21 (Bayu Tri)

Last Saturday, a day which is quite bright, as usual my friends and I went to play games online together in our favorite internet cafe at the Taman Sari street that is in Smart.net. We always play games online when night comes. We have argue, it’s better to spend money and time in the internet cafe rather than spend it with some girl/girlfriend (because we must to buy something for her and drive her to any place), and it is very prosaic for us. But we are not a bunch of queers. When we got there, I don’t know why there are so many people gathering in the one of computer. As we approached, it turns out, there is a visitor/player was died on the spot and it was very surprising the whole room. No one knows what causes the person was died. But one thing that surprised me as well as tremble, when I see the set number of people who was died.

 “21!!!”

Seeing the number 21, is not a name of cinema that I remember when it, but I was reminded of a similar incident that occurred three years ago. I asked in myself. What I was experiencing this and whether this de Javu?

Three years ago. In the place not far from downtown, there are live trio people who the location of his home has adjacent, namely Bayu, Ilham, and Deri. Bayu and Ilham is a classmate since in High School and Deri is younger class of them. Although there are have different ages but they become friends because they have same hobbies and favorite games. But in the case, Bayu have unusual habits or cannot be understood by his friends, the feelings which so sensitive to the things that will happen or who have though happen to him. He will feel scared or confused when he experienced things that will happen or has happened. In fact, because of his fear is so strong, he cannot sleep at night as well or could be said he had infected the disease which called insomnia. But of all these things they always have time to play together every Saturday. They call it "Faction Point". They so familiar, until when they want to play together in the internet cafe they had always made an agreement to not come late.

On Saturday, as usual they all agreed to play together at his favorite internet cafe is in Smart.net. When they will go to play games online they always pick a some play packet, namely night packet (Paket Malam) that starts every night at 20:00 until 06:00, beside the price is cheap only Rp.10.000/10 hours, even the comfort were highly considered. At the moment Ilham was in the set no.18, Deri was in the set no.19, and Bayu was in the set no.20 precise in the right there was a man who occupied it, namely in the set no.21 which is the last place (end) of a row them.

A cup of warm sweet-tea which usual drink by Bayu suddenly it feels to be bitter, cold and felt dizzy. In addition, also Bayu was smell out less savory from the people who sit in the no.21. When Bayu looked to his right, the person who occupies the no.21 is still asleep. "This man had been asleep, anyway this man has disgusting smell also, what he doing in this internet café in condition like that?", Bayu said in his heart. Suddenly . . .

 “Deg, Deg, Deg!!!”

Suddenly Bayu’s heartbeat was beating so fast and felt a strong sense of fear. At the same time Bayu only have positive thinking and try to calm down. In his heart Bayu eager to convince themselves that the person in next to it just fine. But he thought better of it because they do not dare to wake the person who asleep. In addition Bayu asked his friends namely Ilham and Deri about that person. They simply replied "that is not strange thing anymore if we look the people like that in this place. Maybe he fell asleep because of exhaustion itself." And they continue to play the game. Bayu see the clock and time point at 5:21, it's time to get ready to go home and that people who sit in the set no.21 were still asleep. They were getting ready to go home. On the way to home Bayu were still harbor feelings of fear and curiosity toward the people in the no.21 who fell asleep on it, and the trio man returned to their homes.

At noon, once again Bayu was back to that internet cafe alone to do a task from his school. But when Bayu was in front of that internet cafe, a casket containing the body was lifted out of that internet cafe door by some local people and also there are some people who carry a yellow flag. In Indonesia tradition is indicating about there are people who was died around this place. Suddenly that page of internet cafe was filled with some local communities to see things what is happening in around. Bayu just was stunned silence when see all these things and coffins containing the bodies of people brought that was passing right in front of Bayu. "Who are these people was died, whether the person was last night?", Bayu said in his mind. Bayu was trying to ask the internet cafe keeper who was died in that internet cafe. The internet cafe keeper thought the same thing that the person is only asleep but it turns out he's really dead. The internet cafe keeper had seen the person is sleeping since Friday night and knowing he was died when the internet cafe keepers was cleaning up some of the computer, the people who fall asleep unintentionally was stubbed by him until that people fall from the chair. The internet cafe keeper was seen all over his skin is so pale corpse with a mouth filled with froth or foam. He was trying to check the person's heartbeat and it turns out, was not throbbing. Then he was screams in fear and immediately reports this incident to the local residents. From the info that he knew, that the person who was died lived in the Sarijadi area not far from that trio’s house and he was died right in the set no.21! Bayu who was only saucer eye and feel right and sure to his sensitivity sentiment, that all things that last night he felt it had something to do with all this. Bayu who’s felt the same experience when he was in junior high school, that the first time he got this sensitivity sentiment. Bayu which have a mystery with the number 21 is now aged 21 years and Bayu it was me, a student who was waiting for what will happen next with the number 21.