 Friday, August 05, 2005 |
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By Whoosh 2 @ 11:53 pm 
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Vikkki. Aged 23. Head Trauma and multiple fractures in the ribs. Chances of Survival: Nil...
It is 1 am. The Nokia rings. The ring-tone echoes in the silent room. The only occupant of the room is woken to the tune of the latest hit song... “Kannum Kannum Nokia….” It was her favorite song and he had it as his ring tone. He picks up the phone. The voice that he hears on the other side is a familiar one.. But the tone isn’t.. She is in trouble... She is in danger.. His girl is in trouble... My Shreya is in trouble... I - am Vikkki...
"Vikkki, Vikkki.. This is me.. "
"What’s going on.. What’s wrong?”
"These guys.. they are ... they are.... ..... .."
"Hello... Hello... Hello.. Damn!!!" *click*
I had no idea what was going on.. One thing I knew was that she was in need of help and I had to help her somehow.. - and soon.. But how?? …
Shreya and I met some 5 years back when I was in college. She was two years my junior. Not a day passed without us spending at least half-an-hour with each other… Things have changed… Distance matters…’The world is a global village’, they say!… 300 kms seemed too far for me… She was determined to make it work.. I was determined to make it work.. I relocated back to Chennai from Bangalore. She had a job at a call-center.. I transferred my job to Chennai... Work was hectic for the both of us… Our daily meets came down to a meet a week… It further came down to once a month… Sometimes I wondered if the shift to Chennai was worth it.. I used to meet her once a month anyways… We were to meet that weekend.. Just 4 more days.. The thought lingered in my mind.. I always enjoyed meeting her.. It was no different now.. I slept at 10, counting down the remaining four days to the meet.. At 1am, my phone rang!!!
At times of fear, your actions are uncontrollable.. This was one such moment for me.. My legs froze.. My hands didn’t move.. My brain drew a blank.. I had no clue what to do.. I checked the number on the mobile.. It wasn’t her phone.. She had called from a landline.. The number started with 2621----… That was Annanagar.. Close.. But how close am I to finding her???
My Nokia rang again.. It was the same number..
“Shreya, engai irukkei?”
“Vikkki, Siddarth…. His House…. He is….”
“Whats going on..”
“Come soon Vikkki…”
Siddarth – He was my classmate in college.. He was one of the few people who knew about Shreya and me.. He was more Shreya’s friend than mine.. I never liked him too much – so much that I didn’t bother having contact with him after my college days. Siddarth stayed in Annanagar.. I knew his house quite well.. We used to go there a few times during our college days.. It was a couple of kilometers from my house…
Rains were lashing the city of Chennai in June – surprisingly. I ran to the car and started it up.. I had to reach Siddarth’s place soon.. What I could do there was a different question.. I knew Sherya was in trouble – it was evident from her voice.. But what the problem was, I didn’t know… I could only assume the worst. I tried calling the number again, but no one picked up..
The speedometer clocked 100 kmph on the 2nd Avenue road. I had just crossed 11th Main road… Blue Star… 9th Main Road… 8th Main Road… Round Tana… Out of nowhere a bus reached the junction from my right. He was at top speed too… I spotted him a bit too late.. He couldn’t have seen me coming from his angle.. I swerved to the right to avoid him.. He breaked to avoid hitting me.. I smashed the car into the side of the bus.. It was a head on collision for me.. I collapsed at that instant…
10 minutes later, ambulance sirens were heard all over the round tana junction. A man, aged between 20 and 25 was carried into the ambulance on the stretcher.. He had lots of blood loss.. Some said that he could be in a coma.. The ambulance rushed to the SMF Hospital.. The doctors checked him… The ICU was buzzing with activity that night.. The police had managed to contact some people, thanks to the man’s mobile phone. They had also called the number that the person had last dialed – not longer than half-an-hour ago. A girl and a guy arrived at the hospital in no time.. They introduced themselves as Shreya and Siddarth. Shreya identified the man in the ICU as Vikkki. The doctors said that he had suffered a head trauma and had many broken ribs.. The chances of Vikkki surviving were nil… That morning at 4, Vikkki passed away..
Much later, Shreya and Siddarth returned to Siddarth’s place.. The decorations were still in place.. The coke and the pepsi were still there on the table. The cake was now a waste… They ditched it into the dust-bin. “Happy Birthday, Vikkki”- it read.. The date – June 28, 2005.
It was Shreya’s idea of a surprise birthday party. Siddarth and Shreya had planned an elaborate prank to trick me.. Unfortunately, I wasn’t there to enjoy the party.. God knows where I am….
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indha character'ku vera per vachu irukalaam la? ellam unnoda details'ae kodukanuma enna Grrr.
btw, romba nalla ezhuthi iruka da!
orae suspense'aa pochu.
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:) Thanks pa. All my stories are like that na.. just three characters and I am always in the "thick of the action" ;) hehe..
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katha nalla eruku but...ur name here...and the ending of th e story...dai...ange vanthu nane un mandeya odaikuren
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Siddarth seems to be a nice guy at least in this story (cheers!), but for all the build up in the beginning!
Good one!
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Gud one vikki...but ippa nee uiroda irukkya illayaa...Appa next time i want u to die like this i will plan for something like this..okvaa
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pasangaluku y avasara err no budhi? ;) nice one :)
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@Dumbs: Yeah, I carry a Nokia, but that is not my ring tone. I have that song as a caller tune though ;) phone booth paathirukkein, havent seen Cellular though!! Must see soon.. :)
@Peepi: Its okay ma. No tension! :)
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@Sophia: Yen elaarum en pera paathu tension aareenga... Whats in a name?? :)
@DV: Yeah, I know u like Siddarth... He is afterall the hero of ur stories.. I am just highlighting the shady sides of his character ... hehe.. Though, yeah, I didnt make him look bad in this story.
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@Shiva: With good friends like u, I guess I dont need any enemies!
@C_Me: :p
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I can't decide whether or not i liked this story, hmmmm. Part of me says good one, and the other half says morbid, wish you hadn't written it!
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Hey vikki, Too good....Nalla yezhuthi Irukke, But change the names from next time when you write...
Even though its a writing, I dont want Something happening like this, to any of my good friends ;-))
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indha character'ku vera per vachu irukalaam la? ellam unnoda details'ae kodukanuma enna Grrr.
btw, romba nalla ezhuthi iruka da!
orae suspense'aa pochu.