Sukma Attractors
The Tiger

Hanif is getting ready to go to the office. He kissed the tip of Rena's head, then turned to baby Khanza and Adillah.

when I was about to step, all of a sudden..

[kriiiing.] The voice of the mobile phone rang. One incoming call from Papa Kasim's number.

"hallo pa's...Assallammualay..?" he said softly.

Rena looked at her husband's facial expression, Hanif, as if she looked very serious. "ok pa.. Hanif wait at the office." he said politely, then ended his phone call.

Hanif turned to look towards Rena. "honey.. Hubby left for work first huh.." while moving in a hurry.

"be careful on the road bby." said Rena slightly shouting.

but Hanif's body had disappeared behind the door.

Rena is back with her two babies.

"so how's pa..? has the land been..?" hanif said enthusiastically.

"already.but.." Kasim hung his words.

Hanif scrunched his forehead. "but what pa..?" said curious.

Kasim took a heavy breath. then avoided it "the land you want has been obtained, according to your wishes.but that peat forest.even in the forest there are still many wild animals such as 'Tigers' and crocodiles."

"one of the land openers has been killed by the Tiger. his body was found torn apart horribly" Kasim explained.

Hanif fell silent. "then what about the fate of his family pa..? we have to give compensation to the family" said Hanif.

"it's up to you how good it is." said Kasim weakly.

"it looks like something is wrong pa. maybe 'Datuk Belang' feels threatened because of the clearing of the land, and we can't kill the rare animal either. " Hanif tried to find a solution.

He stared at Kasim with a sad look.

"tomorrow Hanif will go down in the field" he said with a spell.

"mad you..!! are you going to sacrifice yourself..? it's a wilderness." said Kasim worriedly, He did not agree with Hanif's decision.

"what about the dead workers.? is it not impressed to subvert them..?" said Hanif flat.

The eunuchs were a little unhinged "it was the risk of their work" Kasim replied annoyed.

"but my decision has been unanimous.this afternoon I will leave. Don't tell Rena and mama, if Hanif to the forest" Hanif said begging.

Kasim looked at his son with a look of unwillingness. "how are you going to face the savage of wild animals..?" eunuch said in a tone pleading for Hanif to withdraw his decision.

"papa take it easy, just pray for the best.believe me, if we have not died, then God saves him.but if it is dead, in the house also death can pick up" he said to calm his father's heart.

Kasim could no longer say, Hanif's decision was unanimous. "whatever you take care of yourself.." said Kasim weakly. then left Hanif's office.

Hanif entered the room in a hurry. He arranged several pieces of clothing so as not to arouse suspicion on Rena, he would buy safety shoes and other equipment while heading to the trip.

Rena stared confused at what her husband was doing. "Where's Hubby going..?" rena felt something strange.

Hanif paused for a moment his activities, "emmm..Hubby has a job outside the city.maybe a few days there." he said weakly.in fact He did not have the heart to leave Rena with this condition.but he had asked his mother to accompany Rena. the rest is taken care of by a housekeeper.

"but why so suddenly bby..?" rena said with a feeling of anxiety.I don't know why he was so sad when he found out Hanif was going out of town.

Hanif was done with his backpack. He approached his wife and kissed Rena's forehead with love. "Hubby not long koq.." he said softly. grabbed his wife's chin, then gave a warm kiss on the lips.

after that he kissed baby Khanza and Adillah took turns.

"Hubby left first yes.wish the best." he said as he waved his hand.

Hanif has picked up his team.they have been waiting at the promised place.they drive offroad cars to travel. because the terrain will be very difficult.

two offroad types Jeep wrangler and chevrolet colorado ZRZ have been waiting for him.

they continued their journey, from Pekanbaru to the city of Dumai.

taking 7 hours of travel, they arrived at a location that corresponds to the address given.they arrived when it was night.

a forest with acacia trees, gelam trees and so on, greeted them with a haunted impression.the black water that adds to the impression of unfriendly.

Hanif and his team were greeted by workers at a 3-meter-high wooden limb house.

the house was made very high to avoid the attack of wild animals.

nuga workers have brought tiger handlers and rare star conservation agencies, to accompany him on the journey later.

they had just eaten the instant noodles cooked alakadarnya. when they rested, their hut was like shaking.

one of them peeked out from the wall. He immediately sat down and fell silent. "what's the matter..?" one of them said in a whisper.

boby who was peeking was still silent with a pale face, then he replied softly "The Belang is surrounding the stick of our cottage." he said with a trembling tone.

all who were in the hut were silent noiseless. they all felt the air was so very frightening.It had been an hour for the Sumatran tiger to go around and heard the sound of boar squeals. He got his hunt and left.

this morning they were getting ready to prepare everything.The path they went through could not be reached by car, but through the black water trench using a motor canoe.

all groups entered the land to be reviewed.When the Team was explaining to Hanif about the boundaries of the area to be used as plantations and protected forests, suddenly, just, a pair of extremely sharp eyes lurked them.

from behind the bush he walked saggingly without being noticed by any of them.

but in contrast to Hanif, he felt that something was going after him. He closed his eyes. "sorry, we are presumptuous to disturb your calm." He said softly.

I don't know why he said that sentence, like there was an urge that forced him to say it.

and it's true..

a Tiger was preparing from behind. The tiger jumped up and was about to pounce when the Team members were not alert. Hanif turned his body and...

Hanif stared intently at the tiger's eyes and then read the prayer of Prophet Sulaiman. "Bismillahirahrahmani rahim. laa ta 'luu alayya wa'tuunii muslimin."

~That thou shalt not be arrogant to me and come to me as one who surrenders.~

instantly the tiger who had jumped and wanted to pounce landed his body right in front of Hanif, with only growling.

hearing a growl, the Teams twisted their bodies, they jumped in fear.Their hearts seemed to be about to escape from its place.Their faces were deathly pale with fear.

the shadow of death haunts them.

The Nature conservation team also felt faint to see the tiger right in front of Hanif.

hanif quietly approached the Tiger. He stroked the head of the animal, and continued to recite the prayer of the prophet Sulaiman.

the Teams looked astonished at their boss.why it was so easy to subdue the beasts.

"don't bother us. Because we don't mess with you and your family either. I came here not intending to be greedy, I will give you a place that you deserve to go" hanif said calmly.

The tiger growled, then turned around and disappeared into the thicket.

the Team felt inferior.where should they be in charge of guarding Hanif, this was the opposite, but they were still curious what Hanif had done, so the Tiger obeyed him.