Mission Jessy

The Challenge Ali

Aldo handed Jessy a bottle of mineral water. "Thank you, Mel. You've helped me and taken me away."

"Ngga papa, Do. I love sports and I've always run rich (but that was before, before I got stuck inside Melva's weak body)"

"They deliberately did it, not without cause."

"You mean?"

"That's because Papa I'm famous as a lecturer killer. They must be holding a grudge and want to take it out on me."

"Wait on! Papa are you a lecturer here?"

Aldo nodded. "Pak Angga, our dean."

Jessy ruffled her hair in annoyance. It turns out that his senior was right, he knew absolutely nothing and was acting like a hero.

"Sori, Mel. I haven't had time to tell you"

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In the evening, they hold a night of familiarity by doing some small games, punishments and other small amusements around the campfire.

At first everything went smoothly and was pleasant, until they had the arrival of guests from outside. They are three men who according to Aldo information came from the department of mechanical engineering.

Apparently the three technical students are friends of their seniors because they look very familiar. The three men joined and sat around the campfire.

The game then resumes a bottle being moved from one person to another in turns and it is Melva's turn to receive the bottle's punishment in her hands when the music stops.

"Melva! Melva!" the screams of her friends encouraged Melva to come forward and accept her punishment.

Jessy was forced to go forward but then one of the newly arrived machine men came forward and approached Melva.

"Well?!! Are you still alive?" tanya Ali, one of the engineering students of the machine.

"Lo know me?" ask Jessy relax.

Ali laughed, "So now you want to pretend to forget and not recognize me?"

"Who are you?"

"It's really a child! Do you think I'm going to forget that? If it wasn't for you, my sister wouldn't have died. He should have died in that accident, too. But why are you still alive and here?"

Jessy was holding her heart that suddenly beat unnoticed. How could the man know that Melva had an accident and was about to die? Then who's Ali's sister who said she died because of Melva? What else is this? Why couldn't he calm down even a little after coming to that place?

"Origin! What the hell are you?" a senior named Kris restrains Ali who looks very emotional and berates Melva.

"It's my business with girls. So you don't have to interfere."

"But this is my show. I'm in charge here. So I'm entitled to interfere."

Ali looked at Kris with emotion.

"Here you are, Mel! Our business is not finished!"

Ali finally decided to leave the Melva campus court that night.

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A few days later, after college, Ali was suddenly on Melva's campus and tried to block her.

"We will meet again." Said Ali who managed to block Melva.

"What do you want?" jessy asked without any fear.

"I want to avenge my sister's death."

Ali laughed again. "If I had a chance to do that, you would have met Lili by now."

"Lily?" Jessy remembered the name.

"So you're Lili's brother?" jessy asks after successfully remembering that Lili is Melva's best friend who was killed by a hit-and-run.

"You still want to pretend you don't want me?!" ask Ali growled.

'Not pretend, but I don't know elo, bego!' inner Jessy.

"Sori. But it seems you misunderstood. Lili died not because of me, but -"

"Mell! Why are you here?" Mirza just suddenly comes along and cuts off Jessy's conversation. "And you Ali, what's the business here?"

"There's none, Mas. It just so happened to meet Melva here. So we talked for a minute." Ali told a lie.

Ali then approached Melva and whispered. "We're racing on Merdeka Street Saturday at nine o'clock."

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Jessy knew exactly that Ali was a silly thing she didn't need to think about. But somehow, he could not stop thinking about the challenge of Ali. If it were a car race, Jessy would have agreed to it. But this is motor racing. Jessy can't even ride the bike properly. How could he possibly defeat Ali in such wild racing?

The fact that Ali may have intended to harm him during the race, made Jessy even more agitated. But giving up without trying, definitely not the character of a Jessy. So he decides to meet Mirza, he needs help to win Ali's challenge.

Mirza's father was involved in the Lili crash, however. But telling Ali the truth right now, probably won't have much effect because there's no solid evidence. There may be only an unprovoked hatred of Ali for Mirza.

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That afternoon after class, Jessy met Mirza in her room.

"Eh, Mel! what's up?"

"Can we talk for a second?"

Mirza takes Melva to the campus park. "What's wrong?"

"Please teach me to ride the bike!" pinta Jessy without shading around.

Mirza laughed out loud at Jessy's request. "Mel, your jokes aren't funny. Why do you ask a rich racer to teach me? Can't you find any more creative reasons to approach me?"

Mirza just passed by. He showed that Melva was not very important to him anymore.

"Wait, Mom! I seriously. Since the accident, I have not dared to ride a motorcycle. But now I have to."

"For what?"

"There's no reason I can't explain it to Mas Mirza right now."

"Then you look for a course." Mirza again continued her steps back into her room.

"Mas! I don't have much time. Mirza has to help me!"

"should?" ask Mirza to make sure.

Jessy nodded.

"Why?"

"This is important."

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