It was a sunny day, Hridoy, my cousin asked me to wait infront of the Calcutta (Kolkata) Museum. He had a gig in an event & after that we were going to hang out in the evening.
It was saturday eve...
There was still time, so I bought a ticket to the museum. I strolled lazily through the gallery section.
And then it happened!
A huge bang with an enormous light engulfed me and my surroundings.
I couldn't even react to what had just happened!
While I tried to breakfree, I opened my eyes and was still stuck in that godforsaken place...
I was totally dreaming about my past.
Revati came running to me, her hands were all black & blue. Her movements spoke of that sore shoulder made by the firearms butt stock.
Notifications of shared kill was there, I guess I was too deep in sleep. Couldn't hear these notifications.
I tried to stand up, Revati supported me like a crutch. Slowly everything came back to me. The bear, the wound & then going numb. My body was bandaged with Revati's saree, she tore up her attire to dress my wounds. Damn this women is doing so much for an unknown chump like me.
I was moved by that affectionate persona.
"I know, it's tough for you. But, there's no other way. Landlord's men has came to take revenge."
"And it's all my fault, please sir you get away from the back entrance of the hut. I will deal with them."
She tried to steal looks from me, I could clearly see some shiny pearls forming in those gentle and anxious eyes. She tried hard, but emotions are a kind strange typhoon to be subdued. We cannot win against it all the time.
"What is the situation outside?"
She looked at me with a blank face. And this is the most funny part, like a kid caught stealing pastry from kitchen.
"Should I repeat?"
I asked her once more.
"I killed one for sure, some slightly injured.. I.. I don't actually know, they are more in num.. number this time.."
She was again mumbling,
"I am all..all out of ammo, that's why I ran back to you sir, to war..warn you before they reach here."
"Ok."
I thought for a while after checking my minimap. There was only one grey cross mark on the map & that was Revati's kill shot.
Still, there was seven more guys moving towards the hut at a very slow and steady pace. I guess they got pretty shaken up by her suddden intervention.
"Wha..what are you thinking. Make a mo..move now. When there's still ti..time"
I took a deep breath and walked towards her. And gave her a tight and warm hug. And.I wouldn't lie, she felt so good. That soft body, that caressed touch, that skin to skin contact made me more mesmerised.
She wore a saree without a blouse, women's wore saree like this at those time. And I was bare chested due to my bandages. I could feel those mounds of flesh getting squeezed against my own body.
Then, two hands came from my back & locked me up in an embrace of tranquility. After, that the graphs of my joy spiked up a lot more. I was getting back the same treatment in return.
Hormones of joy echoed throughout this mortal body. It was a different time, but this feeling was a first time for me.
"Ahem... Ahem..."
I faked a cough to break free of this embrace, because it was not the time. There will be time for it too...
Revati couldn't look up at me in shame,
I hold on to her face gently, with both of my hands and while our eyes met, I told her,
"There are 7 more outside, I'll go and finish them and if there were 700, I would still fight them. I can't abandon you just like that, can I?"
I ended with a question, and like an obedient babe she nodded no in response.
The wounds were all healed up, while I took of my bandages, the dried up scabs fell down.
Revati's eyes & mouth opened like an "O".
"Magic..."
I winked at her,
Again, she got red in shame. I guess the time was too backdated, even for a wink.
The men were almost near the house, I swiftly moved out with Revati and threw a M24 & one Mk2 grenade towards those approaching men.
The m24 was caught like a baseball/cricket ball by one of the guards, just basic human reflex & the mk2 fell near their feat. It was going to be double the bang, double the fun for me.
Two devastating explosions, wrecked havoc.
One exploded at 4 & half feet, when the soldier who caught that stick kind of stuff in his hand wanted to explore it with his own eyes & the other soldiers flocked to check out, the new thing that they had caught hold of.
Yet, they hadn't noticed the second grenade which lied infront of their foot.
And a second blast happened within a second.
Sharpnels, gunpowder & smoke filled up the whole radius of the explosion.
A small blood shower was visible, while splinters, shrapnels penetrated their metal chest armors with ease.
Cries of angony was heard, throughout,
which clarified that some had survived the blast.
While the rest of the bodies were an open target mostly. Muscle mass spread on the ground, deformed hands & legs, completely blown off.
Blood poured out of those wounds like a hell spring. Cavities opened wide & thorough in some chest regions, one armor even got distorted to such extent that it crushed the owner's body.
It was a bloody horrible scene to look at. Any sane person would vomit at the first sight of such a scene. But, as I was a gamer and I have seen such situations in video games, movies. I was habituated to blood & gore, this was nothing new to me.
➖Ping➖
[Earned 980exp+251 soul points for killing lordship's guard]
[Earned 749exp+101 soul points for killing lordship's guard]
[Earned 394exp+490 soul points for killing lordship's guard]
[Earned...]
A lot of notifications came knocking after I had killed theses guards. There were 6 grey icons in the minimap.
Two were still alive, one had injured hand. He would live to see another day, but the other one was not lucky enough. His injuries were more serious, he wouldn't survive without modern medicines and a proper surgeon.
Both of them cowered in front of me, they layed down their arms and surrendered.
Basically, they were trembling in utter shock of what had happened & what was going to happen to them.
I stood firmly infront of them and spoke in a menacing tone,
"After what happened to Madan Mohan you guys are still coming after me, I told him to stay clear from me. This is the last time, I'm giving you guys a chance to mend your wrong doings."
"Take these bodies to your landlord & show him what I had done & tell him what I can do. Don't miss anything from here, tell him everything like you have seen & about what I told him. If you guys make this mistake again, then I'll go to your landlords place and raise hell. And you surely know my capabilities..."
The two guards nodded their heads obediently. They were more than happy to go back alive from all these troubles.
Amid all these problems, I missed out one thing. The grenade explosion had spread some sparkles of flame which caught hold of the thatched roof.
While, tackling these guards we missed this incident and the whole hut was ablaze and got burnt to nothing.
Tears rolled down her cheeks, as it was her house that was burned to the ground.
A house is not just a house, it's a place filled with memories of vivid emotions.
Of stuffs that even live on after our death. So it was not just a house that got burned down, it was Revatibala's memories that wen't to ashes that day!