by Faulina Arif
Zafar is a researcher, but Zafar believe about myth that does not make sense in this world. And even though Zafar hate his own father that leaving him. But one part of his heart still believe about his father stories. Yes, because without he realizing, Zafar still want to prove those story validity. Zafar want to see it with his own eyes. Zafar still believed, every mythical, odd and unreasonable things could still be proved by logic and science. For a long time Zafar ignored that belief and his little dreams. Zafar only focused with his work for improving his life quality in material and to have a bright future with Shela.
A taxi was stopped in front of Zafar. Immediately he entering that taxi without he realized that someone saw him leaving.
With full speed Aria running to the house and then to her room. Aria equipping her sword and pistol harness and then take her pistol from the drawer and checking.
"Damn!!" She swore "Not many bullet was left" Aria put her dual pistol to the harness pouch in her waist and then take her giant sword then slip it in her back. After that she quickly go to the garage and jump to her sport bike.
I just should leave that monkey, he sure had a death wish. Aria growl angrily. With full speed, Aria trying to pursue the taxi that taking Zafar.
IRISE DELEGNERE
Hengky waiting Zafar in the place that their agreed upon. The old church beside the road will be their meeting place. Because it's still morning and not in the weekend, so there's no church service and no activity was seen in that church.
Zafar come into the church, he then closed the door. He looked around try to find Hengky that waiting inside the church.
"Hengky!" Zafar called
Hengky that was taking a sit in one of the long chair while looked at Jesus Christ statue turn his head to Zafar, he looked at Zafar that standing in front of the church front door with shortness of breath.
"Zafar, thank god you are safe." Hengky sighed in relieve and he standing up.
"Ah, Hengky, quickly tell me about your story!" Zafar approaching Hengky in hurry
"Oh, let just sit down for now." Hengky sit back in his chair."You are a mess Zafar . . . " Hengky looked at Zafar from head to toe.
"Huff . . . " Zafar threw his butt into the chair beside him, in the opposite side of Hengky."It's a long story."
"What happened exactly? I am shocked to see your house burned to cinder. Did you have an enemy?"
"I too was in the dark, that night before suddenly there was some people in black attacking and try to abduct me."
"What? Abducting you?" Hengky eyes wide open in disbelief.
Zafar nod
"But, thank god you are safe. Then how can you manage to escape them?"
"Yah, someone is saving me."
"S-someone? Who?!" Hengky asked with his eyes still wide open.
Zafar fell silent. A doubt filled his mind, should he tell Hengky everything? If he do that, Aria will become furious. But stay quiet is useless, a few days before he already tell all his story to Hengky, About the werewolf and Aria.
"Don’t tell me, it's 'that' woman? right?"
Zafar surprised, but he still can't answer Hengky question. Many things he put into consideration and disturbing his mind.
"Does it true? Where is she?" Hengky asked impatiently
Zafar become more quiet
Confessing about Aria that helped him is entirely different from saying where is that woman was. Even though Zafar can trust Hengky, but Zafar never want to tell everything to him, especially about her hideout. Zafar had the impression that Aria doesn’t want to be found. If not because of forced circumstances, Aria will never bring him to her hideout. It was unfit for him to leak another people secret, moreover the secret come from someone that saved his life, Zafar can't tell this even to his trusted friend. But Zafar was also realized, If he doesn't answer Hengky question with an honest answer, Zafar was sure Hengky will not tell him about the information that he had for Zafar. An equivalent exchange, that is what Hengky want.
"Zafar!" Hengky called."Is it true?"Hengky asked one more time."I want to know more about her. Honestly, that . . . Makes me interested."
"Hey, thanks for your cooperation." A man in the age of 30 years old suddenly appear behind Hengky and in that second, a knife pierce Hengky's back
Hengky fall to the floor without a chance to let out even one word. His eyes wide open holding the unbearable pain.
Feeling unsatisfied, that mysterious man step to the knife hilt with his right foot and make that knife pierce more deeper until it goes through his heart. Hengky trying to speak but his voice is choked in his throat. A tears coming out from Hengky's eyes and at that second, Hengky passed away exhaling his last breath.
Zafar body is spontaneously trembling."W-what are you doing?" He's asking in stutter
Zafar knee suddenly becomes weak. Zafar want to stand up but he can't. The instinct in his mind telling him that the man in front of him is very dangerous. Zafar can't comprehend what was happened, but his mind screaming, somehow he must get away from that man.
An relaxed expression that was accompanied by smile was seen in that man's face."Ah, my hand is not strong enough, even though I wanted to end his life without any pain." That man said that word while looking at his own hand.
Zafar gulped, a cold sweat flow from his face and then fall to the chair. In Zafar eyes, that man is like a psychopath.
That man change where his eyes directed to Zafar."Ah, don't worry buddy . . . You are still useful."
Zafar become more terrified and trembling non-stop. He don't know what to do. Zafar then glanced toward the exit door in his right side. That door is only a few meter from his location, however it was too far for him now and he was sure he will not reach it. If Zafar force himself to run toward that door, he had a hunch that he will be killed by that psychopath.
"W-what do you want from me?" Zafar encourage himself to ask
"You?" The man that named Irfan looked at Zafar with his eyes wide open."None . . . . Hahaha! Seriously . . . " Irfan laughed at Zafar while walking, he then lean his body forward. with terrible expression he stare at Zafar closely."You just a lowly trash that soon will be an ash."
Irfan grin, making Zafar body frozen stiff. Zafar gripping the side of the chair tightly
"Ah, she comes . . . " Irfan said and he stand up normally while looking at the church front door.
Irfan flicked his finger and suddenly some werewolf appeared.
Zafar was shocked until he nearly fell backward, Those werewolf walked toward him and seems like wanted to pounce on him.
Brakk!!! the church front door is smashed open
Zafar looked toward that door. A woman that he know standing in front of the door with angry face. She doesn't look at Zafar, but at Irfan that standing in front of Zafar.
Irfan takes a step back while waving his hand to Aria. And suddenly those werewolf that before go toward Zafar turn their direction toward Aria at once.
"We will see the extent of your ability, I want to see how can you gave difficulty toward that man." Said Irfan with sarcastic smile in his lip.
Aria pull her giant sword in her back. 3 werewolf attacking her at once from the front. Aria swing her sword toward them but with quick reaction the 3 of them jump backward and scattered around her. The werewolf in her left side jump as it want to strike Aria with its claw. Aria noticed and getting ready to block with her sword, but then that werewolf halting its attack and suddenly one of them attacking in her back. Aria screamed in pain because of claw scratch in her back. Quickly she turned around and swinging her sword to the werewolf that hit her. Her sword is missed, that werewolf jumped backward before her sword hitting.
Simultaneously those werewolf attacking Aria that still busy defending. At that time Irfan shooting Aria with pistol and make Aria concentration in disarray. One of werewolf in her front successfully charge at her and made her fall to the floor. With fast speed Aria quickly stabbing her sword to its heart.
Bang! . . . One bul
let hitting through Aria left shoulder
Aria shrieked in pain. Meanwhile the werewolf that still in front of her, that now pinned her body to the floor is still alive and wanted to bite her neck.
Bang! . . . Once again a bullet hit through Aria body part. This time her left thigh was hit.
"Asshole!!!" Aria said in rages. Suddenly her eye become blood red burning by hatred. With full power, Aria throw that werewolf toward the back. That werewolf thrown far away and hitting the wall and it can't move anymore. Aria flip backwards several times to keep the distance with the other werewolf.
"Waow . . . " Irfan smiled in amazement. He feel happy and then waving his hand once again to Aria direction, suddenly like before all the werewolf in church hall is trying to attack her at the same time.
"Hey, idiot! get away from there, you made me anxious!" Aria looked at Zafar full of anger.
"Not me, right??" Irfan pointed at himself while widely smile as he thought that was funny.
Zafar wakes from his daydream. Although he still confused, afraid and don't know what to do. Zafar look at that man in front of him, he still busy reloading his pistol. In desperate and scared condition, Zafar use that chance to wake up from his seat and run toward the exit door. but when he not yet reached the door, one of the werewolf is chasing Zafar.
Seeing what that werewolf do, Aria immediately getting away from the other werewolf that surrounding her. With amazing speed Aria run toward that werewolf which now jump toward Zafar, and then she kicking that werewolf hard until it flew away and crashing to the rows of long chair. Now Zafar successfully exiting the door.
"Ah!" Aria squeal in pain. One of those werewolf clawing her shoulder
Aria turned and cut down that Werewolf until its body split apart.
"Wah, your blood is truly coming back and your wound are quickly healed . . . " Irfan amazed to look at Aria healed wound.
Aria growl angry and looked around. At this time Aria can only kill 3 of werewolf. There's still 7 or 8 werewolf left, meanwhile Aria can't concentrate because she must guarding an idiot. If Aria force herself, Aria will endanger herself and that idiot.
Aria quickly behead one of werewolf that attacking her then she jump backward and ran to the door direction following Zafar that still not far away from her. When she get out from the church, Aria shocked to see the werewolf still chasing her. This is still noon, she think that man will not let those werewolf roam around freely. Isn't that what was happened before? They always play hidden from human society and not letting them knows.
Aria turned her body and try to block the attack of one werewolf that successfully come near her. Aria kick that werewolf in its stomach until it crashing to the ground then she run away.
Damn, seems like they doesn't care about the risk and begin to play openly, Said Aria in her mind.
Aria manage to leave the church yard and get out from the gate. Not far in her front, Zafar stopped to run and look at Aria with shortness of breath.
"Th-they . . . Still . . . Chasing?" Said Zafar in stutter, he looked at those werewolf and Aria that getting closer to him.
"Keep running idiot!" Aria yell and glare at Zafar
Zafar gulped. When Aria become closer, Zafar was running immediately
Damn, at this rate I can’t take my bike, said Aria in her mind
Aria park her sport bike beside the church. With this condition it was impossible to turn back. If she must turn back, it will be problematic and she still can’t take it. That werewolf controller will not let her to do what she want.
Suddenly Zafar crashing down to the ground stumbled because his own foot. Aria quickly approaching Zafar and blocking the attack of one werewolf that try to strike Zafar with its claw. 5 werewolf now surround them. Aria glance at Zafar that was behind her which now risen up. If not for that idiot man, she think she will not pressed to the edge like this. Aria put up a stance, ready to cut down any werewolf that will attacking them. But suddenly those werewolf losing control of themselves. They turn their head to any direction around them and then leaving Aria and Zafar.
"Come on!" Said Aria to Zafar
While running away, Aria throw her sight toward those werewolf that now isn't chasing them and suddenly scatter. Instantly Aria eyes wide-open in surprise, one werewolf directly attack a person on walk. while the others try to chase someone riding a motorcycle and then it jump toward that person, making him surprised and fall to the asphalt.
Aria stopped for a moment and looked at that incident confusedly which she never saw before. Aria never saw those werewolf become this wild. What must I do?She thought. Aria wanted to help those people that attacked by werewolf, but her little heart said that she must quickly go. This time Aria can't defeat them. Running away or captured.
Two of the werewolf suddenly run and jump in front of Aria and attempt to strike her with claw. Aria cut one's head and then stab her giant sword to the others that targeting Zafar, however it still succeed to scratch Zafar left arm. Aria kicking its body with her foot while pulling her blooded giant sword from it body.
"Can you use your head a little?!" Aria glaring to Zafar
Zafar really drain her patience.
Unanswering Aria rude abuse, Zafar directly follow Aria that now running in front of him. The screaming voice was heard in their back. Some people that walk in around the church fence attacked by werewolf and many of them died on the spot.
"I-is it . . . Better if we save them?" Zafar asked
Aria staring annoyed at Zafar. An extreme hatred was seen in both of her eyes."Do it yourself! Your life is worthless!" Answer Aria in cold tone.
Zafar fall silent. He can saw the anger in Aria face. He cannot argue, Zafar can only follow Aria.
"Quickly! Get in!" Someone yelled at them from inside the car that suddenly stopped beside them.
Aria surprised and stopped at once. She stare at that man inside the car sharply, her right hand touching the giant sword hilt.
"Trust me. I am on your side. If I lied, you can kill me later." That man said.
"Aria!" Zafar called, unexpectedly he was already inside the car in the passenger seat and his head was come out outside the car window while looking behind Aria.
Aria looked to the direction which was seen by Zafar, in the crossroad where Zafar was looking. The werewolf controller has sighted there, he standing beside the church fence. And meanwhile those werewolf has been in his control now and running towards them. No more choice, Aria immediately entering the car and sit in the front seat.
That unknown man quickly drive his car as fast as possible. Taking Aria and Zafar to a safe place.
IRISE DELEGNERE
Reyn momentarily look at his wristwatch. 10.30, I hope he will come as we agree, if not I will scolded by Marsha again, Said Reyn in his mind.
Cyclonite or Cyclotrimet hylene-trintramine or what usually called RDX represent 91% of explosive ingredients inside of C4 bomb. This ingredient is impossible to get in the market, only certain people can get a hold of these ingredient, especially military member. Reyn can get those ingredient because he had some connection inside the military. Of course with an expensive price and large risk. This contraband, if another people sniffed of its circulation, Reyn was sure that he will be captured and accused as a terrorist. But this is his job, even before he touch those dangerous goods, Reyn is ready with any risk. Even that risk will takes his own life.
Reyn reverie was shattered because of simultaneous scream from some people far away from his car. Those people run toward the opposite direction of Reyn. Confused with what happened, Reyn stopping his car and then opening his car window.
"Granma, what happened?" Asks Reyn to the old woman that run in haste beside his car.
That old woman ignoring Reyn, she still focused to look at the road in her front with pale face.
What the hell is going on? Why did they panicked? What happened? Reyn close his car window and drive his car with slow speed.
"ARRRGGGHHH!!"
Reyn startled and looked at the voice direction. Approximately 200 meter from his location, a young man scream hysterically, he attacked by a werewolf. Reyn spontaneously turn his steering wheel, and drive his car away from the chaos.
Reyn know what that creature is. This is not his first time seeing that creature, things that he doesn’t understand is why did those creature roaming freely in the daytime and attacking people. Maybe she was here. Reyn eyes wide open because of his own thought.
When he arrived in the crossroad. Reyn turn his car to the left, and approximately in 500 meter he turned left again. Reyn driving his car with mad speed, that man is tense because of his own thought and hope. Reyn once again turned left and he stopped near the city garden, he park his car below the big tree without turning off the car engine.
Reyn waiting with hope accompanied by anxiety. His eyes stare sharply at the environments around him that now is deserted.
I will not let anything missed, he's thought.
Reyn realize that he was in great danger. His location now is near the crossroad, 100 meter from the church whereas those werewolf causing chaos. One of those creature could be running toward his direction and find him. But that is only an assumption, and it have a little chance to happen. Reyn was sure they will not appear in front of him. Reyn already thought about that in the way through here.
Those werewolf attacking people, that means they will only be interested to the crowded place where there was many people reside. The church building is located near large crossroad. Meanwhile not far from the church in the front side of the church, exactly in the opposite direction of road there are shopping complex that newly opened to public, and across the road near the shopping complex there is a community health center. Whereas across the road from the front of community health center there was an empty lot. And 100 meter from that empty lot, across from the church fence with 3 meter tall is a garden which always serene. This is where Reyn is waiting.