Hope Like an Angel
Everybody's hiding
A few weeks after I returned home from the base to be treated so that my hands could recover, Tuesday, Jennifer and Raphael were told to go to the headquarters immediately after school. Leo said there was something important to say to all the troops, meaning there would be another meeting, but for the first time, everyone would be present, including the eight Regional Army Chiefs, it's gonna be huge...
***
"Faaaaaaaal..." Stella beside me growled.
Many things happened after the events of the past few days, including my apologies to Stella, Nessie and her friends, I also tried to be more open to others (of course alongside Raphael, he said, I'm not good enough to introduce myself yet).
"Why Stel?" I was surprised, in class, now it should be chemistry, but the teachers were in meetings and told us not to go out, so we were very bored in class.
"Bored, very bored." He knocked his head onto the wooden table.
"Yeeh, it's better this way than there's a task. You know how chemistry works?" Nessie, who was reading the novel next to Stella answered briefly, her eyes still fixed on the book.
"Yes, I watched the mystery movie yesterday..." Said Stella lazily.
"Mystery? What movie?" I'm interested, because I often watch movies from childhood.
"The Title is a Photo of Destiny. An adult photographer who can ruin anything if his photo is crossed out. So if he takes a picture of a businessman, then he scratches the head in his picture, then the businessman will have a scratch on his head in the real world. Spooky, indeed. but exciting." Stella raised her head, much more vigorously.
"Huh. interesting..." I'm nodding. Well, I should watch it.
"DOR!"
"UH!" Holy hooch! Something surprised me from behind! Hit me on the shoulder!
Oh, with that typical laugh I already know...
"What, anyway?" I'm facing the back, Raphael with.. black hat? He wears a hat?
"Look ahead, Fal." He pointed forward, my head pointing towards it.
Waw...
Everyone... sleeping? Everybody's sleeping! How long have we been waiting for the teacher meeting? I was daydreaming too long, so I didn't realize...
"Eh, Raphael..." Nessie's face flushed red, she closed her novel.
"Hello, Nes." Raphael greeted briefly, waving his hand, the other hand leaning against my chair.
"Woi, lizard! Don't daydream! It's dibales!" Stella exclaimed, her short hair twisting against the frozen Nessie.
"You want to read my novel...? His name is Hope Like the Devil..." Nessie shook violently, sticking out her novel with both hands.
"Oh. um. I don't like novels..." Reply Raphael subtly.
"Jeez, Raf... How long are we waiting for Mr. Rafi? Until everyone sleeps like this..." I asked, still looking at the pile of bodies lying on the big carpet in front of the blackboard, some of them sleeping on chairs.
"Hm. two hours, anyway. Now on to sports, Rafi sir? He's Fal's chemistry teacher. Well, you must be daydreaming again..." Raphael laughed for a moment, facing down, looking at me.
Sports lessons? Geez, I have to repeat my daydreaming habit...
What meeting the hell are they? Why is it so important?
Geck! Geck! Geck!
Someone knocked on the classroom door, the four of us faced him, it seemed like the teachers were done.
"EVERYTHING, WAKEUP!!!" Raphael panicked, telling everyone.
The kreeek...
"Eh, sorry..." Jennifer's! He's the one who goes into class in his OSIS uniform, not the teacher.
"Well, Jenn? What's up?" I asked in wonder.
Some students woke up, confused rubbing their eyes, facing around.
"Raf, why the hell? Don't build it if there's no teacher." One of them complained, and then wanted to sleep again.
"Eh, don't sleep, you're all told to go home by the Headmaster." Jennifer was worried, said quickly.
"Why?" Raphael was worried, the backrest of both his hands was off my chair.
"I don't know, but they're all sending their students home, let's hurry!" Answered by him while entering three steps, his head lowered to the sleeping people.
Some people were languishing, lazy to stand up, but in the end, everyone started tidying up his belongings and putting them in a bag.
Quickly we nodded, Raphael went to his desk and tidied up his books and pencils, stuffed them in a bag, me too. The three of us sped out of the school, past the crowd who were about to go home without any more information, past the gate.
"Falisha, up!" Raphael exclaimed at me, took his yellow bicycle and approached riding it.
"Eh?" I doubt.
"Come, hurry!"
"Jennifer how?"
"Come on!" Jennifer walked up to her bike, gosh, I'm the only one not riding...
I slowly stood on the support tube near the rear wheel of Raphael's bike, leaning against his shoulder as he prepared to scratch.
"Ready, Fal?"
"Yes." Yeah."
BRS! Jennifer and Raphael came forward quickly, I closed my eyes because of the dust.
"Sorry." Raphael said briefly, then continued to focus on the streets, passing motorcycles and cars on the streets, that people who trade and play on the side of the road touch my ears, but get distracted by the speed of the bike.
***
Until, in a deserted place, the wasteland with trees lined up in a circle after a kilometer, on the short grasses, the black walls were wide before the eyes. Jennifer and Raphael parked the bike next to her, it should be inside, but in a hurry, it won't take time. Then we all swipe the cards in the black box. Ting! The elevator was wide open, we went straight in, pressed the close button on the left, then the door was closed, down slowly.
"What's up, Jennifer? Why so rushed?" I asked, stretching.
"Leo. he called saying that we should come now." Reply, while wiping the sweat on the forehead.
"Oh, the meeting of all those troops?" Raphael balanced his hat, looking tired.
"Yes..."
"But Leo said it would be done after school, why accelerated?" Complaint Raphael.
"I don't know... Leo told us to gather at the headquarters now, not explaining to me in detail." Answer Jennifer.
Ting! The elevator arrived, slowly opening.
"God..." Raphael stared in disbelief.
Thousands of troops are here! Headquarters has never been this crowded! Look, there are some people who are greeting with swords, some are fighting, some are practicing. At first glance here feels stuffy...
A TUUUUT!
"The whole army, expected to go to the meeting room. The whole army, expected to go to the meeting room." There was a female voice on the speaker above the small elevator, everything was silent, then walked to the place that was told.
"Where's Leo?" I was worried, facing to and fro.
"He must have gotten there first." Javan Jennifer's.
"Come, hurry." Raphael held my arm, walked quickly, Jennifer followed.
Uh, why is she holding my arm...?
Should I let go?
Or maybe...
Buk up!
"Eh, sorry!" Raphael said, looking down, I hit a tall man...
"Sorry, Sir!" I chimed.
"Yakza Commander!" Jennifer exclaimed happily.
"Oh, you guys..." Gosh... Closer, his body is getting taller, the color of his long box is always distracting me, there is a small yellow line encircling the sides of his box, it looks cool...
"Quickly, hurry up and get together in the meeting room, this time will be very different." Commander Yakza stood up straight, saying straight.
"Why indeed?" Raphael.
"General Karlo, he will lead this meeting." Answered briefly.
