Chapter THREE
§ The Darkness
Deepak slowly opened his eyes, his eyes got used to the pitch-black darkness around him. He felt he was sitting on some kind of a chair, not very stable, his hands were painfully twisted round to his back and tied with adhesive tape. The same substance covered his mouth. He felt a throbbing pain all over his body, but he couldn’t feel anything specific, except that he felt nauseous from time to time. He had no idea where he was, what time was it? He felt hungry, sometimes, he felt he was going to throw up but he had nothing in his stomach to throw up, he tried to push down the feeling. His nostrils burnt and slowly his head started throbbing. He kept thinking something was going to happen now, and slowly his senses started to dull.
He must have dozed off, when a bright light pierced his heavy eyelids. He fluttered his eyes open, only to close them tight as the light hurt his eyes. He tried to turn his head sideways to avoid the direct beam. He heard shuffling footsteps coming towards him. He opened his eyes adjusting to the glare. He made out a couple of figures.
“What is your name?” they asked.
“Deepak.”
“Don’t lie.”
“Why have you brought me here? How dare you? Do you think you will get away with this?”
“But we already have” said someone from the corner.
“Don’t act smart with us. We know who you are.”
The lights suddenly were switched off, then someone splashed a bucket off cold water on his face, Deepak nearly choked, shocked and cold, he tried to make out the faces of the assailants. But he could not figure out their features. A big, stout man came forward and he seemed to be like the leader. After a observing him, the man asked one of his assistants, answering to the name “Kana”, to frisk Deepak.
They found his cell in his pocket. There were several missed calls, and messages, they asked Deepak to read the messages. And tell them who they were from. Deepak saw that the messages were from Prakriti. He thought he could get away by lying, and since he didn’t feel that scared he tried to put up a brave front.
What happened next astonished him.
The big man, possibly the leader waved his hand, someone whom Deepak had not noticed emerges from behind his chair and snatches the cell phone from his hand. The leader threatens Deepak with a firearm that if he tries to act smart he will get two bullets in his head. Deepak tries to think but his mind seems like a blank, there is no thought. Before anything else can happen they leave. Deepak is dazed and confused. He was being kidnapped why was he not being asked any questions. Strange! Then it occurs to him, they must have taken the cell phone with him to make a call to his home for the ransom demand. That made sense, and he figured till the next confrontation he must think out what to say and what to find out.
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Deepak slowly opened his eyes, his eyes got used to the pitch-black darkness around him. He felt he was sitting on some kind of a chair, not very stable, his hands were painfully twisted round to his back and tied with adhesive tape. The same substance covered his mouth. He felt a throbbing pain all over his body, but he couldn’t feel anything specific, except that he felt nauseous from time to time. He had no idea where he was, what time was it? He felt hungry, sometimes, he felt he was going to throw up but he had nothing in his stomach to throw up, he tried to push down the feeling. His nostrils burnt and slowly his head started throbbing. He kept thinking something was going to happen now, and slowly his senses started to dull.
He must have dozed off, when a bright light pierced his heavy eyelids. He fluttered his eyes open, only to close them tight as the light hurt his eyes. He tried to turn his head sideways to avoid the direct beam. He heard shuffling footsteps coming towards him. He opened his eyes adjusting to the glare. He made out a couple of figures.
“What is your name?” they asked.
“Deepak.”
“Don’t lie.”
“Why have you brought me here? How dare you? Do you think you will get away with this?”
“But we already have” said someone from the corner.
“Don’t act smart with us. We know who you are.”
The lights suddenly were switched off, then someone splashed a bucket off cold water on his face, Deepak nearly choked, shocked and cold, he tried to make out the faces of the assailants. But he could not figure out their features. A big, stout man came forward and he seemed to be like the leader. After a observing him, the man asked one of his assistants, answering to the name “Kana”, to frisk Deepak.
They found his cell in his pocket. There were several missed calls, and messages, they asked Deepak to read the messages. And tell them who they were from. Deepak saw that the messages were from Prakriti. He thought he could get away by lying, and since he didn’t feel that scared he tried to put up a brave front.
What happened next astonished him.
The big man, possibly the leader waved his hand, someone whom Deepak had not noticed emerges from behind his chair and snatches the cell phone from his hand. The leader threatens Deepak with a firearm that if he tries to act smart he will get two bullets in his head. Deepak tries to think but his mind seems like a blank, there is no thought. Before anything else can happen they leave. Deepak is dazed and confused. He was being kidnapped why was he not being asked any questions. Strange! Then it occurs to him, they must have taken the cell phone with him to make a call to his home for the ransom demand. That made sense, and he figured till the next confrontation he must think out what to say and what to find out.
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