Screamnights
unfulfilled desire: pocong 1 part 3

            A replacement? Alena's mind was distracted when she heard the speech from genderuwo in front of her at this time. Alena had time to wonder when she saw the many gendereduwo troops running closer to her and Sadewa. Alena shuddered while imagining the picture of war in the human world. If this were a war in the human world, Sadewa and I would have lost. We are clearly outnumbered and according to the rules of war that I have read, if defeat is certain we should run and wait for another opportunity. Another opportunity will come as long as we live. But in this case, there was no word of another opportunity and we couldn't run.

            “I can't hold them for more than thirty minutes, Alena. Their numbers are too many and when I hold them, I will lose a lot of energy,. So ... later it's up to you to come back to me before the soul-binding chain comes off because I can't hold it.”

            “Yes, I will definitely be back before your time runs out.” Alena replied to Sadewa's warning with conviction. But in her mind at this moment, Alena wondered to herself. Is this worth it? Is this worth it?

            “While I am a substitute, I can still do this!” Buk. Booms. Crings ... crings .... Sadewa struck the baseball bat he carried as a weapon to the ground and in an instant hundreds of soul-binding chains came out from the ground and captured all the genderuwo approaching towards Alena and Sadewa.

            The chains kept coming out from the ground as Sadewa was still putting his baseball bat to the ground. Sadewa still continues to drain his energy to remove soul binding chains to capture all the genderuwo in the nest.

             It's great! Alena could only say that in her mind while looking at the power of Sadewa as the durawapati-guardian of Durawa gate.

            “Now, Alena!!” Sadewa gave the cue along with the soul-binding chains that had stopped coming out from the ground.

            “I'll be back soon!” Alena ran through hundreds of genderuwo who were now unconscious due to the soul-binding chains that had captured their spirits.

            Alena kept running while several times watching the horrible faces of genderuwo who were now motionless. Alena realized that although the genderuwo is a hairy, big-bodied creature that seems the same, in fact their faces are not the same as each other. Alena looked at several genderuwo closely and found their faces different from humans.

            It's a good lesson. When I get back to Manda and Gala, I have to tell them about this experience. Alena continued her run and now arrived at a large tree - the largest tree in which the bottom is hollow with two gendersuwo who guard the front of the hole.

            This must be the lair of the elder Sadewa was referring to. Alena then decides to go into the hole and find a genderuwo that is larger than the other genderuwo passed by Alena before entering the big tree.

            “You brave human being.”

            Alena looked towards the genderuwo who was sitting on the throne with a soul binding chain that caught his hands and feet. Alena looked in wonder at the big genderuwo who was still conscious and still talking. “You can still talk and be aware?”

            “Hahahaha.” Genderuwo laughed loudly. The laughter made Alena shudder in horror as the laughter echoed throughout the tree and shook the ground where Alena was standing. “I have to admit, durawapati that replacement is a great durawapati. Although he was a substitute, but he could summon this much soul binding chain and again. I remember this was the second time my hands and feet had been caught by the soul-binding chain. But unfortunately ... the power of durawapati that substitute is still not enough to make me lose my consciousness.”

            Glug. Alena stepped back to prepare if the big girl broke away from the soul-binding chain that bound her hands and feet.

            “What brings you here, man? You couldn't have come here just like that after escaping from me back then, could you?”

            Alena paused her intention to run away and stared confidently at genderuwo. “I came here because Sadewa asked me to come here and ask you.”

            “What do you want to ask me, man?”

            “Pocong 1, what wish stuck him in Durawa cemetery? You seem to have lived here long enough, you should know about it.”

            “Ahh .. about my old friend. You're here to ask about her? I really can't believe a human like you came just to help my old friend.” The old genderuwo began to speak in his casual tone as if the soul-binding chains that caught him did not bother him.

            “You and pocong 1 are old friends?” Alena asked in surprise and disbelief at the remark from the old Genderuwo in front of her.

            Before Durawa cemetery had many tombs in it, Durawa cemetery was a fairly quiet place. Before becoming a public cemetery in the village of K, Durawa cemetery was a special cemetery for Bendara Abinawa and his descendants. Genderuwo elders who now lead many genderuwo, was once only genderuwo who was expelled from his old residence because it has disturbed many humans. After briefly moving places, the genderuwo elders finally found a suitable place to live and away from human settlements. Unfortunately ... that place belongs to someone.

            “Can I stay in this place?”

            “I don't mind as long as you stay quietly and don't disturb my son, grandson and all my descendants.”

            Since then the gendereduwo elder lived at the back of Durawa's funeral and brought several other gendereduwo who became his troops. A few years later Durawa's funeral was converted into a public cemetery where the first person to be buried was Pocong 1. Because the pocong rope forgot to be released, Pocong 1 then became a ghost of heaven trapped in the cemetery Durawa and live in it.

            “How to say it? Me and Pocong 1 were friends at first. We often spend time together just to tell stories of old life.”

            “Then why don't you finally meet each other? Why are you finally no longer friends?” Alena asked while remembering how the look on Pocong 1's face when Kunti's ghost discussed genderuwo in front of Pocong 1 and himself. Alena remembers well the look on Pocong 1's face showed the anger she was holding back.

            “Alena, quickly go from here!!”

            Alena gasped for suddenly hearing the voice she had heard on the day she was trapped in Durawa's funeral. This voice again. Who the hell are you?

            “Quick go from here, he is stalling time!”

            Alena looked around at the genderuwo elder and found many white balls neatly arranged on the shelf. One of the balls shone brighter than the other balls as if talking to Alena. Could it be that he who was talking to me was from there??

            “What ball is it?” Alena asked while pointing towards the balls neatly stored on the shelves near the genderuwo elder's throne.

            “Ahh .. those balls are the balls where the women I like live.” The genderuwo elder spoke with a proud tone and a hint of arrogance on his face. “They are lucky to be able to stay there and be the women I like.”

            “Alena!! Quick run!!

            Alena heard the sound again and this time, Alena really felt sure if the sound was coming from those balls. Grp ... The elder genderuwo growled and the growl made the ground where Alena stood tremble.

            “Run, Alena!!!” From distance ... Alena heard the sound of Sadewa's cry that broke the silence. At the same time, Alena realized that Sadewa was not able to hold the chain of soul binders she called in very large numbers.

            Damnit damnit!! I still haven't finished asking!!! Alena looked towards the gendereduwo elder who was trying to rise from his throne and started pulling the soul binding chain to free both his hands and both his legs.