by Faulina Arif
Long time ago, there is many organization in this world. That organization was founded for the sake of technological advancement and for humanity life's prosperity. However as the time passes, many of those organization was closed because of bankruptcy and there was only few of them that can survive. 2 of them becoming the biggest organization in the world till now. That is what Aria trusted person said to her.
After more than half century passed, an organization called Elysion succeed to be the number one organization and they even have more than 40 branches around the world. They keep on expanding themselves and becoming more and more advanced.
Every time when there is a conflict razed on in one country because of war or natural disaster, that organization will extend their hands and giving them most help. Not only that, for some country that was far from conflict, Elysion always helping to give them main weaponry system, military defenses system, Technological advancement, education and health facility. And more than that, Elysion also gave them a help in form of funds as to further improving the entertainment industry and many more.
How huge Elysion influence toward many country in this world. That organization making many countries depending on them and considering that organization as 'the one that bring salvation'. All of that is only bullshit for Aria. Behind their help, many people becoming a victim because of their cruelty.
The greater one organization is, it meant them becoming more famous. If that was the case, isn't there much information about them that will be available and can easily be gathered? But that is not what happened in Elysion. The founder of that organization identity is a top secret. That person's name is never heard in any social media moreover about that person whereabouts.
So much money that must Aria trusted persons spend to find out about that organization. But until this time since hundred years ago, only a little piece of information can they gather. No more than the location of their facility in a few countries.
Therefore Aria must find that person alone. Visiting every country as for to find Elysion founder and leader. Destroying 3 facilities in different country is still not enough. Aria still can’t find that essential information and she even attacking another organization facility that named Tri-Eyes by mistakes.
Aria is hoping very much when she found a facility of Elysion in south-east Asia branch. Even though that facility can be considered as a new facility, but that facility is the biggest one in south-east Asia branch and represented a few country. It would be possible for Aria to found the founder of that organization in this country. But it seemed like her journey is far from an end.
"You . . . " Reyn stopped for a moment. "It still very hard for me to believe thing that I had seen before. Are you really alright?" Reyn eyes looking at Aria from her head to toe.
Her beautiful scarlet dress now is not any different from beggar’s clothes. Full of shreds and hole anywhere and unsuited to wear anymore. But, that dress is looked clean without any blood stain and Aria body is so smooth without even a slightest wound.
When Aria is still sleeping at Reyn arms, Reyn looking at that rare occurrence with both of his eyes and conscious mind, Aria's blood that still in her dress suddenly absorbed into her skins and vanished. Then in a few second all of her wounds was healed without leaving any scar. After those things Reyn could only see a smooth skin without any gap.
"Yes, I am accustomed with all of this." Aria answered.
"Is that painful?"
"Yes, but it will not kill me."
Reyn gulped. His heart doubted, should he ask what was truly happened to Aria and who exactly Aria is?
Aria stare at Reyn that now turning his head toward a river in front of him.
"Reyn, I had already known about Marsha and Hafiz reason to hate that damned organization. But, you never told me about your reason." Aria saying.
Reyn fell silent. Not only to Aria, he didn’t even tell his reason to destroy that organization to Hafiz and Marsha. All the time, things that they know, Reyn also had the same feeling and reason as them. For someone he loves, Reyn must destroy that organization.
"In that party, what is really happened to you?" Aria stares at Reyn intently as if she wanted a good and clear explanation.
Reyn eye light is dimmed and the void was seen clearly in both of his eyes. If there was an alcohol or a cigarette beside him, he certainly will consume it all to release and forgetting all the pain which he felt in his heart.
"I . . . I remember everything. What has happened to me at that cursed night and that day." Said Reyn with bitter feeling in his lips.
Aria stayed quiet, waiting Reyn to finish his word.
"That man . . . , the one that standing in the stage, he is the leader of that organization in this south-east Asia branch. David Warren . . . , my father."
Aria surprised and her eyes widen staring at Reyn. "W-what do you mean?" Aria voices become loud.
Reyn laugh in pain, letting that terrible memories coming back to his head while making his heart close to explode caused by anger. He can still remember every details of all things happened to him, that incident which was happened 17 years ago when he was still 10 years old kid. The last message from his beautiful and respected mother before she drawn her last breath.
"Reyn . . . Take care of your father and always be by his side. Mama . . . Love you both."
One short word, but it keeps circling in Reyn head even after her mother corpse was entering her grave. Reyn wanted to vent his anger, but that kid that still in his age of 10 trying to hold his anger and wouldn't show it.
No matter, although his father is still not coming home and even not be by his wife sides in her last day, Reyn still refrain himself. Same when that woman which Reyn love buried in the grave and still his father never showed himself, Reyn still does not judge him as bad.
Yes, the only reason Reyn didn't want to blame that man and releasing his anger toward him is because of his mother which loved that man very much.
But, not after that day. 2 days after Carol was buried, David finally returned home. How shocked he was when he knows that his wife is passed away. David shut himself in his room for a few hours. Not cared when Reyn knocking his room door wanted to meet him, David still ignoring his son.
And when that man comes out from his room, he suddenly go leaving their house, not greeting his son that sat beside his room door which was locked before to wait for him.
Reyn can't understand his father. He really wanted to vent his anger toward David, but Reyn think, his father must be in mourning and it is possible his sorrow is much more than what Reyn felt. Because of that Reyn can only be quiet without any demand.
Next day David coming back home. He coming in hurry and immediately looking for Reyn. Expression that drawn in his face was shown happiness. Unlike before.
"Reyn! Reynold!" David yell loudly calling his son.
Reyn coming out from his room and approach his father.
"Reyn!!" David crouched in front of Reyn while holding Reyn shoulders."Daddy found a way to make your mother to come back."
Reyn eyes widely open and then lift both of his eyebrows."W-what daddy means?"
"Come with daddy, Reyn. You must see this by your own eyes."
"Mama is dead, Daddy. That's impossible."
David looked at his son intently accompanied by wide smile in his lip. "Your mother will coming back to live, daddy promise to you Reyn."
Reyn fell silent for a second to think about David's word. He truly clueless what do his father meant. Even so Reyn still curious. If his father can bring his mother back to live, isn't that great? Because of that, when David extends his hand, Reyn immediately take that hand without any doubt.
After breaking open Carol grave and taking her corpse, David and Reyn go toward the research facility where David is working.
With his own eyes, Reyn watching David with some of his co-worker trying to do something to Carol corpse.
Reyn know it well what they trying to do, Re
yn also know that all things they do is wrong. But David have an unusual confidence and conviction toward what he do, and Reyn himself is only a child that hoping for a miracle that perhaps will be shown by his father hand. Dreaming so that he can once again hug his mother and feel her warm love.
2 hour passed. From behind the glass wall, Reyn can see a smile of satisfaction from David lips. Making Reyn becoming more curious. Reyn stepped forward till his nose attaches to the glass wall. He wanted to see what is behind his father smile.
Reyn eyes opened wide in disbelief. Something flashed in his face and ray of hope was shown in his eyes. A few second later, there is wide smile in his lips. In the middle of disbelief, Reyn can see that clearly, that woman he loves opened her eyes once again.
"Carol, can you hear me?!" David asking with full of vigor.
All people in the research operating room were also smiled happy because they feel their hard work all this time was not in vain. There is a big satisfaction behind their mental fatigue that they feel all the time. Money, time, all of their sacrifices, now at last found the bright light.
"Carol!" Once again David calling his wife.
Carol eyes moving as if she looking around. She didn’t respond David call and not long after that, Carol body trembling hard.
David surprised along with his co-worker in the room and Reyn in outside of that room.
"Ca-Carol?!" David called again, and this time his voice was chocked and seemed hard to coming out.
Carol's body now was filled with a strange little bubble which looked like a lump of meat. The longer time passes, those meat bubble becoming bigger and its color becoming red, as red as human blood and organ.
Suddenly Carol jumped and standing in operating table. Her form does not resemble human anymore and much more like a strange, terrifying, and disgusting monster.
Everyone was surprised and without them realizing, they taking a few steps back.
Both of carol eyes which was smeared in blood looking at people in her front and at that moment in second count, Carol attacking some people in that room. Carol biting and clawing them as if they were a delicious prey.
David shocked till he fall backward. Meanwhile his co-worker which still alive was looked terrified and running away toward the exit door.
After killing 3 David co-workers. Carol turns toward David. She is approaching David full of intent to kill. However before Carol had an opportunity to kill him, suddenly her body exploding and becoming a disgusting red blackish liquid. That liquid was spread around the room with strong rotten smell.
Some of David co-worker that still there vomits because they smell that scent.
Reyn ultimately shocked to see that incident. Rage was exploding inside his mind and when some researcher that still alive coming out from that room. Reyn immediately entering that room. He approaching his father that now standing straight while looking around him with sad and disappointed feeling.
"Beast!! What are you doing with my mother?!" Reyn yell in anger, a tears wetting his face and he repeatedly hitting David Chest without any sign to stop.
David let out tears till it flooding his face. "Forgive me . . . Forgive me . . . Forgive me . . . Forgive me . . . " David pleaded and can only say that same word.
"Give my mother back, devil! You scum! Beast! You . . . "
Suddenly Reyn's body becoming weak and he fall unconscious.
David immediately catches his son small body and he keeps crying. "Forgive me . . . Reyn . . . Forgive me . . . Forgive me . . . "
After that incident, things that Reyn know when he's waking up, he was already in his bed. Meanwhile David seating beside him while waiting him to wake up.
Reyn surprised to see David there. "Daddy?? You're home? Where's mama?"
Now David is the one that surprised because he heard Reyn question. David is ready to accept Reyn anger, but things that he face now is entirely different from his imagination earlier.
"Your mama . . . Is passed away." David answered. He bowed his head full of guilt.
Reyn surprised once again. He truly feels happy because he can see his father that never coming home, and he was here suddenly in Reyn side when he opened his eyes. But his father appeared only to bring a bad news to him.
Reyn eyes smarting and let out heavy tears. Reyn hope the reality which his father said is only a bad dream. But, he truly lost a person he hold dear without had any opportunity to see her in her last time. That is what Reyn thinks when he's waking up.
Reyn growl angry, ending that terrible story from his memory.
Aria fell silent, not commenting any of that story.
"Because of that incident, I experienced heavy trauma and can't remember anything. What's left in my head is only my mother last wish when she's still alive. How much he loved that bug-scum and me. And how busy that bug-scum with his job till he had a heart to neglect us." Reyn voice is trembling and becoming hoarser, making his heart painful as though it was pierced by thorn.
From Reyn cold eyes, Aria can see his hatred that not any different from her hatred which she felt.
"You already heard it, no way out for leaving that cursed facility when someone was joined them. Well, except if those people wanted to sacrifice their life, like both of Marsha's parent."
Reyn change his eye direction from river water in front of him toward Aria.
"My objective is to destroy that cursed facility. If I can do that, I can liberate that bug-scum from there and we can live happily." Reyn let out a bitter smile. "How stupid I am till I can think like that."
Aria understood what Reyn feel.
Reyn thinks like that when he lost his memories because of severe trauma. But now, Reyn memory is returned completely. It is impossible to free David from that facility while he was the acting leader of that cursed facility and had all of power in his hand. All this time, Reyn only doing something useless because of misunderstanding that happened inside his minds.
"So what will you do?" Aria asking toward Reyn.
If Reyn choose to stop because that man is his father, then Aria will do everything alone. And if at one moment Reyn wanted to help and protect his father, Aria doesn’t care. Aria will do anything even killing Reyn, if it can make she found what she seeks.
Reyn smile sarcastically. "I will make sure he will die by my hand. Aria!!" Said Reyn with eyes widen burned by flame of hatred.
"Are you sure?" Aria narrowed her eyes as if she was in doubt.
Whatever Reyn reason is, that man which he call scum is still his father.
"Yes, that scum must follow my mother to hell." Said Reyn with cold voice.
Aria sighed. "My objective is to kill that organization top leader."
"I know, that coward is the one that starting this entire chaos, but that person can only hide at the place where god is the one that know."
"Even after I destroy several of their facilities in other countries, it is still very hard for me to get that person name. No information concerning that person at all." Aria commented in sadness.
"It is possible if that old scum knows." Reyn murmured while he muses over.
"I hope you are right." Aria said in low voice, ending their conversation with a slight hope.
IRISE DELEGNERE
Zafar take a deep breath and then let his breath out. Exhaustion and frustration was seen clearly in his facial expression. His eyes looked like a hopeless man and his face was pallid. For a few days he have trouble to sleep and can’t rest well after knowing about his close friend treason and his father death.
Live is now feels cruel for Zafar. He truly didn’t know where is his fault so he feel the sequence of suffering. Is this karma for him because his father faults in the past as an historian? Or is this a fate that was left by his father so he can finish everything while his father cant?
Zafar didn’t know. He even doesn’t understand.
That collection of data said if Zafar father was assigned to find any information about immortal human. B
ut whatever his reason was, after he found what they seek, Zafar father hiding that information instead.
Zafar smiled poignant and his chest felt tight. All of that was heard like a foolish story in his ear. If his father didn’t do that foolish things and do as they told to him, Zafar was sure that his life will not be this miserable.
Immortal human? Zafar surprised with both of his eyes widen.
He just think it recently in his mind, if the reason why he was murdered because he are unwilling to give that important information to that organization, that means, his father was really found and meet that person, the one that they call immortal human.
Who is that immortal human? Is that person truly exist? And how is that person appearance was? Why did that impossible thing exist in this world?
When Zafar was busy thinking the answer from those questions, his eyes accidentally catch an abnormal occurrence.
A few elegant SUV cars suddenly stopped in front of workshop. That image was clearly seen by him that sitting in balcony. Those cars owner intentionally parked their cars at random in the middle of road as if they wanted to make a blockage.
The time is 23.55 now in the middle of night. For what business they do that in this midnight?
Because he feels suspicious, Zafar quickly leave balcony. He ran down the stairs in hurry.
Meanwhile in bottom floor, Faisal that was tired after playing a game, are writhing, wanted to loosen his muscle that was felt stiff. He stands and leave the room.
Faisal stopped in front of the door. "You’re still here?" He was throwing a question toward the other workshop employee that still not returning home.
Reza and Andi turn their heads toward Faisal.
"Right bro, we working overtime to finish these cars, so we can have additional money." Andi answering, for a little while looked toward Faisal and then returned to his work.
"If you wanted to go home, don’t forget to lock the door, alright?!" Faisal pointing toward the sliding steel door that now still half opened.
"Consider it done, bro!" Reza answered, putting the monkey wrench in his hand toward his forehead as if he was saluting.