Hollow May [English Version]

5) Red Flower

"UNCLE!!!"  Zayden shouted until his eyes turned red.

Reina's group is still united holding hands so that there is no separate.

A few Molotov cocktail explosion was just the beginning.  Culinary festivals have become a battleground.

Blood seemed to pour from the fallen tenant poles.  Everything is destroyed and razed to the ground.  Leaving only a handful of wood and iron which still stood strong hold steady several roofs, enough to take cover.

Red flowers have been kindled.

There were flames surrounding the festival.  A crowd of red masked men stormed the festival while carrying torches and sharp weapons.  The sound of firecrackers and red fireworks looked lit and added to the atmosphere murky.

Police sirene immediately surrounded the area.

Some police immediately evacuated visitors and some of the songs secured the rioters.  There is someone who is fighting against the police, what a terrible situation.

What was beautiful at that time was only the moon that shone brightly with grace.

There was panic between Reina and her friends, Reina's parents tried their best to protect their party.

Their faces were no longer smooth, but dirty, dusty and full of crying.  The clear thoughts had disappeared from their brains, there was only panic and chaos.

Reina's group hid under the rubble from the riots.  The riots already looked like a murder area.

Rioters who escaped the police attacked visitors with sharp weapons, and some even threw firecrackers and sharp instruments.  Rain of sharp tools has adorned the sky.  So many are stabbed.

Reina's group walked while bowed so as not to become a victim of the next weapon.

Reina cried quietly as her hands held Alya's and her mother's hands tightly together, all holding each other.

CRASSSS

A splash of hot water from a soup pot from a collapsed booth was hit by Reina's feet. She was numb, she wanted to scream but she couldn't, she could be caught by rioters if he screamed.  "Hold the pain" She whispered to herself.  Her feet were swollen and red between the dust on his feet, a sign of blistering.  But the journey must still be done.  Alya, Reina's parents, Faiz, Zayden looked at Reina worried, but they knew the consequences if they stopped.
The pain turns into tears.

On the other hand,

Zayden turned pale with confusion looking for his uncle, clearly he panicked.

Suddenly a human figure, not too clear looking, hobbled toward them, it was Zayden's uncle who looked not much different from Zayden.  Behind him was a girl who looked badly injured on her arm, it was Callysta.

"Yes, I am his cousin Zayden from one of his parents who are from Indonesia, not the Dutch one" Callista explained, breathing hard but slowly.  Nobody asked further because they knew this was not the right time to ask.  Although clearly displayed their faces looked shocked and confused with Zayden who smiled slightly.

He joined in hiding among the ruins followed by Callysta while forcing her injured hand to come along.

Shouts after shouts were heard from various directions, as were crying.  Around Reina, there were so many ruins and people who did not survive until they were crushed by the building.  Police sirens continued to roar between the riots, a sign that an attempt was made to resolve this.

Suddenly behind the rubble where they were hiding someone threw firecrackers at them, it seemed to be a bomb that would kill them.  Reina and her friends seemed to be driven by something.  The ruins were now razed to the ground, as if they had disappeared.

Everything is dark, everything is blurred.
The mind is blocked.
Negative thoughts that are only implied.
There were no screams or signs of unrest around them.
Everything seems to have ended.

Reina, Alya, Faiz, Zayden, and Callysta woke up with the conditions overwritten by Alya's parents and Uncle Zayden.

When the fifth mind is fully conscious, they realize that what has happened to them is lifeless, their bodies are cold. The heart already stop beating.  Everyone is shocked.

Reina's parents and Uncle Zayden sacrificed to save the fifth kids life so that those affected by the building were not Reina and others.
Reina and the others had been removed before the ruins of the building completely collapsed, so as not to overwrite the ruins of the building too much.

Reina, Zayden, and Callysta who cried the loudest accompanied by painful screams, looked at their loved ones coldly while hugging them.
Alya also cried even Faiz cried although he is famous for being a cold person.

Not far from there was a riot victim camp,

Many were in the camps of riot victims, but not all of them survived.  Including Reina's parents and Zayden's uncle.

Even regret is useless.