The Black Pirates

CH. 59 – Past Chapters: Night Waiting

The atmosphere of togetherness between them is warm, they are both in conflict, making each other speech, while Akma Jaya mediates in their feud.

As the tide of time passed, now the sun showed an orange glow.

Evening has come, he is waiting for the night, the sun contong to the west to set.

As seen the sun it shows a light that reconciles the atmosphere. A while Akma Jaya was daydreaming, gazing around the ocean, the light was shining into the sea, she was reminded of the figure of Haima–sang mother.

"Captain?" Tabra pats Akma Jaya on the shoulder.

"Tabra, you surprise me, what's wrong?" Akma Jaya asked, she just realized from her daydream.

"It's okay, Captain."

Tabra flashed a smile, her lips widened a little wider than usual.

"All of you, I have a scary story, do you want to hear it?" Tabra looked around them.

Akma Jaya and the men are seen nodding, except for Aisha, she shook her head.

"Aisha, don't you agree?" tabra asked, looking at Aisha.

Aisha crossed both hands.

"Look, it's very convincing to me that the story you mentioned, it's not as scary as you said!" Aisha said, obviously she doesn't believe.

On the other hand, according to Aisha what she knows about her, Tabra is not very good at telling stories. However, it was his habit from the past, telling stories is a routine daily he did, maybe he was good at telling stories.

Even for Aisha the story feels disconnected, but depending on the atmosphere, Tabra is so difficult to guess and somehow Akma Jaya ignored it, she kept listening, not saying a word.

Hearing Aisha's words, Tabra looks only frowned.

"Well, I'll tell you!"

Tabra said, regardless of what Aisha said, she told them to sit down and listen to the story.

They all sat down, preparing to listen to what Tabra had to say.

"Have you ever heard rumors about a creature called the Yeti? A supernatural being that is ape-shaped, hairy and large, with equally large legs and teeth as sharp as a sword, its fur is gray and some are white."

Tabra begins the story by asking about the names and characteristics of the creatures he will tell. Aisha started listening.

"Ah, yes. I've heard rumors about the creature." One of the men brandished a hand, it seemed like he had heard rumors about the creature.

"Yes, you need to be careful! Don't say his name three times, he'll be in your nightmares."

Tabra replied quickly with a sinister tone, quite frightening.

"This story happened at the beginning of the year to–1640, I read in one of the books, the story of a pirate named Hagaba who sailed the ocean, he met the Yeti in the Anantha mountains."

Tabra had a sinister face, she immersed her, presenting an atmosphere that felt real.

"How can he be on the mountain, isn't he a pirate?" Aisha asked as if in disbelief.

"He's looking for treasure!" answer Tabra straightforwardly.

"Reprecreary?" Aisha dumbfounded. The forehead widened, he let out a sound faster than usual.

"True, the pirate relics treasure preceded, when a pirate robbed, they kept the treasure in a chest then buried it—" Tabra explained.

"Tabra, you don't have to explain, just continue your story about the Yeti!"

Aisha spoke and cut quickly what Tabra explained, while Akma Jaya was just a listener, another with men, they had a curious face, Aisha cut as the explanation approached the core, this causes people to become curious.

Tabra nodded, she continued her story.

"Well, this is the story of a pirate named Hagaba, he traced Anantha mountain, looking for treasure chests and teak heirlooms, in the form of imperial swords romawa aditya purnama."

"When it was night, the atmosphere was dark, the wilderness, the boisterous sounds of the nocturnal animals were making noise, he and his men, numbering about 30 men, were tracing, at night, and they were, where it's pitch black, only the torch as a light for them."

"In the depths of the forest, a terrible sound was heard, he was curious and did some exploring, tracing the crevices of the forest."

/Tory mode on/

"Captain, where are you going?" His men asked, Captain Hagaba has darted far away from them.

"What's wrong with the Captain? Do we need to catch up with him?" ask one of the others.

"No, it's too dangerous. Maybe the Captain is missing, we'll wait here!" answer the other.

The men kept waiting and waiting. Meanwhile, Captain Hagaba continues to search the forest.

The dark nighttime atmosphere, the vision blurred, it was unclear what he saw, a large-bodied monster like the one I mentioned was visible in front of him.

/File mode off/

"Hows it? I forgot the look!" said Aisha cut the story of Tabra. He asked with a confused face.

Tabra nodded.

"Aisha, I will tell you again, an unseen creature in the shape of an ape-man, hairy and large, with equally large legs and teeth as sharp as a sword, its fur gray or white." Tabra explained.

"So, what happened after that?"

Akma Jaya said, Aisha was silent again, she did not dare to say because it was preceded by Akma Jaya.

"All right, Captain."

"After that, he shouted loudly, pale-faced, terrified, body-shaking, he ran on and on."

/Tory mode on/

AAAAHHH!

"That's the Captain's voice!" One of the men heard.

"Yes, that's the Captain's voice."

They all rushed to approach Captain Hagaba. They passed each other, while the Yeti was behind them. The Yeti's teeth were ready to pounce, his men each wielding a sword, hastening to rain down with sword slashes.

However, the result is a big zero, Yeti's body is not scratched in the slightest.

"Captain? How'this?" one of the men shouted while launching an attack.

"Run, Run." Captain Hagaba ran, his men heard and ran with Captain Hagaba.

The more they run, one by one the men are eaten by a creature named Yeti. Captain Hagaba did not look back, he kept running, caught breathing heavily.

"I must survive!" He spoke with breath blowing in the crown.

Turn him on a dead end, he turned his gaze back, and a figure came with sharp teeth, he pounced.

AAHHH

/File mode off/

"He woke up from his sleep and it turned out to be a dream because when they got the treasure, they cheered and called out the name Yeti three times in a row."

Aisha sighed, as well as the others, they felt disappointed with Tabra.

"Oh, that's just a story!" Tabra spoke after seeing their disappointed expressions.

"That's not a Tabra story, it's a dream!" Aisha said fast.

"You lied!" Aisha started to growl back. Again Akma Jaya became the mediator of their feud.

"Both of you, relax!"

"Look, the sun is almost setting, the day will soon be approaching night time, stop feuding, prepare yourself for tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, we'll explore this village."

Akma Jaya went inside the ship's room, leaving them both. They both nodded and saluted.

Slowly the light began to dim, even that orange light slowly vanished. That day passed by their togetherness, sharing a story about a creature that was either real or not? Don't know.

Tabra only read from some old book titles in the library when he was a child, while in Muara Ujung Alsa Village. Back when he read the story, he couldn't sleep, forced him to borrow it and repeatedly read it until he memorized the whole story.