Biohazard's Catastrophe: Death's Hallway

The Awkward Field

Ardana walked leisurely towards the house of the village chief where he stayed while with Ilham. The large house with red brick shades typical Sundanese it looks lonely when viewed from the outside. Entering the yard area bounded by an iron fence, this young man immediately met face to face with Ilham and Odang who were sitting chatting on the porch. He threw a smile at the two middle-aged men while nodding politely.

“Geus where, Kasep? Katingalina asa bungah pisan,” Odang greeted him kindly.

“I was driving someone to dinner at the meatball shop opposite the puskesmas, Sir,” replied Ardana.

“Oh, so? Here, sit down first. Later let Mother make another coffee,” invite Odang.

Ardana shook her head, “Thank you, sir. I want to go straight to the room.”

“Lapse of dating, huh? I saw you having dinner together with a girl. You know what, Dang? The message exceeds our time - we are still young,” Ilham ledek while glancing at Ardana and then turning to Odang.

Odang just chuckled amusedly to hear it and then ignited his favorite kawung leaf cigarette. Ardana was immediately shocked. He just realized the person he had suspected of being a stalker at the meatballs shop was indeed Ilham, as initially thought. Without replying again, after nodding politely once again this young man directly entered the guest room which was in the living room.

Clamps!

After closing the door to her room, Ardana took off her jacket and laid her body on a wooden bed that only fit one person. Sighing, his eyes closed. The shadow of those thrilling moments replayed in his mind.

He still could not believe that he had done something that he had not dared to do before. Brought by the atmosphere that so brought the two closer together, all just happened. Paramitha's exquisite fixed gaze left her hypnotized yet in a very conscious state. Shortly after the inevitable scene occurred, they were close together in a warm embrace. Feel each other's heartbeats. The fortress of arrogance in his heart was instantly shattered.

“I don't care about your past even though Mr. Ilham has told me. Instead, it's a jutsru that makes me not want to lose you. You've been the Paramitha I've known since we first met.” The words he whispered in Paramitha's ears reverberated in his own ears.

Paramitha let go of Ardana's embrace and stared anxiously. “Are you aware of what you are saying, Ardana? Tonight and the days ahead, we may be happy. Who knew something bad would happen? Please think again.”

Ardana shook her head firmly. “Your rejection after what we did, I will not accept. I've advanced and I won't back down. And you didn't reject it either, did you? When I say ready to take care of you, you should know it is my seriousness. Look, I don't love you because you're from the Catranata family. All I feel. is the comfort of being with you,”.

He raised Paramitha's hand and held her back. Directed to his own chest slowly then slightly pressed, as a form of affirmation.

“You can feel my heartbeat,” he said, “feel for yourself that I'm not messing around.”

Paramitha. Ardana's heart rate is so fast it can be felt immediately. Doubts that had emerged after being haunted by the fear of the consequences of the relationship gradually disappeared. The presence of Ardana in his life as a message of life that tells him not to be afraid because of his dark past. Now he had the great zeal of the figure of the young man to deal with it.

Ardana stroked the girl's face back. Almost the thrilling scene between the two at the beginning was repeated, were it not for Paramitha's hands to immediately prevent it.

“Enough, I believe! Do not repeat that again, then the same way you take a chance in narrowness!” get the girl. His face turned to the left.

Ardana felt very happy that she could win the girl's heart completely.

“Iya, yes. All right, now I'm taking you home. If later it can be missed from the limit hours can-can Bu Nina think a no-no about you,” reply.

The shadow of the seconds after that thrilling scene began to disappear, returning into his long-term memory to be stored as memories. Ardana breathed a sigh of relief. His feelings have been conveyed to the heart he desires. Although he never knew how his relationship with Paramitha would go, he still believed he would be able to get through it together.

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Early in the morning, Ardana and Ilham were already in the Sirnasurya Forest. Especially for the young man, the gloomy and creepy atmosphere gradually began to make him accustomed. As far as the eye can see, there are no signs that can be a clue. The near-dead inspiration thought about how the terrible creatures they faced before could appear and roam the forest at night.

Today he decided to look for the source of the creatures' appearance. Limited visibility in the forest area began to get him used to it. And so is Ardana. From the location of the discovery of the bones yesterday, they walked straight towards the southern area of the forest. The distance is far, but this Ilham decision is considered better for both. Remembering the failure on the second night that left Ardana lost.

“This is still morning. It turns out to be just as scary,” ketus Ardana.

Entering the southern area of the Sirnasurya Forest from the direct outside or penetrating from the north was no difference. The more condensed creepy Eve greeted once they set foot there. Tighter trees really make the atmosphere look like it's just before dusk. But Ardana and Ilham could still recognize all the objects around them. It's just that, at some point there are always tree branches that look like silhouettes of creepy creatures. Make Ardana fooled and put his gun in the direction in question. The soil condition is still moist even though it does not create a thin layer of mud, covered with leaves that have fallen from time to time.

Inspiration looked up and lowered his gaze, sweeping from right to left. “No need. We can still recognize and see everything clearly,”.

“If you want to turn it on yourself, just turn it on. It's okay,”.

Ardana immediately turned on the LED flashlight attached to his kevlar helmet. Another one that was under the end of the barrel of his weapon was also ignited. In front of him, Ilham still survived without the help of light.

Within a distance of about twenty meters more in front there was a field that was not how wide. Inspiration gives a stop sign. Followed by Ardana, the two took a position under one of the trees while monitoring the situation ahead. Inspiration puffed his jaw slightly.

Unlike the rest of the area in the Sirnasurya Forest which was dominated by trees with branches docked together, the land he was observing looked different. The width is no more than the standard size of the futsal field. At each corner there is a tree with a diameter larger than the other trees. The scattered leaves looked thicker, like they had been deliberately stacked for a long time.

Inspiration squinted his eyes. There was one thing that interested him. In the middle of the field there is a 1x1 meter iron signpost that has been rusted designed on a wooden pole that is slightly weathered. If confirmed more clearly, there are writings and symbols that have been eroded so that it is almost difficult to read from a distance.

“You know, Dan? If there is a planks designed in the middle of the field, it means that something is marked,” he said.

“Iya, yes. I understand, Sir. But, why can you think in that direction?” Ardana agreed but still did not understand. For him the iron sign in front of him did not signify anything.

“You didn't suspect anything at all?” ask Ilham.

“Actually no, sir. It looked like a signpost containing information or something,” replied Ardana accordingly.

“Can be so, but for what is it put in the south area and not outside like in the second night of that time?” rebuttal Inspiration. He moved ahead of Ilham towards the field ahead.

Inevitably, Ardana followed while occasionally looking back, then left and right. Both of their legs sank until they almost reached the middle of the calf. Ardana shone his flashlight towards the sign so that Ilham could read it more clearly. What makes the young man's hair goosebumps are blood stains attached to almost all parts of the signpost. As if deliberately inscribed by whoever it is.

SAFE BOUNDARY OF SIRNASURYA FOREST. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO CROSS THIS LINE FOR CIVILIANS FROM ANYWHERE.

Ilham smiled wryly reading the writing on the sign in front of him. Behind him, Ardana spelled out the sentence earlier in the heart.

“Writing safe limit, but not clear next benchmark line,” murmured.

Ardana is moving backwards. Suddenly his left leg nudged something heavy and hidden behind the leaves.

“What is this?” He squatted down and then removed all the leaves.

His forehead is tightening. Something resembling an army shoe was revealed from a pile of fallen leaves. When it continued to sweep through everything again, these two young man's eyes widened. The soldier's shoes turned out to be part of a leg with camouflage-patterned tactical pants. He knew it was not a TNI uniform from any unit despite the green shades. Again, just a piece of human foot that almost rotted but did not smell.

“Pak, look at this!” call him while looking at Ilham.

Ilham was stunned to see Ardana's findings. This guy is crouching on the right.

“Owned army? But from the rest of his pants, I can make sure the uniform model does not show from any unity or matra in the TNI,” he concluded.

“Try to get rid of all the foliage in this field!” his orders.

Ardana acted swiftly and began to sweep away all the fallen leaves covering the field. Not only to give orders, Inspiration also helps him. Pieces of other limbs in the form of legs and hands with the rest of the same army uniform were found again. The number reached sixteen pieces. There is no head or body part. When all the deciduous leaves were removed, they knew they were standing on a solid concrete layer that looked strong.

Inspiration looks flabbergasted. “What the fuck is this?”

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