The Return of the Red Dress

The Trapped Souls

‘He brought me to this place,” said the woman.

“Dia? Who's she?” ask Via.

“The woman! Rose,” sahutnya.

“Rose? The woman in the painting?” 

“Yes. She is not a woman, but a demon! Face's awful. And if you meet her never look at her!” said the woman.

“Actually who is he?” ask Via.

“He is no longer a spirit, but he is a Devil. He's always looking for a human soul to take,”.

“Then why can't you go back?” ask Via again.

“Because I'm dead! My family doesn't care why or how I die. They just buried my body but my soul is stuck in this place,” he said sobbing.

“What if we find a way out together.”

The woman shook her head. “ There is no place for me to return. I'm dead!” his screeches.

“Who said. We have God, that's where every human being will return.”

Via also tried to invite the woman, until the woman wanted to walk around the road with him.

As it gets deeper into the walk there are a lot of people who are trapped and all are women.

Until Via wants to enter a room with a slightly reddish light.

“You can't go there!” the woman he met pulled his hand.

“Why? It's not that it's brighter there,” said Via.

“The situation is terrible,” said.

Because he was curious, he tried to enter. Surely it looks terrible forms, human forms but with incomplete limbs. 

There were many headless beings there, even their heads were hanging on a large tree. When Via entered they all turned around and wanted to approach Via, then Via ran and out of the place.

“This is actually what place?” ask Via.

“This is the dark side of the supernatural world, where curious spirits, victims of sexual abuse, and women whose souls are forcibly taken,” said one of the women.

“Why can you know?”

“I've been stuck for a very long time there are many events that I saw in this place. I am also dead and even my body may have become ashes by now,” he said casually.

“Then where do they usually come from?” ask Via.

“There, on that dark road was a bridge. They usually pull human souls from there,” he said.

The suspension bridge is very old, underneath there is a ravine that is not visible because it is covered in fog.

Via ran up to the bridge, the more Via ran the bridge as if getting away until Via was exhausted.

“Free. If we can we will not forever be stuck in this place,” said the woman.

“Whose name are you? Looks like you know this place better,” said Via.

“I'm Esther, in 1970 I fell ill, a woman came to me she stood beside me then viciously stabbed a dagger right in my heart and took my blood, suddenly I was already in this place but strangely I could still see what the woman was doing.”

“Are you a sacrifice?” ask Via a little doubt.

“Yes. In my place at that time there was a strange belief that if there was a woman seriously ill during menstruation then it was considered to be a disaster. Either they got the theory from where but obviously I was dedicated to the statue they worship and begged not to be put down by disaster,” he said.

Hearing this Via was flabbergasted, at that time apparently there was already such a perverse ritual.

The blonde haired female ester with mixed face did not look like the others, she looked relaxed not sad or anything else. Unlike the woman whom Via had first met, he was crying out roaring with sadness.

Disoriented by what he must do to get out of the place, he hopes there will be a miracle to free him and everyone trapped there with him.

On the other side of the Kuncoro residence, Ayu and Dimas were sitting on the sofa while continuously monitoring the state of Via.

Via sat pensively with his blank look.

“Pak. How this painting can be destroyed but Via did not return Sir,” said Ayu.

“Bapak is also confused, the spiritual strength of the Father also does not work Nak.

“Then we have to how Sir,” said Ayu with clear bulir falling from her eye fertilizer.

“Let's think of a way, and find someone who can help us,” Kuncoro said.

Not long Vishnu came out of the room and approached those who were sitting on the sofa.

“Where is his sleep Nak Vishnu soundly?” ask Kuncoro.

“Nuduk Pak tolerable,” said Vishnu while opening the room Via and then see the state of Via.

“Via is still like yesterday,” said Vishnu.

“Iya seems to destroy the painting also no effect,” Kuncoro said.

Everyone sighed, they were confused as to what they should do at this moment, until Vishnu's spontaneous utterance opened their minds.

“What do not-don't Via the original is stuck,” said Wisnu.

From there Kuncoro immediately remembered the soul of Ayu who was once trapped, but Kuncoro was too old to pick up to the supernatural realm considering to go to the place requires a lot of energy.