Setting: Mumbai city, Lokhandwala, Dhanyavad Stores
Day: Sunday (7th February 2021)
Ranveer (Thinking): Three girls! All of them have their clothes torn almost completely. There are also some bruises on their bodies.
The three girls: Mhmmmm!!! Mhmmm!!!
Ranveer (Thinking): Wait?! Why do I even care?! I should take what I came here for.
(Ranveer continues to put water bottles in his bag)
The three girls: Mhmmm!!!! Mhmm!!!
(Ranveer looks towards them)
Ranveer (Thinking): I guess I can untie them at least.
(Ranveer removes his knife and cuts off the rope that tied the three girls)
Ranveer: There we go.
(The girls get scared and move back while covering themselves)
The three girls (Scared): Don't get near us!! Get back!!!
(Ranveer looks towards them)
Ranveer (Thinking): I untied them, there is nothing more I need to do for them.
(Ranveer collects a sufficient amount of water)
(Ranveer starts to walk towards the exit of the store)
(The girls stand up on their feet)
Girl 1 (Thinking): What?! What just happened? Did he just walk away? I mean we did tell him to get away from us but I never expected him to just walk away without doing anything. Maybe he's different from the others we met so far.
Girl 1 (Scared): Wait! Hold on!
(Ranveer looks back with expressionless eyes)
Ranveer: What?!
(Girl 1 gets startled)
Girl 1 (Thinking): What?! What is this?! The moment he looked at me it felt as if his gaze was piercing through me.
Girl 2 (Whispers): What are you doing Sara?! If he is leaving let him don't you remember what happens last time.
Girl 3 (Whispers): Sana is right. We should not call out to this guy. I mean look at him, he has a lot of weapons. He can kill us!!
Sara (Whispers): I know but if we want to survive this is the best bet we have Samaira.
Sana and Samaira (Whispering): Maybe but still!!
(Ranveer gets a bit irritated)
Ranveer: If you don't want anything then I am taking my leave.
(Ranveer starts to walk towards the exit)
Sara (Scared): Wait! Please help us.
(Ranveer looks at them)
Ranveer: Yeah no!
Sana (Thinking): No?! Why did he say no?
Sana: What do you mean by no!!
(Ranveer looks at Sana)
Ranveer (With cold eyes): It means that I will not help you.
Samaira (Thinking): I was wary of him in the beginning but I did not expect him to say no.
Samaira (Politely): Please tell us why are you refusing??
Ranveer: Let me ask you. Why are you asking for my help?!
Sana: What do you mean?
Sara: I don't understand.
Samaira: Me neither.
(Ranveer sighs)
Ranveer: Look at yourself. From the way you look right now, it's not difficult for me to know what happened to you guys here, just by looking at you.
(The girls get taken aback)
Sara (Startled): That??!!
Ranveer: How are you sure that I am not like those other people you met.
Samaira (Whispering): He is right.
Sara (Scared): You will not do anything like that to us.
Ranveer: Oh??!! Enlighten me why wouldn't I try anything as those people did before?
Sara (Scared): Becau- because I will make a deal with you.
Sana: What are you even talking about??!!
Samaira: Exactly what kind of deal are you even planning to make with this dude.
(Ranveer laughs a bit)
Sana: Stop laughing you!!!
Ranveer (Sarcastically): Sorry, please tell me what deal do you propose? Of course, I don't expect much from it.
Sara (Scared): If you escort us to South Bombay safely then we promise that we will take you with us.
Sana: What are you even saying??!!
Samira: Exactly! We can't take him with us.
Ranveer: What do you mean?
Sara: There is a Dock in South Bombay. A Boat will be there for us. That boat can take us out of Mumbai.
Ranveer: Why do you think that I wanna get away from this city.
Sara: Of course you want to. I mean this city is the most populated in the country and that means this city has an enormous number of zombies in it. Are you telling me that you are willing to take the risk of staying here?!
Ranveer: Tell me then why wouldn't I use a car as opposed to a boat.
(Sana interferes)
Sana: Because you might encounter zombies on the road but in the sea, it is nearly impossible for those creatures to appear in our path.
Ranveer (Thinking): Well! I guess I underestimated them. They sure have a good idea of what I want. I never thought I would meet people like them here. Even so what if they backstab me after reaching South Bombay?
(Ranveer looks at them)
Ranveer (Thinking): No! This deal is too good to say no to. So the only thing I could do is to keep my guard up the entire time. I will also have to keep these girls alive as without them I will not know the exact location of the boat they speak of. Damn it! The way they are right now they would be a burden on me but even so, I need their help to get out of this city.
Samaira: Have you made a decision.
(Ranveer looks towards them and sighs!)
Ranveer: All right! I agree.
(The girls' smile)
(Ranveer throws his bag towards Samaira)
Ranveer: Catch this!
(Samira catches the bag)
Samaira: What are you doing?
(Ranveer removes his jacket and throws it towards Sara and Sana)
Sara and Sana: What are you doing?
Ranveer: I don't know if you realize this but this whole time you've all been practically naked so use whatever I gave you to cover yourself.
Samira: What are you?
Sana and Sara: What are you?
(All the girls realize and start feeling embarrassed)
(Samaira wears the bag in the front to cover herself and Sara and Sana share the jacket to cover themselves)
All the girls (Angry and embarrassed): Why didn't you remind us sooner.
Ranveer (Sarcastically): Sorry.
(Ranveer turns around)
Ranveer: Let's go now. You don't want to waste any more time, do you?
Sana (Angrily): You!
(Ranveer ignores and starts to walk towards the exit)
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(The girls step on the dead body of the people that Ranveer killed)
(The three girls look down at the floor)
Samaira (Scared): Aaaahh!! What is this??!!
Sana (Scared): Aren't these the people who tied us up??!!
Sara (Scared): Yes!! You are right!!
Sara (Thinking): How did this happen. Did that boy...no! It can't be but that is the only thing that makes sense.
Sara (Scared): Hey!
Ranveer: What is it?
Sara (Scared): Were you the one who did this?
Ranveer: What do you mean?
Sana (Sacred): Don't play dumb! Were you the one who killed these guys here?
(Ranveer looks towards Sana, Sara and Samaira)
Ranveer: Yeah! What of it?
(The girls in shock take a step back)
Sara (Thinking): What the hell!!! I did not expect this. I did not expect them to be killed. I thought this boy had just knocked them out but he killed them and does not even feel bad about it.
Sana (Thinking): This person might be the wrong choice. I mean he killed humans without any remorse.
Samaira (Thinking): Looking at these bodies make me feel nauseous. It's shocking to think that one person killed six armed people.
Ranveer: I guess I should apologize.
Sara: Huh?!
Sana: What are you talking about?
(Samaira looks towards Ranveer in horror)
Ranveer: I mean you were the ones that suffered because of them the most. They used you as playthings so I guess you should've been the ones to take their worthless lives.
(The girls get startled)
Sara (Thinking): He is right!! Why was I feeling scared when I saw their bodies, I should feel ecstatic that these beasts are dead.
Sana (Thinking): I am such an idiot. Why should I care if he killed these guys? They used us as their playthings. They deserved it!
Samaira (Thinking): He is right! The only thing I should feel right now is ecstatic since these guys are dead. I just hoped that I could've watched them suffer or kill them with my own hands.
(All the girls calm down)
Ranveer: Is something wrong?! We must leave.
(All the three girls towards Ranveer)
All the three girls: Alright!
(Ranveer starts to walk towards the exit)
(The girls start to walk towards the exit)
Ranveer (Thinking): They must be been scared after looking at the bodies. They adapted to it faster than I thought they would but they are still unaware of the worse and so am I. I can only hope that we adapt and survive the worst that will eventually come at us.
To be continued...