Hey Indigo Girl (The Series) TAMAAAAAT!!!!
Part 16 the sacrifice of grandmothers

"You don't appreciate me, yes, I'm tired of making food, and you're cooking that weird food instead" Ms. Heni pointed out, her tone began to rise. I started to worry, whether Ms. Heni was beginning to realize that we knew everything.

"I don't want to know, you have to eat this!"

We looked at each other, no longer knowing how to refuse his request. I raised my eyebrows next to them, asking for approval what action we should take now. Honestly, I wouldn't want to eat that food again right now. It never will. Mrs Heni walked over. His feet were shaken, because it turned out that his next leg was longer than the other leg. The appearance of Bu Heni who was far away from during the day earlier, made me shudder in horror. Even she looked much older than Siti's grandmother. Maybe because the spirit of Bu Heni is still trapped in the world, sometimes even forgetting or indeed forgetting if he has died a long time ago. That made Bu Heni's appearance much more terrifying. He has not been sincere about himself and his own death. Her hair was curly with length up to the waist. The color is predominantly white. His skin is wrinkled and very dry. Slightly charred and in some parts of his skin peeling off. There is something moving - movement. Even now it was scattered on every floor he passed. It was the same thing as the one on the plate, wriggling, trying to get out of the food. And that's what he offered us.

"What are you eating?" he asked, looking at the grilled fish that had not yet fully matured. His hands began to scratch at the neck to cause a reddish wound. Strangely something fell out there, the neck seemed to produce maggots that were still moving - motion if it fell down. Kiki shuddered in horror, then hid behind my shoulder. "Tha, I want to puke!" whispers firmly. No longer want to linger - long watching the scenery in front of us now. I stroked his back gently. "Sit there, Ki," tell me to point to the wooden chair in the corner of the room.

Kiki, assisted by Doni.

"We ate fish, Mom. We were fishing in the river, it turns out there a lot of fish, even just a moment we have enough fish," explained Dedi.

"Did the villagers not eat fish, ma'am? As if the fish there had never been touched by the residents, this alone there was a fish large enough. In my grandmother's village alone, finding fish as big as the index finger was quite difficult. Is it possible that villagers don't eat fish, ma'am?" asked Radit in a quip.

Ms. Heni was silent, expressionless. "Yes, just eat this." He returned the food. Ah, not food, but living maggots that move - motion inside the plate on the tray.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, we don't want and won't eat, the food you gave us. Because we are still human, it is not the normal food we are used to eating" Arden said.

"What do you mean? This isn't human food?" mrs Heni asked a little scream.

"No. You see what I'm offering you?" ask Arden again. Bu Heni looked back at what was in front of him. Shut up and keep watching. I wonder what's in Bu Heni's head. Is he aware of what he's doing. Does he know what he has to offer, and what he eats is not something that is natural to be eaten by humans in general.

Bu Heni then plucked the maggots. " This is what you say is not human food?" his question showed what was at his fingertips, wriggling, falling, sometimes jumping. Mrs Heni put the animal in her mouth. Chewing, biting and swallowing raw. Not only got there, the tip of his fingers he kissed as if he had tasted delicious food. Mrs Heni threw the tray at us. We retreated trying to avoid it. Bu Heni again scratched his body. This time he chose his left arm. His eyes were sharp looking at something that had managed to emerge from behind his scratched skin earlier. He grinned, took the animal back and showed it to us. "Look! There's more. You don't know it's so delicious" he muttered, putting the maggots in his mouth. Chewed it rough as if it was a food that was indeed very delicious to him.

Kiki immediately vomited right then and there, I glanced at her at a glance, and breathed a sigh of relief when she knew that Doni was still loyal to her. He looked back at the devil in front of me. Now my opinion has changed, ah, no. Instead I began to find answers to the questions that kept filling my head.

"Do you know the truth?" tanyaku. Bu Heni looked at me sharply, his head tilted with a terrible smile. "What do you mean, teacher?" Bu Heni's voice was hoarse, heavy and made my hair bristling.

"If Mrs Heni, Mr. Karjo and all the villagers have already .. died!"

Bu Heni glared, not long laughing loudly. It was shrill and a little made my heart tremble. His attitude is very much different from that of Bu Heni whom I have known all along. "What if we're dead? After all, you will also be a part of us," he said and able to make us swallow each other's saliva. Staring at him was - was, and began to prepare for the various possibilities that will occur. Apparently he was already aware of his own condition. He also knew that we were different, and it turned out that he purposely made us part of himself and the villagers.

"We're gonna be a part of you? Huh, don't dream!" tukas Radit lantang. The clattering sound of metal sounded faint, but the longer it became clearer and headed here. Someone was seen behind the door. Mr. Karjo appeared with a machete in his right hand. Sharp and long.

"Sir, it's time they became a part of us. Do it now, sir." Mrs Heni is like commanding. Mr. Karjo smiled then raised the machete in his hand. Radit approached me, and stood in front of me.

"Crazy!" Everyone gathered together into one. This threat is not just a warning, but indeed an action that he will soon do.

"Where is this?" tanya Dedi, who is on standby if there is any dangerous action from Mr. Karjo.

"Hurm it" said Brother Arden glancing at the open back door.

"Huh? Blurred? Which is really you?!" tanya Radit does not believe in the words of Brother Arden.

"Related. He's dangerous, don't let any of us get hurt. It will make our path difficult. Now we have to run away and find a place to hide. Because we're now one of their fugitives, like Miss Lulu."

Do not let one of us get hurt, or our path will be more difficult later. Well, that's true. I agree with what Arden said. We have to save ourselves first.

"Okay, count three you ran out the back door. I distract him!" said Radit. I looked up and shook quickly. " We must go together - same!" my prevent.

"Let brother Radit hold him for a while. Y'all go. Find Lulu's place to live, we'll gather there. I know where it is."

"But, Brother!"

"Believe us, Aretha. Brother Radit must have caught up with you" whispered Brother Arden full of confidence.

"One ...." Radit took the large wooden block that was below, giving it one to Brother Arden. "Two ...." He then kissed my forehead while smiling bitterly. "Three!"

Dedi leads the troupe. We continued to run towards the forest in front of the house. Several times I kept staring back, hoping that Brother Arden and RAdit would catch up with us by now. But the truth is there's only a dark, empty corner there.

Back, the sound of the chicks started to sound loud. Danu growled in annoyance. " Huh, please don't nongol now why the hell!" hardikiknya while continuing to pay attention around. His right hand never let go of my hand. Kiki and Doni ran in front of us. Dedi continued to lead us to Lulu's residence.

Until finally, Dedi stopped at a shabby cloth tent. The burn still looks freshly extinguished, the smoke is still billowing lightly. He kept looking for something. "This?" asked Doni with breath gasping - puffing still holding Kiki.

"Yes, right here. But where is he? It should still be here."

"Where else could it be, Ded?"

"No way, Dan, he told himself that he wouldn't go anywhere at night. Night is a dangerous time for itself, and maybe now for us!"

"Hopefully he's okay" I said, resigned. I'm still worried about RAdit and Arden.

"Yes, we just pray like that. It is better now that we go inside, avoiding other threats. The sound of the chicken is still far away. Don't let him find us."

We went into the tent. Lulu fabric tent is big enough for all of us. Inside here some of his belongings are neatly arranged in the corner of the tent. A few pieces of clothing, blankets, bed linens and canned food that he had somehow gotten from nowhere. Uniquely this tent can also protect from heavy rain. Tent closed. Hiding is our way of holding on for a while.

Kiki was already lying on Doni's lap, Danu and Dedi were occupying the other side and were just silent without saying a word. The sound of the chicks that initially felt loud and tight, now began to sound faint. This became another terrible scourge for us. Because the creature is getting closer. I'm the one sitting closest to the door, pretty alert. Even if the atmosphere outside is not visible, because of this cloth cover, but the cloth in front of me is not a cover that we can rely on enough. Because this fabric does not have enough safety. More like a curtain that can be preached easily.

Noisy dry leaves sounded stepped on something or someone. My heart is racing faster than ever. My hands are clamorous, and a little nervous. The incident at Bu Heni's house is still felt today. Not only are Brother Arden and Radit the only ones I'm worried about, but also Grandma's safety. We shouldn't have just left grandma. But we also couldn't possibly take him with us.

"Tha," to Danu, hinting me to stay away from the door. I who was forbidden like that, just wanted to get closer, and peek out of the gap of the door that I could open easily.

Instantly the cover cloth was rough open. We were all shocked by the events that arrived. However, the ones that appeared from behind the door, were precisely the faces of the people I had been waiting for. Soon I grabbed Radit and pulled him in my arms. Brother Arden followed and went inside.

He closed the door again and checked the atmosphere out there first.

Radit sat beside me, I noticed his face was fixed. I hope he comes in good shape - fine, unharmed. "I'm good - all right. We managed to escape from Pak Karjo and Bu Heni," he explained as if knowing my anxiety.

"How did you get away?"

"Grandma helped us."

"What?"

Both of them were silent, their faces lowered with a helpless look.

"I'm sorry, we couldn't save Grandma. Grandma sacrificed herself so that I could be safe with Arden."

The sky is collapsing. I don't know if I should be happy or sad to hear this news. On the one hand I'm happy that Radit and Arden's brother are back. But on the other hand, I was sad, unable to imagine what had happened to Grandma there.

"What's really going on?" ask Danu enthusiastically.

Radit looked at Arden, while Arden did not answer. Many times I saw him swallow.

"Sister!" call me up a little bit to raise my tone.

"Thus ... After you left, we started avoiding Mr. Karjo's attack. At first we wanted to go straight after you, but he kept blocking our way. Many times - the times he scored his goal, we almost died. Mrs Heni also attacked us. At the door, Grandma appeared. Sitting on his wheelchair. He held up a knife, then said that Grandma would come with them. Just so they let us go. You know, the kitchen's down. Like there was a hurricane, and the last time we saw grandma. Same brother Radit left from there. Because the house is slowly starting to collapse."

"Oh God." My heart hurts to hear it. I cried so - so. Radit immediately grabbed me into his arms. Grandma, who was terrible to me at first, was a very nice person. I don't know how he got this far. The sentence that said if it would follow them, it was as if it had willingly given his own death. How could Grandma live with those demons for years. I want to go back there, see if Grandma can still be saved. Who knows, we still have time. But, again - again I can't act recklessly. Because I don't want to lose any of my other friends either. I don't want to lose anymore. The night felt increasingly quiet, the sound of night animals seemed to be a lullaby for us.

Lulu, don't know where to go. We hope he is okay. Either he was hiding or looking for supplies elsewhere, or maybe he had even made it out of the village. Even if it's a very impossible thing. I wish it was just a nightmare. And when I open my eyes tomorrow, things go back to the way they were. All right - all right. I think I miss home. Mommy. Daddyh. Do they know we're not okay here. Arkansas.