Climbing Mount Slamet

Mysterious Woman

"Oh." I grimaced with the pain in my ankle. I don't know when I fell asleep. It seems like I've been unconscious long enough.

"Oh my God, why are my feet so." I pulled my ankles and massaged the swollen parts slowly. The color of the foot that was normal now looks slightly blue.

Crying is the only way I can do to express all the flavors that exist today. Fear, loneliness, cold, pain and even despair all mixed into one.

"Where are Robby and Tommy. Why did they leave me alone like this." I wailed and roared thinking about how my next fate would be. Will I survive, or I will be the next victim. Like Tari, who also returned only in the form of a body.

I wiped my tears. I made clear that hearing might be wrong. The voices of many and many people. Looks like there are a lot of people around here. But where?

I tried to get up and tried to walk even with limped footsteps. There was a glimmer of hope for me when I heard the voices of people chatting. I slowly walked down the path following the origin of the sound with the help of a wooden stick that I carried as a handle as I went down the mountain peak.

"Pa... market?" I was stunned to see what I found down there.

A market at night and so crowded with visitors looks real in plain sight. I was stunned, whether they were real or just my hallucinations.

"Is there anything you can help?" reprimanding a woman while patting my shoulder. I, who seemed to be in disbelief at what I saw now, jumped in shock when a woman suddenly appeared from behind and patted me on the shoulder.

"Ee... eee... what is a market?" tanyaku. I observed the female figure that was currently with me. He smiled kindly, but...

"really. Want to go there?" he asked me to go there. I refused on the grounds that my legs were swollen and it hurt to walk.

"Oh, you better wait here" the woman asked me to sit down and wait for her to come back from the market. I'm observing around.

Strange, the feeling I was walking so far away and never found another way out of the two big trees standing parallel. But now what I see is a people's market full of people. Even this place I never met when I left for the peak of that time.

"Am I lost?" muttered. I thought about the strange events I had experienced since I got separated from my two friends and lost them. Not even the other party was seen.

"Here, I see first." the woman pulled my leg and examined it. Then he took out what his name was, like an herb with a very pungent smell from the pouch he was carrying. Dirty and grubby. Such was the bag he held as a place where he carried his shopping goods.

"A ... What is this?" many doubt. I was afraid I would offend him if I showed him my fear.

The woman just fell silent. His already wrinkled hands deftly stuffed the strange potion into my ankles. Even he wrapped my ankle with a cloth that was also no less grungy than his shopping bag.

"Mom, if I may know, where is this?" many doubt.

"It's still in the same place as yesterday." That's all I got. What does it mean try, is there a place with a name like that here. The woman stood up and walked quickly, regardless of my feet that were still hurting, I just went up and walked after the woman.

"Why are you following me?" the woman stopped and looked at me in surprise.

"Ee.. I seem to be lost, ma'am." I answered briefly.

"Want to?" he stared hard at me. His face was not as friendly as when he first met.

"Don't touch this." the woman quickly grabbed her shopping bag and slipped it into her armpit. I who felt even more uneasy just fell silent and felt guilty for making the woman look angry.

"Can you, Mom?" back I asked, this time I begged a little and hoped that the woman would melt and allow me to come to her house.

"Go, this isn't your place. Or you'll stay here forever."

Deg

...l11My steps stopped when I heard his words. Then, how should I. Even the way home I don't know....

"Sa... What should I do, ma'am?" askaku expectantly.

"Go, this isn't your place." again, that's all he said. Even the solution he did not provide.

"Then what should I do? I don't even know where this is?" I was crying so much. The mysterious woman came back closer and pulled my arm tightly. Drawn my hand and he walked quickly somewhere.

"Where is this?"

A house away from the simple word stands under large, lush trees and many shrubs around it. In fact, it also appears some other houses that are likely residents around whose condition is not much different from the middle-aged woman's house that brought me it.

"You stay here. Do not leave the house or wander around without my knowledge." said the woman, then she passed.

"Where are you going?" manya curious.

"Don't ask too many questions. Just follow my words." he ordered. I also fell silent immediately. I'm afraid I'll have to go again tonight.

Kkrrriiieeett. I stared around, the bamboo and straw-roofed room gave an old-fashioned impression on the dwelling. Not much furniture in the house. There is only one pot and boiler made of clay and looks very ancient, showing how old the owner of this house really is.

I peeked out through the gaps. There is a clear atmosphere out there, where one of the neighbors is dragging something that is not so clear shape. But from the reflection of the shadow, it seemed like a large animal was trying to bring him to bring into his house.

Hoooeekkk ...

It turns out that my guess is wrong. The beast was not brought in for cooking, but he bit it and ate it straight away. Even his broken intestine did not escape from his meal. A pungent aroma pierced the nose as gusts of wind gushed through the hole where I peered out.

Hoooeekkk ...

Back my stomach feels shaken from the inside forcing me to remove the stomach contents entirely. But only the pain I felt because not a single bit of food entered my stomach.

"Aakhkh..."

A clutching and pulling hand forcefully forced me to enter a small windowless room. My body was crushed so easily that it fell to the floor made of solid clay.