The screams of Midnight

The screams of Midnight
Asih Dead??


Ardi was in the room where Rico and Arif died. He put a cardboard containing a baby fetus sent by Mimah midwives to Asih. Ardi intended to hide it because Asih would definitely look for him.


The dark, stuffy room felt a little different when Ardi entered it. His feathers goosebumps instantly, a strange smell ambushes him. Between the stench, rancid and floral fragrances are exactly like those in the special room of Miss Lasmi.


Ardi touched his nape, "Firsty," he muttered as he watched around.


Ardi put the box in the middle of the room and turned around. The black shadow's prowess was seen approaching Ardi, he grasped that prowess with his eye tail. Ardi turned around. There's nobody there.


Ardi walked back as the sound of a child's laughter greeted him clearly. The flashing shadow gave rise to the sound of the wind blowing fast, Ardi's blood instantly flowed faster.


"Who's there?" He asked in the dark corner.


All that was heard was the laughter of a child, and the sayup came a soft voice that called out to him.


"Dad, do you want to be our father?!"


Ardi sharpened his hearing, the voice was as if whispering to the wind intensely and again making a sound.


"Dad, I want you to be my father!"


Ardi chirped his guts, he began to tremble and walked backwards slowly about to leave the room. Honey when turning the door closed with a loud. The room lights dimmed, Ardi was getting frightened.


"Who are you!"


The lack of light makes Ardi's feet accidentally kick the cardboard containing the fetus that he had just placed. The package containing the fetus came out of the cardboard. 


The voices of the little children laughing giggled again rang out, Ardi turned to the right and left quickly.


"Dad,"


"Dad!"


Ardi's breath is hunting, "Go! Go!"


The cardboard that Ardi accidentally kicked looks moving, as well as the cloth package inside. Ardi's eyes stared in disbelief, afraid but curious. A pair of red eyes shot towards him. 


"Are you my parents?"


Ardi choked, wanting to scream but unable. He could only shake his head. "No, go! Go, don't bother me!"


The small figures with red eyes appeared more and more. They approached Ardi who fell to the floor.


"I want my father, I want my mother!"


The voices continued to spin on Ardi's head until he tightly closed his ears while shouting.


"Go! Go ye!"


The sound was so agonizing Ardi, he wanted to leave but his legs were limp, wanting to fight but fear had already controlled his mind to submit. Ardi could only resignedly and shouted loudly like a person who lost his sanity.


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 The rain was so heavy, Asih and the sturdy-bodied old man walked back to Bu Lasmi's house, lightning struck many times in the black sky just above Asih's head. Many times it was also Asih covered his ears from the deafening loud noise.


The rush of rain makes the road very slippery, the view Asih a little blurred blocked rain that continues to flow on his father's face. Asih just realized that he lost the old man who walked right in front of him.


"Old man! Old sir!"


Asih stopped in the darkness of the forest and the swiftness of the forest, he was confused to find the whereabouts of the old man who suddenly disappeared.


"Iish, where is he? It was in front of me, did he slip? But I didn't hear the sound of the fall?"


Asih looked around, the old man completely disappeared. The air around the cold and humid make Asih finally decided to leave the old man who was lost somewhere.


Asih also arrived at Bu Lasmi's house after struggling to penetrate the forest. The door that opened without being locked did not make Asih suspicious. His clothes were soaked and he started to get cold. The sound of screams followed by the scream mbok Jum was heard from the top floor.


Hurry up and see what happens.


"Ndoro!" Mbok Jum is seen sitting in front of the body of Bu Lasmi who has been lying stiff with blood.


Asih was surprised, his eyes looked in disbelief. The table is upside down, the cupboard where the storage of various kinds of potions collapsed. Not far from the corpse of Miss Lasmi also lay a keris in the eyes of Asih covered in blood.


"W-what happened mbok?" he asked with a body shivering with cold.


"Mbok also do not know non, ndoro tau-tau already like this! Mbok just heard a loud noise from inside the room, not even ndoro princess is dead!" Bright mbok Jum interrupted his sobbing.


Asih stared blankly at the body of Miss Lasmi, he approached with shuntai steps.


"I-mom, forgive Asih!" For the first time Asih shed tears for Miss Lasmi.


 I don't know why he was ambushed by a feeling of sadness that he hadn't felt for a long time. A deep sense of loss. Miss Lasmi helped her so much during her slump, and now she's gone. Asih regretted not heeding Miss Lasmi's silly request to leave immediately. Sorry for saying rude things to him earlier.


"It's your turn!" said the female genie with a horrible grin. His face suddenly approached as if in front of Asih's face made him jump in shock.


"No! No, I've prepared a mash for you! No, don't hurt me!"


Asih dragged his body backwards until it stuck to the wall. The voice of the female genie seemed to be spinning continuously in his mind. The clang of the big clock shocked Asih, the day was almost dawn. He was wide-eyed, Asih forgot his promise to the female genie. The seventh must be given before twelve o'clock.


His face was deathly pale, he forgot his agreement. He was actually cool to play with a dead kades pack in his hands. Asih was too busy thinking about how to hide the body of Mr. Kades until he forgot the fall.


"Ardi, where's Ardi?!"


"Mbok, where's Ardi mbok?!" Asih shakes the body mbok Jum, he must find Ardi immediately.


"Bok don't know non, last night den Ardi went out after receiving the package."


"Package? That's my package, my tumbalku!"


Asih hurried away in a hurry he headed for Ardi's room, empty. He went back to look for Ardi, but the man who had been his assistant and lover for two years was not in the whole room.


"Old warehouse, he must be there!" 


Asih ran towards the old barn, he did not care about the slippery grass and inundated water. So in a hurry, he slipped. Asih fell on the ground, he again ran towards the old warehouse.


"Armi, Ardi!"


His footsteps hurried, heading to the room where he held the three poor young men first. Ardi was there, in the corner of the room with a tangled face.


"Where's my package? Where?!" Shouted Asih impatiently.


Ardi looked up, looking at Asih's face that was so angry at him. "What are you looking for, what are you looking for in your package?" ask her with a blank look.


"It's too late, it's too late! You and I are gonna be dead in a minute!" saran limp.


Asih limp, Ardi's words instantly shrinking his guts. His body sagged sitting on the floor. "Slow, am I late?"


Asih's tears fall, the shadow of Ms. Lasmi's death reminds her of the woman's genie threat. Shake his head quickly. "No, I don't want to die!"


Asih pulled Ardi, he forced Ardi to stand. "We're getting out of here, right away!"


Ardi did not heed the orders of Asih, he still did not want to move from his place.


"Ardi, get up! We'll leave soon!"


"Where, you think he'll let us go so easily! That demon will be looking for us Asih, he even came to me!"


"No, it won't! Follow me and I'll do anything you ask."


"Anything?"


"Yes, anything!"


Ardi reviewed the smile, he stood up and immediately followed Asih out of the old warehouse. Asih and Ardi hurried away from the village. Orange bursts began to be seen at the end of the horizon, cars boarded by Asih and Ardi darted quickly towards the village border.


Heavy rain last night left the streets muddy and slippery. Ardi drove his car at high speed. Leaving a trail of their evil in a small village on a mountain slope.


Asih occasionally glanced into the rearview mirror, anxiety mixed with fear melandaya. Asih turned his head towards Ardi, the expression of the young man next to him was complicated. Tension dominated Ardi's face, his mind raging.


"In, where are we going?" tanya Asih was worried, because he did not know the direction of the road that Ardi was headed.


"Come, get as far away as possible! We are not going back to the city, nor to the village! I promised your mother to take care of you!" Ardi replied without turning his eyes to the streets.


"Mother ...," saying mother's name makes Asih's eyes condense. "Mother Lasmi is no more Di, mother .. died last night." 


"Huh, what?! Died?!" Ardi was in the old barn all night, he had no idea that Miss Lasmi had died.


"Yes, murdered."


"Who, who killed your mother?!" Ardi started to panic, he no longer focused on driving.


"In-dia ..," Asih hesitated to answer, while Ardi continued to lean on the question of what and why.


Asih's words made Ardi more tense, without realizing he was stepping on the gas pedal in the middle of the district road that has not been paved perfectly. Suddenly, a crosswalk just passed by.


"Ardi, lookout!" Asih yelled to Ardi's surprise. 


Instantly Ardi stepped on the brakes suddenly, slippery roads and high enough speed to make Ardi could not control his vehicle. Suddenly the car rolled twice and fell into a ravine on the side of the road.


Their car was badly damaged and stopped when it hit a big tree. No one knew of the incident, other than the woman who crossed the street suddenly. The pale-faced young lady walked slowly and looked down into the abyss, she smiled oddly.