Pickup Transportation
Section 300: Bus 404 (3)
The Damkar Squad and the Police have arrived, they met with Winda and the others.
"Why are you here?" One of the team asked.
"We wait for Mr. Parman, he picks up Arif, he's separated from our entourage, sir. Maybe it can be followed by a cepet." Winda explained.
One of the squads saw a yellow ribbon mark.
"No way, only Mr. Parman can get in." The man said.
"Yes Vinda, so we were told to wait, because only Mr. Parman can enter and can return again. Hope Arif gets released." The campus attendant said, Winda was confused but would not gossip in a place like this.
"We continue on the road, Mr. Parman knows this forest better than us, we continue to follow the path, continue to find Nola." One of the Damkar squad said, and the others agreed, yes, Mr. Parman told them to wait to not continue the search without him, no one knew the forest earlier than Mr. Parman.
The campus officer sent a brief message to Mr. Parman that they were continuing the search.
Meanwhile, Mr. Parman has entered into he saw around, a lot of fog, he still screams looking for Arif, but never get an answer.
Mr. Parman continued to shout calling, he also expanded the search area, running continuously while still paying attention to the road, lest he lose focus.
On the way he searched and shouted there was someone calling him from behind.
"Sir Parman!" The college officer shouted.
Mr. Parman was shocked, they met again. Mr. Parman came out of the yellow ribbon area.
"Oh you've arrived, thank you for coming and continuing the search, how long have you been walking?" Mr. Parman asked.
"One hour sir, I've also sent a message to your father's ho." Campus officer Pak Parman replied.
"Yes I haven't read it yet, so it's been an hour since I've walked into the yellow ribbon area?"
"Yes sir."
"Then, enter Arif into the search list, you send a message to everyone in the search team, he's missing."
"Sir, seriously? But isn't it too long since she went missing, why was she put in the search squad?"
"Because if you enter the yellow ribbon area, chances are you found it only if you go in there about fifteen minutes at the most, but if you've been past an hour, then you've been through, chances are you're lost lost out of nowhere." The college staff replied.
"I've been down the yellow ribbon area, there's no Arif there."
"Sir, but you've been in for more than fifteen minutes, you can go back." Winda asks, hoping Arif doesn't disappear like Nola.
"Sir Arif is different, he is arguably the forest pigeon, he is free to enter and return again."
"Sir, how are these my friends? Poor Arif and Nola." Winda's crying.
"Continue the race." Mr. Parman entered the search team again, he led all members of the squad to keep in touch with the forest on the other side through a short message.
...
“Nola! Mr Parman! Winda.” Arif has been limp, do not know how long he has been lost in the forest, he has been very weak, the water supply has also been exhausted, there is little food.
He sat leaning against a fairly large tree, he finally fell asleep there.
No matter how long he slept, he felt his shoulders shake, Arif woke up and was shocked, there was a woman standing before him, he looked confused.
“Mas, why here?” tanyakanya.
“Who are you?” Arif asked.
“I'm a student majoring in public health, I split the same team that is research in the forest, fortunately there is Mas here, so I'm not alone,” said the girl.
“Iya, I am Arif, I also split with the search team Nola, student of Dentistry, I was called Nola, so I ran here, even lost.”
“Oh yes, my name is jasmine, then let's continue to find you, who knows indeed he really called you.” Melati extended her hand.
Jasmine is quite a beautiful woman, her hair is ponytailed, she wears unbuttoned cash and jackets, jeans and also a backpack, her shoes she wears sneakers. How to wear college kids clothes.
Arif and Melati finally start looking for Nola again, they both yell calling Nola's name.
They continue to look for Nola until finally it does not feel like they have been looking for a few hours, the day has also begun to night.
“After night Jasmine, we have to get out of this forest.”
“You sure we can go out at night? Will we not get lost again? what if we just spend the night? So that tomorrow we have enough energy to find Nola again. how?”
“Where do we sleep? I didn't bring a tent, did you bring it?”
“Where are you going Melati?”
“So when the road I saw there was a saung there, we slept there how? who knows tomorrow morning there are our nemuin too, this is the campus area, there must be a research group.” Melati.
“Yaudah yuk, but where, I don't see the saungan.”
“There is. Yuk.” Melati pulls Arif's hand.
It turns out there really is a saung there. Arif smiled, it's a safe place to rest, it's been night too, it's a bit difficult to find a way, it's hard day to find a way.
The two of them were sitting in the saung that was in the middle of the forest.
“This is a saung for what? In the middle of gini forest?” Arif was confused and looked around.
“No idea, maybe get the researchers to take a break on a long trip. Can you, right?” Melati.
“Iya, but this saung clean yes, good too, whereas in the middle of the forest.”
“Udah do not think about the unimportant, you rest, me too, all day we have been tired right, nyariin Nola and way out.”
“Iya Melati, then I rest yes, good night.” Arif then slept with a backpack as his pillow.
Strange, all day he was not hungry, but he and jasmine walked for hours while screaming. Maybe it was because there was a friend of his, so it was easy on this trip.
The night Arif sleeps the more soundly.
Morning arrived, the sun hit his face, although the tree was close, the rays of the sun were still translucent. Morning already. Arfi woke up and was about to wake Melati up.
But ... empty, there's only him in that saung.
Where's Melati? Arif immediately put on his bag and looked around, he walked and tried to find Melati, did Melati go first and left him? But what's in it is leaving Arif alone, it's safer to walk together than alone.
Arif kept looking for Melati and when he finally decided to return to the saung, he did not find the saung either.
Arif is limp, now that he also lost Melati, why did everyone leave him. He's really desperate. Arif kept walking and looked for a way outside. As usual, he opened his phone screen, the screen was still blank, there was nothing there at all. Empty, this is the reason from yesterday he could not contact anyone for help, even though the signal here is fine.
...
“Today we start the search again yes, but Winda has not come, we-we only, who are already professional.” Mr. Parman forbid Winda to come again, they really should not continue the search because Winda is exhausted, Mr. Parman also minimizes lost people again.
“Pak, but what can I do? Nola's been missing two days, keep Arif missing one day, I have to what sir?” Winda protest.
“Wait here, help me to keep this post, who knows any news from anywhere, just enough. That's enough.”
“Pak ...”
“Winda, you'll regret it once you're lost, because in the forest, it's not safe.”
“Kalua is not safe, why was the forest built? Why not just cut down the tree and be used as another faculty, why have swallowed so many victims, still updated!” Winda's upset, man,
“Because the forest is older than the age of this campus, the forest has also been like that since the campus has not been built, no one dared to restore it until the government established the forest as a protected forest.
So the forest is marked with a white ribbon meaning an area that can be passed independently, then a red banded area, meaning that half the area can be entered, which means that the area can be entered, the other half should not be marked with early and late red tape, then yellow tape, the area is very dangerous to pass, should not be a single step in. If I get in there it will be very dangerous, only I can enter there freely. Because anyone who goes in there, may not be able to go out again.
So now, you have to guard the post first, we all have to go.” Mr. Parman finally went with the squad and divided the two squads like the previous day, to comb the right and left areas.
Winda sat where Mr. Parman used to sit, he was sad and wanted to cry, but embarrassed because there were still some people who took care of him, they looked busy with other work.
Bored and afraid to think too much about Nola and Arif, Winda finally stood up and looked at the photo, in one of the photos there was a missing person announcement, he said, there's a picture of Nola and Arif that just got put in this morning.
Winda saw other photos under the photos of Nola and Arif, one by one, there are quite a lot of missing people, it could be a dozen, maybe other photos are not on display anymore.
At the bottom of the photo, Winda saw a photo of a woman, she disappeared in 2005, the woman was wearing a t-shirt, a jacket that was not buttoned, jeans and also a backpack, and, the beautiful woman under the photo is listed by the name of the missing woman, her name is MELATI.
“A lot of lost yes, can my friends be found?” Nola asked herself because everyone was busy with their respective jobs.
Elsewhere Arif was flustered and he sat exhausted again, the sun seemed to have been on an upright line so it was very hot.
“Arif!” Someone called out to him, Arif looked towards the back.
“Melati! Oh my God, where are you! I found out.”
“Just where you are from, I found out in the saung, you don't even exist. This is me looking for food, you eat yes, we have not eaten from yesterday.”
“What is this?” Arif received it, he saw there were leaves and seeds, although he did not know what this was, he still ate it and it turned out to taste good.