The Devil's Legs Upside
Julia! Lim!
I alerted my horses, but not to avoid the gun, but because I heard the sound of several footsteps falling down the stairs.
“GRAAARRRR”
“HUH! GOD DAMMIT!!! UHUK...”
The fat staff looked in shock at the sound, the roar that kept haunting him all this time, the voice that kept trying to be refuted in his logic, the voice that he did not want to believe even though he had witnessed it himself.
“CLOSE THE DOOR KID!!! CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR!!!” (CLOSE THE DOOR, BOY!! CLOSE DOOR!!)
He tried to get up but couldn't, the blow I threw at him was enough to knock out his glued muscles. I kept quiet, I didn't comment on his words. Until when the voice got closer, the fat staff finally released their shot from me and then turned to aim at the door. It seemed like he was about to shoot Pretni who appeared, I saw her hand tremble in fear.
At that moment I immediately kicked his hand and made the gun fall on the floor. I quickly picked up the gun, and ran to hide behind a wall near the door to avoid being seen by the impending pretni-pretni. And it's true my guess, the first thing they saw was the fat staff that was lying down. So savage, they immediately grabbed and began to tear the fat in the body .
“GAAAHHHHHHH YOU BASTARD KIDDD!!! GAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!” scream that fat staff.
One, two, three Pretni had already entered the room, they were unaware of my presence hiding behind the wall. Making use of it, I immediately snuck away the keys to my room hanging at the door, then went out and locked them all in from outside. I took a deep breath, I almost died. From the outside I could still hear the screams of the staff and the sounds of broken bones. But I don't care, he deserves all that.
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I went back on my way, now I have a gun. Honestly I never used a gun, but this thing would be useful, maybe Lim could use it. I climbed the stairs and turned right towards the Generator-Compressor Platform.
But before that I took the time to stop glancing towards the Living Platform dock, see if there were any ships that could be used. If there is a ship that can be used, then my plan is to take the ship with Lim and Julia, turn first to the Production Platform dock to pick up Gagan and the Arab man, he said, only then will we head to his oil refinery ship. But if there is no ship to use, then I will take Lim and Julia directly to the Production Platform, perfect. I'm sure we'll all be safe.
I walked back through the darkness. On the Living Platform floor I saw my flashlight lying. I took it and tried to turn on the light, but I couldn't. Obviously the flashlight must have been damaged because I used it to hit Pretni many times. Shit, again I must be covered with darkness.
I accelerated by keeping my senses alerted. I glanced to the right and left, there was no one, was there no one else who survived? Actually I would love to explore this Living Platform, opening all the rooms one by one, hoping for someone to survive. But I made a promise to Lim, maybe later after picking up Lim and Julia.
By the way..How long has it been? I think it's been over an hour since I left Well-head. Then I ran, I hope Lim and Julia are okay…
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I finally reached the Living Platform pier, after descending the large staircase leading to the pier. The same stairs I first climbed when I set foot on this bridge. But at the moment the conditions are different, there are no ships at all, how can it be? I grumbled in annoyance. There should be at least one or two ships here. Fortunately the Arab came, Had he and his team not been sent to buy this kind of blind midnight oil, we might not have had any other help. I climbed up to thank God when I thought of that.
Then I'll have to get back there fast. I turned towards the Generator-Compressor Platform bridge on my right. From the distance, two people were fighting on the bridge .. OH, MY GOD, IT'S LIM!!! I ran straight up the stairs and immediately turned right.
Upon reaching the bridge, the two people were still struggling violently. Lim appeared battered trying to hold the safest of a large European man, whose body was twice as big. Around Lim were three dead bodies of Pretni, crazy! I pulled out my gun and started to get closer. I tried to aim but it was very difficult, Lim and Pretni were struggling so much, moving around here and there. But when Lim was hit to the point of falling down, I immediately pulled the trigger.
DOOOORR
The bullet went off the edge of the bridge, shit missed! Pretni immediately turned around, realizing my presence. As soon as I gulped, the body of this man was so big and muscular, yes, it was quite large. Pretni stepped closer, but I walked closer to her, holding a gun to her head. The closer the two of us get, the more clear where this bullet will be …
DOOOR DOOOR DOOOR
Pretni was down, three shots right on his forehead leaving him paralyzed instantly. Then he wriggled and changed back to the original Pretni form and did not move anymore. I breathed a sigh of relief, this time my shot did not miss.
“DIMAS!” Julia emerged from behind the door immediately running to hug me. Then she cried sobbing.
“Ehem ... excuse me, I’m dying here..” (Ehem .. excuse me, I'm dying nih ..) said Lim pouting. He seemed to be limping, trying to get up.
We both let go of our arms and approached Lim. Lim is great, he has fought alone. With his bare hands, he defeated about four Pretni men. I look at it with admiration, Kung-funya is not nonsense.
“I Think the whole people at Platform were already dead..” (In my opinion, workers across the Platform are dead).
“Not really Dima, Some of them were escape ... We saw it!” (Not Dima, some have escaped. We saw him!) Ketus Lim, Julia also nodded her words.
“****! That’s why there are no ship at Living Platform’s dock..” (Sial! There are no boats at all on the Living Platform dock)
“No! We are trapped...” (Oh no! We're stuck) Julia said sadly.
“Not really Julia..” (Not Julia).
I then told him about the Arab man, and also my plan to get out of here. Immediately Lim and Julia's faces changed, Julia even hugged me back and thanked me. To God, we should all be thankful. God has saved me and my friends so far.
“Let’s go... I can walk” (Come on... I can walk by myself) Lim removed my papahan and tried to stand alone.
“But first let’s turn the electricity back on!” (Before, we first turn on the Bridge electricity!)
I told Julia to restart the Electric Bridge, to close the Generator-Compressor Platform Gate leading to the Living Platform. It can be dangerous if hundreds of Pretni are after us. After turning on the listirk and closing one side of the Platform Generator-Compressor door, we immediately rushed to the Living Platform.
When we arrived at the Living Platform, I asked Lim and Julia to comb the entire room in case someone survived. At first Lim refused, but Julia immediately borrowed my gun and ran up to the second-floor stairs. Julia seemed to soften and would listen to me, probably because my actions locked myself in Well-head earlier.
I then walked a little ahead, pointing to Lim the body of the woman whose neck was broken, whom I had failed to save.
“Sorry Lim, I couldn’ save her.” (Sorry Lim, I could not save her.) I said sadly.
Lim seemed to understand my sadness, he then decided to follow Julia up to the second floor. But just as her feet touched the first rung of stairs leading to the second floor, Julia appeared while half-running.
“RUN! Pretni!” (RUN! Pretni!)
“God dammit!! How many?!” (Damn! How many?!) ask Lim.
“Idiot! Just run!” (Stupid! Just run!) Jerky Julia.
The three of us instantly ran as fast as they could out of the Living Platform. Seeing from Julia's panic, their number must be quite a lot. Whoever is on the second floor must have been eliminated.
Before exiting the Living Platform I took the time to close the gate, by pressing the manual button near the gate. This is why I decided to turn the electricity back on, in addition to making our journey easier because the lighting is back on, when faced with unexpected moments like this, he said, we can save ourselves by closing the gates of each Platform.