Short Story (Cerpen)

The Five Islands (Part 2)

Category: Fiction Fantasy Short stories

Title: Five Islands (Part 2)

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Narada's eyes stared pushyly at Jaka. There was something about Jaka that made the old man tremble half to death.

Jaka stepped closer to the old man who was now prostrating to him.

“Am-ampun..

For God's sake, I don't mean to obstruct your majesty.” Narada said almost without a sound.

“So..

Of all my troops, you're the only one alive?” said the other side of Jaka. His voice contained disappointment.

Narada. Terrified.

“Standing. Take me to Garudayana.” added Jaka again.

“Sendika dawuh gusti.” replied Narada while respecting.

Jaka smiled with satisfaction. But it soon disappeared after realizing in that place there was not only him and Narada.

Artha inched backwards looking at her own sister's face. I don't know. Suddenly he was a stranger to that face. A dark and ancient aura shrouded Jaka's body until thick although not visible to ordinary eyes.

“Kak Jaka! It's me Artha! Brother why?” artha shouted trying to resuscitate her brother.

“Your grandson, Narada?” jaka asked while glancing at Artha at a glance.

“Not, Sire. It seems that he is a friend of the child whose body is open to wear.” replied Narada.

“Do I need to finish him, Your Majesty?”

Artha turned pale at Narada's last words.

Jaka smile.

“Not necessary. Just take her with your mount.”

Narada nodded and stepped towards Artha. Artha screamed hysterically. He doesn't have a gun. Lowering the odds against him by a few percent.

He had no choice but to thrash as hard as he could from Narada's clutches.

“Quiet! Wait until he leaves!” the old man whispered in Artha's ear. Artha stopped rebelling and looked strangely at Narada.

Narada's grip loosened to see Jaka had vanished.

“Good!” narada exclaims to Artha.

A moment Artha hesitated.

“Come!!” reset Narada.

“This is for your brother's safety!!”.

—

Jaka, or rather the other side of Jaka looks muttering in the mouth of the crater.

“Kala..

Enter at your death.” grin Jaka.

His arms are stretched out in the crater. Suddenly volcanic rocks from the middle of the crater poking out from the lava. On top of the monument-like rock was stuck in a strange thin lightning-shaped metal. With a single trace, Jaka jumped onto the stone monument three meters away.

His hand was so close that it was about to pull out the keris, but he suddenly stopped.

—

Narada muttered with his hands pointed towards Jaka. The tip of his finger glittered strangely.

“What are you doing?” ask Artha worriedly.

“Try to restore your other brother's personality.”

Narada is concentrating again. With Garudayana removed, the Bathara would return to the battlefield. Kala included.

He can't let that go. Narada was a member of the Nusa Antara Warriors who prevented the battle of Bathara from re-settling. But he was not as young as before, his magic power decreased drastically because the spell he was using today did eat a lot of energy.

“Save my sister, tuan” whispered Artha slowly.

“Tenace.”.

Narada is concentrating again.

—

Jaka felt floating inside the white vacuum. He saw himself standing in the middle of the crater. Jaka was about to scream but was unable.

Instead he began to feel pulled into his body strongly. Jaka was shocked and closed his eyes.

“Open your eyes.”

“You know who I am, young man?” ask Jaka's twin.

Without waiting for Jaka's answer, he said again.

“I Satya Gatotkaca, the Bathara Agni..

Ruler of Java, one of the Five Great Islands.”

“Then what does this have to do with me?”

“You are my container..

Reinkarnasiku, I need your body to complete my expansion to control the entire Nusa Antara.” replied Satya Gatotkaca boasting.

“Can't, you'll destroy the balance of five countries..

Each island is an existence that should not be reduced or increased.”

“What did you say?! I unify Nusa under Java because I want to protect the five islands from Kala!!”

“I'm sure Java, and the four other islands are able to unite without one dominating country!!!”

They stared at each other sharply.

“I will prove to you, that your expansion three hundred years ago was a waste!” added Jaka.

“So, maybe I should eliminate you.”

Jaka looked at Satya Gatotkaca sharply. His feet took a few steps back and put up the horses.

Jaka prepared from the oncoming attack.

Suddenly, chains of fire surrounded Satya Gatotkaca.

“Narada Stops!! Traitor!” satya Umpat.

The fire chain quickly pulled him into the hole in the room.

Jaka opened his eyes. Her gaze is twitching. But he soon realized he was in the middle of a smoldering crater. In front of him was a metal rod wrapped around the stone altar.

I will prove with this kris that the five Batharas can unite to conquer Kala, the Inner Jaka. His hands clasped tightly onto the keris and instantly his skin was stung to the heat of the keris.

Jaka. But he did not want to remove his fingers from the weapon.

Narada gasped at what Jaka was going to do. He immediately flew over to Jaka.

“Hentikaann!!” shout Narada.

But late. The kris had been pointed at space.

As a reaction to Jaka's actions, the sky was suddenly covered in black smoke from the crater. Lava.

Narada grabbed Jaka's hand and led him to the edge of the crater.

Jaka glanced at Artha. Never had he seen Artha so trembling with fear.

Jaka stared at the crater. A giant figure flailed out from there. The creature's body was the color of lava.

“RAN!!” peekit Narada's.

Jaka immediately pulled Artha down the peak. But Artha did not move. Artha's eyes looked at Jaka in horror.

“kamu why? We must dodge as soon as possible!”

Instead of answering, Artha simply shook her head hysterically. Artha retreated from Jaka slowly.

Suddenly from the sky a dark winged creature grabbed Artha's tiny body.

Jaka. He couldn't scream.

“A-artha.”

“ARTHAAA!!”

Narada who was busy pushing the lava turned his head. Shocked one of the dark forces of Bathara Kala can make it kecolongan.

Jaka looked at his sister disappearing in the black sky. Suddenly the aura came back to cover him. Jakah turned. His red eyes glinted. The Keris Garudayana in his hand also glittered red.

“margin Narada!!” voice commands resemble Satya Gatotkaca in Jaka's body.

Jaka's hand held a keris to the creature's head. At that moment also the red lightning from Garudayana struck his victim.

The lava creature fell to stone.

Jaka growled furiously.

“Build..

Base *******Time.”

Narada turned his head in shock after hearing the voice from Jaka more clearly. He just realized, the personality who just blew up the lava monster was not Satya Gatotkaca at all.