My eyes being fluttering open when I hear the sound of an annoying voice.
"Bangunlah gila." I look up seing Mira shake my body with Fahmi beside her.
"Ape kau buat dekat sini?" I asked my friend.
"Ikut kau lah. Bila Fahmi bagitau pasal Fakhri and then kau pergi jenguk dia, aku pun pergilah jugak. Teman kawan kan?" Mira answered me then winked.
"Eleh kau tu, itupun aku terpaksa bawak kau sebab kau dah macam anak manja. Bila tak bawak, meraung menangis tak tentu pasal." Fahmi said.
"Buto ah kau ni, takyah lah expose aku!" Mira said, hitting Fahmi.
I just laughed at their actions, then hearing Fakhri's laughter. "Kau dah bangun?" I asked.
"Ye." He mumbles, smiling at me.
"Kau okey tak?" I direct my attention to him.
"Aku okey je. Diorang bagi aku painkillers." Fakhri answered me with a smile. I immediately hugged him but not to tight since he's still hurt. Then, I look around to see Ariz on the other side of the hospital bed, Zahrin sitting in one of the chairs, Kahar and Hakeem standing together.
"Sejak bila korang sampai sini?" I asked, checking the time on my watch.
"Dalam lima minit gitu." Kahar answers. All of a sudden Fakhri's hospital door opens. Naim walks in with a girl who seems to be the same age as me.
"Akhirnya kau datang." Fakhri eyes fall into Naim, smiling.
"Of course lah. Sarah, ni Mia, kawan aku." Naim said. Mia walks over to me, waving.
"Hai Sarah, maaf kalau aku ganggu korang." she said.
"Kau tak ganggu pun." I said, glaring at her. I don't know, she seems off and weird to me. Why did Naim bring her here? I shake off my frustration, Mira noticing it and put her hands on my shoulder. My arms crossed.
"Fakhri, kau dah cakap dengan mak ke pasal keadaan kau?" Naim asked.
"Dah. Mak call aku tadi sebelum korang semua sampai." Fakhri answered.
"Okey guys, Fakhri perlukan rehat yang lebih banyak. Soo, jom, kita keluar dulu. Nanti kita datang balik." Ariz said. We all agree, leaving. I hugged Fakhri for the last time before leaving the room. I saw Naim smirked at me.
"Pahal kau ni?" I felt a little bit annoyed by his smirks.
"Takde, saje je kacau." Naim chuckled. I rolled my eyes at him.
-
"Tengoklah siapa yang datang." Kahar jokes when I joined them at the bowling place.
"Ingatkan kau nak stay dengan Fakhri." Ariz adds. I roll my eyes at his comments.
"Aku ajak korang main ni, janganlah gaduh aduhai." Fahmi said. I watched them play a game of pool instead of bowling.
"Nak join sekali?" Hakeem asked, Kahar by his side. I shake my head. A moment of silence rolls by.
"Bagi korang, Mia tu okey ke?" I added, trying not to make the situation awkward.
"Mia? Hmm okey je." Zahrin said, hitting a ball into the pocket.
"Kau kata macam tu pun sebab dia belanja kau makan haritu." Hakeem scoffs.
"Betul tu!" Zahrin smiles.
"Naim pun boleh tahan sebenarnya." Mira added.
"And you're saying that because he didn't tell you when you hit Zahrin in the face with a bat." I smiled at Mira. Fahmi and Ariz looks at me concerned.
"Benda tu lembut kan?" I reassured them.
"Just sebab dia lembut, tak semestinya dia tak sakit." Zahrin mutters.
"Trust me, Naim tak cool. Aku masih ingat lagi dia kalahkan aku time manifesto, pastu apa semua lah dia buat time dekat sekolah. Aku tak ingat, banyak sangat benda dah berlaku." Ariz goes on.
"Kau takyah lah sibuk sangat nak cakap pasal Naim. Kau tu pun pernah masuk penjara siel." Kahar looks at Ariz annoyed.
"Aku dah insaf gila." Ariz brushes it off.
"Mungkin Naim dah jadi orang yang lagi baik dari sebelum ni, aku just taknak Fakhri cedera lagi-"
"Oh, so kau nak lindungi Fakhri dari abang dia sendiri?" Zahrin scoffs.
"Someone has to." Ariz replies. I look at him confused.
"Okay dah, tukar topic. Kita semua adalah suspek. Kecuali Mira." Fahmi tells us looking around the table.
"Thank you Fahmi." Mira says, cutely.
"Kau terlalu boring dan manja kalau nak jadi pembunuh." Fahmi added, making me laugh. A voice walks over to us.
"Hey girlie, you want a drink? Or you happy sitting at the kids table?" The guy smiles. Honestly, he's a random mat salleh trying to rizz me or disturb me or whatever the f*ck is he doing.
"Alright listen up uglier Michael Myers, don't you ever dare touch this girl." Mira said, stepping in front of me.
"Siapa tu?" Hakeem asked me.
"Kenapa kau tanya aku kalau aku sendiri pun tak tau mamat tu siapa?" I rolled my eyes.
"Lets go girlie." The guys pulls my hand.
"Jangan pegang dia lah sial!" Kahar shouts at the guy. Mira pulls me the other way, bringing me close to her.
"Shut your fucking mouth-" their voices both overlapping each other.
"I don't wanna hear your damn voice-" the guy opens a pocket knife.
"Better shut the fuck up." Our eyes widen, I pull Kahar back by his shirt a bit. A lady looks over.
"Hey! Get out of here!" She shouts, walking over to him. "Im being serious, you want me to call the police?" He rolls his eyes in response, but begins leaving.
"You kids too!" The lady shouts at us next. We all groan annoyed, but we do as we're told.
"Macam mana kau tau sangat pasal movie Tikam ni?" A faint voice from behind says.
"Aku suka movie macam ni, so aku observe dengan teliti macam kau belajar sejarah." another voice reply.
"Adik aku ni gila movie Tikam. Entah-entah aku pun terikut sekali." Fahmi sighed.
"Kau kata kau jemput Naim dengan Mia kan?" he asked me.
"Uh ye." I answered shortly, sitting on a couch while looking at Naim, Mia and my father.
"Apa ayah buat dekat sini?" I asked my father.
"Sarah buat apa dekat sini?" he asked me back.
"Mira mesej Sarah suruh datang ni?" I scoff.
"Oh.. okey." he sits down.
"Wow, ada meeting." Mira's mom comes through the door with snacks. Mira immediately digging in.
"Assalamualaikum Dahlia." My dads speaks up. Her eyes widen shocked.
"Rahim! Waalaikumsalam!" Dahlia hugs him.
"You look..." She trails off. I hide my laugh with a cough, Ariz smirking at me.
"Isteri macam mana?" Dahlia asks. I immediately burst out laughing. My dad glaring at me.
"Okey mak, kami okey, so mak boleh pergi sambung rehat." Fahmi speaks up.
"Alright kids, bai-bai." Dahlia rushes out of the room, gave us a flying kiss.
"Aku suruh Mira panggil korang pergi sini sebab, aku ada benda nak bagitau dekat korang." Naim looks at us all.
About 10 minutes later Naim was done explaining.
"Okey, jadi kau kata tadi yang uncle kau tu Anas, pembunuh bersiri dalam tahun 1990-an gitu, and sekarang kau nak kata salah satu daripada kita ni pembunuh?" Fahmi said.
"Pembunuh tu bagitau aku yang dia tau rahsia aku." Naim replies. "Dia serang Fakhri untuk bawak aku dekat sini."
"Then kenapa pembunuh tu immediately bunuh lelaki yang kacau si Sarah tu?" Mira shoots back.
"Dan kenapa dia mesti salah satu daripada kita, macam mana dengan bapak Sarah?" Zahrin adds. I sit back, listening. "Mungkin dia pembunuh. No offense."
"Tak terasa pun, tapi, apa motive saya?" my dad says back.
"Awak pernah kena serang banyak kali, lepas tu kena tinggal oleh isteri sendiri." Zahrin tells him.
"Jaga sikit mulut kau tu Rin." I glared at him. Zahrin looks back, putting his hands up surrendering.
"Encik Rahim ni ada connection. Isteri dia pembantu dan girlfriend Anas dulu." Ariz butts in.
"Okey, jadi, the first three attacks tu related dengan kes-kes dulu." Naim said.
"Oh my gosh, he's making a requel!" Mira yells.
"Apa?" Naim furrow his eyebrows.
"Or a sequel. Fans are torn on the terminology." she replies.
"Kau cakap betul-betul boleh tak?" Fahmi looks at Mira.
"Okey, ingat tak movie Tikam yang keluar tahun lepas?" Mira sits up.
"Oh, movie tu ke? Weh aku suka gile dengan movie tu!" Hakeem says excitedly.
"Tak heran. Kau memang suka movie pelik-pelik eh." Kahar teased him.
"Buto lah."
"The point is, fans hard-core movie Tikam benci movie ni. Kau tengoklah dekat mana mana social media, diorang akan cakap macam macam pasal movie Tikam yang ke-2. Diorang jugak akan cakap pasal main character cerita tu macam taik." Mira explain.
"Lepas tu?" I asked back.
- (timeskip)
"Kita ni tengah bincang pasal movie ke nak tahu siapa pembunuh ni?" Naim's anger now rising.
"Dua-dua, Naim." Mia said to Naim, calming him down.
"Thanks sebab selamatkan aku dari Naim, Mia." Mira said, high five Mia.
"So, not to put like too fine a point on it, but, according to the requel rules. Who's next?" I asks, whispering the last sentence.
"Going by the pattern. Whoever it is has to be connected to someone that came before." Mira looks around.
"Ayah dah menyesal datang sini." My dad whispers to me.
"Uish, mak aku pernah berlakom dalam cerita tu." Zahrin speaks up.
"No one cares about the shitty inferior sequels, Zahrin." Mira rolls her eyes.
"Kau selamat. Kita kan ada Encik Rahim dengan anak dia." Mira says calmly, putting her hands on my shoulder.
"Hah, apa?" Kahar furrows his eyebrows.
"Or you're the killer, and this whole elaborate monologue is just to cover your tracks." Mia said, suddenly speaking English.
"Or you know, you're the killer. You had Netflix as your alibi, pretty fucking suspicious to me." I shrug, resting my body back into the couch. Mia rolls her eyes at me.
"Sudah terang lagi bersuluh. Nampaknya, kita dah tau siapa pembunuhnya." Mira said.
"Siapa?" Naim looks at her.
"Kau." Mira looks at him back, making Naim confused.
"Nampak sesuai dengan jalan cerita kita." Mira added.
"Logik jugak eh." Hakeem said.
"Hmm, yeah." Kahar backs him up. Naim looks at my dad, him just shrugging.
"Taik betullah." Naim stands up and leaves.
-
I throw my bike on my front lawn. My dad out with Naim to help, I was home alone. Mira insisted on coming, but I told her I'll just be quick. Just needed some extra clothes. I unlock my front door, sighing as I walk in. I lock the door behind me, walking to my room, taking my backpack off I start putting some clothes in it. My phone begins ringing. I see Ariz's ID pop up, I answer it just incase it could be something about Fakhri.
"Hello?" I put the phone up to my ear, still packing.
"Hello, Sarah..."