SURVIVORS
Chapters 2. Stranded (revision)
"Aduhh.... Aaahhhh.." she groaned in pain.
"My head, my body, it hurts all like it's been beaten."
Widuri opened her eyes, her vision blurred. Then his consciousness slowly returned.
Widuri recalled that she got on the plane last night, then on the plane trip shook violently. He reflexively lowered his head while hugging his knees. Then last we heard a scream.
Widuri murmured a prayer hoping nothing bad happened. But now he felt his body sway and an extremely cold air pierced through the bones. There's no sound whatsoever. Widuri blinked her eyes to see clearly to know what was going on.
He jumped in surprise. Up ahead there was only a faint green color shrouded in a pure white color like snow.
'Wait..! Snow?' thought confusion.
His body was still swaying slowly due to his shock earlier. Slowly Widuri tried to understand his position. He's still tied up in his chair!
"Yes a canoe, my chair is stuck on a tree branch," he murmured as he looked up.
A large, sturdy pine tree stood to his left. The rest of the plane seat he was sitting on was stuck in a pine branch. Widuri didn't find her young friend's girl, she didn't know where she was.
"If it wasn't for that strong, leafy branch of his, I would've fallen down." Widuri looked down.
"Oh my God, so high! About 10 meters? How do you get down?" mumbling again.
Suddenly Widuri heard a frightened cry.
"Ohhhhh, toloong. Tolooong."
Widuri closed her eyes. Could it be that the sound was close to the fuselage? It sounded a little far from its place. Or was that person also thrown out like himself?
Widuri sighed, let alone helping others, himself was not necessarily able to see the terrible scenery due to the plane crash. There must be a lot of casualties.
Widuri thought hard, if he who was in the middle of the fuselage could be thrown out and stuck in a tree, then the plane should be broken. Did the plane crash or hit a mountain?
"Wait, there's something strange here," muttered Widuri then looked around to make sure.
Open your eyes wide. As far as the eye could see, it was indeed the sight of a pine forest that had been engulfed in snow. He's not hallucinating. But since when has Singapore snowed? Or is there an island in Indonesia that experiences winter?
"Hellooow.... Indonesia is an equatorial country, a tropical country. Where did the snow come from?"
Widuri speaks for herself. But despite thinking hard, he was unable to understand this situation.
"Has this plane been thrown by a storm into Europe or the north pole?" guess perfunctorily.
"Hahahh I'm going crazy."
Then Widuri laughed at herself.
"Ahh, it's better to find the other survivors and gather together waiting for the rescue team to come. But could it be that they would be searching in the snowy pine forest? Where is this really? It's really weird."
Widuri muttered as her hand tried to remove the seatbelt, but it came to a halt. His body trembled suddenly upon hearing the howls of wolves in the distance.
"Gruesome! There are wolves in the forest? Did the blood smell of the plane victims lure them? But still depending on this is also not an option, because my body is already very cold. If it wasn't for me getting stuck in the high altitude and getting hit by the sun, I would have frozen."
Yes, Widuri only wears a sweater and jeans warding off the cold air of the rainy season in November. It was not an outfit for a snowy winter like this.
"Alright, I will go down and look for others and then together think of a solution," he said steadfastly.
Then his painful hand tried to remove the seatbelt.
Ssyyuttt.
His body slid down quickly and...
Bruckk!
The viduri slammed into the snow and formed a trail nearly 1 meter deep.
Widuri finally let her body lie down for a moment, straightened her legs and gathered her spirit to wake up. Widuri stared at the tree above him.
"How high it is to make me drown this deep when I fall in the snow."
Widuri immediately got up. It's open, easy to fall prey to wolves.
"When the plane crashed I was given a chance to live. So don't waste my precious life without effort."
Widuri crawled out from where he fell.
On the surface, Widuri patted the sweater and her jeans removed the snow flowers. The bag is still stuck in his body, but the contents have been lost somewhere.
Widuri opened the zipper bag inside. There are paracetamol 1 blister, cough medicine and cold medicine sachet each 6, also ulcer medicine 1 blister. There is a wound plaster of 3 pcs. Widuri did prepare mild drugs that are usually used before leaving for Singapore. Then he opened the front bag bag, there were still 2 chocolate bars bought at the airport store.
"Lumayan.... This is my treasure for survival" he said slowly and dragged his feet towards the screams.
The air is very cold. Widuri doesn't have gloves. So he put his hand in the pocket of his jeans to keep them warm. He found something familiar and added to his calm. It was her brother's memory. Widuri grasped it tightly and smiled while looking up at the sky.
"Thank you for taking care of me, brother. I will try to survive until the rescue team arrives. So please take care of mom and dad until I get back, '" he said.
His eyes were dewy, he longed for the figure of the elder brother who had preceded him to heaven.
Widuri looked around while walking. He found a piece of scarlet cloth slapped in the snow not far from where he was standing. Steps to check. But there's no one there. So he took the cloth and wrapped it around his neck and head to give warmth. Widuri continued her journey.
Not until 15 minutes, Widuri saw something blinding eyes up there. Looks like it's a piece of a plane! He rushed over, but his eyes were pounded on a pink object near the young pine tree. It was almost immersed in the snow, but Widuri recognized it. That's his notebook! He was excited once, then searched around again. And sure enough, his wallet and phone were also nearby.
Widuri tries to turn on hp looking for mobile operator services. But there's no signal.
"That's stupid.it's a forest. There may not be a transmitter antenna here. Hopefully in a higher location can get a signal."
Hope is growing again. With vigor, Widuri walked towards that dazzling light. It's higher, so it won't be easy to get there. Widuri's feet even sank in the snow up to half a calf. But he kept stepping.
Widuri again found another scattered object. There are bananas, apples and oranges. Either this fruit supplies the plane or passengers.
Widuri picked up and wanted to eat the banana she got. But the banana was frozen, hard as a rock. Disappointedly he kept the fruits in a bag. Moments later he also found many other objects, including a dinner box that was still intact. Widuri..
"Ahh, seafood fried rice!" pekik. It's grace. I can eat it later after it's warmed up.
Next Widuri more and more often find scattered objects, including cellphone, wallet, papers, photos, a gray pasmina again and necklace. His hands shook as he picked up the necklace.
"How can a necklace escape the neck of its owner?" thought.
"What's..? Ahh no. No. gabe. I don't want to think about it!" Widuri shook her head strongly to brush off the horror shadow on her head.
Widuri walked back. It seems like more things are being found.
'Maybe I'm getting closer to the fuselage' Widuri thought inwardly. He hastened his pace.
Suddenly his foot stumbled onto something, causing him to fall forward. After adjusting his breath and turning around, Widuri found out what made him stumble earlier.
"AARRGHGHHHH!" horrified screams.
That's a hand piece!
Instantly, Widuri moved away from that hand and looked around. There are many other body parts. His eyes stared in fear. The red blood that was scattered in the snow was already frozen. Widuri closed her eyes with a hand to erase that monstrous shadow.
Widuri is not a coward, but this is beyond her limits. After all, she was just an ordinary woman. His body shook violently. His lips recited prayers seeking tranquility. Then something touched his shoulder.
Widuri was surprised and turned to look. Then scream again....
"YARRGGGHHH...." The screams were hysterical and then fainted!
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