Shrubland

Episodes. 7

"I'll keep looking for cece no matter what. If you do not want to come please just wait on the path we passed earlier. I have to bring Cece home too, after all he's our best friend too. I'm not gonna make you guys come along, it's my responsibility"

They stare at me. Maybe they think I'm too crazy to take that risk. No one knows what really happened just now, why the cece could suddenly disappear, what dragged the cece, it was all a mystery and I was still desperate to find it.

"Yes already, we will wait for you to come back until 15:00, it will still be 12:45, so there is still time to find cece. But if in that time you have not returned, forced me to stay, it is impossible we sacrifice several people for one person who does not know how it is at this time". Saying to relax.

I really don't know how he said that sentence. I think he'll come with me looking for cece. It turns out that he would rather leave me. Seriously, my heart hurts when he talks like that. I'm out of words. I still think he's gonna kill me or come with me. But apparently not. I began to doubt his love at that moment.

"You don't want to come with me, de? "

I asked him to confirm and strengthen my heart.

"I'm here with them, they need a guide to run, I know you'll be back" he said, relaxed and calm.

I fell silent without a word, sick with it. Just this time I was sick but not bleeding, just stuck in my heart.

"OKAY. I walk that way. We're back in one piece". My speech.

I rushed to follow the trail where the cece disappeared. I don't think anything at the moment. Fuck everything that happens later. I'm just thinking how to find cece right now.

I kept walking down the trail left there, it was clear that it was a drag trail. I looked right and left while occasionally looking at the clock in my hand. I'm afraid that until they actually leave us.

I kept calling Cece, hoping he'd hear my call.

"Cir..! Cece..! "

I walked down that trail for almost an hour. Until my steps stopped on a shady tree. I don't know what tree it is. It was obviously high, very high.

"Oh my goodness, cece!! "

I was surprised to see the piece lying under the tree unconscious.

"Ce, wake up! Comeup! Ce..! "

I shook his body with all my might to wake him up.

"I where??"

Cece nodded and looked so surprised.

"I don't know where we are, obviously we have to go back to friends. If you don't come back now they'll leave us here" I said.

I helped cece get up. We both walked back down the trail to get back to our friends. The clock in my hand already shows 14.50 wib. That means in ten minutes they'll leave us here. We decided to run as fast as possible. Hope we're not late.

"You're finally back".

"Yes let's go back, the important thing is cece udh found. Thank God that Cece can meet" said ade.

"Yes, let's go back. While the sun is still shining brightly". Diamond speech

We also moved along the trail we passed before. We keep walking down that road. I feel something is strange. We've been walking for almost an hour but we haven't arrived yet, we haven't been out of this forest.

" do you guys feel something strange, don't you? "My identity to them.

"What's so weird about jhenta? " ask diva.

"You guys do not feel like we have been walking for almost 1 hour but not to the point? It's like we're just going around in circles from there. Take a look at your clock. We walked for over an hour. "Obviously.

We looked at each other. We were confused and a little panicked. The sun slowly began to dim and the cold began to feel on our backs.

"It looks like tonight we should camp here first. Tomorrow we continue again". Ade clear

We agree with ade. We are looking for a strategic place to set up a tent. There was a small stream of river around us. We decided to set up a tent near the stream and started collecting firewood and whatever food we could find. It didn't feel like the night was coming. The neighing sound of night animals began to be heard with a gust of wind that felt so gripping.

We set up a tent and started a campfire. Some of us cook to prepare dinner. Intan, ninda, diva and nita bathe in the river. Ade, tomi and andre prepare the tent and make a bonfire. I prepared dinner from the stuff we brought. This whole thing feels like a dream. I thought that the bush was just an ordinary bush, and never thought in my mind it would be like this. It's too extreme for me, for my friends. It's too out of our minds and I still don't expect strange things to start coming. I kept thinking what if we were all going to be the same as the students three years ago.

My mind is not raging. A lot of questions came to my mind. But I'm patis all, I'm sure we'll get out of here.

"What do you think jhenta is? " ask ade.

I was surprised he was sitting in front of me, staring at me cooking instant noodles while daydreaming.

"De, don't you feel like this is beyond our expectations? " my word

"You mean? "Ask ade confused.

"We've seen the data of students who went missing three years ago".

"Yes, continues? "Ask ade was confused

"Try deh you think, all this is like the mystery of pandora's box that must be solved, like there are things that are not natural here, only first we enter the atmosphere is already different. " obviously.

"Udah, baby. Don't think weird, it's all just a coincidence, nothing weird. We're just lost and don't know the way home, that's all. We were confused and panicked because it was getting dark and suddenly the cece disappeared. That's aja.. Take it easy, baby. Do not think complicated. " said ade.

"Yes, I'm just wondering where the tenth student went. If indeed they are missing here, we will definitely meet their ma if they are still alive, and we will meet them too if they have left!"My speech.

"You don't have to think beyond reason, take a bath there, let your body and mind go".

I just kept silent, the question I had to answer, and the mystery I had to solve, with or without them.