Agile

Briefcase

- 2011 -

"What do you want, Hajiq?" Detective Hazim asked Inspector Hajiq who is sitting infront of him. His crutches are left leaning on the table.

"I want a Chicken McDeluxe. Regular."

"Alright!" replied Detective Hazim then walks towards the counter.

After a few minutes, Detective Hazim comes back with a tray filled with two sets of Chicken McDeluxe. This is their dinner. The tray is put on the table then he sits facing Inspector Hajiq who is staring to the window. Detective Hazim puts the straw into the cup and drinks his Pepsi. He then does the same to Inspector Hajiq's cup. He is still staring outside. Detective Hazim snaps his fingers infront of his friend.

Inspector Hajiq faced Detective Hazim. "Oh, it arrived. You ordered the same thing?"

"What are you staring at? Haha. Yeah, I ordered the same thing. What are you thinking about?" asked Detective Hazim. The wrapping of the burger is removed. The bun is removed and a packet of chili sauce is teared. He puts the cause on the chicken patty. The bun is put back.

"Heh. Nothing. What are you doing here? You came from afar."

"I just want to see my old friend. Is that wrong?" replied Detective Hazim.

His friend laughed. "Of course that's not wrong! I was just asking. So where do you stay?"

"There.." Detective Hazim points at Hotel De Palma across the road. Inspector Hajiq nodded. "So how's your leg?" asked Detective Hazim.

"So far so good."

"You don't want to use a prosthetic leg? A robotic one perhaps? There are stuff like that right? Why don't you get one so you can walk normally again."

"I don't know, Hazim. Rather than wasting money on those, I'd rather give the prize money from MAUT to my family, wife, children. If I want to make a new leg, my old leg needs to be cut off. That's a heck of a trouble. For now, I have no trouble walking using my crutches. I'll let this leg be my motivation to appreciate life."

Is not that Detective Hazim doesn't know how to take care of other people's feelings but he's used to his friend's attitude. If he asks to him about something sensitive, Inspector Hajiq doesn't really care. As long as the point of him asking those kind of questions is to not pick up a fight, he's okay with it.

"How about you?" asked Inspector Hajiq. His eyes are staring into  Detective Hazim's.

"Well for now, I'm waiting for the item. When it arrives, I'll test it first. It's something new. If it's okay, I'll go on. If not, I'll not use it." replied Detective Hazim. Their conversation stopped for a while. Both of them ar enjoying their meals.

"I still can't forget about last year." Inspector Hajiq continued their conversation.

"Who can?" replied Detective Hazim.

"We fought our way up. But it seems worthless. Yeah, we won but we seemed like losing more than what we got." Detective Hazim nodded. "You're the one left, Hazim. You're the only one that knows what's the condition there. How to tackle the situation there. You need to find the best fighters. For what we have lost, Hazim."