“Look, I’ll follow him. You quickly purchase this and meet me at my bike” Vikram whispered and went off. Quickly, without Senthil noticing, Baihakki purchased his items, gave his address and number to send them to his house and made his way outside and hid behind Vikram’s bike. Senthil exited and made his way to the bustop. Soon after, exited and mat Baihakki behind his bike. “Wait till he gets on the bus. Then we can follow him” Baihakki said. Senthil boarded the bus. Vikram and Baihakki climbed onto the bike and went after the bus.
“I can’t get Baihakki”, Zahira moaned. “Ah, come on. We are meeting later. What’s the rush to talk to him now? Maybe he’s busy. We’ll just see them later” Deborah said. “Hey, we can just try asking a teacher right? A teacher we trust?” Nadera suggested again. “Sigh…I tell you so many times already…even if we do have a trusted one and tell him or her, what can he/she do? Teachers don’t have a gang behind them that could help us either…there’s no point…” Nisa replied.
“He’s getting down!” Baihakki alerted Vikram. “Okay okay, I see him…” Vikram replied and slowed down his bike behind a block and parked it there. “Where’s he going?” Vikram asked out loud. They looked around and… “MRT! He’s going to take the train!” Baihakki shouted in excitement. “There’s no one here…he has ropes in his hands. This is our only chance…”
Senthil collapsed onto the floor. Vikram covered his mouth. Baihakki covered his mouth. Firdaus took the tape from Senthil’s pocket and taped his mouth. “Wow…in all the action, I actually forgot you lived here” Vikram said to Firdaus, laughing. “Haha…lucky I was making my way to the shop that I spotted him. Then I saw you guys running out from behind the block. I immediately knew what you guys were planning to do…” Firdaus finished for him. ‘We were in the hardware store when we saw him buying ropes. So we planned to follow him in Vik’s bike” Baihakki explained to Firdaus. “Come on, I have my car keys. Put him in my car and wait there. My parents are leaving soon. I will buy what I need from the shop and wait for my parents to leave. Then we could bring him up to my house. You guys call the rest to meet at my house” Firdaus said to them and helped carry him into his car.
“He replied!” Zahira mouthed to Nadera, Nisa, and Deborah. They each took out their phones carefully without anyone noticing and looked at the sms they received. “Zahira? What’s the answer?” Ms. Quek asked her, knowing she wasn’t paying attention. “Urr… (quickly keeping her phone away, gave a quick glance to her classmate Ranjithaa) oh, 52…” she replied, smiling gratefully to her, and looked at the other 2’s similar confused faces at the sms they just received.
“Oh my god…oh my god…oh my god…” Nisa kept repeating…walking around the hall with fear. “Why are you so tensed?” Firdaus asked. “You do know that there is someone spying on us? You don’t think they saw you kidnapping him?” Nisa asked. “Positively no. Why would there be someone spying on the place Senthil is? Rather on you guys rite? Anyway, if they do know, we would have gotten a call by now…” Firdaus reassured. Plssmmphopenmmm” Senthil muffled. “Hey, just tear the tape off” Legolas asked Firdaus. Firdaus, ensuring that all doors and windows were closed and that his hands and legs were tied well, tore off the tape. “mmmooOOWWW!” Senthil shouted. Legolas immediately ran forward and placed a knife under his throat. “Woah…I screamed because it was painful! But seriously…I need to pee!” Senthil begged them. The rest all looked at Legolas. Unable to believe it, Legolas untied Senthil and placing the knife near him, followed him into the toilet. After a while, they both came out. They tied Senthil to the armchair. Legolas sat down on a chair, looking slightly sick. “I’m sorry, you just didn’t want to give me any privacy” Senthil apologized to Legolas. The rest burst out laughing. “Oi…it isn’t funny. I just couldn’t risk leaving him…” Legolas said to the rest.