DRIBBLE

CURIOUS

“What? Seriously lu?!” exclaim Thunder. Thunder was surprised not playing to hear the news from the voice on his mobile phone.

“Any hospital?” Asked Thunder with a tense face.

“Ok , ok yes already cave there now.” Thunder immediately hung up the phone and then immediately switched to grab the phone handle on the table.

“ Hello Vin, I'm going to the hospital first, urgent. Please handle it with you profosal from Mr. Agung he wants to come in thirty minutes again, say sorry I can not meet him, yes.” Said Thunder to his secretary and hung up the phone.

Thunder rushed out of his room in a hurry past where the employees in the work team area only saw him with a face full of question marks.

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In the cloudy sky is still overshadowing the sky of Bandung but the rain has not yet shown drops raining. Thunder descended from his parked car not too far from the main door of the Hospital, then quickly walked into Hasan Sadikin Hospital. Seen a lot of people passing by with a variety of expressions on their faces when Thunder entered the main lobby of the hospital. But of the many people who cross paths, almost no one finds a happy expression on their faces. Of course, the situation is contrary to the facial expressions with the people inside the mall.

Then Guntur approached the guard to inquire about the room where Kunto and the lumberjack were being treated as Kunto said by phone. After getting the hint Thunder immediately stepped out of the lobby towards the room. Thunder walked hastily among the passersby with his own affairs and different faces. After passing through the first hallway, Thunder turned through the hallway and the right ward.

“Number two five... two five... two five Thunder muttered as he looked at the numbers of the treatment rooms.

“Well that's him number two five,” murmured.

Thunder arrived at the door of room number 25, for a moment he looked inside from the 20 cm wide glass gap in the door to make sure there was Kunto in the ward of the wrong room entering the room of an unknown person.

"Ah right it's the curly one," he murmured then opened the door of the room.

Thunder stepped in while greeting. There was a sound of two men saying and it was the sound of Kunto and Pakde the lumberjack. The faces of the two looked anxious while shaking the Thunder.

"Where is Kun?" Tanya Guntur then saw Ujang who rolled sideways.

Ujang seems to be asleep due to the influence of painkillers. Ujang's back is seen wrapped in white bandages wrapped around his stomach. Thunder was astonished to see an elongated wound that was more akin to an incision wound rather than like a fall wound in general. Throughout the journey, Thunder only estimated at least a broken bone after seeing it far beyond his expectations.

"The injury was quite severe Gun, but fortunately no bones were broken" Kunto said.

"The rich wound had to be cut by Kun, how did the story get hurt like that?" tanya Thunder astonished.

"The doctor also initially thought it was a blow. His doctor had a brawl event where he said, after being explained then he understood." Kunto said.

"If the exact incident I am not so clear Gun because my distance with the father and Mas is about 20 meters. Maybe this father knows exactly," continued Kunto appointed pakde.

"Sir, are you okay?" tanya Guntur turned to Pakde who was standing on the other side of the Ujang wards.

"Alhamdulillah if I am okay sir," replied Pakde.

"Thank God, how did it happen sir could get hurt like that" asked Guntur again.

"When Ujang is done tying him down...." Pakde recounted in detail the incident from the beginning. But Pakde himself does not know exactly the cause of Ujang can fall like that.

If it is said due to negligence Ujang or less good at climbing, it feels very unlikely. Given that tens or even hundreds of trees climbed by Ujang never had an accident like this. Which tree was bigger and taller than the banyan tree in the house of Thunder was never a problem. Ujang has been his assistant for more than 10 years since Ujang is still a bachelor until now married. It feels that being said to be less expert in climbing is very impossible. Pakde himself still does not know the real cause of Ujang until it falls because he has not had time to ask or Ujang has not told why. Now just wait for an explanation from Ujang directly, because there must be something else that makes him fall.

"Punten, sir, aren't you wearing a safety harness, sir?" Ask Guntur after listening to Pakde's explanation.

"Yes sir, because he thought the tree was not too high and easy to climb" Pakde said.

"But sir, I feel definitely the fall of this Ujang because there is something else sir," continued Pakde.

But in the heart of Thunder had guessed the direction of the conversation that the middle-aged man meant before him. But Thunder pretended not to know.

"That tree...." Pakde looked hesitant and confused to reveal it.

"Just say sir, it's okay." as Thunder calms Pakde who looks timid to say it.

"Anu sir, the tree has a waiter" said Pakde with a serious face.

Thunder pretended to be jolted in shock but not with Kunto who looked very surprised. His face gasped when he heard Pakde's words. Unknowingly his hand gripped Thunder's arm tightly.

"What the hell are you! Sick tau," a bolt of thunder glared at Kunto.

"Eh, sorry, sorry hehehehe.." said Kunto.

It is also true Mr. Suro said that the tree had a waiting place. Or maybe mama also actually already knew about the tree, so Thunders thought in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Ujang's hands seemed to move. Then his eyes opened and looked around him. Ujang inching trying to get up while grimacing to withstand the pain in his back.

"Jang, you're awake?" sergeant Pakde saw Ujang move then helped him sit down.

"Pakde, Mas, Sir.." said Ujang managed to sit on the edge of the bed facing Kunto and Guntur.

"Where is the condition?" tanya Thunder looked at him concernedly.

"Alhamdulillah is better sir," replied Ujang slowly.

"Jang, Mr. Thunder wants to know the story can be until you fall." Sela Pakde stood behind him.

"Yes, why? There must be a cause," said Guntur curious although actually Guntur itself already has an estimate of the cause of Ujang fall.

Ujang looked down, as if he was trying to recall. At first the look on Ujang's face that only endured pain, suddenly changed in horror as his memory returned to vividly shadowed with a face filled with feathers, his big eyes burning red staring intently at him. Ujang immediately closed his face with both hands.

"Why?" tanya Thunder was worried.

"Why Jang?" ask Pakde chimed.

"Mu. mu.the face..." The speech stopped, he again closed his face tightly.

"What do you see?" Tanya Guntur then rubbed Ujang's shoulder trying to calm him down.

"Sa. sa. i. meli.hat.. heads out from the middle of ba. tang.. tree sir," said Ujang stammeringly showing how nervous he imagined it. Then Ujang took a deep breath and told him again.

"Hair is filled.. with...hair..e eyes are large..like a red light... part of his face is covered with hair..that se.se se.se.se..is like a dreadlocks," said Ujang with horrified experiments.

Thunder choked to hear the words of Ujang. As expected if it was the work of a supernatural creature that inhabits the tree. Thunder Molar was clenching to hold back his emotions, his anger appeared suddenly because the supernatural creature had made people wretched to the point of almost dying.

"I have to keep cutting down that tree!" he screamed in his heart.

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