SEBERANG VILLAGE
Chapter 8 - Endah
The faint dim of street lights illuminated the reeds of trees around. There the figure stood, looking towards Dekka still with a strange look. Dekka was silent, wanting to communicate but fear still plagued him. Behind him Bertan was silent, looking at Dekka's back and staring at the occasional straight forward blankly according to him.
It was night, but Dekka and Bertan were now together outside their home. That back door became the best place to see 'them' as it led straight into the darkness. The atmosphere around was already quiet, it seemed like all the other citizens had already fallen asleep. Naturally, because the clock has shown at 23:54 at this time.
"Dekka, is he there?" ask Bertan. Dekka nodded, in silence she tried to calm herself down. Bertan realized, then he took a step forward aligning the position with the older one. The patting of Dekka's shoulder slowly made Dekka immediately turn to look at Bertan. He rubbed Dekka's shoulders slowly, giving Dekka peace and courage.
"Fight Dekka, if you want to prove Kek Retno's speech is wrong you have to lose your fear. Breathe in, slow down and fight your fear" said Bertan.
"It's not as easy as you think, Bertan."
Dekka chuckled while shaking his head. But not his father, he obeyed Bertan's orders. He took a deep breath, held it for a while then threw it away. He did so repeatedly until the young man finally felt calmer. His previously closed eyes started to open, staring straight back at the figure in front of him.
Slowly but surely he began to lose his fear, and while staring back at the figure in front of him the figure was seen opening his mouth. Dekka waited for a voice to ring in his ear, but there was nothing he heard even after many times the figure opened and closed his mouth. Feeling irritated, Dekka looked at the figure as she brandished her middle finger and left from there.
"To long."
The feeble and soft voice was heard in his sense of hearing after Dekka took two steps forward, after a long time the figure finally spoke. Dekka immediately turned his body again, making Bertan who was just about to enter in shocked. Dekka stared fixedly at the figure, trying to make sure that the shrill voice had come from the figure.
"To long."
Again and again just that was ejected from the lips of the figure, Dekka stared straight ahead waiting for the figure to continue the word. But there was nothing thrown, while Bertan behind held the fur of his back that stood up. Eve around became much more sinister than before, feeling so gripping with the cold gusts of the night.
"What do you want to help?" ask Dekka on that figure. The figure did not answer, he just stared at Dekka with a strange look. "If you don't tell me, I can't help it either. I can't help you if it's beyond my control either." Dekka.
"You have to find my body, right?" The figure nodded. "Then show me where, let me find out tomorrow it's night, I also need to sleep," said Dekka. And instead of answering Dekka's question, the figure instead floated towards him with a quick and sudden sigh. Her sinister face was right in front of Dekka, with hair falling down on Dekka's face.
The next second Dekka lost consciousness, and Bertan behind him caught Dekka's limp body in a reflex motion. The body did not have a fever, but Dekka suddenly fainted which made him startled. Finally, with the persistence of Bertan bring the body in and immediately bring Dekka's body to the room. He laid Dekka's body on the bed and she also lay down next to him. His eyes were closed, until he finally entered the dream realm.
While on the other hand, Dekka frowned because he was in a place that was familiar to him. A river that he had just been to this morning with Bertan for fishing. There he saw nothing, only shady trees around. His body also felt strange, feeling lighter than usual.
After a long look back and forth Dekka finally saw someone coming. A man dragging a woman whose face had been battered. The woman continued to complain of pain but the man seemed to be unconcerned. Dekka felt familiar with the woman's face, especially the eyes that reminded him of the figure of a wet kuntilanak.
"God, you really don't know shame. Do you still not understand that we do not deserve to be together? I've given you the decision to abort the boy but you've chosen to indulge his disgrace, so forgive me if I do this."
Dekka knows some things now, the woman's name is Endah and she is pregnant. The next incident made Dekka shocked and furious, the man pushed Endah who was still in a weak condition into the river. Then the man left just like that, leaving Endah who had trouble to return to the river because of the state of the river that was indeed a torrent.
The next incident was even more sad, Endah who focused on trying to return to the edge of the river did not realize that behind him there was a large rock. He whose body was carried away by the huge currents could not avoid the sprays that made him instantly in pain. His body had already crumbled and had now become even more crumpled after crashing into the rock.
Then Endah's body weakened along with the current getting bigger, slowly the body began to lose the ability to withstand the current. So Endah decided to let his body get carried away by the current, letting his body hit the rocks several times until finally losing consciousness.
Dekka was there, bearing witness in silence as the body began to drift until the last breath of the figure was blown. Dekka held her breath, what a terrible fate from Endah. It is fitting that the figure he met yesterday and today is in a wet state, it turns out that it is related to the cause of death. Dekka understands now, maybe Endah's body until now has not been found and buried properly so that the figure is looking for him.
Dekka nodded his head in understanding, at least he understood a little bit of the situation even though he had not ascertained whether what he saw the batus was true or not. And as for the figure of the man who pushed Endah, Dekka would remember the man. Now he forgets that, because his brain suddenly remembers how he came back home because everything around him became strange and dark. Faintly in his confusion, Dekka began to hear someone's voice.
"Dekka, wakeup!"
