Survival: Dark, Brutal, Gripping

Livid

Iwan looked at her body and found her skin had been bruised, bluish, just as it had been tied with a strong rope.

" This.this is impossible, how can it be? how can this happen." cried Iwan.

Suddenly Iwan became traumatized by things he thought were beyond human reason. Iwan slapped his cheek and glazed over the river water, but what he saw were many figures in the river water, with a face that could be said to be ugly. Like trying to pull him into the river, whether for what or just Iwan's hallucinations. Iwan returned to his friends' place and no longer wanted to take a bath. He ran away with the clothes he had washed.

" Friends, help me. That was there.there was.." cried Iwan.

He was in a hurry to not pay attention to the road, and he tripped.

" Okay." Iwan's response.

His friends could only be astonished while wondering what happened to Iwan?. Johan, Ahmad , Selly and Cindy approach Iwan, helping him wake up.

" What's wrong, Wan? why such a rush?" ask Johan.

" Anu Jo, there's anu there. I'm scared." replied Iwan.

" Anu Anu, what do you mean?" ask Johan again.

" Batast beast? A crocodile? Tiger or tiger or something?" guess Ahmad.

"No, but that, well I forgot." said Iwan who still could not calm himself.

" It's drink first" Selly said as she handed him a plastic cup filled with water.

" Thank you." said Iwan with a smile. " Is it calm now?" ask Cindy.

" Oiya, I see your whole body like a bruise, is it really a bruise?" ask Johan.

" It's because of the water ghost." replied Iwan.

" What? water ghost." The four of them were shocked to hear Iwan's reply. How not, Iwan's explanation is difficult to digest, as unfounded. Both Johan, Selly and Cindy of course did not immediately believe what Iwan said. With the exception of Ahmad, it seems he began to believe this, because Ahmad indeed sometimes can see or feel supernatural things.

" Friends, it seems that Iwan's explanation is understandable and it is not impossible that supernatural things can do so far" said Ahmad.

" I know that the supernatural exists and they must have hidden powers. But look up and remember it's daytime." Cindy said.

" Now that is also a question in my mind, why can happen during the day" Ahmad said.

" Everyone, I feel like this is not to be talked about anymore, and then let it pass" Selly said.

" My grandmother said, if we think positively, we will definitely get positive things, believe me" he added.

" Right you said, Sell. Tumben once you're wise." compliments from Cindy.

" Yes, let's cook, then worship, and rest." Johan.

Then they all work together to cook the remaining ingredients as a result of survival and spare supplies. Johan and Ahmad cut the wood and started the fire, while Selly and Cindy cleaned and peeled the food and cooked. When everything was busy, only Iwan was alone sitting pensively in his tent. He now looks like a deeply traumatized person. But on the one hand, he was always curious.

" Johan who had completed his task was about to approach Iwan to the tent.

" Mad, please finish this yes, I want to go to the tent to approach Iwan." Johan asked.

" Okay, just leave it to me" Ahmad said, showing a gesture of agreement.

" Iwan, what's wrong?" ask Johan.

" Aaah is okay." replied Iwan who dodged.

" Are you sure you want to know?" ask me back, Iwan.

" The truth is I'm hungry, I'll tell you later or later, Jo." she added.

Johan was surprised by this, but he kept thinking positively if Iwan was okay.

" There seems to be nothing to worry about" Johan said.

He went back to his friends. Finally the long-awaited ones were ready, the food was ready to be eaten.

" Let's all eat first, don't forget to read the prayer." asked Selly.

They ate lunch greedily, without any talk on the sidelines eating, they looked very hungry already. After the meal was finished they prayed and then rested in their respective tents. Selly and Cindy go to their tent first, leaving Johan and Ahmad who are still sitting casually outside the tent. While Iwan was asleep in the tent.

" Everybody's resting, Jo. How about we find fish in the river." Ahmad asked.

" It's a good idea, I'm not actually sleepy, but I'm bored" replied Ahmad.

" In that case, I will change clothes first for all the bath later" said Ahmad.

After the two of them were ready, Johan and Ahmad immediately set off towards the river, in the middle of the journey they seemed to be chatting a serious topic.

" For a moment I remembered Iwan's words about the river he came to" said Ahmad.

" you mean? " ask Johan to Ahmad.

" I mean is we should know Iwan despite his small courage, but his curiosity is quite large, we do not know for sure what he experienced. How better we check Iwan's place yesterday or at least just look around."

Ahmad's proposal seemed to make Johan interested, they finally changed their plan from the first to just go looking for fish to all look around their surroundings.

At 2 pm, the sun began to shift westward, at a glance cloud cloud began to arrive covering the horizon. Ahmad and Johan arrived at the place where Iwan washed his clothes yesterday.

" Amad, look. Isn't this Iwan's dipper?" ask Johan.

" White color. Yes, this is a dipper belonging to Iwan." replied Ahmad.

Then they both looked into the river water, it turned out that all they saw was an ordinary river with very clear water. So clear until the fish on the sidelines of the rocks was visible from the surface of the water.

" The river water here is very clear, look at the many fish between the rocks. But if the clear look in this is actually quite deep, it should also be quite heavy" said Ahmad while pointing towards the river.

" Hush. Don't point at just any Ahmad." whispered Johan in Ahmad's ear.

" My father said that if we were in the forest, we should not be reckless even if we just point in the direction of something, someone could be offended, believe me." he added.

" Oooo okayoke, if that's what I can understand" Ahmad said.

For fear of the same things happening with Iwan. Johan realizes the important thing about his journey with his friends, namely safety.

" After looking around, this place is quite scary if we are here too long" said Ahmad.

" It's good that you feel it too. Let's go find bamboo to joran." Johan asked.

They walked down the river to find the bamboo tree nearest to the place. About 10 minutes from where they saw a bamboo tree that was quite lush in front of them, the bamboo tree was on the edge of the river.

" Fuh. Finally, meet you too." they said compactly.