600 minutes countdown(Jonathan Rafel) 600 Minutes Countdown

“A janitor has been found lifeless in an Oklahoma University, but there was no blood found around his body or even injection seen throughout his skin. There were medical teams who tried to identify what cause the janitor to die and there were also some polices who were guarding this university. No one could enter that university and we could see that only 5 FBI agent were entering the university. We cannot identify who were the perpetrators and it was still a mystery.” Sam and Steve were watching the CBS news live report.

Sam was one of the members of the FBI agents. He had a younger brother named Steve who was one of the members of the CIA agents. Both of them were watching CBS news and it was already 7:45 p.m. Ring, ring, ring. Someone was calling.

“Let me pick up the phone, Steve.”Sam said.

“This is Gwen, FBI. Sam tomorrow at 8:40 a.m, we need to gather in front of Oklahoma University for a mission. There will be 30 FBI agents and 20 CIA agents to help to solve this mystery and find out who was the perpetrator.”Gwen informed Sam.

“Please come on time and wear the proper uniform. Don’t forget to ask Steve to come.”Gwen added.

“Sure Gwen, I will come on time and I will inform Steve and thank you for your information.”Sam replied.

Sam closed the phone and told Steve what to do tomorrow. They were preparing for the uniform tomorrow and fill their gun with bullets. After they had completed each equipment for tomorrow mission, they began sleep.
The next day, Sam and Steve woke up so early at 5:30 a.m. Both of them need to discuss any strategies if that perpetrator made a savage attack. It was already 8:00 a.m. and they started to go the location. Sam and Steve arrived there together with the other FBI and CIA agents. There were a lot of crowd including reporters waiting outside the university to wait for certainty. Polices started to install the police line. FBI and CIA had gone into the university. CIA tried to search any perpetrators that hid in the classes or the restrooms. While FBI tried to search for any clues that regard to the death of the janitor. Gwen, as the leader of the FBI received a call from an anonymous person.

“There is a driver who dies room 306 in the 3rd floor.”The anonymous person directly turned off the phone.

“H-h-alo, halo.”Gwen was speechless and shocked when that person said that a driver died in room 306.

Gwen informed the CIA to go to room 306 and asked Sam to join the CIA. Steve was the leader of the CIA for a mean time. Gwen informed the FBI and CIA department to send more agent as the situation was getting worse. When a lot of CIA and another FBI entering the building, the crowd started to get panicked and so the reporters. Steve and Sam lead the FBI and CIA to room 306.Gwen divided into 2 teams. First was Steve’s team and second was Sam’s team. Steve asked them to scatter around 3rd floor. Steve only needs 3 CIA and 2 FBI who will enter room 306. Steve asked Sam to lead the other FBI and CIA to check on the other room or around this area. Steve’s team began to break down room 306. He found out that what Gwen said before was right. Another janitor died in this room and this janitor looked old. Steve report to Gwen using cell phone. While Sam’s team began to break down every door in the 3rd floor and there were 15 rooms there. Guess what did Sam and his team saw. In every room, a janitor was tied with rope and his mouth was covered with cello tape. Sam quickly removed the rope and cello tape that covered their mouth. Sam asked his team to guard outside.
“Who did this to you?”Sam asked.”How is the man look like?”

“I don’t know. The man that tied me up closed his face with a mask.”The janitor replied and looked so tired.

“But luckily, I use the voice recorder on my phone and I record his voice.”The janitor added.

“Hahhh.”Sam sighed and muttered.”Even though that cannot help us in finding the perpetrator, we cannot still get some clues.”

“Is there any janitor or someone who are tied in another room?”Sam asked.

“Yes, they are. Most of them are my friends and some of them are tortured by the man and his gang. I do not know if my friends are safe or not.”The janitor told Sam with a sad face.

“Don’t worry. We will try to catch them and safe your friends as soon as possible. Go and tell Gwen, the leader of FBI about this.”Sam told the janitor.

The janitor ran and told Gwen about this. After Gwen heard that, her spirit suddenly drops; she squatted and leaned on the wall. She could not believe that the FBI and CIA was not fast enough to safe the people who are trapped in the room. From a far distance, Sam looked at Gwen and he felt very sad because Sam loved Gwen. He tried to approach Gwen and tried to calm her but he was scared that Gwen would lose her emotion and did violence attack towards him. Sam made himself and he finally stood in front of Gwen.

“Gwen, ar-are you okay?”Sam used a soft and low voice to ask.

“Don’t mind me Sam, you better focus on your work than on me.”Gwen replied with a hopeless facial reaction.

“Remember, you are the leader of the FBI, you need to strengthen your spirit, don’t let this situation bring you down Gwen?”Sam replied.

“You are true Sam, I couldn’t be always like this. As a leader I must help them as fast as possible. But wh-why do you care about me?”

“Be-because, I love you Gwen.”Sam confessed in a romantic way.

Sam continued doing his job and Gwen followed him. Sam was running as fast as a lightning bolt in order to help the other FBI and CIA as he heard there was a sound of a shot gun. Sam did not realize that in front of him, there was a man using a mask who was running too and they bumped each other. The mask man didn’t fell but Sam fell. The man was chased by Steve’s team. From 500 meters away, Gwen brought out her gun and at a single click Gwen shot to the man’s leg and he fell. Steve said to Gwen that he was the perpetrator. The man was surrounded by all of the FBI and CIA.

“Who is your name?”Gwen asked fiercely.”If you don’t tell your name, you will be shot to death.”

“Ji-Jim that’s my name. Just shot me if you dare.”He replied in an impolite way.”Or just shot me in front of the crowd.”

Immediately Gwen, FBI and CIA brought him in front of the crowd. The crowds were shouting and they wanted him to be sentence to death. Without any notice, he brought out his own gun and shot himself directly and the crowd turned quiet. The FBI and CIA were shocked and Robertson was like wanted to say his last sentence,
“I will be going to die but my 4 other professional friends had caught the University Chairperson, all of you don’t notice that Sam was missing also. That was a mystery. He was together with the University Chairperson being ambushed in a secret place and that was the mystery you need to solve and that was another mystery.”Jim mumbled.

“FBI, search for Sam now. Our time was limited.”Gwen began to look panicked.

“That’s true. One’s I die, the time bomb begin to countdown.”Jim added.

“Start time bomb countdown from 600 Minutes.”Jim’s last sentence.

The quite crowd began to be panicked. All of them could hear the sound of the time bomb beating. Gwen tried to control her own emotion. Steve tried to ask the crowd to be quite and looked the wall clock above the University.

“Look the wall clock everyone. We need to stay calm to solve this mystery. Not only the bomb is the matter but that was everyone’s matter. My brother was ambushed, the most important person on the University was ambushed too.”Steve shouted to the crowd.

“If we are panic in solving problems especially mystery, our 600 minutes or 10 hours time can become only 1 hour. We need to stay together and all of you need to cooperate with FBI and CIA.”Steve added.

Before, the crowds were noisy and panicked and know they started to be silent. Every minute, the wall clock would produce a ding-ding sound. It means that the time was reduced by I minute.

“We have 599 minutes left. We had waste 1 minute and every minute is important for all of us in solving this mystery. So, I need cooperation from you with FBI and CIA. Do all of you agree with me?”Steve asked the crowd.

“Yes, yes.”The crowd shouted.

Gwen asked the FBI and CIA to search for Sam and the Chairperson of the University. Gwen asked Steve’s team to guard around the wall clock as someone could make the time faster. Steve had an idea. He used his motorbike and went home. He took his special phone called tech-phone and he started to call his brother. Even though his brother didn’t pick up his phone but through the signal that Steve received one information from the phone that his brother was inside the wall clock. He directly told FBI and CIA and also Gwen. Gwen asked the FBI to use the helicopter and brought Gwen and Steve together with the CIA to save Sam and the Chairperson. Finally they were in front of the wall clock. They were face to face with the clock. They didn’t know how to enter the clock. If they used bomb to enter to the clock, the large flakes of the wall clock will fell to the ground and may injured the people.

“Everyone, close your ears now!”Steve yelled.

Ding-dong, the wall clock chimes again. They were lucky that Steve warned them to close their ears. Or else they will become deaf instantly. They have 512 minutes left.

10, 20, 30, .100 minutes have passed. They were sitting there and thinking how to save them. One of the FBI members had an idea and suggested it to Gwen.

“There was a hole in the middle of the clock hand. It was very dangerous as the second hand always moving. It needed our agility so that we can enter the clock. If we are to slow in moving, our lived will be at stake. This is the only way that we can enter the clock.”The man suggested.
“I will be entering the hole and save my brother and the Chairperson. I can’t let my brother died in the hand of criminal.”Steve said bravely.

Steve started to stare at the hole and in a blink, he was already inside of the clock. The FBI and CIA were amazed that he could do that brilliant action. Steve needed 4 more CIA to help him. It seems that the CIA was afraid to cross the hole. Steve didn’t get mad. He just continues and find his brother. He was surprised that his brother was fainted with a time bomb surrounded his body. He couldn’t diffuse it. The time shows 400 more minutes to diffuse it. Steve tried to calm himself and looked how to diffuse it. He looked that they were numbers that surrounded the bomb. It was written” 23~08~15, 23~01~19, 18~05~19~16~15~14~19~09~02~13~05, 06~15~18, 20~08~05, 04~05~01 ~20~08, 15~06, 10~09~13?

“WHAT, what’s this!”Steve asked himself with confusion. He was thinking what he will do to that numbers. Should he answer and solve it? Or maybe this is a clue to diffuse the bomb.

Steve needed to write his answer on the time bomb of the Chairperson. He has 350 minutes left. Others were waiting outside and support him. All of them shouted “You can do it Steve.” The time keeps going and Gwen decided to help Steve. She tried to jump across the hole and she success. But her hair was cut a little bit. Then she looked at Sam and started to drop her tears and directly kissed Sam’s lips as Gwen really miss him. After Gwen kissed him, Sam started to open his eyes. He immediately says to Steve the answer. Steve said to Sam that they had only an hour left. Gwen said that the time turns so fast because when she tried to cross the hole, her hair was cut a little bit and that makes the time walk faster. Sam said to Steve that the answer was 10~09~13, 08~09~13~19~05~12~06.

“Quick Steve, we don’t have much time.”Sam told Steve.

Steve directly entered the number and the bomb was diffuse. He was lucky that the time left was 2 minutes.

“Brother, how can you know the exact answer?”Steve asked.

“Actually, I am not fainted, but I am just pretending, because the other perpetrator is discussing the answer. Actually, the four perpetrators hate Jim so much as they were always ordered by Jim and they are not given salary by him.”Sam replied.

“And I get the first kiss from Gwen.”Sam whispered.

Sam and the Chairperson were safe. But the Chairperson was unconscious. Sam and Steve propped the Chairperson. They need to face another problem. How can they get out of the clock? The clock suddenly stop beating and they went out the clock. All of the FBI and CIA clapped their hand and give appreciation for Gwen and Steve. The Chairperson was thankful that the FBI and CIA helped him and the mystery was solved.

After 1 month, Sam and Steve went back to their usual life. Sam was married with Gwen while Steve had a relationship with Gwen’s sister. They lived in a happy life without any trouble again.


READERS, DOU YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE CLUE?

23~08~15, 23~01~19, 18~05~19~16~15~14~19~09~02~13~05, 06~15~18, 20~08~05, 04~05~01 ~20~08, 15~06, 10~09~13?

Hint: Every number refers to a letter. Ex; A is 01, B is 02, and C is 03 and so on and so forth.

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