Anomalies

Eva Rosenthal

Puerto Rico, United States

There were 4 boys running on the roof and jumping from one roof to the other. Their actions were seen by the crowd, but there was only one person who was chasing them. That person was a merchant in the market whose goods had just been stolen by the 4 hoodlums.

“Back here, bad boy !!” shouted the half-bald old man who was chasing after them. Of course the four boys didn't bully him at all. One of them stopped for a moment and then showed his tongue with a mocking expression. He then threw a small ball wrapped in a random white cloth. The man was instantly distracted by the suspicious ball in front of him, which then quickly exploded and emitted a thick smoke, blocking the bald man's vision. The ball turned out to be a homemade smoke bomb.

“Rasain tuh, balding pack !!”

“Boches bastard !” the man shouted from behind the smokescreen around him.

The girl then resumed her escape after her name was called by her other friend. Her name is Eva Rosenthal, who is 14 years old. And 5 minutes ago he and his three friends had just stolen a variety of raw foods from the bald trader's market. Eva laughed loudly while running cheerfully after her friend who was already in the distance after knowing the smoke bomb of her raft was successful. He eventually caught up with his friend and stopped in a small alley. Eva sighed for a moment and became a little confused when she realized that her friend was looking at her sharply for a moment.

“Stop making a mess, Eva ! For God's sake, do you think your smoke bomb won't attract the attention of the police around !?” ivan asked, who was the oldest boy among them. Eva just smiled and casually raised her hands as if she did not want to take responsibility for her actions.

“Bla bla. Whatever you say. Isn't it just that we're running away from the debate here right now ? Right, Igor ?” little Eva asked as she brought her face closer to someone with a stocky body and a slightly geeky face.

“Mu - maybe yes.” replied Igor while distancing himself from Eva's face which was getting closer and closer to her.

“Not 'maybe' anymore Igor, but it does have to.” Eva continued while walking her back and away from Igor. He then turned to look at Ivan with a contemptuous smile. Ivan growled and tried to contain his anger. After all, he was the oldest among them, and hitting a friend he already considered his own sister was no good, let alone Eva being a woman.

“Meet you too, you punk boy!!” exclaim some residents led by the bald merchant earlier.

“Oh **** !!” the fourth spit almost simultaneously. They all immediately ran, as well as the citizens who found them. Eva quickly overtook the three friends, then turned to Ivan with a mocking smile back.

“I first, Brother Ivan. Bye !!” eva exclaimed as she stuck her tongue out again, insulting for sure. Ivan who was very offended immediately growled and immediately increased his running speed.

“EVA !!!”

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A few moments later.

Eva casually broke down a wooden door from a house in the underground complex, waking up a middle-aged man sleeping in his chair to the left of the door, followed by Ivan with his upset face, then Rodric who was tall, and the last was Igor who immediately almost fell to the floor due to extraordinary fatigue. Although she realized that her action had just awakened the man who acted as her caregiver, Eva still went into her house while humming casually, as if nothing had happened. The man immediately took an upright sitting position while shaking his head to expel the drowsiness that attacked him just now.

“Eva, you've gone home ?”

“That's how.” Eva answered casually without turning her head towards the source of the sound in the slightest.

“Basic has no manners.” grumbled Ivan who followed Eva from behind.

“What's with that face of yours, Ivan ? Failed to steal again ?” asked the old man while twitching his head with his own right hand.

“No doubt, but can you imagine what this senseless girl did, Javier ?”

“Hah !? You call me what !?” sergeant Eva who quickly turned her head towards Ivan while looking at him with an offended and annoyed face.

Ivan continued his nagging without poking Eva in the slightest.

“This girl just threw her stupid smoke bomb into the crowd ! And also thanks to this senseless boy, I had almost lost Igor who had just been caught by the citizens of !!”

“My smoke bomb is not stupid, know !”

“Jaga your talk Ivan !!” exclaimed the middle-aged man named Javier who almost coincided with Eva's slur.

“And you Eva ! Try not to make such a fuss again in the middle of a crowd of top citizens !”

Eva and Ivan fell silent for a moment. Javier's breath then broke the silence in the house. He walked up to the two of them and stood beside them as a mediator, putting each of his hands on the shoulders of Eva and Ivan.

“Naggregate. All of you here are brothers, got it ? And I'm here as your father, though not biologically. We're all here to complement each other, aren't we?”

“Cih, I'm sorry you. But don't use shaman !” decih Eva was annoyed while turning her face away from Ivan.

“As if I also like ama lo page !” ivan did the same thing Eva did. It made Javier grunt slowly while dampening his emotions that momentarily surfaced.

“Basic between you two.”

Rodric, who during the commotion lay on the wooden floor together with Igor then decided to leave the three people who were in a fuss and go to their room, before finally being startled by a door that opened violently behind Eva, it showed a little girl with a cheerful smile.

“Kak Eva !!”

“Oh, Leonora !”

Eva who was originally wry-faced and annoyed instantly turned excited back after seeing the little girl come out of her room. Eva quickly ran towards the girl and sat down on her knees to equalize her height which was too far away from Leonora.

“What's up, Leo ?”

“See brother ! I just got a bomb and it exploded earlier!”

“You are indeed smart, Leo !” eva answered while stroking Leonora's little head. Both of them looked quite happy, as if there were only the two of them in the house.

“Look. It will be *******what kind of both of them will be.” Ivan snorted.

“I said watch your words, Ivan !”

“Alright, alright.” replied Ivan with ogah ogahan. He then walked up to Rodric and Igor and headed to their room simultaneously. Meanwhile Eva turned her head towards Javier and smiled displaying a row of her white teeth, looking a little bit sneaky. Javier just grunted softly. I don't know what that smile of Eva means.

Eva and Leonora then enter into their room. Eva and Ivan had been provided with separate rooms long ago. And now Eva is grateful because from a long time ago until now she will never sleep together with the annoying Ivan. Eva threw her body into a slightly padded mattress, followed by Leonora who was now lying on her right side. The two stared at each other, then smiled simultaneously, signifying that after this they would spend time playing together, rather experimenting together.

Eva and Leonora have been very close since childhood, either because they are fellow women, or just because they have the same favorite thing, the explosion. Eva and Leonora always spend time with them to make a homemade bomb, which has only one purpose, that is to show that they are not useless people and can do nothing but do homework. The two of them did not accept when they were considered the same as the other housewives. One day, the two of them will definitely keep the promise they once made, which is to become a successful woman together.

Later that night, Eva finds Leonora sitting on the roof of the house where they live. He watched the girl's back from a distance for a moment, before finally deciding to accompany Leonora whom he already considered to be his own sister by sitting to his left.

“Neating ?” ask Eva suddenly. He accidentally managed to surprise Leonora who had been sitting pensively as if thinking about her fate at this time. Eva chuckled as she looked at the surprised expression of her sister.

“Bad brother !” gerutu Leonora's. This made Eva laugh even harder. Moments later Eva finally returned to her usual flat expression, looking at the scene of the mysterious underground city along with her sister. Silence instantly burst in, and the cold night wind snatched the bodies of the two of them simultaneously.

“Hey, sister Eva.” said Leonora who instantly broke the silence around them.

“Huh, what's up ?” ask Eva.

“What brother ever thought, how could there be an underground city of this size, and it has been years that no outsider knows of its existence ? Why was this city created and who made it ?”

Eva turned her head towards Leonora with a slightly puzzled face. Rarely did his sister ask such serious questions, let alone about the underground city where they currently live. His ignorant idea suddenly emerged from within his brain, answering his sister's question with the silliest answer possible.

“Perhaps in the past there were giant monsters hiding in the fog. The monster then attacked everyone who was inside that fog, so the ones who managed to survive built this underground city.”

“Don't think I'm stupid, brother. That's the reference movie The Mist, right ?”

“Eh, it turns out you know ?” satirize Eva with her tone of speech that is very annoying as usual.

“Of course, stupid brother !”leonora replied in annoyance while attacking Eva by shaking her shoulder to the right and to the left. The two of them laughed loudly that night, enjoying the atmosphere of their togetherness, always the same since they were children.

However, their happiness stopped instantly upon hearing something. It was a loud bang that they believed came from the underground city center. At first the two of them just stopped their play while turning to the source of the sound. But the second to third loud bangs managed to make Eva's instinct of danger lit up. His face became serious right then and there. There must be something strange going on downtown. On the other hand, Leonora was scared to death until the entire feather stood up straight. Eva's suspicions were further strengthened, Leonora's fear also increased and the atmosphere became increasingly gripping as the voice that was originally just a bang had now turned into a sort of unusually loud roar, it can even be heard very loudly in the ears of both of them.

“Kak, what sound is it ?” leonora asked while trembling in fear. Eva could not answer that question. He himself doesn't even know what it is. What is clear is that the underground city they live in today, and all of their friends and foster fathers are in danger.

“Entahlah. I also don't know what is.”