I couldn't believe we had done it. My best friend and I had actually fooled the guards and hid inside the theme park after it closed.
Its late night and dark inside here except flashes of lights from guards. One hour more for my birthday and that's the reason my beloved friend had this idea and this is the least fine thought he has given for my birthday. He will be the person who gets high profit in enjoyment and trouble than me for my previous birthdays. I just want him to forget my birthday so he will not use his mortal Combat ideas to surprise me but this time for my birthday, graph looks good so far. "What's next?" I asked. "Well it's what you want man. What does people usually have for birthdays?" He asked with grin. "Don't play treasure hunt now, if you start delaying these surprises then we will get caught". "OK man, Fine, Its just birthday cake on the Pirate ship ride". "Then Let's go quick" I said.
He placed Cake on the bench of the Pirate ship and Put candle on the cake and lighted it. I bend down to blow the candle, he obstructs. "What now?" I asked. His eyes motioned towards left. In the reflection of our candle light. We saw a mighty shadow of a person clobbering another person and stripping off the clothes of the person who is down. It's definitely a woman who is down. We both froze, just watching the shadow standstill. Then the man carries the woman and left in shadows. Leaving the cake as it is, we moved towards opposite side of what we saw. After few minutes of silence my friend asked "Is that a woman?". "Who knows? No more plans we are going out" I said. "But If I know later that you planned this thing then you are gone". "Hey, how can I?" while he answering I heard sound of Sky roller coaster at the back of him. "Get down!" I said and pulled him down. The sky roller coaster just crossed in place of our heads. Ahhhhhh! we both shouted and it would have alarmed the guards. we moved from there and stopped near Sliding Water Rides. This was on a slope, so from here we can view the different ways to exit. Thuddd!, someone bonked me from my behind and it dropped me sliding upside down super-fast in water ride dashing me out leaving bruises on my elbows and knees. My Friend came around. "Why did you push me?" I shouted. "Whaat? I was not even near you" he replied. While we were talking swiveling torch lights came, maybe guards. We crouched and hide near small children rides until guard goes away. Then we ran to see our way out, but one guard was already there in exit. we got stuck, if I didn't reach home before 1, then searching alarm starts from my parents. "We should escape from here" I said. "No, we have to find a place to stay safe here" he said. "what are you telling? we have to go outside of this park now".
Ahhhh! it's a woman screaming voice that broke our conversation. Again, it heard as Noooooo! and stopped intermediately like someone shut her face or may be obstructing her. I know it's the same woman whose shadow we saw. "We have to help her" he said. "Wait a minute". I saw few iron rods nearby. "Let's take" I said. I felt very cold. Colder as I am going near to that screaming place. each step becomes heavier and My hands tightly gripped on iron rod I am having. My friend kept one for him.
As we get closer Girl screams higher. I never heard such a sound in my life. we can see the legs of the girl kicking and head of the hunter behind a curb. I jumped out with a shout and directed to hit him on head. But since my friend hit him on legs he fell down and I got to struck him on the neck. Hold on, Women we saw was fainted and we heard a different scream now. The hunter turns his back carrying a small baby in his hand crying and kneels down before us. "Please don't make any noise. Please!" said the hunter. We don't know what to react in this situation. Baby started crying and Guards coming towards us. "Please help us if we get caught then it will be problem for us" Hunter said. "Go run some other way", I shackled my friend who was in shock. He starts running to misdirect the guards. "Thanks", the hunter said. "This is my Wife, after she got pregnant every night we come here and stay here until morning. Today She can't control the pain and I am afraid that will alert the guards". "So, you used us as a diversion for the guards right" I asked. "No no I just switched on the roller coaster so that they couldn't hear her cry. After guards chasing, I gathered some clothes for the baby to keep her warm. Every time I approached you either you were surrounded by guards or ran away from me. I couldn't carry her from place to place. Sorry to hurt you". "Don't worry I think that's our destiny today to get caught anyhow" I said to hunter. He said "thanks for the help and Happy Birthday". I replied to small baby, "Happy birthday and hope we will celebrate birthdays together". I left from there a its time to return. Meanwhile my friend gets caught to guards, so I have to join with him soon. "He is my friend and this is his last wish before he dies", he was explaining some story to Guards when I reached to them. Oh Yeah, I am in a middle of his another story.
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Mystery / ThrillerIts a thriller short story written for Urbanfied Contest