Anomalies

Calamities

Eva and Leonora could clearly hear the roar. They immediately stood together starting to wonder, what exactly is that voice ? Eva then knelt down before Leonora while putting her hands on Leonora's cheeks to calm her down.

“Listen to me, Leo. Go back to the room, I'll see what that sound really is, okay ?”

“Means sister will go to the middle of the city ?”

“Of course.”

The sound of a hatch opening sounded from behind them. Just then, Javier and the others climb out from below and find Eva with Leonora.

“It turns out you are here.” said Javier with relief.

“Javier, what exactly happened ?”

“Entahlah, but suddenly the floor began to crack itself.”

“Forging ?”

“Looks not.” replied Ivan.

Eva sighed for a while, then took a swipe to jump down.

“Kalo so, I'll go see the source, bye !!” said Eva while jumping down.

“Eva !”

“Hei, Ivan. Fast follow Eva !” exciting Javier. Ivan sighed in annoyance, then caught up with Eva who was now running on the roof of people's houses.

Eva quickly jumped from the roof of one house to another. He looked back, and found Ivan running with all his might to catch up with him. He smiled disdainfully at Ivan who seemed to have difficulty chasing him.

“Catch me if you can, stupid Ivan !” exclaim Eva while increasing her running speed. Ivan also did not want to lose, especially by his own sister.

“Backed !!” ivan from behind.

The view of the underground city looks very boisterous. Residents, both men, women, and children began to come out of their homes because of the mysterious roar. Everything looks confused.

“It turns out it wasn't just me and Leonora who heard it.” Eva muttered.

A little while later, Eva with Ivan who was following her in the back was already close to the middle of the city. There were so many people who were crowding there, whispering to each other discussing the roar. Eva stopped running and continued to look at the crowd from a distance followed by Ivan who was panting with exhaustion.

“Damn it, why did your run get that fast ?” ask Ivan. Eva did not answer. Instead he told Ivan to be quiet with his index finger.

“Why ?” ivan asked in confusion. He obeyed Eva's orders. He then put his ears sharp. Although faint, he could still hear the voice underground. It sounded like there was a monster moving beneath it. He turned to Eva as a sign of understanding. The city is in danger.

“Why didn't they hear that sound?”

“Entaihlah, probably because they storm themselves.”

A loud roar was heard again. Now his voice almost made all ears deaf so loud the roar. Residents began to walk backwards away from the source of the sound, while those with weapons began to prepare to attack any creature that would terrorize the city. Ivan wanted to shout to warn the citizens, but Eva stopped him.

“Stupid, we save ourselves, brother. Remember how far we are now from the edge of town ? No time to save anything other than our own family !” whispered Eva in a serious tone. Ivan looked back at him while thinking for a moment. It is true what Eva said. Even to get out of this underground city would have to climb up the various wooden foundations attached to the walls of the ravine wall, and that would definitely take a lot of time. Ivan finally snorted in annoyance. Although he currently agrees with his sister, but on the other hand he is not willing to leave the citizens attacked by the terrible creatures that are underground today.

“It's up to you to save them all. I prefer to save Leonora and the old man.” Eva said as she walked back towards Javier's house slowly.

“I'm coming with you.” said Ivan.

“Successful lah.”

Eva immediately ran back to Javier's house quickly, jumping from one roof to another, dodging cable wires, and climbing anything that blocked her path. Meanwhile Ivan again thought for a moment while looking at the residents who were still crowding as if unaware of the danger that was crawling out and would destroy the underground city where they lived. Ivan tried to forget everything, and decided to leave the citizens without warning of any danger at all. He ran after Eva, with his mind filled with immense regret and guilt.

On the other hand, Eva continues to run while giving birth to the fate of Leonora and Javier and other friends. He realized Ivan was running after him, but he did not look at Ivan at all. His thoughts continue to be filled about his past while he still lives alone without Leonora and Javier. Without Javier, he would have no place to stay. And without Leonora, he could not have had the happiness and be the cheerful person he is today. Both play a very important role in his life, and he is determined to always maintain the safety of both of them. Ivan quickly and with all his strength finally managed to slightly compensate for Eva's running speed.

“Hey, the terror has begun.” whispered Ivan.

Eva looked back and found that many houses began to slowly collapse and were replaced by meat and thousands of tentacles began to emerge from the underground. Looking at that scene, the feathers stood upright. Added to the appearance of tentacle tentacles that are random in various places. He thought about what was going on at Javier's house.

“We'll be home soon old man now !”

“I know it.” replied Ivan.

They immediately ran even faster. Eva's instincts suddenly detect danger, and when she looks back, she finds one of the tentacles that has just appeared and is on her way to attack Ivan.

“Sister Ivan, watch your back !” exclaim Eva. Ivan looked back while running. He did not escape, or perhaps he could not escape long ago. Eva who had expected it to happen immediately turned to run and caught the hand of Ivan whose body was currently pulled up by the giant tentacle. He tried with all his might to defend Ivan by pulling back Ivan's body with both hands.

“Hold, brother Ivan !” eva exclaimed as she continued to try to maintain her tiny body to not be attracted by the tentacles. Ivan who was being overwhelmed by panic suddenly found a glimmer of hope. His eyes found an iron stick lying near Eva. He tried to calm himself in the midst of a situation close to the end of his life.

“Eva ! look to the iron stick below your left !”

Eva quickly followed her brother's orders and found the iron rod that Ivan was referring to. Ivan clasped Eva's hand very firmly while Eva tried to reach for the iron rod. Eva then took the iron rod and prepared to throw it towards the tentacle that was pulling Ivan's body.

“Let Go Brother Ivan... Fuck monster !!” eva exclaimed as she threw the iron rod towards the tentacle that drew Ivan. Of course the stick did not hit its target, only scratched the middle of it a little bit. It was fortunate that the tentacle was still releasing Ivan, making the two fall down simultaneously. The tentacle slowly descended down and left Ivan with Eva.

“Thank you.”

“Forget that. Stay away now.” said Eva while turning her face away from Ivan. It took Ivan a while to realize that his body was now on Eva. He immediately stood up, and at that moment Eva immediately proceeded to run towards Javier's house. Ivan followed him.

“We've spent too long here.”

“True too.” replied Ivan still while continuing to run. Eva decides to get off the roof and run down the road that is currently full of cracks. Ivan also did the same, then continued down the path along with Eva. In the midst of the chaos that was happening, Eva still had time to take a piece of bread that fell to the ground.

“You said we've spent too much time, but you yourself still spend the rest of the time you fool.” grumbled Ivan.

“So what you said. I was exhausted and need more energy to know.” replied Eva while running small and ate the bread she had just picked up.

“Hurry up, they're all in danger, Eva !”

“OK, okay.”

Eva immediately put the nearly finished bread into her mouth, and immediately ran as fast as she could to leave Ivan alone.

“There is no way he is exhausted.” muttered Ivan.

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Eva opens the door to Javier's house very hard and finds Javier protecting Igor, Rodric, and Leonora who are standing behind Javier while cowering in fear. Three red tentacles with sword blades at the ends appeared from the ground and were currently attacking them while Javier was only holding a small wooden board to defend himself.

“Go from here right now, Eva ! Dangerous here !” exciting Javier.

Eva shook her head, there was no way she would leave someone who had nurtured her for a long time alone, let alone Leonora and the others as well with her. He took out a small wooden chair and ran to one of the tentacles directly in front of him and then struck the tentacle as hard as he could, although it did not seem to have any effect.

“Eva !”

Eva doesn't care about javier's screams. He then turned to the other tentacle and struck the other two. As soon as the tentacle's tentacles were out of sight, Eva quickly headed to Javier through the gap between the three tentacles.

“Javier, we can get out of this city together right now. Isn't that so ?”

Javier ran for a while with Igor, Rodric, and Leonora before finally stopping back and turning to Eva who was also following him from behind.

“Where is Ivan ?”

Eva looked towards the door that was still wide open. It was there that Ivan had just reached the threshold while panting for breath looking at the three tentacles that were now targeting him. Eva knows what she has to do now. He opened the door of his room and immediately rushed to retrieve the homemade bomb he always made together with Leonora. He took several bombs and threw one of them at the three tentacles.

“Taste this, you bastard monster !” exclaiming Eva who instantly turned the attention of the three tentacles back to him. Moments later, the bomb created a small explosion, but it was still enough to make them disappear back underground. Ivan immediately runs towards Eva and finds Javier and the others survivors. He breathed a sigh of relief and approached Javier followed by Eva.

“Great boy.” said Javier while stroking the tiny head of Eva. Eva smiled with pleasure, receiving praise from her foster father.

“But don't try to harm yourself again like before. Understand ?”

“Oke !”

“Kak Eva great !” exclaim Leonora while jumping for joy.

“Well kids, we're out of town now.”

Everyone nodded simultaneously. They continued to run, dodging the attacks of the terrifying tentacle monster attacks, and also protecting each other. All the obstacles they can pass easily, all thanks to their strong sense of family. Although in the middle of their escape Igor's right leg was injured, at least they had managed to get safely to the abyss where they could get out of the cursed city. Eva sighed with relief. In a moment, they'll be safe. There was no need for a victim to fall between them, he thought. Although it all happened with many lives of the citizens who died, but the most important thing for him at this time is his family.

They walked through the steep valley, and from a distance, saw the arrangement of the foundation of the wooden foundation standing from a distance. Some look like stairs that rise to the top, and others are just foundation foundations with no floor to climb. That's what they have to climb to get up there, and some of them have all gone through it too often, except for Javier and Leonora.

“kak, is there no other way out but through here ? I'm afraid of heights.” whine Leonora. No one answered, not even Javier. Their minds were all currently fixed on the wooden staircase that stood not far in front of them at this moment.

“Kak Eva ?”

“Take it easy, Leo. I will carry you.” said Eva. Eva then stopped her steps and carried Leonora behind her back. Leonora felt calmer after that.

“Every day, you guys.... This way ?” ask Javier.

“Of course.” replied Ivan as he ran forward looking for something that was usually lying on the ground. He didn't find that thing.

“Damn it, the safety strap disappeared !”

Suddenly everyone was surprised to hear that, as well as Eva. Eva, Igor, and Rodric stared at each other. Their condition is not good at the moment. Given Igor's injured leg, Leonora was afraid of heights, and also the wooden foundation that looked a bit weathered, already, making them all rather horrified if they had to climb the structure of the wooden structure without safety rope.

“Hey, you guys still want to climb it ?” ask Javier.

“Of course not, I myself was a bit horrified to climb it without a safety rope.” Eva replied.

“I also.” Rodric said in a slow voice.

“So how ?” ask Leonora. Javier seemed to think for a moment. He then walked towards the ravine wall and leaned back.

“You how else, for a while we stay here just first.”

It was the best way out without needing to drop any casualties for now. Everyone seems to agree, whether Eva, Igor, Rodric, or Leonora, except for one person, he is Ivan.

“Not that I disagree with what you said, Javier. But it seems, we still have to climb the damn foundation.” said Ivan while pointing to the wooden foundation behind him. All views point to Ivan.

“Why ?” ask Eva.

The peaceful atmosphere suddenly turned tense as hordes of tentacles began to appear and chase them from behind. Javier moved from his backrest while slowly pushing Rodric and Igor forward.

“Children, you guys are out of here right now !”

All of them quickly ran towards the wooden foundation that was several meters in front of them, as well as Eva. But he stopped running for a moment and turned to look at Javier when he realized Javier did not run away with them.

“How about you, Javier ?” exclaim Eva.

Javier remained standing still facing the tentacle horde that was heading towards him.

“Save from here, Eva. Take Leonora with you. I'll buy you guys time with this fucking monster.”

Tears slowly began to fall. At first, he thought that they would all survive and still be able to continue their peaceful life as usual.

“Cannot ! I won't let that happen !”

“From here, Eva. Do it as you did before. Protect your brother and your sister. I'm sure you can do it. Right, right ?” javier said as he turned towards Eva and Leonora who were behind him.

“No ! Didn't we promise to always be together !? Besides I'm not that strong, Javier !”

“Remember what I told you, Eva ? Don't be a pessimist. Know that you are actually better than you think, stronger than you think. You can do it, Eva.”

The horde of tentacles was getting closer to Javier.

“Why do you have to do this ?”

Javier pondered for a moment. 15 years he had lived with the five outcasts. They all had no parents, neither Ivan, Rodric, Igor, Eva, nor Leonora. They did not even have a name when he first met them. Ivan, the first he adopted as his son, was a brave man. Even so, he is also always heart-hearted when going to do something. A wise and alert man, and also a brother who loves his younger brother. Then Rodric, the second son he raised. A quiet and indifferent person, but that does not mean cold-hearted. He would be so friendly to others that he already knew well, especially to Eva. Third is Igor. A timid person who also has a slow reaction. However, he likes to help others, even if he himself has to be hurt by it. It was his nature that left his right leg injured at this moment. Fourth, there is Eva. At first she was a girl who was easily angry, can even be said to be a little psychopath, but alternating days, he said, he began to transform into the most cheerful among them and also the smartest. And the fifth, the last, was Leonora. At that time, Eva herself was the one who took him to Javier's house to stay. Initially only for overnight, but the longer Eva stall the more time until finally Javier decided to raise it as a child. There was an unusually long debate between Eva and Ivan at that time, so they both did not communicate with each other until one week in a row. During that time Leonora continues to comfort Eva, making their relationship even closer. All this he did, even willing to lose a lot of his wealth to decide to live in this underground city, because he felt that children like them needed love worth it. All he sacrificed, because he was the only one, the father figure they had.

Javier looked at Eva and Leonora who were carried on his back with tears in their eyes.

“This has all become my duty ...”

The horde of tentacles is now ready to attack Javier and destroy his body.

“As your father.”

“Dad !!” leonora cried hysterically at the sight of Javier dying before her own eyes.

The horde of tentacles hit Javier's body instantly, leaving behind a puff of smoke that covered his already shattered body into pieces of flesh. Ivan, Rodric, and Igor gasped in shock and looked back only to watch the figure they had already assumed to be their own father die at the hands of a monster. Eva lowered her head looking at the incident, trying to hold back the swift tears that would fall. His father had entrusted the safety of his brother's siblings, including Leonora, his only sister. He had to be a strong man, just as his father wanted him to be. At the very least, he had to come out safely along with the others.

“Close grip, Leo.” Eva said as she turned herself around and ran after her three older sisters who were already far ahead. Leonora cries loudly, begging Eva to help their father, but Javier is no longer helped. He sacrificed himself, not to see his adopted son die at the hands of the tentacle monster. Eva keeps running, while her mind is filled with memories of past memories. Unknowingly, he had already passed Igor, Rodric, then Ivan who then also ran after him behind. Merely, Igor was still standing still on the spot. The same feeling haunts Eva back, making her realize that Igor is preparing to become the next victim.

“What are you doing, stupid Igor !?” eva stopped running with Ivan and Rodric.

“I think, this wound on my leg will only hinder you. So, run away now. I'll stop this weird monster.”

“Javier sacrificed himself not to see us die at the hands of that damn monster, stupid !”

“What Eva said, Rodric. Javier sacrificed himself to see us continue to live until we are old.”.

“For this reason, I will make this monster stop chasing you, so that there are not many other victims.”

“What's with your empty mind, Igor !? We have come this far, and you have also protected us earlier, why do you have to protect us again !?”

Igor turned towards Rodric with a smile.

“I'm sorry for always taking your rations, Rodric. As a result you become thin flatulence until now.”

“What the fuck are you saying that, damn it !? Come here, I'll get us all out of this godforsaken place, and I'll make sure we all survive that goddamn monster-”

Eva who was talking to Igor while walking towards him stopped for a moment when she saw one of the tentacles emerging from under the ravine and pierced Igor's stocky body quickly, it then threw its body into the wall of the abyss and stabbed its body many times. Eva couldn't see all this, and neither did Leonora. Eva was immediately silent, seeing her brother who was often jahili was dead right in front of her eyes for sacrificing himself. He hasn't even apologized for the last time.

“Eva, that's what she wants, for us all to be safe from here. We have to run now.” said Ivan. Eva unwillingly leaves Igor who was tortured to the ground by the monster. Eva, Ivan, Rodric, and also Leonora who were in Eva's sling continued to run away from the monstrous tentacle monster. They finally arrived at the last part, which was a nightmare for them for now. A wooden foundation that rises high up to reach the top of the ravine. They had to walk on the wooden planks first, before finally climbing up by holding on to the set of wooden foundations.

With a heart, they all walked up to the wooden board that continued to deliver them to the top. No guardrail can prevent them from falling from a height, and that's what Rodric is experiencing at the moment. He slipped and almost fell from a height. Fortunately, he still had time to hold on to the end of the wooden board he had been treading just now.

“Damn it, I'll lift you Rodric ! Hang on !” ivan and Eva at the same time. They definitely did not want to lose their other siblings anymore.

“This happens a lot, doesn't it ? Keep running, I can... Did ...... Alone-”

Rodric was quickly grabbed by the other tentacles from the right. His body just disappeared somewhere, leaving only a spurt of blood splashing from within his stomach. The tentacle monster was already moving again, even this time twice as fast as it was originally. Inevitably, they should continue running now. Time went on, as did the horde of tentacles. Eva and Ivan continued to climb up the wooden planks until they finally reached the part where there were no more wooden boards for them to climb. After this, they had to climb up.

“What is Eva's sister tired of ? I can do this alone. I don't want to burden my sister any more.” said Leonora.

“Not you said you were afraid of heights?”

“I'm more afraid of losing brother than height.” replied Leonora firmly. Eva sighed, then lowered Leonora's tiny body from her back.

“Good.”

Ivan then began to climb the wooden pillar as the first, followed by Leonora, and the last Eva. They climb, climb, and climb. Until they were very close to the top, out of this terrible abyss. But in the last second, the pillar of the foundation pillar began to tremble violently, and in that moment, Eva's two eyes caught Leonora who had fallen from a height. His eyes were glazed with glass from fear. Eva desperately wanted to reach her hand, but Leonora was thrown away from her, while her two hands were currently clinging tightly to a wet and weathered connecting pillar. He could only watch his sister fall, while he was silent and unable to do anything. Eva turned her face to Ivan. Seeing Ivan who had no reaction whatsoever as Leonora fell from a height, made her realize something. He snarled, and in his heart he had been burned with immense emotion. Even so, he still tried to look calm on the outside, and continued to climb until finally he managed to put both feet on the ground, a place where the upper people live safely without any monster interference at all.

Eva continued to walk after Ivan from behind who looked very exhausted. His eyes continued to stare intently at his first brother, waiting patiently for his brother's mouth to spit out such absurd nonsense. Ivan then looked back and began the action, pretending not to know the whereabouts of Leonora. This was the moment that Eva was waiting for.

“Eh, wait. Where is Leo?”

“He fell right in front of my eyes, and I could do nothing but watch him fall down.” Eva replied with a fake sad look.

“Since when !?”

“Since when ? You asked me that !? How dare you, motherfucker.”

Eva could not hold back her emotions anymore. He let the feeling of anger explode to the outside of the surface.

“Do you think I'm blind !? I with my own two eyes clearly saw your feet stepping on those little hands, Goddamn !!”

“What did you say ?”

“Do not pura confused. I knew this a long time ago. A big mistake for me to let it go until now.”

Eva emotionally pulled the white T-shirt worn by Ivan with anger.

“I know you've been holding a grudge against Leo ever since the old man raised him as a child, right no !? Don't think I didn't realize your real gerker motion was striking it.”

Ivan could no longer hide his secret. He grinned at Eva, pointing out the truth of what Eva had just said.

“What's the reason?”

“I've known for a long time that you hate Leo ever since that damn Javier started paying more attention to him than you, asshole !!”

“Always tell me to be more mature, even though you yourself are still the same as a Kindergarten child!!” exclaim Eva while kicking Ivan's seed with all her might. Ivan immediately curled up in pain. However, without the slightest pity, Eva proceeded to hit Ivan with all her might, but Ivan managed to withstand the blow. Eva grieves resentfully and pushes Ivan with all her might to the point of almost falling to the ground, but he can still defend himself to stay on his feet. Eva went back into a rampage and proceeded to pour her frustration onto Ivan.

“Indeed, what's wrong with Leo, jerk !? He never even touched you at all !”

“Because of him, we have to move to this damned underground city, Eva !!”

“Do not think, you also do not spend money old man, son of a bitch !!” eva exclaimed as she again attacked Ivan with her fists.

Ivan is now attacking. The battle between the two of them went on for a very long time. The two exchanged blows, receiving all the attacks that led to their bodies without dodging or taking cover at all. Eventually, Eva was made to fall to the ground, while Ivan stood behind Eva, turning his back. Eva continues to grieve her defeat. He will never forget his revenge until he kills his brother.

“I'm sorry, Eva.”

“Not going. It never will. I've never forgiven you, motherfucker !!” eva exclaimed while beating the ground with her own two hands.

“That's how it should be.”

Ivan then leaves Eva alone, still mourning the death of her only sister, Leonora. His emotions grew, and in that moment, his body emitted a light.

The light was bright green, which instantly restored his wound.