" with the permission granted from the police and law enforcement agents, we have finally obtained information regarding the missing of two young women around the same age group. now we have heard a statement from a neighbour of the missing person, who might have witnessed the suspect involved." belle's face was scrunched up with a frown as she went to mina and grabbed the remote. then she raised the volume indicating to mina and robin to lower their voices from their argument.
the reporter started walking in front, pointing to an house in the opposite, "now this is the house of the ms. myers who has gone missing for almost 3 days now. the police's findings suggest that it maybe the work of a criminal who follows up patterns. hence the public is requested to watch out for strangers and young women are asked to not leave home without assistance or after the night falls. this is leila from news up to date. "
" see, what kinds of incidents happen in the outside world. but you two are so wild, not caring about your safety. be good and stay safe in home" belle chided her daughter and her friend. "aunty, how can you be so cruel to ask us to stay within four walls. it's like you are asking us to cut our own wings and hand it you. talking of wings, hey mina! let's watch maleficent 2. i want to see how jolie is looking. she must still be ravishing." robin continued blabbering on, mina could only shake her head more, looking at her friend seamlessly forgetting what she was talking about and jumping to some other topic.
mina looked at her mother "mom, do you think we will be deceived by men, like these girls who went missing. think mom. am clever and cunning and she is strong" pointing at robin she continued "and do you see us as girls who will blindly follow any man into the darkness to go missing? have some faith in us mom. i give my word that we will not trust anyone so easily or fall into their traps. we both complement each other's shortage. so am saying again, please don't worry about us."
the girls decided to have fun outside, waved to belle after finishing their breakfast and went out. they went to a shopping mall and spent part of their shopping allowance on buying new lipsticks and attires. after getting tired from a half day shopping, they had a simple lunch in the terrace restaurant in the mall.
if one were to describe mina physically, she is a beauty who doesn't stand out much. with dusky skin, waist long raven black hair and round black eyes, she isn't everyone's beauty. but the men who fell for her, praised her as aphrodite herself, yet she never paid attention. almost five and a half foot tall, with well endowed breasts and bottom, almost a copy of her mother, she looked like a flourishing forest to the men who wanted to conquer her.
on the other hand, robin was totally different from mina. she was taller than mina by atleast half a head, with her black hair fixed at a crop touching her shoulders, she was lanky even. she had slit like grey eyes, that stood out too much. only making her look pretty. she wasn't busty like mina but doesn't lack much in her own terms. these girls though totally different from each other in both physical and character wise became the best of friends when they were in mid school. from then, the girls had each other's back.
robin" hey mina, so what did aunty say? i thought me acting as a simpleton will not make her form a bad idea about me. so i have always kept my awesomeness undercover when am in your home,but today it seems different. she is scared of letting us two wander outside just because she thinks i am dumb and you are weak. only if she knows..." "if she knows what, that you are not as dumb as you made them believe or am not as weak as i show myself at home? please. don't you ever let them know it, alright? even though they are my parents, they won't be so accepting of these reality of us. they are still conventional. they will still advice us to stay inside the home than leaving it. what are we, vampires? even they get to hunt during nights. if we let our parents have their way, we will never see the daylight or breath the air of freedom. sigh, i understand their concern yet it is my life and my freedom. as long as we don't bring trouble to their doorsteps, they will let us be free. understand?"
"whoo, yeah, i do, that was a great speech by the way" robin clapped with admiration shining in her eyes. mina smirked at her friends antiques. all this while, standing in the side of a road covered with great green trees on either sides of the road. they started and raced their bike chasing the horizon. the late afternoon sun was warmly spreading its warmth and light through, still it couldn't pass through the lush growth of the trees. the girls were speeding towards the shooting club at the end of the road.
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the sun slowly and slowly sinked into the golden clouds until only a golden lining was visible around the clouds in the sky. some time later even that light dimmed and extinguished leaving a darkness that one can't comprehend whatever secrets it was hiding.
in a distant place, totally another part of the town, someone stirred and woke up from her blackout and frowned upon being met with the completely blind night. her copper locks were a mess and covered with dirt. her clothes were filthy and so crinkled with deep creases. with matching creases in her forehead, she squinted her eyes through the darkness. after trying for sometime her eyes hurt and she gave up, concluding that she is in some really confined space. anxious and panicked, again she tried and discerned a faint light out of somewhere shining in the night. she tried moving towards it and felt stuck. frowning even more, worried in heart she turned to look at the hindrance that is stopping her, only to gasp and get shocked. her eyes were showing horror as she looked at that, whatever it is. her scream filled the air but no one heard it in that so desolate a place.
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mina was aiming at the target. she already scored full points twice. robin stopped her own martial arts practice with her partner after hearing mina's success and came to mina to cheer her up. she was so encouraging that she didn't realise making loud noises in the midst of the silent shooting yard. everyone present was staring at her peculiarly as if thinking ' how can such a pretty girl be so noisy?' rolling her eyes at robin, mina laughed lightly and aimed at the bullseye. she was resonating with the wind, the gun in her hands and the bullets in the cartridge. she was confident that if she fired now, she could hit the bullseye of the target. she pressed her finger at the trigger, right when a sickening scream, like the person emitting it was dying, reached her ears and she stumbled. her bullet went off-target, totally in the air. she paled and dropped the gun.