The Midnight
Other Dimension
Now I step foot through a long hallway where many tree roots hang, but strangely where did the tree roots come from? Because I didn't find any banyan trees growing around that hallway. The more I stepped foot little by little the light that illuminated my steps disappeared, even the faint wind began to tickle the fur of my romance. “This place is really creepy, how did I get to a place like this?” grumbling.
Although I was actually very scared in the hallway alone, but I had no choice but to keep walking through it. Suddenly a resounding scream came knocking on my heart, I looked to my left and right but I could not find a single person there. I tried to dare to look back, with a racing heart like being in the racecourse I turned my body and. as if my breath stopped to find the figure of a strange creature was walking near me. That thing is so creepy! This time I saw a creature like that. He kept walking towards me.
His body was thin as small bones that were only covered in a shabby white cloth. His face was full of cuts, his mouth gaping began to let out the falling maggots and clinging to his shabby clothes. His eyes that began to fall out of place released pus mixed with blood that continued to flow like a river stream. I couldn't look at him, I wanted to feel like I was running as hard as I could, but what happened to me, my body seemed to be a statue unable to move even a little, saying I couldn't.
With a distance of one centimeter, he stuck out his long tongue filled with leeches, “Oh Tidaaak!! God what happened to me?” my screams in my heart while crying tried as much as possible to move my body back and I finally started to be able to scream “Tidaaaaak!!” Her long, shabby hair so deftly snared my hands, I tried to break away but too late, the creature was now right beside me with its sharp fangs to bite my neck.
“Aaaaahhh jangaaaann!!” I cried out with all my might, I felt a great pain in my neck, now I feel the blood begin to flow in my clothes.
“No, no, no, am I going to die? really am I going to die this soon?” At once my vision was completely dark, silent and I could not hear my heart beating anymore.
“Mila please wake up. Mila come on wake up baby.” I heard voices calling me.
My eyes began to see a glimmer of light that illuminated my gaze, “have I been in the afterlife?” said budging.
The sound became clearer and clearer in my ears. When I opened my eyes, I felt pain in my neck and all over my body. “Aouu is sick once,” I said.
“You've realized Mila? You're really conscious?” someone told me but my eyes were still faint so I didn't know who it was.
After trying to focus my gaze, I finally saw Adrian beside me. “Adrian, why me? my neck and body hurt all,” I said in a weak tone.
“You passed out a long time ago Mila, you were bitten by a poisonous insect on your neck. But relax, the doctor has given you an antidote and treated your wounds. The pain that you feel all over your body is because you fell in the old well when we saw the new cost that you plan to occupy miles,” explained Adrian.
“I fell? Who helped me?” my many.
“At first I wanted to lift you up alone from there but you passed out inside, so I had to ask for help to help you out of the well. I'm grateful you're sober and okay. From last night I was so scared that I would lose you Mila, because the insecticide doctor said that if not treated quickly it could kill you. It turns out that God still loves you, the proof is that you can fight the deadly poison.” I just kept listening to Adrian tell me. I was still so weak as to say what I experienced during my fainting. I was only able to sing a smile to Adrian who was then greeted with a hug and a sweet kiss on my forehead.
“I would not be able if something happened to you Mila, I'm sorry for not being able to keep you from that danger,” Adrian said as he stroked my hair.
“Iya Adrian, it's okay. I don't blame you for what happened yesterday, I was too careless that I didn't see a well in front of me. Ardian, can I close my eyes again? My head still feels very heavy.” I said in a loud voice.
“Sure. Rest I will accompany you here.” The words of Adrian sayup-sayup again sounded in my ear because really I can not bear to not close my eyes, I feel very tired to stay awake.
I was hospitalized for four days. Dera came to see me, “Douh Mila you can do it until gini, you almost make my heart dislodged to know. Though only a day I returned to Surabaya eh suddenly heard the news you entered the hospital. I did not calm down and finally sentin back to Jogja yesterday,” cerocos Dera my best friend, he was always excessive if he heard bad news happened to me.
“I'm okay Dera, I've got it you don't have to worry. Tomorrow I can go home again,” I replied with a smile.
“Ehm keep you going home where tomorrow?” Ask Dera.
“I don't know either, still confused. For sure I did not go back to the cost of Adrian of course.” I said, who then looked at Adrian with an ignorant look.
“Well I know, surely that's what will come out of Mila's mouth. I know he won't stay with me before I say ijab qabul in front of him,” Adrian said with a small laugh.
I who heard Adrian's words could only smile and look at him with an affectionate gaze. I hope Adrian understands what I'm thinking now.
“Yes if so you stay with me aja Mila, until you really recover and get a new place. Take it easy I will take care of you,” Dera said as she hugged me.
The next day, Dera and Adrian picked me up at the hospital to Dera's house. Slender. One word when I got to his house.
“loh your house is quiet, Ra? Where are Kak Dian and Mbak Eka?”
“Oh, they will still be on vacation in Surabaya Mil, I was the one who returned first here because of worry about your condition,” explained Dera.
“Douh, I'm sorry for ruining your family vacation, Ra. I feel bad,” I regret.
“What happened, Mama and Papa also told me to come back here to visit and take care of you. They are also worried about your condition Mil,” explained Dera.
My gaze turned to Adrian looking so very exhausted after helping to put my things into the House of Dera. His eyes were also puffy, probably due to lack of sleep because of waiting for me while in the hospital. I'm grateful to have a good fiancee like her, we just got engaged 6 months ago after 3 years of relationship. He is always beside me and always listens to me. I'm very lucky to know him.
Maybe after I officially bear the title S1 later we will decide to build a household. Although I am only 23 years old and he is 26 years old, but we are sure that we are ready to always move forward together into the future. Even he and I have a dream to have twin boys and girls, we often talk about what kind of life we will live. Until sometimes Dera envies seeing the two of us, “Mil, you and Adrian are always happy like there is no problem. Yes, occasionally quarrel?” I can only smile in response to Dera's words.
Actually I and Adrian are like a couple in general. Ever experienced marahan, jealous of each other, and blame each other. But we can't stand each other for too long, after we are angry we always discuss together by convicting ourselves to find out what is the cause of our marahan and find out the best solution what we have to do. Introspecting. Until sometimes we punish each other if indeed we both make mistakes that can not be tolerated anymore. Dera patted my shoulder.
“eh yes what is Ra?” ask me with a surprised tone.
“What are you daydreaming about? That Adrian looks like thirsty you get him a drink, I'll make room for you.” to then leave me to go upstairs.
I'll get you a glass of orange juice for Adrian, I know he loves orange juice in times of thirst.
“Adrian nih drink first, you must be thirsty,” I said while giving a glass of orange juice to him.
“Oh yes, thanks Darling,” he said while drinking the orange juice until it runs out.
“You rest here aja well, you look tired once later I will ask permission Dera to lend room Kak Dian for you rest,” said while gently rubbed Adrian hair, I said, it's been a long time since I've noticed Adrian.
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These few weeks I was busy with my script and looking for a new boarding place that cost a lot less than my old one. This I did because I wanted to try to live a simpler life again before I actually became a wife to Adrian. Because I don't know if we're going to live a life of prosperity, excess or even lack later, even though Adrian has forbidden me and offered to bear the cost of my life but I insist on not accepting his help. I know he's been a successful worker, but I don't want him to finance me before I'm legitimately his wife. He better save his money for our future.
“Do not let me go back to the cost, there is still work to be done. A few days ago I was allowed to enter half a day so a lot of work piled up,” explained Adrian.
“You don't have to think about it, you are everything to me so I can't possibly subordinate you to my work. You are my life and my future so I will always take care of you.” Adrian always calms my heart. I hugged Adrian tightly and hoped time would stop right then and there, because I missed him so much.
Suddenly heard Dera calling me, “Mil, the upper room is ready.if you want to break in I want to take a shower first.”
“Iya Ra, thanks.” Adrian said goodbye, I felt very tired too. I decided to take a short break in the room that Dera had cleared for me.
I woke up to the sunshine this morning. Surprised to find myself in the middle of the forest alone. “loh why I can be here? It's not like I'm at Dera's house. How could I possibly reach the middle of a forest like this? Don't-don't I'm still dreaming.” I hit my face many times hoping this was a dream but, “Aaoouu” I feel pain, it is strange that I am confused by this reality. I hear HP's voice ring, “It's like my phone's voice?” I looked for the origin of the sound, I found my phone dropped where I woke up. Seen Dera's name calls me, “Iya hello Ra?”
“Mil where are you? Why didn't you leave last night? I was shocked when I opened the door to your room you weren't there. I asked Adrian not even know.”
Hearing Dera's words I was more and more confused as to what had happened to me. “I was also confused Ra, I just woke up and was shocked to see my surroundings were a forest,” my light.
“What forest? You're in the woods now?” Dera asked in a surprised tone.
“Yes, I'm in the middle of Ra's forest, I'm alone here. I don't know where this forest is? I'm afraid of Ra.”
Dera's voice spoke to someone. “She said she was in the forest, how could she possibly reach in the middle of the forest?” Then Dera's voice sounded clear back “Oke, gini aja, now you activate your GPS, so that me and Adrian can track where you are. You make sure your HP is always active okay Mil.”
“Iya Ra, this moment I activate my GPS.” Suddenly I heard a screaming voice that surprised me, “Hee what sound is that?”
“What's a mile, you hear what sound?” ask Dera from across.
“Ne do not know Ra, I heard someone shouting.” And suddenly it started to darken, “What happened why morning can turn quickly into night?” Thought. I didn't think there was someone watching my movements from earlier, my hair started to creep. I whispered to Dera, “Ra, the day suddenly started to darken, and there was a figure watching me from earlier. I'm really scared of Ra.” A gust of wind caressed my hair the sound of a snort suddenly sounded close to my ears, and what happened was already that monstrous creature behind me, “Aaaaaahh.. Nooooooo.” Shouted as hard as I could.
“What's a Mil? Why are you?” The voice from across I ignored again I ran to escape from the creature but as fast as lightning the creature had managed to grip my left hand, with its sharp nails he tightened his grip. My skin as if peeling exposed to sharp nail incision “Aouu pain once,” my whine.
“Mil answered me,” this time Adrian's voice, but I can't say anything because now my life has been threatened again. I saw a tree trunk near me, I picked it up and I hit it.
But still the creature did not release its grip I can only pray and continue to pray so that it can escape from the clutches of the creature. I didn't think that everything that happened yesterday was real. I finally managed to escape. I ran and kept running without any purpose where to go. God, where else do I run? I'm lost in this forest alone, I don't know who to ask for help?
I ran away with all my remaining strength. The creature was still chasing me he kept laughing and yelling angrily at me. I was really so frightened, that I felt my energy begin to weaken to keep running the blood flowing from my hands had exhausted some of my energy, he said, and now it's getting dark until I finally don't know what happened after that. All I feel now is tired of opening my eyes and I am completely powerless to move my body.
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Now that I'm at the funeral, my tears just keep pouring down my cheeks. My mouth was silenced for these 2 days, I could only cry and continue to cry.
“Mila love you who are patient yes, Mama knows you are very lost Adrian but you can not torture yourself by continuing to be silent like this,” said Mama while continuing to hug me. My mom and dad followed me to Jogja after hearing about Adrian's death.
Dera who just came to the funeral immediately grabbed me tightly and started crying, “If you don't keep this up, then, I know it's hard for you but you should know that this is Adrian's sacrifice for you because he loves you so much. So you have to be strong and carry on with your life,” Dera starts sobbing. I just kept quiet and watched the funeral until it was over, even to say goodbye to Adrian at his funeral I couldn't.
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After waking up from a fainting spell when she found out Adrian had left me for good, Dera told her what had happened after I suddenly left her house, so after my phone call was cut off, Dera and Adrian were looking for me via GPS but my whereabouts were not detected anywhere. They decided to report my loss to the police. The next day an old woman came to Dera and Adrian. The woman told me that I was trapped in another world. The creature that kept me in the other world was the owner of the root house who died from being crushed by her own husband.
Her only child was killed by her husband as a victim too but not in the old well, precisely in the boarding room I was about to occupy. So that the creature can not unite and meet his son in another world. The woman also said that I was similar to the child of the root creature, so when I saw her first made her obsessed with killing me so that I could stay with her. Hearing that all Adrian decided to go to save me desperately went into the well to try to fight the creature because he was convinced that the old well was a link to another world dimension.
It's true what Adrian thought because when I woke up at the Root House I saw Adrian next to me but I felt something strange about Adrian, I saw him so pale.
“Adrian you why?” I asked, but he just smiled and shook his head, “You sure it's okay?” He's nodding.
“Then how did you find me?” I continued my question, but Adrian just silently stared and then fainted.
“Adrian you why? Adrian wake!” Adrian didn't move a bit. I was panicking and hysterically screaming for help.
“Toloung.. Tolooong.. Isoa is here Toloonng!!” I was powerless to get up and seek help out because my hands couldn't move even the blood was still pouring into my body.
A few minutes later, someone helped us. We were taken straight to the hospital. I had a pretty serious fracture, and Adrian was still in the operating room and he had injuries to his stomach and head. I don't understand what really happened to Adrian and myself. Only prayer can I say, Lord please save Adrian. He's a man I love so much, don't let him leave me. Doctor has been out of the operating room, “How is Adrian doc?” I'm anxious.
“He lost a lot of blood, we just pray that he's okay,” the doctor's answer left me helpless.
I decided to go into the operating room to see his condition. I found him unconscious, I grabbed Adrian's hand and kissed him on the forehead.
“Adrian dear you must quickly realize, never try to stayin me,” do not feel tears begin to flow on my cheeks. I was sobbing more and more in tears, and suddenly Adrian's hand moved. “Adrian have you noticed?”
Adrian smiled at me and said. “Thank God you're okay Mila.”
Hearing his words I was angry, “Adrian please, now I ask your situation! you didn't even ask me how I was. I fear you why-why,” I said then cried and hugged her tightly.
Adrian stroked my hair and said, “so I worry about you too much Mila. Ever since you disappeared I've lost half my soul. But when I went into another dimension and found you it made me quite relieved. As powerful as I can try to fight that creature. Although I ended up injured but I managed to burn it to the point of disappearing and we can return to our nature now. So knowing you're okay now is an incredible happiness I feel right now,” Adrian explained.
“Adrian thank you for helping me. I love you so much, Adrian never get hurt in front of me, Okay!”
Adrian smiled, “You too, Okay!” We smile at each other happily.
But the happiness did not last long because 1 hour later suddenly Adrian critical, “Oh God what happened? Doctor, doctor!” My yelling.
The doctor went into the room and said that Adrian's condition suddenly worsened due to a very large wound in the brain and stomach tissue Adrian. Oh no! it couldn't have happened, I panicked and kept crying to see Adrian's condition. And the bad reality finally happened right at 2 am, Adrian breathed his last. My world seemed to be shattered instantly. Fainted. I'm really not ready to accept any of this. Especially when I find out that Adrian has bought a house for our wedding gift later. So all this time he was willing to stay at the boarding house just to buy us the house of our dreams. But why is fate so cruel to take away all those dreams and happiness?