In Excelsis Deo Ompusunggu
8B
Nev, a persevering fighter
It was a cold and placid Monday morning when a 36-year-old man Nev was starting his day by having no other than his ordinary breakfast, put his warm sweater on and ride his 17-years-old motorbike to the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea to start fishing.
Little did he know that soon he will discover something big and unusual. It’s 10 o’clock at the morning when he got, his first fish. It was an angelfish. “Put me down gentleman!”, exclaimed the fish. At first he thought he was hallucinating because he was still half asleep. “Please put me down gentleman!”, exclaimed the fish again. Nev soon realise that the fish was the one screaming. He directly put the fish into a medium-sized jar and fill it with water. “Hey, how can you talk?”, asked Nev. “Don’t you know about the trending topic?”, asked the fish. “Yeah, about the new drugs experiment made by the Roy, the former pro scientist who was fired because he made experiments with dangerous things!”, exclaimed Nev. “You’re right! I’m Leo, one of the test subjects who was kidnapped and tested. We need your help to rescue us!”, said Leo. “In what way?”, asked Nev. “You can’t do anything except follow me to our sea homes.”, said Leo. “C’mon, just follow me. HE IS COMING!”, exclaimed Leo. Nev doesn’t hesitate and directly jumped and dived to the sea, hoping that he will save some lives.
He soon notices that he could see clearly and breathe without difficulties inside the water. He is confused. “Hey, I’m breathing!”, said Nev. When they are starting to reach deep waters, Nev is welcomed with complete darkness. He’s in total confusion. Suddenly, he realises that he was stuck in a “Coral Camp”, or else you could call it a prison, but in the sea. “HAHAHA, welcome to the world of Roy”, said Leo. “Wait, I thought your name was Leo”, asked Nev. “Leo is just my undercover name, I’m Roy!”, he exclaimed. “No way!”, said Nev. “As you can tell, I’m a fish. I made myself become a fish, and since I can’t catch any fish, you are going to be my test subject”, said Roy. “Please don’t”, said Nev. “Why not? You are going to be a part of my rather simple experiment which involves marine life and Batrachotoxin, the most dangerous chemical that came from a frog!”, exclaimed Roy. Roy then left Nev alone in the lonely coral-made prison.
He was only 45 minutes after he was put in the Coral Camp when he decided to try to break the Coral Camp. He tried to demolish it from kicking it to making handmade water-pressured bombs. He does this for a month. He eventually broke the first layer of the wall. He was so desperate that there is still another thick layer of stones. He prayed to God that Roy will do nothing harmful to him with Batrachotoxin. Nev’s relatives were concerned about him missing. They set up a tent near the spot where Nev was last known and sleep there while hoping that Nev will show up anytime soon.
Meanwhile, beneath his family, Nev is starting to give up. He is no way closer to the final layer of the stone. One and a half week passed since his disappearance, Nev suddenly heard Roy’s voice. “Hey, do you miss me?”, asked Roy. “No I don’t and never will!”, shouted Nev. Roy chuckles, knowing that Nev can’t do anything to get out of the Coral Camp. As Roy opens the Coral Camp, Nev is starting to freak out because Roy is now a human, who could breathe and see clearly just like him. “Do you remember this chemical?”, asked Roy while doing his evil laugh. “Yeah, but it will not affect me in any ways!”, exclaimed Nev desperately. “We both will soon know then”, said Roy.
He started to put Batrachotoxin into a hand-made syringe and put it to Nev’s arm. When Roy is starting to push Batrachotoxin, Nev reacted quickly and took the syringe from his arm and injects it to Roy’s arm. In no time, Roy is unconscious. Nev soon realise that the chemical injected to Roy’s body spreads out to the water quickly. Nev quickly get out from the Coral Camp which was still opened and rise up to the surface of the water. His family was so shocked to find out that he was still alive. They were so happy. Although they were happy, Nev soon feels strong agony that came from his arm. He recognized that the pain is from the Batrachotoxin. He remembered about what happened to Roy. He knows that he will die soon.
Two days after the incident, Nev knows that he should tell his parent that he will die. “Mom, dad, I will die soon because there’s Batrachotoxin in my body”, said Nev. “We knew about it”, said dad. “We are letting go of you in peace”, mom continued. “So we are calling all of your relatives to spend your last moments with us”, said dad. “Thanks dad, may I rest in peace”, Nev said with a mix of desperation and happiness. Tuesday morning, three days later after Nev was accompanied with his families, he started to feel so sick, their relatives were only hoping that he dies soon because he will not feel tortured again. 8 o’clock at the same day, Nev rest in peace and he is called by his family, “Nev the persevering fighter”.
