Irise Delegnere (ALIVE'S Book 3)

by Faulina Arif

  At that time Aria fist clenched tight, her eyes following Evan movement."They must feel what my sister felt." A bitter feeling in her lip was felt when she said that word and it make her lip tremble.

  Evan fell silent, he stare at the book in his hand."Aria they are dangerous."

  "I know."

  "Not many people can enter that island. For once I ever go there and saw its location."

  Aria eyes wide open."You . . . go there? how?"

  "I take aboard at my acquaintance ship. For every 2 weeks there will be a ship delivering the food and another material, they always round-trip at that time."

  "Are you entering that facility?"

  Evan shook his head slowly."No. I will not take a dangerous measure such as that. I only stay in the ship and look at it from far away. But, I know it will be not easy to infiltrate that facility. There's so many guards that always guarding the facility surroundings, inside the island or outside."

  Aria fall quiet, for a while she look at the floor with so much thought in her mind.

  "They were not a small organization that you can take alone Aria, Even many important people in the world protecting them."

  "I know." Said Aria in low voice while at the same time looked at Evan. If not for that, of course she will easily get that information concerning them.

  Evan taking out something from the book that he hold then put that book back to the bookcase before turned and approaching Aria with a piece of paper.

  Evan standing near in front of Aria."You . . . Are the only woman that can make me entranced and fall in love." A faint smile that felt melancholic decorating his lip."What should I do to make you listen to my advice?"

  "I can’t live like this Evan." Said Aria in weak voice. Aria bite her lower lip holding the pain that she felt.

  "Not to feel happiness, is that what you mean?" Evan looked at Aria intently to her eyes and before she answering, Evan suddenly seize her body to his warm embrace. Giving her a tight and warm embrace until it make her heart tremble.

  Aria can't return Evan embrace and can only savor the warm that she get.

  "If you ask me to be beside you, I will do anything to help you. I . . . “Evan releasing his arms and look back at Aria

  "No." Aria interrupts Evan word and gets herself away from him.

  "You need me, Aria."

  "I will do it myself with my own method. Don't be involved, I don't want them to find you."

  That is for the best, Said Aria in her mind. All this time Aria is always losing every important people that was close from her, she always meet a terrible end. Even though Evan is the same as her, but that man is weak. Evan choose to be a normal person and as a business man. Never want to fight and always hiding. Aria didn't want them to find Evan and made Evan to feel the same suffering that she experienced in the past, and it will be impossible for him to enjoy peace and calmness.

  "I can help you to enter that facility."

  "I will found another way . . . That will not make you involved."

  "Aria . . . "

  "Wasn't I already telling it to you? You are the only person in my mind ever since a long time. I wanted you to stay like this, Evan. Live with your way without involving yourself in my vengeance. I don't want them to capture you, I'm afraid that you will become like me, so please, heed my will!"

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  Zafar opened his eyes and feel an extreme nauseous. All his body part feel painful and causing his body impossible to move.

  “Are you awake?” Ask Hafiz that standing near the window while looking at Zafar.

  Zafar trying to sit, he’s grunting in pain and leaning his head to the bed head, Zafar look at Hafiz.

  “This is my room, its better if you take a rest.”

  “What happened?” Zafar asking confused.

  Hafiz sighed. ”Well . . . Look at you, you had been beaten by a woman.”

  “Where is she?”

  “You better be not meet with her at this time, if you forcing yourself I’m afraid you will die.”

  Zafar looked at the blanket that cover both of his legs. Aria snapped at him. Yes, yesterday Zafar was a little unreasonable. Can’t control himself and mess everything. But in Zafar eyes, Aria is the one that was too far.

  Before, Zafar was only made to be curious. However everything was changed when Zafar must see his friend died in front of his eyes. Hengky's death causing him to become more confused, sad, angry and regrets. He feel sorry for him because Zafar accidentally involving Hengky. Isn't it understandable if Zafar wanted to know the truth from all bad things happened to him? His close friend becoming a victim and everyone in his surrounding keep on covering everything, forcing him to stay silent and indulgent. Any normal human certainly can't hold their anger.

  "We know what happened. We can say that everything is your fault."

  Zafar eyes squinted sharply while looking at Hafiz."What do you mean?!" Zafar can't accept being blamed even though he was one of the victim."You also blame me?!"

  Hafiz approaching a chair beside a table and take a seat there."Recently I look at the news, 27 people died in gas explosion."

  "Hah?!" Zafar eyes wide-open. Even so Zafar can't understand what the meaning of Hafiz words."But, how can that be related to me?"

  "That incident happened in the same place, Saint Gloria church."

  "Wait . . . Isn't that . . . ," Zafar fell silent. One impossible thought appeared across his mind.

  "Yes, seems like the government did it on purpose to cover everything that happened. They even blow up one building around that church vicinity, so that society will believe them." Hafiz voice cut Zafar reverie.

  Zafar gulped

  "The wound that you endure is not comparable than 27 lives that lost. If you didn't go to that place, no one will be die."

  "I just . . . Wanted to know the truth. I didn't know how they suddenly appear and attacking me, all of that is an accident." Zafar voice tremble.

  "That is a trap."

  Zafar eyes wide-open."Y-you mean?"

  "She warn you, Right?To not tell everything to anyone? Why don't you forget everythingand stopped to find the truth? Because of your carelessness, they targeting Aria through you."

  "You are so damn idiot." Marsha added, she suddenly appeared and standing in front of Zafar while putting her hands on her hips.

  Zafar switch his look toward Marsha. His emotion overflowing because he blamed to the incident which he doesn't understood."I only tell everything toward my close friend, where is my fault?"

  "Did you think that your friend can be trusted? In these matter no one can be trusted." Hafiz answered.

  "You don't understand, he's one of the victim, he was killed." Zafar said with deep voice.

  Marsha chuckled and let out a faint smile."This man is totally idiot, huh?" Marsha disdaining Zafar while looking at him full of disgust."Can't you read the situation? In fact he is the one that cooperate with them. How do you think a person like him knows about those terrible creatures all in the same place? Coincidence? Fools!"

  "Bu-but, then why did he was killed?" Confusion covering Zafar conscience

  "Like I said earlier, no one can be trusted on this matter, they doesn't want to take any risk."

  "The point is they didn't want their secret leaked. If his use is spent then he must dead." Marsha answering with rude answer but it hit the mark in Zafar's mind.

  Zafar once again gulped. He bowed in silent and squeezing his blanket tightly, he shocked and feel hard to believe everything's that he hear.

  "27 people died because of this pathetic creature? Your life isn't even worthy to atone your sins." Marsha looked at Zafar with one of her eye squinted sharp.

  Zafar was need to be beaten to a pulp. And if Aria didn’t do that job perfectly, Marsha thinks she will be the one taking that role happily.

  Zafar eyes wither. Marsha's word become a big blow to him. But with the truth that he heard, scorn that come out from Marsha that no more than disgus
ting feeling and hatred still can't wipe out the guilt he feel. Even now Zafar feeling disgusted to himself. Those people died because of his foolishness. No wonder Aria become so angry toward him. From the first time he should listen to Aria's word, forgetting every strange things that he experience and shut his mouth tight. Doesn't Aria already warned him?

  But Zafar is too stupid and drowned in curiosity. Keep on finding the truth and at the end he tell everything to another person without remembering Aria's warning. If not because Aria, maybe that night and that noon, Zafar is already died. But until the last second, Zafar become egoist instead, can't realize his own mistake and still think he was a victim that should be considered. How can he be a victim if he was the one that plunge himself to that matter, and wouldn’t want to stop looking for the truth.

  Both of Zafar hands clenched tight. If only Zafar is not so careless, he will not killed so many people. They all died because of him. Zafar must pay a great price only for the answer of his curiosity.

  "So, what can you do?" Marsha asked.

  Zafar didn’t answer and still drowning in his guilt.

  "Never mind . . ." Marsha turned, and leaving Hafiz room. Uninterested to speak with Zafar that she consider as a loser, maybe if she was there a bit longer, she surely throw a slippers to his face.

  Hafiz sighed to see Marsha leaving and then he looked back at Zafar.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  Marsha yawn several times. After a full day travelling and must stay awake for hours in the night, it’s become a challenge for her now to stay awake holding drowsiness.

  They were just accomplishing the scouting mission. Marsha that was an expert at making and operating drones is finished her mission to send those drones into their enemy facility in the island surrounded by sea. Drone that have a form of a helicopter bringing a small cars which was equipped by a high quality bug and camera. 4 car drones successfully enter the facility and no one noticing. At this time those car drones is not operating and still hidden. After successfully sent those 4 car drones, Marsha bringing her helicopter drone back to her. She need a long time to do this job and she must stay awake all night. It was understandable if now Marsha feeling very tired.

  Meanwhile Faisal that in charge of driving the car is comfortably sleep inside the car. Faisal must drive the car all day, so sleeping is one of his mission to ensure their safety for returning. It was unfair for Marsha. Moreover when her job is finished, Marsha still can’t sleep. Marsha had her own reason why she should stay awake and trying not to close her eyes.

  Faisal glanced toward Marsha that seated beside him."You better sleep."

  "Yes, and then let you groping my body?"

  Faisal grinned."Oh, that's a good idea."

  Marsha smacking Faisal head and made him yell in pain.

  While snorting, Marsha Leaned back to the car seat. For some time both of them stay quiet and Marsha is busy closing her mouth with her hand that once in a time yawning.

  "Should we . . . Have a sexual intercourse?" Faisal glanced back at Marsha.

  "Okay, but you must sacrifice your head first."

  Faisal chuckled. Not long after that his facial expression changed to be serious."This world is in chaos. I still hard to believe if that sadistic lady is really exist."

  "Do you think me, Reyn and Hafiz lying?"

  Faisal quiet and not answering. Faisal knows everything, story of the dark past of Marsha and Hafiz. Even though their story is more like a nonsense, their story is connected to the organization that Faisal never heard before. But more than anything Faisal is certain that those two will not making up their stories. When he just knowing that a woman like Aria is truly exist, surely her existence is outside of his comprehension.

  "If there is a human like Aria and werewolf in this world, it is possible if Vampire and Alien existed too."

  Marsha shrug her shoulder."Who knows?"

  "This mission could kill us, So . . . Let's make babies!" Faisal smiled wide toward Marsha.

  Marsha clucking and shook her head a few times."Tsk, tsk, tsk, your thought is always filled by filth. It be best for you to ask god forgiveness before you fall down to hell."

  "Hey, I just speak logically. Do you want to die without feeling the true pleasure?"

  Marsha fall silent for a moment. A shadow of someone appeared in her mind."If this first mission is success and I still alive, I will convey my feeling toward Reyn."

  Faisal sighed. Even when he is not here, that horny monkey is still disturbing my time with Marsha. Faisal feels annoyed and grumbled in his mind.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  Fahri entering Ichsan working room and standing in front of the door.

  Ichsan that seated comfortably behind his desk with his head looking up to the ceiling which accompanied by a cigarette in his right hand didn't pay any attention toward his superior.

  That old man which now nearly at the end of his service time sighed while at the same time look at Ichsan."I think the government should stop paying your wage."

  Ichsan looked toward the door and finding his superior standing there."Oh, old man. What do you need?" Ichsan straighten his sitting position and stare at Fahri.

  "Come on, let's have a lunch. My treat!" Fahri turned his body and leaving Ichsan working room, but then that old man returned to see Ichsan that seems still not moving from his chair."Hey! I'm hungry!"

  Ichsan sigh and standing from his chair."Yea, yea, yea, be patience boss." Ichsan said in mocking voice.

  With a lazy step, Ichsan following Fahri. They leaving their office

  "Where are you going to take me?" Ask Ichsan that which now looking at cafeteria building they recently passed.

  "Come in." Fahri ordering him when they is arrive beside Fahri's car.

  Ichsan obliged to comply with his superior order and follow him to get into the car. Without any courtesy, Ichsan exhaling his breath feeling tired and full of laziness.

  "You are really difficult to control. I don’t know anymore how to gives understanding to you." Fahri glanced at Ichsan for a while and then return to the road in front of him.

  "Well, it is usual for a teenagers like me . . . And sure I can't become equal to and old man like you."

  "Duh, you have too much fire in you Ichsan. That attitude will bring danger to the people you hold dear."

  Ichsan looked to the window in his left and his eye gazing through it.

  Every person in the end will die. A danger is always there, near us. No matter how we will encounter it. So what’s the different taking action or not? Ichsan smile sarcastically. Only coward can talk like that, creating many pitiful reason to make themselves in the safe place.

  "Ichsan, in 3 days. Come to my house, I will give the search warrant that you always wanted."

  Ichsan looked at Fahri. For a while he was made quiet with both of his eyebrow frowned."Old man? Did I hear it wrong? Are you alright?"

  Fahri sighed heavily."I already decided, so you must not make my decision changed."

  "So, what makes you agree with me?"

  "Do you think I didn't feel any guilt because I keep on quiet? Sometimes I even hard to breathe only because of regrets. I am a cowardly old man, and that's why."

  Ichsan fell silent. He heard that, a common reason but however it is still a logical one. And Ichsan can understand Fahri's fear which he considered as natural. By taking this decision, Fahri is now involved in this serious and dangerous matters. All of their superior including Burhan will undoubtedly against it and it was possible they will do something to Fahri by transferring him to another region and even demoting him. Fahri's job is in danger and more than that, Fahri himself maybe is in serious danger.

  IRISE DELEGNERE

  All people in the workshop gathered in the workshop basement. They discussing a plan for attacking the enemy facility in near future.

  Reyn staring at the map in front of him for a long time before and eventually looked at everyone that taking a seat behind the table. In that ma
p there is a red circle marking the location of enemy facility.

  "The location is in an island, in the middle of sea and far away from here." Said Reyn

  "So we must boarding a ship?" Hafiz asked, he was sitting in front of Reyn.

  "I think that is the only way." Reyn change where his eyes directed to Marsha that standing in the front of her desk which working at her drone, Marsha position is in front of everyone in the basement."Marsha please explain about your scouting result."

  Marsha turn around while holding her helicopter drone in her hands. She approaching everyone and then put that drone in the table before taking a seat between Faisal and Reyn.

  "Even though that island is looked deserted, but in the facility surrounding there is so many guards."

  "Will we fight like in action film?" Faisal folding his arms in the chair backrest and then rest his head there comfortably.

  "I think infiltrating is a wise choice." Said Hafiz

  "Hafiz is right, Fighting will made a lot of commotion. Our mission is only to search and find about the main facility vital information as much as possible."

  "If so, I will prepare a software to speed copy the data in 10 minutes time." Hafiz looking at Reyn full of confidence.

  "What if the data is enormous? 10 minutes is not enough." Faisal disprove.

  Hafiz looked at each other with Faisal for a long time and then they let out a sly smile.

  "Heheheh . . . I will help." Faisal raise his right hand slowly.

  Reyn nod in agreement. Hafiz and Faisal can always be relied upon for this kind of things because they are expert at computer programming. And like always without anyone ordering, Hafiz is know what should he do and what can he do. Yes, Hafiz is always dislike to be ordered. He has a high pride, because of that Reyn never ordering Hafiz and before he want to do that, Hafiz deliberately take an initiative to make a decision and measure. That is how their connection stranded between Hafiz and Reyn all this time.

  "Reinzzz, why don't we make a little bit of problem in that facility? Wasn't the main facility depends a lot from this facility?" Faisal suggesting.

  Reyn fell silent for the moment."That's a good idea. In addition to hacking data and looking for an information where the main Facility was, we can destroy control panel, electric generator and water pipes at the same time. If the energy source over there is destroyed I am sure the main facility will be in the state of panic, because their work will be hindered by lack of energy and others." Reyn nod in agreement.