color is also. Smell of pun.”
Slowly the colorless mist began to turn greenish in color, the smell of the mist was like a rusty machine or something like that made Orion feel bad.
“Poisons?” That word just came through. Closing his nose and moving slightly away from the fog, he thought that the fog was a poisonous mist.
The heat feels thick. And it would be dangerous if he was desperate to hit the fog as well, Orion then walked to the side that had no fog.
The drap! The drap!
The rain was increasingly heavy soaking the clothes and body of Orion who continued to run while staring at the fog that never disappeared despite the rain though. Feeling that it is strange, why the fog does not go away but just thinking about it will not find the answer.
Orion rushed further, entering the border. The land is so vast, the soil is moist because of rain from the sky continues to block Orion's steps.
Dang! Dang!
A few drops of rain made a strange sound at some point in front of Orion. Curious, Orion then went in the direction of the voice.
“Appeared iron? No, jalan.”
The iron resembling a door was Orion opening slowly, showing a large hole that was an underground passageway. Orion did not know what was there. That path would definitely bring him to meet someone.