EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 296's

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This man wore a black hat and hid part of his face, for a few seconds later, we were both silent, staring at each other, he said, pay attention to the details of each other's faces and I can clearly see the change in look of his face became paler as he blinked, realizing what was happening here.

“Captain??” The surprise call of two men in the back of the car made us aware of the situation. Bayu glanced at them and I followed his point of view.

The two men wearing black shirts and gray cargo pants looked at us alternately and one of them I was familiar with. That face also glared in shock at me, for a moment he did not recognize me.

“N—nyonya Icha?” Exclaim Jack. One of the Shadow team members, a man who is an expert in medicine.

“Gia. The girl I was with when I got kidnapped in that village. He's in here. We have to get him out.” immediately I said glancing at Bayu and Jack.

A feeling of relief flooded my entire body, but the distress from worry I still felt.

“Jack, you check the state of the car ahead there and you, Justin, help here.” Bayu spoke quickly. These two men nodded and did what this man instructed.

When the man named Justin had gone up and looked at me curiously, Bayu's gaze fell on me with serious and worried eyes, he said, “then, you, Natasha! Get down from here!!”

I want to dispute that, but this serious situation cannot be further compromised. I'd better get off so the two of them can quickly free Gia.

My hand immediately handed the cutter and scissors to him, without saying anything, I immediately descended from the top of the pile of tires. The cop who was just staring at us immediately helped me down.

Bayu and Justin immediately exposed the tarp, but there was another object that prevented us from unloading the cargo.

Nets to catch fish in the sea, transparent objects that must be removed as well. But even so, this time we could all see there was a woman in the middle of this pile of used car tires. It is clear from the empty cavity in each tire that Gia's body is tied.

The two men both pulled out a folding knife from their pockets. That little thing can cut the net with one swing indicating that it's sharper than my cutter.

“Hiks... Ka Icha!” Gia sobbed at me. In an instant, the tires of the car around him had been dropped by Bayu and Justin.

While they were doing that, I went back up to pull Gia down. Although his body and hands were tied by a rope, his legs were not. Just as I was pulling him and the two men were still putting away the pile of tires, Jack ran up to us with a pale face.

“While the car has been secured it will not explode but there is gas leaking from the bus, and it is more dangerous! There would be a big explosion if that happened. We need to get away right now! Come!!”

Gia panicked and I pulled Gia's reflex faster so she could get out. Bayu and Justin are still trying to help get rid of the round object, the police who accompanied us are securing the audience not to approach. Jack joined me to help Gia out.

“Quick fast! The sound of gas leaking is getting faster!!” Jack panicked. I can hear that voice too.

My worries this time changed the purpose on Bayu. The man was still on top of the pile of car tires while Justin was already down and helped lower it from the side of the car.

“You, down now!!” My yelling.

Bayu glanced at me and replied, “let us pull it. You stay away now!”

“No!!” Reply quickly. He's been down and helped get rid of the tyre from the opposite side of Justin.

“This is not the time to argue!” Said angry.

“Your plan was four months ago, when you wanted me to pretend to be surprised when you come later.” he said remind me, “great once! I was really surprised by your arrival. Very surprised!”

“This aunt is happy to see uncle surprised.” Reply annoyed.

Bayu pouted and sighed loudly hearing me who called him uncle. It was one of the clues long ago, if we had called each other uncle and aunt, it meant that we were seriously fighting.

As our quarrel continued, we were finally able to grab hold of Gia, pulling the girl out of the pile of tires with Jack exclaiming for us to get away immediately.

Gia was helped by Jack and Justin to run, my ears could hear the sound of gas leaking faster, my heart seemed to rise to the throat. Then Bayu's big hand grabbed my left hand.

His palm felt cold and wet, he pulled me as hard as he could to run away.

DUAAARR!!

A big explosion occurred from the bus.

DUAAARR!

Another explosion also followed what I suspected was from a pickup car.

I realized that Bayu's two arms were holding me tightly, protecting me when the two explosions occurred. He dropped both of us down, his tall and large body blocking me from the explosion, accompanied by the faint screams of those around us, the intense heat was immediately felt from the direction of the bus and pickup car.

Can't believe all of those events happened at noon, especially at the crossroads of the highway! I thought it was an accident at first, but with Gia among the pile of tyres, I'm sure this was all planned.

“Icha?! Oi!! You're okay ‘right?!” Bayu shook my shoulder after he pulled me to sit down.

I blinked and looked behind Bayu's back where the flames were engulfing buses and cars. The bright colors of orange and the smoke that billowed black in the wind further added to the intensity of the blaze. Then my eyes glanced at Bayu's sweaty and pale face. He looked at me worried.

Everything I thought about seemed to be stuck in my throat to make it hurt. I can't imagine what would happen if we didn't get off the bus.

My hand was raised to pull Bayu's arm, leaning my head against his chest and wrapping both hands around his stomach. Hugged him tightly and sighed in relief.

This man hugged me back, wrapped my back with one hand and another hand stroked my back neck. His heavy voice laden with a feeling of shock echoed at the top of my head, “finally you are in my arms.”

“Wood, I'm afraid.” My whisper in a hoarse voice held back the horror of the explosion.

“It's okay. You are safe now.” Bayu replied to calm me down, “as long as you are beside me, here, in the same city as me, I will not let anyone hurt you.”

I let go of his embrace, wanting to look at his face closer. This man lowered his head, smiled slightly as he rubbed the side of my face, wiping off the point of my sweat with his finger.

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