Soon, the Toyota Camry resumed its journey towards Naria town but this time with the company of strangers. Rayan was oblivious of the fact that a canine was also in his car, just in the car's boot.
Unknown to them, two vans arrived at the same location just a few minutes after they left. Suspicious-looking men got out of the vans in huge numbers with the aura of them barbarous enough to know the reason behind there presence there was murderous.
"We have only ten minutes to find Maiden Houdini dead or alive. The authorities are enroute to this location hence make haste but attentively"
Somewhere away from that place, Rayan's car was moving on the road in a moderate speed. Inside,
"It...it is my medical kit"
Rayan's voice would tremble whenever he replied a question from Rasha.
"What are you?" she asked only to throw Rayan all at seas. What does she mean by what are you?
"I..am i am a human" he answered
"What do you do for living fool!" Specter barked, irritated.
"Doctor, i am a doctor"
"Comes in handy"
Rasha said, staring at two rolls of gauze bandages she held, through the tiny gaps of the hair screening her face.
Rayan felt he could not even swallow his saliva as he meditated deeply about what Rasha just said whilst driving the car, sometimes absent-minded. He was oh-so concerned as to the safety of his blood and flesh. The fact that Specter was occupying the seat beside the driver's felt extremely uncomfortable, as if torturing his entire being with apprehension.
"Wear this"
Rasha who was at the backseat, handed Specter a plain black long-sleeve jalabiya, a beanie and sunnies, which she found inside one duffel bag that belonged to Rayan. Rayan who witnessed the face to face robbery could do naught but seethe and turn a blind eye.
Rasha herself was about to disguise her appearance but before then, she had to make sure that Rayan would not give the game away. The chances of risks were high and she'd been always a meticulous self-seeking person.
About 15 minutes later, the Toyota Camry was stopped at the police checkpoint where a handful of policemen were, with their vehicles parked aside. A lean policeman was the one who approached the Toyota Camry and knocked at the driver's window.
Rayan brought down the window and greeted the lean policeman with an innocent smile that Rasha thought was a fool's smile.
"From where to where? are they your family members?" the policeman questioned wandering his hawk-like eyes in the car's inside.
"Yes, we are siblings" answered Rayan. As much as he wanted to take back what he just said and inform the policemen that the people were bandit-like, coercing him, he could not do so because his life was currently hanging by a threat. To say that he was threatened was just the tip of the iceberg.
"Mmm" Nodded the lean policeman but his eyes were still examining the inside.
The policeman saw two people aside from the innocent-looking driver. One of them was the one sitting beside the driver's seat, wearing black jalabiya, sunnies and beanie. He appeared like a cool guy who seemed to be keen on fashion.
The second person at the backseat was the odd one or rather the pitiful one, whose body was bandaged out and out, from the head, neck, hands and all the body parts visible to the eye, only their nose, ears, mouth and eyes were left not bandaged . It was even impossible to figure out the gender of that person, they even covered their body below the neck with blanket.
The policeman felt honestly disturbed at the thought of what could have led the person's body be bandaged like that. His sympathy for suffering humans made him smile warmly at the people in the car. His smile spoke volumes thus said
"You can pass, safe journey. But as everyone has heard, Maiden Houdini is on the loose thus report to the nearby authorities if you come across Maiden Houdini by chance. She is as dangerous as devil and only by cooperating can we eliminate deep-dyed terrorist like her"
"We'll keep that in mind. Thank you" it was Specter who spoke, his voice somewhat sounded uninterested.