Climbing Mount Slamet

The Figure Behind Us

"What do we do, Rob?"

"Back, Jen. Indeed it's the only best course." Robby replied briefly. He stayed with his stance, asking all of us to go home soon.

"What about Lukman? He has not been found yet."

"After all, it's a problem because of Lukman's actions. Let him alone accept the consequences." Robby said.

I'm not arguing with Robby. It does. It all started with Lukman and Tari. If only they had not done what they wanted, perhaps this calamity would not have happened to us.

I threw my body back in the tent. It seems Robby's remarks need to be considered. I want to go home, even I miss Mama's cooking and my warm room.

"Tomorrow, you'd better go home. Continue, do not stop at post 4." said one visitor who also knew very well the incident that happened to us.

"What's the matter, brother?" manya curious.

"Oh, long story. But according to local residents, post 4 in this area is not friendly. You better get through it." he explained.

"Then can our friends be saved?" my many.

"Forget it. This kind of thing happens often. Even those who commit such an act will feel the consequences as well. You'd better go back and forget them." His advice made me feel like I didn't shed a tear. Remember my childhood with dance. Where we always go where we are together. In fact, our parents also know each other well. Until we grew up, we were always together. Until we finally got to know Robby, Tommy and finally Lukman. A man who was originally ordinary, but somehow gradually made me feel an overwhelming sense of attraction and felt very eager for it.

"Aaahhh. I don't want to remember the night between Tari and Lukman." I whispered in my heart.

I don't know when these feelings suddenly arise. I didn't feel a bit interested in Lukman. A man who I think is more and more considerate of anyone. But somehow it makes me crazy, forcing Robby to accept Lukman as one of our gang members. At first, Robby refused, arguing that Lukman did not deserve to be with our gang. But because I was crazy about Lukman, continued to force Robby and finally approved by Robby.

Robby's a very determined and considerate man with gang members. He even loved us his friends. He even cares for us so much. I used to admire Robby. Before finally appeared Lukman and robbed the taste of it from the heart.

"Jen. You why?" suddenly Robby shows up and sits next to me with Tommy. While the older sister who was chatting with me left without me knowing. Maybe it was because I was so absorbed in my daydream that I didn't notice her disappearance.

"Oohh, no. I'm just thinking about what the guy said here." I replied.

"Why?"

"Yesterday we had a long stop at post 4 right, before continuing to the peak at this time?" many ensure.

Robby nodded.

"Yes, because suddenly Lukman said he lost one of his packs that he said was quite important."

"And the package was black plastic that we found in the bag, right? Which turned out to contain flowers and pictures of me." I said to make Robby jerk.

"You're right, Jen. Apparently that's what Lukman was looking for when we stopped long enough at post four" Robby replied.

"I was just thinking about it, Rob. Yesterday was also completely unthinkable" I said softly.

"Then, why are you suddenly thinking about that?" Robby seemed curious about my thoughts that appeared suddenly like that.

"So, someone from another tent gave advice. So we better go home. No need to look for Lukman's whereabouts anymore. And he also said that we should not stop or rest at the samaranthu post, which is at the four posts" I explained.

"Yes, I know. Actually we can't rest at post four. Especially when setting up a tent. We should have just walked yesterday." said Robby.

"Is it possible we'll all be like Dance?" kataku scared.

Robby shaking.

"Tomorrow we'll just go home." she answered scaring me even more.

The morning has come. The sun is beginning to light slowly.

Robby and Tommy are ready. So do I. We'll have breakfast before we decide to go back down. Fortunately, the weather was clear and there was not much fog. The very cold weather made us quickly finish our breakfast and re-package the equipment we would bring down.

Lukman, we decided to leave them and hand them over to the SAR TEAM. Since then, Lukman has disappeared and left all his equipment behind. Some SAR TEAMS are trying to find Lukman's whereabouts as hard as they can. Despite their almost identical assumption, Lukman will never return safely. But at least they will try to keep looking.

After traveling for two hours, we finally arrived at post eight. The terrain we passed through was quite steep and steep land. At least the weather allowed us to enjoy the view. The beauty of nature makes me remember Dance and Lukman.

"If you were still with us. Surely this trip will be more exciting and fun." I whispered while not feeling tearful.

Every now and then I see Robby who always seems to be looking at me. Even from earlier it seemed like he was watching something behind me. I looked back because I was curious. But there's nothing there. Only a few climbers came down.

But there is one thing that is strange. Looks like there's a climber who came down alone without his group. A tall man walked alone and was in the back row. Little did I observe that figure, it seemed that he was a little frightened. Maybe because he was alone without friends.

"We wait for him first, Rob." I asked as I pointed to the man.

Robby shaking. He gave me a signal to keep going.

"We're taking a short break downstairs yeah. I'm cold." I said to Robby and Tommy. They nodded. I just wanted to wait for the man. I was still watching and he was still walking. But strangely he did not try to catch up with the group in front of him. Maybe his party is still behind him. I don't know, I was curious about him. Robby is the same. Sometimes he looks back and looks back. Different from the group behind us. They even seemed unaware that there was one person behind them who came down without a partner. Even the other group behind us looked ordinary and joked without anyone feeling awkward.

After I actually observed, apparently the man would stop if me or Robby looked back. And he will continue walking if we continue our journey.

"Rob." call me shrewd.

Robby who was walking behind me just raised his head.

"What is that, Lukman?" my many.

"Where? Where's Lukman?" suddenly Tommy replied. Apparently he heard my words.

"That's. You see that figure walking alone back there?" I asked Tommy. He shook his head, even his eyes were looking here and there when my index finger was clearly pointing towards the figure I meant.

"Where the hell is it, Jen?" Tommy is getting riled up.

"What do you see behind us there?" I asked Tommy. Robby was just waiting for Tommy to answer.

Tommy scrunched his forehead.

"Something I don't see. Because all I see is a group of climbers who are also down the mountain like us. What else is it?" tanyanya.

"Already, already. Let's go further down. It's daytime." said Robby. I finally decided not to rest in post seven. We chose to continue down without a break because we know who the figure behind there is.