25 Raka (1/2)

”Don't look down Neha. Yes look at me. That's it.” I said as I led Neha to the upper floor to her room.

The person I had accidentally killed had shit his pants when he died. And I won't even talk about that guy who was called Navin.

So at this moment, the room was filled with a nasty smell. Although I had already gotten used to worse kind of smells, Neha wasn't. Nor was she used to such sights.

So I had decided to take her out of this room so that I won't have to worry about her screaming and crying later on.

The fact that Rahul had not come till now also worried me greatly.

'Why the hell would he take so much time to come? It can't be that he's torturing that soldier till now right. I don't think that's his style. Well, I hope he's alright.'

I led Neha to her room but before I could tell her to enter, she turned around and asked ”Brother, did you have a fight with someone just now.”

”Something like that.” I smiled but I doubt anyone could see my smile beneath that black helmet. So I took it off and rubbed Neha's head gently.

”Don't worry. Big bro will come soon and explain everything to you alright. Till then. Stay here. I've to deal with a few things and will come back after a few minutes.”

Saying that I sent her into her room and locked it from the outside.

After that, I went down stairs, where the three boys were lying. I picked up the dead body and threw it to the neighbouring house. After that, I did the same with the other two.

There was a basement in out neighbour's house. I had no idea why he would have a basement in his house. But it was convenient for me in this situation.

Now, it would be used as my torture room.

But for additional safety, I went and closed every window and door in the house. This way their screams won't travel out of the house.

At least I hope it won't. I don't want Neha to hear what's going to happen next.

I slapped the guy named Suraj on the cheeks, but I did so in moderation. If I used too much force and some kind of 'accident' happened and he dies, then I would have one less prisoner to get the information from.

After a few slaps and some water to his face, he finally groggily woke up and when his eyes met mine, he jerked in fear and moved the leg that I'd just crushed.

'Aaah aahh aaaaahh' The pain from a crushed leg was not something he could take and he immediately started screaming. And his screaming were indeed miserable.

'Wow! He's a shrieker.' I thought in my mind.

But I had no doubt in my mind that the crushed leg must have hurt him a lot.

I was even starting to wonder if I would be able to get any information from him. So I took out some painkillers from my bag and stuffed them into his mouth.

At this point, I also remembered the words said by the third guy in the group.

'The world has gone to hell. And only the strong will survive.'

Now that I think about it, he was not wrong. If this guy in front of me was stronger than me, then he would not be in such a pitiful situation.

After a while, Suraj's screams had finally gone down in intensity. Maybe the leg was causing him less pain because of the painkillers.

'Oi! Now that I think about it. If he doesn't feel much pain, then won't my interrogation be a complete failure.' I cursed at how I'd make such a childish mistake before I even the started the interrogation.

'Indeed, there a lot for me to learn.' I thought with a sigh.

After a while, he finally shut his mouth. Though the fear in his eyes, when he looked at me, had not decreased by even a bit.

”Good. You're quiet.” I said. ”Now we can finally start.”

I put the kitchen knife on his cheeks and said ”We're going play a game of question and answers. And the rules of the game are pretty simple. Rule number one is…”

”I will tell you. I will tell you everything. Just… please don't kill me.” He said and started crying loudly.

'Well… I guess some nuts are easier to crack then others.' Then I looked at the kitchen knife which I'd sharpened with so much efforts and sighed.

'No more use for you today. Perhaps that Navin guy would put up some resistance, but looking at the guy in front of me, I doubt such a thing would happen.'

Tear and snot flew all over the place as he finally started to resemble the 16 young boy that he should have been.

”Good. Then tell me why would sell your own townsmen. Tell me why the army is supplying you with ammunition. Tell me everything. And remember, your two friends are with me as well. After I talk with you, I'll have a talk with them as well. And if your stories don't match.” I pointed at his other leg and said ”Then I'll break your other leg as well.”

”No… please. I'll tell you everything.” He cried a bit more and finally peed his pants.

'The fuck! Why are these guys so scared of me. Do I look that ugly or something.'

'A bit.' Lily said.

'Screw you!'

The 'prisoner' then started to give me all the information that I knew.

After I had interrogated him, I went to the guy named Navin who had apparently already gained his consciousness and heard the screams coming from the basement.

When I went to fetch him, he was shivering from head to toe.

When I took him to the basement, he put up a lot of resistance. I looked at his useless resistance in amusement and wondered what he thought of this basement.

'This dark mysterious basement where all kinds of horrible screams resounded from.' I chuckled in my mind when I thought about it that way.

This nut was even easier to crack than the previous one. I didn't even have to show him the knife or threaten him before he spilled all the beans.

The story was pretty simple. After the Black fog, the Severe pain and the Abnormals' attacks, only a few survivors were left.

Two or three days after this, a small detachment of the army had come to scout this place. But they had somehow gotten into a fight against the abnormals and thus, a gunfight had issued.

All the scouts died in the fight. But they did the job of taking most of the abnormals out of the town. The few abnormals that were left were all in the eastern part of the town.

Once most of the Abnormals left, all of the survivors came together to form a small community.

But that all changed when the army came once again. This time, with the ruse of taking in survivors, they collected all the survivors in one place.

But then they showed a completely different attitude and took all the women with them while they beat the men into submission.

They gave guns and ammunitions to the group which had submitted to them before everyone else, and punished the ones who didn't.

The guys who got the guns, thus became the new owners of this town. Their leader was named Raka. He was just a small businessman before the apocalypse but now he had turned into some kind of low level mafia boss.

He took all the women who were left in this town for himself and gave a few to his subordinates.

The rest of the groups could only grit their teeth in vain as Raka's group had a few guns on them.

The military left soon after that, giving Raka the order to take care of this area. And to capture any more beautiful women that was found and send her to their commander.

The guys from the military came every day to check on the situation. This was also a way for them to remind Raka who the real boss was.

Today, Raka's scout had told him about some guy entering the town. He also reported that he saw a girl with him. So in order to capture both the people, he had send these three guys and given them a handgun just in case, to prevent the girl from escaping.