The Frost Heart
Woman with blood
The weather that day was very bright, but did not make sultry because the sky was a little cloudy, making the sunlight a little blocked. Even so, people are still lazy to get out of his house in the housing so that the streets in the housing are empty and it makes the young man and his plot freely to beat Jack next to the housing wall.
Under a shady tree, Jack was beaten and kicked by the young man and his accomplice. He could do nothing and just covered his head so as not to be subjected to the chastisement of the young man and his accomplice. After a while, Jack's body was covered in bruises, but that didn't stop them from beating Jack.
"YES!!!" Shouts Jack in pain.
"Hey, man. We've just hit him. Look at his condition, he must have been beaten up like that." Said one of the young man's subordinates.
"I'm not satisfied!" The young man then gave a hard punch and gave a critical wound to Jack's hand, until a slight sound was heard in his hand.
"DID!!" Jack's screams are getting worse.
It caused panic for the young man and his accomplice.
"Hey, I told you.we'll take care of it. We are reported citizens and tried with cruel punishment. I don't want to be arrested by city law enforcement."
Hearing the words of his subordinates made the young man slightly pale for fear of imagining him being punished by law enforcement. He then intended to rush over from the place and said, "we end this lesson. If you're still following my girlfriend and scaring her, I'm gonna hunt you down even if you have to get caught by law enforcement."
Then the young man and his accomplice left Jack alone in the streets of the city, which were crumbling under a tree called the mango tree. Jack's gaze was blank after being beaten by the three of them simultaneously. He was helpless in front of the three of them. Then, he raised his right hand and covered both of his eyes with his palm.
"He he he..." Jack laughing. Not laughter, but laughter.
"Stupid, how could he be Nina. What the hell am I doing? Acting crazy and confessing to me that the woman was Nina and ended up getting beaten by them." Further.
The shadow of the mango tree covered Jack while talking alone. He regretted his actions and wanted to eliminate something that was on him. But he still can't and continues to fail.
After a long period of frenzy, Jack stood back up when a middle-aged man approached him. The man sees that Jack is injured and intends to help him. However, Jack refused the offer amiably and walked away when the man gave up offering help.
Jack limped with his luggage, the garbage sack and the scavenging stick. He attracted the attention of those who met him. In addition to the bruises on his face, also because the clothes he wears are quite attractive to others.
The city he lived in was the cleanest, orderly, and most ideal city to be the best city in Indonesia. In addition, there is a special social security program for the residents of the city where there is no word of miserable life for all the residents of the city, even the poor can meet the clothing, food, food, and even, and board. So strangely enough, there are scavengers who are usually on the edge of the city, walking around downtown without feeling ashamed of others. Like a fool who chooses to be tormented in the midst of the glitter of heaven.
Jack didn't care about everyone's gaze pointing at him. He just wanted to go somewhere to rest in order to continue his activities. And that place is under a bridge near the edge of the city. The place is not too dirty, but too big which actually makes it tend to be like a cave. The place is quite suitable for shade and rest according to Jack, the scavenger.
"Ehm, what's this smell?" When Jack was almost on the lip under the bridge, he smelled a pungent smell under the bridge. It smelled like rusty iron and made Jack curious about the contents under the bridge.
Because it is too big, the light does not get too deep under the bridge, making it dim. He without hesitation entered under the bridge by covering his nose to investigate, even though it was pitch black.
"Iron?" Jack's premonition got bad when he smelled the liquid, which was almost like the smell of iron. He then followed the direction of the liquid using his feet's sense of touch, because under the bridge it was so dim and made him unable to use his eyes.
After a few minutes he followed the viscous liquid, he tripped over something and fell down. Jack immediately cursed when his face landed the first time when it fell. However, something caught his attention, which was the thing that made him fall.
"What is this thing?" Jack groped the object that made him fall with his hand. Jack scrunched his forehead, feeling that he was familiar with it. Then he pinched the skin of his cheek and he pinched the thing. The texture was exactly the same as the texture of his cheeks, making Jack pale and beginning to notice by connecting the liquid and the smell of iron in the liquid.
"Damn it, why didn't I realize this sooner?" He then hurriedly carried the back of the thing out. As he neared the exit, the light began to appear and Jack could see the object.
A black-robed woman with a cut on her stomach was on Jack's back. He's unconscious, but Jack makes sure he's alive. It's a real emergency and Jack, who wants a break from his work, has to help the woman. He intended to take the woman to his house on the edge of the city.
It was fortunate that no one saw her when Jack took her home. If anyone sees him, Jack may be considered a murderer who is hiding his victims. Indeed, no one wants to live on the edge of the city that stinks, so that those who live on the edge of the city can be counted with fingers and the population mostly lives in the city center.
After a long walk, Jack finally arrived at a hut made with some used objects such as a zinc roof and asbestos. It was not his home, but someone else's home that passed it on to Jack. After opening the door, Jack immediately put the woman to bed near the entrance.
Jack was in a hurry to take the drugs and some needed objects. Jack intends to sew up the woman's wound. The wound was wide enough and to heal it had to cover the wound with a stitch. Quite risky indeed, but Jack is experienced because he was once a member of the red cross and nicknamed a doctor who even though he never entered medical school. He had done many things in becoming a red cross, including repeatedly sewing wounds.
He sterilized his tools first, and removed the clothes from the woman. It is indecent, but it must be done. He then tore the bandage and slightly cleaned the wound with the bandage. Then, he began to sew the wound with fishing line.
It takes precision and patience to stitch the wound until it finally closes perfectly. And a few tens of minutes later, Jack finished sewing the woman's wound.
"Huh, done too..." Sweat Jack when he had to be charged so thoroughly to the end. Then, he bandaged the bandage on his stomach wound and back to take a new clean outfit to him.
So, why didn't Jack take her to a health facility? Simply put, Jack did not have the money or social security to get health services in the city. He also saw that the woman also did not have the money to pay for health services.
After he took the clothes, he immediately put it on to the woman and here Jack's faith is tested to resist the temptation of the woman he can finally get through with ease.
"This woman is really weird. This robe I've never seen before in this town. Is this woman from another city?"
Jack examined the woman's robe, which was soft and black, so dark that Jack had seen it. He felt that there had never been anyone wearing this robe in that city. It would look strange, if anyone went around wearing this robe.
Jack speculates wildly that this woman is a secret agent from abroad who was injured in his mission and he lost contact to get help. But, he shook his head to dispel that insane thought.
"Huh, what a hassle. I have to take care of this woman until she wakes up."
