I opened the door of my room,
“Oh, Moi… Moi slipped, Mrs. Rose, getting sleepy on the way to the bathroom and falling.”
Mrs. Rose’s face frowned. She was wearing a cotton T-shirt with a picture of a panda and shorts. Her eyes half-opened was looking at me.
“Ouch Moi… as long as you’re here you like falling, screaming at night. Is it your habit at home?”
“Moi has been sleepy Mrs. Rose. Maybe Moi needs to brush the floor because it’s moldy, but that’s okay.”
“Tomorrow I’ll tell Mr. No to brush the bathroom and clean your room. Tidy up your laundry, so you don’t have anything dirty in your bathroom, later you’ll known to be a Miss Slovenly.” teased Mrs. Rose to me.
“Oh, Mrs. Rose, don’t tease me, it has been night. Thank you for your attention.” I said with a smile.
I closed the door of my room.
Thank goodness, Mrs. Rose didn’t pursue me with all sorts of questions.
I must report this situation to Henry.
“Henry, Henry… this is Moi.”
Shortly, a voice was heard.
“Yes, Moi, what was the news last night?”
I told Henry everything that happened to me.
“Let’s count Moi. If there are Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Gamma, there are at least five great people there but who they are.” Explained Henry made me worried, there were 5 people who would create riot.
“Who are they? It’s impossibly if outsiders could enter to Chimera Island except when the duel is held in the next week, many guests land on Chimera. Will they invade the island, then what for?” I tried to analyze.
“But from your story clearly that you’re called an apprentice girl, they know you clearly, Moi and also call me a dandy who taught you telepathy whereas you never told to anyone about your telepathy ability, haven’t you? This is not a distant person and certainly the residents of this island.”
I was stunned. Henry’s words were right, who did know that I was an apprentice and learning telepathy with the dandy alias Henry. Even to Mrs. Rose, I covered up about my ability to telepathy.
“If there are many involved here, who are they? Why do they kill?”
“The prisoners here are definitely the one who wants to make a mess with murder, Moi. You only have to think who they are, maybe the ruler here, I don’t know what his alibi. Like the scorched earth politics in the Vietnam War, Moi, the village was spent so that there were no eyewitnesses alive.” Henry said adding to my confusion.
“When the moment it also becomes a burden on my mind Moi, they want to implement it immediately.”
“If they want to hurry up, maybe today or tomorrow morning, Henry, before Lord Jonah comes, actually that is a good opportunity, guard without leadership. It is impossible during a fight because there are so many people, do they want to kill all people including the guests? If tomorrow nothing happens, it means that their conspiracy will take place after the guests leave.”
“The point thing is we have to unite Moi, we don’t know who our enemies are, while thinking about how Alfa can throw you from a distance. Now you sleep so that your strength is restored, Good night my dear.” Henry said goodbye.
I tried to close my eyes that night, my whole body ached all.
The mighty power of Alfa made a huge impact on my physical and mental health.
A few hours later I fell asleep and I began to dream.
I’m in the middle of the forest. Dense forest with shades of darkness.It’s seen a towering building there, turned out it is a lighthouse.
The environment of the dark forest and as if someone is following me, makes me run towards the lighthouse. I push the door and enter it.
I close the door then walk toward the stairs. The lighthouse’s stairs looked soaring up.
Suddenly the door open forcefully, it’s seen an entourage of scary figures burst in, chasing after me. I run up the stairs that seemed endless.
The figures thatare chasing after me looklike indistinct people, covered in dark shadows with dirty bodies, in tattered clothes. Their hands wave as if wants to reach me.
In my dream I realize this is a nightmare. I try to calm down while mocking the people who try to reach me. This is a dream!
I shout at them,
“This is a dream and this is my dream! You don’t have right to my dream! I will wake up and you can’t reach me.”
I struggled and I felt my eyes were sticky as like getting glue.
I forced to open my eyes that closed tightly, a moment later my eyes were open!
I escaped that nightmare. My body felt relieved, I succeed to conquer the nightmare forcefully using my reasoning ability.
One encouraging thing I got, the ability to control my brain began to develop.
As I learned about the lucid dream phenomenon, I had control of my dreams.
I looked at the clock, it was still 5.30 a.m.It had been morning and I woke up to start the activity.
***
An hour later, Mrs. Rose and I had breakfast in the dining room. That beautiful woman was looking fresh, as if her life had very few problems.
“Mrs. Rose, when does Lord Jonah come back here?” I ask in order to with the arrival of Lord Jonah the environment here was safer.
“Later in the noon Moi, it looks like Dragono can also come back here.” she answered while scooping up food.
“Mr. Dragono is able to work again here? Wow, his recovery is so quick.” I was surprised to hear that Dragono could return to the Chimera, even though his chin had been broken and had just been operated on.
“Yes, Dragono is as strong as a rhino and Lord Jonah is afraid that there is a lack of soldiers here and no one is managing them.”
I was silent, remembering what happened last night. I was defeated by Alfa, while Dragono was injured because of Vicko and Codi became disabled because of Rado.
Chimera Island really made me feel terrorized.
“Hey, how come you’re daydreaming in the morning, Moi?” Mrs. Rose rebuked me who only played my breakfast without eating it.
“Oh, Mrs. Rose… Moi is so tired. Degardo’s death, then Dragono and Codi are seriously injured… then who will be next?”
“I’ve seen more blood from you, Moi. We don’t have the authority or the slightest power to govern this place. It’s better to finish your food, keep our body healthy, and…Who knows, we can get out of this place as soon as possible.”
I looked at Mrs. Rose surprised. Mrs. Rose was graceful and always calm, Mrs. Rose who always laughed and relaxed… it turned out she might also be fed up with this place and longed to leave here.
I brought my face closer to Mrs. Rose asked slowly,
“Not usually Mrs. Rose wants to get out of here. Isn’t Dragono coming later? Has Mrs. Rose ever been threatened by Lord Jonah? Or fed up of another death duel?”
Mrs. Rose glanced at me,
“My feelings are mixed, Moi. Sometimes loneliness also engulfs me but actually what is burdensome is the deadly duel. What else can I do? The consequences of working in the most secret place in the country, yeah… like this.”
The consequences of working in the most secret place in the country? Like this?
I felt I was the stupidest person in the world when I tried to understand the words from Mrs. Rose
Whuh… whuh… whuh…
Suddenly the sound of a helicopter was above us.
“Lord Jonah has arrived Moi, it seems that his arrival has accelerated, let’s finish your breakfast.” said Mrs. Rose.
At this time the arrival of Lord Jonah was a relief to me, because the security of the island became more focused and Lord Jonah, I was sure that he was able to relieve the turmoil on the Chimera Island.
I and Mrs. Rose immediately greeted out to see anyone who came besides Lord Jonah.
We both stood in front of the entrance near the main guard post.
The green military helicopter seemed to be slowly landing.
“Mrs. Rose and Miss Moira, please step aside, to the outside, ok? Because Lord Jonah brought a fighter who we don’t know what his emotion is like.” soldier Rupert gave us order to keep our distance.
From afar, helicopters had landed and dropped their passengers.
From the island of Chimera side, soldier Doni and other soldiers seemed on guard for their arrival at the helicopter landing area.
A moment later the helicopter flew again, leaved the landing area.
About a few minutes later the entourage walked towards us, their faces began to appear clearly.
In front of the entourage there were two people who were closely guarded by 6 soldiers, each of 3 soldiers. Two people who were bound, their head were covered with a black cloth.
Behind them there were Lord Jonah and the giant bald Dragono walked side by side.
Dragono had returned!
His big tall body was conspicuous in the middle of the entourage.
When I looked Dragono’s jaw appear to be glittering, oh… it turned out there was a metal that stick to follow the shape of his jaw, looked like a human half robot appearance now.
While at the back there were three soldiers who carry luggage from the helicopter.
The two men covered in black cloth were brought directly by the soldiers into the Chimera building.
At that time Mrs. Rose was seen looking straight at Dragono. Mrs. Rose was silent.One hand of Mrs. Rose held her chin and other hand held to her chest. I saw the look in Mrs. Rose was shining.
Dragono appeared smiling at Mrs. Rose.
Mrs. Rose walked over to Dragono.
Dragono grabbed Mrs.Rose’s waist slender, lifted her body easily and kissed her forehead.
“I’ve been back.” he said.
Mrs. Rose smiled and said softly, her eyes was staring each other closely with Dragono,
“Welcome. Um, you’re looked so dashing.”
Dragono pointed at his jaw protector.
“Hahaha, this is the chin brace, Rose. The material is stainless. If my chin is integrated firmly, this tool can be removed for about a year.”
“I wish that your chin will recover soon, Dragono.” said Mrs. Rose
I saw all their intimacy. If Mrs. Rose was on our side, so we can engage Dragono to be our ally. But the problem was who were Alfa and his friends that we had to face?
Dragono and Mrs. Rose walked side by side, Dragono’s right hand was holding Mrs.Rose’s waist. They looked very intimate. I walked awkwardly behind them.
“We brought two savage criminals, one of them named Travis. He is a knife expert. Later Travis will face Vicko. Travis is the head of a wild gang that is often involved in drug transactions. Several officers have been killed in an attempt to arrest him. It could be an event to kill Vicko. Vicko can be chopped up by the knife strokes. This is in retaliation for what Vicko has done to me.” Dragono held his stainless chin brace.
“I hold Travis to slaughter Vicko.” Dragono growled.
“Another one is Kenrock, the sword hand of the drug courier head in the capital. a week ago was a bad luck for him because he was caught by our team. For decades he has been very slippery, can’t be caught, even many our policemen who died at the hands of his men.”
“I hope there will be no more battles here, if you can. I really want this place not to spill anyone’s blood anymore.” said Mrs. Rose
“Hmmm… basically I agree with you Rose, but specifically for Vicko, I really want him to be dying and dead in the arena. Don’t escape and have new citizenship, as Lord Jonah promised.”
Because of bored by their conversation, I turned back to my room.
***
About an hour I was in my room studying metaphysical phenomena from the top secret Chimera file that I had saved on my laptop, suddenly heard knocking.
Knock… knock… knock…
“Moi, you’re looked for by Lord Jonah.” Mrs. Rose’s voice heard from outside.
“What’s wrong Mrs. Rose? Not usually, Lord Jonah wants to meet with Moi hastily.” I said while opening the door.
“Let’s go to the main guard room, there is a little briefing from Lord Jonah about something new.” answered Mrs. Rose
After I turned off my laptop, I and Mrs. Rose walked to the front to the main guard room, where Jeff was usually there.
In that room Lord Jonah, Jeff and Dragono were.
I entered the room lazily when three pairs of eyes saw me.
“Kid, I just installed the microphone in the back room, it’s on top. There are some microphones installed so all the talk from all the cells can be heard, along with CCTV. This is an order from the center that you must observe the phenomenon of the days before the prisoner dies.”
“What do you mean Lord Jonah? Moi hasn’t got the point.” I asked nervously.
“You are ordered to observe the behavior of each prisoner Moi. Tomorrow afternoon they will fight, now whoever loses you can learn his behavior.” explained Mrs. Rose which made me more confused because of fear.
I was silent. Between horrors, confusion, also fear hit me together.
Maybe there had never been a study of human behavior that will die the next day because of a fight except crazy task which were assigned to me.
“Then what must Moi do?” I asked, still mixed between doubt and confusion.
“Look, kid. The military needs to observe the behavior of the person who died tomorrow. There is indeed a recording on the CCTV later, you learn such as what hunches, what the behavior of happened before the next day is killed. That’s all, why confused.” Dragono also explained.
“What are the benefits for the military, Lord?” I asked again because it was truly strange, why there was such a terrible task.
“Hi apprentice kid, there are much benefits for the military for example, could be the defeat of troops if there is a bad hunches or person is not confident in what will be faced tomorrow during the war. Without wasting any more time, people who have a premonition of death should not go to war or be told to stay at home, kid.” Dragono said impatiently.
“Ouch… talking too much, my jaw hurts. Continue it, Jeff.” he continued while holding the stainless brace of his chin.
“If you are confused, you can ask me for help, Moi. This is known as Freud’s death instinct. We will understand after tomorrow the winner come out. Later we can see through your laptop, Moi. Let Jeff give you the Wi-Fi password.”
I just realized what the leader of Lord Jonah asked was to observe the person who was going to die tomorrow, by looking at his behavior today.
“The Wi-Fi password is Little_bill so it’s easy to remember and I won’t change it until the day after tomorrow, because it’s an honor for you and this concerns your job, okay?” Jeff said as if teasing me.
I could not speak anymore, even though my little brother’s nickname was used as a Wi-Fi password by Jeff.
This disgusting task had to be accepted, considering this was an opportunity, there was still security on the Chimera Island until the guests came back tomorrow.
I didn’t know how long this island was kept safe.
“Ah… instead of stupefied, let’s practice it. This is the demo video, boss.” Jeff said to me, while pointing to the LCD screen while one hand turned the button.
“The sound is on now.”
I looked at the screen, displayed the condition of the back cells and heard voices.
“That’s Kenrock, a big tall wearing a white t-shirt. His hair is in a tuft. Then, the thin-faced with long-haired, slanted-eyed and red T-shirt is named Travis.” Said Jeff while zooming one by one the new residents.
Jeff turned the button on his left side. From a soft voice turned loud voice, apparently the new residents were screaming.
“Hoi, Jonah! Release me immediately! Before my friends come and destroy this place raze to the ground.” heard the white T-shirt, Kenrock, shouting while hitting the trellis with his palm.
The Kenrock cell was located exactly next to Henry’s cell, and then the next Kenrock cell was occupied by Travis.
Lord Jonah and Dragono were watching the screen did not budge. Even a smile was on their lips, as if amused by Kenrock’s desperate cry.
Cruel duo unified.
“Hi, Jonah! Don’t be deaf! Answer me! Get me out of here. You have no right to treat me like this! This is illegal!” exclaimed Kenrock, continuing his protest.
“Hoi guard, give me my rights as a citizen. I want to contact my lawyer, I will sue all of you.” he shouted, while pointing at the two soldiers standing guard in front of him.
“Illegal, he said. hahaha… is the narcotics he sells legal? Hahaha.” Jeff was laughing out loud.
When I saw Kenrock’s arrogant behavior and his big tall body, I felt sympathy for Leman who had to duel with Kenrock tomorrow.
Two men who didn’t know each other will stake their lives for the sake of Lord Jonah’s ambitions to make a lot of money.
“Guard, do you think I’m dog? You cage me here, huh. Guards, get me out. I’ll pay whatever you ask! You follow me in the capital. I’ll guarantee your family.” Kenrock shouted again.
“Lord Jonah, shouldn’t they be returned to the capital, processed according to applicable law, rather than getting angry here?” I took the liberty to ask Lord Jonah because I couldn’t stand the protest from Kenrock.
“Who do you think you are?” said Lord Jonah.
“Do you think they are good people? You are mistaken, kid! They are all state criminals. It is fitting for them to be killed and eliminated from this country. They poisoned the public with narcotics. Not to mention the state apparatus who were killed and maimed when they tried to catch their men.”
“Do you think of the state apparatus and their families, kid? If Kenrock and Travis are put on trial, the sentence can be lightened even be free because they are playing neatly, supported by lawyer and law enforcement agenciesthat have been bought. The people and the country will thank me, because I have reduced the number of criminals in this country.”
“Your attitude and the treatment of the soldiers make them be wild, angry, vengeful and aggressive.” I said.
“Then what should we do with them, kid? Be treated, do hypnotherapy, enter rehabilitation, telling fable, be caressed, hugged affectionately, necklace an orange scarf like a rabbit?” Lord Jonah arguedwhile still looking at the LCD screen. His words satirized everything I was doing on this island.
“You should do what the center tells to you, boss. It is good, you can observe the human behavior before death, and the probability is 1:1, one live, one death. It’s nice, isn’t it? Just observe the behavior that going to die through CCTV record. Even your lord the Fraud can’t get this kind of opportunity, who knows your study of the death instinct be the best in the world.” Jeff said while mocking me, by called me boss and deliberately called the father of psychology Freud became Fraud.
“You’re too much Jeff! Your intelligence does not exceed me! We have each other’s abilities! Appreciate another science! Don’t go around on your own!” finally my anger exploded on Jeff.
“It is right, isn’t boss? The important thing is that you do your job, don’t spread to people who are incompetent, I do my work. Don’t make it too long.” Jeff replied casually as if there were no problems what he said.
“What do you mean with spread to people who are incompetent? Does this kid leak the secret here to outsiders?” asked Dragono while turning to Jeff.
GLOSSARY:
Lucid dream or conscious dream is a dream when someone realizes that he is dreaming.
This term was coined by a Dutch psychiatrist and writer, Frederik Willem van Eeden (1860-1932).
When lucid dream, the dreamer is able to actively participate and change the experience of the imagination in the world of his dreams. A lucid dream can be seen clearly and real.
A lucid dream can appear in two ways. Lucid dream due to dreams (dream-initiated lucid dream; DILD) began as an ordinary dream and the dreamer immediately concluded that he is dreaming while lucid dream due to awake (wake-initiated lucid dream; WILD ) occurs when the dreamer move from the state of alertness ordinary to the dream state without experiencing unconsciousness.
The conscious dream has been scientifically researched and its existence has been recognized.
The phenomenon of a person can wake up in the morning according to the expected hours, even though without the help of an alarm or someone else who woke him up is one example of the awareness of one’s mind in managing sleep and dreams.