He's Not Mine

55. How is Utami?

At midnight I was struck by a ringing phone, a video call from an unknown number.

Sitting against the wall, I raised the video call, "Mas Imam, help me. Get me out of here!" Utami sobbed sadly, her face was very messed up, her lips were bluish, her left eye was swollen, her hair was disheveled. 

"Utami, what's wrong with you?" tanyaku carefully.

"Please get me out of here!" utami's voice shrank, his face looked very frightened, then the sound of the door being broken, then the call was interrupted. 

I tried calling that number again, but it wasn't connected, there was no network.

I immediately called Frans, long time unappointed, maybe he was fast asleep. I can't wait, I'm getting ready to go to the mess where Frans lives.

"Frans, wakeup! Helpme! Let's wake!"

Frans opened the door for me. "What the hell?" asked Frans lazily.

"Please check this number, where is the position of this number! Hurry up, Utami is in danger!” I'm squeezing in front of Frans. Frans noticed the look on my face and went into his room to get a laptop. After tinkering at his laptop, finally the last coordinates of the number that was active we can get, not far from the location of the clinic that I had been to.

It didn't take long, I got to my destination. Before moving, I tried calling the number Utami had called me, still inactive.

I made sure Frans' coordinates were in line with my current position.

The atmosphere is still dark, soon to enter at dawn. There's no movement around here. I settled in to a small house but it was very beautiful because it was filled with flowers along the terrace. I turned around to study the surroundings. There is a light that lights up in one of the rooms in the house. 

Slowly I tried to peek from the curtains but there was no gap that could help see the contents in the house. Then I climbed into a chair to look inside from the vent.

From the vents are partially covered curtains, can be seen clearly a middle-aged man asleep soundly with bare chest and his lower body covered in a blanket. Very small gaps that I can see because the curtains almost cover all the gaps.

I tried to reveal the curtains, the atmosphere of the room was so messy, there were broken glass lying on the floor, some clothes were also scattered on the floor. There was a cell phone near the door.

From the end of the closet there is a rope mine whose end is behind the mattress.

I shifted the position of the chair I used to peek through the vents. It turned out that the rope tied a leg behind the mattress. His legs are white and small, what are Utami's legs? I don't even know who the owner of the foot that was blocked by the mattress next to him.

I could've broken through the door to get in, but if the one inside wasn't Utami, I could've thought it was a nutmeg.

Although these curtains were all revealed, it was impossible to see who was behind the mattress.

Suddenly there was a groaning sound, someone sat down from behind the bed. Yes, that's Utami. His face was very muddled, bruised on his eyes, cheeks, and lips. His hair was disheveled, his clothes torn so that part of his chest was visible. God willing, what is going on with Utami?

I turned to the front of the house. It's easy for me to break down a door, then crawl into the house from the front door. In the living room there were some people who woke up because of my arrival. Without a word I paralyzed the two people who were in the guest room. From inside the other room, two more people came to me. With a relatively short time both people also managed to defeat me.

My voice fighting with those people made the homeowner finally come out of his room.

“Who are you?” ask the man who was in the room with Utami.

“Detach Utami, I want to take her away from here!” my answer.

“Mas Priest! Utami shouted from inside the room.

“Oh, you want to be a hero? Fight me if you dare!” the man pointed a gun at me.

Utami out room with mine bound feet, “Mas Imam, help me!” Utami crying. The tie of the mine on his leg is too convoluted, it may be a bit difficult to release it.

I raised my hand while trying to advance towards Utami. “Do not approach!”

Some of the people I defeated approached me. They meant to tie me up, but I moved faster so that those people I knocked back down.

Dor .... deafening gunshot sound. The man shot towards the ceiling. I reflexively ducked with my hands protecting my head. He only bluffed by shooting the ceiling, but he didn't dare to shoot me or Utami.

I looked around the room, some of the people I managed to knock off did not move anymore, there was only one person holding a gun near Utami.

With a quick movement, my feet swept the person to the point of falling into the floor. I tried to reach for the gun, but the guy was getting tighter with his gun, we were fighting for his gun. 

Dor …. The man finally spewed a bullet at Utami. My eyes pusher at Utami who was sprawled motionless on the floor covered in blood. That guy is now pointing his gun at me.

I immediately kicked his hand so that the gun was thrown away from his supine position. I rode on the person and punched him many times with emotion until the person did not move again. 

After no more resistance from everyone in the room, I approached the blood-soaked Utami. I held a pulse in his hand, no pulse. I tried to touch his nose to feel his breath, no more air blowing from his nose. I supported her body with my body.

“Utami ...!” I screamed out loud, shaking his body to wake Utami up. “Utami, let's get up, I'm here, don't leave me!” I begged and squeezed, suddenly tears trickled down. Utami did not budge in the least. 

“Utami!” I cried, hugged and kissed her forehead.

“Ndan! What was? Why scream?” the voice of Handoko, my little sister who lives in a mess with me banged on my bedroom door. I sat in sweat all over my body, ah just a dream! I thank you, this is just a dream, but this dream is so real. Utami, what's happening to you now? Why am I suddenly dreaming of you? Are you okay there?

I went out of the room, Handoko was still waiting at my doorstep. “Why Ndan? How's that dry? Why scream?” tanyanya was confused to see me.

“Dream, it looks real!” I rubbed the approved sweat.

“I think in the room again gelut same person. What a voice! Delirious apparently,” Handoko smiled.

I downed a glass of water and sat pensively, my mind muddled. What does this dream have to do with the current state of Utami?   

***

This morning I was not excited, last night's dream was very disturbing. Hendrik presented the examination file Ahyar, my member who had been absent for several days without being absent. 

“Again lazy read, try to tell me the chronology!” I put down the file Hendrik gave me while folding my chest hand.

“Members leave the headquarters since Wednesday the fifth, expected noon or afternoon, because members are present on the morning apple on Wednesday. Then the members came back on Friday’at on the fourteenth after the morning apple. Members leave headquarters without permission. According to the members, his parents, in this case his father the member, died on Wednesday morning the fifth in Kupang. Until now we are still tracing the truth of the information obtained from members.” Hendrik gives a clear chronological resume of events. 

“Continue searching, dig up as detailed information as possible! Give this money to him!” I ordered while taking out five pieces of red money.

“The commander sure gave this money to him? The investigation is still being conducted,” Hendrik is still hesitant to accept my grant money.

“If his father really died yesterday, I have no regrets giving this money. But if later it turns out he lied, there must be consequences for him!” I answered while sitting with my head supported by my hands.

“Again't feeling well huh Ndan?” Hendrik lowered his head to peek at my face that was covered in hands.

“Gapapa, go. Please take care of the member, what was his name?” I opened the hand that covered my face.

“Ready, Ahyar Ndan!” Hendrik answered and left me thinking about Utami last night.