Four boys stumble across a mystery in the sinister Gunpowder House near the River Ganges at Park Colony, Ishapore. The mystery deepens in the first week of April. Strange incidents follow, and it's up to the four to unravel what happens finally, and...
It's the morning of 5th April. We'll have to be very careful not to get caught by those men. There's a possibility that they could bring arms, but will they? That will invite big trouble to them as The Park is a defence colony. Still all four of us plan to bring sticks, bats whatever- just in case we need them. We also keep a torch, which could be handy in case we are unable to use our phones.
Who knows what danger lied ahead for the four of us, and what mystery would be unfolded tonight at the Gunpowder House. Yet we were determined to see the end of it and know what those men were after.
Time crawls past like a tired snail for the rest of the morning. Evening finally arrives, and the sun starts sinking.... The sky is getting darker...Our anxiety increases as well. I do a conference call with Anuraag and Siddharth, and tell them to keep their cycles near our school, so that they are not seen. We would meet there at 8:00 P.M.
At around 8:00 P.M., I and Srijan arrive near the school. I look at my watch worriedly. Anuraag and Siddharth hadn't arrived by then. But no, there they were- racing down at top speed!!
We hide our cycles near the open ground outside the school and walk briskly towards the Gunpowder House. By any means, we have to reach before those men, so that we can hide appropriately. The Park Guest House is only a 2 minutes' walk from the school, and on reaching there, we have a quick glance at the annex of the Gunpowder House.
Not a soul in sight. The place is dark, sinister and super-quiet as usual. I tell Anuraag to go to the Riverside Park first and wait for the men to arrive. Then he would text us about which of the two routes they were coming from and he would take the other route to the Gunpowder House and join us.
We wish him luck and part ways. After reaching the premises of the Gunpowder House, we scan the area and it seems nobody was there before us. I close the backyard gate behind me carefully.
I hide besides the Phansi Ghar, while Siddharth positions himself near the conical warehouse used for storing gunpowder. Srijan lies in the open lawn just behind the Gunpowder House, and gets into a pile of leaves near him. I tell him not to stay in the open but he insists, assuring me the leaves work as a ghillie suit. I check my inbox, if there's any message from Anuraag, making sure that the screen's brightness is low enough. I only hope Anuraag is safe there.
Fifteen minutes pass... Fifteen awfully long minutes... mosquitoes keep irritating us and we start doubting if those men would ever come back. Suddenly a beep sound. I open my cellphone and read the message from Anuraag.
"Two boats approaching the Riverside... "
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
And within a couple of minutes, another series of messages from Anuraag.
"Boats arrived..."
"Five men taking left turn towards GPH..."
"Be careful... I am on my way."
"Hurry up, man."- I reply.
I whistle and signal Srijan and Siddharth to be ready.
