FACELESSđ
DEMONđč
(A Life For A Life)
Â©ïž Chidimma Christineâïž
Grand Finaleđ„…..
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CEE-C POVâïž
âNoooooooooooooooooâ Rocky screamed and tried reaching for the gun but Omar was just too fast, he gr@bbÂŁd it even before Rocky thought about it.
âJust you dare move…. All of you on your kneelsâ he ordered pointing the gun at them… The other two armed men also brou-ght out their gun.
Mrs Blake, Siddarth and Odeya went down on their kneels but Rocky refuse… He was re-ady to face the worst that can happen.
Andris went close to her father but Chief Varma was as good as dead… She was p@rtially happy that he died after signing his whole property over to her but she was sad Shaina did the killing.
She had planned on chopping off his head when she finally get what she want.
âwhy aren’t you kneeling Shiva… Do you think I can’t kill you hereâ Andris asked taking the gun from Omar.
âYou can do your worst for all I care but trust me… You won’t get away with itâ Rocky screamed angrily.
Andris raised the gun to shoot him but on a second thought she walked towards Rhea instead.
âA man’s death isn’t painful to him at all but the death of his loved one would be very painful and unbearable to himâ Andris said putting the gun on Rhea’s head.
âDon’t plea-se Andris.. Rhea has nothing to do with this plea-se don’t shoot herâ Rocky pleaded but Andris was adamant on her decision.
âIts over Rocky… You lost, I wonâ Andris and pu-ll-ed the trigger on Rhea.
âFreeze….â a police voice was heard followed by a gun sh0t that was targeted at Omar whom made attempt to escape.
âYes sir… I was the one that made the phone call… They are the criminals, the murderersâ Odeya said now standing up and pointing at Andris.
Rocky ran to his sister whom was in the pool of her own blood, he quic-kly untied her from the chair and also re-moved the blindfold.
âplea-se Rhea… Don’t go as well… plea-se stay with me.. Don’t go plea-seâ Rocky pleaded in tears.. Rhea smiled, she was too weak to talk, aside from water, Andris hasn’t given her anything since she abducted her adding to that, she was in great pain from the gun sh0t.
Gradually she closed her eyes… âRhea! Rhea!! Rhea!!!!!!!â Rocky kept calling but he got no response. He got tired and suddenly he began to feel drowsy and he pas-sed out too
The police handcuffed Andris and his men while the Emergency Medical center rushed Rhea and Rocky to the hospital.
Mrs Blake was in tears… All that had happened was the very reason she had refuse to help Shiva in the first place… She was scared that something bad would happen and off course it did happen.
She stared pas-sionately at the sp©t where Shaina depreciated, if only she had known that she was her daughter… She would have tried to make amends for the time they had wasted in the past… Those times she didn’t care as a mother.
Some police began to cross the crime scene to avoid outsiders that had come in to see what was happening from crossing the limit.
âlet’s go Mrs Blake… You nee-d to go to the hospital as wellâ Siddarth said.
A tear dropped from Mrs Blakeâs eyes as she left… She won’t see Shaina again, Rhea is struggling for her life and Shiva is fighting death.
She walked out of the scene with Siddarth and Odeya.
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Two Months Latter.
Mrs Blake walked into the hospital, herl-ips was curved with smiles and she was holding a bunch of rose flower on her hand.
She got to a door and pressed the pas-s code and the door opened.
âHey…. You should think of coming home nowâ She teesed Rhea whom was watching a movie.
âGood Morning Mrs Blake…â Rhea greeted with a smile.
âAre those flowers for meâ She asked and Mrs Blake smiled nodding… She walked to the empty flower vessel and putted the rose flower inside it.
âHow are you doing my child…. I spoke with the doctor, he said you responded fast to treatment than he had expectedâ Mrs Blake said smiling.
âYeah… He said the same thing to me yesterday.” Rhea said.
âUhm… You c@mÂŁ alone, Shiva didn’t come alongâ Rhea asked and Mrs Blake exhaled.
âHe isn’t answering his phone, I guess he is yet to get over Shainaâ Mrs Blake said.
Rhea nodded, she un-derstood perfectly what Mrs Blake meant… It has been two months but the words she heard that day was still fresh in her memory.
âThe court finally made their decision yesterday… Andris would be spending much more time in jail than I had expectedâ Mrs Blake said.
âHow many yearsâ Rhea asked. âThirty-five years… She must have grown old before she come out…â Mrs Blake said.
âAnd Omar and the rest…..â Rhea asked.
âOmar twenty-five years with ha-rd labour and the rest twenty years including emperor Bhallaldev, Chennai would now be un-der Mumbai supervision and development project, The slaves where all re-leasedâ Mrs Blake explained.
Rhea nodded âThey deserve it… They killed dad and mumâ Rhea said in a sobber tune.
âOh… No no no, Crying isn’t allowedâ Mrs Blake said consoling her.
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Rocky staggered into the church, he was looking all peel and hungry.
He walked towards Arch angel DevesÂŁna whom was praying and tapped her shoulder.
âYou don’t disturb one whom is prayingâ Arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
âWhen is Shaina coming backâ He asked.
âShe’s never coming back… I thought she explained everything to youâ
âYou took her… Go to wherever you kept her and bring her back unless am going to burn down your church to ashesâ he threatened and turned to leave but Arch angel DevesÂŁna st©pped him.
âShaina Depreciated right infront of my you so you thought to know that the deity took her himself and only he has they right to bring her backâ
âThen talk to your deity because I won’t see Spear him eitherâ Rocky said and tried waking out of the door but it closed on it own.
âOne advice Shiva… St©p thinking about Shaina, she isn’t going to come back ever againâ Arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
âWrong… Shaina is definitely going to come back… Our love would surely bring us back it will surely doâ Rocky said sounding very convincing.
âThe deity is a very jealous person…. He won’t re-lease Shaina to you unless he gets something that worth it, and its usually a life….â
âA life…. Howâ
âHow you ask… Didn’t Shaina tell you, you would have to die to give Shaina lifeâ arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
âNow… Do you think Shaina would want you to kill yourself for her?” Arch angel DevesÂŁna asked..
âThink seriously about it and move on with your life.” she said and disappeared.
Rocky stood motionless thinking about what Arch angel DevesÂŁna said…. âIf that’s the case… Am forever re-ady to do itâ he said to himself and left.
Few minutes Later…. Rocky was none standing infront of the Adam tree, the tree that was said to belong to the deity and every sacrifice done before it is pas-sed directly to the deity.
He took in a de-ep breath, âThis is to prove to you that I actually do love Shaina and I would do anything to make her happyâ Rocky said aloud.
âAlot did this sacrifice and the angels they saved are now leaving a lonely life… One is actually standing before you Shivaâ Arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
âWhat….?â Rocky said suprised.
âI used to be a naive angel… I fell inlove on my first mission, I totally forgot everything about my misson and the only thing and person I could think of was Rowan, the man I fall inlove with.
Our love didn’t even last for three months and the deity got feed up and I depreciated after we had se-x.
Rowan c@mÂŁ standing here, before this tree and vowed his love for me…. He aggred to sacrifice his life for my sake which did happened.
He died, I bec@mÂŁ a human angel… The first ever, I spent ten years wandering around earth unable to fell inlove again or even be happy.
I c@mÂŁ back again crying to the deity to take me back… He got pity and appointed me as the arch angel in charge of angels on mission.
âSo plea-se… Don’t do this, Shaina won’t be able to adapt to itâ Arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
âIt might not have worked for Rowan and you but it will surely work for usâ Rocky said.
âSuit your self Shiva….â Arch angel DevesÂŁna said and disappeared.
Rocky turned and stared at the tree again, he took a de-ep breath and continued âTake me if that’s what would make I and Shaina back together againâ
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âDoctor Doctor we have any emergencyâ a nurse said running to go get the doctor as two nurse was busy pushing the victim into the emergency care room with a stretcher.
âDid anything happen…. The nurses all seem to be at alertâ Mrs Blake asked as Rhea walked her to the door.
âI don’t know maybe its an…..â Rhea froze at a sp©t, a tear dropped from her eyes.
âWhat’s wrong… Why did you st©p talking and why the tears…..â Mrs Blake asked but Rhea couldn’t say a word to her.
She followed the direction of her eyes and saw Rocky laying lifelessly on the stretcher.
âWh…what happened to himâ Mrs Blake asked one of the nurses but they were too busy trying to save his life first.
The doctor ran in, in the company of two other nurses… Everyone inside the emergency care room was sÂŁnt out including Mrs Blake and Rhea.
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The rays of the sun reflected ha-rd on the Adem tree, the wind blew some of the leaves away raising some dust… Sound of thun-der were heard followed by lighting.
Just then Shaina was seen standing in front of the tree, her eyes were shut but after a while… She opened them.
âOh my god…. Am finally here am finally hereâ She said jumping up happily.
âBut how come… How did I come backâ She asked herself.
She looked around and saw Arch angel DevesÂŁna standing beside her.
âArch angel DevesÂŁna… Its me angel Shainaâ She said weaving her hands at her.
âFoolish…. I told you not to fell in love with him, I told him not to give up his life for you but he refuse…â Arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
Shaina jaw dropped, she then un-derstood what actually happened… Rocky must be in danger âNo…. He can’t die, he can’t dieâ She screamed and tried disappearing but that was impossible, she was now a human so she can’t do that again.
She sighed… She took some leaves from the Adam tree and boarded a cab to the hospital.
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Few minutes later the doctor c@mÂŁ out… His face was moody as if something bad had happened.
Mrs Blake and Rhea ran to him to inquire what happened
âActually ma’am, am really sorry… We couldn’t detect what excately was wrong with him so there was no was no way for us to save him… We are sorryâ The doctor said remorseful.
âNoooo… It can’t be true it can’t be trueâ Shaina said and all eyes turned to her.
âShaina… How did you….â Mrs Blake asked surprised.
Shaina didn’t say a word to her, she ran straight to Rocky whom was lying on the stretcher.
She placed the leaves she had gotten from the Adam leave on his che-st and forehead.
While she was re-ading and researching on how to turn into a human so c@mÂŁ across a story of an angel whose lover sacrificed his life for her and she used the Adam leave to bring him back to him.
âplea-se… This has to work, it really has to work… plea-se lord Ganpati, plea-se.. Don’t let him die plea-se plea-seâ Shaina cried in tears.
âWhat are you doing miss.. plea-se we have to take his corpse to the mo……â The nurse was saying when the life support machine began to beep.
âDoctor I think he’s alive…â The nurse called the doctor.
He quic-kly rushed back to the emergency care room and began to attend to Rocky.
@A_Year_Latter.
âAnd now… You may k!ssyour brideâ Arch angel DevesÂŁna said.
The guest cl@pped as the bride and the groom k!$$ÂŁd themselves.
âCongratulations……â The guest screamed.
Mrs Blakeâs face was filled with smile, her dreams was finally fulfilled, not just her dreams but the dreams of her daughter too.
The wedding reception followed immediately after Arch angel DevesÂŁna joined the newly wedded couple together.
There was enough to eat and drink, everyone was happy most especially Shaina.
No.. Not Shaina but Mrs Preeti Phogats….. That’s the name, Preeti is the name.
THE END đ
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