Room 14's
Chapter 2

"What are you doing here? "

Diana was shocked, she looked back.

It turns out that madam susan, the head of the dormitory in charge of managing the Buana dormitory. The woman, who was more than half a century old, stared intently at him. Her partially gray hair was carried in such a way, she also wore a long-sleeved black dress that made her look graceful.

"Good night, ma'am, "greet Diana smbil smile awkwardly, she's a little creepy. Judes's face and Susan's sharp gaze made Diana uncomfortable.

"Night. Why haven't you slept? You're the new researcher, right?, "asked madam Susan with a probing look

"So I want to go to the kitchen, madam. But as I passed in front of this room, I heard the sound of crying.... "

"Who's gonna cry in there? this room has not been occupied for a long time and has been used as a warehouse," cut Susan's madam while smiling amusedly.

"You better rest, you seem to be tired" continued madam susan pulled Diana's hand and led Diana back to her room.

Although a little hesitant Diana followed the head of the dormitory. He sure heard the sound of crying, but if the room was really empty then who was crying?

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"don't, "

" Il ne sait pas,.. "

" stop!,"

" et si nous options les prochains, sortons d'ici. "

Diana immediately woke up to a quiet voice coming from the next room. Some speak there with mixed language. Diana's outstretched hand picked up the phone on the nightstand, at one in the morning. Who's talking in the middle of the night like this?

Diana got up from her bed and walked to the closet, sticking her ears to the wall to hear more clearly.

Silent.

There's no sound whatsoever. What was that dream? Maybe Diana was dreaming. Diana let out a deep breath and then returned to bed.

"the combien de temps sommes-nous ici ?"

The voice came back when Diana was just about to return to bed. A soft voice that spoke very slowly, almost whispered but was able to be heard by Diana clearly.

"Hallo, you're not sleeping? It's late" Diana knocked slowly on the wall.

There's no answer. The room was quiet again,

Diana frowned then her eyes glared slightly at the words of the head of the dormitory earlier, the next room was empty. With Diana's heart racing back to bed, Diana wrapped her entire body in a blanket. I hope his eyes fall asleep again.

The room was clearly empty. There are other creatures that live there, imagining there are other creatures that live there makes Diana's body tremble. The sleepiness was gone from now on.

"Diana... "

"Diana.... "

The voice suddenly called out her name, Diana was trembling even more. Both of his palms tightly closed his ears.

"Diane, s'il te plait... "

But the sound went into his brain,

"Who?, "squeer Diana, her voice almost stuck in the throat.

There's no answer.

Once again in silence.

Diana breathed a sigh of relief while changing her position to sit down. Her back was soaked with a sweat, Diana picked up her phone to contact Feby, her research associate and close friend at the Lab. Coincidentally he also lives in Buana dormitory, precisely in room number 5. It was far from Diana's room.

Calling......

While frantically contacting Feby, from the next room there was the sound of an operating instrument being used. Diana stared fearfully at the wall, her chest up and down, her breathing faltering.

The sound was not so loud at first but it was getting louder and harder and almost made Diana's eardrum rupture.

"Lorena, "

On the verge of her fear Diana reflexively called out to Lorena. I don't know why that name came out of his mouth.

The sound stopped.

"Poooh..." Diana breathed a sigh of relief. Then without a second thought Diana came out of the room while fighting her fears.

The hallway was very dark without any illumination, it must have been the head of the dorm that turned off the hallway lights. Diana felt that the head of the dorm was too much, she should not have to make the hallway dark now that made Diana difficult to walk.

It was fortunate that Diana brought her phone, a little relieved after turning on the flashlight. Diana's goal now is to go to the dorm kitchen to meet Lorena although it is unlikely that she will be there considering that it is still hours of sleep.

Diana quickened her pace as she passed room number 14, making Diana's hair bristling. Something was wrong with the room, the room was more gloomy than the other rooms.

Diana slowly opened the kitchen door, barely making a sound.

"Lorena, "

There Lorena was busy cutting some cooking ingredients, although not too bright Diana could clearly see Lorena's face was still pale. Lorena looked over with a friendly smile.

"What's up, Diana? You awake yet? " ask Lorena while sauteing meat. He was done with the cutting, though,

" eum, who are you cooking that much for? You're not sleeping? " Diana clearly did not understand why the woman was cooking that much in the middle of the night. What's for breakfast tomorrow morning? Isn't that too fast?

"I woke up half an hour ago. Of course I'm cooking breakfast for the hostel's residents,"

"Why not tomorrow morning?, "

" it's almost morning, Diana. Look!, "Lorena pointed to the wall clock that was right behind Diana.

Diana looked back, at half-five.

Diana looked surprised, it was almost morning. Diana thought fast, no time as fast as it turned, Diana woke up not yet an hour and Diana woke up exactly one hour. Or because of the strange sounds from room 14 that made Diana unconscious it had been more than three hours since she woke up.

"I think it was still night, " said Diana approaching Lorena, though still a little unsure but Diana did not want to think any further.

" it seems like your sleep isn't very good? You must not be used to living here, be patient, later you will also feel at home and get used to it, " said Lorena smiling soothingly, saying,

"I used to be like you too, when I first came here I was not comfortable and almost a week could not sleep well. Maybe it was because I needed this job so over time I became used to it, " continued Lorena.

Diana nodded stiffly, unsure of getting used to sleeping with the strange sound.

"Is it true that the room next to mine has no occupying? " ask Diana. Although Susan explained that the room was empty, Diana still hoped that the voice she heard was from humans, not from other creatures who wanted to disturb her.

"of course someone lives there, "

"Who? The head of the dorm said no one was occupying, "said Diana in surprise.

"There were actually dormitory staff living there without the knowledge of the head of the dormitory, "

Diana nodded in understanding then asked again "was I hearing the voice of people talking quietly from there? Do you know how many people live there? "

" two people. One was a dormitory staff member and one was a surgeon. They do talk like that in the middle of the night, I hope you're not distracted." explained Lorena.

Diana silently did not respond or ask again. In a not-so-bright state Diana could see Lorena's pale face. The beautiful woman was busy cooking. It was very interesting for Diana to ask about what disease Lorena suffered so that her face looks pale. What leukemia? Diana shook her head, no, Diana would not ask such a thing fearing offending Lorena.

SERIATE....

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