||THE OUTBREAK||

||Chapter 12: The Colonel's House||

KARTIK'S PoV

All of us stood in front of the goons with our hands raised up. They all were holding guns and had faces covered with masks. Thier leader walked forward and looked at us.

"Who's the leader?", he asked.

"We work as a team", I replied. He chuckled.

"Well,that makes you the leader. The leaders are the ones who speak first while the followers remain shut with thier lips sealed", the guy remarked and I sighed in disbelief.

"Walk forward", he ordered. I looked at him.

"Only you", he added and I walked forward with my hands raised up. I approached him and we were facing each other.

"Face your people", he said and I turned back to face my people.

He pointed the gun at my head. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I knew he would do something like this. I opened my eyes to see my group people knelt on the road and his people had their guns pointed at their heads.

"Now listen carefully you macho man....you try to do anything smart, a bullet charges right through one of theirs skulls. So act accordingly....I bet you don't wanna see any of them dead, right?", the guy asked from back and I closed my fists in anger.

"What the hell do you want?", I asked him with gritted teeth.

"The bus. We want the bus and your weapons. We won't leaved you unarmed of course. You can have the knives, daggers and machetes.", the guy replied. I rolled my eyes and sighed deeply. Everyone was shocked at his demand.

"We can't give you the bus. Its ours and talk about the weapons, they're ours", I replied.

"No more buddy", the guy said and I sighed in disbelief.

The guy whistled and two of his men pointed the guns at Naira and Kairav's heads, thier fingers on the trigger.

"If you don't surrender the bus and the weapons to us....you'll become a widower today and also childless. You probably would like this offer....I'm giving you the chance to live your youth again", the guy said and I looked at Naira and Kairav.

"No Kartik...", Naira said in a whisper and nodded her head side to side in negative. Kairav's face wasn't showing any emotion. He was just looking at me.

"Are you gonna surrender or not?", the guy asked me impatiently.

I continued looking at Naira and Kairav.

"Answer me or your kid's surely gonna die today!", the guy said as he tied my hands and feet.

"You can take the bus.......and the weapons", I muttered and Naira looked at me in disbelief.

The guy chuckled and patted my back. I looked at others with guilt in my eyes.

"That's a fucking right decision you made you.....whatever your name is! I'm proud of you", the guy said and got into the bus and sat on the driver's seat. His people collected our weapons from us so we couldn't fight back. They got into the bus quickly and drove away.

My group people stood up and walked towards me. Watson untied my hands and feet and I stood up, looking at Naira.

"I couldn't risk your lives", I told her referring to her and Kairav and she nodded sighing.

"I'm glad you're okay", Naira said caressing my face and I smiled at her. But Kairav didn't mind to talk to me. He was still upset with me, I guess.

"So what are we gonna do now? We got no bus, no weapons!", Thomas spoke and I looked at him.

"We just have daggers, knives and machetes that are dangerous to use", Tae said.