RECIDIVISTS
CHAPTER 23
Sitting pensively thinking hard made Rio's facial expression turn tense. Unlike Naufal who just sat casually in front of the door of the room where he locked Winda and Erni. Sometimes the man brought his eyes closer to the small hole of the door, ensuring the condition of the two people who will be made ransom soon.
“If Yos has arrived soon enough, just finish him off so we don't bother,” Lukman commands.
“no.. I disagree. Before the item is in our hands, we can not mess around, lest Yos smell the smell of cheating,” Rio denied.
Engraved a smile on Lukman's lips saw the tense reaction shown Rio, “just relax buddy, don't be too tense. Naufal and Yandi have been removed easily, what else is a Yos, after all he will not dare to macem-magister while the boy is still there.”
Rio just took a cursory glance at Lukman's face. Undeniably, there was a trembling race in Rio's heart. After years of not seeing Yos in the near future he will be reunited with his once-crossed half-brother.
The sound of the iron gate opening from the outside automatically makes Lukman and Rio approach the glass window, they raise their heads to see what makes his men open the gate. A four-wheeled vehicle with a bright spotlights dazzling the eyes, stopped in front of the gate.
A big fat man approached as soon as Yos bigitu got out of the van, the fat man's mouth was not constantly chewing gum.
“Yos?” ask the man.
Yos did not answer, his head slightly nodded. Without first asking permission the man groped Yos whole body from foot to neck, making sure Yos was not carrying a weapon or anything like that, nothing was found except a cell phone.
“Matiin handphon tu and drop it here first,” command the man again.
Yos still did not respond, but he obeyed the man's wishes. While turning off the phone the corner of his eyes glanced at the atmosphere around the building that already looks old. In the distance to the left and right of the building seen a stack of Lukman's men were engrossed in a game of dominoes. Their chief was quite careful, but almost all of his men were negligent Yos thought.
“Follow me,” command the driver who picked up Yos.
As the buffalo was plucked in his nose, Yos obeyed the commandment to keep Erni and Vinda safe, but as he walked his eyes turned wildly reviewing the atmosphere around. Yos was taken to an empty warehouse located behind the main building. The sound of clapping greeted Yos' ear as he stepped into the barn door.
“Hai... Look who came tonight,” Lukman's voice distracts some of the people who are inside that warehouse.
“Yusri Hidayat, how are you buddy,” greet Lukman in a mocking tone of voice.
Several pairs of eyes in that place stared cynically at Yos, but some of them looked confused as if they did not believe in the presence of Yos.
“I didn't think you'd come to our shabby place,” Lukman said again.
Yos took a rough breath, he looked bored with Lukman's nonsense, “alahlah. Where's the little boy?!” sergeant Yos, rough.
“Hai, hi, hi. patient first buddy. How about we drink first, do not be too rushed,” Lukman deliberately provoked Yos emotions so that the man can not think clearly.
“I told you, I don't have time!” yos' tone of voice still sounded shrill, harsh.
Lukman realized all the abilities of Yos in fighting and also he knew the ingenuity of the man named Yusri Hidayat who was now in front of him. Lukman deliberately provoked the emotions of Yos, because according to Lukman's thought, as clever and as smart as any one would be a fool if the emotions had mastered themselves.
“We should finish our business as soon as possible, do not be too long-winded,” Yos voice sounds sharp. Actually he's already started to smell Lukman's plans.
Lukman looked at old Josh, tried to read Yos' mind, but failed. He exhaled slowly, “where is the item, I want to see?”
Yos unzipped the bag that had been perched on his back, from inside the bag he took out a transparent plastic package that looked to contain an object like a chunk of crystal. Yos re-inserted the object that became the grab of the brandals into his bag.
Lukman's head bearded to see the object shown by Yos, the man turned to look at the crowd of his men, staring at their faces one by one looking for the figure of Rio, but not found it, “where is Rio?”
“After, boss!” replied one of his men, firmly.
“Call him, have him bring the boy here!” lukman orders with a loud tone of voice so Rio who just wanted to enter the warehouse heard it.
“No need, I'm here,” Rio said.
All the eyes that were in that place looked toward the owner of the voice, except for Josh. He knew the owner of the voice who was his own sister. For a moment Yos was thrown away at the memory of the past moments when Rio had not fallen into the black world, Rio was once an innocent child. In silence Yos felt guilty for having made Rio trapped into the realm of evil.
Engraved a cynical smile on Lukman's lips, “see, Yos... Who came, do you know him?”
The corner of Yos eyes slightly drifted towards Rio who had just stepped into the warehouse, in front of him walking a little boy and a girl. Yos breathed in slowly, hoping to keep himself calm.
“I'm sorry, Yos. At that time I was forced to tell everyone your death,” Rio's face was down, ashamed.
From the language, words and tone of speech Rio who is now very much different from Rio who used to always obey Yos. Actually Yos was no longer interested in discussing his mass, but the curiosity why Rio would betray him, made him ask.
“Why did you betray me and lie to everyone?” ask Yos, lazy.
“I want to be myself. I used to live under your shadow.!!” Rio's voice sounded loud and harsh.
Yos was silent unmoved, while his mind scanned the past, actually never felt shadowing anyone's life as Rio said, he said, jos chose silence because he was no longer interested in remembering his time. The most important thing now is Erni's safety.
*****
Six plainclothes police officers gathered in one corner of the hall some distance from a deserted building. The burning spirit of filial piety in the country is clearly visible on the look on their faces. Actually AKP Anom is not sure will be able to subdue the hordes of thugs who are very crowded, considering the members are very few, only six people are forced into him.
Before issuing the command, AKP Anom stared at the watch on his right wrist, “2 minutes away we will move towards the target. Do not let anyone act rashly, because there are 2 sandra. Check your weapons and once again I remind, do not let go of the careless shots you are forced to!”
All the members led by AKP Anom nodded obediently to the command of the leader. They look busy packing each other's weapons, making sure the weapons equipment is functioning well.
“Alright... don't waste time, let's move!” the firm voice of AKP Anom makes the spirit of all its members even more burning.
Lukman seemed calm when he was with Josh, because he knew that he could do nothing now while Erni and Vinda were still his hostages. But in contrast to Rio who was standing upright behind Lukman, he looked uneasy. It was not the fraternal rope that made Rio uneasy, but he was worried to see the calm look on Yos face. According to Rio's premonition, Yos is currently planning something. Rio's eyes were spinning wildly watching the surroundings, looking for items when something seemed strange, but Rio did not find any oddity.
“Come Yos, we get this thing done, the sooner the better,” Lukman said.
Yos cleared his lips to hear the words of Lukman, “yah, I agree with your opinion..Give them both and you will get this stuff, easy, right?”
Lukman thought for a moment, considering Yos' wishes. In Lukman's mind, even if he handed Erni and Vinda over first it would not cause him any trouble, his men were already lined up inside and outside the warehouse, waiting for instructions from him.
Lukman comments on a mocking smile, “ya.. take them away Yos, they are no longer useful to me,” Lukman turned to look at Erni and Winda who are still silent and look confused, “you can go, you can go,” says Lukman.
Hearing Lukman allow him to leave, Erni immediately ran scattering into Josh's lap. The little girl clutched Yos tightly, but in contrast to Vinda who looked awry. The girl looked ashamed, ashamed of Yos, ashamed of everyone and ashamed of herself.
“*After this, be a useful person. Don't spend your short life with useless things like this*.”
“*Don't blame God, ma'am. God is so clever, He never created anything useless. Today I'm a useless piece of trash, but not necessarily tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. No one knows the secret of God*.”
Winda recalled his conversation with Yos, when the man was about to step out of the detention house, first. The impact made his race against Josh even more thickened. But Winda realized, this is not the right time to serve shame. Winda was forced to put aside his shame for the sake of his safety which is currently threatened.
