The Paranormal Academy
A City and a Clear-Eyed Girl
Train's slowing. Neo's face was still tight in the window. He saw many places he did not know. Like a small train station approaching. Neo checks the station's name in the notes he gets from the person he's still a mystery to. It seems that at the station Neo has to get off.
The train stopped for a moment. Only three people got off at the station. The deserted station
like dead. Neo looked at the note again. He had to find a bus stop nearby.
Almost half an hour Neo sat alone at the reot stop. Only a few old cars passed in front of him. Until a city bus shows up at the end of the road. The number stamped on the windshield corresponds to Neo's note. No one got off that bus. When Neo boarded, only five passengers were on the bus. Neo sits in the back seat. Up ahead, some of his seating benches were already absent. A barking conductor comes to Neo. Some Neo dime spent to pay.
“Terminal Bottom is still far Mas?” Neo asked.
“It's close. Just wait until the bus stops.” The conductor thinks Neo's not here.
Neo checked his notes again.
“Where are you?” ask the conductor who is still standing near Neo.
Neo handed his notes to the conductor, as he felt he could not explain.
“You to paranormal school?” The conductor returned Neo's notes. “From Terminal Bawah kota bus again to Tanah Hitam. Continue to climb colt. Five o'clock in the afternoon usually the colt is no.”
Neo had no time to thank as the conductor walked forward. But Neo was a little relieved because after all he was still a stranger there. See the conductor talking to the passengers in front. It seems like they were talking about Neo because the person the conductor was talking to looked back at seeing Neo while laughing like a mock. Then I heard Neo repeatedly say the word 'abnormal school.
Bus over. Neo felt a fishy smell poking. Hordes of people enter the bus carrying many luggage. The bus stopped taking passengers at a traditional market. Outside Neo sees a muddy market, full of fishmongers. The bus runs again when the passengers are full. Within ten minutes, a small terminal was visible in front. Neo got off there and had to change buses.
The fishy smell was still smelling in the air. The sea can be seen at the end of the terminal. Also fishing boats that rest on the sand. Neo searches for his bus among the public transport queues. He should avoid holes in the terminal asphalt. When they found it, the bus was leaving. With the weight of the backpack on his back, Neo ran after him.
The fishing village is seen from the bus. Three people stood up, including Neo, who did not stop looking out the window. Then the warehouse and factory buildings began to appear. Neo had to tighten his grip every time the bus went through the big holes in the road. Not many vehicles passed. Only a few times did the bus cross paths with large trucks.
When the road was empty, the bus suddenly stopped. Neo is aware of many people outside. They're all hooded ninja sheaths. Many stopped the bus. Some ninja-sung people came in from the door
ahead and screaming violently. They asked passengers to hand over their luggage while brandishing sharp weapons. It crossed Neo's mind to quickly get out of the bus because the position of its establishment was not far from the back door. But without even turning around Neo could see many people in ninja gloves in the back. They carried machetes, knives, clurits and axes.
Neo was only stunned to see one of them start approaching each passenger and ask for luggage. One by one passengers handed over wallets, watches, jewelry and even jackets and ties
waistline. To Neo's astonishment, the passengers seemed resigned to hand over the goods. Some even willingly open the bag to take the contents. Look at their eyes empty.
Up to one ninja-sung person arrived in front of Neo. Between the folds of the scabbard covering his face, his eyes sharply popped out Neo. In a loud voice, he asked for a wallet. Neo quiet. His feelings are not willing
just handing over the wallet. The man asked again in a louder voice. But Neo was still silent. He doesn't feel like a person is enough. Even the money in his wallet is a gift from a man he doesn't know who. Neo has resigned to whatever will happen as long as he does not give up his wallet.
Neo was still unmoved as the man closed his face until his eyes were only a few inches away
neo's eyes while threatening with a deafening voice. Eventually the man retreated. He seemed to be confused as the attitude Neo showed should not have happened in front of him. Neo should have been like the other passengers. The two people behind him carrying the booty looked astonished and clashed. Then other ninja-sung people were seen rushing down from the bus with booty. The person in front of neo regained consciousness. Maybe the time is up. Quickly he snatched the Neo backpack that was placed below. At least he can get a backpack even though he can't get a wallet. Then he got off the bus and ran after his accomplice. Spontaneous Neo comes down and chases the guy because all his stuff except the wallet is in the backpack. Neo continued to run after the person who was now left alone from his plot. The ninja-sung men had been radiating and disappearing in the small alleys of the slums that were in front of Neo. The person that Neo was chasing had entered the turn of one of the alleys. Neo lost the man who carried his backpack. But before deciding to enter the turn of the alley, Neo stopped his run. His gaze began to pierce through the slum houses in front. Penetrate the walls of wood and zinc. Pouring through the narrow alleys between the map of the reot house. In the middle of the settlement, Neo could see one quite large alley. It seemed that the people with ninja gloves had gathered there. Some have opened their gloves. The loot was gathered in the middle of the alley. But most people there weren't the ones who snatched the bus earlier. Many of them are stocky, bare-chested with full body tattoos. They seem more powerful. Then Neo could see the person carrying his backpack had arrived there. Neo's backpack was put among other booty. The man opened his ninja holster.Hair kribo. On his cheek was a star tattoo.
Neo also undoes the intention of taking back his backpack. Suicide his name when he gets in there. And the sound of the bus engine began to be heard from the direction of the street. Neo turns around and chases after the bus that starts spinning its wheels.
On the bus, Neo notices the reaction of the passengers after realizing that their goods have been seized. While outside many empty lands were black. Only occasionally seen the gubug house. Neo wakes up and checks his notes. He had to descend on a place called the Black Lands. In a moment if there are roundabouts and idols, you go down, said the conductor. Before long a roundabout was seen in front. In the center was a statue of a man standing. Neo asked about ninja-sung people. The conductor shook his head. We are unlucky today, he said. He seems reluctant to tell stories.
Neo crossed the street. At the other end of the street an old colt was waiting for passengers. Keneknya did not stop screaming because the passengers were less than two. On the windshield inscribed GROUND BLACK – ENDS OF THE RAVINE. Neo looks at the note, then comes to Kenek. He said he'd go down in a place called the Snake Forest. Kenek observed Neo for a while, then told Neo to come in to occupy the bench in the middle of the still empty. Kenek shouted again. Passengers are less than one. There were no passengers long. A young mother carries groceries and a teenage daughter. But an empty bench lives one next to Neo. Kenek offered one of them to sit down by the door. This is the last car to the end of the gorge, he said. She hesitated, but she had no choice.
“Ceri, you sit below ya.” The mother's voice was soft on the girl next to him.
The boy nodded innocently.
“Let me alone sit below.” Spontan Neo offers his stool. He felt it was inappropriate for the innocent girl to sit down below.
“Wah thank you yes.” The mother looked happy looking at Neo.
Then Neo shifted to the door. But since she was there, the mother could not put her luggage.
“Let me take Bu.” Neo immediately grabbed the two large plastics that the mother had brought.
“Thank you very much yes. Weight of this.” The mother felt pity, Neo who was sitting below had to pick up two large plastic bags.
“No weight really,” says Neo.
The mother smiled, while Neo looked at the plastic contents
in lap.
Colt began to move with a stumble. His shoe hung on the door next to Neo. Neo was still looking at the plastic right in front of his nose full of leaves and vegetables. She's curious. His sight began to penetrate into the plastic. But only the different types of leaves and vegetables that Neo saw.
Colt runs faster as it passes through gardens and rice fields. Neo's gaze was still straight towards the plastic but his gaze began to turn to the mother sitting nearby. Neo just realized, the mother's skin is so white. His hands were pale white, as if there was no blood in them. The girl next to him was too. And the boy's hair, at first glance Neo thought it was red because it was often sunburned. Now obviously, strands by strands of long braided hair was so red. Like painted. Neo began to look at the girl's face. His eyes are round, his fur is plump. The nose is tiny, the tip is pointed. Reddish lips. She called him Cherry.
“What you see is my son.” Suddenly the mother said quietly near Neo.
Neo was shocked. He felt caught stealing
look upon. Then the mother knew what Neo was doing. Maybe he's not
random person. Neo is wrong.
“Beauty her?” The mother whispered to Neo.
Neo forced a smile. He cursed himself to have carelessly used his ability. After that Neo only dared to stare at the window. While the road through the colt continues to climb. The engine roared, forcing the road with a full charge. The driver only used one tooth. For a moment Neo was stunned to see something outside. An old grandmother was carrying firewood on the side of the road. The firewood ties on his back were twice his height. But the naked old footsteps were fast down the uphill road. He did not look tired on his face. Before long, Neo sees a bare-chested grandfather. He ran a little down the road. On his shoulders was a long piece of bamboo that had not been cut.
“You want to go to Paranormal Academy huh?” From the side, the mother's voice distracted Neo.
“Iya.” Neo nodded quickly. Her mind asked where this mother knew her purpose.
“After disembarking in the Snake Forest later, you follow the way down.” The mother held her head close to Neo, her voice soft, as if she did not want to hear another passenger. “If the road turns left, you don't go left. Straight away, there will be a path, you follow until there is a suspension bridge.” The mother paused for a moment, making sure no one heard her words. “You cross that bridge, there will be another path. Paranormal Academy is not far away. If there are many snakes in the tree, do not ignore.”
Neo tried hard to remember all the words of the mother. While the road keeps going up. The air gets cold. Large trees began to be seen on the roadside. Until the kenek tells it has arrived in the Snake Forest. Neo immediately went down after thanking the mother who had been kind to him.
Across the street is a downhill asphalt road. Neo cross. His face was straight down that road. But actually he was looking at the old colt who started moving behind him. Because in the window, a girl looks at her. Neo knew the boy was watching him. The boy did not know, Neo was looking closely at his oval face. The mother was right, the child was beautiful. Her pale skin and red hair made her look non-local. And his eyes – eyes that can not be separated look at Neo – although the aura is cheerful, but the surface looks glassy. Neo saw those eyes so clear. And Neo doesn't know if they'll ever meet again.
