Trapped in Ramadhan
Part 2 - Blue-Eyed Man

...The Blue Eyed Man...

28 Sacrifice. Nightly.

After pitting two humans at Mama's Meatball Warung. I follow both of my Jin mentors; Ra-ul and Ri-val incite the humans elsewhere. Starting from the house, shop, field, to the streets. But just as we were about to enter the city park, one Jinn of Light confronted us.

"You can't get into this park!" Said Jin with a golden-red eye flame. "I'm protecting this place tonight!" Connect the two-meter-high Jin. The striking part of it was the fire that appeared around his shoulders and the hump that flared up over his head forming a hood.

"If we insist, do you want to fight the three of us?" Ask Ri-val in a pompous tone.

The hooded genie replied calmly, "I'm not afraid because I'm on the path of truth."

Ri-val grows irritated, as seen from his enlarged mohawk fire. He could have directly attacked Jin in front of him. But Ra-ul tries to calm her down by saying, "In the park a lot comes with his partner. Some men will be easily tempted by other women who are seen more than their partners. They are also easy to get jealous when other men steal glances at their partners. There are a lot of targets there. But our time on this earth is running low. We don't have to waste our energy. Tomorrow there's a battle."

"Yes, that's unfortunate." Like other events in recent days, Ri-val listens to Ra-ul's opinion and begins to shrink the fire. "I only have one question." Said Ri-val to the hooded Jin. "Battle tomorrow, are you coming?"

"If my brothers need me... I'm definitely coming!" Answer Jin hooded.

"We met there, then." Ri-val. Then in a sharp voice he continued, "I'll beat you till your eyes darken!" He turned to us, "Come, my brothers! We screwed up the other humans!"

I followed Ra-ul and Ri-val to go somewhere else. The two of them once told me; don't fight with the other Jin if there's still another option. Because fighting fellow Jin requires great energy and strength. During these few days as well I have never seen them fight against a fellow Jin. But the battle is going to happen tomorrow... They asked me to come to that great battle. The last war before Ramadan. Because during the ninth month of the Hijri calendar, the Jin Nation will disappear from Earth for a whole month.

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Humans are fucked. They are creatures that get angry too easily. Even the smallest things can make them angry. For instance? Failing to win the lottery draw, being rejected by the opposite sex, getting mocked, losing online games on their smartphones, and worst of all... Crazy upset due to weak signals. Almost anything can trigger human anger. And they will begin to turn that anger on to other humans. And fights happen. For a few days it was always so. It's the same now.

We're watching what humans call "Wild racing". Wasn't... This is not a race by riding a tiger or rhino in the middle of the forest. But they rode motorcycles that were mostly modified in such a way, usually done at night on deserted roads. So why is it called Wild Racing? Because they race outside the official arena, on public roads, and usually on motorcycles without vehicle papers, and most of them don't even have a driver's license. So, why not just call it "Illegal motorcycle racing? Because Liar sounds cooler. A Wild Racer or an Illegal Racer? We know the winner here.

This time they held a wild race on a two-lane asphalt road that cuts through oil palm plantations. Along the road that somehow many kilometers away is overgrown with palm trees towering almost 8 meters high on the right-left of the road. Lighting only comes from street lamps that are lined up with considerable distances from each other, and believe it or not some do not even light up. So these streets fall into the dark category.

But there's a lot of people gathered tonight. Because Wild racing always includes betting. Not just among fellow racers, but humans who watch and bet on one of the racers. They usually come in groups with one person at least from those who participate in the race. And the most recognizable groups today are those who wear jackets or jerseys with two-wheeled logos with five-fingered circumferences connected by the inscription "TWO WHEELS" which extends from the middle of one wheel to the other. There were at least ten people whose clothes emblazoned on that logo, the logo of the biggest motorcycle gang in town, the Two-wheeled Gang.

What is a Two-wheeled Gang? According to Ra-ul and Ri-val they are a group of human motorcycle lovers who began to form about 3-4 years ago. Initially they were just a small group, but since they received all kinds of two— motor matic, duck motor, big motor, even scooter— to join them, they multiplied quickly. And they became famous for getting into riots with other gangs and winning. A few years passed, their name became more and more famous and began many other humans who adopted the name and logo of the Two-wheeled Gang. The fake gangs continued to populate the city and rioted everywhere. Therefore anyone wearing the Two-wheel Gang logo has become a favorite target of Ra-ul and Ri-val in recent years. You could say they were both involved in the biggest riots of the Two-wheeled Gang by whispering Jin-style incitements into the ears of each member. Just like this time.

Riders from the Two-wheeled Gang lost the race. And a black aura started to emerge from it. That was the Jinns chance to start instigating them. The rider from the Two-wheeled Gang did not accept his defeat and accused his opponent of cheating. Ri-val kept whispering in her ear. Ra-ul whispers to friends of the Two-wheeler Drivers who refuse to pay the betting money. There were three other Dark Jins whispering the other Racer and the other bettor. As usual, the debate grew fiercer, anger increased, and eventually a clash occurred.

Fists exchanged fists, kicks changed kicks, screeches and swears sounded, and blood was shed. It all happens just because of money. That was when the Dark Jinns laughed. They succeeded again.

We chatted with the three Dark Jin before parting ways.

"This is what the other Jin talked about?" Asked one of them who was letting out fire from both ears. "Can't you talk?" Ask me.

I nodded my head. Because it's true. Other than amnesia, my voice is also inaudible.

"Jin who can't talk." Say the fire ears again. "How do you instigate humans?"

"The voice will come out. It just takes time." Ra-ul.

"How can you be so sure?" Ask the ear of fire again. "Jin who can't incite people... This case has never happened."

"Surely his voice could be heard later." Ri-val. "Don't think about it too much. The night continues. There are still many humans wandering around. We're moving east."

"We're going North." The Fire Ears. And before parting ways, he asked one last time. "Ah... You guys coming tomorrow?"

Then we split up. I followed Ra-ul and Ri-val instigating the other humans who were still awake. Everything's good until...

Midnight.

We headed to one of the dark alleys as it sensed the aura from the weakened Jin and one more powerful aura, that aura did not belong to Jin. When we arrived, we saw a human clutching the head of Jin kneeling weakly beneath him. The man turned towards us because he sensed our presence. As he turned around, I could see his young face. He may still be a High School Student or Student.

"What the fuck!?" Ri-val.

"That's Sa-gan!" Said Ra-ul recognizing Jin whose head was being gripped.

I also recognized him from the fire that enveloped from the boundary of his wrist to his fingers like a fire glove. I can't believe that Dark Jin is now kneeling helplessly before a human. Ra-ul and Ri-val do say there are a handful of humans who can see and interact with Jin, but there are very few who can fight Jin. And now one of the few was in front of me, standing ten meters away, looking straight at me with blue eyes.

"Bad!" Maki Ri-val's. "Let go of basic Sa-gan you rancid man!"

"Huh..? Don't shout from there, if you dare to come here!" Challenge the blue-eyed Youth.

Ri-val did not wait for the next second, he immediately ran at the speed of a tiger towards the blue-eyed Youth. The young man responded by raising his free right hand with a clenched fist straight towards Ri-val who was already two meters away from him, and then as he opened his fist, a blue fireball the size of a soccer ball appeared crashing into Ri-val until it bounced three meters back and fell flat on its back.

I was really stunned by surprise. Confusion about how that might happen. But Ra-ul is not like me. He had already floated five meters high in the air and slid down towards the blue-eyed Youth with both legs straightened to attack. Unfortunately the young man dodged by jumping to the side. Sa-gan was free and immediately collapsed. But the blue-eyed Youth quickly advanced with the fingers of her outstretched right hand fixed on Ra-ul. When the young man's palm touched Ra-ul's stomach which was due to the height difference so that it was parallel to his face, blue flames pierced through Ra-ul's body to make him step back and fall to his knees. The blue-eyed youth walked up to Ra-ul with a hand that was trying to grab his head which was now approaching his chest due to his long, curved neck. But Ri-val didn't let that happen.

Ri-val moved quickly from behind the blue-eyed Youth and floated his right fist that was pointing towards the back head. Other humans wouldn't be able to notice the attack that fast, but the young man was different. He shifted slightly and caught Ri-val's fist over his right shoulder with his left hand. The next second Ri-val screamed and retreated backwards due to her hand burning in blue flames. But a moment later he had already advanced again to attack. So did Ra-ul who had gotten up and moved forward. But before their attack, the blue-eyed Youth stretched out her clenched hands, right to Ri-val and left to Ra-ul. As soon as the fist opened, the blue fireball like before struck the two of them until it bounced a few meters back. Ri-val hits a mango tree in front of one of the houses, and Ra-ul hits a long wall on the other side. Both of my Jin mentors have been defeated by humans.

I can't just shut up. So, I ran forward to attack. But the blue-eyed young man caught me by strangling my neck with his left hand. From this close distance only then did our height difference become clear, he was only a few centimeters shorter than me. He did not directly attack me with his magical blue flame, but observed me with his blue eyes and clinging eyebrows.

"You... Different from them..." Her speech. "Hold it for a while." he continued, grasping my head with his right hand. His fingers stretched out over the top of my head and his palms covered both of my eyes. Then...

"Dash!!"

The young man bounced a few steps back with a stagger. The blue light in his eyes disappeared. Then he looked at me and said, "Two-wheeled Gang... Interesting..." Then...

"Shelf!!"

Ri-val hit the young man from behind with a mango stem the size of his arm, then smashed him into the stomach of the young man until he fell to his knees while holding his stomach.

"Wearing a gun is cheating..." The young man sizzled while looking up, the blue light in his eyes returned.

"Go from here!" Shouted Ra-ul who already carried Sa-gan on his shoulder and drifted away.

"Ragh!!!" Scream at Ri-val before running. "Come on Man!"

I also ran to follow him. As I turned around to make sure the blue-eyed young man wasn't following us, I heard him yell, "Coward!"

Dark Jin usually incites humans to attack each other. But now the 4 Dark Jin fled after being beaten by 1 Human.

"So crazy!" My speech.

"That's your voice?" Asked Ri-val who was running a step ahead of me.

Eh? My voice? My voice sounded!