Prolouge

Death, never expected, as well as Ardina herself. Initially, she never expected to experience something she never expected and never wanted before. And nobody wants to die. Especially pathetic.

Then, both Ardina and the other creatures are also afraid to meet the grim reaper, haunted and expressionless. Sometimes, everyone will ask why God created humans if there must be a death that is not wanted by everyone. And why is there a grim-looking grim reaper to pick up a soul?

Suppose, everyone could imagine visualizing a super cool angel becoming a grim reaper as handsome as celebrities or as perfect models walking on the catwalk, or as beautiful as the queens of the universe. Maybe no one will fulfill the angel of death.

But it's creepy, makes people afraid to die.

And until Ardina knew how the face of the soul-taker looked like with the complicated story between herself, the grim reaper, and the devil.

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The bus wheel goes uphill. The winding road is terrible enough to be traversed by buses, private cars, and large and small trucks. All students and students sat in their respective places even though it sounded very noisy in the back seat.

Her name is Ardina, in the third grade of Tunas Bakti Persada High School. She sat at the front, number two from the front. She deliberately takes the front seat to avoid the false noises of male friends who took the back seat.

Today, is Monday, February 21, 2017. Ardina's first field trip after moving schools. At 10 am he and her friends were still on the road to the top. Cibodas. The journey is very tiring from the city of Jakarta to Cibodas.

And also this day, the day of his last class field trip after the end of high school. Gathered with friends and teachers on the last day at Tunas Bakti Persada High School.

Along the way, the sound of guitar strumming echoed. Singing the discordant tones of the boys back there. They shouted, and some beat drums, what I can they sing their mouths will be wide open even though the tone is not in sync with their voices. The discordant sounds made Ardina's eardrums deafening, and it was very painful. I wanted this to stop the boys, however, Ardina didn't want to be selfish. Besides, with the singing, the atmosphere became cheerful after feeling boredom hit Ardina and her other friends.

Some of her friends fell asleep, the weather was raining outside. Heavy, so heavy that the fog blocked the road outside.

And Ardina, sitting in the corner near the window to the right of number two from the front. Enjoying the sound of raindrops rather than having to insist on hearing the guitar sound that very bad the boys around. Ardina's mind suddenly remembered when her father told her about her father's transfer from the office. From Yogyakarta to Jakarta, she was very upset at that time, even though she had only just changed schools for five months and made friends even though she was not very good at mingling. However, her father gave this information when Ardina felt a little comfortable living in Yogyakarta. She was angry, upset, but she could do nothing but move in with his father and younger brother.

Ardina sighed. Her eyes did not leave the window. Her ears were gagged with her earphones. He prefers to listen to the songs of the band's children rather than having to let his ears torment to hear her classmates sing.

However ..,

A shadow flashed across the window. At first only once, but shadow after shadow passed before her many times. Ardina dissolved her reverie at once. The eye is more focused on the flash of the shadows. At first, she thought the shadow was just a bird that might be flying low, but it turned out to be like a winged human. Sparkling white among the raindrops.

"Angel?" Ardina stuttered, she turned to one of her friends who was sitting beside her, but it felt like she was the only one who realized what had just passed in front of her. Ardina then stood up, she temporarily shifted the shadows passing in front of her from the window. Her eyes studied one by one the friends on the bus. No one is acting strange except herself. They looked relaxed, still singing strange songs that their ears had never heard.

"What's wrong Ardina?" Ardina's teacher asked, who accidentally saw Ardina like a worried person.

Ardina shook her head, "It's okay, mom!" she said, sitting back in her chair.

"Is this just my illusion?" she is thought. She's looked again at the window. There is nothing out there, only lush trees on the side of the road. "Ahh... Maybe it's just my feelings." She muttered not wanting to be upset alone. Look back at the window. Enjoying it again I got distracted.

But, this is not her eye's fault. The shadows came again before hers from the window. It was far away, now, that distance is getting closer. One, two, three, four, there were even about a hundred shadows that began to take shape. They were all pure white-winged creatures.

"Th-that's right, A-Angel?" Said her, barely able to come out of the lips. A winged creature appeared in her eyes. But why? What’s wrong?

Ardina closed her eyes, she looked away from the window. She didn't want to see what she had just seen. She’s covered herself with a jacket. The friend next to her looked calm, sleeping soundly in the weather, it’s good for sleeping.

The instant she felt scared, this wasn't about being afraid of winged creatures. There is something stuck in her chest. Something's going to happen to this bus and everything in it. Her heart rate was very chaotic. What a mess. She squeezed her chest shirt. But she didn't know what was stuck in her chest. There is a feeling of fear, a feeling of great anxiety. Moreover, she is sawing with her own eyes, the angels seemed to keep coming and following the bus she and her friends were taking.

Ardina took the time to take a look on the outside, shocking her very much. Her fear was true, suddenly the bus winding while avoiding a large truck that was passing a little recklessly. Makes the whole bus scream hysterically. Increasingly hysterical when the bus gets out of control of the driver and goes into a ravine. The bus rolled to the bottom of the ravine, making conditions that were originally calm become very noisy with the condition of the bus she was traveling in was in an unstable state.

Ardina's hand held tight, but still, the grip was not strong enough to hold the bus that was shaking so hard. Her body bounced, then collided. They, each other on top of each other, and their bodies were hit by shards of glass. Makes blood start to come out from Ardina and her friend's wounds.

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To Be Continued.