CHAPTER
9
The fight started again. And this
time, we were ready. With our minds interconnected, we were more powerful. Any
attacks from behind were easily handled. We eventually defeated them. But Nana
managed to escape. We killed the rest of them. Even though the thought of
feeling relieved after killing someone was absurd, it was true. At the moment,
grandpa was our priority as compared to finding Nana. We took him to a nearby
hospital. But they wouldn’t admit him until we paid the advance. Our credit
cards and wallets were already taken. We didn’t know what to do. We had to save
grandpa’s life. Going home would take at least an hour.
Arya promised to get the money. He
made a phone call from the hospital. Half an hour later a man came in with a
bag of cash. Of course, this shouldn’t have been difficult for him. A police
case was filed. We gave them the details. Obviously we couldn’t tell the police
the truth, but we managed a good kidnapping story. We were glad grandpa’s
treatment finally started. The doctors told us that there was a very little
chance of his survival, but we had some chance and we had to take it.
Yen told us he wanted to go for a
walk for some fresh air. Abhi accompanied him. Marsella and I stayed with
grandma to support her. Arya left the hospital without informing any one. Grandma
didn’t even cry. We made arrangements for her in another room. She needed to be
looked after too, she was hurt. After a while she fell asleep. Marsella and I started
talking about tracking Nana. We needed to know where his experiment room was.
Marsella realized that Abhi and Yen had not been back since a long time. She
decided to go check on them. The moment she got up to leave, Abhi and Yen
walked in. They asked the two of us to go down with them. We did as they said
and got in the car. We drove three lanes forth.We saw something we didn’t
expect at all. It was Nana, with a cruel smile.
Yen spoke, “Here, take them. The
old couple is as good as dead. You already have Arya. We want our cash by
tomorrow.” I was not sure this was happening for real. “What are you saying?
What’s wrong with you?” Marsella said in a heartbroken voice. “Nana is giving
us the amount of money you can’t even imagine. It will set our future. Even you
wouldn’t have denied this deal.” So this was Nana’s plan. He kept Abhi and Yen
alive as a backup plan. He knew they could convince us.
We both were taken to the basement
we were before. We were blindfolded again. By the time we woke up, we were tied
in the experiment room itself. So was Arya. We saw Abhi and Yen receiving a suitcase
from Nana.Nana was giving them the money. We couldn’t think straight. Just now
everything was alright and now my world was upside down. Abhi and Yen didn’t
even look at us. They simply left. I had started falling for Yen, I trusted him
with my life, and now he’d sold me. Abhi, my best friend, Marsella’s boyfriend,
he’d betrayed us too. Nana tortured the three of us, this time with electric
shocks. It didn’t affect Arya as much as us, but I had never seen him so
defenseless before. As the night advanced,Nana left. Once there was no one is
around, Arya smiled the most triumphant smile and said “The plan is working. The
moon is up. Let’s connect.”
