It’s a long long day – Doubts, Debate, Details, Discussion, and Decision

After a bumpy drive of twenty minutes, Praveen said, “We cannot take this car into Narayanpura. That will be a risk.”

“We can stash it somewhere here and walk ahead, but we will have to pack the arms. It’s better to do that instead of risking” I replied.

“Yes. Let’s do one thing; we will drive back a bit. There was a small road going inside forest. Will drive a bit into that road and then park it there.”

I took a turn, which was equally difficult in that narrow road, and started driving back until I saw a narrower road on my right. Taking a turn into that road we drove for some time and finding a place far from the Narayanpura road and where we could park the car without blocking that road we parked the car. As Praveen started packing the arms into two huge bags, I quickly ran towards the Narayanpura road to confirm that our car was not visible from there. By the time I was back at car Praveen had almost packed the arms.

“Pack your favorite Sniper. Have kept it for you” Praveen said still busy packing.

“Who knows we might be using it today” I said picking up my favorite DTA Stealth Recon Scout Multi Caliber Sniper in its bag and zipping it tight.

“Don’t get started” Praveen replied quietly.

“Did you drink? You smell of alcohol” Praveen said suddenly, as we were winding up packing our arms and making sure the car dint raise any suspicions.

“Haha yes, I had a beer” I replied merrily.

“What the hell, I was busy here in this scorching heat collecting information with Ram and you enjoyed in Honnavar?”

“So what information did you collect? Ram just said that something fishy was going on in the village and it was almost sure that the missing agent was kidnapped and he was still here. No more details?” I asked.

“First tell me how you ended up drinking beer? And what’s up with that strange smell from your body?” he asked.

“I did the same thing which we had done in Afghanistan 2008”

“Oh really? Did it work?”

“Yeah. I drove straight to the bar which Ram mentioned, wore that Ram’s assistant’s T-Shirt and his slippers, walked into bar, took a beer, gulped few sips, and started yelling that someone had hit my brother the previous night and showed them the picture of the missing agent and yelled about calling cops. Within minutes the bartender said that the agent was last seen talking to someone in green T-Shirt, who had started visiting the bar recently. After a small heated argument with that person, our agent had quickly walked out the bar, not even finishing his beer”

“Wait. Did you say green T-Shirt?” Praveen asked with his eyes widened.

“Yes, why?”

“Because the group that has been staying here has few of its members wearing green T-Shirts as their uniforms”

“What? Which group?” I asked.

“Wait. Let’s clear our doubts and setup a clear plan and only then walk into the village. It’s still 4:15 PM and still very bright. What will we do? I don’t even know the details or whatever information you both collected” I said.

“Fine. Let’s clear our doubts and sort out a plan” Praveen said.

“First tell me what info you guys collected”

We sat inside the car switching on the AC as Praveen said, “I can’t explain in detail but this is what we collected – A group has been staying this village in one of the houses at the end of the village. They say they are here to setup a Paper Mill. They haven’t much mingled with villagers but keep going into the forest where villagers believe is their Mill site. As per what we heard, there is definitely something wrong happening in this village and also that group.”

“Fine, there is something suspicious about this group, but what? Even though the group looks suspicious it doesn’t prove this the same group that we ought to deal with. And also there is no proof that they have kidnapped the missing RAW agent. What if this group is doing something fishy but in no way is related to our missing agent?”

“You are right, even I had that doubt. But right now this is the only lead we have. And atleast now I am more confident than earlier as you too mentioned about a guy in green T-Shirt sighted in the bar, even these guys do wear green T-Shirts, atleast some of them” Praveen said.

“That is true. That builds up some link and something to believe in. But I am still not convinced about it. Something doesn’t look right here.”

“What else do you need?”

“What is this group? What are they dealing with? Other than that green colored T-Shirt, which might be a hard case of match up, there is no more information. We cannot attack them nor take any action. We don’t even know if they kidnapped our agent” I said, still unconvinced on what we had gathered.

“I agree completely that we cannot yet attack them. But this is all what we have. The group is there since two months in the village, it has kept itself aloof, always silent and limited to that one house, those people seldom come out, mingle with villagers, never party, and engaged in suspicious activities.” Praveen said, trying to convince me.

“The only thing that the agents GPS device stopped working here and then went missing and this is the only suspicious group active in this village, it’s a very good reason to believe in what we have but can we really attack this place?” I asked.

“No ways. We don’t even know for sure that this is the group our agent was involved with so we cannot attack nor take any action but yes we have a suspicion and we need to scout them or atleast keep our eyes and ears open in this village for any more information or any small lead”

“True. And even if this was the group or say we get more information somehow and come to a conclusion that this is the group our agent was after how do we know if they kidnapped this agent or if he went himself into the group as per his last email?”

“That is true, but we do not have many options and cannot let the time slip away. Whatever it is, we have to risk on breaking him out. Be it a kidnap or be it infiltration, we have to get this agent out. Risking blowing up his cover is better than risking his life” Praveen said.

I was a bit convinced by what he said. Thinking calmly for a minute, I said, “I agree with you. But how can we be sure if that is the house we need to monitor. We do not know anything about the count of men, the arms they are equipped with and even if they are the group, have they kept our agent in that house? If yes then how do we attack? And if not then what is the use in attacking the whole house?”

“Hmm right. We cannot directly attack that house. We need another plan” Praveen said as we thought hard for more options and our action plans to end that long long day.

Can you readers come up with any plans and suggest us any ways to deal with this situation??

Drop in your suggestions below…

Vishal…

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