The Passion of the Segara
Eps. #48 The World is Shaking

The hour hand has begun to lean to the right of the hot day sign has gone to pick up a warm afternoon. The sun that was once so beautiful illuminated the world with its scorching sting, now began to bow to welcome the twilight that was soon to arrive.

The roar of the vehicle engine on the city's crowded main road also sounded increasingly boisterous accompanying the rapid footsteps of rupiah fighters who want to return home soon after tired of work. A picture of life in a city that is so harsh, and forces the foot of the foot it must keep moving for its survival.

From the fifteenth floor of a luxury apartment, Arkha stood staring out through the clear glass framed on the balcony of her apartment, skyscrapers in the city also still seem to stand haughty as if to call him to immediately carry out his plan to avenge the betrayal of Alfin his best friend.

"I can't wait to launch our plan, Rendy!" decak Arkha stared at an office building located not too far from the port, which faintly could be seen from the window of his apartment. His company's office building is now controlled by Alfin.

"The office, the company and all my assets that Alfin has taken, I must immediately take back!" his growling with both hands clenched signified an anger he still held in his hands.

"Tomorrow everything will begin, boss. My men have already sent out a password so that we can immediately attack Mr. Alfin's base in the harbor!" said Rendy while smiling cynically.

"Evidence of fraud Mr. Alfin has also been collected, soon Mr. Alfin will rot in prison to account for all his crimes," said Rendy with a grudge also seen on his face.

"But Genta is not back yet, Rendy. How can we start an attack without him?" arkha asked as she approached Rendy who was sitting on the sofa in the living room of the apartment.

"Genta should have come back this morning, but why hasn't he come yet? I called him on handy talk and there was no answer, did something happen to him?" gerutu Arkha suddenly felt worried because Genta who had not returned to the city since he went to the fishing village to meet Pearl.

"The weather in the sea is very erratic, boss. It's possible that Genta will have to turn around and avoid the storm, at that time HT will not work" said Rendy fending off Arkha's concerns.

"I hope it's like that!" sahut Arkha nodded his head, but there was doubt in his heart. There was actually an unusual premonition that was interfering with his mind at that moment.

"I'll excuse you, boss. After Genta returns, I will be here with him again to begin our mission!" pamit Rendy as she stepped towards the main door, out of Arkha's apartment.

Arkha stood up again and moved closer to the window, his gaze also being directed out, but this time the gaze seemed empty, again an unusual premonition filled his head.

"Why do I feel bad like this? did something happen to Mutiara, why hasn't Genta returned from that village?" confused mind. Arkha rubbed his face and hair violently, anxiety clearly visible on his face.

"No, don't let anything happen to her." Arkha kept trying to divert the bad feeling he felt back then.

"Pearl, I'll be finishing all my business here in a minute, baby. I can't wait to pick you up, my love!" he muttered with a smile imagining the moment when he would meet the moorings of his heart that he had missed so much.

Arkha continued to stand and stare blankly out the window, his mind kept on recalling his beautiful memories with Pearl, now a longing as if it had flowed through his entire soul. Without him noticing, it had been almost thirty minutes he had just stood at that spot.

The building that originally seemed to stand firmly suddenly swayed, the glass window next to Arkha was heard to emit a crackling and interlocked sound, Arkha's footrest also shook violently.

From the clear glass windows of his apartment, Arkha could see many people running rushing out of the building in a hurry to get out of the high building while looking for a roomy place to take shelter.

"Wrought!"

"Wrought!"

The sound of screaming filled the city. A natural phenomenon occurs and panic all the citizens of the city.

"Allahu Akbar!"

"Allahu Akbar!"

However, Arkha remained unmoved from where he stood, the shaking of the earthquake made the bad premonition further sharpen in his mind.

"Oh my God, I hope nothing happens. Why did I arrive so worried about Pearl, what is the connection of all this with the earthquake that just happened" he said.

That worry was now completely filling his mind.

The earthquake happened very quickly and has now stopped, but people are still wandering the streets, they are afraid to enter their buildings or homes, fearing aftershocks.

A gripping atmosphere enveloped the entire city.

The road suddenly became very jammed, some road markings collapsed into the middle of the road so as to block the riders across the road that made the congestion worse.

Rendy, who had just exited Arkha's apartment, appeared to panic inside the online taxi she was riding in. The taxi was stationary at its original spot, unable to move as it was blocked by severe congestion.

"There should be an earthquake, don't let Boss Arkha out of his apartment in panic!" gerutu Rendy was worried about the situation of his superior. He was afraid that Arkha would run out of his apartment so that his existence could be uncovered because of it.

"I have to go back to Boss Arkha's apartment!" pekik Rendy while taking out his wallet and giving some paper money to the taxi driver and immediately get out of the taxi. Rendy immediately ran over among the people who were still crowding the street and immediately headed for Arkha's apartment. Rendy quickly climbed the emergency staircase in the apartment, as the elevator was definitely not working when the earthquake occurred.

With a gasp he pressed the bell button in Arkha's apartment.

"Boss, there was an earthquake just now, I'm afraid you ran out!" he shouted to Arkha who had already opened the door for him and Rendy immediately threw her ass on the living room sofa while adjusting her breath that was stingy.

"I'm not that stupid, Rendy!" sahut Arkha with a slanted grin.

Rendy grabs her phone and opens an online news site looking for news about the earthquake.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale shook the southern sea, today at 15:56 local time and reported a potential tsunami BMKG

Rendy read the news that instantly appeared on her phone in a loud voice that instantly made Arkha round her eyes.

"What, Rendy? the southern ocean? potentially tsunami?" decak Arkha was shocked.

"The island where Mutiara lives is in the southern sea region, it could be affected by the tsunami!" he screamed with a very worried face.

Arkha grabbed his phone and went online to check the truth of the news that Rendy had read.