THE GREAT WAVE
I heard screams…
And suddenly, everything went dark…
"O…Ouch, damn it hurts…!" I feel a sharp of pain from my left hand, and my chest. Without looking, I can feel it was broken. Damn what happen? Just a second before he was fighting with Nusa… "Nusa…?" I realized something was wrong, where is him? It was too quiet, Argh... Hurts, I need help…
Suddenly, His eyes widen in shock when his gaze fall to something… Nusa… lay unconscious in the middle of what Malik can only describe as pool of blood.
"NUSA!" he ran toward him, didn't care if his clothes become all covered in blood, or his own injured left arm.
"Nusa…? Nusa!" he tried to wake him up but to no avail. He can't feel his breath...
"No... No, No! Don't you dare…!" he tried everything he could, everything he know to wake him up, again, no response. Tears start to form in the corner of his eyes. " Don't you dare die! You hear me, Nusa? Wake up!!" what happen, God, what the hell happened here? Hospital! Yeah I have to take him there. He tried to hold him up"ach! Shit!" Only to realize his condition, broken left arm and blood lost, unable to do anything… He starts to feel dizzy. "Damn…" he knows he have to go out, and call ambulance or what ever, but he can't even stand properly. He hugs Nusa close to him, "wake up… damn it…" he gritted his teeth, tears falling down his cheeks "hang on, please…" he don't know what happen, but for sure he can feel it. His peoples, crying, scared, and confuse. And he believes the same 'thing' is what makes him unconscious. But…, Nusa is bigger, stronger, what the hell could make him like this?
He heard the sounds of the door opened, and the steps of two people coming closer. He tried to look up but again he feel to dizzy and his vision are blurry.
"Malik, let go of him, don't worry I'll take care of him" said the silhouette in front of him, he know that sounds…
"Australia…?" his sounds barely a whisper, but he let go of his hold. And he sees -in his blurry vision- Australia hold Nusa up, carefully not to touch his wounded parts.
"Took him to the front rooms" Singapore…? She is here too? "The ambulances are there waiting, Thailand and Myanmar had been taking care of by Vietnam and Philippine" what? Both of them too…? What the hell…
"Okay, than" Aussie nodded and took Nusa out of the room. After that I feel a tug in my right side, she put my right arms around her shoulder & support me to stand up. I take a look at Singapore. She look straight to my eyes in the way i can't described, worried? No something different. Damn his blood lost make him can't think straight.
"Come on Malik, hang on, I'll take you to hospital…" she tried as best as she could to support me with his smaller frame. I just nodded and followed her guide. I don't remember the rest, or how I could reach the ambulance without collapsed. Until I woke up in hospitals bed, my left hand got a gips. And Singapore, sits right besides my bed. I ask her what happened, but she seems hesitant at first "take a rest, your condition not capable to do anything"
"Please, Adeline…" I never beg, ever. Especially in front of Nusa and Adeline, But, I need to know. my chest hurt more than my broken arm "tell me… what happened?" she give up, sighed, and take the remote. She didn't see my eyes this time.
"There is an earthquake... in Indian ocean. It's 8.9 SR and its trigger… Tsunami…" he clicked the news channel "we don't know how much the total of peoples lost… or death…"
the news told more than he want to know. The wave even reach India and Seychelles, 3000 miles away… and than sudden realization hit me. It's so close, too close to the west coast of Sumatra… with a Tsunami that strong. Singapore sees my reaction and she answer in low voices "the worst waves… hits Sumatra…"
"The body count till now… more than 100,000…" I never felt my body and my heart as cold as what I felt today…
Ugh, okay…? Try to make the tsunami disaster in 2004 from Malaysia POV. Hope I make it alright… planned to be multi chapters… (Unless writer block struck me again DX) many people write about Indonesia and Singapore but none (as far as I know) wrote about Malaysia so it's my first try to make him. The main character still my country tough (hehe). And no! Nusa is not dead!
There is no real pairing more like brotherly or friendship. But if you squint –hard—maybe you'll find some :P
Nusa: Indonesia
Malik: Malaysia
Singapore: Adeline
Australia: Ralf
Historical Fact:
Australia and Malaysia are among the first who give help in Sumatra, Indonesia. Tough Malaysia also felt the impact they still sends help in any form to Indonesia. Aren't brotherhoods beautiful? [Just a little hope I can make this to stop the internet fight between these two countries (~_~ ;;) silly, silly, silly…] I try to picture Indonesia and Malaysia as two siblings who love to fight, but still care to each other nonetheless.
The impact (as you already know) reach all over the place. From far eastern countries to east coast of Africa. Thousands miles away from the center point. With the hardest impact in Sumatra, Indonesia. Total body count more than 300.000.