Chapter 43: All’s well that ends well!

“Everything is a weapon in the Punjab desert.”

“What?”

Unconsciously, I repeat those words that haunt my nightmares.

The girl under the moonlight’s smirk turns into a confused stare.

My legs shaking, I fall on my knees.

“Everything is a weapon in the Punjab desert.” I repeat, mindlessly.

“What does that mean?”

Looking at her gorgeous face one last time was enough for me to lose all sense of reason, and fall in a deep coma.

…

“Everything is a weapon in the Punjab desert.”

My whole body tied up, my mouth gagged with a cloth, lying on my belly above the burning sand, a scorpion slowly approached to my face.

“Hottentotta Tamulus. This pretty boy is quite a badass, his venom inflicts many interesting symptoms, such as pain, vomiting, cyanosis, convulsions, breathlessness, myocarditis, and of course, death.”

Screaming muffled sounds for my life, I wiggled pointlessly.

“Ah no, no, you shouldn’t excite him. This boy is already angered. He’s not a fan of the desert, you see? He’s more used to tropical weathers, and if he doesn’t find a source of water really soon, he’ll die of dehydration.”

My brother’s voice was calm and collected as always, and he looked right into my eyes with his green ones.

His massive and curly blonde hair reflected the sun’s light under his military cap. He was wearing his usual Major uniform, a cigarette in mouth, and sunglasses hanging from his vest. His steel-reinforced boots were ornamented with a metal chain that tingled when his legs moved.

As much as I could, I begged for his help. Since I couldn’t speak, I tried to use desperate staring, sweating abundantly.

As a response, he expired a long breathe of cigarette smoke in the air, nonchalantly.

“So, what are you going to do?”

This exercise was part of my training, but there really was nothing I could think of to save myself.

Shaking from head to toe, the scorpion was just past my face, finding refuge from the sun in my shadow. But I was terrified, one wrong movement was enough, one decision from it could come at any moment, and I would be done for.

In my anxiety, I released my body fluids, that added a foul smell to the scene.

Grimacing, my brother took a new puff of cigarettes.

“Interesting idea, urine is 95% water, and this little guy is definitely thirsty, but he’s not going to be able to drink with all your clothes, and it’s going to dry in a minute, in fact, the smell might make him even angrier.” He added to my misery, coldly.

The scorpion indeed approached my body closer and then started to dig in the sand in order to find a cooler environment.

My brother, though, didn’t let it do as it pleased and threw some ashes from his cigarette on its body.

Shrieking, the scorpion hid himself under me, and I had to stay still, my breathing difficult.

I had to make sure I didn’t make any weird movement, I needed to calm down, I needed to slower my heartbeat.

“Not bad, not bad, keep like this for a little longer.”

How long was it going to be? I never knew.

My notion of time dilated, seconds seemed like minutes and minutes like hours.

A single bad movement was enough to find death, and after what seemed like an eternity, a member of my brother’s squad was standing right next to him, as if he appeared from nowhere.

I recognized his jackal-face-shaped gas mask.

Contrary to my brother’s uniform, his didn’t show any bit of skin. He was wearing a long-sleeve vest and long gummy gloves and boots and his head was protected by a big round hat.

I couldn’t help but wonder how he could keep himself cool under this heat.

“Lieutenant Kalakuna.” My brother spoke.

“Is she ready yet?” The Lieutenant’s outer tomb voice was distorted by his mask.

My brother stood up nonchalantly and put a small gas mask on his mouth and nose. “Not yet.”

Sweating profusely, I was in a kind of trance, and my vision blurred.

The Lieutenant approached me and crouched next to me, the sun shining in his back.

A mysterious smoke spread out from his sleeves and I suddenly fell asleep.

…

Hiding in a ruin, a rifle in hand, I quickly asserted my surroundings.

A light shone in the horizon. It must have been binoculars reflecting the sun rays.

Covering my body with a sand-colored cape, I aimed at the light and shot.

“Too impatient, missed.”

My brother’s voice resonating inside my skull gave me goosebumps every time he spoke.

A rain of bullets plummeted the wall I was hiding behind.

Panicked, I rolled on the side and crawled to the next wall.

The moment I lied my back to it, a signal resonated.

Quickly, I jumped and rolled back to where I was. The wall was blown into smithereens.

“I sent you a present, will you be able to catch it?”

“I’m black on bullets!” I screamed.

“Godspeed.”

When he finished his transmission, I heard a noise in the debris.

Looking anxiously left and right, I raised my rifle in absolute silence.

A gigantic cobra burst out of the holes, hissing.

Everything is a weapon in the Punjab desert…

“Naja Naja is a beautiful specimen, isn’t he?”

I rushed away from the ruin in a second, running for my life out of cover.

“Failed.”

A new detonation blew the ruin away.

As I flew away from the blast of the explosion, another member of my brother’s squad was here.

Smiling, his long curly black hair lying under a helmet and a scar across his mid 30-year-old white face. He was perfectly hidden under a similar sand-colored cape as mine.

“2^nd Lieutenant Crowsclaws.”

In the next moment, the 2^nd lieutenant’s perfectly executed high kick knocked me down for a while.

…

“Get ready to hit the silk.”

Standing on the edge of the small jet’s door, I had to get ready to jump and survive thanks to the parachute on my back.

But a red-haired woman with a cap and chewing gum interrupted me from jumping now.

“There will be a trick. Officer Robin, give her the loot.”

She asked me to show my hands and put a fragmentation grenade in them. She removed the safety and made me press the lever.

“If you throw it, you lose.”

And then she pushed me with her foot.

Spinning quickly in the air, I needed to focus and spread my body, but with a grenade in hand, it was almost impossible.

Somehow wishing that it exploded in my hands, I stopped doing anything.

Relaxed, I closed my eyes. This probably was the most pleasing fall to death ever…

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“You’ve reached deployment limit. Throw the grenade and deploy sky blossom.”

Ignoring my orders, I smiled, hoping that my body would be smashed quickly and painlessly.

“THROW THE GRENADE AND DEPLOY SKY BLOSSOM, IT’S AN ORDER!”

I suddenly opened my eyes, shaken. It was the first time I heard my brother sound so uncollected.

It was the first time I heard him worried…

I kept holding the grenade firmly in one hand and unhesitatingly deployed the parachute with the other.

Of course, I still passed deployment limit and was going too fast to land unscathed.

I heard the officer speak over the radio. “Major, should I call for a dust-off?”

“No need.” My brother answered.

Falling my feet first into the sand, then my calves, then the back of my thighs, I rolled on the dune, leaving a long track behind me.

“Reached fourth point of contact.” I breathed, the grenade still in my hand.

“Great job, soldier. You can throw the grenade.”

After finally getting rid of this grenade, I let myself land on the sand and fell asleep, waiting for my brother to come look for me.

…

I open my eyes and realize that I’m still in the desert.

I quickly try to stand and look around, but my body has been tied.

Once again, I’m tied somewhere on the sand, and, remembering my previous experience, I can’t help but wiggle and scream with the impression that a scorpion is once again lying under my body.

“What’s going on with her?!” A male voice responds.

A few meters away from me, Nala, Nila and the girl have made a campfire and were having a talk. Nali looks at me with tired eyes, and Nala has a bandage on his forehead.

The girl seems back to normal, though, and she smiles kindly. “You’re finally awake.”

I struggle to sit down and articulate. “I will speak, please unleash me.”

Nala spits on the sand. “No way, you’re too dangerous. You shot a guy in the dark, and we don’t know what you’re up to. Speak like this!”

I jiggle and shiver. “I beg you, please. Please. PLEASE!!!”

Caught into a panic attack, I breathe uncontrollably and roll on the sand.

I tumble down the dune, the adrenaline rush exciting me furthermore.

I can’t see straight and barely recognize the shadows of Nali and Nala rushing behind me.

I try to get on my feet but fall again and roll further away, like a madman in a desperate run.

Nala and Nila end up catching upon me and shouting words I can’t even make head or tail of anymore.

Nala carries me on his shoulder and climbs the dune back up, then puts me back next to the campfire.

Frightened, I don’t recognize any face anymore, and even the beautiful girl looks to me like a grinning demon, now.

Terrorized, I scream again. My blurry vision doesn’t notice that the girl took me in her arms once again.

She cuts my ties with her kirpan and pats my back gently.

Still shaking and sobbing from the situation, it takes until the end of my hiccups before finally being able to recognize their words again.

“What’s going on with her?”

“Shouldn’t we just kill her?”

“Shhh, you two are such brutes! Just give her some time!”

My breathing and heartbeat slowing down, I sluggishly stand up just to make sure I’m not tied up anymore.

Comprehending that I have nothing to fear anymore, I fall on my knees once again, and take a few seconds to ponder.

These three young people might be strong enough to kill me, especially the girl, so even though I am still in a threatening situation, it’s nothing compared to what I’ve just been through.

“Gini, are you okay now?” The girl says with a grin.

I nod slowly.

“Great, so could you tell us, now that you’re able to, who exactly you are, so we can be sure we didn’t make a mistake by keeping you alive.”

Her face is so gentle for someone saying things this harsh, but it’s no different from what I’m already used to.

My mistake was to underestimate her, even with all my training, I couldn’t guess her murder intents.

Or maybe she never had any…

Tired of everything I’ve been through, and in a vain hope to escape reality, in a breath, the truth escapes my mouth, calmly.

“I am a soldier of the British army, and I came in a mission to infiltrate the #2 West Indus Settlement 30.062602,70.770087, on the orders of the King’s 4^th Regiment’s Major, to find and eliminate the enemies of the Crown. Codename is White Snake, and I surrender from duty.”

After throwing my dupatta in front of me, which falls right next to the bonfire, I raise my hands above my head.

From now on, I am a deserter and a traitor, but I also feel an immense weight lifting from my shoulders.

From now on, I will be tracked anywhere I go, I’m a criminal and have no place to go back to…

But I am free.

In a long sigh, I feel like I could die any time now.

“Is that so?” The girl simply pronounces.

“That’s kind of a big deal!” Nala shrieks.

“It really is.” Nila adds.

The girl puts a finger to her mouth and seems to ponder for a bit. “So, this is what happened: the guy I killed was looking for you.” She points at me, then at Nila, “But in the night, since we can’t see well, he thought that he was you.”

I nod. “This person’s rebel camp was exterminated a few days ago by our squad.”

Nala and Nila look at each other. “Oh, so he was from the Pachami Maruthala camp, yes it adds up.”

I stare at them with confusion. “Who are you people?”

The girl stands up and laughs proudly. “Hahaha, you have in front of you the best trio of the Indian revolution, coming directly from Lahore to fight in the front line, we work directly under the orders of the separatist leaders. Yes, we are terrorists but the best way I would call us would be that we have a dream!”

This absurd revelation makes me think I’m having a fever dream.

The beautiful girl and her two twin friends were Indian separatists all along, she killed one of her allies a bit earlier tonight, and also keeps me alive despite me having worked actively to destroy them, which makes us mortal enemies for normal brains.

“Wh-” I don’t even know where to begin.

“Tut-tut.” The girl says, moving her finger left to right. “You don’t have the right to say anything yet. Yes, I killed a comrade earlier, but he was already dying so technically I was abbreviating his suffering, and also, he hurt Nala which is unforgivable, so all’s well that ends well!”

NOT AT ALL!

“Ah and most importantly, the reason why we’re keeping you alive is even more obvious now, isn’t it?” She smiles to Nali.

“Indeed, the best way you can help us would be to become our spy.” He continues.

“Exactly, by becoming our spy, you’ll get to stay alive, eat good food, have good clothes, be a good girl, isn’t that amazing!” She laughs.

Astonished, I began to laugh of anxiety. “So… That means…”

“Yes, you’re coming with us, Gini!”

Watching her smile behind the bonfire, she extends her hand.

Having mixed feelings from her sentiments, I still accept it. Whether she hides the smile of a Deva or Asura is left unclear in the shadows, but I couldn’t care less, as long as I am free.

“By the way, what is your name?” I finally ask, my heartbeat increasing for no reason.

“Ah sorry, did I never say it? My bad, my bad! My name is Rohini!” She exclaims, laughing.

I don’t know why but this new piece of information makes me way happier than it should be.

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