Burhan Nervous
Meanwhile, Burhan and Rudin returned to the front post with several officers, bringing along Mardian, Paimin, and Giman.
They ran into Tono.
Tono: "How's the situation inside the building, Burhan?"
Burhan: "The building has been secured!"
Rudin: "No suspects managed to escape."
Tono suddenly stepped closer to Burhan and whispered something.
Burhan's face looked shocked, slightly pale, but his eyes lit up.
Burhan: "Oh yeah?"
Tono nodded, pointing toward Tina.
Burhan: "With Tina?"
Tono nodded again.
Burhan walked toward Tina, who was absorbed in her tablet.
Burhan: "Hi, Tina."
Tina looked up, her glasses slipping down slightly.
Tina: "Hi, Mr. Burhan."
Burhan: "Is Nagini with you?"
Tina smiled and adjusted her glasses.
Tina: "Yes, Mr. Burhan."
Burhan looked nervous.
Burhan: "But I don't see her with you?"
Tina held back a laugh.
Tina: "Relax, Mr. Burhan. Nagini's busy beating up Mariana—the bulletproof witch."
Burhan's expression changed instantly. He looked deeply worried about Nagini.
Tina: "Come here, take a look at the tablet, Mr. Burhan."
Burhan leaned in to see the screen.
Burhan: "I don't see Nagini, Tina. Just some red and black blurs flashing past."
Tina smiled.
Tina: "The red blur is Nagini, the black blur is Mariana."
Burhan: "You mean…?"
Tina: "Nagini is fighting Mariana."
Burhan: "That fast? Just leaving afterimages? Impossible, Tina."
Tina smiled again.
Tina: "This is beyond our logic, Mr. Burhan."
Burhan nodded, trying to digest Tina's explanation.
***
Air Force Helicopter
Tono approached Burhan and Tina.
Tono: "The suspects are all secured and gathered, Burhan!"
Burhan: "Good. The terrain's too difficult—forest and steep slopes, no way a vehicle can get in!"
Tono: "So how do we take the suspects in for trial?"
Tina adjusted her glasses again. In one hand was her tablet, and next to it, a stun-gun shaped like a slingshot.
Tina: "We've coordinated with the Air Force."
Burhan: "You mean, Tina?"
Tina: "The Air Force will send a transport helicopter to pick up the suspects."
Burhan and Tono exchanged glances, shaking their heads in admiration at Tina's foresight.
Burhan: "You're amazing, Tina."
Tono: "What did your mom feed you as a kid to make you this good, Tina?"
Tina chuckled.
Tina: "I'm just doing the job I can."
Burhan: "You're too modest."
Tono: "You truly understand the height of mountains and the depth of oceans, Tina."
Tina couldn't hold back her laughter.
Tina: "Enough! Stop praising me."
Burhan and Tono grinned sheepishly.
***
Paimin and Giman
Paimin and Giman, hands cuffed, sat with other handcuffed security guards. Parlan, Saimo, Legi, and Triman were there too, looking pitiful.
Paimin whispered to Giman.
Paimin: "Did you hear what that lady officer said?"
Giman: "The one with glasses and short hair?"
Paimin: "Yeah, her."
Giman: "What did you hear?"
Paimin: "We're going to be picked up by helicopter."
Giman's face instantly lit up.
Giman: "You sure?"
Paimin: "Yeah, I'm sure."
Giman looked at Paimin with trembling voice.
Giman: "Have you ever ridden in a helicopter?"
Paimin shook his head.
Giman: "So this will be our first time?"
Paimin nodded.
Giman: "We can tell our children and grandchildren about this!"
Paimin glared at him.
Paimin: "But we're being picked up to go to trial, Giman!"
Giman: "I don't care, Min! If it weren't for getting caught, we might never ride in a helicopter our whole lives."
Paimin turned away, trying not to laugh.
Nearby, Legi whispered to Triman.
Legi: "You see Parlan and Saimo's faces?"
Triman: "Yeah, pitiful."
Legi: "They know what's coming."
Triman: "You mean… they'll get beaten by the cops?"
Legi nodded.
Triman: "The cops still hold a grudge because their friends got beaten up at Kramat Jati market."
Legi nodded again.
Triman: "They're gonna get beaten to a pulp."
Legi: "Yeah, they'll be turned into green bean porridge."
The two chuckled quietly while glancing at Parlan.
To be continued