After Two Decades
Treacheries

Jan and I looked at each other long enough with a sense of distrust. Then instead of researching once again the faces of the hoodlum boy earlier. It is true, we did not misunderstand that the face of the six boys was exactly the Six Dice Eyes that we conquered yesterday in a fierce fight at the top of the Green Floor Building one night. Indeed, indeed what we are looking at is the faces of the SD boys, but his look and appearance cannot be lied to, exactly with the Six Dice Eyes. Their faces as a child and as an adult are really similar and will not make people pangling. That's why we recognized him right away. I was confused how to describe this feeling, seeing that the six most dangerous people in the criminal underworld with big names known everywhere, turned out to be the stubborn boy who had bullied me for years in school. I really never thought of it before. Quite unique also knowing that their destiny path is not to be a good person. They have been naughty since childhood, and after growing up become criminals.

"How could we not have been conscious all this time?" Jan Mumbles. "When we had many years of dealing in elementary school with them, but only found out that they were the Six Eyes of Dice after two decades."

"Well, we hate these people too much" I replied. "After we graduated from elementary school, we never saw them again and .. we completely forgot about them."

"Hmm, right too," Jan nodded. "In addition, the name Six Eyes of Dice just appeared and was famous only 3 or 4 years ago. That means, it's been about 16 or 17 years since we graduated SD. It's only natural to forget!"

"I just met and met with them that night, at the Green Floor Building" I added. "It's like I know them. You remember I said that their faces were not foreign and like I've seen them? This is the answer."

"Haha" Jan chuckled. "If this is the case, it means we no longer have to struggle to find them in the future for revenge."

"Ah, right too," welcome me. "The fight at the Green Floor that night was enough to pay off all my grudges. Even though I didn't know my opponent was the one who had been careless to me in childhood."

"It's a surprise and it's an amazing storyline that God has created" Jan said. "In the end, they will be rewarded for their actions. It is true that those who have been hurt will rise up and turn things around."

"That's right, buddy!" I nodded with great relief and gratitude. Today's surprise made me think that God always has a way of showing that life is at its best. It's great to remember that heartache and physical pain that I saved all those years of childhood, finally, it can be avenged to the end in a respectful fight that even I myself do not realize is taking an act of revenge. Justjust wonderful.

I smiled wryly, glancing at the screen in my palm. Once pressed on one selection of the column, the time that had stopped running again. The six boys who would become dangerous criminals were back on the move after a long time. They again raised fists, lapses, and various attacks on my frail, helpless body.

"Alright, buddy!" I said to Jan. "I think it's enough to be here. Next we'll go where we've been looking."

"Well, where are we going?"

***

One of the strong reasons that made me fight desperately to save Prof. Ram a few weeks ago, was for the time machine project to be completed. With the completion of the time machine, I will go to the past to carry out my personal mission. Looking for my father's killer who has been a mystery for two decades.

And here it is, today I did it. I arrived in the past, two decades ago. The time when Jan and I were ten years old. I've seen my miserable childhood, so now it's time I turn to my true purpose of going to the past. With strong ambition and all sorts of flavors that rumbled in the chest. I can hardly wait.

Departing from our memorable Elementary School building, Jan and I set off for the downtown streets. We passed through the atmosphere of the city which really gave a thick sense of nostalgia. There are no skyscrapers lined up, no cars and luxury motorbikes that mill around densely, no air pollution that makes the sky dark, nor the city crowds that overflow. At this time, our city is still shrouded in tranquility, beauty, freshness, and peace. The tall building is still a matter of one-two. The road can be said to be deserted. Even the traffic almost didn't find. Just like watching a movie with all the ancient elements in it. What a scene that contrasts with a situation that will change two decades later. During our trip, we passed many government buildings, shops, or public places that again gave a sense of nostalgia. The old style.

Until we arrived at a four-way crossroads, which is the most iconic intersection in the city center. My best friend and I were standing on the side of the road like people crossing. However, we were busy looking around sharply like a stray stranger. Researching one by one the cars that pass by.

"Right be here, buddy?" ask Jan.

"True, I remember Hadni's words yesterday. It's happening here" I replied without taking my eyes off the road from the south.

I didn't answer. I just focused on my straight look. The seconds were tense after. The atmosphere became full of anxiety. There was a sense of worry and fear, given the fact that even though nothing had happened yet I already knew I would see a miserable sight. I need to prepare myself and strengthen mentally. I repeatedly took a nervous breath. I really need to be able to control myself when it actually happens. I could have watched my little ten-year-old body being persecuted by school thugs, even if it had been replayed dozens of times. But not for what I'll see after this. I'm not sure I'll be able to. On the actual timeline, I've never seen that before. Because right now, I must be walking limping home from school to home.

"Here it is ..." I'm whimpering.

Jan turned his head, then looked at the same direction as me. From there, came a black sedan with a leisurely pace towards us. I know the sedan well. It's a classic sedan that's been my father's vehicle for years. Jan may not know it, but he's smart enough to understand it right from my eyes.

The car slowly began to pass in front of us. I didn't press the pause button on the control screen, but time stopped as soon as I stared at my father's face in the car cabin through the lowered window. My chest's hot. A longing mixed with sadness rested on my chest. I wanted to come closer and embrace it, but I knew it was impossible. Slowly the car passed and turned to the right corner, leaving me with a flailing hand.

However, I did not want to dissolve in dramatization, immediately I took a step chasing the sedan. Without warning, Jan followed by my side. The sedan was quite relaxed compared to our run. It was not difficult for us to catch up and reach the front side of the sedan. I could see my dad again focusing on driving. I looked at Jan and looked around. One by one the tall buildings I examined, every corner of the city I stared sharply. My eyes are like an eagle pointing in many directions. Then looked back at my father in his sedan. The second I turned my head, the second it suddenly came from behind me directly through my father's head.

I screamed loudly hysterically. How not, my father was shot in front of my eyes. I could see clearly how the blood was spurting to the ceiling of the cabin and the dashboard of the car, and then my father bowed lifelessly to the steering wheel of the car. The car begins to lose control, and moves out of line. I froze where I stood. The sight was so hard on my mind that I couldn't get a wart.

"Ren, stop the time!" Jan exclaims.

I gasped and nodded in surprise. For the sake of hearing the cry, I immediately opened the screen and did the direction of my best friend. Tics. Time instantly stopped. Everyone is in their own position. The vehicle stopped. My father's sedan was starting to look good also stopped in his position.

"That building!" Jan pointed to one building in the southeast direction. A multi-storey building. His position was sideways from where we were standing. Jan panned sharply to the top, even though from this distance we couldn't see anything even if there was someone there.

"The shooter's in that building!" Jan repeated. He immediately ran ahead. Then without a second thought, I followed soon. We ran hastily across the sidewalk. Arriving at the entrance, we directly broke through the crowd of people who were pecking there. Keep running down the manual stairs. Floor changing floor. The more we go up, the more we rush. A few minutes we walked through this shop building, then arrived on the roof. Top peak where we can see the city view clearly and widely.

We did not have time to look at the scenery, upon arrival there we went straight to the outskirts overlooking the position of the road where my father's sedan was. Jan's calculations are correct. On the sidelines there, a man carrying a sniper rifle was standing staring back at us.

Jan and I stopped for a moment and looked at each other. I opened the control screen, and continued the time. Then that stopped immediately took place. The one that was just moving now. Similarly to the man in front of us, he was seen kneeling to keep the sniper into place. With the position still turned to us.

"So this is that savage man, huh?" I snarl loudly. It was obvious that the man would hear nothing. I stepped slowly in style toward the man.

The man I approached stood up and turned around. The second I looked at his face, the second I was instantly struck by lightning. Freezing in a place that can't move for a while. Severe shock. I gaped wide and my eyes almost jumped out of place. I looked at Jan, the exact same face as mine. How not, the person we saw was very familiar. One more surprise in my life, a surprise that gives the effect of severe shock and mental shocks that are not as if. This surprise is much more shock and more unbelievable than Koh Shung who suddenly appeared in East Nusa Tenggara. I shook my head in disbelief.

I hurriedly stopped the time. The man in front there is back. I stared hard at that face full of hatred. The person I cherished all this time, turned out to be a traitor from the past. In just one second, I had already forgotten the thousand kindnesses that person had for me.

"YOU'RE SAVAGE!" I screamed loudly so loud that it blazed up to the sky. In a shout full of anger that exploded like that bomb, I leaped ferociously like a tiger pouncing on a prey. I bouncy crashing down on this guy who shot my dad. But what good, I even forgot in my own principle that I wouldn't be able to touch it. I landed on the floor with a blank motion full of anger mixed with despair. I was squealing with emotion like a madman. Jan seemed to come and immediately calmed me down.

"Ren, relax!"

"NATRAB!" Once again I released the hottest emotional swearing into the air. I think my head is burning and almost exploding. I was really disappointed. After fighting desperately for the sake of the time machine, in order for me to go into the past and find this person, I just had to accept this reality. Treacheries.