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“Tik..”.

The water roar deep into the shallow tirta. Under my feet my eyes were soaked by it. The glint of glass stretched full of biased skies. It was as if there was no horizon line separating them. Upright body alone with a sense of wonder that accompanies.

“Where am I..?”

The first word that came directly into my head. Turning the view is not the answer. Forcing yourself to step up, looking for news to conclude.

“Halo! Is there someone here?”

As if I did not accept reality through sight, I was moved to repeat the same question. Foolish, it is impossible to sound authentic without human as far as the eye can see. Slowly, fear emerged from the crosshairs.

“Why can I be here?”

There is no hope, other than trying to escape from a dream. But all was lost when a blue light came from the sky. Feels familiar, but memory doesn't justify it. It floated before it was finally right in front of me.

“Who are you..?”

The human figure looked into my eyes. The atmosphere of sungkawa blew with the soft wind. The virgin with her face full of hope.

“Save us..”.

“Save us from that demon..”

“Avadananthe Risidious.”

My palm felt cold as he held me. I just kept quiet and stared at him. The light slowly dissipated along with a dark wisp of cotton enveloping the sky. I still don't want him to leave.

“Tik..”.

The first drop of water before the gurgling of rainwater drenched itself. The heart is sure that the first droplet is not rain. The cold water persuaded me to sleep. Originally grey, now black in my view.

When opening both eyes, the white ceiling and lights became my first sight. There was the sound of someone calling my name.

“Malka.”

The same figure I saw before. Feels familiar, I remember her beautiful face. But it instantly disappeared when his face was full of such worry.

“Malka? Can you hear me?”

“Alya..”

My first oral when I heard his voice. The condolence was expressed with the sound of the engine beating right next to me.

“Hah!”

I left that dream. No more empty expanse, no more bright sky decorated tirta, my feet are also not wet. At that moment the pain was all over my body.

“Lay... You haven't fully recovered.”.

“What previously happened?”

“We found you in the ruins. I was very unexpected with your condition at that time.”.

My body felt warm as she hugged me. I just stared at his shoulder in front of me.

“Thank God I could see you until now, Malka.

It was like hearing water droplets. This time it was not rain water. Some of my clothes were wet. My eyes also reciprocate his feelings.

“I'm here.. Alya..”.

I tried to calm him down, but the sound of his voice also came from my mouth. The sadness did not go away until finally my eyes could no longer speak. Now the body is tired. Lie down in the void. There was no other view than a very brief darkness.

I could move my body, shortly after it opened. Then I realized I was still in the same room. Looking to the side, Alya was asleep sitting down and her head was right next to mine. The smile did not escape me, rubbing his head.

Sitting up, my body was not as sick as before. It felt like something was enveloping me very tightly, but not the patient clothes I was wearing. I also looked into my clothes.

“Barban all..”

Surprised to see it. Instantly my movements were slightly constrained by the fearful suggestion that the bandage was open. I don't know how long it's been here. Tired of moving my body to go outside.

Walking irregularly, my big focus was on my right foot. Along with the infusion pole in my grasp, I opened the treatment room door. The atmosphere of the slumbering sungkawa got deeper into the bottom. Intentions attribute hope to others, but what I saw was the opposite.

“All of these were coming that night..?”

As far as the eye could see was just a sea of humans lying and a row of infusion poles along the passageway. Many of them looked limp and asleep. Feeling guilty, I felt the room cool and the mattress soft alone.

“You're not the only one on the bed. All rooms are full.”

“Zilei?”

“Nakal. You shouldn't have come out alone.”

“Many things happened that night, and you guys were the worst.”

“Where are the others?”

“Athar and Sara are in the lobby. The rest accompany you one-on-one.”

Then Zilei stepped away leaving me towards the lobby. I'm interested in going with him looking ahead. He stopped and looked at me seriously.

“Alya will panic at sight of empty mattress.”

He took another step, but my body rebelled and still wanted to follow him. Stopped again, he took a breath of resignation amidst his cold face.

“You stay here,” Zilei said as she walked into my room.

“But he is asleep.”

In the end with Zilei, I stepped slowly following her towards the lobby. The view has not changed at all. When he reached the lobby, the sea of people still filled every corner. Athar and Sara are seen sitting on a bench watching the news on television.

“Cetar!”

The lightning bolt struck the hospital yard. Everyone was shocked including me. How dark the sky is out there.

“It's been three days never bright..” murmured Sara.

“B—True? That long?”

“Look at that. Since yesterday it was just an incident that night and a flood,” Athar said as he pointed to television.

“What happened after that night..?” muttered.

“Centra surrounded by military forces. Our troops also take a lot of casualties.” answered Sara moody. I just saw it this time. Instantly, Zilei reached out her hand holding a business card. I picked it up, astonished myself to see the writing “Cast Bestanda”.

“Cast? What's wrong with him?”

“Contact him. Use mine alone,” replied Zilei while giving her smartphone. I don't understand, but I'll follow his request.

“Wah, did you get the phone number?” ask Sara.

“Wait, where did you get this?” I continued to wonder at Zilei.

“Di your luggage.”

Finally my call was connected by Cast.

“Halo? Who's this?”

“It's me, Malka.”

“Malka! How are you doing now? I see no good news at all." His speech did not change, it seemed like he was fine. I explained what happened. Now his speech has changed.

“I'm so sorry about everything that happened to you..”.

I don't know what else to say.

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

“Eee... Wait a minute.”

Zilei whispered to me to tell Cast. With the phone still on, I relayed it to Cast.

“We need your help to take down Knox company. You know the sky activist, right? We want you to make a propaganda.”

“Propaganda?”

“Surely you think highly of your reputation..It's fine if you—”.

My words were cut short by the latest news that caught everyone's attention, while my phone was still connected to Cast.

“Knox started a new research program. We will see together the information directly conveyed by him in a moment..”.

Knox now appears on glass screens across the continent.

“Happy noon everyone. Briefly, we have started further sky research since three days ago, exactly the day after the incident that night. Continued research of closed experiments to bring closer to the answer, the answer of a question that has never been answered…

Now just a few more steps towards ‘angit’. Harry Knox, my son, is the first to explore that ‘angit’. For the betterment of our civilization, man, I call this exploration a name that describes the figure of the warrior and leader.”.

“Avadananthe Risidious.

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