1001 Horror Story

Women in the Middle Photo Part 2

My meeting with two women did not bring much results. One is still unconscious and the other is mentally unstable. Both of them do not allow me to pull information. But at least I've got information from the nurses where they were found. So that's where I look for clues again.

I went to an old hospital that had been empty for almost ten years. The hospital was last abandoned due to indications of the location of the soil that began to soften, so that the building is no longer safely occupied. From the outside the physical looks exactly like a haunted hospital in a movie or video game. Why would that woman want to go here?

I entered the lobby area. Looks like a weathered reception desk.

I saw almost everything covered in dust or cobwebs. Although I can vaguely see certain parts that are thinner dust layer. It was probably the place he passed by. Looking around, it turned out that he didn't go all over the place. He just walked on the 1st floor, the area around the lobby.

The stairs leading to the second floor had no sign of anyone passing through. So too into the room inside. So curious, I tried to go back behind the reception desk and pull out the drawer.

Inside the drawer was a hand-written paper. But this writing I do not understand. Looks like a foreign language script or maybe an ancient script. I don't know. This paper was new, so the woman put it down.

I tried to rearrange the fragments. So the woman, coming to the hospital, put down this paper, then somehow fell unconscious. Eventually he was found a homeless man, and taken to the hospital. Suddenly his mental state was unstable…

Suddenly flashed through my mind, homeless man! He could certainly give me more information. But where can I look for it. I'm out of the hospital. Try to walk around for a while from the area. The hope is very small to find it, but there is no harm in checking first.

There was a discovery behind the hospital. There is a tent made from the style there. Then there was a cardboard paper pad underneath and some everyday life tools were placed there. And there was one person who was dressed in a moustache sitting down while enjoying bread. Her hair is mustachioed and bearded. He's probably in his 40s.

“Excuse me Sir..” greet me.

As soon as he saw me he immediately stood up, his face showing confusion but alertness.

“Sorry, would you ask if you helped a woman a few days ago?”

After hearing my question, he just sighed. His face relaxed and invited me to sit down.

“Ah yes right. Sorry I thought you were one of the loan sharks who collect debt. For a long time, I purposely lived around here to avoid those jerk leeches. Is there anything I can help you with? You police?”

So as not to exaggerate, I just said one of the local newspaper reporters. And I'm interested in the case of the woman he found.

“I started living behind the hospital a few months ago. Like you were my tent there. Well on that day I happened to be in the tent, and suddenly heard the screams of women. At first I didn't notice it. But the screams did not stop, so I finally decided to try to look. When I saw him, he was unconscious in the hospital lobby. Hurriedly I took him to the hospital, afraid of anything happening.”

“Why didn't you help her so soon as you heard the screams?”

The midfielder looked at me. Then replied rather reluctantly, “Soalnya the hospital was famous haunted. How could I dare to stay inside? I think the yelling... I think... You understand right? Especially so far the hospital is always empty.”.

I nodded.

“After hearing a few times. I'm starting to feel awkward. Maybe there is someone there. And next as you know..”.

“When there, you don't see anyone?”

“No. There's no one. This hospital is very busy in it. I was also confused what the woman did.”

“Have you seen this paper before?” I took out a foreign paper.

He looked for a moment and shook his head.

Not too many clues to get. What happened to that woman in the hospital? I'm quite curious. And one more thing what does this paper mean?

I thanked the midfielder, then pulled out the phone.

“Brom! I was napain you. Any time? I need your opinion.”

We both sat on the porch of Ibrom's house. Ibrom with his hands wrapped in gloves, raised the paper and laughed it off.

“Hm, can this paper from where?” ask Ibrom.

“From empty hospital. Why why?”

“While if there is such a paper in the hospital. The writing in this paper uses the Old Javanese script. Usually used in writing royal inscriptions in the land of Java first. They usually write certain notes with this script.”

“Ooh... Continue what does it mean?”

“I can't read that much. I had to check the book first to try to read and translate it. It might take some time. What do you know from this paper?”

“Hm. Which I know. This paper was just put on the empty hospital reception desk. The paper is still new, most likely written in the past few days. And thirdly, I feel the person who wrote this paper is not him who is a coral, he just copied...”.

“Copying?”

“Yes. If I see a pen scratch, some of the scratch characters look thick in the middle. This means that while writing he needs to stop for a while to glance at the copy, just continue writing. Because there is a stop, there is a thicker line. So my guess is, this guy accidentally copied the writing, then deliberately put the paper there.”

“Hm.. Alright.”

“I'm not sure if this paper has anything to do with the fainted woman.”

“Faints? Who fainted?”

“Oh yes, I have not told you. Keep this secret well, because I was assigned to find out and secretly. Last week, a woman died. This week, two women were admitted to the hospital. The three of them had something in common: once a class in school.”

“And you guessed?”

“I suspect, this is a criminal case. Attempted manslaughter. The method of murder is unclear. And I suspect this paper has something to do with this case. That's why I asked you to wear gloves while holding the paper.”

“Either why my instincts say this is not a human act. It's an act from out there.”

Ibrom is always convinced sometimes there are cases where the culprit behind it is a subtle creature. I personally think it sounds absurd. Besides, I've never even heard of a ghost murder. That's why I've always been skeptical. Especially I am a police officer. All criminal acts, must be human.

And believe this case, if there is indeed a criminal act, then it must be a human act as well. Not ghosts.

We had lunch together at his house. Then pamit. That's when my phone went off again.

It was a call from a nurse at the hospital. He said the coma patient was conscious. I also talked to Ibrom. Ibrom promised, this afternoon or tonight also he might have been able to give me the results (with a note I have to treat it.) I hit him on the shoulder and promised to buy him. Then go straight to the hospital.

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