Chapter 3: Moment of Truth

"Alright Kaz, you'll buy us the ticket, cause we're sucks on speaking Indonesian. Can you do that?" I explain to Kaz, to start buy us the ticket.

"Of course, just watch me Lara." Kaz walk to the ticket counter full of confidence.

"Hai, saya mau 3 tiket masuk." Kaz requested to the ticket boy

"Baiklah, semuanya jadi Rp 15.000." Said the ticket boy to Kaz.

"Alright ticket's done, now listen to me. The people in here doesn't go easy on foreigners, so just do what I say, alright?"

So me and Jonah can only nodded hearing Kaz description. After hearing Kaz description, we're walking to the security checkpoints.

"Remember Lara, just do what I've been taught you." Said Kaz to me, followed by I'm nodding at her.

"Buka tasmu." The security guy looks rude, he say 'open your bag' in Indonesian in a very rude way. Boy, he's a rude. But I'm follow what Kaz just taught me, so I open my bag gently. And I'm surprised because the guy just took my mineral water, eventhough it's almost depleted, I'm still standing still waiting for my bag. At last he returned my bag too.

"Hei, kalian dari mana?" Oh no, what he just say? I tried to translate and he just ask us where are we from.

"Uh, kita dari National Geographic" Kaz fools those guys, so he just smile at us and let us go. Thank God, we're have Kaz in here.

"National Geographic? Kaz" Said Jonah to Kaz.

"Sorry, I know you're from the Endurance, but if I say that to him, maybe we can't get into the inner temple." Replied Kaz to Jonah.

So here we are, the Prambanan. Now Dad's research say the Durga Mahisasuramardini, is located on the west courtyard of the temple. And I found it too, at last.

"There she is Jonah, The Durga Mahisasuramardini."

"What's the connection for your research?"

"Well, do you know the story about this temple?"

"No, not at all. How about if you tell me this story?"

"Alright, here we go. This temple once built by the mighty warrior named Bandung Bondowoso. Bandung built this temple to fullfil his enigmatic woman named Roro Jonggrang. Jonggrang ordered Bandung to built the 1000 stupa in one night, so Bandung uses his mytical power by ordering the Djin, to built the 1000 stupa in one night. Actually Jonggrang doesn't want to get married with Bandung, in order to fail Bandung ambition, Jonggrang made the torch that act as a sunlight and a rooster sound that indicates the morning is coming, seeing the torch as the sunlight, all of the Djin flee back to the ground, and left 999 builded stupa, that means one more stupa to be built, and that means Bandung completely fail. But knowing that Jonggrang was the mastermind of Bandung big fail, Bandung raging his angry, by curse Jonggrang to become petrified into statue. And the legend says this statue is the statue of petrified Jonggrang." Explain Lara to Jonah.

"That's only a superstitious Lara, what makes you want to explore again? I though the Kitezh exploration was done." Ask Jonah to me.

"It's not a superstitious, because the 999 builded stupa was never found, and I want to find it. I think I already explain to you Jonah, it's my new chance to make my mark on this world. Anyway I'm not expecting you to join me in this journey Jonah."

"Look Lara, Jonah maybe done with you adventure. But I'm not. I fact I will follow you wherever you go in this Jorney Lara." Said Kaz to Lara.

"Sorry Lara, I'm done with this." Said Jonah to me, full of regretness.

"Don't be sorry Jonah. It's your call." I replied to Jonah.