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Chapter 3 - The girl of fire

Kayara, a city of million billboards

Inside a cafe, Mardi sit before Veli and her gangs. He looked at them all while enjoying a meal.

"So, you were Hansen's men?" Mardi said while staring at Veli's friends.

"Yes, they were Hansen's men. They all were soldiers who were joined in assassin division," Veli answered Mardi's question.

"Why must be you that answering my question, Veli? Why didn't they answer me?" Mardi looked at Veli while narrowing his eyes.

"They all are Germany. They didn't get it your words," Veli said.

"That's ridiculous. Alright, I'm telling you that the Devilroars were coming from a cave. A mysterious cave located southern this city. But the problem is the cave can't be found easily. I have asked everyone living in this city or nearest villages. No one knows about the cave," Mardi said then explaining about his investigation.

"Perhaps they were hiding the fact about the cave. I think this matter will encounter dead end," Veli said.

Mardi nods his head then taking a slice of cake from the plate.

Kayara 2019

We left Mardi and the others to see a girl who is walking between two reactor units that called as Kayara Red Sun Organ (KRSO). The girl is one of technicians in there.

"Hei Dewi. You stole my cupcakes again, didn't you?" a man weared glasses shouted while running toward the girl.

The girl named Dewi kept to move although the man continued to talk.

"Dewi, why did you always steal my meal? You have no money to buy meal?" the man said while running ahead Dewi.

Dewi stopped her step. She stared at the man. With cynical smile, she looked at the man who is her co-worker.

"Wawan, you are a man, aren't you? Why don't you give up on your cake for me? I was hungry, you know. But I have no much time to go out from this facility. I have been trusted by mr. director to handle this facility. As you know I'm the smartest at this facility," Dewi said in a haughty tone.

"Hei, hei, bite your tongue. Don't be so arrogant like that. You have to realize who introduced you to boss," Wawan said by annoyed tone.

Dewi chuckled.

"I had never asked you to bring me here. So, I have never thought about returning the favor," she said as she walking quick.

"What did you say? You are so arrogant now, Dewi. Could you show me some respect?" Wawan said as he following Dewi.

"You complained me caused by those cupcakes? You are chatty like a woman," Dewi said while walking fast.

"That's not the only matter. You have stolen my precious gold card. I ask you. Where is it now?" Wawan questioned Dewi.

When Wawan chased Dewi, a lab officer runs approaching them while talking frantically.

"Alarm, mrs. Dewi. One of three Axelon drives has been in malfunction. We need to restart all of them."

Dewi and Wawan stunned on their position after listening the officer sayings.

"I need to hurry! Wawan, assist me!" Dewi said while running to one of those reactor units.

Dewi entered a metal door colored white with symbol of hazard. Wawan follows the girl while grouching.

"This is new big trouble. Kayara will lost it's power. Meanwhile this KRSO is the only power plant that used by Kayara. That's meaning Kayara doesn't use power from State Electric Enterprise."

Dewi opened every doors she found. Then she arrives at a facility room fulled by big screens and wires.

Dewi saw a screen displaying an error message.

"I don't believe this. I have been working seriously to handle the Axelon's drive. I hope there is no mistake causing it," she muttered while typing programs code at a keyboard.

"No! Don't type that! The code will damage reactor permanently. We need to restart all of those reactor, Dewi," Wawan shouted frantically when seeing Dewi is typing the forbidden codes.

"This will help to fix malfunctioning Axelon's drive without shut the reactors down. Come on, Wawan. We need to make a breakthrough," Dewi replied without stopping her typing.

"Mrs.Dewi, we can't enter the code to fix the Axelon's drive. Please stop it! You will bring everyone to the danger!" a lab officer who is operating a super computer shouted while seeing at Dewi.

Dewi didn't answer. She continued to type the codes although Wawan and the other officer were trying to stop her.

Dewi finnished her work by pressing ENTER. The power suddenly shuts down brief. After the power restarted, everyone are looking each other.

They felt amazed after Dewi succeeded to fix the Axelon's drive problem.

"You did it, mrs. I can't say anything about this matter," an officer said amazedly.

Dewi smiled triumphantly. Then she leaves the facility room.

At the night, front of an apartment in Kayara City.

Wawan looked is talking fierce with Dewi.

"What you have done will give rise to consequence, Dewi. The Axelon's drive was fixed but not for any longer. The drive is a new high tech to help us to switch on the power all of Kayara. But the high tech has side effect that can bring us to the apocalypse."

Dewi shooked her head after hearing Wawan's sayings.

"I was just trying to away loss that will be suffer by Kayara if the power down."

"The economy's loss effect? You didn't think about the consequence ahead, Dewi. The codes are useful but only at a certain condition. I think we are better to loss our income than sacrificing our life," Wawan said.

"So, you are still thinking that what I have done is wrong?" Dewi looked sharply at Wawan.

"I'm sorry to be honest. You're to self confidence, Dewi. Arrogant is other your bad attitude. I hope you can fix every what you have done. But about the Axelon's drive, I think we have to be ready when the day come. The day of nightmare." Wawan looked to a distance.

Times skipped

Five days later

A huge explosion of a reactor at KRSO facility seen at the breakdawn. The reactor that powered Kayara City has been destroyed in huge explosion followed by blazing fire that seen like a clear white fire.

At the incident, there are several officers who were trapped in there. One of them is Dewi. The girl is one of those victims that presumed has dead.

But actually she has not dead yet. A miracle saved her from horrifying death.

From inside the blazing white fire, Dewi came to the surface of fire. Her body is covered by white fire.

Suddenly she flies to the outspace fast, leaving earth. She leaves fire trail in the sky that can be seen by everyone.

"The KRSO explosion spitted fire to the sky. It showed that the KRSO fire is a worst accident ever has," Narrator of the news said.