ALPENIA (The Cruel Small Town)

Lost Control

The eight people tried to swallow Iswanti's words, albeit with immature trust. But all possibilities are worth considering.

"So, what's our next move?" Annisa asked.

"Kids! We must keep looking for them, if necessary get to all corners of this forest," replied Iswanti. He recalled the time in another realm earlier, had met a girl with a familiar face. He tried hard to get his mind back where he had seen the boy.

And after a few seconds, Iswanti finally got enlightenment, "gue remembered, just as I was lost to that realm, I saw a daughter. And, the daughter is, the son of your neighbor Nis! I've seen him play at your apartment," explained Iswanti to explain why they had to look for the missing children.

"You mean, Desi?" annisa asked with rounding her eyes in surprise.

"Yes. I forgot his name, but he remembered his face. And now I remember, one hundred percent sure," said Iswanti optimistically.

"Wait, if you see the child in another realm, is it okay that the child has already ..," Intan did not continue his speech and looked at the stocky girl beside him.

Ulfa suddenly shed tears, afraid of the uncertain. Hilfa and the little boy were kidnapped by the same person and the same fate, "dead?" He continued the stopped Intan speech.

Annisa immediately hugged Ulfa tightly, trying to calm down.

"We don't make any conclusions yet, maybe the boy isn't dead. We see, Iswanti was still alive even after she had gone to the other realm," apparently Naya began to believe Iswanti's words. To find the kids. "Udah Ulfa, don't cry! We'll find your sister and the other kids, see you!"

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They continued their steps, along the asphalt that was still far away stretching in the middle of the forest. Hoping to find something suspicious, as well as clues.

"We want to keep walking here. Don't you want to go deeper into the forest?" Ask Naya boldly.

"Gue thinks so too. The kidnapper if hiding the victim is impossible on the side of the road, right?" support Annisa.

"In front there is a fork that can take us into the forest. We turn there," Renaldi said.

They walked up to the destination, visible to their left was a small road with uneven rocks on the ground, which was arranged for a trail guide.

"Come on!" Iswanti, Ulfa and Naya lead the way in the three vanguards. They began to walk down the unpaved road.

The other six followed from behind. At least that was the knowledge of the three girls who continued to pitch while hugging themselves. Eve here is even more piercing skin.

"The first time a new cave, really into the forest kayak gini," Iswanti told Ulfa as he continued walking.

"Gue too. If through a shortcut, never a few times, if again the streets are the same father," replied Ulfa who had stopped from crying. "If you guys, have you ever been to this part of the forest or not?" tanya Ulfa was meant for the people she thought were trailing behind her.

"Gue never, ever" Naya replied in a trembling voice.

And there was no answer to the question Ulfa asked. Wonderful, why silence. Ulfa, Naya and Iswanti throw glances at each other. When they woke up, the sound of footsteps made from shoes stepped on the ground was not as crowded as a moment ago. The three of them looked back, and found that their friends were not following them. As it turned out, they only walked three along a slightly slippery road because of the mud and moss that wrapped the stones under the shoes.

Where did their friends go?

The three of them turned right, intending to return to the highway. Because along the road they had been on, his friends were completely invisible there.

When they arrived at the paved road, they found his friends walking about to return to where they came from, heading out of the forest.

When the distance was close, Ulfa and Iswanti patted Annisa and Intan on the shoulder "hey, why don't you come with us, and why come back here?" They asked me that.

"Rey, what's wrong?" naya asked after touching Renaldi's back.

The six men did not answer. They just keep stepping.

But there was something strange, when Iswanti, Ulfa, and Naya looked into their eyes. It was known that their gazes were empty, as if they had seen nothing.

"They why?" ask Iswanti wonder.

"So your attitude has made you wonder, but this is more surprising. So strange!" retali Ulfa did not know what was happening at this time.

"Guy!" naya shouted as loudly as she could, even deliberately closing her mouth in Faisal's ear. But still got no response.

Slow steps, with blank eyes, the six of them seemed to have lost consciousness. Their bodies are controlled by something else. Not caring about anything, just walking towards the starting place. They want to go back.

Ulfa is forced to abandon her intention to find her sister who she suspects is in the forest, to help her friends who are acting very strange, and very unreasonable. They are deaf and have no control over themselves.

The six people finally arrived, right in the area first about to enter the shortcut. Suddenly, they groaned in pain, falling onto the sidewalk, complaining with their heads feeling very heavy and painful.

The three people who were still conscious and were on that shortcut, immediately approached them.

"Hey. Why you?" ulfa said anxiously.

Still not answering, they just held their heads. Because the dizziness does not go away.

The three girls who didn't feel it, didn't understand. They are confused as to what to do. Not knowing how to treat the person who screams in pain while rolling on the sidewalk. There was no way they would lift the six at the same time, since they were only three.

The situation worsened when the six men fainted simultaneously.

Finally, Ulfa, Naya and Iswanti quickly waved their hands anxiously at the sight of the passing vehicle, intending to seek help. However, within a few minutes, no vehicle was willing to stop.

And suddenly, things went back to normal. The six people got up, and greeted the three girls who were still waving their hands across the street.

"Hey. What are you guys doing?" annisa said as if nothing had happened.

Iswanti and Ulfa were surprised, pleased though astonished. "You all right?"

"Rey, you okay?" ask Naya while running.

"Why? We're okay" Renaldi said, just like Annisa, acting like nothing happened.

"Guy! Something is strange, huh. How are we here? Didn't we just go in there?" intan asked while pointing towards the shortcut that was in front of him.

"That's what we mean. Why are you back here?" ulfa was still astonished.