"Hey, hellooo!!!"
"Hey, can you hear me?! Are you fine?!"
The woman in all black, lying on the empty highway, squinted her eyes open slowly, while groaning in excruciating pain, and excessive blood loss!
Her clothes were ripped off in so many places, while body was full of big & small wounds!
Seems like a big vehicle run over her!
Opening her half lided eyes painstakingly, she tried to look at her surroundings, but her vision was too blurry to figure out anything!
She just felt like something was burning not so far away from her, while someone was standing in front of her, and saying something to her!
The woman blinked her eyes for a few times, to finally realise the person standing in front of her, was a man in white, but couldn't manage to hear what he was trying to say!
She tried to read his lips, to understand what he was trying to say, but failed in the attempt also, as soon everything black out in front of her slowly!
She just fell unconscious!
...
A few months ago,
Let's start from beginning,
Southern part of India, where situated the largest forest of red sandalwood, the most expensive wood in the world probably.
The wood which is banned by the government, because of it's exclusivity, and uncontrolled smuggling!
However, that's something written in book, but in reality, there are smugglers who still smuggles this highly expensive wood, and exports across the globe.
Chandangarh forest, famous for it's lal chandan (Red Sandalwood), is the largest sandalwood forest in the country, where even in broad daylight human beings shivers to step in!
Hundreds of trees get harvested each year for millions, and are exported all around the world from under the government's nose, but nobody can do anything at all!
The person who dares to step feet in the forest, never leaves it alive!
These large & vast forest belongs to the government officially, but unofficially it belongs to the person, whom even the Prime minister respects & is scared off!
The person who's name is more than enough to fill extreme terror in anyone's heart, and make them shake off!
The person who have the power to snatch the ground from under anybody's feet!
Anyways, coming back to where we were! Today the dense, deep & calm forest is looking extremely busy, as it's the last day of the year, and also the last date of the consignment of the current year!
Sounds of woodcutters could be heard from everywhere, with the continuous instructions from the team of gaurds on duty.
Trucks were standing in rows, and getting loaded by the hundreds of workers with the big & small sandalwood pieces!
In one hour, these rows of twenty trucks will leave the forest, and start their journey to the second destination, which was the port.
From there the raw materials will be sent all across the globe to the customers through ships.
"Common! Common!"
"Do it fast, it's time to leave, be quick!"
A short, but burly man in casuals, announced loudly, for the workers to speed up, and finish loading the trucks!
All the drivers finished their lunch, and climbed onto the driver's seat after receiving instructions from another group, and being ready for the journey!
The group of armed men checked everything for one last time, before one of them reported to the man sitting onto the bonnet of the black Jeep with his eyes closed, "Boss!"
The man opened his eyes, and glanced over at his subordinate, "Everything ready?"
"Yeah, all the trucks are ready to leave!" The shorty replied with a nod.
The man didn't said anything, and turned his eyes towards the rows of loaded trucks to scan everything through his hawk like gazes, "They knows everything, right?"
The shorty immediately nod his head understanding the meaning behind, "Yeah, all the instructions are given!"
"Fine then!" The man nod his head in agreement, "Start the journey, our people will be waiting for you all at the dock."
He gave permission, and instantly someone hoisted a black flag to give the 'go' signal!
Another one minute, and the forest filled with the roaring sound of the truck engines, one after another the vehicles left the forest, starting the journey to the city!
"It's done!" The man, or the leader of the gang, said in his phone to someone, before disconnecting the call, and leaving the forest with his team following the trucks!