A Sew Through Time [Bandbudh And Budbak]

10: Chor Sipahi

Ghastly smoke continued chasing the thousands escaping the castle with gagging mouths, teary pupils and flaming nostrils. Some rolled over the dimensional dirt, some screeched out for their private vehicles. But it was impossible to get out without the gateway, and the gateway belonged to only one man. Several hundred scrambled out, wriggling over the carpet and stuffing cool mud into their mouths. Some pushed others to get out first, only to be met by the fate of chemical fumes that surrounded the outside.

With unbearable breath, Vijaywada looked around to find the leader of goons. One arrived, coughing

"Your car... is rah-ahdy, boss!"

"Wh-here's y-hour leader?"

"HERE BOSS!" the leader declared himself with onion peels in his hair.

"Sahib! Hadsa hogaya!" a guard limped in, his face bearing the horror of an illegal adhaar, "Th-Those terror-ists have, rea..ched, lower qua-ahdrant!"

"Close the castle gates!"

"The guests are inside!"

"Forget them! Do as I command!"

"Sahib!" another guard arrived, "The bunker!"

"The bunker?!" Vijaywada was filled with animosity, "What happened to the bunker?!"

"All destroyed sahib! The fumes are coming from there! Our men are choking!"

"How much is the damage?"

"T-twelve years worth of stock"

"That equals to twelve thousand lives saved"

Their glances shot at the young event manager standing across the linen carpet, tired but resolute Guests ran past inbetween.

"How dare you- AH!" The leader fell on a banana slip. Again.

"You're exposed" Gyan said, "The Plati will stop their experiments with all that scop gone"

Two guards defended the politician.

"Half your people gets vanished by dawn! Six UN sanctions come down for human trafficking. And the gateway, that time machine, is not yours anymore"

"GONE!"

Turning towards the gate, Vijaywada was startled seeint a tall boy attacking his defenders like a flying squirrel scavenging for nuts. They rolled over the ground till his elbows pinned down their throats.

The leader ran towards him before being caught back by a cartel man in tattered white suit, massive in strength and looks as he pushed him away.

"And you'll be gone too"

Vijaywada recognized Badri standing near the gate. A smirk crossed his lips,

"You think you destroyed the patent?"

"Just like how we destroyed your camping castle!" Budh erupted.

Vijaywada broke into a chortle.

Gyan sensed something was wrong.

"Such childish thought!" He cackled and hinted the leader of goons, "I knew something would occur if the patent signing was done tonight" he looked at Badri, "I replaced the patent with the scop one, and YOU were the one who damaged it!"

"The time machine's patent..." Karan's eyes widened as he watched from the balcony above, "Wasn't destroyed?"

"You left your fingerprints on the remains" he laughed, "And once you're caught, the law will tie the rope around his neck. Time will bend for me! Now... this is what you call... a happy ending don't you think?"