Agent Sam : The Miracles Of Mishaps !!

33. Dead !?

"What !!! He is Dead ?!? Nooooooo How .. Why .. What Happened !??" I asked with trembling voice .. I was deeply shook.. Jaspal was that kind of a guy who would speak only if extremely needed .. did things and favours for us before asking and never took credit for any of that !! Ritesh was applying bandages to his arm ..
He was sobbing ..
He said " It is all my fault !!!"
" Okay , Calm Down .. and tell what exactly happened "
" We were climbing towards the top when I saw 2 boys taking a few kids somewhere ..
I thought were strong enough to take them down .. I forced Jaspal and we followed them .. and they were entering in a bunch of thick trees .. behind the trees is this big evil Villa .. They were entering the villa, so I thought we can't get them once they've entered .. So we tried attacking them .. in a hurry .. we weren't prepared for the attack but we did it anyway .. I bruised a guy and also shot another guy's Arm ... We sent the kids down but maybe someone from inside the thick forest trees heard us and he along with a guy attacked .. first he threw a knife type thing at me and it made this cut on my arm ... I ran off .. But Jaspal jumped in the trees and then I didn't hear anything from inside .. nothing !! "
"Okay .. but that means we don't know for sure he is dead , right ?? "
"Actually... I came back there in a while .. and peeped inside... I saw them dragging Jaspal's body inside the doors of villa .. he was bleeding so much .. I'm Sure He is Dead "
And he started Crying .. a lot !! "
Before I could react .. Mo n Sana arrived from the woods .. Mo saw Ritesh crying and came running towards him .. while Sana came towards me .. asking what happened here .. where are the kids .. where are Jaspal and Karan ??
Then I told them elaborately What had Happened ..
Everyone was shocked .. tears rolling down theirs cheeks !!
We all paid our condelences.. but we still had task to do .. rescue my mom n the other kids .. but we had realised by now .. that we are not strong enough and we needed a bit more training and a concrete plan !!
We all knew what we had to do .. and we used our rings and poof into our magic rooms .. yay !! We decided to take a whole day of training (one hour in normal time)
I immediately started working out .. Loud Music , all that gym equipments. Heavy breathing .. so much to do and so little time !! A bit panic and a lot of tension.. All sorts of negative thoughts coming to my mind .. atlast it was my mom that was captured there .. the little voice in my head keeps on screaming and saying all sorts of nonsense things ...Nothing good just being pessimistic !! See I'm not a pessimistic , usually.. I don't see the negative perspective in everything .. actually I'm a relatively happy n positive guy but whenever comes up a situation in which one of my loved ones is stuck .. I can't help but I always think the worst of the worst outcome !!
I wanted to make that little voice in my head shut up because it was stopping me from concentrating on the workout and training !! I was doing the Plank and out of no where a drop fell on the mat below me .. no the roof wasn't leaking, my eyes were ..I couldn't hold it anymore the tears started rolling and raining .. My eyes and nose all red ... My nose was stuck and I had to breathe through my mouth... There was a fire burning my chest .. I partially thought this was my fault and the other half of me tmwasnt thinking it was angry I was about to run out of the room and attack the Evil Castle right now and save my mom !!
And in that moment I got a flashback .. to our days in the NASDAQ .. during a class ..
PROF MARY was telling a ancient story .. a Greek myth .. of a guy named Icarus who's father had made Wings for himself and Icarus to fly out of the prison .. the wings were feathers attached to each other by wax ( or some glue) .. but while flying in the sky Icarus gets too excited and attracted by how beautiful the sun looks and by the feeling of flying .. he felt like a god..
And in that weak moment he flew higher and higher more towards the sun to watch the sun from closer and he went too close to sun and his wax melted and the feathers started falling .. and he fell down in the sea and eventually died .. and I got a bit too connected to the story, maybe by the storytelling style of Prof Mary , and my eyes welled up .. and I got emotional !!
Prof Mary saw this .. came up to me , looked me in my eyes and I said
" You got emotional .. it's understandable but unnecessary .. I understand emotions are a way of expression of your reaction to the situation but emotions doesn't let you think rationally it stands as a wall between you and your thinking !!
This was Icarus' crime too .. he let the emotion of awe and curiousity , about the sun , drive him and make decisions for him .. and therefore he fell !!
Never let your emotions blind you .. let your mind be the driver of your life and not your emotions ."
I remembered this conversation .. and I remember discussing about this with Mo and priety after class .. we all thought this was a very bizarre and wrong ideology .. and it was all false .. no one can be that influenced by an emotion !!
But now ..
I was calm now and thanked Prof. Mary silently ..
And got back to the Workout !!
Eventually The workout time was done .. we all came outside the room .. only an hour had passed !!
We all were super confident now ..
But then Sana said
" Okay , so did anyone come up with a actual plan for the rescue ??"