OZIRATUZ

WRITER : IMAM SAFINGI

Oziratuz

On the Sunday morning, my friends and I jogged on the Square Town. We went around the Square Town three times. Suddenly, there was a man who called my name. “Are you Ardan Loyal?” He asked. “Yes sir, I am Ardan,” I answered. “Are you Muller’s son?” He added. “Yes, Muller is my father,” I answered again. “Sir, who are you? Are you my father’s friend,” I asked him. “Well, let me introduce myself, my name is Mr. Jordan, and I am your father’s business partner,” He answered.

             Mr. Jordan asked me many things. He also asked me where I lived. I answered his questions except one. He questioned me about strange thing. He asked me about Oziratuz. I did not know about Oziratuz, so I did not tell him about it.

           

Today my father would have a birthday party. I stared at my Mom.  I wanted to ask her about the surprising party for my father. It had been at 8 p.m., my father would arrive at home, but the preparation of party was not complete yet.

“Mom, Daddy is going to arrive at home about an hour later,” I said. “We have to settle the preparation of this party soon,” I reminded my Mom.

            My mother smiled to me and said, “Of course my dear, I will finish it soon, and I hope it will be a great birthday party”.

 

            My sister was arranging the decoration while my mother was preparing some foods on the dinning-table. I went to the kitchen to take the cake. After taking it, I gave it to my mom. Then my mother put it on the dining table. An hour later, we had settled the preparation of birthday party well. My mother asked me to turn off the lamps in my house so that it became dark.

A few minutes later, there was someone who knocked the door. We knew that he was Daddy; moreover, we knew that he had a second key; hence, we decided to let him open the door by himself, and we hid behind the sofa so that it would really surprise him.

My father wondered why nobody opened the door; however, my mother used to open the door when he knocked the door. He didn’t mind about it. He took the second key from his suitcase. Then he opened the door. The living room was so dark, so he turned on the lamp. What a surprised him! There were many colorful balloons around him, and there were some foods and a cake on the dining table.

After he had realized that today was his birthday, we showed our selves, and we sang birthday song for him. He smiled and stared at us. After we finished singing the song, daddy hugged us and said, “Thanks a lot my dear”. Then he whispered to his wife, “Thanks a lot honey”.

All of us went to the dining table. Then I took the cake and said, “Come on dad, make a wish and blow the candles”. My father looked at me, and he laughed me. Then he said to me, “Ardan, You are getting smart.”

Thanks a lot dad, I was smart because my father was you. My father smiled and laughed again. “Well, I will make a wish, I hope that we will be a happy family forever” my father said. After making a wish, my father blew the candles. Then he cut the cake and gave it to us. We were very happy.

After eating the cake, we ate the foods that were cooked by my mother. While we were eating it, we were having a small talk. We talked many things. We were very cheerful and enjoyed the night. After enjoying the party, I went to Toilet. I had to go to my uncle, for our bathroom was being repaired. My uncle’s house was near from my house. It might be about fifty meters.

I arrived in front of my uncle’s door. I knocked the door. “Who is there,” my uncle asked. “It is Ardan,” I answered. “I do not lock the door, let you open the door by yourself” my uncle said. While repairing Computer, my uncle asked, “it has been night, what are you doing here Ardan.” My bathroom was broken, so I go here sir. “May I pee here sir,” I asked.

“I am pleasure Ardan,” You may go to Toilet. “Thank you my uncle,” I said.

            After getting permission from my uncle, I went to Toilet. A few minutes later, I got out from the Toilet. I had small talk with my uncle. My uncle was very kind. Although my uncle was busy, he still cared of me and answered each my question.

I was almost an hour in my uncle’s house, so I went home. It was so dark. It was about 11.30 p.m. I walked by smiling. “It is really nice day,” I said to myself.

                                               

***

I arrived in front of my house.  I opened the door. Aaaaaa………, I shouted loudly. I looked at my Parents and my sister lying on the floor. There was much blood on their bodies and on the floor. “What happens,” I asked to myself while holding my head. 

“Ardan, come here Ardan?” Someone called me with low voice. It was my daddy who called my name. “Ardan, you are fifteen years old, you have to be strong and patient my dear”, my father said. I nodded. Then I asked, “What happened dad?  Who did it?”

My son, Listen me. “Someone has just tried to seize a result of my research,” my father said. The name of the result of the research is ‘Oziratuz’, and I put it under your bed,” my father added. After saying it, he died. I cried loudly. I asked to myself loudly, “Who actually did it?”      

            A few minutes later, my neighbors and my uncle came. Then the police came and investigated the location of murder. They seemed shocked. They also felt grief about what happened in my family.

            It was Saturday. It was six days after that tragedy. Now I live with my uncle. I live in my uncle’s house. My house was sold by my uncle, and the money was used to my daily needs. I was still so sad. “I was so pathetic,” I said to myself.

My uncle used to entertain me. He tried hard to make me laugh. I thanked him so much. Because of him, I survived.

            Six days ago, I took something that my father asked me to take. He called it as ‘Oziratuz’.

I held and observed it. It was a pill. It was in the bottle. “Damn it, People killed my father because of it”, I said to myself. I promised to myself that I would have to find the murder of my family

            Eight days after the worst incident, I lived as usual. I went to school. I went there by motorcycle.

In front of the school gate, I met my friend named Pingi. He was my best friend. Pingi said to me, “Ardan, I am sad to hear about what happened with your family, be strong sob.” “Thanks a lot for your sympathy,” I said to him. “Sure, I have to be strong”. Anyway, “In the end, every human wil have to be dead,” I added. “Well, I am glad to hear it,” He said.

 

 After having small talk, we went to the class. We had a class as usual. After the class finished, I went home directly. However, after the class finished, I usually played with my friends.

After arriving at home, I made a cup of coffee. Although I seem to be strong, in the deepest of my heart, I still felt so sad. I think of that tragedy everyday. While I was making a cup of coffee, someone was knocking the door. “Who is there,” I asked. It is Pingi, He answered. “Ouwww, Pingi, I do not lock the door, you can open it by yourself,” I said.

Pingi likes drinking a cup of milk mocha, so I make it for him. After finishing making drink, I went to the living room and met Pingi. While holding a cup of coffee and a cup of milk mocha, I asked him, “What are you doing here, Pingi?” “I just want to visit you,” He answered.

“Wachhh, thanks,” I said.

“It is for you, Pingi,” I gave a cup of milk mocha to him. “Wouww, thanks for your kindness, Ardan,” Pingi expressed. “You are welcome,” I said. Suddenly, there was a girl who knocked the door and said, “Hello, anybody home?”

I walked into the door and opened it.

She was Kiki who had knocked the door. Kiki was my girlfriend. “How are you, honey?” She asked me. “I am fine, thanks, how about you?” She answered, “I am great”. WOuww, I am glad to hear it, please enter into the room, darling, there was also Pingi in the room. “Okay,” She said.

After gathering into the living room, we had small talk. Kiki and Pingi asked me about the tragedy that happened to me. I told them everything about that bad memory. They gave me a pity. They seem to feel what I feel. No wonder, it was because Pingi is my best friend, and Kiki was my girlfriend. I know them since I was on Elementary School.

When I told them about Oziratuz, they seem confused. “What is Oziratuz?” Kiki asked me. I answered directly, “Oziratuz is the result of my father’s research.” Then I show it to them.

“Ardan, is not it like a pill?” Pingi questioned to me. “Yeachh, it is indeed a pill, and the robbers kill my family because of it” I said.

            My honey and Pingi still asked me many things. It was like they were investigating me. It was six days after the murder, but the Police still could not find the murders.

            Beside Kiki is my girl friend, she is also a detective girl. So does Pingi, beside he is my best friend, he is also a detective. Actually, all of us have been studying in a same school, in a detective school.

            “We can not expect the Police to Capture the Criminals,” Kiki said. “ Yeachh, We have to catch them by ourselves,” Pingi added. “Thanks a lot guys, Sure, We will,” I said.

            “Ardan, do not you remember something that can indicate the murder?” Pingi asked me. Let me think a minute. While I was thinking, Kiki was holding and observing the Oziratuz. Then I looked kiki holding it.

            “Yachhh, I remember one thing,” I said. “Eight days ago, when I was jogging with Rira and Deni, Suddenly there was a man that called my name. He was Mr. Jordan. He was my father’s friend. He asked me about where I live and other many things. He also asked me about this result of my father’s research, I meant Oziratuz. “Hmmmm, He was so suspicious, He deserves to be suspected” Kiki said. “Yachhh, he may be the culprit” Pingi added.

***

            Kiki and Pingi might be right. I also felt something wrong about him. He came to me and asked me many strange things. But, he looked like a good man. Otherwise, he was my father’s friend. “Is it possible a friend killed own friend just for something like this?” I asked to myself.

I was getting confused.

            “Hey Ardan, Why do you muse? Are you Okay?” Kiki asked me. “Ohhh, yachh, I am well, Honey, Don’t worry!” I answered.

            “Ardan, Do you ever think to test the result of your father’s research, I mean this pill?” Pingi asked me. “What do you mean about testing?” I asked him back. “Do not you want to eat the Oziratuz” Pingi emphasized. “Oooo, yachhh, actually I want to taste it, but I do not know what actually it is, and I do not know what will happen if I eat it” I answered.

Kiki said to me, “Just believe in your father, it is your father’s discovery, it must be very worthy and useful”.

Actually I was not afraid to taste it; Moreover, I knew that it was a good thing. And I knew it was very precious. My father had to create something good. I did not want to taste it because it was something that my father gave to me. I promised I would keep it very well.

Pingi, Kiki, and I decided to go to my father’s office tomorrow. We were sure that Mr. Jordan had to work in the same office with Mr. Muller’s office. We planned to observe him. We guessed that he was a man who killed my family.

It was almost at 05.00 p.m., so Kiki and Pingi wanted to go home. “See you tomorrow, Ardan” Kiki and Pingi said. “Yapzzz” I answered. Kiki and Pingi have just gone home. Now I am alone at home. I ate snack and entertained myself by watching Television.

In the morning, after taking a bath, I decided to visit my house that was sold by my uncle. Although that house was full of bad memory, I still wanted to go there. I went there by foot. After arriving in front of the door, I looked around me. There was no change here. It was still same when I lived here. Sometimes I was still sad. Father, mother, sister, I called with low voice while tearing. I missed them so much.

Anyway, life must go on. I have to be strong. I braved myself to enter my old house. I went a head and knocked the door. There was nobody opened the door for me. There may be nobody at home. The new house’s owner might be working. Actually, I had a second key. I could unlock the door easily. But I thought it was impolite if I entered someone’s house without permission.

I thought again. I just wanted to see the condition of this house. So I unlocked the door. I walked into living room. I saw the decoration of the house change It looked more modern. There were many beautiful paints on the wall, and there were many chemical materials on the shelf.

I walked into the room one by one. I entered into my sister’s room. It was still same, so does my room. It seemed nobody used my bedroom and my sister’s bedroom. Then I went to my father’s bedroom. I was surprised. My father’s bedroom changed. It looked more artistic. I looked again around my father’s room. “What is that?” I said to myself.

I was shocked. I saw Mr. Jordan’s Photo there. Damn it, someone who might slaughter my family has been living in my house. Now I become pretty sure that the Killer of my family was Mr. Jordan. He might live here to look for the result of my father’s research “Oziratuz”. I really got angry, but I had to be calm. I knew anger would not solve the problem.

I remembered that today I had a promise with Kiki and Pingi to meet. We promised to go to my father’s office. It was absolutely to observe and catch the bastard man that killed my family.

 I did not meet Kiki and Pingi, and I did not tell them about what I found here. I did not tell them that I found Jordan’s house. I did not want to involve them in danger situation, so I kept this secret. I tried to handle my problem by myself. 

***

I arranged some plans. I wanted to ensure that Mr. Jordan was the real Killer. I set some hidden cameras on the corner each room.

I needed six hours to set the cameras. After setting it, I took a rest. I went home to my uncle’s house. I ate fried rice and drink a glass of Coca-Cola.  

 

It was 07.00 p.m. I watched the CCTV that I had set. Fifteen minutes after watching it, I saw someone entered into the room. It was Mr. Jordan. He put his suitcase and sat on the table. Haaaaaa…. While beating the table, he said, “Damn it, where is actually Muller hides Oziratuz.”

“I have been looking for it for seven days, but I still get nothing.” He added.

            Well, it was so clear. Jordan was the man who killed my family. He might do it because he failed to seize the Oziratuz from my father. Buaaaaaaaaaaaa, I could not control my anger. I had desire to kill that bastard man.

Fortunately, I remembered my mother’s words. She used to say to me “anything your problem, try to keep calm and patient kid.” Because I remembered those words, I could restrain my bad desire.

I wanted to revenge and send the bastard Jordan to jail. And more than that, the most I wanted to know is why he desired so much to get Oziratuz.

 I went to Jordan’s house by myself. I opened the door. Finally I could have face to face with that bastard. “Hello Jordan, Do you still remember me?” I asked loudly. “Hay, you must have been Ardan.” He answered.

In front of me, he looked like an innocent man. I was getting hate him. I wanted so much to stick him. But I had to be calm. “Why are you here, kid?” he asked me. I answered honestly,

“I wanted to send you to jail and I wanted to know why you desired so much to have it (I showed him the Oziratuz).

            After answering his question, he was smile at me. Then he directly threw a vase to me. Fortunately I could fast avoid it. Then he ran ahead to me and held my neck tightly. “Well, kid, I would kill you like I killed your family.” He said and laughed. He seized the Oziratuz from me. Then he threw me away. I fell down and my head beat a wall. I got a little blood in my head. I became so dizzy.

            “Hahahaha, finally I have got it” he said. “Well, I will become the strongest and smartest man ever, and now I just have to taste it, and I must have been what I have dreamt of so far” he added. “Thank you kid, it is all because of you” he said to me. I answered with a low voice, “give it back to me.” He stared at me and said to me, “kid, how pity you are! You will be dead tonight on my hand.” Then he laughed again.

            Before tasting Oziratuz, he wanted to kill me. He put Oziratuz on the Television, and he walked ahead at me and held a knife on his right hand. He appointed the knife to me. When he ready stuck me, suddenly there was a man who kicked the door. He was Pingi. He came with Kiki.

            “Enough, Jordan” Kiki said while pointing a toy gun. Jordan thought that it was the real gun. Jordan was panic, and he threw his knife. Then he raised his hand. Pingi walked into Jordan. Then Pingi beat his back neck. It made Jordan unaware. A few minutes later, the police came.

Then the police arrested Jordan.

           

“Honey, friend, thank you very much, if you do not come here, I may be dead” I said as a half of aware. “Nothing at all, Ardan” They answered while smiling.

I wondered why they could know I was here. Prove, Kiki and Pingi actually did not suppose that I was here. They actually were here to beat down Jordan. They knew Jordan lived here because they tailed Jordan as he was at his office. They actually wanted to persuade me to capture Jordan, but I was not at home when they wanted to tell me about it, so they decided to catch Jordan by themselves. About an hour later, I told them about what happened to me.

“If Oziratuz can make you more strong and smart, why do not you taste it” Kiki asked to me. “Yachhh, Why?” Pingi added. I answered, “Yachh, well, it is the only one memory that my father gives to me, so I will keep it well; moreover, I will look for strength and knowledge by using my own strive. “Wouwww, that was so awesome” Pingi said. “Ihirrrrrr, that was so cool” Kiki said. “Thanks a lot” I said and smiled at them.

           

Five years later, Jordan got a horrible punishment. He was hung in the Square Town because of his crimes. Now Pingi became a famous detective. And I married with Kiki and lived in the small village. We had some beautiful gardens. We live happily.

             

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VALUES

Ø There must be punishment for each crime, So don’t do a crime!

Ø If we always strive hard, we will have to afford to get what we want.

Ø Never depend on something, we have to depend on ourselves.