Curse of the Hidden Place

Episode 14

Mattheo

We didn't give up to look for Manolo. We search every trees in this place.

We are walking and searching continuesly to him.

Until finally, I saw the place where he bring me and Collin.

"Where is he?" I said while searching for the old man we need.

Collin just raised her shoulders to me and say, "I don't know."

"Who are you! And what are you doing here?" Said with a loud voice.

And when I put the light to him, it was Sir Manolo.

"Finally!" I said.

"What are you doing here? It's not safe here. Get out of here. Get out and don't ever come back again." Said the old man.

Collin, holds my arms tightly.

"Can't you remember me, Sir Manoy? I was the boy you rescued last time. And her is the one I carry. l" I expained.

He pulled my arms inside his small place.

"I told you to never come back again here. I said that this place? It is not as same as before. Only danger are waiting for the both of you here." He said while looking at me in the eye.

"We're here because we need you." I said.

"What do you need? I already tell you everything before" He said.

He is fixing his blanket on the land.

"Look! The world is in danger. And we need your help, Sir Manolo. We came here to look for you. We have lot of things to do. And there's no way the escape in the problem of the world." I said while looking at him.

"It's your problem! Not mine so please get out of here. Go back to the place where you from." He said.

"I'm too old. I'm not young anymore to do that things just like you used to do." he added.

I breathe deeply before I speak.

Collin holds my hand caused me to look at her and she just nod at me.

"Sir Manolo, Manoy, or old man, or whatever they call you, We need your help to save the world. Look! We came here in the middle of the night just to look for you. The world is in crisis now. Only you has the power and authority to help us. Nobody but you, Sir!" She said.

"We lost are family and friends and worst, the world." she added.

The old man look at her.

"What should I do then? It's not my fault that you lost your loved ones. And what are you talking about in world crisis? What is happening in the world?" He said.

"Will the end of the world will come soon?" he added.

I saw how Collin, rolled her eyes to an old man.

"Okay! Can you tell me what happen? Let's see what will I do." he said.

"Last time, after we went here and go home, all of my friends showed symptoms of anxiety and depression. Then, in just a few hours, they started to hurt themselves and all of the people around them. And you know what's worst? They are eating the hearts of their victims." She said while looking at the old man.

"But it's impossible!" He said while looking somewhere.

"Huh! What are you talking about, Sir!" asked Collin while she's looking at the old man.

"The curse are already ended. We already finished it long time ago. Be burned it. Along with the loss of fire is the end of the curse. So, it's impossible that it will happen again!" he explained.

I saw Collin raised her eyebrows again.

"But it's not the end yet. And it's happening right now." I said while looking at the old man.

"Can you tell me everything that happened from the start until they become like that?" said the old man.

I think everything that I still remember about what happened that time.

"We arrived here in the afternoon. We set up our tents and prepare for the food after it. Then after the dinner we decided to enjoy the sight seeing and we just talk. Yeah! After that, I remember that Collin, saw a shadow in distanced." I said then I look at her.

She just look at me and smile.

" I think that's my shadow that you saw that time, Collin. I'm observing all of you ever since you arrived here. The time when I hit you both, that was the time that I have a chance tell Mattheo everything that happened here." said the old man.

"I did that because I need to warn you. After I saw all of your friends, I know only Mattheo, has an ability to understand the situation. It was supposed to be just Mattheo but you're holding his arms so I hit you both. I thought you will never reach the location of the curse, but I didn't expect that you will found it. Maybe your friends found it." Said the old man.

I look at Collin and she just smiled at me.

So I continue to tell the story.

"Then what happened next?" said the old man.

"We decided to go to our tents and prepare to sleep. We have four tents that time and we decided that all of the tents will occupied by one boy. I remember that time, Collin cannot sleep so she used to move in our tents. Then when the time I wake up, I was the only one in the tent so I look for Collin!" I said then I look at her.

He just look at me too.

"After I go outside the tent, I saw the car is open, so I decided to see it then I found Collin and Austine inside so I knock on the door and ask Collin for some cookies." I said.

As I saw Collin, I saw she smirked.

"The cookies is from Austine. Made by her mother.!" She whispered.

"Then what happened next?" said the old man.

"We heard a loud scream and it comes from Sabrina. She had a bad dream." I said.

"Yeah! I remember it! I was the one who go to her, first. She said that she had a bad dream. She said that she saw an old house and there's a girl inside it. She even said that, it looks different. The girl doesn't have a heart. Her eyes only see's the white in it. And her body was full of blood. And she also says that the girl looks like a zombie." said Collin.

"And I remember that Samuel just laugh in it." She added.

"Yeah! But I also remember that fight between Samuel and Ellise just because of Ellise's favorite horror movies." I said while looking at her.

"He dreamed about a lady in old house?" the old man, asked.

We just nod at him.

"This place, saw you the sign but you still continue exploring it."He added.

Collin raised her eyebrows.

"what do you mean? What sign?" asked, Collin.

"Please continue the story. What happened next?" said the old man.

"After the time when everyone is ready, I gave them the chalk that we will use to put a cross mark in every tree that we're passing. Then after that we started to walked. After a long time of walking, we decided to rest for a while then after that, we continue to walk. And then it happens that you hit our back and the we collapsed." I said while looking at the old man.

"That was the time when you told me the story of this place." I added.

He hold my arms caused me to stop.

"After I help you to bring her to the car, your friends arrive. And then I said that don't go back here anymore. Then what's happens next?" said the old man.

I take a deep sigh.

"After I started the car and prepare to drive, Gabbielle is crying. I don't heard why!" I said.

"She said she was beaten by the woman in the old house. She said that it's so aching and then I saw Samuel suddenly kissed her. After that Gabbielle started to caugh that time." Said Collin.

"Through saliva." said the old man.

He's looking around.

"What do you mean, saliva?" asked Collin.

"The curse will infect you through saliva. It transfer to your friends and now, they are spreading it." said the old man.

"But why Collin, and I didn't infect by them?" I asked.

Maybe you're near to them." said the old man.

"So what happens next?" he added.

"I saw Sabrina is crying and Ellise's said that she saw the girl in Sabrina's dream. And she also said that the girl they are talking about is the girl who beaten Gabbielle." I said.

"After that, we decided to go home." I added.

"We take a rest then after an hour my brother said that there's something happened to my cousin and then I saw him suffering from anxiety and depression. His mother was so mad at me. I also received a phone call from Gabbielle's father and telling me the situation of her daughter. They are both experiencing the same behavior." said Collin.

"After that I decided to observed in all of my friends and they are showing the same situation except me and Collin.

"Then after that tomorrow morning my mother told me that Samuel eaten the heart of his mother and once I go downstairs, I saw the villagers walking in the road, full of blood in their body." Said Collin.

"After that, her mother wants to hurt her then I suddenly pushed her mother to saved Collin. After that, since then we are always hiding because of the zombie invasion." I said.

I take a deep sigh and I heard, Collin, did it too.

"I never thought that this will happen again, and it affects lot of people bigger than before. I didn't expect that there will be another crisis that I will experience." said the old man.

"Do you have any idea how to end this?" I asked while looking at the old man.

He just nod at me.

"I'm not sure but let's try." he added.

Collin is just looking at me. I don't know what she's thinking right now. But I'm wishing that sooner or later, we will find the solution in the problem of the world.