The Zetta Sonic
The Crash

The medics just left after taking Jayden. No other victims were helped. In fact, Alex no longer sees any other officers. Neither the officer who shot or the medics.

“Alex!”

Alex is shocked to see Emil running to her. Behind him, Alex sees a gathering of police and other medics. This time he knew he had been cheated. They were the original relief team. While I don't know who.

Alex hurriedly stood up, running back to Emil. “We have to help Jayden.”

“What—” Emil did not have time to talk.

Alex ran first. He ran towards where their car was parked. The car's not as smooth as it looks. There was beret and charred on the luggage gap. He knows what the cause is. However, she doesn't know if Jayden brought her things.

With a bit of coercion, Alex opens their car, making the car alarm roar. Without a single security guard there, there would be no one to suspect him of stealing a car. He started looking for things inside the dashboard. Maybe a bracelet, maybe an emblem, maybe anything that could be a combat uniform for him. Alex got nothing. He cursed himself for forgetting his bullet-shaped combat uniform.

“Alex!” Another call came. Not from Emil, but Tiger. The big man shouted from inside the white SUV whose door was open. “Log in! We have to catch them!”

Without a second thought, Alex jumped into it. “Ja— Jayden... In— Dia—” First time in life, Alex finds himself overwhelmed.

“Quiet!” snapped Tiger.

At least Tiger's clasping managed to keep Alex quiet. Tiger spurred his car between the commotion. Police cars and ambulances lined the highway. People were running, crying, hugging each other, and corpses were strewn about. I don't know since when the shooting happened, because the victims fell more than expected.

Alex never expected to see the terror of the shooting happen like that in front of his eyes. The blood of the victims washed the streets. The horror carried a fishy smell felt in his brain without going through the nose. Soon, his stomach felt shaken. Alex was nauseated by the sight of it all. He turned his face away from the window, hoping that the image would soon disappear.

Their car drove faster after leaving the mess. There was a gunshot. Tiger was forced to drive a zig-zag so as not to get shot. In front of them, there was an open jeep containing three people. They were wearing the uniform Alex saw. The person shooting at them is the same person. That's the guy who killed the fourth guy.

Alex suppressed all his fears. “You brought my uniform?” tanyakanya. His voice was still trembling either out of anger or nausea.

“I brought a rifle in the back!” exclaim Tiger.

Alex turned. He pulled a rifle and prepared to shoot. Hand vibrates. Alex wasn't sure he could shoot. He was in a fast-moving car. Tiger's sudden maneuvering could mess things up. However, he would not let those people off the hook.

Alex pressed the sunroof button. The square window above his head moved open. Alex was just getting ready to stand up when Tiger slammed the steering wheel.

“Composed!” exclaim Tiger.

In a split second, everything went too fast. Alex doesn't know what's going on. He felt a great shock. He hit himself in the chair. The rifle slipped out of the handle, out of nowhere. His ears caught a loud sound. His eyes could only be tightly closed, unwilling to see what was happening.

When his mind thought they had been in an accident, there was a burning sense of heat within him. His blood was boiling in the real sense. Something wrong has happened to him. Something amazing happened.

Eyes blinked. Darkness is beginning to be replaced by a faint image. Slowly, his sight returned intact. He found a white balloon around him. The thing he recognized as the air bag expanded from the front. In their SUV car, there should be a protector on the side. But that's where all the heat is answered.

“What was that?” Tiger asked from the side. There is a gap from one word to another.

Alex turned slowly to his partner.

Tiger's eyes widened to find Alex's eyeballs turning light green. He does not exaggerate to call it sparkling. The boy's eyes were like fluorescent lights in the darkness. None of them dared to speak anymore.

Just then, a white hatchback car appeared next to Tiger. Emil opened the glass while waving his hand.

“We have to go from here!” Tiger opened the door beside him.

Without asking much, Alex shifted. He got out of the steering door, moved into a hatchback. Emil jumped into the back seat, letting Tiger take over. Alex sat down next to Tiger. His heart was still beating so fast. Watering eyes. The sweat wetted itself. Before the commotion followed to their position, Tiger stepped on the gas. Their car roared, leaving a mess.

Alex glanced from the rearview mirror.

He knows what's going on. The SUV they were driving was at the crossroads. A red trailer truck came from a different direction. Both collided in the middle of the crossroad. Alex doesn't know if the truck driver survived or not. But there was no explosion there. The truck destroyed the back of their car. The front was saved by Alex's hand.

His hands were no longer hot. Although it was still flushed, its green smoke had vanished.

“We have to go back to headquarters,” Emil said.

“What!?” Alex spontaneously protested, his voice shaking like his hand. Two things he realized at the time. “But, Jayden—”

“We have to go back to work out a plan!” sahut Tiger's. “I don't want to argue with you right now. Put your seat belt on! We leave this to the experts. Let those people negotiate.

“Negotiation?” Alex repeated the word.

“What do you think is in Jayden's head?”

Alex did not dare to guess. “What do you mean?”

“She's got a lot of secrets that can't get leaked out. Identity of ICPA member? Nope. More dangerous than that. Icpa Technology. Includes the knowledge behind Zetta Sonic.” Tiger continued with eyes still glued to the highway. “Now wear your seat belt!”

Alex according. Even so, he passed his thoughts. “What Nadira will save Jayden?”

“Hust!” sahut Emil's. His hand hugged the drone that was shot even tighter.

When Tiger did not answer, Alex knew Nadira had a choice. The problem is, he does not know which choice Nadira will take.