RAM WOKE UP WITH THE WORST HEADACHE OF HIS LIFE.
It felt like he had drunk an entire month of alcohol in a single sitting at the same time, someone were pounding his temples again and again.
Ram massaged his temples and when it subsided, Ram still noticed the bitter taste of the pill that the twins had administered to him.
Ram glanced around to find he was all alone. He was outside of the Room upon which he just had the device implanted inside of him, now resting on the rows of chairs outside of the room.
Ram hated being alone now more than ever, so he called for Em.
Instead of appearing beside Ram, she brought him inside his mind, the endless white room, where he had first met her.
She was wearing a white button down shirt with blue coat and blue skirt that reached her knees, a blue hat upon her head. The dress was ironed perfectly and she looked like an air-hostess of a popular airlines. She was even more beautiful than the ones he had get to see in movies or in real life.
Ram thought for a moment and scoffed at himself. Of course, she was more beautiful than others. After all, she was having the body of Emily Roxane, Ram's favorite heroine.
If the truth were to be told, he had a huge crush on Emily Roxane, bigger than what he had on Sandhya. But since Emily Roxane was a celebrity and there was no way he would even get to meet her in real life, he shifted his attention towards Sandhya. And look how it turned out to be.
Ram sighed.
He was doomed to be single forever. He felt like that especially after he had seen Sandhya along with Chandra. He even wished to have a girlfriend of his own. When was he going to get a girlfriend of his own?
Ram shook his head.
There were more important matters he should be thinking about.
Like the data that the twins promised to pass it on to Em.
Ram was barely containing the excitement in his voice. After all, they promised that it was a miracle device with 100% success ratio. He wanted to see what it was by himself. "Did they pass the data related the device to you?" Ram asked.
Em frowned. "Why are you so excited? Are you that interested to find out how the device could blow you up, erasing your existence from this world?" she asked.
Ram stared at her in horror. "Why would I want that? I want to live for as long as possible, probably with a girlfriend of my own along with our family. I am not talking about the bombing device. I am talking about the data that the twins promised me to pass it on to you," he said.
Em shook her head. "What twins are you talking about? Ever since they threw you into the Lab, the only ones that entered it was an old man that I really, really hated. I didn't think they would actually send him to operate on you. But alas, it's already been done. Now we just have to hope that there wouldn't be any side effects," she said.
Ram shook his head. No. no, no. The twins promised him that they are going to implant another device of their own, one with 100% success, one that was helpful to him and wouldn't harm him. But here was Em, talking as if she hadn't seen them entering the room, operating on Ram.
Does that mean that he was fooled by the Twins? Who were they? What did they want?
Ram felt like he were really a fool. Not only did he got the bomb implanted inside him, but also another crazy device that god knows what it could do to him.
Ram really, really regretted his decision of staying as the Elder of Time when Sandhya had offered to him.
Ram didn't know who Nano and Rita were. They could be spies or con-artists, or even evil scientist or his/her assistants in disguise, looking for a guinea pig to test their devices than him.
And what better guinea pig than Ram, who was suspected by the Faction of Hope, who was ordered to be implanted a device inside of him that could blow him up when they could?
They somehow arrived inside the Lab, probably by obscuring themselves the same way the Elders of Faction of Hope did. Once inside, they use their master communication skills to manipulate him into taking that damn pill and insert their device inside of him.
What should he do now?
He couldn't inform to Sandhya, Chandra or even Em.
Em was already afraid of him. If she were to know what had happened, she was going to be even more distant. She was the only friend who stayed by close to him right now. And he would like to keep it that way for as long as possible.
Sandhya hated him and Chandra even more so. After all, he had kissed Sandhya who was Chandra's fiancée, that too repeatedly using his powers of Looping of Time.
In fact, the reason he was in the situation that he was now in was because of Sandhya and Chandra. If he were to inform them, they would convey it to Faction of Hope and they would immediately monitor him, treat him like their worst prisoner.
No, he couldn't inform them even if it meant that he could become their enemy.
That left him with the Elder of Light. But Ram didn't know what's her motives were. There might be a chance that she were behind sending the twins.
Even if that were not the case, Ram didn't want to disclose any more information that she could use it to her advantage.
For the time being, all Ram could do was keep the information to himself, observe her, the faction of Hope as well as the whole Institute if possible.
Nano and Rita had implanted a device of their on inside his body. That meant they wanted to test their device on him and sooner or later, they are going to meet with him, or at least communicate with him regarding the results.
Ram didn't know how long all of this will take, but he didn't had any other choice.
He decided to wait. For the time being, he was looking forward to his 'Date' with the Elder of Light.
He turned to Em. "I think I had a nightmare," Ram said.
Em nodded. "Poor master. Don't worry, I will try my best to transmit happy memories or dreams to you. If you want, I could even transmit sexy dreams of Emily Roxane to you. Do you want it?" she said.
Ram was almost tempted to accept her offer, he could feel himself getting excited just thinking about Emily Roxane and he didn't want that to complicate things further. He cleared his throat. "N-no. Stop messing with me. What are we still doing here?" Ram asked.
Em chuckled. "We are waiting for Elder of Light to come. Since Sandhya and Chandra hate you, they are waiting in another room. That left me with you. Also…" she trailed off.
Ram frowned. "What?" he asked.
Em gasped. When she gathered her thoughts, she said, "Ram, something's wrong with you. I am not able to access your thoughts."