Gabril - Crown Or Arena
Something in the dark
The roar of falling leaves slapped Gabril's head slowly. He now walks alone, without friends in the shade of the forest in the village.
Akma was still in front of her, but no words came out of her mouth.
The man just continued to tread slowly, correcting his feet through the steep, wet slippery ground. Water drops coming down from the leaves wet their clothes.
“Disini.” Aka stopped, pointed her flashlight to the right side, illuminating the vast building in the middle of the forest.
Gabril opened his eyes wide, himself staring at the dark place that Akma was now on.
The small building was like a one-story school building, surrounded by a thick iron fence with a wide field filled with piles of corrupted car car car car car wreckage that was rusted black.
“Yakin? It's like a straight building. We want to test our guts there?” ketus Gabril slowly retreated away from Akma. But he stopped, not because Gabril wanted to go inside, but his arm was held by Akma with a strong grip.
They made eye contact for almost 10 seconds. Akma took her cell phone back and contacted Ara. But only silence.
“We are in, who knows Ara dalem.” Akma reassured Gabril and slowly walked, but Gabril was still glued still, his shoes were now dirty by mud and the ground was firmly stuck. “No, did Ara use here everything, if there is anyone gmn? We are far from the people's homes. Even camp area.”
“Terus lo want to go back again? We're ready to go, non avera paura!”
Gabril wasted his breath, he did not want to enter the building in front of him that looks like a car wreckage.
But Gabril also realized that to get here requires struggle, sticky mud, scrub, and time that has wasted its energy. The clock is eleven past twelve. It's almost late at night.
Gabril forced to step forward following Akma who had been waiting for him. Friction of the old and wet iron gate caused a rough hoarse sound. The towering pile of cars covered the moon that illuminated the two.
The barrage of roadways looks like a small alley, but this is not a pile of cars that are arranged to spread to cause a small road to pass. Even a small intersection, they can get lost if they forget the road.
“Lewat here, put a sign on the car next to lo, let us not stray.” Akma gave a bright yellow ribbon that Gabril then taped to the rearview mirror of the car. The reflection of the car glass shows his face that is now dull, his hair bangs are also messy.
Akma directs his flashlight pointing the road to the right, the row of cars there is indeed spacious compared to the tread road on the left.
“Yakin lo here, Ara aja still not bales chatnya right?” Gabril asked with a face full of curiosity. “We look for, you want diem here aj? The drizzle is getting bigger.” Akma said relax.
The girl had no other choice, only Akma was with her now, she could not do much other than follow Akma. The man acted as if he knew all the roads the pile of cars was making.
Darkness grew as Gabril and Akma moved in, slowly only the flashlight they could rely on. The light on the gate cannot penetrate in.
Gabril repeatedly opened the chat application menu on his phone, looking at Ara's profile hoping for a reply. But the awaited reply did not come. Everything's dark!
Gabril's eyeballs sometimes turned back, looking at the pile of cars they had been through, but everything was almost invisible, only a small shadow appeared for a moment and left.
The steps of the two stopped again, the path they passed now separated. There are two options for the road in front of both, leading to the right and staying straight. Akma looked at Gabril before panning his way to the right with his bright flashlight.
“We have to stay together, how apart? so it's getting more bother! Why not scream anyway? Call the Ara or wait for balesan chat him.” Gabril broke his words out of his mouth.
The girl is now frightened, she is used to beating people, but the situation is different now. The girl trembled half to death when she heard the chant of Akma who was about to leave herself.
“Gue scuffed for a while, lo see the streets, the water content all.”
“Now Akma! I'm in. Don't want to know!” Gabril clung tightly behind Akma's back which was now walking slowly. “Huftt..tetep behind me, don't go far!” Gabril nodded strongly.
Akma carefully stepped, making sure the puddle he stepped on was not too deep to make his feet trapped. Gabril stepped on the former steps of Akma that quickly erased puddles of brownish water mixed with soil.
“Don't cepet-cepet Akma, waitin ish.” Gabril tailed behind. Somehow Akma's steps slowly getting faster, he shrewdly jumped over the puddle and returned his footing fit on the ground.
Gabril was still in trouble behind, followed by Akma who was slowly getting further, the man seemed to have known the location of the road in this junkyard.
Gabril felt strange, the further Akma walked away, although the girl repeatedly yelled at Akma to wait for him, but Akma did not hear.
It continued until there was no more illumination, pitch black hugging Gabril from all sides. Akma's missing. The flashlight in front of him vanished without cause. Leaving the now silent Gabril.
His arms trembled violently, sweat soaking his knit despite his cold weather. His eyes were still fixed forward, waiting for Akma to come.
5 Seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds. There was no one, only silence and darkness surrounded by droplets of drizzling water. “Akma...Akma.” Vegetable Gabril slowly. He was eager to open the phone but somehow his finger was very heavy.
Five steps were taken by the girl, slowly in the dark she caught a glimpse of a black silhouette standing in front of her. The silhouette stood not far away, he was like Akma but the look on his face was unclear. The black silhouette stood up as if looking at Gabril.
BRUKK!!!
Large arms emerged from behind Gabril's back and wrapped around his neck, the incident unfolded very quickly, someone choking him from behind. Gabril revolted.
He wanted to push the man back, but his strength was much stronger, his winding was getting stronger, Gabril's screaming voice was now hoarse, his voice was not heard even though the girl was trying to scream.
His head was locked, unable to turn even a little, the strangulation wrapped around his neck was extremely strong. His breath slowly ran out, his esophagus choking. Gabril was still trying to take off the big arm coil with the rest of his strength.
His shock completely rendered him helpless. In the midst of total darkness he was fighting with someone he did not know.
Gabril's eyes slowly frowned, staring at the sky with a star that was shining almost dimly as the night clouds closed.
The girl was slowly out of breath, her balance fading. Gabril fell limp so tight that the collapse of his body caused a splash of puddles that could wet the entire body.
The girl was unconscious even though her two eyes were still open slightly, slowly the big arm pulled her towards total darkness. Gabril's slowly dragged body makes a trail in the ground and puddles. His body disappeared in the dark.
