MATA BATIN – EPISOD 1

Hujan turun dengan lebatnya pada hari Sabtu itu. Amirul dan rakan karibnya, Faisal, sedang dalam perjalanan pulang dari latihan bola sepak. Faisal memandu kereta ayahnya sementara Amirul duduk di sebelahnya.

“Awak jangan laju sangat, Faisal. Hujan lebat ni,” kata Amirul sambil memandang keluar tingkap kereta yang dipenuhi dengan titisan hujan.

“Jangan risau, Amirul. Saya pandai la memandu,” jawab Faisal dengan yakin.

Tiba-tiba, seekor kucing melintas di hadapan kereta mereka. Faisal menekan brek dengan kuat, tetapi jalan yang basah menyebabkan kereta mereka tergelincir. Amirul hanya ingat dia melihat cahaya yang sangat terang sebelum segalanya menjadi gelap.

Amirul tersedar di hospital. Ibunya duduk di sebelah katilnya dengan wajah yang pucat dan bimbang.

“Amirul, awak dah sedar? Alhamdulillah,” kata ibunya sambil menyentuh pipinya dengan lembut.

“Mama… apa yang terjadi?” tanya Amirul dengan suara yang lemah.

“Awak ada kemalangan. Doktor kata awak pengsan selama tiga hari. Faisal selamat, hanya cedera ringan.”

Amirul cuba mengingat kembali apa yang berlaku, tetapi ingatannya samar-samar. Dia hanya ingat cahaya terang itu dan suara brek yang mengerikan.

Selepas seminggu di hospital, Amirul dibenarkan pulang. Dia merasa agak pelik – semuanya nampak sama, tetapi pada masa yang sama, semuanya terasa berbeza. Matanya terasa lebih sensitif kepada cahaya, dan kadang-kadang dia melihat bayangan-bayangan aneh di sudut matanya.

Pada malam pertama di rumah, Amirul tidak dapat tidur. Dia bangun dan pergi ke dapur untuk minum air. Semasa dalam perjalanan kembali ke biliknya, dia terpandang sesuatu di sudut mata. Dia berpaling dan melihat seorang wanita berpakaian putih berdiri di hujung koridor.

“Mama?” panggil Amirul, menyangka itu ibunya.

Tetapi wanita itu tidak menjawab. Dia hanya memandang Amirul dengan senyuman aneh sebelum tiba-tiba menghilang. Amirul menggosok matanya, tidak percaya dengan apa yang baru saja dilihatnya.

“Pasti saya masih pening akibat kemalangan,” bisiknya kepada diri sendiri.

Keesokan harinya, Amirul pergi ke sekolah untuk pertama kalinya sejak kemalangan itu. Rakan-rakannya gembira melihatnya kembali.

“Kau dah ok, Amirul?” tanya Faisal sambil menepuk bahunya.

“Alhamdulillah, dah ok. Cuma kadang-kadang pening-pening sikit,” jawab Amirul.

Semasa di kelas, Amirul mula melihat sesuatu yang aneh. Dia melihat bayangan-bayangan bergerak di sudut bilik darjah, tetapi apabila dia memandang terus ke arah itu, tiada apa-apa di sana. Dia juga mula mendengar bisikan-bisikan halus yang tidak dapat difahami.

Selepas sekolah, Amirul duduk di sebuah bangku di taman berhampiran sekolah. Dia cuba memahami apa yang sedang berlaku kepadanya. Adakah ini kesan sampingan kemalangan? Atau adakah sesuatu yang lebih aneh sedang berlaku?

Tiba-tiba, dia melihat seorang gadis duduk di bangku sebelahnya. Gadis itu memandangnya dengan pandangan tajam.

“Awak nampak mereka juga, kan?” tanya gadis itu tiba-tiba.

Amirul terkejut. “Nampak siapa?”

“Makhluk-makhluk itu. Yang bergerak di sudut mata awak,” jawab gadis itu dengan tenang.

Amirul menatapnya dengan tidak percaya. “Awak… awak tahu apa yang saya lihat?”

Gadis itu mengangguk perlahan. “Saya Maya. Saya rasa kita perlu bercakap.”

Amirul terdiam. Siapakah gadis ini? Bagaimana dia tahu tentang apa yang Amirul lihat? Dan apakah sebenarnya yang sedang berlaku kepadanya?

Sebelum dia dapat bertanya lagi, Maya sudah berdiri dan meninggalkannya.

“Kita akan berjumpa lagi, Amirul. Dan awak akan belajar tentang mata batin awak,” kata Maya sebelum menghilang dalam kalangan ramai orang yang lalu lalang.

Amirul duduk terdiam di bangku itu, dengan beribu-ribu soalan di mindanya. Apakah “mata batin” yang Maya maksudkan? Dan apakah kaitannya dengan kemalangan yang dialaminya?

Dia tidak tahu bahawa ini hanya permulaan bagi sebuah pengembaraan yang akan mengubah hidupnya selama-lamanya…

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THE INNER EYE – EPISODE 1

Rain fell heavily that Saturday. Amirul and his close friend, Faisal, were on their way home from football practice. Faisal was driving his father’s car while Amirul sat beside him.

“Don’t drive too fast, Faisal. The rain is heavy,” said Amirul while looking out the car window filled with raindrops.

“Don’t worry, Amirul. I know how to drive,” Faisal answered confidently.

Suddenly, a cat crossed in front of their car. Faisal pressed the brakes hard, but the wet road caused their car to skid. Amirul only remembered seeing a very bright light before everything became dark.

Amirul woke up in the hospital. His mother was sitting beside his bed with a pale and worried face.

“Amirul, you’re awake? Thank God,” said his mother while gently touching his cheek.

“Mom… what happened?” asked Amirul with a weak voice.

“You had an accident. The doctor said you were unconscious for three days. Faisal is safe, only with minor injuries.”

Amirul tried to recall what happened, but his memory was vague. He only remembered the bright light and the horrible sound of brakes.

After a week in the hospital, Amirul was allowed to go home. He felt rather strange – everything looked the same, but at the same time, everything felt different. His eyes felt more sensitive to light, and sometimes he saw strange shadows in the corner of his eyes.

On the first night at home, Amirul couldn’t sleep. He got up and went to the kitchen to drink water. On his way back to his room, he caught something in the corner of his eye. He turned and saw a woman in white standing at the end of the corridor.

“Mom?” called Amirul, thinking it was his mother.

But the woman didn’t answer. She just looked at Amirul with a strange smile before suddenly disappearing. Amirul rubbed his eyes, not believing what he had just seen.

“I must still be dizzy from the accident,” he whispered to himself.

The next day, Amirul went to school for the first time since the accident. His friends were happy to see him back.

“You’re okay now, Amirul?” asked Faisal while patting his shoulder.

“Thank God, I’m okay now. Just sometimes a bit dizzy,” answered Amirul.

While in class, Amirul began to see something strange. He saw moving shadows in the corner of the classroom, but when he looked directly at it, there was nothing there. He also started hearing soft whispers that he couldn’t understand.

After school, Amirul sat on a bench in a park near the school. He tried to understand what was happening to him. Was this a side effect of the accident? Or was something stranger happening?

Suddenly, he saw a girl sitting on the bench next to him. The girl looked at him with a sharp gaze.

“You can see them too, can you?” the girl suddenly asked.

Amirul was surprised. “See who?”

“Those creatures. The ones that move in the corner of your eye,” the girl answered calmly.

Amirul stared at her in disbelief. “You… you know what I see?”

The girl nodded slowly. “I’m Maya. I think we need to talk.”

Amirul fell silent. Who was this girl? How did she know what Amirul saw? And what was really happening to him?

Before he could ask more, Maya had already stood up and left him.

“We will meet again, Amirul. And you will learn about your inner eye,” said Maya before disappearing among the passing crowd.

Amirul sat silently on the bench, with thousands of questions in his mind. What did Maya mean by “inner eye”? And what was its connection to the accident he experienced?

He didn’t know that this was just the beginning of a journey that would change his life forever…