DEAD EYES ARA

Episode 19's

Ara ran along the path that on the left and right were overgrown with bamboo trees. The road looked like a long, tree-walled passageway. He kept running and occasionally turned his head back. I didn't see anyone chasing him. The girl obeyed her instincts, ordering all her members to run. There was something back there and according to his feelings, it was something dangerous.

"Mom....." Occasionally a soft whisper could be heard in the girl's ear. That's what kept him from quitting. Something invisible always emits its own threat. Human instincts are always vigilant by something visible.

The hallway grew elongated, Ara was unable to count the time, how long he had been running. His eyes scanned the surroundings with nanar, trying to find the movements of other living beings, no matter how small it was. Niente. He was alone, stuck on this long road without being able to stop, with "something" following him.

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It was almost 2 in the morning, when Cyril went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. He could not fall asleep even for a moment. His mind was dead-end, his curiosity peaking. The amateur investigation he and Galih conducted has yet to find a bright spot. To be honest, I don't know where to repeat it. Slowly the young man picked up his gawai, and began to look for a name. Ara.

In a boarding room, Ara who was silent on her bed woke up as her dress shook. The girl woke up again due to a recurring dream. And that made him unable to go back to sleep before morning. Using her feet, Ara dragged her almost-fallen dress. Questions popped into his head when he saw the message that had just come in. A message from Cyril.

[Udh sleeping Ra? ]

The girl started typing a reply.

[Oh, but wake up ]

Seen on the screen, Cyril was typing.

[Duh, I'm sorry to wake you up.. ]

[No, I woke up before you chatted me ]

[Where is the plan today? ]

[Not anywhere. The power in kosan ]

Pause a few seconds before Cyril re-typed

[Finding yuk tomorrow, eating fried rice again ]

Ara involuntarily smiled

[Come 😁 ]

[Okay Cyril ]

Cyril smiled faintly reading Ara's last reply. After that, he put his clothes back on the table. Not only once dizzy desire to ask for help Ara in the case that is being investigated. But, the young man also thought that it would backfire for him and Galih. What Ara did was related to the supernatural world. In the newspapers, facts on the ground are the main thing. He could not write the news based on things that all the public did not believe.

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Cyril looked at Ara who was walking slowly over. Something in his heart commanded the young man to always protect Ara. Since the death of her grandmother, Cyril has paid special attention to the girl. After getting to know Ara, many things were the first time he saw and experienced. That human power can break the limit. There are probably a lot of people who are similar to Ara. Special but eliminated. Yet it is not their willingness to have abilities that normal people do not have.

The young man's memory retreated to a few months ago when his best friend decided to become a life-extracting angel for himself. Damians. The man was Cyril's best friend while studying abroad. Both share a lot of experience. Share the hardships and even share stories about each other's families. Damian is from Semarang. His family sent him abroad to get rid of him. Because he's different. Yep. If it can be classified, Damian is a human who is in a group with Ara. The young man could see things that normal humans could not see. Until finally, he ended his own life under severe mental stress, just 2 weeks before graduation.

"Hey.." Ara had stood before Cyril. The girl's appearance looked simple, yet not boring. Torn jeans, big size shirt and canvas shoes.

Cyril involuntarily smiled as he looked at her

" Hey Ara... Go straight away, then hunt full of place"

The girl in front of him nodded and followed Cyril into the car. Less than an hour later, the two were already sitting side by side waiting for an order of goat-fried rice.

" This is the second time we've eaten here..." Ara said softly. Cyril looked up and smiled at him.

" Yes the second time. Hopefully next we will be here more often yes"

Ara smiled knot. " Yes, don't be too frequent, high cholesterol later. So, with the disease, I don't want to die young"

Both rattled. I don't know why there was such a sense of relief that they both felt. Like there was something that was initially detained, but in the end it was released as well. Something that makes the two start to feel close is not distant.

Both eat interspersed with stories about each other's daily life. Ara recounted that she had decided to reject Dr. Arka's offer to work in the hospital. In fact, it was fine for Ara to still use her special talent. Only, he still feels traumatized since Kaluna's death. His work helps the authorities make him inevitably almost tangled with the guilty party. Even his life is threatened at the hands of a psychopath. Although in the end, it was his good friend who replaced the girl to be the victim.

Cyril told me about his new job. And the first case to be covered. All the while, the young man informed Ara about the target of the investigation as well as the motives that people around the victim might have. Ara listened to all of Cyril's stories carefully. The girl's curiosity rose slowly. After a long time working for Prof Helmi first, making Ara able to defeat her fear of the body.

" Where is the victim's body at the autopsy? " She asked suddenly

The question made Cyril turn away quickly. His eyes fixed on Mara Ara. Without further words, the two understood each other where the question was headed, and what Ara would do after asking. Slowly, Ara nodded faintly, as if knowing Cyril's heart with the decision the girl made without a word. For a moment, his adrenaline and curiosity multiplied. After all this time, he would finally see Ara "read" a corpse that hung from suicide.