Chapter 12

"You are sure this is the place?" Navy officer Mr. Guru asked. "Yes...and no. It is from here that you have to go on by yourselves....muahahaha...my men will be waiting for you! They are all dressed in grey like me, making it harder to be spotted. Have fun officer!" Vikram replied in a very convincing manner. "You have some nerve boy...i guess i shouldn't bring you guys along...have to leave you guys handcuffed here and guarded...hmmm..." Mr. Guru put on his thinking cap. Firdaus inched closer to Vikram. "You are brilliant! Your plan is working excellently. Now they would be able to arrest Ghazali, and rescue their captives and all our friends! They will know that we are not the actual culprits!" Firdaus whispered excitedly. "No, this is the worst plan" Vikram whispered back. Deb and Nad inched closer too. "Why?" Both whispered together. "Yes, what you say is correct. However, if they were to send the currupt policemen with them in the name of backup, they are sure to find Ghazali 1st and warn him!" Vikram whispered sadly. "Hey! I didn't allow you guys to talk! Shut your mouth and sit down!" Mr. Guru barked at the 4. They sat down, afraid of what's going to happen next. They looked up at Mr. Guru. "Hmph...anyway, i have decided. You 3 policemen! Since you have no weapons. I suggest you 3 guard these 4. Bala and Kuppu! You stay here and guard too!" Mr. Guru ordered. "BBut sir! We have weapons!" Bala and kuppu complained. "Yes, i know that. These 3 policemen are from a different division. I need people from our side to guard them too, to serve as witness if anything happens. That's why. Plus..i guess guarding requires weapons too. Don't worry. I'll treat you all to pizza later on okay?" Mr. Guru replied. "Yes sir!" They replied happily and took their stands next to the 4.

Relief spread over all 4's faces. Nadera looked up at the policemen. "Haha, not so tough are you now? Aww...i bet you thought he will send you guys to search for Gha..i mean, for our men huh?" Nadera said sarcastically. The 3 policemen gave a disgusted look and just looked away as the backup officers trailed behind Mr. Guru. "Your plan worked after all!" Deb said to Vik happily. "Vik? Can i ask something?" Nadera asked. "Yes dear?" "Well...we have all been obviously noticing. What's with you and Baihakki?" Nadera asked timidly, afraid of Vik's response. How could Vikram get angry at Nadera?! "Sigh, it all happened yesterday when i went to drop him off. We stopped by a mall to get something and up on the wall was a poster of me together with my latest movie. There were a group of girls around it and obviously, they spotted me and ran all over me..(Nadera eyes opened wide in shock) Don't worry! They were just excited to see me. Baihakki stepped forward to, to show himself. However the girls were not interested in him. Maybe they don't know soccer. To not make him feel bad, I introduced him to the girls. As i suspected, they have no idea about soccer at all and totally ignored him. You know Baihakki, he's always a goofy guy, used to attention. He was nudging me to move away so that we could enter the mall. One of the girls noticed it and yelled, "Hey! Can't you see we are talking here?! Think you are such a great player! We think u suck!" Vikram ended. The rest just stared at him. "And what did you do?!" Nadera asked angrily. "Wwell...i couldn't move away..they were all around...he just walked off to the bustop and got into the 1st bus...which is not even his bus home. With all the tension today, i actually forgot about it all. But i guess he didn't" Vikram replied. They all fell silent. "Hey Deb, you never told us how you found out it was a trap." Nadera asked. "Oh..hehehe...well, after tying up the men, we made our way to the boat and had to pass by Nisa's and Legolas's trail. You wouldn't believe it! Nisa was holding on to one of the men while the other men was advancing. To distract him...HAHAHAHA...she actually pulled up her shirt!" Deb said, laughing out loud. "OH MY GAWD!" Nadera and Vikram replied excitedly. "YA! That did the trick! He stood there like a stone, staring. Legolas took a rock and threw at him, knocking him to the ground. We say the guys coming with the tranquiliser but we couldn't warn him without letting them know we are here. We really had no choice but to leave." Firdaus said. "We understand. We didn't check up on the rest either. We thought it better to stay save so as to escape and get help" Vikram replied. HAHAHA...Nisa oh Nisa. So daring of her...my oh my...i wonder what's happening at the Hideout right now!

Footsteps echoed throughout the cave and out from the corner appeared Ghazali and 3 henchmen. "What's this? Only 3 pairs? Where is the other 2?! And...oh my gawd, is that Mrs. Mani?!" Ghazali exclaimed. Mrs. Mani continued to let out muffled sounds. "Thank god you guys tapped her mouth shut. I can't stand her! I heard that's what she used to distrat my men! How clever Mrs. Mani...but too bad! Here you are...tied up with big mouth number 2!" Ghazali commented, nodding towards Nury. Nury just stared back angrily. "Where are the others?!" Ghazali asked angrily. "WWE...tried...sir...but we just couldn't find them. But don't worry. I am sure they'll come back to rescue all their pals" one of the henchmen replied. "Hmph!" Ghazali fumed and just as he was about to step out, Jack limped into the cave. "Sir! Senthil's coming!" Jack said. "Ahh..how nice...my SUPPOSED true fren..hmph! Quickly, tape up all this useless people's mouth before they go about yelling the truth!" Ghazali commanded. Unable to fight back, the 5 had no choice but to give in. "Bring his sister" Ghazali told to Jack. Jack disappeared around another corner. Pretty soon, Senthil arrived. "You called Ghaz? Oh...my..." Senthil was dumbfounded as he saw the 6 tied up. "Any comments Senthil?" Ghazali asked. "Why...of..ofcoz! Brilliant Ghaz! But...it's not my fault! You told me to stay here and run errands! That's why i couldn't watch them!" Senthil said apologetically. "It's okay Senthil. It's just SO clever of them! They KNEW you were not watching them today! They somehow KNEW the way here. They were also having maps to this ENTIRE place! They had it all PLANNED out! They KNEW where my men will be! They KNEW grey would be the perfect colour to blend in! All this..they knew although they have NEVER stepped foot on this island! How INTERESTING...." Ghazali speaked sarcastically. Sweat ran down Senthil's forehead. "This cant' be...he knows.." Senthil thought in his head. Ghazali smiled. "Bring her in Jack!"

Together with jack was Senthil's sister, being dragged into the cave and to be stood at the center. Senthil looked at his sister in horror, then at Ghazali. "Senthil senthil...being my man...you should be very careful if you wanna BACKSTAB me! So many mistakes Senthil...i mean, why would my man need a map of this place? You think i don't know when 1 map goes missing? I know Senthil...i know EVERYTHING!" Ghazali said in triumph. Senthil dropped to his knees. "Please Senthil! None of my men have been taught to beg! Get up you fool. Don't show your cowardliness infront of your sis who is depending on you! Now Senthil...do you rememeber what i told you when your sister was brought here?" Ghazali asked menacingly. Senthil continued sobbing. "No? Well, maybe this will remind you" and with that, Ghazali took out a gun. "PLEASE GHAZ! NO! DON'T HURT HER!". Senthil's cries echoed around the whole cave, and for a moment, the entire cave shook in grief, seeing Sethil's pitiful position. Tears were even filling up in our gang's eyes. Poor Senthil! Suffering because of them! "Ahh..i see you remember! Senthil, a promise is a promise! And i...KEEP MY PROMISE!" A huge gunshot was heard. It echoed around the cave, multiplying to million gunshots.