SUKMA: The Deal With the Devil

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Three days Sukma and the three eighth graders have not been found. Ms. Ratmi continued to wander through the forest, looking for her missing daughter. His mind was indeed very chaotic and random. In fact, not infrequently the crazy woman was rummaging to call someone called "Change" in the forest.

More and more days, increasingly deep into the mountain Bu Ratmi looking for a figure who is believed to be able to help him find Sukma. In the end, he found an old man sitting cross-legged on a rock near the river. Without hesitation, Ms. Ratmi rushed to meet the man dressed in serbaputih with a turban on his head.

"Change! Abaaah!" call Mrs Ratmi in a hurry.

The old man turned his head and moved from where he had originally sat. "What are you coming here for?"

"Change, can you help me just this once? Doesn't Abah always save the lost?" pinta Bu Ratmi with a parched face.

"I can only help show you the way out, not the rescue. Whether it's safe or not, it's back to the person who wants to be helped" the old man said, commenting on the faint smile on his lips.

Suddenly Ms. Ratmi felt awkward and mali. His memory was thrown back at the first time he was about to perform a pesugihan at Mount Ciremai. The old man came and warned him to go back to the path that God had led. However, at that moment Ms. Ratmi was completely darkened in eyes, to the point of not realizing the warning from the old man she called "Change".

"I don't need Abah's talk. I need Abah's help. I beg you, just this once please help my son to get out of this forest," Pinta Bu Ratmi forced a little.

"When did your daughter get lost in this forest?" ask the old man.

Ms. Ratmi shook her head. His lost sanity made him daze over time. The old man nodded slowly, trying to understand the worries of a mother whose daughter was lost in the forest.

"alright. I hope, your daughter is not as stubborn as you," said the old man hurried away.

Ms. Ratmi was grateful, the old man was willing to help her. Hurry up he followed the person who was helping him from behind. However, just a few steps away, the woman had lost track of "Change" in an instant. Ms. Ratmi panicked, then searched the old man around.

Meanwhile, Mr. Risman's condition has gradually recovered. Since being admitted to the hospital, actually the middle-aged man had slowly improved, even the aching feeling all over his body disappeared instantly. However, Ms. Inah and Atikah who were worried to see her body lethargic and pale, made Mr. Risman must be hospitalized. After three days of treatment, Mr. Risman finally came back fresh as usual. He was also allowed to go home today.

Of course, this makes Bu Inah able to breathe a little relieved. At least one of his concerns has been resolved. Soon he packed up to go home, assisted by Atikah.

While passing through the hospital lobby, a handsome young man one year older than Atikah came to greet Mr Risman's family. The young man immediately kissed Bu Inah's hand while smiling knots. At first Bu Inah felt uncomfortable with the attitude shown by the young man, but a little later he began to recognize the person in front of him when he kissed Mr. Risman's hand and greeted Atikah.

"This adek if not the fault of his son ..," said Bu Inah began to guess his memory.

"Oh Allah, Ma'am ... Mom forgot about me? I'm Albi, the child who used to be taken care of by Mom," the young man explained, chuckling

"Oh, Albi. Mr. Hilman's son, huh? Geez! You are very pangling," said Mr. Risman with a big smile. "How's your family doing?"

"Thank God be healthy, sir," replied Albi.

"Keep, who are you here to look at?" ask Atikah.

"Oh, that's ... Miss Inah still remembers Aunt Arini, right? Her aunt is my mother" said Albi. "He's now totally paralyzed, sometimes comatose for days."

Mr. Risman was stunned. "Keep, what's he doing now?"

"Yesterday was a bit quiet, anyway. I can connect again if invited to talk, but his name is already paralyzed, so it can not be like again," explained Albi. "I like to feel sorry for him. Her children are busy, her husband is abroad. So right now, only Papa is the same as me who took care of him."

"If it's Farah's mother? Did she take care of Ms Arini?" ask Mom Inah curious.

Albi shook his head in a doldrums. "Mama no longer want to take care of him since he knew that Aunt Arini came from a poor family who practiced shamanism. Papa is very sorry for Aunt Arini, so I am the same Papa who cares for him."

Hearing the heartbreaking story of Aunt Arini, Bu Inah's heart was filled. However, if you recall the slander that the old woman threw on her family, Bu Inah was satisfied. However, he must forgive and forget the mistakes of Aunt Arini in the past.

In the middle of their conversation, Bu Inah's phone rang. Apparently the phone from the school that reported Sukma and his three upperclassmen had not been found. Dada Bu Inah felt tight to hear there was no progress from the search for his youngest daughter. The school said it would pick up the parents of the missing students.

After the phone closed, Ms. Inah looked at Mr. Risman in panic. His eyes glazed over, like he could no longer contain the chest-stifling sadness.

"What's up, Mom?" asked Mr. Risman curious.

"Dedek has not been found, sir. P-the school will pick up the parents of the students now," Ms. Inah replied sobbing.

"Then, we must go home immediately" said Mr. Risman.

"But what about the situation, Father? You're okay, aren't you, if you leave Mom for a minute?" ask Mom, worried.

"Your father is completely healed, really. Then there is still Atikah who take care of you," said Mr. Risman.

"Yes, Mom. You better go there. Maybe with the existence of Mother, Dedek can be cepet found," said Atikah.

Atikah. "Three days Dedek was lost on the mountain. Doain, yes, let Dedek see you."

"Surely." Albi nodded quickly.

Mr. Risman's family say goodbye to Albi, then leave the hospital in a hurry. Atikah, who had not seen Albi for a long time, turned to let go of her longing. In addition, he was amazed by the appearance of his childhood friends who were increasingly beautiful when growing up.

In the forest, Sukma and his three upperclassmen were still circling in the same place. Many times they looked for a different path, but still returned to where they were before. Until the sun seemed to slip into the western horizon, they were exhausted and hungry.

"Your train will take us to the exit, you know it's just going to be getting muters" complained the red jacket.

"You see, we don't have to beat you up" the curl gasped for breath.

"We're just wasting energy, until the flaccid," continued the black skull. "We're looking for food, yuk!"

"Rest first. You don't know my feet until they're like this?" said the red jacket, sorting his legs.

Sukma was confused, why he could not find the person meant by Wanara at this crucial time. His ability to bring others back to the human dimension was useless when feeling tired. Frustrated, the girl lay on the ground with a long sigh.

"Hey! You are not a responsibility, even the land. Cepet wake!" nyinyir the curl is upset.

"Come on! I was also equally tired, where my stomach was rumbling again," complains Sukma as he rose lethargic.

"Well, you're hungry too. We're looking for food, yuk!" invite the black Ipluk to insist.

"No, no! We can't eat the food here. You want us to not see our parents for weeks?" reject Sukma panic.

"Continue to what? Eat the wind to death?" the red jacket was angry.

Sukma didn't know what else to say. After the fatigue was reduced, they continued their journey. As the red jacket coach followed his friends looking for a way out. Similarly, the black skull that never stop stroking his stomach rumbling.

When it was far enough to walk, the four students accidentally passed by the old man in white clothes who was climbing the mountain. Sukma did not realize that the person he was looking for had been found. His fatigue was so great, that the desire to go home urged his inner self.

"Where are you going?" ask the old man in white.

"We're going home, Cake. From then on the muters continue, do not know where else to go," complained the curl lethargic.

"Oh, so. Come on, come with me!" take the old man.

"Where?" ask Sukma lunglai.

"That's it, you guys follow me. Don't you all want to go home?" said the old man with calm.

The three men were overjoyed when someone realized their existence and was willing to drive home. Even with Sukma, grateful that there is someone who wants to help them. The old man calmly escorted the four of them towards the exit of the forest.

After walking far enough, all four have memorized the direction to be taken next. The road was nothing but a starting place to enter the forest. They were so happy they could find a way to go home.

"It looks like you know where it's headed. I'll just take you here" said the old man.

"Thank you very much, Cake. If we don't meet Grandpa here, it's like we're going to muter-muter again" said the curl while commenting on a thin smile.

"In that case, I say goodbye first," said the old man hurriedly.

"Once again we say thank you very much, Cake," said Sukma with a big smile.

The old man smiled as he nodded. The four missing students continued on their journey. Moments later, Sukma looked back, making sure the old man who helped them was still there. However, apparently the helper grandfather was no longer visible form at all. Finally he just realized, that the grandfather was the person meant by Wanara.

When he made it out of the forest and arrived at the parking lot, the teachers and rescue teams immediately welcomed the four students who were reported missing. Apparently in the human realm had already stepped on the fourth day of the student quest in the forest. Sukma looked up at the sky which was originally painted as a shade, turning into a refreshing morning atmosphere. The sun is shining brightly on the eastern horizon.

Along with the arrival of the students who were greeted by the teachers, Bu Ratmi ran out of the forest towards where Sukma was standing. Knowing that his daughter was safe, he was very grateful. He hugged Sukma tightly, making the girl aghast.

"Sukma, son! You're safe, son," said Ms. Ratmi, letting go of her arms as she touched Sukma's cheeks and looked at her two daughters' eyes.

Seeing the heartwarming incident, Bu Inah who since yesterday came to Mount Ciremai to find his daughter, was immediately stunned. Immediately, he pulled Bu Ratmi from in front of Sukma and pushed her. Hugging his adopted daughter, he tried to distance himself from Ms. Ratmi.

"How dare you hug my son!" bentak Bu Inah glared at Sukma's biological mother.