3. Ghost in the Mansion ?

At five o'clock, Sazkia was finished with her dawn prayers. She immediately folded the veil and walked towards the black backpack which She placed next to the place where She slept. She took the powder and rubbed it thinly on her face. She wears a black head scarf, as a suit for the Gajah Mungkur campus uniform, her favorite campus.

“You didn't wake me up, Saz. I want to know beforehand. " Lina protested when she saw that Sazkia was ready to go to the kitchen. Sazkia turned her head. Sh looked at Lina's pale face. Sazkia didn't know that Lina couldn't sleep last night. panda eye circles adorn Lina's lower eyelid.

Sazkia sighed at a sight she had never seen before. Lina looked older than her real age. This astonished Sazkia.

"Sorry. I saw you slept so tight. I can't bear to wake you. Yes, you pray at dawn first and I'll be right in the kitchen to help the officers prepare breakfast. "

Lina sighed. Her face was gloomy remembering last night's events. She wanted to tell Sazkia at length, but She didn't.

"Ok, at least you can go there first to represent us. Don't let them look at the lazy Gajah Mungkur students because all of them wake up late. "

Sazkia nodded. She gave both thumbs up and left her nine friends still in the room. Seeing Sazkia leaving, Lina smiled.

"Go, I'll follow soon, Saz." Lina muttered as she left the room to the bathroom to take a shower and perform ablution. Arriving at the creepy place last night, Lina stopped her steps. She looked around looking for someone, but no one around her.

"Ah, was it a ghost last night? If it's a ghost, why isn't there anyone, but if It’s not, I heard the voice very clearly. " Lina muttered once again.

Lina shrugged her shoulders, trying to shake off her worries. She tried to dare herself, entered the bathroom close to Mrs. Syamsul's kitchen. She, who could not be calm, now looked left and right, watching the empty kitchen without the activity of the owner of the house.

Her gaze was directed to the room where her friends were praying at dawn in congregation. She was left behind because She got up late.

"Why are you still here, Lin?"

A voice startled her already completely terrified. She turned her gaze to the door of a room. There stood Mrs Syamsul, who was carrying a tray containing several kinds of snacks. I don't know where Mrs. Syamsul got the snacks. I don't know what Mrs. Syamsul was doing in the dark room which for Lina was very scary.

"Eg. . . Mrs. Syamsul? You make me surprised."

Lina held her chest, trying to reduce her shock and fear. Mrs Syamsul was stunned to witness Lina's actions. She didn't believe it at all, her usual question made Lina shocked in such a way, even Lina looked very scared.

"Is my voice really creepy?"

Lina shook her head. She couldn't really say the truth to the mother She had known for only two days. Mrs. Syamsul shook her head, then left Lina and headed for the dining room. Mrs. Syamsul put down the tray of snacks and arranged them on the plate. Lina was still standing where she was, watching Mrs. Syamsul's activities, until she was stunned. Mrs. Syamsul, who has now finished looking at her with a sharp gaze. Lina had seen a red flash in the eyes of a very beautiful middle-aged woman.

"Are you going to just stand there? Don't you have to pray at dawn? Your friends have gone to the kitchen and you're still here? '

"Ye . . .Yes, Mam. "

Lina immediately ran to the bathroom. She stroked her chest, enduring intense fear. A taste that either her friends felt or not. The fear that was different between herself and Sazkia's fear. After taking off her shirt, She immediately flushed her tired body, rubbed it with soap and then rinsed again. Without waiting long, She immediately ended her morning shower.

Her hand was about to take the clothes She was hanging from the castle. She wanted to perform ablution immediately and leave Mrs. Syamsul's house and follow her friends in the kitchen. However, before her hands reached her clothes, a lizard fell right on her head.

"Aaaaaa"

Lina screamed loudly. She no longer cares about disturbing the order of the house. She was really very scared. She ignored the lizard and immediately put on clothes. After performing ablution, Lina ran to the room and finished dawn in the shortest time possible.

In the kitchen, when Sazkia, who had just arrived there, was greeted by Mr. Budi, who is now guiding the volunteers to wrap food, prepare drinks and arrange cutlery for the refugees and volunteers.

"Assalamualaiku, Mr Budi." Said Sazkia quietly.

"Waalaikum Salam. Sazkia have you come? How's sleeping?"

Budi, the head of the kitchen, welcomes Sazkia with a cheerful gaze, happy to see the girl who fascinated him from the start , now it has come.

"Alhamdulillah, I can sleep, sir. Unlike last night. " Sazkia walked in, joined the female volunteers who were preparing vegetables and side dishes. Sazkia immediately sat down.

"Have you prayed at dawn, dear?"

A woman who was putting vegetables into a container immediately stopped her activities. Seeing Sazkia coming, her face glowed with joy. Since the beginning She woke up, no one has replaced her. She wanted to take a bath and pray at dawn. She was happy to find Sazkia in front of her.

"Alhamdulillah  I have, Mam, if you want to pray first, you may go now. Let me replace you put this food into the container .. "

The woman in front of Sazkia handed the large container of vegetables into Sazkia's hand. She immediately left the kitchen after asking Mr. Budi's permission. Mr. Budi, who saw that Sazkia was still busy with vegetables and large containers, immediately came to help lift the vegetables to the long table in the middle of the room.

Sazkia immediately sat on a small chair, replacing Sari, a volunteer from the regional red cross. Replacing its position is frying tempe, the traditional food from Indonesia.

"Have you prayed?"

Qomar came and sat next to Sazkia. Sazkia nodded. Qomar's eyes stared at Sazkia intensely, staring at the face of the girl he loved, who now didn't want to look at him at all. Qomar looked around, trying to find his girlfriends.

"Where are the others?" Qomar asked still with his gentle gaze.

"Still praying."

Qomar shook his head when he heard Sazkia's answer. He looked at the clock in his hand and shook his head once more. The time was 5.15 am.

"Are you really praying?"

"Yea."

"Er, am I intruding?" Qomar was embarrassed by the attitude of Sazkia who only answered his short question. In contrast to her habit of always explaining at length. At the moment, there was no question back from Sazkia. Those in Sazkia tend to ignore it.

"Miss"

Budi, who saw Qomar in the kitchen, immediately took over his position. He hated seeing Qomar enter the kitchen without permission. Sazkia looked at Mrs. Budi, and answered her call.

"Yes sir."

"Please bring this hot water to the hall. There was an infantry and artillery commander waiting for a warm drink. If you it is possible, make them tea or coffee. "

Sazkia nodded. Slowly She left the frying pan and handed the spatula into Qomar's hands. She walked over to Mr Budi and took over the water flask and took her out of the kitchen to the hall.

She immediately made tea in a large kettle and served it to the volunteers who were awake. Some of the volunteers who were chatting stared at Sazkia with their activities.

" Your tea Please, sir."

A man looked at Sazkia then nodded, then continued their conversation again. There were no thanks or other warm greetings as a form of concern for what Sazkia had done.

"Can I have coffee, Ma'am?"

A man in a SAR uniform approached. Shifts the concentration of Sazkia. Sazkia immediately grabbed the glass and set it on the table. She grabbed coffee from the jar in front of her and ladled half a tablespoon of coffee into several cups. Add one spoon of sugar and pour hot water then stir. Its activities are still under the supervision of the man in the Orange uniform.

Sazkia immediately presented her in front of the two men who were still standing in front of her.

 "Your coffee, Please!"

"Thanks."

Sazkia nodded, then stood up leaving the hall. She did not want to linger in a crowd of men, some of whom continued sleeping and some chose to busier themselves with their cellphones and chatting with their friends.

Arriving in the kitchen, three of Sazkia's friends and the women from the district Red Cross were already there. They looked at Sazkia for a moment, then continued their activities.

"Where did you come from?" asked Lina while looking at Sazkia who came silently.

“Making coffee and tea for the men in the hall. Pak Budi ordered. "

"Qomar was here."

"I know."

"If you know why you stay and you let him fry tempe?"

"Pak Budi also ordered."

Lina was stunned to hear the same two answers.

"There is a problem?"

Sazkia shook her head. Sazkia felt something strange about Lina's question. Sazkia look Lina for a moment. She knows, Lina's beautiful face was very pale.

"Then in the hall earlier, someone teased you?" once again Sazkia shook her head.

"Uh, are you sick?"

Lina immediately put the back of her hand on Sazkia's forehead, making sure that her best friend was all right. Sazkia immediately brushed Lina's hand and tried to calm her feelings.

"No. I'm healthy. "

“Healthy but like a toothless goat. The answers to the two questions are the same. "

"Which one?"

"You don't even remember at all?" Sazkia shook her head. She analyzed Lina's question. Trying to remember the answer She gave her best friend too. However, Sazkia failed. She did not remember what answer made Lina conclude that she was sick.

"Never mind. I'm tired."

"If you're tired, take a break. You can go back to the boarding house anyway. "

Sazkia answered Lina's statement without thinking about Lina's reaction, who was already very anxious to see Sazkia.

"Sazkiaaaa, I am tired because of you, you know?"

Sazkia was stunned by Lina's statement. She wanted to shake her head, but She felt sorry for her friend's face, who was getting pale.

"Because of me?"

"Of course. You are like a robot that has no feelings. "

"What did I do that you said I had no feelings?"

Lina stomped her foot on the ground. She really felt the loss of Sazkia who should be very intelligent and dignified. Lina completely didn't recognize Sazkia, who for some reason, now had less and less focus on what was in front of her eyes.

"It was precisely because I did nothing that I was surprised. You act cute but feel really annoying. "

"Sorry" Sazkia said, and Sazkia's words succeeded in making Lina's anger run high. Lina immediately grabbed Sazkia's hand and took her out of the kitchen. She sat Sazkia on a chair not far from the hall, ignoring the gazes of some of the volunteers.