The Guards

Chapter 22

All the eyes of the students and lecturers continued to look at Arinda who was sitting next to Arman, after the incident this morning where Arinda put her gun, making all students and lecturers dare not approach her. They are still confused as to who Arinda really is.

But suddenly Sandra stood up and walked up to the two of them. He sat down in front of Arinda,

“Whoever you are, I thank you for looking after Arman” Sandra said.

“Iya equally”

“So...Are you a GRU agent?” Ask Sandra.

Arinda nodded, too,

“Then this is not purely piracy, but also an international issue” said Sandra.

Sandra turned to Arman, looking at him from earlier just speechless like thinking of something else.

“Just relax Man, he must be here for you.” Sandra

Arman looked at Sandra, as if the two of them could read each other's minds.

“I know him well, whatever the bet he must come” Sandra added.

***

“Shinta?? Aren't you sick?” Ask Bagas.

Shinta did not answer him, he went straight in and saluted colonel Ivan.

“Now it has been mengedingan Kak” replied Shinta on Bagas.

But Bagas' sharp eyes still detected a small trembling in Shinta's left hand.

“You know what they're after?” Ask Colonel Ivan.

“I know their main destination”

“To take the president's son hostage right? In order for president Joyo Winarno to leave office, such as the incident a year ago” said Bagas did not want to lose.

Shinta just smiled at Bagas' answer, he never wanted to lose to him.

“That's right said Kak Bagas.but unfortunately it's only the second destination, not the main destination” Shinta said.

The entire room focused its attention on Shinta, not least the operators.

“Main destination? They have another more important goal?” Ask Colonel Ivan.

“True Colonel..that's why the GRU could be involved in this case, and it might be an international problem” said Shinta, as her eyes fell on Henry and Hesti.

“Quickly say what their main purpose is, no need to convolute” Tukas Bagas.

“What if what they are really looking for is the Soviet Union's Dead Hand Project Plan?”

Colonel Ivan scrunched his forehead, but Bagas and the majority of those in this room did not understand what the Dead Hand project was.

“Areally Mr Henry? Now there is nothing else you can cover up” said Shinta.

Henry and Hesti were caught off guard, with no choice but to admit it. Truly an intelligent agent, Henry's inner.

“Can you explain Mr Henry?” Pinta Colonel Ivan.

“Project Dead Hand was a secret project of the Soviet Union. The project was aimed at building a counter-nuclear attack system, when the entire command center was destroyed.

So the Soviet Union could still launch a counter-nuclear attack automatically, even though the entire military command center was destroyed.” Henry explained.

“Then what does this have to do with piracy cases?” Sergey Bagas.

“At the time of President Soekarno, the Soviet Union entrusted the project to be done in Indonesia, in order to avoid spying the United States CIA. Because at that time Indonesia was more inclined to the Soviet Union than to the United States.” Henry stopped, as he took his seat.

“Then in the era of president Soeharto everything changed, Indonesia became more inclined to the United States. To cover it up, the Russian government stopped the project and closed it.

Unfortunately over time, the project became forgotten and stored in meetings with all the results of its design.” Henry ended his explanation.

All of them were just speechless when they heard the explanation, this was the first time they knew the secret.

“Let me guess, the place of the project is at Kertajaya Institute of Technology?” Ask Colonel Ivan.

“Our sources mentioned so, so we sent an agent to investigate. But it seems like there are other people or organizations who want the design of the project.

So the Russian government and intelligence ordered the GRU to retrieve it before it was misused by the parties”, hesti replied.

“And it seems like they have found what they are looking for, we must quickly seize the plan. And most importantly we have to save Arman, because he's their ticket out of there.” Shinta.

“We cannot enter, there is no gap” Captain Hasim said.

“We can go through space..”.

“As captain Hasim said, we cannot enter.by land or air” Sela Bagas.

“I said through ANGKASA Kak..” Said Shinta more firmly.

Bagas fell silent to digest Shinta's words.

“You mean freefall?” Said Bagas doubtfully.

Shinta nodded.

“Colonel, that's really a very dangerous strategy. If we make it in, we won't win against dozens of enemies, and our troops will be trapped inside.” Said Bagas.

Colonel Ivan just fell silent, thinking about all the possibilities that happened when using that strategy. He did not want the tragedy that befell Captain Hasim's men to be repeated again, but at this time he also had no other way and no time. All the commanders of the joint forces also no one spoke up.

“Alright..” Colonel Ivan said after a long time.

“Shinta, be prepared.we have no other way” Colonel Ivan's orders.

***

Suddenly an enemy soldier entered the classroom in a somewhat hasty manner. Walking up to Alex who was sitting relaxing in the lecturer's chair.

“Report Commander..we found it”.

“Good...just in time, soon we pack” Alex's Order.

“Any Commander” Reply the soldier left.

Alex stood up and walked over to Arman,

“Alright Arman, I want you to call your father and persuade him to resign from his post” Alex said.

Arman did not answer, only smiling mockingly.

“You refused?”

“Originally you know yes, my father wouldn't be as easily persuaded. He's the most responsible person I've ever known. So don't dream you can persuade him just by holding me” replied Arman firmly.

Sandra and Arinda were somewhat stunned to hear Arman's bold statement.

Alex just smiled a little at the answer, he was not worried at all if the goal was not achieved.

“OK no problem, we just need you to get out of here” said Alex calmly.

“Bring him to another class and keep him from getting away. We have to secure our exit ticket” Alex's order

Arman was immediately dragged by three enemies, Sandra tried to stop him but was prevented by Arinda.

“Calm down, they can't possibly dare to mess around. They won't be able to get out without him” Arinda said.

***

A medium-sized Hercules plane was preparing to take off from the airport not far from the hijacking site. Inside the TNI's flagship transport plane there are about eleven people, who are preparing with parachutists. There was no other option for Colonel Ivan than to agree to the way of Shinta.

“We will start moving after Team Charlie barges in through the main door. Remember well your duty, the Alpha Team I personally lead is tasked with secretly incapacitating the enemies and capturing their leader. Then the Bravo Team led by AKP Farid was in charge of securing the Sandra. You guys understand?” Said Captain Hasim.

“Understanding Captain!!” Answer them simultaneously.

“And this all depends on you Shin.you must be able to penetrate the main server room so that we can hack the system and take over the control room” Captain Hasim said.

“I will not disappoint you Captain” replied Shinta firmly.

A few moments later red lights were manyala, indicating they were close to the location of the drop. Rampdoor the plane slowly opened, Captain hasim leading ahead to prepare for the plunge.

“Remember Shin, focus your climbing power on that hydraulic glove. The server room is on the 15th floor, room three from the west. You understand?” Bagas said over the radio.

“Understanding Kak” Shinta Replied

Right after that the green light was on, one by one they jumped down. After passing through the white cloud layer, they finally saw the targeted building. Captain Hasim gestured for focus at the point of drop.

One by one of the eleven soldiers were plunged smoothly on the roof of the tallest building of the Kertajaya Institute of Technology, Kertajaya, the average alpha and bravo team consists of selected members of Kopassus and Densus 88 who have often faced terror threats.

Captain Hasim monitored down with his binoculars and it turned out to be quite safe, Team Alpha and Bravo separated to do their respective duties. Instantly the ropes began to roll down and they quickly descended the building.

Shinta broke away from the two teams, she crept towards the server room.

“30 minutes more Shin, before they go and bring Arman and the project Plan” Bagas said by radio.

Shinta did not answer, she was focusing on climbing floor by floor using these hydraulic gloves.

“Despite using hydraulic glove technology like this, climbing it is still tiring Kak” replied Shinta with gasping breath.

“We have no other way, this was your idea, right? 25 More minutes Shin..”

Shinta's movements began to slow down, his left hand again felt pain when moved. His only hope was to rest on his right hand, but it did not last long either.

Arghhh…..

Shinta slipped, her left hand was no longer strong enough to hold her body weight. His only savior was his right hand.

“20 minutes more Shin..”

“The countdown is very unhelpful Kak” Shouted Shinta annoyed.

“Sorry.. I Just reminded”.

Slowly but surely, he finally arrived at the server room. From his pocket he took out like a small pen, it was a glass laser cutter. Long enough to cut it because the glass is quite thick.

“Too long, no other options..” Shinta Murmured.

pyaarrr….

With a single hit, his left hand managed to break the glass to pieces. Although after that the pain immeasurably spread throughout his hands.

“I've been inside Kak” Report Shinta.

“Good, quickly plug that tool in main server” Bagas Command.

Some time looking finally Shinta found it, he plugged a small tool like a flash.

“Successful Brother?”

“Success Shin...now you find Arman, let the other team take care of the rest” Bagas Command.

“Siap Kak”

Shinta mengeluarkan semacam alat pelacak untuk melihat posisi Arman. Tak ada waktu untuk menggunakan lift apalagi menuruni tangga, dia langsung melemparkan tali kebawah.

“I must have found you Man” muttered as he jumped and went down the building.