“So it is true. Shafiq cleverly managed to type out the whole message clearly without them knowing…” Zahira reminded them. “What was the place name again?” Legolas asked. “Urm…Naboo, Tatooine Desert”, Zahira replied, checking the message in her phone. “Where the hell is that?” Legolas asked the rest of the gang. “There are no deserts in Singapore. And definitely no place called Naboo. So it definitely can’t be here…” Nisa said. “Well, then it must be abroad! My god! He expects us to go abroad with Deb to see him by this week? Abroad!” Zahira groaned. “How did he manage to escape abroad when the police are after him?” Vikram asked. “Oh ya…good question Vik. Hmm…I seriously don’t know…” Baihakki apologized. “Come on, there are many who have escaped to another country without getting caught. He could have got onto a ship from the island and escaped…there are many ways” Deborah replied. “Well, no point wasting time. Come over to my house. We can use my computer to find out where this desert is located” Legolas said.
HAHAHAHA!!
“No wonder! It was just 8 km away! All he had to do was, just like Deb said; get a ship…or even run back to Singapore and get a ferry from there before we had even reported to the police about this issue! That would allow him easy access and the police would not have known anything at that point! That means we can definitely reach there in a day!” Vikram cried out in relief. Everyone was relieved. “Our problem is, what do we do now? We can’t just leave. We must make up good excuses to both our parents and teachers. And since we are being spied on, (once again, they glanced around, looking out through the window) if we want to get help, we must approach someone we see often so as not to get them suspicious. They spy us from a far. They can only see where we are going and who we are talking to. But not what we are talking about!” Zahira shouted with glee. With this, everyone felt assured that there is something that can be done.
“Hey, it’s getting late. I think we should go home and have a good rest. So that tomorrow, we can think clearly. Girls, meet us same place, same time” Legolas suggested.
“Hey Vik, can you meet me at the hardware store? I know it’s early in the morning but I need to get some things for my bike. Then you can come over to my house to help me fix it” Baihakki asked Vikram over the phone. Vikram agreed and took his bike to meet Baihakki at the store. Baihakki got off from the bus, with cheers from the passengers in the bus. “Man…this is why I don’t travel in public transport. I attract too much attention” Baihakki groaned, as he and Vikram walked into the hardware store. “Haha…at least it shows that you are a good soccer player. But anyway, it’s been a long time since you played. Why is that?” Vikram asked. “Oh well, after the previous adventure, I called the coach to call me off for a while. But now he’s torturing me to join back. But with this problem…I am just trying to avoid him…” Baihakki replied, as they walked past the beautiful 16inch rims, making their way to the wheels. Vikram continued, “Well, be careful. Make sure you don’t upset him…hey, wheels? What’s wrong with your wheels?” Vikram asked. “Oh, skidded on a slippery road and the wheel plus the plate around it got seriously scratched…thank god nothing happened to me. Don’t tell the others, especially Zahira. They’ll get very upset.” Baihakki replied as he picked his wheel and they made their way to the decorative stickers.
“Ow! Why yoummm” Baihakki got muffled as Vikram placed his hand over his mouth. “Shhh! Look…” Vikram whispered. Both of them, layed on the ground, looked through the small gaps in between the shelves towards ‘camp items’ section. “Isn’t...isn’t that Senthil? Buying ropes? And…man I can’t see…woah…this sticker’s cool” Baihakki whispered and kept it in his hand “Ya…oi! What should we do?” Vikram asked.
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