Story : SOS....

Introducing a series of amazing stories from Mr Balakumaran Kamaraj, budding story writer from India....

First one is called as SOS..

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SOS..

Diary Of Bala:



I was looking at that fuzzy logic book .Looking is the correct word
here.The concept was interesting but nothing went into my head.I was
in my friend Alim's house for a group study for the forthcoming
university exams.Alim, asusual, was playing games in his comp. I was
happy that atleast he was doing something that he likes.

"Bala common yaar how long will u be studying this chapter.finish it
off and teach me" said Alim.Iam used to this kind of
'do-it-its-nothing' kind of dialogues from Alim and hence it didn't
affect me.

It was 8:00PM. I didn't have the mood to study.'Nothing can help to
better my mood 'I felt



"when will hari come?"I asked.My voice was really dull.



"He doesnt have a bike .So in another 30 minutes,I will go pick him up
and come back.U study yaar"



Suddenly he got some call in his mobile.Alim gets calls every now and
then and he talks to his friends and parents and sister in Urudu or
hindi or greek or latin.All of them same to me.For some three minutes
he was cracking jokes(could sense it because It was a victorious
smile,smile of a joke teller) with someone and he was talking over
the phone coolly but suddenly his face expression changed.His face
became pale and even a blind man could have somehow sensed that
panic-stricken face.I have never seen him in that expression.If I
hadn't been with him,I couldn't have recognized him,If he had been
wearing that expression .It was soo untypical of alim.

I have always seen him as a cool guy reacting to all situations with
an 'I don't care' attitude.He is involved in lot of social work, like
sending mails to PMO and MINISTRY OF FINANCE

about fraudsters .As his father was an X-service men and also some big
business man ,he gets response at times from the ministry officials.We
all know him as a gutsy guy.For the first time his expression was an
expression of a coward.He was so scared.



"Arey yaar what happened" I asked.

"Bala, please give me your mobile.Its urgent.let me message someone
its urgent.My mobile doesnt have sufficient balance " pronunciation
was awful which was a clear indication that he isn't normal.I gave my
mobile atonce.

He was messaging someone ,with his hands trembling like a vibrator in
a mill. I couldn't control my curiosity.



"Arey yaar tell me what happened? why do u look so tensed?"



"Bala thanks for the mobile" he gave my mobile back to me.



"Listen!I cant tell you what it is for now.its urgent..I have to leave
now.I will be back in 2 hours or so.I will lock the door from outside
and

while coming back I will open it.I don't want anyone to come inside
this house and I don't want you to go outside.please dont ask me what
it is.i will tell you everything when I come back"

"What is all this !!Are u crazy?whats happening ?let me also come with you."

"Please try to understand.I will be back in an hour or so.Just be
inside.If u feel hungry , just open the fridge and have whatever u
want.Iam already late.If i procastinate further it will be too late.

I just hope they havent foundout my contact details.My father's name
isn't enlisted in the directory but still if someone tries hard they
can findout all these details.Iam not sure.

Don't answer any incoming phone calls to the landline and abstain from
making outgoing calls from it.The phone can't be kept in mute and
please don't disconnect the phone because something important is
gettting downloaded in my comp and u know that Iam using the dial-up
connection. when I come back I will call your mobile from mine and
only in that case u have to open the door.

you aren't opening the door or answering the incoming call in landline
for anyother reason.Get it?"

Before I could ask him for any further explaination,

He stormed out of the house locking the door from outside and I was in
an inexplicable mind-state.All the boredom ,dullness and their
siblings suddenly seemed to have fled somewhere.I just hoped that alim
would came back at the earliest and relieve me of my curiosity
,tension and excitement. When my mind contemplated of the dangerous
possbilities ,I felt panicky but waited for sometime before I could
convince myself that everything is normal and this guy Alim is
overdoing things as he does it always and 10 minutes wud have gone.

As I opened that fuzzy logic book and started reading the first line
of chapter - 3 for the fifteenth time,landline phone started ringing.I
ignored it .But it kept ringing .

I had to move to the next room to escape from that unpleasant
sound,where again the noise of the 'phone ringing' irritated me and
When I was about to pullout some cotton and plug my ears I could hear
Someone pressing the calling bell.

It was being pressed so violently.My inner hunch told me that someone
is trying to come inside forcefully and this time again I consoled
myself that everything is ok.it must be some guy who lent Alim
something and has come back to get it that's why he has asked me not
to attend the call or open the door for the money-lender.If I wait for
sometime he would leave and come back some other day.Soon,much to my
relief,the sound died down.Now the house was quiet.Neither the phone
nor the calling bell was ringing.Just Two min were gone. suddenly I
could hear someone forcefully hitting the airconditioner(probably
with an iron rod)from the outside.probably someone is trying to gain
entry into the house through the window.I didn't know what to do.I
decided its time to inform alim whats happening and then call police.I
dialled alim's number from my mobile and pressed call button and it
came back to some blank screen which has the display logo.yeah alim
doesnt have sufficient balance and may be its because of that.I tried
calling my home and the same thing happened again,which clearly proved
beyond doubt that my mobile wasn't working.So someone has installed
jammer .Noise that was created because of Airconditioner getting hit
was deafening.I didnt know what to do so I.....................


SOS-II

Diary of Hariharan:

I was reading the book 'Foucalts Pendulum' for the fifteenth time and
getting frustrated for the fifteenth time, when someone knocked my
door.I was expecting Alim at that time and hence I was damn sure it
was him and I opened the door and welcomed him.Generally whenever I
open the door for him he offers a cool smile.Now this was different
Alim.He looked terrified.He was sweating like anything.He was
speechless.Words wouldn't comeout of his mouth.I got tensed.I realised
something was wrong.



"Alim !Tell me what's wrong with you? what happened?"



"Hari! Thats not important. Bala has messaged me. He isn't able to
receive or make calls it seems.He is in some sort of danger I guess.Go
and save him.I have something more important.someone's after my
head.Before that try to talk to him and ask him what it is"



I got the mobile from Alim saw the message

""Iam in some sort of danger. I coudn't receive or make calls. SOS"
From: Bala 8:15 04/01/06 and the number from which the message has
come. Because Alim usually plays pranks with us.It was Bala's number
only.



"What happened?"I asked



"I am sorry I don't have time to explain things to you.Iam supposed to
be running.Forgive me".he said and disappeared atonce.



I tried calling Bala from my mobile.

"User is out of coverage area"



I was sure bala didn't have any solid reason to go out of coverage
area So I had to talk to Bala immediately and findout what is
happening.Suddenly I got this idea.Bala was in Alim's house.I can
reach bala through Alim's ladline.So I dialled Alim's number.It kept
ringing.Noone picked it up.I dialled again and again to see if he is
responding.He didn't.After trying for nearly 10 minutes I decided its
time to go to Alim's place and see what is actually happening.

I took an auto and was trying Alim's landline number throughout the
short travel. Noone picked it up. It was so irritating I reached
Alim's place and

ran to the second floor and knocked the door hoping Bala would open
it.But he was probably sitting in the Airconditioned room.Hence he
dint respond.I tried pressing the calling bell.I could detect the
human presence inside the house. I was sure that bala was inside.I
just kept pressing the button hoping Bala would atleast ask for help
if he is being held hostage or something.I was parallely trying from
my mobile and pressing the calling bell switch expecting bala to
contact me somehow.After trying for some 15 min I had no other option
but to goto the terrace and break open into the house.When Alim lost
his key once we did the same.

Alim's airconditioner wasnt fixed properly.So all we had to do was to
just hit it with a rod slightly and it would give in.We can jump into
the window.But As I run to the terrace to do this ,I could realise
that someone else had tried gaining entry into the house.I wasn't sure
If he was successful.There was an iron rod lying there near the
sunshade where the aircondioner was seated.So probably someone else
had tried getting in. I hit the airconditioner with the iron rod again
and again hoping it would give in.As it was slowly getting displaced,I
could hear someone screaming at the top of his voice now. I removed
the AC's back casing somehow and just kept it in the broad sunshade
and jumped into the house through that window.

Diary Of Bala:

Noise that was created because of Airconditioner getting hit was
deafening.I didnt know what to do so I.....................shouted at
the top of my voice.

So someone was just giving all possible force and atlast it gave
in..I almost fainted when I saw him. I must have shouted at around 300
decibels.It took few minutes for me to understand it was Hari who's
standing before me.



"Hey how did u come here?" I asked



"Saw your message" said Hari



"what.. my message?"



"err.."



Suddenly ,the calling bell started ringing. Hari rushed to the door to open it.



"No !Don't open it. Please don't open it" I Screamed



"Why?"



"Because Alim has told me not to open it" I said



"Damn Alim!!I must know what is happening"



Despite my violent plea Hari opened the door and we saw Alim standing
there.His expression was an expression of a dead man.



"Alim!!C'mon tell me what is happening?" both of us shouted at the same time.



"Bala !Just check you mobile outbox." He said with little or
no-expression in his face.



The message

""Iam in some sort of danger. I coudn't receive or make calls. SOS"
From: Bala 8:15 04/01/06 had been sent to ALIM's number.

Suddenly the picture of Alim messaging someone with trembling fingers
came to my mind.



Hari snatched the mobile from me and saw the message.Things started
falling into place for both of us.



"So you were the one who put the iron rod near the Airconditioner in
the sunshade?" asked Hari angrily.



Alim's expression changed to his usual one and he started laughing at
both of us.



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