THE FINAL PIECE(CHAPTER
ONE-PART TWO)
A SUDDEN THUNDER WENT INSIDE MY SPINAL CHORD.IT WAS GOOD
THAT I WAS SITTING OTHERWISE THERE WAS A STRONG CHANCE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE
SENSELESS,DOWN AND OUT.BUT SOMEHOW THAT GREENISH EYE WAS ORDERING ME NOT TO
LOOSE MY SENSE.BUT BELIEVE ME,IT WAS SCARY,VERY SCARY.AND I WAS SCARED.BUT
SOMEHOY THAT MAN REALISEED MY FEAR.’HEY,DON’T NEED TO GET AFRAID.I AM HERE TO
TALK WITH YOU.NOT TO HARM YOU.I DON’T HARM ANYONE’.HIS VOICE WAS UNCANNY A BIT
GHOSTLY.BUT THERE WAS A BELIEVE IN THE VOICE.I LOOKED AROUN THE BUS.THE BUS WAS
NEITHER RUNNING NOR STOPPED.IT WAS LIKE
FLOATING LIKE A BOAT.AND EVERYONE INSIDE THE BUS,INCLUDING THE CONDUCTOR
WAS ASLEEP”’THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DISTURB US”,AGAIN THAT GHOSTLY VOICE.THE
FIRST WORD CAME OUT FROM BY MOUTH,”WHO’S DRIVING?” AS I HAD A STRONG FEELING
THAT THE DRIVER WAS ALSO NOT IN A CONDITION TO DRIVE.’A FRIEND OF MINE IS’HE
REPLIED.AND DON’T WORRY,I AM JUST HERE TO TALK.
‘TALK?ABOUT WHAT?’IWAS GETTING MY NERVES BACK.
’ABOUT A JOB’MAN REPLIED.
INSIDE A GHOSTLY BUS WHERE EVERYONE IS SLEEPING A GHOSTLY
MAN WITH GREENISH EYES WAS OFFERING ME A JOB.NOW IT WAS MORE CONFUSING THAN
SCARY.’WHAT THE..’I CONTROLLED MY MOUTH.’IS IT SOME KIND OF A JOKE,OR A GAME
SHOW?’ A WAS GETTING MY VOICE BACK TOO.
‘IT’S REAL,IT’S DAMN REAL’MAN REPLIED,’I AM ALSO A BIG FAN
OF STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN,LIKE YOU..MR SOMSUBHRA CHATTERJEE,GRADUATED FROM
BANKURA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.MASTERS FROM MIDNPORE AND GETTING NEGETIVE RESULTS IN
EVERY INTERVIEW TILL 2011,AM I RIGHT”
MY NERVES WERE DOWN AGAIN.SO I COULD JUS NODD MY HEAD UP AND
DOWN.
‘OH MR. SOME,YOU ARE SCARED AGAIN.C’MON LETS TALK ABOUT SOME
BUSINESS THEN.WE WANT YOU BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO BE WITH US.HAVE YOU EVER
THOUGHT WHY YOU FAIL IN INTERVIEWS?BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME BETTER THINGS IN STORE
FOR YOU,YOU ARE MEANT TO BE A PUZZLE SOLVER.”
“WHAT?PUZZLE SOLVER?”I ASKED.
“YOU WILL KNOW VERY SOON.BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.ARE YOU
INTERESTED?”
“I DON’T EVEN KNOW THE JOB DETAILS.HOW CAN I SAY THAT I AM
INTERESTED OR NOT?”
“BE PATIENT MR.,WE THE PUZZLE SOLVERS ARE THE MOST
MYSTERIOUS GROUP OR DETECTIVES. THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN FIOLMS OR READ IN
BOOKS.WE ARE A SPECIAL ORGANISATION,”
“WHAT ORGANISATION”I MURMURED.
“WELL YOU MAY SAY WE ARE GOVERNMENT,AND IN OTHER WAY WE ARE
NO ONE.BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING OFFICIAL LIKE PUZZLE SOLVERS’HE REPLIED.
“AND WHAT IF I SAY NO?”MY VOICE,A LITTLE LOUDER
“NOTHING,YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD SLEEP AND THEN WHEN U WAKE UP
AGAIN THERE WILL BE NOTHING SUCH THIS MEETING.AS LIKE ANY OTHER PASSANGER OF
THIS BUS.BUT BEFORE YOU SAY NO,I JUST HAVE ONE WORD TO SAY,YOU COULD HAVE GOT
ANY OF THE JOBS YOU FAILED.BUT YOU DIDN’T. WHY?BECAUSE YOUR DESTINY IS
SOMETHING ELSE.YOUR DESTINY IS TO BE ONE OF US.”MAN SAID.THEN HE GET UP FROM
HIS SEAT AND STARTED WALKING TO THE DOOR.
‘HEY’,I SHOUTED,’YOU DON’T NEED AN ANSWER?’
“I HAVE GOT MINE,AND YOUR APPOINMENT LETTER IN INSIDE THE
SECOND CHAIN IN YOUR BLUE BAG,AH,WELL ACTUALLY IT’S NOT A LETTER,BUT IT IS WHAT
YOU WILL NEAD”HE ANSWERED BACK.
“BUT,WHAT’S YOUR NAME?”
“SHADOWS DON’T NEED NAMES MY DEAR,BUT FOR YOU I AM THE
MAGICIAN”
THE BUS STOPPED AGAIN.MAGICIAN JUMPED OUTSIDE.AND WITH THE
FRACTION OF A SECOND A SWEET SMELL CAME
FROM OUTSIDE.I WAS AGAIN ASLEEP.[TO BE CONTINUED…….]
