The Paranormal Academy

Mystery Blue Backpack

Today a student named Pato officially came out of the Paranormal Academy. He was invited by his parents to return to Jakarta.

            Neo, Vio, Jet and Jag gather for a while at the after-school gym. Vio leaked the conversation at the class manager meeting earlier. Prita gets news from her mother about the corpse in the Snake Forest. Police informed the body of a teenage boy, who is not identified and that no one has admitted to losing a family member. Allegedly, the boy was killed by a gang of criminals in the slums and his body was dumped in the Snake Forest so that no one could find it. Many snakes will eat it round. Before parting ways, jokingly, Vio warns this info is confidential. Just like Miss Raihan warned Prita. And Prita warned the class administrators.

            While in the parking area, Neo did not see Cherries and Dru. Their old duck bike is seen parking in the corner. Neo is often seen. And after that Neo knew, from afar the clear eyes of the Cherry always looked at him for a long time.

            In the car, Vio continued talking about the corpse in the Snake Forest. According to Prita, Bu Raihan has his own version that is different from police information. The corpse was deliberately placed there by a group who did not like the existence of Paranormal Academy to give a bad image. It is expected that the authorities will close this school as happened to the Jakarta International Paranormal Academy.

            Neo is a little out of focus with Vio's story. Because today he didn't see the Cherries in the parking area. But suddenly Neo's view was dragged somewhere. Through the tree trunks. Neo's choked. The rods are moving so fast. Until his gaze stopped on the pile of dried leaves.

            “Neo, you why?” Vio was anxious to see Neo.

            “Nothing,” says Neo. He's trying to look okay.

            “Stop a minute!” said Neo suddenly. “Surge here!”

            Vio's confused. But he told Mr. Udin to marginalize the car.

            Neo ran out of the car and into the cluster of Snake Forest trees. Neo's steps quickly pierced through the perdu in front of him. His sight led him somewhere. He followed the path he had in his vision and ignored the many snakes passing over him. Until the ground he stepped on decreased. Neo lost his balance. His body fell down. He fell in a place full of piles of dried leaves. Neo's trying to get up. Body's tight. There were slight blisters on his hands and face. Neo look around. Heavy trees surrounded it. The dried leaves are piled up below. This is where his sight stopped. A snake came out of the pile of leaves and slipped into one of the tree trunks. Neo is back. There could still be a lot of snakes curled up down there. Neo shot his gaze down the leaves. He checked if there was a snake that could bite him at any time. But so far he has found none. In a corner, he saw an object lying. Slowly Neo advanced and took the object after removing the leaves that were hoarding it. A blue backpack. It looks like the backpack hasn't been there long. Maybe because of this thing, his gaze was dragged here. Is it because they're talking about corpses in the Snake Forest, Neo doesn't know.

  Neo

pinch that backpack. Soon he wanted to get out of there after a few

time to see a snake. His gaze which pierced the trunks of the trees, made him

know the direction to the asphalt road. Neo took a detour. Not through the ground

the ramps that made him fall earlier. He still remembered Bu Sari's advice to stay

calm down if a snake crosses. Until he got to the asphalt road. Vio Car

parked a little far away.

Vio outside, looking anxiously waiting at where Neo had entered the forest. But the moment

Neo was about to call out to Vio, suddenly his body went limp. His sight

firefly. Legs tingling. This

Neo tore the backpack. Soon he wanted to get out of it after seeing the snake several times. His gaze that pierced through the tree trunks, made him know the direction towards the asphalt road. Neo took a detour. Not passing through the sloping ground that made him fall earlier. He still remembered Bu Sari's advice to stay

calm down if a snake crosses. Until he got to the asphalt road. Vio's car is parked a little far away. Vio outside, looking anxiously waiting at where Neo had entered the forest. But just as Neo was about to call out to Vio, suddenly his body went limp. Eyesight's kinky. Legs tingling. It's like the times he'll see his mother again. But before his consciousness was completely lost, something hit him hard from behind. Neo fell to the asphalt. He's unconscious.

***

            Neo opened his eyes. He was lying in a room in Vio's house. Vio sat next to him. Face's worried.

            “What do you feel Neo?” ask Vio slowly.

            Neo sat down. He was checking his body, trying to feel something.

            “Free lemes aja,” says Neo.

            Neo wonder. Even the wounds he had gotten when he fell on the pile of dried leaves were already non-existent. And he just realized, his shirt has been replaced.

            “What happened?” ask Neo.

            “You I just saw like a man fainting on the street. Keep Cherries and Dru on the bike. They're from the ramp. I don't see you in the middle of the road. Cherries are learning the same motor Dru. She was shocked and hit you.” Vio explained.

            “Ceri?” neo Guman. “But..” Neo looking at Vio. He still wondered why he was just feeling weak now.

            “The cherry has the ability to heal people. Your wound was terrible. Your blood comes out a lot. Cherries that heal you.”

            Old Neo pensive. He still can't believe Cherries healed him. Then he remembered the blue backpack he found.

            “The backpack?” Ask Neo.

            “Why did you suddenly see that backpack in the forest?” Vio asked back.

            “Entahlah. It may have something to do with the dead bodies in the Snake Forest.” Neo said.

            Neo and Vio looked at each other.

            In the reading room, old Neo and Vio looked at the blue backpack in the middle of the table.

            “You know what Neo contains?” ask Vio.

            Neo nodded. Eyebrows wrinkling. “There's clothes... There's book..”

            Vio could not wait to open the backpack. There are several t-shirts, jeans, *********men.

            “This is all clothes for boys,” said Vio.

            Neo and Vio looked at it again. They're tense. Just this afternoon they got news of the dead body in the snake forest the corpse of a teenage boy. Among the pile of clothes was a small book. Tautly, Vio took the book and opened it. Neo saw the contents. Note a set of addresses. Names written like foreign names. The address is mostly in Singapore. The other cities that Neo and Vio don't know. But in the last sheet, it is written with a hasty writing : Violeta Akitafani – Jakarta International Paranormal Academy.

            Vio sat on the chair. The little book is still in his hands. The backpack might be related to the corpse in the snake forest, it might not be. But clearly Vio's full name was written on the book.

            “You can predict with those things,” Tanya Neo who is still standing in front of Vio.

            Vio shakes. “No. Dead things have no future.”

            “Maybe we can trace the history of those objects,” Vio said later.

            “How to?” ask Neo.

            “We need someone who can Postcognition.”

            “Pos... What?”

            “Postcognition, ability to see the past.”

            “Who at Paranormal Academy has that ability?”

            “Dru.”

            The next day in class, the Cherry bench looked empty. Prita got word that Ms. Sari, Ceri is sick. Before the lesson began, Vio had already revealed their findings to Jet and Jag. During the lesson hours, Vio did not concentrate. His thoughts were often down to the little book that had his name written there. Neo is not concentrated. Especially today Cherries do not enter.

            After school hours, Neo, Vio, Jet and Jag gather at the sports hall to talk about how to approach Dru. Because Dru is the type of cute girl who might be difficult to talk to.

            Jet was the one who proposed Dru for the fifth man on the mission. Vio knows, Jet has a crush on Dru. But Vio does not like Dru's attitude that is too indifferent. At that time Vio preferred Jojo. Jojo is too like a sweet boy. And now they need Dru's abilities.

            “Ok. But you are accompanied by Neo,” proposed Vio. Vio is afraid Jet will mess up. With Neo with Jet, Vio is calmer.

            Dru looks busy with his duck bike in the parking corner. He's not wearing his leather jacket. Her back hair was tied back, including one painted white. The motor seems to be in trouble.

            Jet and Neo walk up to Dru.

            “There's a problem?” Jag with his sunglasses and smile startled Dru.

            For a moment Dru stared at Jet and Neo who were standing right in front of him. But he is in need of help right now. Dru also explained the condition of the motor.

            “Quietly, I used to have a trail bike that I modified myself. It's just a small matter.” Jag is trying to get Dru's attention. But it looks like Dru is just cute.

            Neo helps pick up the equipment in Vio's car. Vio's in the car. He's waiting for Jet and Neo.

            “Where?” Vio asked Neo who was receiving the toolbox from Udin sir.

            “In the process,” Neo replied while returning to the Dru motor.

 

            Jag is busy with his work. His hands are all over the oil and dirt. Neo and Dru stood watching.

            “This is because yesterday fell huh?” Neo pleasantries. He saw there were some dents in Dru's bike.

            “Yes, the Cherry is learning. He accidentally hit you,” replied Dru.

            “Where does Cherry hurt?” Neo quickly asked.

“He was sick because yesterday healed you. He absorbs all the pain you suffer. You should thank Cherry. Because yesterday you almost..” Dru did not continue his words.

            Neo almost died yesterday. Neo himself had no idea how badly his wound was. Next to Dru he could not say anything. He feels guilty. He accidentally saw Dru's hand. In Dru's hands are many incision marks. Dru realized that Neo was watching his hand. Hurry him to put on his jacket.

            Not long after, the Dru motor was successfully turned on. Dru thanks Jet and Neo. He rushes his motorbike leaving the parking area. Jet looked at Dru until he came out the gate. He's like a hero who wins wars. And he forgot his mission.

            Vio's guess is right. Jet's gonna screw up. And Neo thinks too much about Cherries. Like now, Neo begs Vio to stop by the Cherry house. But Vio accepts it. Because there they'll meet Dru again. And Vio has a plan to leave Dru's approach to Neo.

            The journey to Ujung Jurang Village is winding. To the right of the road, a gaping chasm. Vio has never been to this place. Vio's car began to pass through the unpaved road that uphill. Here and there grow fir trees. Mr. Udin occasionally asked the hamlet. It looks like Bu Sari is very well known by people around there. His house was not hard to find.

            Vio's car stopped in the surrounding courtyard overgrown with various kinds of plants. Neo and Vio walk towards the wooden house whose paint is still new. Neo is also curious about the place where Cherries live. His sight penetrated inside. To the room with simple furniture but clean and neatly arranged. Neo's vision passes through space. There Cherries are seen lying on the bed. He was under the blanket. Neo's shocked. Cherry hair is white. Neo saw Cherries coughing. His face was grinding the stifled pain. Cherry twitched, her eyes opened. Neo is also stuck. Cherry eyeballs look white.

            “Neo are you okay?” ask Vio.

            At that moment, Miss Sari came out.

            “Ceri is so if you are sick. He still needs a lot of rest.” Bu Sari's voice was soft on Neo. “He could not be found. Later if it is healthy, I say, Neo same Vio has visited here.”

            Neo is sorry. He felt that Cherry was experiencing because of her fault. But instead Bu Sari was grateful for yesterday's incident. Since the death of his father, cherries no longer want to heal people. Because of Neo, Cherries may want to use their abilities again to help people. Neo and Vio say goodbye.

            Before Neo and Vio get in the car, Dru looks new coming with his bike. Vio urges Neo to deliver their mission to Dru. As Dru parked the motorbike beside the house, Neo walked stiffly towards him. Dru smiled at Neo's innocence.

            Neo said he meant to see Cherries. Then he told me about the blue backpack he found. It still has to do with what happened yesterday. Neo won't talk about the whole mission Vio's been telling you about. Because for himself it is still too complicated.

            “We need people who can see the past. Who knows this has to do with things that harm our school.” Neo in the name of the school's interests.

            Dru silent. He seems to doubt. Dru looked down at Vio's car. Dru knows Vio is inside.

            “I haven't used that ability in a long time. Actually I don't want to use it anymore,” Dru said flatly.

            “But this is for the benefit of all of us.” Neo argues.

            “Mmm. I thought about it first yeah.”

            “Ok. But when is it certain?”

            “Ntar I'm kabin.”

            “When is it?”

            “Entah.”

            In the car, Vio repeatedly expressed his dislike for Dru's reaction. Vio calls Dru selfish. Neo didn't think much of it. He still remembers how Cherry's hair turned white.

            “When will the Cherries heal?” ask Neo.

            “I don't know,” replied Vio. His feelings are still upset.

            “You can record it right?” neo pinta.

            Vio was silent for a moment. “Three more days,” said flat.

            “Poor him.” Neo smokes.

            “She likes you.” Vio also kissed.

            Vio's car has gone through the asphalt road. Leaving a place full of ravines and cypress trees.

            “You like Cherries?” Vio asked flatly, as if he didn't need an answer.

            Neo did not answer. Her face flushed. Vio knows that.

            “Get your hand,” Vio said.

            Neo doesn't know what Vio means. But Vio was already holding his hand. Vio's eyes closed. Before long, Vio took off his grasp. Long she was silent with her back slanted. Neo was patient with Vio's reaction.

            “One day he will love you so much.” Slowly Vio open the sound.

            Then Vio was silent again. He hesitated to continue his words.

            “Terus?” ask Neo seriously. Now he's curious.

            “He is willing to sacrifice for you.”

            “Means?”

            “Ya... One day he will heal you again. Until he got sick and died.”