My In-laws
Chapter 9. Trapped Citizens
Lara has returned to her husband's house after she was completely unclean, this time she began to be more vigilant especially if she was pregnant for the second time.
The health of Bunda Najah is decreasing as cholesterol levels are getting higher, difficulty walking, pain to the bones and so forth.
"Lara, thank you so much for taking care of me all this time!" said Bunda Najah in the dining room.
"That's my duty, Bund!" answer Lara.
"My own children cannot be expected, Fadli is busy with his duties, while Fadil you know for yourself how he is! I'm afraid someday I won't be able to walk anymore, and you'll leave me here!" mother Najah was worried.
"Mother don't have to think strangely, pray that you are healthy forever!" Lara tries to calm Najah.
The evening soon changed with night, the time awaited by invisible creatures, as well as my beloved nation and the like. They will start activities on dark and thick nights until dawn.
The condition of the mother Najah is very decreased make him have to routinely hunt for the sake of his survival, otherwise he will be sprawled helpless without consuming fresh temb*ni and dar*h from women giving birth and menstruation.
The local version of vampires began to roam in the pitch-night, no matter preying on the citizens even their own family members so if it is desperate.
A few months ago the mother of Najah almost harmed her daughter-in-law, but successfully thwarted Bi Ratih even though Lara became a child shaman victim. Perhaps one of the karma for the mother of Najah, his future grandson, his own flesh and blood is disturbed by the creatures of his countrymen.
"The definition of karma is valid!" muttered Lara remembering the incident that happened to her.
That night Lara had to be alone again, Fadli was already two days in town for the task, Lara was already used to the situation like this. Likewise with the activities of his in-laws, he did not care as long as he did not disturb him.
There was a sound of flapping not wings but somehow, but seemed to be installing cues to fly, such were the nights experienced by Lara. Other strange sounds were also heard such as grunting, it was her in-laws who acted every night.
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"I have an idea, so your baby can't be stolen!" said a man who wanted to bury a pot*ni his newborn baby.
"Where are you?" ask the father of the baby.
"Gini, are you going to be in front of the house? Well, just in case you don't steal the cursed creature, you better do my advice!" said the man while whispering in the ear of the baby's father.
The man's proposal was accepted by the father of the baby.
"Udah done, just love the lights let it be bright! My wife wants to name her under this jasmine tree! If I'd rather have it under the durian tree behind the house!" said it.
"Women really like weird, Man! My wife just asked for brown sugar, and honey and salt in a jug filled with baby vib!" mamat said to the Word.
"Women are always right!" Word laughs.
"Haha!"
The two laughed as they finished burying the pot*ni baby Word.
"After that tie around your house using a ribbon, so that it can not be entered by the invisible!" cursed Mamat.
"That's an obligation like it is, every family that has a baby must tie his house with this ribbon, there's-anything!" word of the head bobble.
"Finally done too!" Mamat.
"Copying on the terrace!" take the Word to Mamat.
The two men sat down to sip warm coffee accompanied by biscuits while staying up late. A long-haired black figure hiding behind the trees was peering at the two men, waiting for them to fall asleep to launch his act of stealing the pot*ni buried in front of the house.
"Udah at twelve o'clock tonight, sleepy!" said Mamat yawned.
"Add the coffee, Mat!" The Word poured warm coffee into Mamat's cup.
Mamat sipped his coffee, but drowsiness was unbearable, his eyes could not be compromised, as well as the Word that began to evaporate. Not long after, the two began to fall asleep.
A long-haired black figure with a stomach in the back of a tree was very excited to see the two men who had fallen asleep, he was already impatient to launch his action, he said, but it is unexpected that there is a figure of his countrymen who are digging the ground where the pot*ni buried.
"Damn it, how dare it precede me!" said the figure behind the tree growled.
The figure behind the tree noticed his rival in action in front of him, he deliberately hid behind the tree and did not show his form. Because his rival is a native of the village, while he is a neighboring villager who wanders to find prey.
"Aaaaakh, motherfucker! I'm hurt!" pekik kuyang who wants to steal the pot*ni.
Iyang did not intend to continue the action, his hands bloody, he also went from that place without bringing home the results of his hunt.
While I who was behind the tree was astonished to see his enemy come home empty-handed, he thought his enemy had devoured the pot*ni on the spot and did not bring him home. The curiosity behind the tree is getting higher, but the smell of the potb*ni still smelled fragrant, meaning the enemy did not manage to take it.
I behind the tree will try to steal the pot*ni, but suddenly my other figure appeared from the crossroads and tried to block it. The two attacked each other. But the neighboring village managed to defeat him, he rushed to the still intact temb*ni.
Without a second thought, the neighboring village hurriedly took a pot*ni that was still fresh and berdar*h-dar*h.
"Hmmmmmm, fragrant and fresh!" said the kuyang while putting the temb*ni into his mouth and devouring it. "Aaaaaaaaaaaakh akh akh, my mouth is aaakhhhh there is a razor aaaakhh my mouth is hurt!" My husband screams in pain.
The screams of the neighboring village woke up Firman and Mamat, both of them running towards the meyang lying on the ground.
"Capture, you're finally subdued!" said Mamat girang.
"Burik, his face is so ugly, Mat!" the Word observes the helpless creepy me.
"Where is my beautiful, Man?! Hahah" Mamat chuckled.
"But during the day they are so beautiful, Matt!" dispute Word.
"That's a charm, Man! If you don't use my knowledge, they will look ordinary like most women!" obviously Mamat is very experienced.
"Oh, you must be interested if there is a beautiful me who approaches you!" ledek Word's.
"Liat-liat sikon too, kali! Man, what do we want to do about this ugly me?" ask Mamat.
"Burn it?! Let's not worry the people, a few months ago they killed the people by possessing their bodies, now is the time to exterminate one of them!" resolute Word.
"Absolute, bang! Don't do it, I still want to live!" said the man who asked for mercy.
"If people knew, they would act the same way! But I'm afraid the others are taking revenge on our citizens, man! Just go home this accursed creature, as if he can not act for some time!" mamat's Advice on the Word.
"Please take me home, bang!" kuyang memelas because the night will soon change with the day.
"Justus!" snapped Mamat.
Inevitably the two must deliver the kuyang back home, because his knowledge does not work due to wounded eating temb*ni contains razor blades. Mamat's trick to trick me was finally successful, two of my men who failed to steal the pot*ni baby Word that night.
"It's just right that I wasn't being misty, it turns out that he knew there was a razor blade there." murmured me that the neighboring village in heart.
Mamat and Firman banged bicycles together, they drove me home, after that back to their village. The wounded Kuyang cried as much as he could on the porch of his house holding his mouth sore from the razor blade he had eaten with the pot*ni.
The moaning of the kuyang was heard all the way to the street, the people who passed by to the mosque heard it sayup-sayup. They were afraid to hear the creepy groans, but no wonder at home it often happened things that did not make sense. The poor Kuyang is the mother of Najah who for the umpteenth time experienced misfortune in hunting.
Lately the action of the mother of Najah has not been as successful as ever, maybe because the citizens began to be good at tricking the nation, unlike the previous action always succeeded.
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"Bund, did you light the wound?" asked Lara while carrying warm water to clean the wound on the lips of the in-laws who started the infection.
"Ma.sih, even m.makin swell and ber.nanah!" said mother Najah stammered.
"Here I clean, you should not have much to say first, later the wound widens if your lips move too much!" Lara was concerned about the situation of the in-laws.
Mommy Najah according, he thought his fate would be not much different from Sarinah, his arch enemy first, his life was on the doorstep. Especially if considering that the hunt is not as smooth as previous times, he began to worry about his survival.
After the incident of razor blades, the mother of Najah more often locked himself at home, never came out even if only on the terrace, in addition to his swollen mouth, his legs are also difficult to walk because of cholesterol. All drugs are not able to cure it, even the results of the hunt is not able to give extra strength as usual.
"Lara, I want to take you somewhere! You wanna come with me?" ask mother Najah.
"Mother's mouth doesn't hurt?" ask Lara.
"The wound has dried up, so I want to go there!" mother of Najah.
"Where's bund? Is it far away?" Lara hesitated to come.
"I just want you to help me eliminate this black magic!" mother Najah said unexpectedly.
"Don't you try to eliminate her a lot?!" ask Lara.
"But it doesn't hurt to try again!" mama Najah is optimistic.
"When do you want to go there?" ask Lara.
"Tomorrow night, on Friday night, you don't have to be afraid, nothing will happen!" mother Najah convinced Lara.
Out of pity, Lara could not refuse the invitation of her mother-in-law, besides she hoped that the black magic could be eliminated permanently.
The promised night had arrived, Mother Najah and Lara began to go to a place, a dark valley in the back of the house, far away there was a dead river that was dry no longer watering, mother Najah took Lara there without transportation, just by foot.
"Before midnight we have to get there, so that no people will catch us!" mother Najah said.
"Where do you want to do what?" ask Lara.
"Later you can see for yourself!" mother Najah said.
Their arrival is greeted by invisible creatures, some of which follow them, Lara can feel their existence even though she cannot see carefully.
Strange voices whispering behind the trees sounding creepy mingled with the sounds of crickets and other small animals, Lara was terrified never in her lifetime was in the middle of the jungle on a pitch-black night.
"Bund, Lara's scared! There are strange creatures!" said Lara.
"Don't look to the right, just walk straight!" the mother of Najah's orders.
A chuckling sound was heard grinning behind the tree, the gripping atmosphere was only illuminated by the light of the moon.
A few moments later, Lara and the mother of Najah arrived at a night market, many people shop there, the night atmosphere is still felt especially because it is illuminated by a slightly yellowish light. Lara did not recognize any people in the market that night, Mommy Najah invited her to stop by a stall that sold a variety of ready-to-eat cooked food.
"Son, come sit down, let's eat first! What do you want pesen?" take Mother Lara.
"Well, what a hell, bund!" lara was confused.
"Well, you're craved for chicken noodles, I'm doing the menu!" Said mother while ordering food at the merchant with a flat and cold face.
Lara was suspicious of the people in the market that night, logically where there was a night market in the middle of the forest, but she often heard residents bringing gardening and raising products to be sold to the night market, he said, could this be the night market that the citizens were referring to.
The food ordered by the mother of Najah is ready, the mother of Najah devoured it with pleasure, she ordered beef soto, never Lara saw the in-law eating the wisdom. Lara's taste so excited to enjoy the Chicken noodles that have been ordered by the in-laws for her.
"Bismillah... !" Lara prayed before eating her Chicken noodles.
As the chicken noodles turned into earthworms wriggling in a bowl made of coconut shells, Lara held herself back to stay calm, glancing at her in-laws who still enjoyed the beef soto, but in reality he ate temb*ni. Lara almost vomited, besides the night market that had been very crowded turned into an old cemetery, she found herself and the in-laws sitting on top of a mausoleum of immaculate old.
"It turns out the market is unseen, it's worth it that people look pale and cold!" lara murmured in her heart.
"Come on Lara, eat!" invite the in-laws not to realize Lara is scared.
"I'm not hungry, bund!" lara said she lied. "Just let me tell you about the truth, besides he's also a creature of their kind!" whispered Lara in heart.
"Great boy, son! Mother wants to go!" mother Najah said.
"Good bund, you eat, Lara wait!" said Lara. "Did you not notice sitting on a tomb!?" Ask Lara in my heart.
"Don't be afraid, Lara! This cemetery is a long time ago, no one has just died here!" firmly Mother Najah who knows the confusion of her daughter-in-law.
"Mother knows everything?" Lara asked trembling.
"Yes son, this is normal for me! This is the most crowded market for a nation of other dimensions!" mother Najah to Lara.
Lara pelongo and frightened, her thoughts assorted towards the in-laws, "Will mother harm me by bringing me here?!" ask Lara in my heart.
A thousand questions came to Lara's mind, wanting to get herself out of the place, but it was impossible to go home alone through the dark jungle and valley.
