Chapter 2 : Ask The Devil?

MsChanadlerBong

@MsChanadlerBong

"The hulk. The hulk kidnapped Aron." Viren said aloud as my heart skipped a beat. 

"What are you saying?" Natasha asked the question I wanted to ask but couldn't bring myself to. 

"The door bell rang so I went to check and Aron followed. We saw a hulk standing outside, you know a man dressed as the hulk. Aron was excited seeing him, before I could do anything, the hulk snatched Aron from my arms and pushed me back. I fell while he ran away.  I tried to follow them but I couldn't, they took him away in a van. I don't know where they went." Viren replied, his head bent down in shame.

"You couldn't even take care of your son? What kind of father are you?" Amna started bursting out on him while I couldn't register anything. I fell onto the couch as realisation sweeped in. My son was kidnapped. My son, my baby, my life. My four year old was kidnapped. Who would do that? Who would have any hate towards my son? We weren't bad people. Who would do this to us and why would they? 

My mother sat next to me as she ran her hands through my hair. "It will be fine kiddo. We will find him. There must be some mistake." 

I wanted to cry then. Cry and then shou out. Shout at everything and everyone. Pushing my emotions inside deep down I looked back at Viren. "We need to go to the police." Viren nodded his head at the suggestion and I got up.

"I'll call Stefan. He can be helpful. It's always good to have a lawyer around." Amna offered and I agreed.

"Hey! I am lawyer too." Viren replied offended by Amna.

"I was talking about a useful one. The one who can actually help." She snapped back. Viren was about retort back when Natasha stopped him. Understanding the complexity of the situation he didn't.

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It has been two hours since my son was kidnapped. I sat on the couch never feeling as helpless I was feeling right now. I hated the feeling. Going to the police station didn't help much. They said they would look onto the matter immediately but there was no head for the case. The kidnapper was hidden under the mask and the van had no number plate. It was a well planned kidnapping. What I couldn't wrap my head around was why would someone plan to kidnap my son? We were neither rich, famous and didn't have any known enemies too. 

Stefan was making some calls, trying to find clues while Amna sat beside me giving her support. Viren walked into the room, towards me. Kneeling down in front of me he whispered, "I am sorry Shivani. I didn't mean this to happen. This is all my fault." 

I shook my head at his apology. I may hate him for different reasons but today he was not at fault. He was as helpless as I am right now. "Its okay Viren. Its not your fault." I managed to say.

Viren's phone rang at the moment and he looked at the screen and scrunched his eyes. "Unkown number." He informed us and we were all alert.

"Keep it in speaker." Stefan said and Viren followed. All our phones were tapped right now. It was if the kidnapper called any one of us, the police could track him down. 

"Hello Viren!" A deep voice greeted. "I've heard that you have been getting involved a lot in higher matters, haven't you? You along with your senior lawyer Mr Malik are fighting the case for the Grovers? Do you even know who are you up against? The Goenka! Didn't you even think twice before taking the case? Didn't you think of the consequences you would have to face? Grovers and Goenka have been on war since a long time. But that's between the families. There was no way to get involved. They wouldn't be able to harm each other but what about you? You are an insignificant pawn in this game. If an ant tries to get in between two elephants then it's a known fact that he will get squeezed in the middle. Who's the one in loss then? The ant or the elephants? I know you are smart enough. Convince the Grovers to take back the case and give us the evidence you have against the Goenkas. In return, we will give back your little possession that we have." 

The call cut leaving a silence in the room. I could hear my heart beating as I analysed the situation. My son was trapped in a game between the two most powerful families of this country. Oh Viren was right. This is all his fault. Had he not be involved with these people, my son would never have suffered. As I thought that, anger ran through my veins. Suddenly I was up in my feet strangling Viren the next moment, "I do not care about anything Viren! This is all your fault so you need to amend it! I want my son back! Anyhow. I don't care what you do but I want him back. Safe and sound." I shouted as Stefan pulled me back from him.

Viren coughed a little from being strangled. He looked at me and promised, "I will try my best to bring our son back." 

"If something happens to my son, I will make your life a hell, Viren! I will kill you with my own hands." I promised back to which he nodded before heading out.

..

An hour later Viren was back at the house, a tired and lost expression on his face. "What happened?" I asked quickly as I saw him. 

He slumped back at the sofa before taking a deep breath. "The Grovers wouldn't take their case back neither would they give the evidence. They said it didn't matter to them. I can't believe they said my son was unimportant to them. I trusted these people never knowing how heartless and evil they were!" He muttered angrily. 

I clasped and unclasped my fist trying to keep  my anger down. "What about the police?"

"They said they wouldn't get involved as this is between powerful political families. In fact they dismissed the case saying there is no case at all." 

At that moment I couldn't help the tears that very quickly turned into a sob. What could we do now! They wouldn't even think twice before hurting my son. We had no choice, no way around. Maybe we could steal the evidence and hand it to the Goenka or maybe we can go and beg them. They can't be that heartless, can they? My mind ran through all possibilities when Stefan interrupted the train of my thoughts.

"I think there is a way. To be specific,  there is a person. A person who can help us. Actually the only one who can." He said looking at the TV screen. I followed his gaze and saw a news running on, it was the same old news, a victim reporting his sad tale on how his life was destroyed by the… that's when it  hit me! What Stefan was suggesting. He was asking us to take help from the someone who was well known for evil, who was the king of crimes such as kidnapping and murders and much more. Stefan can't be suggesting us to ask help from him, can he? 

Can we do that? Ask help from the devil?