Drone Mode – Auto
Yogyakarta Police HQ.
Tina: "Look, Nagini! Our helicopter's here!"
Nagini turned toward where Tina was pointing. A helicopter was slowly setting its skids down on the helipad of Yogyakarta Police HQ.
Its noisy rotors gradually slowed.
Tina: "Let's get packed, Nagini."
Nagini nodded.
Before standing up, Tina tapped the Auto button on her tablet.
Tina (thinking): "Done! The drone I hijacked will fly automatically."
She slid the tablet into her backpack, along with a stun device shaped like a slingshot.
They hurried toward the helicopter and climbed aboard, sitting behind the pilot.
Tina: "Ever been in a helicopter, Nagini?"
Nagini grinned like a fool.
Nagini: "Have you?"
Tina adjusted her glasses.
Tina: "Never!"
Both chuckled.
Nagini: "Oh yeah, Tina. You bring that slingshot?"
Tina: "It's not a slingshot. It's a stun weapon—to temporarily knock someone out."
Nagini: "Like my poison dart number two?"
Tina nodded.
Moments later, the helicopter lifted into the air. The noisy rotors shattered the morning stillness.
***
Armed Security Guards
Meanwhile, Burhan and his team kept moving toward the building.
Burhan: "Look, the front gate."
Tono, Rudin, and the rest looked where Burhan was pointing.
Without waiting, Rudin raised his binoculars toward the guard post inside the fence.
Rudin: "Trouble! All the guards are armed."
Tono: "What do you see, Din?"
Rudin: "Long-barrel automatic rifles. AK-47s."
Tono frowned deeply. The rest of the team exhaled sharply.
Burhan: "We can't go in."
Rudin: "Wait for Tina's signal."
They agreed to stop and rest for a moment.
Up in the helicopter, Tina checked her tablet linked to the drone. She saw the team stalled at the front gate.
She pressed the call button on the tablet. A headset rested on her ears.
A ringing tone.
Tina: "Why are you stopped, Burhan?"
Burhan: "At the guard post—they're armed with AK-47s."
Tina: "Really?"
Burhan: "And there's a ton of CCTV cameras, outside and inside."
Tina: "Alright, Burhan. Hold on."
She opened the drone's operating system on the tablet. Two choices appeared: Auto and Manual.
Tina pressed Manual.
Burhan watched as the drone, previously hovering still, began to descend. The gun mounted under it aimed straight at the guard post.
***
Paimin and Giman
Meanwhile, Mariana and Broto crept toward the back yard, where five intruders had already taken position at the guard post.
They passed a crystal-clear swimming pool, then a helicopter parked on the helipad.
Mariana: "Broto, why didn't Mardian come?"
Broto: "He's trying to take back our drone, Ma'am."
Mariana shook her head slightly and stayed silent.
Inside the main hall, Mardian was hunched over his laptop, trying to hack back into the hijacked drone's control system.
Mardian: "Damn it! I can't break in!"
Frustrated beyond belief, he couldn't crack Tina's algorithm and firewall.
Meanwhile, in the CCTV control room, 20 monitors displayed live feeds of the building and its surroundings.
The two CCTV operators were named Paimin and Giman.
Paimin: "See that, Man? Nothing suspicious."
Giman: "The back post camera is out. There's already an intruder there."
Paimin: "Relax, Man! Those intruders are facing twenty of our guards, ready to pound them."
They sipped coffee in silence, scanning each monitor.
Giman: "You know our guards, right?"
Paimin: "You mean their huge, muscular bodies?"
Giman just smiled.
Paimin: "So?"
Giman: "When they gang up on someone…"
Paimin: "You mean twenty of our muscle-bound guards all pummeling at once?"
Giman stifled a laugh.
Giman: "They'll turn the guy into caramel sponge cake!"
Both burst out laughing.
To be continued
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