S02E03: The Questions Unanswered!
The Resurrection
(The time is near)
(Mini web series)
Have you read the 2nd episode yet? Read it here, if not...!
Episode 15: The Questions unanswered!
Questions
are important in life – they define us. Imagine, how boring and baseless would
a life be without any questions to strive for the answers to? From questions about
the future, to some burning curiosities from the past and the present, all we
do is strive hard to get answers to these questions and call it living a life! All
in all, questions give our life a purpose, and without questions, would a life
be worth living? Well, that’s yet another question!
‘You’re
still not focusing enough Abhay!’ Ritika was furious.
‘How
can I, when I don’t even know what I’m supposed to do?’ Abhay asked,
frustrated.
‘You’re
supposed to block the attack, damn it!’
‘How???’
‘You
know that better Abhay! Now focus! Don’t let me in, in your mind, block
me!’Ritika ordered, as she again began, trying to hypnotise him with her eyes.
They
were at Ritika’s home after rescuing Abhay from Timothy’s cave. And now Ritika,
was testing Abhay for his psychic abilities.
‘So
hypnotizing people is one of your powers, or your only power?’ Abhay was curious.
‘Oh
focus on the task damn it!’ Ritika had never been any stricter with him.
‘You
haven’t been able to hypnotise me yet,’ Abhay said. ‘That means I am focusing!’
‘Yeah,
but that’s because of the impulse of your brain and not because of your control
over it! Try to control your brain, Abhay!’
‘How
am I supposed to do that?? You wouldn’t tell me anything about your abilities,
you wouldn’t tell me about mine. Hell, I don’t even know who I am for real!
I’ve a dozen bloody questions to ask you ever since the first call from the
stranger, 2 years ago!!’
Ritika
looked at him with pity. He had such a great past and legacy to stand up to,
and yet no recollection or understanding of how! She could sympathize with him,
but couldn’t help him! Bloody circumstances! She was about to say something,
when the doorbell rang on the floor below them, at the main door.
‘You
stay here,’ she said to Abhay, as she got up. ‘I’ll be back.’
As
she came down, the doorbell rang again. Ritika opened the door, to the horror
of her worst horrors, there stood one man that none of them ever wanted or
hoped to see ever again. The man who had made their lives a living hell as it
was, years ago; and who lived to make the hell seem like heaven. He was the
man, most loathed in the entire community, but sadly – and I mourn on behalf of
every single one of them – he wasn’t an enemy! He was one of their own, and to
hell with such a luck!
‘WHHHHAAATTT
THHHEE –’ Ritika yelled after a brief pause, as she looked at that despicable
face once again, and struggled for words. ‘WHAT??????????’
‘Nice
to see you too Battle-axe!’ Pandit Shastri said, with a smug.
‘You
stop calling me that!!’ Ritika yelled again. ‘And what the hell, on earth, are
you doing here, at my house????’
‘Easy
Battle-axe,’ Pandit Shastri hissed. ‘How strongly do I still feel like killing
you all – the same nonsensical blots on the face of the humanity!’
‘Enough
with your –’ Ritika was losing it when Simons’ yell cut her short!
‘HOLY….
MOTHER…. OF…. FUCKS!!!!!!’ he yelled. ‘WHAT… THE BLOODY HELL…. ARE…. YOU…..
DOING HERE…. SHASTRI???’
‘And
here comes the Douche!’ Pandit
Shastri snarled. ‘It’s Pandit Shasttri, asshole!’
‘You
stop calling –’ Simons would have killed him if it were not for Abhay, who came
down from his room, due the commotion.
‘Guys,
what the hell is going on?’ Abhay asked. ‘And who’s that?’
Simons
looked away from Abhay and suddenly looked uneasy.
‘Oh
ho my goodness!!’ Pandit Shastri blurted again. ‘If it’s not for the king of buffoons!’
Before
Abhay could react, Ritika yelled again. ‘Enough with your assholery already!
What are you doing here Shastri???’
‘It’s
Pandit –’ Pandit Shastri left the sentence incomplete, as he entered the house.
‘Never mind. You see Battle-axe, with all the escapades that you fools have
been pulling lately, the dark hour is here sooner than it
should have been, and with Prof Murthy’s
death, the high command has decided prepare the team for the worst!
So here I’m, taking charge!’
He
went ahead and sprawled at the Sofa in the hall, when Simons yelled again. ‘What
do you mean taking charge, bastard?’
‘You
see, I would mind my language if I were talking to my new leader, Douche!’ Pandit Shastri was savage. ‘But then making sense
isn’t your forte anyhow! So go get me a glass of water instead, NOW!!’
Simons
looked at him with bloodshot eyes, when Ritika signalled him to keep his calm
and go. Obedient enough, he went to the kitchen, as Abhay and Ritika stood
there.
‘So,
to answer Douche’s question,’ Pandit Shastri continued in his venomous tone,
‘Prof Murthy was working on a device for us and –’
‘And?’
Ritika asked.
‘Never
mind Battle-axe,’ he hissed again, as he fished a scroll from under his
overcoat and handed it to Ritika. ‘Here is the official statement by the lord that, I, from this moment itself have
been appointed the leader/guardian for you fools. We’ve dark roads ahead and we
begin training from tomorrow. Make Douche understand this too. I’ll have to see
you idiots again tomorrow, poor me!’
‘But
–’
‘Never
question your leader Battle-axe, never, ever!’ And he left the house, banging the
door loudly behind him.
‘Where
is he?’ Simons asked as he came outside the kitchen with water.
‘He
left, giving me this,’ Ritika said, as she handed the scroll to Simons who
began reading it.
‘“Unforeseen developments”???’ Simons
said, as he read the scroll. ‘What do they mean by that? And how could they
appoint the bloody nutcase as our guardian??’
‘All
I know is that we begin training from tomorrow,’ Ritika said. ‘And that he is our appointed guardian!’
‘The
hell he is!’ Simons yelled again! ‘How can they do this???’
‘I
don’t know Simons,’ Ritika said, calmly. ‘All I know, is that we never question
his highness! So if it is to be Shastri, then so be it!’
Simons
clearly was avoiding Abhay, who was not getting the hang of anything anyhow, so
he left. ‘I’ll better be in my room then,’ he said, before leaving.
‘Bloody
hell!’ Simons smacked the scroll on the ground in frustration as he was about
to leave too, when Ritika stopped him.
‘Simons,’
she said. ‘We had another letter from your sister today. I guess you should
call her here.’
Simons
suddenly stopped as if somebody had touched the very point that hurt the most.
He turned, as he said, ‘You listen to me very carefully Ritika, with all your
ears and conscience alert! I had 2 sisters for my only family and one of them –
Krystal – was killed mercilessly because I involved her with us, in this mess, 8
years ago! Now I have one younger sister left and there is no way in bloody
hell that I’m involving her too! Keep her out of this, and let her live for
god’s bloody sake!!!!’
Before
Ritika could say anything, he sauntered out of the room, down to his own
bunker.
Like I said,
Questions are important in life – they define us. And some even haunt us.
Sometimes we hold the key to someone else’s questions but are helpless and
sometimes we seek the key to our own, helplessly. But most of the times, the
answers are staring at us, right in the face – we are just too close to them, to
see them.
Ritika waited there with all the questions
about the future eating her. What unforeseen circumstances had been created?
Why was Shastri back to torture them? With many other questions eating her up,
she went back to Abhay’s room.
‘You
alright Abhay?’ she asked.
‘I
wouldn’t even ask about the strange guy downstairs Ritika,’ Abhay said. ‘But, what’s
with Simons? He seems to be ignoring me ever since we met again!’
‘Simons my dear,’ Ritika said, ‘is an
emotional fellow and a terrible one at that. Your sudden death 2 years ago,
took a toll on each of us, but it hit him the hardest, deepening the wounds of
his sister – Krystal’s death in that fateful
war, years ago! He wasn’t yet over the tragedy, when suddenly, you showed up,
back from the death! How do you think anybody would react to that?’
‘You
didn’t react in a strange way,’ he looked at her. ‘You seem fine!’
‘Well,
I had Akshat to help me through your death and I couldn’t be happier to see you
alive now!! And above else, you call me your angel for a reason, right?’
Both
of them chuckled at that. Abhay was silent again for a few moments until he
spoke eventually. ‘Ritika,’ he said. ‘Of the few things that I remember from my
time in Timothy’s hell, one is especially troubling me a lot!’
‘Umm….
OK,’ Ritika pretended to be relaxed. ‘What is it?’
‘Timothy
reminded me of how I was responsible for Krystal’s death. Does Simons know that I am the one at fault for his sister’s
death?’
Ritika
froze. Of all hellish things she had expected, this had never crossed her mind.
‘How could you know that you were even
involved Abhay? That’s the same Timothy who led you to believe that you killed Sanjana when
you had nothing to do with it. You can’t trust that snake Abhay and so how
could you be so sure that you were
responsible?’
‘You’re
right,’ Abhay said. ‘I can’t trust him, but I trust you! Was I responsible Ritika? Does Simons know?’
‘Things
here are not as black and white as you want them to be Abhay,’ Ritika tried to
dodge the questions. ‘And Simons doesn’t know a thing and doesn’t need to know
anything for that matter! You better understand that!’
‘You
still didn’t answer my question Ritika!’ Abhay was restless. ‘Why doesn’t
anyone tell me anything? Why wouldn’t anyone tell me about my past?’
‘Let
me tell you this Abhay,’ Ritika looked him in the eyes, earnestly. ‘The answers
that you seek about your past, are dark, deep and twisted. Nobody wants to
enlighten you with them and end your suffering more than I do, my little
brother, but they can destroy you if encountered at once. So right now, all I
can give you is the hope that you’ll find answers when the time is right. Until
then, just prepare for the worst. We’ve dark days ahead.’
She
kissed him on his forehead and left the room. While Abhay waited for the right
time to come and the dark days to conclude!
A lot many unanswered questions in this episode...it kind of disappointed me....but then ,this might lead next episodes better? wont they? Hoping to get next episode full of clarity. Awaiting the next... :)
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