Coal Mafia

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Coal Mafia

~How does this world work? The strong win, and the weak lose. The group wins, and the one alone loses. The wicked are above the law, and the honest are banished. The world is unfair.~

Alendra’s voice. Who is Alendra?

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Each of them will not stop until the mission is successful. They don’t care even if their lives are at stake. They chose to be criminals. It was as if life had given him no other choice.

In a secret place, with limited buildings. No one has ever found their location and identity. They are a gang of hackers that the world is looking for. Often, certain groups try to find them, one of those groups is this coal mafia gang. This team of hackers is a worldwide threat because they have an unlimited network.

Gama pointed a gun right at the head of one of the “BlackShyne” hacking teams. Andra’s hands were shaking because their headquarters was surrounded by a group of mafia.

“Hurry up! Hack the identity of the whistleblower whose name is Marco!” Gama, the head of the coal mafia, Nando’s men.

“Fast!” Gama pushed Andra’s head.

Other hackers pretend to be busy in front of computer screens.

“Fine,” Andra said stuttering. He immediately used his long fingers to type something on the keyboard. The keyboard sound is very loud and fast. Andra looks very skilled in the field of computers.

5 minutes later.

Andra managed to find the site by bringing up the name Marco Sanjaya.

“His job is as a personal assistant to Prince Waleed Alan Tabarak, the prince of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 46 years old. Has two daughters. He attended the Elite International Liegue School Foundation, a school with the prince’s son, namely Alex Waleed Alan Tabarak, the new CEO of the Indonesian branch of the Arab government oil company.”

The keyboard sound stops.

“How much is the company worth?” asked Gamma.

“I can’t hack into the Arab kingdom’s oil company sites. They have strict cyber security,” said Andra.

“Oh stupid!” Gama immediately gave a signal to his friends to pull out of the black hacker’s headquarters. Though they are actually capable of hacking state sites though.

Andra stroked his chest after the mafia came out of their base.

“Guys, looks like we have to move headquarters,” said Andra.

“Agree!” answered one of them.

***

Alex was sitting in the room. He lay down on his soft bed. He works in the office every day after school. His body felt tired. He forgot, it had been several weeks, since the incident of being kicked out of the house and expelled from school, he had never been to the gym again. Lack of exercise makes him tired easily.

Alex came out of his room. Then head to the private gym. There he began to warm up first. Then do gym activities. Marco was back home. Early in the morning, Marco would definitely come back to the penthouse. Tonight, there were only hundreds of maids and a few bodyguards standing guard outside.

While on the treadmill, Alex tried to call Marco. Because there are unfinished business earlier in the office. But not picked up. Uncle Marco is really slow to respond? Alex called him many times, but he didn’t pick up either.

Alex glanced at the clock, “it’s still 9 pm. Ah, maybe he’s still on the road. He left 30 minutes ago.”

Alex stopped what he was doing and then came back out of the gym. He took some drinks from the fridge. He gulped it thirsty. While thinking about Uncle Marco. Is it too late? Why doesn’t he respond as fast as usual? Can he really be slow to respond sometimes?

The questions filled Alex’s mind. Still with sweat dripping down his body, he called his bodyguard.

“Uncle Tommy!” he called the chief bodyguard who was guarding the front door.

“Yes sir?”

“Uncle, try to check on Uncle Marco’s condition, okay! I don’t think I’m feeling well,” he said sadly.

“Oh well, young master. But I can only order two bodyguards to check it,” said Tomy, “because my duty is young master’s safety priority.”

“Ok whatever,” said Alex, stepping back into the bathroom to clean up.

“Dori and Bagas! You two follow Mr. Marco, okay! Let me and Qomar stand guard here,” said Tomy giving orders.

“Okay, Boss!” Dori said.

Dori and Bagas left the penthouse immediately. The penthouse doors open and close automatically after they open with an id card.

The coal mafia has surrounded Marco. When he was driving the car to go home. They forced Marco out by pointing a gun right at the victim’s head.

“Go out!” said one of them. Their bodies are big like executioners. What’s with Marco, who is thin and alone. Marco had to get out of his car.

They beat Marco to a pulp. They took Marco away. And left Marco’s car parked on the side of the road.

In an abandoned factory. Full of coal burning smoke. Marco woke up from his stupor earlier.

“Where is this?” Marco tried to get up and looked around. No one. He remembered where he was the last time. Marco understood he was being kidnapped by the unknown gang of people. He also left his cell phone in the car.

“Hff, how is it?” Marco moved his elbow. There’s a little scratch there, “what happened?”

Marco was still trying to process what had happened to him. What mistake did he do last time. Ah, yes, Marco remembered, he was reporting the bad boys to the police. Does this have anything to do with all that? How about Alex? Is he okay? Marco was thinking about Alex instead. Because that is also their duty and responsibility.

Marco pounded on the metal in front of him. Hardly any entrance. Marco looked here and there. Check if there is a way out of that place. However, suddenly there was the sound of footsteps. There was a shadow coming to that place. Marco knew they were coming back.

“Hey, Marco!” someone unknown shouted at him. Looks like he wasn’t the gang that kidnapped her. Could he be their boss? The man was wearing a neat suit, like a wealthy businessman.

Someone threw his cigarette everywhere.

“You reported my son right?” he said squinting.

Marco was right. This has something to do with Mr Alex’s case. He thought.

“You want to die?” Nando kicked Marco in the stomach.

“Argghhh!” Marco winced in pain.

“Of course not, right?” Nando asked his accomplices for a wooden club, “you reported my son because he was holding a club like this right?”

Marco glared at him. His eyes showed anger but he held it in. He was trying to control himself.

“Do you want to know what it feels like to hit me with this club?” Nando circled Marco’s body, “or... you withdraw the lawsuit? Hmmm?”

“I have to do it,” Marco said curtly.

“Oh, so you don’t want to withdraw the report?”

“No! Will never! Even if I die,” Marco said.

“Tie him!” Nando gave orders to his men.

Marco was forced to sit on a chair. Then they tied up Marco’s body.

“I will beat you until your life is gone,” Nando said after Marco finished being tied up, “you don’t know who I am?!!!!”

Marco shook his head, “I don’t care and don’t need to know.”

“God damn it!!!!” Nando raised the club in his hand.

Then a voice came from outside. Like the sound of someone breaking into the place. This factory is made of iron walls that can be opened from below like a shop door.

“Who is that?” asked Nando, “you guys check quickly!”

“Okay, Boss!”

Alex tried to break down the wall. It just sounded like moving scrap zinc. Alex was sure Marco’s uncle was there. Because Alex found Marco’s left shoe up ahead.

“Master, young master should just go back. Let us take care of this,” said Tomy.

“No, Uncle,” Alex kept pushing on the tin and iron wall.

They heard the sound of people running towards them.

“Sir!” Tomy grabbed Alex’s hand.

Tomy and Alex hide behind a burning barrel. The other bodyguards were hiding somewhere.

“Look for them!” said one of Nando’s men, “I have to see you! Don’t give them any mercy!”

Tomy and Alex tried to peek from hiding. They seemed to be looking. Tomy is very careful to look after his young master. Tomy pulled a gun from his pocket. From time to time, he would shoot the gang if he and Alex were found.

One of them saw the top of Tomy’s head. He approached Tomy’s hideout. And Tomy saw the man walking towards him. Tomy started counting.

One..

Two..

Three..

DORRRRRR!!

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