The Mystery of Old Books
Childhood

"If you're still here."

Good memories from a long time ago still ring in Gerald's head.

The flashback

In a place filled with green plants, there was a little girl and two boys. They're playing hide and seek.

"Well, on the count of three I'll open my eyes. One, two, three!"

The little girl opened her eyes, she began to look for the figure of her friend.

"Hi, where are you? I'll find you guys."

However, it had been ten minutes that he had gone around but it had not paid off.

"Where are you? come outside!"

"If you don't come out, I'll pull you out of your hiding place."

The girl saw a moving leaf.

He smiled, thinking that the leaves were the hiding place of the person he was looking for.

"It looks like they're there.".

He walked towards the bush. The longer it gets closer.

"Yeahahoo!" his shock.

But things became the opposite. Even more surprised was the little girl.

He saw a very scary figure. The figure was dressed in black.

"Haha..."

"I'll finally find you."

The figure drew the hands of a child

in front of him.

"Come with me!"

Of course the one who was arrested tried to let go of his hand.

"No, I don't want to go with you."

"Hahaha, you want to fight hmmm?" the figure grinned.

Somewhere...

"Ger, have you seen Asha in this direction?" the one asked shook his head.

"No, Gib, it looks like we're too smart to hide to the point that he can't find us."

"We're out now!" take little Gibran.

"But later it'll be found out."

"I think it's enough to hide it.

Fifteen minutes we've been hiding Gerald."

"OKAY. Actually I'm afraid Asha's okay."

Temporary...

"Haha..."

"Still fighting back?"

"You're just a little girl, so don't be a rebel."

The figure laughed wickedly.

Little Shaletta hates to see when she's forced to do something. He has an idea.

He bit the person's wrist and then kicked his leg with all his might.

"Fuck you," he said.

"Uncle, I was in pain when you held my hand," said little Shaletta defending herself.

"Asha!" yelled two boys. The called one looks.

"Eh, where have you guys been? I've been waiting but I haven't met."

"You're not talking? have you been hurt?"

The innocent Shaletta just shook her head.

"I don't know, I'm good."

The man got up and stood up.

"Good! you guys have simplified my duty. Now all of you will leave it to you."

"Whose uncle wants to give us to?" ask the girl in such an innocent tone that the one who hears will be anxious to see her.

"You don't need to know!"

"Yes!" this time the figure captured three small children with the power it possessed.

Gerald, Gibran and Shaletta were surprised that they were suddenly tied up with very strong chains.

"Now where are you going to run? where was your courage?!"

Luckily his grandfather was praying when it was passing by. He saw his favorite grandson handcuffed by power.

Just by snapping his finger. Three children who had been handcuffed by iron were now able to move their bodies freely.

"Who are you?" tanyanya stuttered to see the bead of an old man who still looked fit.

His grandfather Shaletta simply stared calmly at the person who had attempted to kidnap his grandson.

"Go! and return to your master!"

as if hypnotized he obeyed the orders of the person who took away his consciousness.

Shaletta's eyes sparkled at his grandfather's greatness.

"Waw, grandpa is great! just by looking into that person's eyes he obeyed grandfather's orders!" praise Shaletta so that her grandfather smiles at her grandson's words.

"Son, you can't play all the way from home! you'll be kidnapped again."

"Waiting your mother nyariin, you want your mother to worry?"

"No, Asha doesn't want to worry. Asha won't be playing away from home anymore."

"Smart granddaughter, Grandpa" the man rubbed Shaletta's head.

"Grandfather, who was that?" This is a question posed by Gerald.

"Let's grandpa tell ya!"

Now Shaletta's grandfather also rubbed Gerald and Gibran's hair.

"Son! Asha! where are you, baby?" Shaletta looked directly at the source of the sound.

"Mother! Asha is here!" he waved his hand.

"Oh son, where are you going? mother is worried thinking of you."

Shaletta immediately grinned to reveal her teeth.

"Hehehe, Asha was playing hide-and-seek with Gerald and Gibran bun."

Verta looked at the two boys.

"Have you told your mother you wanted to play with Asha?"

They nodded.

"Udah aunty, we've already told you about it."

Now Verta's view turns to her father, Mardi.

"Dad here too?"

"Yes, it just happened to pass by."

"Yok we go home," asked Verta who was approved by everyone.

***

Mardi and two of his grandchildren's friends were on the terrace of Verta's house.

"So, who was that uncle's cake?" ask Gerald who has been curious since.

Mardi sighed, hesitating to say this to the six-year-old. However, inevitably he also had to explain it so that they could better take care of themselves.

"She was someone's man to kidnap the three of you, but the real target was Asha."

"But, why was Asha the target of the cake?"

ask Gibran astonished.

"Because he's different. In other words, he has advantages that are rarely owned by others. The ability he possessed was extremely rare."

Gerald and Gibran who heard the explanation from Mardi's grandfather only ber"oh"ia. They understand what is being said.

"Three of you are special. Given advantages by Allah SWT."

"So, grandfather asks you to always take good care of yourself and continue to pray wherever you are! always ask for protection from Him."

"Now honest! did you perform the Shahuh prayer?"

"Yes cake."

"Well, if we as Muslims must always keep His commandments and keep away from His prohibition."

"Okay, we understand" replied Gibran.

Verta came out of her house.

"What are you talking about?"

"It's aunt. Hmmm, where's Asha tan?" ask Gerald.

"He's sleeping."

"What is this, huh?" Verta saw her father sipping the coffee she had made earlier.

"So gini tan, Asha was almost kidnapped by her uncle in black."

"What do you mean, Ger?"

"So we played hide and seek again, so Asha's turn was guard. We went to hide so Asha couldn't find us. But, after fifteen minutes, Asha did not also appear. We decided to get out of hiding. Suddenly when we got there, he was cursing at Asha holding her leg. Maybe Asha just kicked the uncle's leg."

"Continue?" Verta grew curious about the continuation.

"We're approaching. He said he's not papa. But, the uncle got back up and tied us up with invisible chains."

"Huh?"

"Are you guys hurt?" asked Mother Shaletta anxiously as seen from her eyes.

"Neither tan. It's a good thing Grandpa passed by so he let us out of those handcuffs."

"Ouh, so that's the story. Thank goodness you survived. From tomorrow you can no longer be away from home. Wanna?"

"Good aunt" said Gerald and Gibran.

"Tante, we go home first! I'm afraid mama will."

Gibran and Gerald leave Shaletta's house. Now on the terrace there are only Verta and Mardi.

"What happened to Asha?

earlier, I sensed that Asha was in danger."

Mardi sipped his coffee.

"She's fine, but she's most likely to have more power than you and she'll probably inherit my ability later."

"I'm afraid of what Dad has, Dad,

Verta was afraid that her power would bring her into danger."

"You just calm down! as long as you always pray Insyaa allaah, your son will be fine."

"Was his power that big until someone wanted to kidnap my son?"

"Hmm."

Verta's worries are back

in mind.

"Dad, is there any way to remove that power from my son?"

"Hmmm, there is one way but this has a very small chance of success."

"What's that?"

"It is a forbidden thing even strictly forbidden by religion."

Verta was stunned to hear her father's words.

He wanted to save his son but the only way was to do what was forbidden by religion.

"You must not be rash in deciding something, just ask for protection from Him and never takabur, insyaa allaah your son will always be protected."

................

After a month since the abduction, Verta no longer worries about her beloved daughter.

His father is no longer coming

to his house because of his business.

"Son, you go to work for a while, you don't go anywhere!"

"Good mother."

Verta left her home to somewhere.

Shaletta sees her age heading to her house.

"Ashe! Asha!" call them at once.

"Yes, wait a minute!" Shaletta forgot her mother's message to open the door because she saw her friend.

the little girl opened the door of her house.

"Asha play yok!" bring a child.

"Where's Gib?"

"Main get out for a minute."

Shaletta just nodded.

They ran into a chase to the point of not realizing they were far away from home.

"Gibrans! Gerald! the stump! you guys stop first!" shaletta said with a gasp of breath.

"If you can, go after us!" yelled Gibran who was still running.

Shaletta stopped and she held both knees.

"I don't want to play with you guys" said the girl scowling.

Gerald and Gibran turned

looking back, they found that his friend had been held by a man who was around his 30s. Of course, that surprised them.

"Eh, let go of my friend!" Gerald and Gibran run after him.

But for free, their speech is not at all lubricated.

Gerald and Gibran have been desperate. They were very sorry for not listening to Shaletta telling them to stop.

"Ger, how do we get Asha?" gibran said with up-and-down breath.

"I also don't know, anyway we should be able to save Asha any way! we have to take responsibility for our actions" said the little Gerald.

In a dark and deserted warehouse...

"Akhhhh!" erang Shaletta's. He looked around which he did not know the place at all.

"Where am I? why am I here?"

The sound of someone opening the door.

"Hi sweet girl! how are you doing?" he grins.

"Whose uncle? why did uncle arrest me?"

"Ouh, if that's all you ask the answer to is simple, you just need to give up your power!"

"What power does uncle mean?" shaletta asked confused. He did not understand what the man was saying.

"Don't pretend you don't know! you must give me that power!"

he said with a tone that rose an octave.

"But, I don't understand uncle at all."

The figure pushed Shaletta's body to the back.

"Give up that power now!"

however, I don't know what happened Shaletta just silent not budging.

"Are you deaf? quickly surrender your power!"

Shaletta was still, suddenly her body was standing and it seemed that Shaletta was out of her consciousness. The chain that was so strong was detached by itself that it made the figure startled.

"If you fuck up, I'll kill you!"

threaten her.

Light came out of Shaletta's body. Suddenly, 2 white tigers appeared.

Moving his hands to the man, the tiger attacked the man who had kidnapped his master.

Because of panic, he no longer had time to avoid which resulted in himself being ganged by the guard khodam.

At the same time, Mardi appeared

in front of the door. How shocked he was when he saw a battered man lying on the floor. And what made him even more surprised was that his favorite grandson was out of control.

In order not to cause bloodshed, he hypnotized the man again.

"Go away from here and never kidnap my granddaughter again!" he obeyed Shaletta's grandfather.

Now Mardi's attention is back on Shaletta. He tried to control his grandson's consciousness through inner strength.

And finally it worked, his grandson fainted.

Temporary...

"Ger, are you sure Asha will be all right?" ask Gibran pacing.

"Insyaa allaah, we told grandpa anyway."

"But, what did grandfather mean a month ago?" ask Gerald to recall.

"Which one?"

"That's you, that's when Asha was kidnapped."

"Hmmm, I don't know" Gibran said, shrugging his shoulders.

***

Now Shaletta's grandfather is talking to his father and his mother. They are

in the living room, talking about something serious.

"Dad, is there no way to take away my daughter's power?" ask Verta saddly.

Mardi was silent too.

"After I look again if there is one way that might work for a while."

"Is that dad?" ask Verta again.

"As long as we are able, we will do just that" Shaletta's father assured.

"You need to move out of this area!"

mardi looked down.

"What's? why did Asha have to move cake? we promise we'll do whatever it takes to protect her but we beg the cake, don't tell Asha to move."

Unbeknownst to him, Gerald and Gibran were at the door and immediately held Mardi's hand after hearing the remark.

They don't want Shaletta to move. No more friends to play with.

"Son, but her Asha has to move. You want her Asha to be kidnapped again?" verta said and was greeted with a headband by the children.

The next day...

"She, we'll always miss you. We'll see each other again tomorrow" Gerald said with watery eyes, but he hid his sadness.

Shaletta smile. And that was the last smile Gerald saw from Shaletta. A smile that always rang in his memory.

Flashback off

Daydreams about childhood just collapsed when the man heard the screams of his mother from downstairs.

"Son! come down for a minute!"

He went to the source of the sound.

"Son, I want to go first with papa. You can play outside, but don't come home tonight."

"Yes ma."

Gerald walked back to his super luxurious room.Just arrived, a notification from HP sounded.

"Is that also my son?" he murmured after seeing who was bothering him.

Gerald immediately took a shower and swapped his clothes for a pair of pants and a levis jacket and an inner-shirt while reading a friend's message. He looks very handsome now.

The guy re-activated his phone and opened the WA app.

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