the intruder

i do solemnly swear, that this is true story, according to my best recollection of what happened years ago.. read carefully...

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it was a night, when i was still a 'kid', 14 years old to be exact, form 2 student, and yes, it was a night like no other night. it was a friday night. tomorrow is saturday, usually, saturday morning, its our weekly inspection. its when the prefects and wardens go into each rooms and inspect everything, ur locker, beds, rooms etc. usually, a night like this, everybody tend to sleep late and wake up as early as 3am in the morning to do lots of cleaning.
every dorm wants to look its best.
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i woke up about 3.30am. my other roomates were still sleeping. never mind, i'll wake them up later. i took few hangers, few pairs of school uniforms, and an iron, then went downstairs. our room is on the first floor. ironing room is on the ground floor at the opposite block.

as i walked down the corridor, i noticed one thing. its weird. the hostel is dead silent. no one is awake except me. all doors are closed. its so weird. usually, by this time, almost everybody is awake.. i didnt think much about it. as i passed the surau, i switched on all the lights because it was dark. next, as i passed the 'tv room', i switched on all the lights again. i entered the ironing room, next to the tv room.

i ironed all my pairs n tidy up a bit. then, i stepped out of the room. as i walked out of the ironing room, i have this very weird feeling again, as if something is so definitely not right.. like something bad is happening.. i can feel it in my bones.. i slowed down in front of the tv room, and i looked up to my dorm..

i saw a man.

i saw a man walked out of my dorm... he walked straight out, heading towards the stairs. i stood frozen, i cant move, i just watched him. he walked down, until he reached the corner of the surau. then, he suddenly stop, n turned around.

then he saw me.....

he just stood there and looked at me. and i.. did nothing, i just stood frozen like a statue and stare at him. he wore black shorts, with no shirt. his chest was bare, but he got this black cloth covering his head. he didnt wear slipper or shoes.. his skin was fair, he was about 6 feet tall and lanky.. i saw him and remembered him so clearly, because the lights were all switched on already..

we stood staring like that for a while... i couldnt remember what i felt at that time, but, i do know that, i was never afraid.. then, suddenly, he turned and walked away.. into the side of the building. i ran off across the lawn, towards the ketua aspuri (asrama puteri) room. i banged the door..

"kak su!! kak su!! bukak pintu..."

"ha.. nape V..ape kecoh2 nih.."

"kak su... ada... le...la..ki.... pen..ce...ro...boh.....be..la...kang... su...rau...."

i stuttered and stammered, while trying to piece together what just happened. i looked back. all my perfectly ironed clothes laid strewn on the ground. kak su quickly grabbed the public phone and called cikgu sufian, the chief warden. while she talked, i went to collect my clothes from the ground..

"V!! jgn pegi jauh.. tunggu sini!"

few minutes later, cikgu pian arrived in his car with cikgu ismail. he asked me so many questions.. we quickly went upstairs to my dorm, i just followed them.. my roomates were all confused. thanks ya Allah, no one is harmed..

cikgu pian told us that whomever that was, had already left..maybe into the thick bushes outside the fence. he told me not to worry, told us to go back to our sleep.. but its already past 4am.
and strange thing is.. again.. except kak su n people in my dorm, everybody else is still fast asleep..

i just sat on my bed.. my roomates are awake and now talking.. suddenly.. it was that feeling again. feeling like something bad is happening again. it felt like something just doesnt click. like.. a really bad energy just keep following me around.. i stepped out of the dorm into the corridor, to get some fresh air..

i looked down near the stairs, at the corner of the surau..

and there was that man again.. staring at me..

this time.. i did the unthinkable..

i run. i run straight after him. i jumped down the stairs.. running towards the man. wanting to catch him..

im running off into the darkness...