
One very cold night, a man lay face down on the asphalt. The man felt his body so light as to float, that he could see himself. However, the man could not touch him at all. Suddenly, several hands held onto the weak body, then threw it up high.
The man could feel the incredible horror. But again, he had no power to move his limbs. He could only step down, as he floated from a height. Just slammed into the ocean. Welcomed the waves that immediately rolled him, until the helpless body disappeared.
Not long after, he started to drown. The originally faint gaze, turned blurry instantly. In that darkness, the time around him seemed to spin back into the past. The time when he was a teenager.
The man was able to clearly see his figure at the early age of thirteen. His body was thin and seemed to be unnutritive. He walked in an uncertain direction, after his stepmother kicked him out of the house.
Weak footsteps were shaken, almost falling. Fortunately, there was a tiny hand that immediately grabbed and helped him to stay standing. “You all right?” ask the sweet girl the owner of the tiny hand.
The poor teenager shook weakly. “I'm just hungry. That's why my body feels weak,” he replied lethargic.
The beautiful round eyes of the little girl were wide-eyed. It seems obvious there is pity. “Eat my lunch. Today, I got home from school early. So, I can eat at home,” said the girl, while thrusting a box of bright yellow supplies on the teenager.
Without a doubt, the skinny teenager accepted, then opened the lunch box. His eyes sparkled, as he looked at the contents of the box. “Wah! It must be delicious,” muttered the teenager with drool that almost dripped.
“Come. Eat,” tell the little girl sitting next to the skinny teenager.
Without waiting for long, the skinny teenager ate the food presented in front of him greedily. Time and again, he praised how good the food he was enjoying was, until it was unknowingly finished. Clean is not left. The teenager wiped his mouth. Not to forget, he thanked the kind little girl.
The little girl, then gave a bottle of water to the skinny teenager. “Minum."
Skinny teen immediately accepts. For a moment, he observed a clear-colored bottle of drinking water, with many sticker patches there. “Superhero stickers? You like this superhero?” point the teenager at a sticker with the character of one of the famous superheroes.
“Iya. I really like it. I have a large collection of stickers at home,” the little girl brightly with a smile. A smile that looks very charming, until the teenager was stunned made.
“What's your name?” ask the teenager.
Not yet had the girl answer, suddenly came a grown man with half a run to him.
“Mr Adriano? You're Mr Adriano, right?” The man immediately pulled out a photo from his shirt pocket, then compared it to the face of the teenager. “Yes, God. Turns out you were right Mr. Adriano. Come with me. Mr. Alessandro Moriarty is waiting for you.” Without waiting for the teenager to answer, the man pulled his hand away, then took him away from the little girl.
“It's okay. Just bring. Just in case you don't get thirsty on the road. My superhero sticker will protect you, lest you fall again!” the little girl from a distance. Her beautiful smile was again raised.
The teenager's heart warmed to the kindness the little girl had given him. In his memory, already imprinted a sweet and cute smile from that innocent face. “I'll be back! I'll pick you up!” exclaimed the teenager from the car window, just after his thin body had entered the vehicle.
The little girl just smiled broadly as she waved her hand. “See you again, Adriano!” yells.
“See you again, Adriano!” The voice returned to his ears. Disturbing deeply, and get rid of the darkness that had enveloped earlier. Half-conscious, the man saw himself bobbing in the middle of the ocean. The pain was very intense, he began to feel in the abdomen. Moreover, the sunlight that is above the head adds to the suffering. It was so hot that it burned the surface of the man's skin. Slowly but surely, the darkness came back to him.
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Corsican. The island is beautiful and a destination for tourists from all over the world. It is about two hundred kilometers more than Elba Island, and belongs to the region of France.
A black haired girl, standing on the side of a cliff that was not too steep. As usual, every afternoon he always enjoyed a gust of wind there with a choppy beach atmosphere. But that afternoon, there was something unusual. Right on the beach, which happens to be quiet, his gaze is locked on something that looks suspicious. The girl rushed down the hill cautiously. He ran on the sand in the hot weather, towards the shoreline.
A figure of a man's body in the position of his face found there. The girl looks worried. He chose to move backwards. The girl did not know whether the man was alive or a corpse. "Geez!" the girl was half scared. He looked around and immediately ran from the beach.
Not long after, the girl returned with a middle-aged man. He showed his findings to the man accompanying him. "Is this man still alive?" asked the middle-aged man, as he had.
"Come, Uncle. What do we do now? Whether we live or not, we have to help him. We can't possibly let that guy stay here" the black-haired girl said.
"You wait here. I'll bring Mr. Bailey here." In a hurry, the middle-aged man returned to the top of the hill and disappeared from the sight of the black-haired girl. Meanwhile, he was still standing glued near the body of the man whose body was occasionally doused in waves.
After a while, the middle-aged man whom the girl called uncle, had returned with a man with a much more presentable look. "Look, Mr. Bailey. That's what my niece found, "appoint the man with the gray beard.
The man named Bailey immediately approached and observed the body of the man who was still in a state of being face down on the sand. "I'll call the medics soon" he said. He then reached into a cell phone and started contacting someone. The three of them then waited for a while, until the local medics arrived.
The medics immediately examined the man stranded on the beach. "This man is alive!" shouted one of them who numbered four people. "There were multiple gunshot wounds on the left side of the abdomen. We have to get him to the central hospital immediately" he continued after checking more closely.
"I'm going to call the central hospital so they send a helicopter here" Bailey said. Without lingering, he returned to using his phone. Meanwhile, the body of the man who was stranded was immediately taken away from the beach, to wait for help to come.
There was no need to wait too long, the helicopter that would be carrying the injured man had arrived. Officers immediately took the man into the helicopter. "Can I come? I want to know how she is," the black-haired girl asked a little hope.
"Come in!" tell Bailey without saying much, making the girl look happy. He immediately followed the medics, got into the helicopter. After that, they flew to the central hospital.
Upon arrival at the hospital, the officers there swiftly handle the newly arrived patients. They immediately led the injured man to the action room, while the girl waited outside worriedly.