Angker Village
Running to Save Yourself

STILL POV RIAN

"What do you want to come here?" asked genderuwo who was staring intently at us.

"Om, his gaze was so piercing. He's not gonna eat us, is he?" whispered rian.

"Om, make him a friend om. I'm sure he won't eat us" rian said.

"You shut up, stay here don't move. I'll go over to him" said tamrin, who worried me.

"What if he doesn't let om tamrin escape, I can be alone here" I muttered inwardly.

"Om, I'm coming. I can also fight genderuwo" I said lying, which is clear I'm not alone.

"Why are you blocking my way?" ask tamrin seriously.

I stand behind tamrin, just in case something stabs in the back.

"Rian, you better go home. Let me just get to the other side of the village" said tamrin who worried me.

"Why now om say, I can't go home alone" I said not accept.

It's my first time coming here, walking in the middle of the night sure scares me. There are many ghosts in front of me.

"Rian, I'm sorry. But if you're still here, om can't guarantee your safety" said om tamrin as she looked at me wistfully.

"Om, do I have to leave om alone here?" I just don't believe it. I go along with om, but if you go home alone you will be very angry with me.

"Om, luis told me to take care of om. If he saw me coming home alone, he would be very angry"

"Important first your safety, luis affairs you can take care of later" said om by emphasizing his voice. It's like he told me to get out of here.

"But om-" I paused when I saw the figure of kuntilanak strangling the neck of om tamrin.

"La.ri.ri.ri.an" said om tamrin with a face with pain.

Genderuwo's figure ran towards me, out of fear, I ran home.

On the way I kept screaming for help. I don't know who's coming, because there's no house around.

"Please, whoever helps me." I shouted incessantly.

I saw the figure of grandfather using a walking stick in front of me.

"I have to ask the old man for help" I muttered in my heart as I ran towards the grandfather who was walking with a cane.

"Grandfather, help me cake. I'm after a very creepy ghost. He also strangled my neck, grandfather had to help us" I said as he was right behind him.

Grandpa didn't look at me, he kept walking. Maybe my words are less loud.

"Grandfather, help me. I'm being chased by a ghost." I cried out in a loud voice.

But still, there was no response to the grandfather. Out of curiosity, I turned her body. How surprised I was to see that grandfather had no face. There was no nose, no eyes, no mouth.

"Ah.." I shouted as I ran back. How horrible is this ghost. He just doesn't have a face.

My legs are tired, I've run as far as I can. I rested for a while in a small hut while thinking about the state of om tamrin.

The night grew quiet, the birds around me rang. My eyes are dying to be closed. Suddenly a man patted me on the shoulder. In shock, I hit her hard in the face.

"Sorry sir, who do I think I am" I said to help him wake up.

"I'm so scared, sir. Just now I was chased by ghosts, there was a genderuwo and a grandfather without a face" I said breathing a sigh of relief.

"You're new here, so scared to meet them?"

"Yes sir, it's only been a few days that my family moved here" I said honestly.

"Where are you going and where?" it's like he has a lot of questions. But I'm still relieved, at midnight meeting someone not a ghost.

"I'm from the next village, going to the other side. I was with om, but he was even in a terrible giggle. I ran because I was chasing genderuwo, then met a ghost who had no face. It turns out that in the village is very terrible and scary, sir?" I said to explain everything I've been through.

"True, this village is terrible. I was so horrible, I could have strangled you too" he said with a laugh.

Why is his laughing voice so familiar to my ears, like I've heard it. I turned my head and had not seen the old man I had just spoken to.

"Where he is, his running is very fast" I said as I turned to the right and to the left, looking for his whereabouts.

"You're looking for me young man?" ask her who is behind me.

I looked, but suddenly I was scared. He is a kuntilanak figure, his laughing voice pantes so familiar.

"Hahaha, you startled me. Greet me first" I said a little nervously.

Kuntilanak's gaze was very sharp to me, before he giggled, I first ran.

"Back young man, you can't run away from me" he shouted, which made me speed up my footsteps even more.

"So damn I, always meet a ghost. It's more of a ghost than a human" I kept running even though my legs hurt.

I just remembered my bike. I ran a long way, but I didn't see my bike either. Even the fallen tree I had not yet passed, when I had just stepped, not far from the fall tree, I met kuntilanak and genderuwo. Now why haven't I arrived yet, even though I've been running for hours.

"Where might it not be that I'm spinning in the middle of the road, or that I might be going the wrong way? but I don't see a forked path or how" I said while thinking.

I don't care, I keep running that's all that matters. Obviously I didn't meet kuntilanak and wasn't giggled.

"Hey, you're rian, aren't you?" the voice of someone stopped the steps.

"Who are you?"

"Ah right, he's rian. The new neighbor's son who just moved" he said which made me even more confused.

"Where does he know me?" the gumanku in heart.

"What are you doing here, Rian, why come out at midnight like this?" ask one of them.

"Who are you?" ask again. I don't want to be fooled by ghosts anymore if they're really ghosts.

"We are the ones who often keep watch in the middle of the night in the next village. But we saw you who were terrified running. Did something happen to you?" the question is getting closer.

"Then please take me to my house"

"Yes, we will take you" he said as he walked in front of me.

The two of them were now in front of me, I followed behind. I watched, afraid that they would trick me. But the more I got here, I saw a lot of houses around. Have I arrived?, I thought.

But ever since I ran, I've never seen a tree and my bike. Am I the only one not paying attention?

to be continue...