pancason
46. The Light of Hope
"Hani, isn't that, huh?" apri asked as she looked at her friends one by one.
They were all silent, but their ears kept trying to recognize the sound and confirm it before taking action.
"Yes really. That's Hani. Why ya?" hana asked who was starting to get anxious about what was going on with her twin sister.
Soon not only Hani's voice was heard, because Blendoz's distinctive voice began to blur with a heart-wrenching scream. Those who begin to realize that there is something bad about their friends then rush away from the river and look for Blendoz and Hani.
"Dani! Blendoz!" their screams alternated with each other.
The voice they heard came from the south of the forest, until when they turned their heads, two people they were calling appeared while running in fear.
"Reverse!" blendoz said as he told them to turn around.
Of course they are confused by Blendoz's strange-looking attitude. But suddenly behind Blendoz and Hani appears Fauzan who looks to be chasing them both. Automatic everyone came running and began to understand the reason Blendoz and Hani looked panicked like before.
" Why the hell is this?" asked Hana who ran side by side with Hani.
"Ozan is alive again! So serem! I think he was possessed by a demon," said Hani continued to run away from the thickets and also the protruding tree roots.
"Crazy! It's running so bad!" tukas Ita is behind Hana and Hani.
While others were excited by the simple scream because Fauzan's attitude this time was more terrible than before. The towering grove of trees has started to look rare.
Until finally they actually saw the scene that made the forehead wrinkled. A few meters ahead there was no longer a dense forest like what they were going through now. The sight that was seen was precisely a vast meadow. They did not stop running, just more advanced steps so that they could get out of the forest immediately. It felt like running inside a dense forest like this actually made their space of movement limited. Several times they stumbled and fortunately did not fall.
Apri, Diah, and Dana ran ahead leading the way. Behind him were other friends. The three of them arrived first and made it out of the forest. Then began to enter into the vast meadow together. Blendoz, Hani, Hana, and Leni followed later. But just as Ita and Rea were about to catch up, Rea's hair was suddenly grabbed from behind by Fauzan. It made the girl fall to the ground followed by a scream from her mouth. Rea is surprised that he is caught by Fauzan.
Hearing Rea's voice in the back, the friends in front stopped running and looked back. They were surprised to see what happened to Rea.
"God! Reaaa!" apri's screams are very worried about Rea's condition.
"And how's that dong?" tanya Diah hits Dana's shoulder in panic.
Dana, who saw Rea fall, immediately ran back to help the girl. While Rea continued to scream in pain as a result of her hair being grabbed by Fauzan quite strongly. He continued to hold his head and Fauzan's hand tried to escape from his friend's grip. Rea heard Fauzan laughing. He turned his head towards Fauzan who was now looking at him with a terrible look.
Fauzan removed the grip of his hand from Rea's head. He now squatted along to align the position of Rea who was sitting on the ground. Fauzan's hand held Rea's chin and gripped her quite firmly.
"Finally we meet as well" Fauzan said in a whisper. His eyes glared sharply with a terrifying grin.
Rea was certainly surprised by Fauzan's words that sounded strange to him. " What do you mean?" ask Rea.
" you forgot me? Ah, you should have remembered the first time we met, like before."
"Ozan! Conscious! You don't be affected by the same demon inside you, Zan," Pinta Rea looked expectantly.
" I'm fully aware of course. Amanda Rea."
Dana comes and kicks Fauzan so he rolls away from Rea. Both fell on the ground. Dana was now in front of Rea, she kept staring at Fauzan who was laughing while trying to get up.
"I'm fine, Dan."
Fauzan is back on his feet. He moved his head to the right and to the left. However, Hana and Hani follow Dana and Rea.
" we're going! Free! We can fight him!" said Hana.
Hani tries to help Rea to stand up. Then take the girl away after the others. I finally obeyed the words of her friends. They ran back to avoid Fauzan.
They all finally got out of the forest. They all ran back while occasionally looking back. Of course they should also be able to see where Fauzan is now. Their hope was that Fauzan would no longer learn them. It turns out that hope was also realized. Because now Fauzan just standing under a tree while staring at his friends who are getting away from him. He grinned without doing anything
This is a big question mark for all of them. In fact they had stopped to notice Fauzan who was completely motionless from his place. Since then Fauzan has always acted blindly to pursue his friends.
" why him? Why don't you chase us again?" ask Hani while adjusting her blooming breath.
"Smuck kali?" ita sahut.
"Might not be tired. This Fauzan is not tired! I was overwhelmed earlier," added Blendoz.
They had all been exhausted from being terrorized by Fauzan since then.
The night is getting late. The clock showed at two in the morning. They didn't know they had been running that long. Drowsiness seems to disappear replaced with fear. They no longer run. They can already walk leisurely enjoying the night scenery studded with thousands of stars in the sky which is very clearly visible from where they are now.
"How do we build a tent here?" asked Apri who looked very tired.
"Don't. Fear Fauzan suddenly followed us here when we were asleep. Let's walk a little more, yeah. Find a safer place" Dana explained.
" Yes really. We need to be on the lookout for Fauzan. Fear this is just his strategy to let us off guard. You saw, right, earlier? How creepy is he?" added Hani who agrees with Dana.
"Crazy is a child. Trance, huh? How the hell could he be?"
"What a fuss is he. He almost died earlier. It was so weak!" blendoz.
"Obviously it's something dangerous. But ... What's the fate of Ozan, huh? Is he all right alone in the woods?" Rea shared his opinion and anxiety.
"Re, he almost killed you! Still worried about Ozan's condition!" said Diah upset.
"" Uh but really, Rea said. Poor Ozan. If something bad happens to him in the woods, what should we say to his family?" lenny asked his friends.
" he's not going with our group. It's her own fault" Hani said.
" it's already. No need to argue. Look there's a lamp. Maybe it's a residential settlement, so we can ask them for help there. How's it?" ask Dana while pointing towards a bright yellow light, not far from them.
" Oh yes, really. Maybe it's one of the closest villages of this forest" Ita choked.
Seeing there was a bulb lamp from the edge of darkness there, as if adding to their energy that had been drained earlier. They started walking with passion. Hope to find a human and get help as soon as possible.