Sunday, 8 March 2009

Chapter 4

So, RaviTeja turned about to find a means of escape. He could see the long oil burner used to light the lamps in the sanctum sanctorum. It was unmanned. He used this chance. He grabbed at it, and showed it at the people with the guns. It chased them away. Their gunshots misfired and it lead to a huge sea of people gushing against each other.

There was panic everywhere. People were running helther skelther. Ravi and Srinivasa rushed towards the outer area where Vamsi would go to catch his emergency helicopter. They rushed battling against the human ocean, to get to the helicopter area. They were rushing as Ravi dropped his photograph. He took a couple of minutes to just take it back, and in the mean while had lost Srinivasa. This suddenly instilled a new fear in him. He was unaware of the language, unaware of the man Vamsi, except for his name and a signature. All he had right now was the photograph of the doe-eyed beauty and Vamsi. 

He nevertheless, kept running towards the destination, that is the helicopter runway. He knew he could end up with something substantial if he reached there. That was what he was trying to do. End up with some kind of information about himself. He was out of the temple complex, and was running in the direction Srinivasa had shown to him. He kept looking around for Srinivasa, but he was not to be found anywhere in the vicinity. He took out his watch. It was 11 in the night, and would soon be a whole day of living without knowing his own identity. The very thought perplexed him and he felt uncomfortable about it. 

As he approached the helicopter, he saw a lady. Wait, it was THE lady!! The lady in the picture. Beside her was a man in whites. White dhoti and shirt.. Someone screamed, "Vamsi saab!" He turned around. Seeing him left Ravi shocked! He was gushed with a flow memories. A pinned picture of Vamsi flashed across his eyes. He could hear the words, "Please don't leave me" echoing in his ears. As the helicopter started to take off, he let off a cry. Kalpanaa.. They looked towards him, panicked for a few seconds, but were soon into the deep blue skies...

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