(Scene 20)
(Faruq's Testimony)
—10 DAYS left till Faruq's Birthday—
Date: 8th June, 2027
Location: Amir's house
Time: 06:39 AM
—Amir's Room—
Amir wakes up heavily sweating like he saw a nightmare. He takes some deep
breaths and sees Faruq is sitting on a chair while tears are dropping on his phone
without him realizing. Amir takes a peek and sees Faruq's mom's picture. Amir
checks the clock, it is 06:39 AM.
Amir gets up and takes two pills. Faruq hides his phone, wipes his face and smiles
looking at Amir. Amir breaks one pill into half and gives that to Faruq. Then he
swallows One and a half pills. Faruq ask him curiously,
"Give me one whole pill too!"
Amir gives him an angry look and says,
"You want to die?"
Faruq replies with a jolly voice,
"If you don't die, then how will I die?"
Amir doesn't say anything, he takes the half pill from Faruq's hand, mixes it with
water on his hand, then wipes it on Faruq's neck. Faruq gets unconscious and drops
on the floor at once.
(After few hours)
Faruq wakes up in bed and sees Amir is getting ready. Amir sees Faruq has woken
up, then says,
"Get ready, we have a place to visit–"
Faruq doesn't say anything, he gets up and gets ready. The next thing he knows, they
are in the graveyard where his mom was buried. He is kind of shocked, because there
are always some people in the graveyard working for his step-dad who never allows
Faruq to get closer to his mom's grave. Now there's no one. As Faruq is walking and
looking around, Amir stops him in front of a grave. Faruq sees his mother's name
carved on a stone. Amir puts a flower on the grave and says,
"Pray first,
then share all the words you got in your heart for her
and give a proper goodbye-"
Faruq starts praying and crying. Amir is just staring at the grave with suspicious
looks. He bends down and takes some soil in his hand, and his face fills with rage
suddenly. "Those bastards", Amir thinks to himself.
Then looks at Faruq who is still praying with his eyes closed. Amir takes a deep
breath and stands up. When Faruq finishes his prayer and opens his eyes, Amir says
with a soft voice,
"Was she good to you?"
Faruq looks up at the sky and replies with a smile,
"She was the best.
Always praying her prayers on time–
and helping anyone she could,
never got angry with anyone~"
Amir puts his hand on Faruq's shoulder and says,
"Then don't be sad,
just do good deeds and-
you will again meet her in the heaven"
Faruq smiles with satisfaction and says,
"Ya, you are right!
This world isn't the end for us,
It's just a test field. But-"
Amir looks at him and says,
"But what?"
Faruq takes a deep breathe and says,
"Sometimes I think,
is it true that we all were muslim and-
were in front of God just waiting for our turn-
to come to this world?
Cause I can't recall any of these events!"
Amir smiles and replies,
"Ya, just like you were in your mom's belly for 10 months;
But leading life without remembering anything of that time?
Just cause you can't remember something,
doesn't mean it didn't happen.
And also just cause you don't know about something,
doesn't mean it doesn't exist!!"
Faruq curiously asks,
"If it's that simple,
then why we all the divided into many sectors?"
Amir looks at the grave and says,
"Cause it was the promise of the devil to The God-
to lead most of us astray!!!
He twists people's pride, arrogance and greed
to divide and fight among us."
Faruq is silent, listening carefully. Amir continues,
"Devil the best con-artist in the world
who's fooling the greedy fools with fake luxury and promises.
And sheep are chasing those fake words of the devil unconsciously."
Faruq gets curious and asks,
"Sheep?"
Amir smirks and says,
"Ya, US!"
Faruq's eyes got more curious. He says,
"Tell me more in details?"
Amir looks at Faruq and says,
"Well, that's for another day,
You can't handle the truth yet!"
Faruq says with an insisting voice,
"No, I can!"
Amir smiles and says,
"Ok just one example.
Why do we all chase after money-
even though you can't use it after you die?"
Faruq answers confidently,
"To lead a better life~"
Amir asks,
"So will you buy new furnitures-
for the hotel room where you will stay for a few days during your vacation,
or will you buy it for your home-
where you will stay most of the time?
Faruq replies,
"Of course for home"
Amir smirks and says,
"Then tell me,
why people run after money by sacrificing his infinite after-life
for this 60-100 years of earth life?"
Faruq is shocked, he replies with a broken voice,
"I don't know!"
Amir says with a deep voice,
"Cause we human loves to rush everything,
want everything now, get that now, need this now.
We act like it's now or never.
That's where the whispers of the devil come with fake promises."
Faruq scratches his own head and says with an unsure voice,
"So, in the devil's way,
you sacrifice your whole life for a few days of luxury!"
Amir smirks and says,
"Ya"
Faruq gets excited and says,
"Teach me more!"
Amir just stares at Faruq and smiles, then whispers,
"I'll teach you when you are ready!"
Faruq smiles and says with glittering eyes,
"Alright, as you say, master~"
Amir gets annoyed and says,
"Why you call me master?
It's common sense."
Faruq laughs out and say in a deep voice,
"Well it's common sense if you have time to think about it.
But I didn't have that time-
because of running after money and thinking about-
unnecessary worldly things."
Amir smiles back and says,
"Now smile for your mom, she needs that~"
Faruq smiles while looking at the grave, and then says,
"Thank you for bringing me here.
Let's go home–"
Amir tells him,
"You go first, I need to pee."
Faruq gets angry and said,
"No man, you can't do that in a graveyard."
Amir points at the farthest corner with some dense bushes and says,
"See, there's no grave, so don't worry."
Faruq squeezes his eyes to have a better look and says,
"Ya , that's fine, but be aware of snakes!"
Amir laughs and starts walking. He gets behind the bushes. There, he sees some
wooden boxes placed in a line. He goes and picks up the boxes. There are 3 people
buried in the ground up to their neck. Their eyes and mouths are covered with cloth
so that they can't talk or see. Faruq lights up a cigarette, sits in front of them and says
in a cold voice,
"How cruel of you guys,
that you don't let a son visit his mom's grave-
for some petty piece of papers!"
Hearing Amir's voice they try to move and say something, but they can't.
Amir takes a few more puffs from the cigarette and says,
"Also you guys have been doing something really bad–
to the people of the grave."
Those three people are trying their hardest to make some noise. Amir puts his hands
on their heads and rubs gently as if he is petting some dogs. Then with cold voice he
says,
"I know you are trying to say sorry.
Keep saying sorry to him till the day your body becomes one with this soil.
And if you got any complain against me-
Then wait till the day, when He will rise you again from–
this same soil even if you turn into dusts and stones!"
Then Amir flickers his finger near their ear and suddenly their struggling voices
become quiet.Then Amir stands up and starts peeing on them. After peeing, he
stares at them.
"You are their leader, right?"saying that he takes his cigarette and presses it at
the forehead of the middle one.
The burning smell of raw flesh mixed with nicotine fills the surrounding air. But the
leader doesn't have any reaction as if there is no soul in their body. Then Amir
smiles and says,
"Don't worry,
The Crow will keep an eye on you guys-
so that no one can disturb your peace-
till the day your body finds peace!"
Then Amir puts the box over their head again and goes back to Faruq.
Faruq was waiting for him at the entrance. After seeing Amir he asks,
"Did you really pee?
Or cried in the bush so that no one can see?"
Amir smirks and stares at Faruq eyes and says with a cold voice,
"I never lie!!!"
Both of them smile and walk away.
(Scene 21)
-AT THE SAME TIME IN A DIFFERENT PLACE-
Date: 8th June, 2027
Location: A secret room
Time: 03:33 PM
-THE SECRET ROOM-
A glass of RED Liquid is carried by ALPHA on a tray. Then he gives it to Jamal and
says,
"It's from the fresh batch of young ones!"
Jamal grabs the glass, drinks the whole thing in one sip, and takes a breath of
satisfaction. Then he gives the glass back. Alpha takes the glass and stands still.
Jamal starts sniffing the skeleton on his lap and says,
"What's the update?"
Alpha says with a cold voice,
"The sheep is getting better and happy, isn't it bad for us!"
Jamal smirks and whispers to the skeleton's left ear,
"Time to season the lamb a bit saltier with his own tears!"
Alpha smirks and says,
"Should we move according to The Elite Master's plan?"
Jamal says,
"That goes without saying,
They are the ultimate rulers.
And, one day for sure, I will reach that stage."
A creepy laugh covers the room.
(Scene 22)
-01 hours 50 minutes left till Faruq's Birthday-
Date: 17th June, 2027
Location: Torture Room
Time: 10:10 PM
(Torture Part V)
The Tick is beating up Amir with a rusty rod. But instead of Amir, he gets really tired,
he is breathing heavily, his arms are getting tired and weak. He takes a deep breath
and says,
"It's strange."
Amir smirks and says,
"What?"
The Tick gets annoyed by his smile and angrily says,
"Don't laugh!!!" (Hits again)
Amir smiles with creepy eyes. Then The Tick says,
"I've tortured thousands,
but no matter how much I beat you up,
there's no mark on your body."
Amir raises one of his eyebrows with a smirk and says,
"Just noticed?"
Then whispers softly,
"Maybe you are not hitting hard enough"
The Tick gets angry and says while beating,
"Who do you think I'm?"
Amir looks up and closes his eyes. Then with a smile on his face he says,
"Just a fool dancing on devil's palm and
trying to chase fake illusions–
Just to satisfy own ignorant arrogance!!"
The Tick stops, he gets confused and asks,
"What do you mean?"
Amir smiles and says,
"Light me a cigarette—
Fire helps to reveal dark paths!"
The Tick stares at him and Amir is showing an evil smirk.
The Tick puts a cloth filled with wires over Amir's head and face. Then turns on
machine, and the sound of electricity covers the whole room.
(Scene 23)
-AT THE SAME TIME IN ANOTHER ROOM-
Date: 17th June, 2027
Location: Interrogation Room
Time: 10:10 PM
(Interrogation Part VII)
The Leech with a serious face asks,
"Did you know where all the guards of the graveyard went?"
Faruq replies,
"I didn't know.
But Amir said,
they went on vacation for a long time–"
Suddenly, The Leech's phone starts vibrating. He picks up the call and his face gets
serious. He turns off the recording and asks Faruq while holding his phone on his
ear,
"So has he taught you anything–
Mystical or spiritual?"
Faruq with a confused face asks,
"What do you mean?"
The Leech is stuttering with nervousness and replies,
"You know something supernatural or strange—"
Faruq raises one of his eyebrows and say,
"Well, he does or says a lot of strange things.
But nothing supernatural.
He always has genuine logical answers-
for what he does or says.
Sometimes too deep things-
to understand right away,
but when you think about it with a calm mind,
you will be surprised-
to realize his words' true meanings!"
A sign of relief can be seen on The Leech's face. He says with a smile,
"Well, then it's good"
Then he hangs up the phone.
Faruq leans forward with a smirk and asks,
"Why?"
The Leech stares at him for a second and with a voice full of hesitation he says,
"Nothing, Continue"
(Scene 24)
(Faruq's Testimony)
—09 DAYS left till Faruq's Birthday—
Date: 9th June, 2027
Location: Amir's house
Time: 12:33 PM
—Amir's Room—
Faruq is sitting on a chair watching his phone. Amir is sleeping on the bed.
Faruq gets a call, he goes near the window to talk. Suddenly Amir starts moving his
body like he is having a nightmare.
{
(In Amir's DREAM)
In a dark room,
someone is aggressively chopping something
while laughing like a kid who's having fun.
Red liquids are scattering all over the place with every strike.
Someone approaches him from behind
and says with a scared voice,
(STRANGER)
"They all loved you so much,
Why you are doing these?
Amir please stop"
Amir gets up and turns,
his face is red like a crimson moon.
He is slowly approaching
while holding the chopper
and with a deep low voice Amir asks,
"You are one of them right?"
Next moment,
the man sees Amir's right hand is moving towards his neck
holding the chopper.
Before he could do anything,
his world starts rotating.
After a few spins his world stops on the floor,
his eyes can just see Amir's leg in front of him,
and his headless body drops behind Amir.
Amir grabs his hair,
lifts his head up, stares at his eyes and smiles.
But the smile doesn't have any emotion.
Bloods are dripping on the floor like rain.
Amir lifts the head higher and holds it right above his face.
Bloods are dropping and painting his face like a crimson moon.
Then Amir closes his eyes and
widely opens his mouth,
while holding the head with one hand.
}
Amir wakes up, sits on the bed, breathing heavily. He walks to the study table, pulls
out the drawer to get some pills. At first, he takes one pill, but after thinking for a
second, he takes three. He swallows them, looks behind and sees Faruq is talking
with someone and with a sad voice Faruq says,
"Please don't do this to me, I can't live without you!"
Then he hangs up the call. Amir walks up to him and puts his hand on Faruq's
shoulder.
Faruq turns back with teary eyes.
Amir with a low voice says,
"What happened?"
Faruq with a sad face and cracked voice, trying to hold back his tears,says,
"My girlfriend's family is forcing her to get married four days later"
Amir with a serious face says,
"So, what's your plan?"
Tears fall from Faruq's eyes. While wiping his tears with his own hands he says,
"Nothing man, my hands are tied , I can't do anything?"
Amir raises his eyebrows and asks with a low voice,
"What do you mean?"
Faruq looks at Amir and says with a depressed tone,
"I'm living at your place and eating your food.
So, I'm basically a homeless beggar–"
Amir slaps Faruq a little bit harder and say with a cold voice,
"Anything else?
Have I ever belittled you for that?
Why you care about something of mine that I don't give a fuck about?
Today you are helpless but tomorrow it might be my turn.
And my turn could be even worse than yours.
If I treat you like a beggar-
without looking at your heart Today,
Then what kind of behaviour should I expect from you
at my worst in my bad days? "
Faruq is sobbing. Then says,
"It's true though–"
Amir puts his hand on Faruq's shoulder and says,
"Does she love you?"
Faruq with sad eyes looks at Amir and says,
"Ya man, I'm just afraid what if she commits suicide out of anger?"
Amir smirks and says with a sarcastic voice,
"Suicide?
Do you both have only that answer for your every problem?
Faruq says with a sad voice,
"Better to die than being trapped in a soulless body!"
Amir slaps Faruq harder than before and Faruq's head hits the wall. Faruq in pain
starts rubbing the part that got hit.
Amir says in a cold voice,
"Call her, and tell her you are coming.
Both of you can stay at my place,
I will give the money for basic things–
till you get a good source of earning!"
Faruq gets shocked and says,
"But man-"
Amir stops his from talking and says,
"There's no but, don't make me repeat, just do what I'm saying"
Faruq is silent, staring at Amir. Amir pulls out his phone, types something and says
to Faruq,
"Here I have transferred some money for you
to spend on your wife and at your wedding."
Faruq staring at Amir with grateful eyes and says,
"Thank you, man. I promise I'll give them back!"
Amir gets irritated and says,
"Have I ever, even for once, said anything about giving anything back?"
Faruq says,
"No~"
Amir lights up a cigarette and says,
"And, Don't worry about the house owner,
I will tell him and give him 6 months' advance money."
Faruq says in confusion,
"Will he agree?"
Amir smirks and says,
"Don't worry about that,
if you have money then you can buy any sheep
and keep their mouth shut"
Faruq is confused. Then Amir smirks and says,
"Buy her a red dress like fresh blood,
It hides other stains better~"
Faruq's eyes got bigger and little angrily he says,
"Blood? That's not funny!!!"
Amir takes a puff from the cigarette and says with a straight face,
"It wasn't a joke.
Women in blood red clothes look better.
Here's a spare key to the house,
I will be out of town for 2 or 3 days,
I will knock you when I'm back in town. Goodbye for now–"
Faruq's eyes got teary. He says with a grateful voice,
"The way you are helping me at my worst,
I promise, you will find me at your worst. I will never betray"
Amir chuckles and says,
"Only Time will tell~"
Faruq is silent. Amir says,
"Call her and give the good news~"
Faruq smiles and says,
"Ok, let me call her now!"
As Faruq is going to call her. Amir grabs his hand and says,
"Do me a favor, and tell her ,
that you have got loads of money from your late parents"
Faruq in confusion asks,
"Why?"
Amir with strange emotionless eyes replies,
"Its nothing, just to find out something silly~"
Faruq doesn't react, he just smiles and says,
"You know better than me so I won't ask the reason"
Amir lights up his cigarette, Faruq calls Jannat and says sarcastically,
"My love Jannat, I won't let you run away from me~~"
Amir smiles mysteriously.
(Scene 25)
-AROUND THE SAME TIME IN A DIFFERENT PLACE-
Date: 9th June, 2027
Location: A secret room
Time: 06:36 PM
-THE SECRET ROOM-
Jamal is rubbing his hand over the skull and says,
"Where is he getting the money from?"
Alpha puts a paper on the table and says,
"We think it's his mom's account he is spending from!"
Jamal with an angry voice,
"Get rid of her first~"
Alpha takes a step back, bows his head and says,
"Ok master, Also, I think The target will move out if the sheep get married"
Jamal looks at Alpha and with an evil smirk he says,
"Easy solution for that too, don't you think?"
Alpha smirks and says,
"Yes, as you wish, master.
Also, should I inform The Elite Master about it?"
Jamal says,
"He won't waste his time about these side jobs,
just inform him about the important ones!!"