SPIRIT CHILD

19. RITUAL PREPARATION

We have more than ten watches tied, fatigue and pain all over the body we can not avoid.

Can only resign in a state that increasingly provides a narrow space, as if the angel of life is getting closer before the eyes

Tina and I fell asleep and then woke up to the coldness of the floor, which made us shiver, plus the smell of incense that was very stinging disturbed our focus.

"That's so bad !" I complained while peeling both eyes looking around that no one had

Tina glanced at me, she coughed a few times very loudly

"Ohuk.uhuk !"

"Don't know why the cave gatel throat is so big" he said

I just kept looking at him because I didn't know what to do with my hands tied

Now I don't know what time it is but I think it's dark and the room is very cold even though the AC is not installed

I also looked around me, which was just me and Tina.

I don't know where they're going

Although the atmosphere of the room was quiet and continued to make the feathers shudder but it did not make me afraid at all even though it was very clear that I and Tina were in the room of the body of a child who there beside me.

The smell of incense that had existed since then seemed to accompany our suffering, he did not leave and increasingly smelled sharp.

I don't know where that fragrance came from

Tina turned to me with a face that was enduring the pain

"The head of the cave is very sick. It felt really loud like there was a heart in the head of the cave" he complained

I still can't do anything

So is the same with me as with his condition

Our bodies were completely crushed so painfully

"Yes, the head of the cave is also very sick. It feels like the body of the cave is also crumbling, the hands are also sick, all the cave rasain from head to toe hurts really" I complained while looking down

Crying is not necessary because it adds to the pain

Tina muttered in annoyance

"It is better for the cave to die now than to die in their hands" he said

Hearing him I was silent.

I still don't know what to answer.

At the same time the door opened with a quick push

Kreek !

Tina and I looked at it

Both Rima's in-laws came in loosely black clothes more like robes. Carrying a serving of flowers and food in a bamboo woven tampah then one more tampah contains a large crock regardless of its content.

Without any conversation between them even to us.

With a flat and serious expression to prepare for the ritual, they then put the luggage under the cot and then they prostrate as if worshiping.

There were twelve prostration movements that they did in front of the cot.

After doing the worship movement but they still remain in front of the cot

Kiini Bu Atik and her husband sat down cross-legged and closed both eyes, their hands folded up in the chest as if earnestly praying to the cot.

The atmosphere was getting gripping, getting colder and more terrifying.

Suddenly there was a strong wind coming from nowhere. Though in the room there is no air distillation even the window, the door of the room was tightly closed.

Me and Tina could only remain silent as if they had let them take our lives.

Even so I can only continue to pray in my heart, a prayer that never breaks and I hope to continue to say until death picks up

At the same time the door reopened this time slowly very carefully. It was as if there was a very sacred ritual inside

Kreeeeekk

Rima's husband's head poked and slowly he entered carrying a medium-sized black table on top of which there was a baby bed with pillows and bolsters in deep black as well

Although Rima's husband had entered, Bu Atik and her husband were still solemn in their positions.

Rima's husband arranged the table position very carefully without making a sound. He put it exactly in line near the cot.

Then after that he bowed down and worshiped the cot with a gesture once as if he was paying his respects then stood up and left the room without looking the other way

A few minutes passed after Rima's husband left and had not returned yet, Ms. Atik and her husband still remained in a position of prayer closing their eyes with great wisdom even they began to speak words that I did not understand as if they were communicating to the spirit they were worshipping.

At that time also the lighting of the lights became chaotic. It suddenly went out and came back to life exactly like a bulb that was being shorted.

At that time Bu Atik and her husband opened their eyes without looking to the right and left their eyes continued to be fixed on the cot.

Slowly they stood up

Then Bu Atik stepped forward and took the body of Rima's child by carrying it very carefully

Then he moved it to the bed that his son was carrying very carefully as well.

Then they took the jar they had brought and each put it beside our left.

I don't understand what they mean.

Our feet that were not yet tied are now tied by Bu Atik's husband.

Without a fight from me and Tina, we let that bond happen to our feet.

Obviously because we were desperate.

Then Tina's hair was grabbed and pulled to put some distance between me and Tina.

"Lay !!!" said Bu Atik's husband

At that time also the previous position of Tina sat down became lying on the floor but her position was tilted before the door of the room

Now it was my turn to be grabbed and forced to lie down

"You too, lay down now !!!" heed

Now I and Tina are the same

Then the jar was brought close to the neck of me and Tina.

From there I understood that they would cut off our heads and hold our blood for their ritual purposes

Even then, Tina and I could no longer hold back the tears

The tears of pain finally fell back soaking the cold floor

Tina and I cried sobbing in fear

"Huhuhuhuhu!" our tears broke

But Bu Atik's husband quickly snapped at us

"Don't be noisy ! Silence !!!" snapped

But Tina and I don't care about the words.

We kept crying very loosely

Hearing our cries finally Bu Atik's husband kicked me and Tina in the face

Bukkkhhh !!!

"Diammm !!!"

To the point that our cries finally sounded very soft

"You will soon die, crying is free !!!" said Bu Atik's husband

At the same time the door was opened from the outside,

Kreekkk

Now Rima who came carrying objects wrapped in black cloth with a length of half a meter

He carried it like he was carrying a child.

Ms. Atik and her husband looked at her while Rima carefully brought the item to her two in-laws

After they had passed each other face to face, Rima finally gave the object with full respect to her Father-in-law.

After his father-in-law received the mystical object, he finally put it right next to the body of the child Rima. Then greeted by a sprinkling of flowers given by Bu Atik.

Even me and Tina she sprinkled fragrant flowers as she said strange sentences that might be a mantra

After the process was completed then Bu Atik and her husband again rested but now in front of the body of the child Rima which was clearly visible plastered in front of us

They prostrated themselves for quite a while while Rima just stood behind them.

After a few minutes Rima stood behind her two parents-in-law who were still bowing down with great surrender. Slowly Rima's feet stepped towards the table very carefully without giving voice

He took the thing he was carrying without the knowledge of his two in-laws

He quickly opened the wrapping cloth.

A solid machete was already in his hands

And