Story At Night's
A Message of Death

Rain has been pouring down on Bandung lately, cold and gripping. Those drops of sky water didn't stop banging on the glass window next to my desk. The orange basketball clock is black, pointing at 12 o'clock in 7 minutes. I'm still sitting at my desk, dealing with my laptop. The black writings on the monitor screen were like little leeches in my eyes. My eyes are tired. My back brain twitches too much thinking. I exhaled a few times. My friend told me to go home. He squeezed my shoulders, massaged a little. Hm... I just smiled a little.

"Daaah, you go back first. Nanggung. The Father asked for it tomorrow", I said. Friend surrendered. He finally finished first.

I saw his steps shut the door of the room, and his shadow was lost in the darkness of the other room. I relaxed my muscles, then yawned and stood up for a moment, staring at the rain. Checking if he is still big or has it subsided? And... Ahhh...!!!

Suddenly I was shocked, when I looked towards the parking lot, a human shadow stood in the rain. Occasionally his face was visible due to the light from the lightning. Ahhh...!!! It turned out to be Mr. Kurni. The middle-aged man I know as Security from the company I work for.

Well... Mr. Kurni. He was very close to the staff, especially me. Because if there's more sustenance, I always give him tip money. But strange, why is Mr. Kurni standing in the middle of the parking lot while looking at me from the middle of the rain?

I took my drink glass from the table and walked straight towards the water dispenser at the end of the room, past the empty cubicles of my friends who had gone home. The lights in the other room had already been turned off, making the light of my room light up brightly. Maybe if there are moths passing by, my room becomes their puller to enter.

My eyes ran to all corners of the room. It's all dark and pretty scary. Because I'm alone on this floor. Till... Something moved from where it came from. I pulled a glass of water from my mouth. My head bent sideways, looking at one of the cubicles in the other room.

"Who is it?", I asked.

No answer from the end of the cube. I ignored him and returned to my desk, holding a glass with half water. Before I sat down, suddenly from behind a voice sounded. Difficult pictured! His voice was like a hand clenching and hitting a wall. Thumping hard!

I looked straight back. The dark... Aaa... I am very lazy with such conditions. I immediately sat down and reworked my duties, with no regard for the strange things I experienced. My finger started to press the letters on the keyboard, with a tempo twice as fast as before. I'm trying to finish everything. I want to do it faster and go straight home. Honestly, who was still calm in the office, suddenly turned scary. So scary! Heart's pounding! My ears are! My eyes flashed sideways many times as I typed.

L'm... I felt like someone was watching me from another room. And then, that strange voice appeared again! My mind is starting to get distracted. His voice is now close. I was looking for the origin. Like someone nailed a wall, which came from another room.

"aaah... It can't be another room! This room is a box. How could anyone nail it, from where?", I thought.

Unconsciously I was standing, no longer sitting. And this third one, getting louder and closer. Not just the sound, but my nose caught the bad smell. "Hueek... What's this smell? Like the smell of rotten potatoes. Hueeka... Hueeka..."

I slowly sat back down and... OH MY...!!! I was like I was occupying something. Not hard and... Like meat! I immediately glanced back. I'm trying to figure out what I'm sitting on.

A creature wrapped in white cloth... His face was bruised and his eyes almost popped out. The end of the cloth is still tied above his head. It's really creepy...!!!

Especially his nose is still covered with cotton. The face of the creature and my face are only a few centimeters away. Because i'm... I'm occupying a POCONG...!!! His voice was like the sound of a person slitting his throat.

I stood up straight. I ran out of the room, and... Oh...!!! I saw my office elevator was dead. Oh, my God, I have to go down the stairs. I ran quickly towards the door with Exit writing on it. I opened that door. And... Aaaa... The creature was already standing at the end of the stairs. Like waiting for me...!!!

"Go... Gone... Aaa... Aaaaaah..!!!", I shouted.

L'm.... I was sitting limp in front of the door. The creature suddenly disappeared like smoke. Suddenly, a cold hand slapped my shoulder. I slowly looked back... Oh my... Mercifully... It turns out Mr. Kurni.

My face panicked, my heart was going to fall. Mr. Kurni picked me up and carried me. "Please sir, I see the pocong! Anterin me to the car sir! I want to go home sir!", I panicked. Mr. Kurni answered nothing. He just grabbed me and just nodded. Maybe Mr. Kurni understands.

I'm going home. And that night I slept in my sister's room. L'm... I'm still scared to death.

Tomorrow, my office is in shock. Not because of my story. I just put my foot in the room. Everyone is gathered in one cubicle.

"Why, what is it?", I asked.

One of my friends replied, Mr. Kurni is dead. He said that yesterday afternoon, when he went to the office, he was scuttered in the area near his house. Then he died horribly. Oh my... My tears almost unconsciously came out... My heart is beating fast. I stood nailing. Shocked...!!!

"Can't be... Not possible... I met Mr. Kurni last night...!!!". I started talking about last night to my friends.

Mr. Kurni, calm down! Maybe that night I wanted to say goodbye to him. I-i understand. Thank you, Mr. Kurni, for always being kind to me and my friends. May your worship be received by His side.