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So, whom did you kill? Your father? GOD interrupted Raja. As usual, GOD was emotionless. He wasn’t interested in knowing about Raja. All he wanted to know was “Whom did Raja Kill? And why?”

“I didn’t kill anybody, I didn’t,” Raja screamed and cried. “Don’t tag me as a killer.” He howled.

“I didn’t, you said, you killed someone, you idiot,” GOD shouted to prove his point.

“Ohh! Now you are lying too!” said Elango to Raja. Elango came in support of GOD.

Raja’s scream dominated the place. He cried, but nobody knew the reason for it. Some thought he was crying out of physical pain, some thought he was crying out of regret. Everyone concluded as per their wish.

“Can we all be polite.” Preash hushed.

“What’s the point of being polite here?” Sweety asked in an irritated tone

“He is suffering, can’t you see?” Preash said

“Everybody is suffering Preash, can’t you see that,” Sweety took up a fight with Preash.

“Are you all able to, see? Am I the only one who is blindfolded?” Asked Gomathi. Her fear now leapt. She felt better when everyone around her was in the same condition as her, but when she felt it was different for someone, she couldn’t bear it.

“Hey, cool Gomathi, it’s dark here, you can’t see anything even if your blindfold is removed,” Sweety said in irritation.

“But why? Why are my eyes tied? Why only me?” Gomathi vented out her fear.

“So, your problem is, not the blindfold, why only you? Is your problem, right” The spooky voice, out of the dark for a while came into the presence. The laugh of the spooky-voiced person dominated and within a second the scream of Raja took the lead. Others were silenced.

“Preash, please say it to my mom, please. I beg you. Please, say her, I love her, say her everything she wants is under the cage” Raja cried and begged one last time.

“Raja, Raja”, Preash shivered as Raja’s voice faded in the dark. “Where are you taking him?”

“Shhhh…be calm, or else you will be the next,” Arivuchelvi threatened Preash, as usual in her husky voice.

“Why he? Where?” Sweety asked.

Some giggles, some cries and some clamours filled the spot.

There were so many questions within Preash, but he couldn’t ask, he didn’t know where to go in search of answers. Raja’s final cry bothered him the most.

“He is gone, no culprits will be spared,” GOD shouted

“What? How do you decide that he is a culprit? And who are you man, to decide it?” Preash argued. He couldn’t digest what was going on around him. He felt small like a useless creature, witnessing every dreadful action around him. He was in a position where only his voice supported, he couldn’t fight back. He was fed up and knew that there was no possibility of an escape.

“He acknowledged,” said GOD confidently

“So, I am the next,” Gomathi said politely, she too was ready for anything.

“I deserve it, I lied to Ezhil,” she said

“Shut up Gomathi, you don’t deserve this, are you mad? Who are they to punish us?” Preash shouted out of anger, he couldn’t bear the truth that everyone was surrendering to their enemy.

“I deserve it, I lied to Ezhil,” Gomathi repeated the same

 “Get lost,” Preash screamed

“What did you lie?” Arivuchelvi was curious to know.

“Everything,” Gomathi wimped

“Everything is a lie in this world, so don’t blame yourself” Elango who was silent tried to pacify Gomathi.

Elango was nice sometimes and rude many times. Whenever he was nice to someone it came as a shock to many around him.

“Elango, will you be here forever,” Sweety asked

“I too have my time,” As Elango said it echoed several times