Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction and any relevance to anyone is purely coincidental
Chapter II
The Gang got their first case and more importantly 3000 bucks. Bihari wanted to go to a bar but Prince suggested that they rather save it and use it for the investigation. Eventually they went back to their respective homes, which happened to be just adjacent to one another, typical Railway colonies, and decided to meet the next morning. That night, Prince and Roy chatted on Facebook.
Roy: Oye, Apoorva has accptd Ur frnd req wow! Congrates..
Prince: No, it’s me who accepted her req ok! And it’s not congratEs baal, Gujarati hai kya tum??
Roy: bhakk maksai, then y hv u written on her wall, “thanx for adding, bdw Ur profile pic is really nice”
Prince: brb, smone calling..
Roy: its ok, I understand! Abbey ek baat bol to…ladki ke saath chat karo toh ‘hehehehe’ karke hasna chaiye ya ‘hahahahaha’ karke?
Prince: ‘LOL’ maar de baal..
Roy: hmm…ok!
Prince: have you thought anything about the case?
Roy: What case baal?
Prince: Maaka the case we got today, how will we move fwd with it. Try to find out where she lives, spy on her, stalk her…baal kuch to karna padega!
Roy: Ya I have sent her a fraansdhip request :P
Prince: What? Baal tum mental hai kya? She should not know that we are spying on her! Billa humara company start hone ke pehle khatam kar diya tum.
Roy: Kya hua bey? Itna bada case ho gya kya? Usko toh bahut friendship request aata hoga ek din mein! Oye pls Bihari ko mat bolna bey.
Prince: I don’t know yaar. Agar info nikaalna hi tha through fb then it shld hv been me who shld hv talked to her…tujhe ghanta bhi kuch aata hai..
Roy: Oye Prince……bhai she accepted my frnd req bey, and she is online now!
Next morning they met as planned, Bihari had no idea about the chat between the other two. “Let’s order pizza bey, pizza kha kha ke sochega hum” said a hungry Bihari. Prince took out his phone to make the order, but before he could make his call the phone rang, it was an unknown no.! Prince received the call.
“Hello! Hard hit agency? Can I speak to Amritangshu?” the guy said in a very ‘call-centre’ accent.
“Amritangshu? There is no….” said prince but before he could complete, Bihari interrupted!
“Oye Baal amaar naam bey Amritangshu, kaun hai yeh nice man, phone do humko.”

‘Amritangshu’ took the phone from prince and said “Hello, yes Amritangshu here! Who is it?”
“aee petla, humko pehchana?” asked the unknown voice. “Nahi bey, kaun hai bhai tum?” replied Bihari blankly. “Fengshu bey baal, remember?” replied the man, “Kaun Fensgshu bey?” asked Bihari. “Abey Debanjan bey, bhool gaya humko? I was with you in school, my stage name is Fengshu, DJ Fengshu, suna toh hoga hi, and these days I play in Club Zero.”
Debanjan a.k.a DJ Fengshu was Bihari’s classmate in school, no one expected him to become what he is today. A below average performer in school and college, decided to ‘burn the dance floor’! He used to work as a part-time-make-shift DJ at the newly opened discotheques in Guwahati. More than the money it was the girls that gave him a high. His habit of wooing young school girls had brought him much trouble.
“Listen, it’s something important, kya tum log aaj mere club aa sakte ho?”requested Fengshu.
“Kya hua bey?” asked Bihari anxiously. Whatever Fengshu said after that took the gang by surprise, they were not expecting it. He said, “It’s about your case, it’s about Shreya Deb, I need to tell you something very important, please come to club zero tonight”. Bihari gave a grave look to the other two, Prince asked him to put the phone on loudspeaker, Bihari did that and asked Fengshu, “What about her?” Fengshu replied, “We can’t talk on phone. You guys have to come here; your life is in danger! Our lines may be tapped. I will text you the address, be there by 9. Shreya will be there too!” , saying that Fengshu cut the call.
No one spoke anything for the next 45 seconds, after that...
“ Joi Maa Kali!! Everything will be fine, we will ROCK it” Said an excited Roy.
“Oye! Sab ready hoke aana bey please, accha DRESS! pehanke”Pleaded Prince.
The gang took a city bus to club zero; city buses are the best way of transport inside Guwahati, “I have never been to a disco bey baal” confessed Bihari. “Will there be a lot of girls? Sab miniskirts pehenke aayega kya baal? I toh have even heard that discs mein ganja milta hai”, asked an excited Bihari. “Even I have never been to one”, said Roy keeping a hand on his shoulder, “You guys don’t worry, main hoon na.”, said Prince swinging the elbow behind his head, (Yes, Shahrukh was his favorite actor!).
Club zero was 5 minutes from the bus stand, situated in the heart of Guwahati city, was famous among students as it provided free entry for couples.
“You have membership?” asked one of the bouncers
M. Shankar his name plate said. He was tall and had a big body; he was Bihari, Roy and Prince in one.
“No we don’t. We came here on the invitation of the club DJ, Fengshu. Tell him that Amritangshu and his friends have come.” Prince said boldly.
“I don’t have to. You people are already on the guest list. This way sir.” Replied M. Shankar.
“ Dekha, kaise tackle kartey hai?” Proudly said Prince.
“Baal biceps ta deksosh, kya banaya bey!” said Roy to Bihari brushing off Prince.
The trio entered the disc. Dance floor-consoles-lights-drinks-girls. The gang had never seen such things; they were excited and uncomfortable at the same time. “Sir please be seated, Fengshu da will join you soon” said the waiter showing them the plush sofa. “Yey bey!! Ki chaaliya jagah!, Oye bihari, oi oi maal ta re dekh! Tere peeche!” Roy said pointing towards hot girls sitting behind Bihari on another sofa.
Prince was trying to look for Shreya, the reason they came here! They never expected her to contact them. Why did she call them? She was their case! Fengshu had even mentioned that their life was in danger. Was Fengshu Shreya’s new boyfriend? “Hi”, came a girl’s voice, it was a young teenage girl.
Prince wanted to reply to the girl, but he was sitting diametrically opposite to her and he had to shout to make her listen. Bihari replied “Hi” (had a big smile on his face). “You like emo?” asked the girl, “huh?” replied Bihari, he had no clue. “So, you don’t like emo? I also don’t like emo! I am more into Goth!” the girl told making faces. Bihari was staring at her, turned back and said in a very low voice “ki bey baal?” The girl was waiting for an answer, when she did not get any; she asked “will you buy me a drink?”
The conversation was interrupted by the ‘man of the house’, DJ Fengshu was here. Dressed in a simple round neck shirt and jeans, he wore his headphones around his neck. He welcomed the gang. Offered drinks.“Let’s talk business guys.”, said Fengshu. “Where is Shreya?” demanded Prince in a tone which Fengshu didn’t enjoy. He gave a hard stare to Prince, Prince did not deter, and he looked back straight into his eyes. “Ask your friend to calm down, I am just trying to help. He may not go back in a single piece if he gives me such stares. People love me here.” Bihari and Roy were shocked. 'He is not the Debanjan I knew', thought Bihari. Fengshu started to breathe faster; he was chanting 'shanti-shanti'. Slowly he moved his hand in air and shook his body hard. “This helps me calm down, do you do yoga Amritangshu?” Still shocked, seeing his childhood friend like this, Bihari replied in a very dull voice “No!”
“Ahaan! Here is the girl, wow you look stunning babe!” DJ Fengshu said completely ignoring Bihari’s No.
She was wearing a one-piece-single-strap-black-prom dress made up of 100% satin silk. Sexy-hot-beautiful-graceful, every word seemed to be an understatement. Her hair was let loose; the small red blob on her chin rather looked cute. 'The small pimple on her face is like a cherry on a cake, yummy!' thought Roy. They were dumbstruck.
“Someone was dancing really hard, huh?” asked Fengshu welcoming Shreya. The trio was still staring at her. She was looking gorgeous. She smelled good, Davidoff perhaps thought Prince. “Hey Shreya, this is Amritangshu, and they are his..umm… colleagues, ya Amritangshu?” said the rude-dude-of-the-night, to which Bihari replied “they are my friends”. The gang quickly exchanged a yeh-dosti-hum-nahi-todenge-aur-jo-bakwaas-karega-usko-phodenge glance. Prince was still looking at her when she caught him staring, she asked, “what’s your name?”
Silence, those were the 1st words she spoke, she had a sensuous voice, hearing her felt like a drop of cold icy water on a bare back. Prince had already fallen for her. He replied “You don’t know my name?” to which Shreya laughed and said “No, I don’t. Fengshu had told, but I forgot.”
Fengshu-ki-maka-saki-naka thought Prince.
“How did you know about us, why did you call us here?” bombarded Bihari
“I read a message on Bedant’s phone, he is a maniac, and we are not together anymore. We broke up long back. But he still thinks us to be together.” Justified Shreya.
“She is with Abhijeet Da these days, Bedant doesn’t know.” explained Fengshu.
KLPD thought Prince, Roy asked “What are we supposed to do? Bedant is our client and he is paying us.”
“He is a maniac, you guys can’t revert, Bedant is a very dangerous guy. He is a bloody gunda. We will pay you double; just see that Abhijeet’s name doesn’t come in all this.” said Fengshu.
Did he say double? Thought the trio is unison. Ha!
“What will happen if we, us and you together just tell him. Sit calmly somewhere and tell him everything, he will understand. Aisa kya hi ho jayega?” asked Prince.
“He will bloody kill you, all of you! Me, Fensghu and Abhijeet also. Everyone!” Shreya leaned and whispered.
Who is this Abhijeet? Are Fengshu and Shreya lying? Will Prince be able to woo Shreya? Is Bedant being framed or is he actually that dangerous? Visit this blog space to find out, how these ‘friends’ proceed with the twisted case.
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