DARK NOTE

Part 8's. Fingerprint

After school, Adel was picked up by Zahra. The girl invited her to see a pet exhibit held near SMA 6.

"Fish****** that's very good. I want to buy," cried Zahra girang. Adel just nodded. He doesn't like cute and funny things.

"You want one too, Del?"

"No. If there is a scorpion, I want to buy it" said Adel cuek. Zahra laughs. What do scorpions try?

"How, Sir?" Zahra took out her small wallet.

"80 grand, Nduk."

Zahra gawking. "Not five thousand?"

The fishmonger laughed. It shows ordinary small fish with a distended stomach.

"This one, only five thousand. Ten thousand three, huh," he said. Zahra pouting. He looked at the fat fish with annoyance.

"No. The tail does not exist that way. This one, yeah. Five thousand ...," he whined.

Adel pulled his hand before he got upset. He took her to the hamster cage.

There, a lot of school children crowded around. Judging from his uniform, they are 6th High School students. Adel remembered something. He left Zahra, who was cool to see a turtle next to a hamster cage, and approached a schoolgirl who was sipping iced tea in plastic.

"Mom, sorry to ask. Sandra's not home yet, is she?" adel asked pretending to be naive.

"Sandra's? What class?" The girl stopped her drinking.

"Emm ... second grade but don't know the major."

"What are you ready for?"

"Eh, cousin ...." Adel plays his sling bag strap.

"Oh .. If you mean Sandra, she's already moved schools. I happen to be a member of the OSIS so I know a little bit about the kids who are transferring schools. Uh ... wait! You're his cousin when you didn't know he was moving? You lied to me?" The girl named Dina was staring at Adel sharply.

"What's a lie? We are cousins, but our relationship is not good. Just ask, okay."

"Hahh .. same brother himself was also not good yes," muttered Dina.

"What about Sandra at school?" Adel put on a curious face.

"He's ostracized. Lonely and difficult to socialize. But, when his equally quiet compatriot was made into a joke, he suddenly shouted. If not wrong, Vienna at that time had emotions because Sandra who was quiet suddenly talking rudely. Ah, Vienna .. Until now he did not go to school. Why the hell, the kid?" Dina finished off the rest of her iced tea.

"Oh ... Mbak Vienna. He's a neighbor of my complex, you know," said Adel. Dina stared in disbelief.

"Seriously? Then you know why he hasn't gone to school?"

Adel shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, anyway why also I'm not important stories with children. Dahh .. I want to go home." Dina rushed over to her friend who had started walking. Adel is looking for the missing Zahra.

**

"Add more, Del ...," his mother Zahra bargained. Adel shakes.

"Enough, Mom. Thank you, yeah."

"Yes. Consider it your own home. If you come in during the day, no need to hesitate to come home from school to stop here."

"Yes, Del. I'm afraid that person will break the glass again" Zahra said, biting the last chicken. Adel kicked his leg hard.

"Ouch!"

"Who broke the glass?" Sari looked at Adel in panic.

"No idea, Mom. Maybe a prankster." Adel grimacing. But Ms. Sari caught the alarming thing.

"Have you reported the police?"

"Yet. But aunt already told the security guard. Yes, we did PR first," said Adel while holding Zahra's arm. They also went to the room followed by the astonished view of Ms. Sari.

"Zahra ... Why are you talking to your mother?" sulkan Adel's.

"I'm sorry.. taseplosan." Zahra.

"Oh yeah, what time's your dad coming home?" Adel cradled a plastic-wrapped stone in his pocket.

"Around four. What's up?" Zahra was curious to see the contents of her best friend's pocket.

"You ask for help, you help me, yeah. I want to investigate the fingerprints in this stone. I hope my guess is correct, this stone is already used by the perpetrator."

Zahra nodded. He knew his father would help. Although Adel was still a child, but his father said, there was something else in the boy. Adel has a knack for being an investigator.

"Related .. The ghost. Howdidyou think? What is Sandria?" asked Zahra while shuddering.

"So, I'm still not sure. That night I saw him again, but he didn't want to say anything."

"Are we going to Grandpa's?" zahra. Adel nodded quickly.

"Don't. It's okay, I'm not bothered by that ghost. Just curious," murmured Adel.

They also spend time talking and reading comics. Once Adel looked at the courtyard through the window, hoping that his father Zahra would return home quickly.

Four o'clock, fifteen minutes later, the sound of a motorbike entering the yard. Zahra pointed out, Her father has returned. The office where he served was close, in the city center, north of the square.

"Let me talk to Dad" Zahra nodded. Adel gave a thumbs up.

**

"This ... copy of the fingerprint you found on the stone. But by the way, what are you investigating?" Zahra's father handed Adel a piece of paper. Adel smiled happily and thanked him.

"So .. yesterday night someone threw a window at our house with a stone. And after Adel searched, only this stone was different from the one in the courtyard and terrace. It turned out to be true" Adel said.

"Do you know who the suspect is?" mr. Burhan's smile, Zahra's father.

Adel nodded despite the doubt. He also remembered something.

"Oh yes, sir. Do you remember the case of a child who committed suicide in July 2018?"

Mr. Burhan was stunned. He rubbed his chin.

"Yes ... Sandria means?"

Adel looks sumringah. "Yes, right. Do you think he really committed suicide? 6-year-old, can you do that?"

Mr. Burhan looked at Adel. The burly man took Adel to his study.

"I'll just wait here" Zahra refused as Adel grabbed her arm. Mr. Burhan laughed. He said Zahra had never liked to go into his study since he saw many photographic documents of murder victims and perpetrators of crime. The girl was afraid to see blood and body parts being torn.

"Here, the photo of Sandria that we managed to get. In the photo, she is about three years old. And this, the last photo when it was found hanging in her room." Mr. Burhan presented a map containing two photos and reports that Adel did not want to read.

The boy was silent for a long time. Cold sweat soaked his temples. He is now convinced, Sandria .. is the ghost of a child who has been terrorizing him.

He held the photo tightly even though his hands shook violently.

"Del .. Are you okay?" Mr. Burhan looks panicked. He poured a glass of water that was immediately swallowed.

"Sandria's ghost ...," Adel murmured as he gazed over the bookshelf. The ghost sat there, staring at him blankly. The snare wound on his neck was still real, and the dry mouth was still silent.

**

"Bu Sari, thank you very much. I became a hassle because I left Adel," said Diandra. His hand held Adel's arm.

"It's okay, Ma'am. We've often said, don't hesitate. Whenever Adel can come here, even staying overnight is okay," said Ms. Sari.

Diandra smiled wryly. If Adel stays at Zahra's house, he won't dare to stay home alone.

"Yes, we go home first. Assalamu'aikum ...."

"What's wrong?" Diandra turned on the television this morning and moved from the front room to Adel's room. Since that night, they have stayed in more rooms.

"Adel asked Zahra's father to check the fingerprints on the stone yesterday. And the result is already there. Keep ... about the ghost, it's Sandria. Sister Sandra's sister."

Diandra drift the tv volume. "Certainly? Did the police think he was actually suicidal?"

"His mother insisted that Sandria did commit suicide and did not want to prolong the problem. But police believe the girl was killed. Aunty understands, who did it?" adel's Lyrics. Diandra shuddered in horror.

"If we look at the writing in the diary, Ms. Sandra seems depressed to do that. According to his friends, in school he was often ostracized."

"You know where it came from?" search Diandra.

"So accidentally met the boys of High School 6 when they saw the exhibition, they are friends Miss Vienna and Ms. Sandra."

They were silent for quite a while too. Diandra grabbed her phone and opened the medsos. He was surprised when the top post was the news of bullying that occurred in an SMK in his city.

"Del .. look!" yells.

They turned off the tv and watched the news together. A student at a Health SMK becomes a victim of bullying by being humiliated in public. He said the victim was the girl who took the perpetrator's girlfriend. The victim was forced to remove her veil and told to stand by the roadside with the words "Sold" hanging from her neck. The five-minute video has been shared hundreds of times.

Diandra looked at Adel. The boy nodded as if he understood what he was thinking.

"We must give a warning to the perpetrators of the bullying, because ...."

"The mouth rips will be after him!" sahut Diandra's.

**

This morning is sunday. Diandra leave one day, greeted Adel with enthusiasm. They searched the bully's information last night, and found his address. Not far from their compound, it is east of Rejo Village, Sandra's home.

They had once passed the road around Rejo Village, so it was not difficult to find the main highway when they returned home later.

"According to google map, soon we turn left," said Adel while looking at the phone. Diandra slow down the motor speed.

"Continue?"

"Right of the road there is a mosque, there continues to be a gate on the left, well the second gate we enter."

Ten minutes later they arrived at a house without a very large fence. Rambutan trees and mangoes fill the vast land, protecting the house building from the scorching sun.

The house is still semi-permanent, the walls are of woven white-painted bamboo. On the left side of the house is a fenced chicken coop. Diandra saw a middle-aged woman drying rice in the side yard freed from the trees.

"Assalamu'alaikum's chat. Sorry, Mom, is this really Vika's home who goes to school in SMK Health Grade XI?"

"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. That's right, that's my son. Who yeah?" The woman took off her caping.

"I'm Diandra and this is my niece, Adel. We know him Vika. Can I see Vika for a second?"

The mother let them in, but Diandra chose to wait under the rambutan tree. There's a long bench there.

Before long, the girl they saw on social media last night came out with a pouting face. His hair was as straight as his shoulder he pigtails randomly.

"Who are you?" resounding. Adel was about to answer but was arrested by Diandra.

"Before we know who, there is something important we want to say. Regarding your safety," said Diandra.

"What the hell, don't bother, deh. Buruan, I'm busy." Children really have no manners.

"You're the bully, right? I hope from now on you have to be careful when you leave the house. If you can't be alone."

The girl glared. He looked at Diandra suspiciously.

"You threatened me? Don't you family****** that, yes!"

Diandra took a deep breath and exhaled it violently.

"No. But we're worried that something bad will happen to you. So, be careful ...."

Vika looks angry. He continues to accuse Diandra of being the family that defended the victim.

"Yes, we gave you a warning. If there's anything, please just call this number," Diandra gave a piece of paper that Vika directly squeezed. Without waiting for long, he decided to go home.

Vika looked at Diandra and Adel who were starting to move away in doubt. He took back the paper that had been squeezed and thrown, put it in his 3/4 pants pocket.

Arriving home, Adel gets a call from Zahra.

"Hello, Del. My father wants to say something important to you. Can you come to the house?"

Adel looked at Diandra who was turning the key. "Why?" tanyakanya.

"Zahra told him to play, his father wanted to say something important."

"What about?"

Adel shrugged his shoulders. Diandra turned around and took the boy there immediately.

Arriving at Zahra's house, Mr. Burhan was waiting on the terrace with Zahra. Ms. Sari is being held at the house next door.

"What's up, sir?" Adel glanced at Zahra, but the boy shook his head.

"Come, get in my study."

Diandra asked permission to enter, Mr. Burhan invited.

"I've matched yesterday's fingerprint with some of the data I have. As you may have guessed, the fingerprints belonged to Sandra. It just so happened that at the time of his sister's death, we asked for that data for an investigation."

"One more, sir. About mouth rips that until now have not been caught ...."

"Why?"

"Do you know who and what the motives are?"

Mr. Burhan pensive. He took a few sheets of paper and showed them to Adel and Diandra.

"Unfortunately, there is no clear data yet, as the average victim is traumatized and unable to speak. What is clear is that the perpetrator uses the same scissors every time he performs the action."

"We think the figure is always targeting the perpetrators of bullying, sir," said Diandra who made Mr. Burhan aghast.

"My bully?"

"Yes. This is based on an existing case. Incidentally, one of the victims was our neighbor, Vienna. The day before he fell victim to a mouth tear, Vienna abused Sandra."

"Sandra?" Again, Mr. Burhan was shocked. The police don't know this yet.

"Yes. And Sandra once gave us a paper with a message using the Java script." Diandra glanced at Adel. The boy reached into the bag and took out his notebook.

"This ...." A piece of paper Sandra gave her at the time.

Mr. Burhan observed for a moment. He read Adel's translation under the Javanese script written in blue ink.

"Titi wanci? Can I borrow this paper?"

Adel nodded. "Please ...."

After there was nothing more to talk about, they went home.

Later that night, Adel felt uncomfortable. Something is stirring his mind. He tried to divert by reading some comics, while Diandra was cool in playing mobile phones.

Suddenly the HP of Adel rang.

"Del ..cru. My father said there were more victims. This is my father again to the CTF ..." exclaimed Zahra in panic.

"Victim? Do you know who the victim is?" adel asked trembling.

"Name Vika. Just like you were worried about this afternoon."

***