Deadly Games

|10| : The side effect of Trust

Tiara and her team carefully approached the godown packed with explosives in large tin cans. She signalled them to proceed, her team members; Khushi, Jake, Afreen reached the spot. A red Toyota which seemed of old model, was parked there.

Afreen scanned the area, she gave a heads up to the entire team. Tiara went there and unlocked the car, with the little wire bits. There was a treasure chest placed on the driver seat, Tiara was thrilled to be honest, she picked it up and opened the wooden box, there was a note inside which said, HIT UR HAT TRIHK

Tiara was baffled, before she could analyse what was written, a gun shot was heard and the place was filled with smoke, her team members started coughing, slipped into unconsciousness and fell on the ground. She felt dizzy, the smoke blurred her eyesight and she collapsed on the ground.

48 hours earlier..

The board meeting concluded, Ryan signed off the remaining documents before exiting the conference room.
His phone buzzed with notification, he took it out from coat pocket and pressed the button, two words appeared on the black screen in white Calibri font, which said - SHE IS NEXT.

He clutched the phone tightly and went straight to his office, looked for threats in his mailbox. A recent e mail hit the outbox, he tapped on it, there was an attachment of an image, he clicked it. The image loaded on the screen, it was Tiara's photograph with a cartoon gun pointed at her dead, written with red spray on it - IF YOU DON'T STOP YOUR MAD CHARADE, HER BLOOD WOULD BE ON YOUR HANDS

"So childish and immature trick, Deshmukh" He scoffed, as he planned his next step.

The amusement arcade was brightly lit and bustling with children and couples. The game machines were crowded by teenagers, there were several food, toys, accessories stall lined up at the entrance of the arcade.

Tiara made her way to a game stall, balloons were arranged spirally, the stall owner handed over the balloon gun to her.

She positioned the gun with her arm and aimed at the centre of the spiral of balloons. She ejected the trigger and it went directly hitting the red balloon at the centre. She shot other nine balloons, and won the prize.

Ryan keenly observed her shooting skills, he picked up the gun ambly and faked his inability to use a gun.

"C'mon, I'll teach you" She smiled and looped her arm around his, holding the gun with him. She brought the gun aiming at the target, while he was distracted by her efficiency. Her fingers brushed his and they pressed the trigger.

They played at the game machines, everytime Tiara was winning all of it.
She snaked her arm around his and took him to cotton candy stall and bought two cotton candies. They posed for a picture while eating it.

Tiara insisted on going at a rollercoaster ride, she dragged Ryan to it and they comfortably sat on their seats. The ride was about to begin, she took his palm onto hers and looked at him, "When I was a child and my parents were not fighting, we used to come here often. I forgot, how much I missed this place. This place is my special memory"

Ryan held her palm tightly and pressed a kiss on her forehead, "Let it be our special memory"

The roller coaster moved slowly and then gradually picked up the pace. Tiara cheered and screamed in elation, Ryan enjoyed the thrilling ride entirely.

They came out of the roller coaster laughing and giggling. Ryan promised her to take on three dates in one day, he took her to an empty and cleared pinball area, which was decorated with lightnings, disco lights. Slow romantic songs were playing on the speaker.

Her head rested on his chest, arms wrapped around his neck. He held her in his tight embrace, moving their bodies, she lifted her gaze, peered at him obsessively and kissed him, so did he, deeply and passionately, delving her tongue into his.

He carefully put her down on the floor as they tried to get out of their clothes till their naked bodies were on the floor. He planted soft kisses all over her neck, collarbone, belly and her soft spot, she moaned when his tongue hit the spot. She grabbed his hair and gasped, elicing arousal. He slipped the condom on his length and entered her, grinding against her hips.

Tiara entered the boardroom, her team members were discussing the details of investigation. She watched them intently as she opened her laptop, she cleared her throat, bringing their attention towards her.

"What do we have now?" She asked them

"Someone sent us a tip" Siddhanth came forward and left a pen drive on the table.

She expected someone was helping them from outside, she reserved her doubts with that ally. She inserted the pen drive in her laptop, there was one folder inside it. She clicked open the file in the folder, it was a map with red marked spot.

"It's a location" Tiara told her team members, the map was displayed on the smart screen.

Ranjana scrutinised the location, "It's the old godown near the closed factory of JSC Gray Corporation, also a murder site"

"What is he trying to say" Tiara said to herself, she checked the pattern of serial killings and the recent murder of the college girl.

Things wasn't making sense to her, the recent murder was deviating from the pattern. Why would the killer go for a college girl who has no connection to JSC Gray Corporation, and who else would know the killer and help them without revealing his true identity, she wondered and pasted another name to her murder board with question marks around it - ??so called ally??

She looked at her murder board and said, "Guys, I think, we may have the upper hand."

Her team members exchanged glances.

"Do you think our ally is really an ally?" Jake questioned

"Maybe, maybe not. We are going to use him, he is the only one who knows the killer. Let's take the bait." She asserted

Ryan's phone again buzzed with notification, white letters appeared on the black screen - Your girlfriend is under my captivity.

A video of 5 minutes played on his screen, Tiara was drugged, her mouth was covered by duct tape and hands tied with chains. The kidnapper was wearing a rigid mask, and the voice was high pitched and deep.

"830 Road, JSC Gray Corporation Private Estate, Mabel Buildings. Come alone, and don't call the police, you know better"

The screen went blank again. Ryan put his phone down and growled, he knew the address damn well, it was his home once, before everything went to hell.

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