Chapter 3
As Saksham heard this, his heart almost jumped out of his throat. He suddenly felt a little cool in his back. He couldn't decide whether he should be happy about this news or creeped out.
Suddenly, there was a silence in the room for a second. Just then, Arjun cried out in pain. Saksham heard this shout and came back from his dilemma. He saw his mother pinching his father's waist. He saw Savitri saying angrily, "Old man, not even entered the house properly and took off his clothes but telling these types of thing to our young son. What if he couldn't sleep at night? Would you go to his school tomorrow?"
Arjun also said angrily, "He was eventually going to hear about this from someone else. And he is not a 3 year-old child who would still be scared of things like these."
"So, can't you explain this in a better way that is not this bad?"
"How else do you want me tell this thing as? That 'Your four friends who we had met in the Parents Teacher Meeting had met their maker and now they will live happily ever after in the heaven.'?"
"Are you telling a fairy tale?"
"Then you tell me. How am I supposed to tell him?"
Seeing his parents bicker, Saksham couldn't help but smile wryly. He said, "Can you two stop bickering? I am hungry. Let's have our dinner and then you could bicker all you want."
Savitri stood up and once again pointed at Arjun and said, "Look, due to your bad explanation, Saksham is feeling hungry now!"
Arjun almost did a somersault and spewed blood at this unreasonable statement. He weakly retorted, "But this is just a biological sig-"
"Whoever bickers again with me is going
This time, Arjun really shut his mouth honestly and went to his room silently. Looking at his father's lonely back, Saksham couldn't help but snicker quietly. There was not a single time when his father had won against his mother in bickering. He also heard his father whispering, "How could woman be such an unreasonable creatures…."
The family then quietly had their dinner and then Saksham went back to his room to study. After half an hour, although Saksham had his book opened, but his mind was wandering somewhere else. He couldn't help but connect the four bullies' death and his words that he had said in the afternoon. Everything he said in the afternoon did come true. Those four bullies were indeed killed by a car running them over. And they did die very miserable.
Although he was not a believer a supernatural, but this incident couldn't help but let him doubt that. Saksham shook his head and once again concentrated on his studies thinking that this thing couldn't be true. But after some time, he once again couldn't help but think that if….if this indeed happened because of what he had said then.... wasn't that something very cool? Would that mean that he has gotten himself a super power?
Saksham thought for a while and decided to once again try this on someone else. He thought of many people he could try this on but thinking that if it really did come true then it would be bad if he kills an innocent person. So he tried to think of some very bad guys in the world. As he carefully recalled their names and wrote them down in his mind, he also recalled what and how he had said his words in the afternoon.
Saksham carefully practiced it again and again in his mind. After a few minutes, Saksham opened his eyes and there was a sharp glint in his eyes. He said, "Osama Bin Laden, Die!" (Couldn't figure out any name so just put this one there.)
After waiting for a few moments, Saksham subconsciously felt that it didn't go well. He once again said a bunch of more names but still felt that something was amiss. At the last of his 'hit-list', there was a name of a local don in his area. Those four bullies always threatened people without any fear due to their connection with his gang. Aside from those four bullies, Saksham also hated those gang leaders and people like them. Saksham believed that those people were the tumor of the society and they had to be cut down. So in the end, he didn't forget to shout out his name.
"Gullu Tyagi, you die tonight."
As Saksham said this, his whole body felt a warm current traveling from his mouth, down to his whole body and then disappearing, as if integrating with the air. This time, Saksham had a hunch that this is going to be successful. As he couldn't know when and where it would happen so, he just concentrated back to his studies.
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Next Morning
Saksham woke up early in the morning like usual. He woke up, got fresh and then got ready to go to school. When he came to the dining table for a quick breakfast, he saw his father watching news. He sat down on the chair and also watched the news alongside Arjun. Just when he turned around for a second, he heard the news anchor speak about some other news.
"Last night, Gullu Tyagi, the infamous don of Indirapuram, was shot dead after he got in a fight with a police officer. Police say...….."
Saksham didn't care what the news anchor had to say next. What he had wanted to hear was about Gullu's death. Now, Saksham couldn't help but suck in a cool breath. His heart was banging very hard against his chest. He was also feeling a little light headed.
'So, I've got some kind of super power, huh?' Saksham thought.
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[If you want to know how to p.r.o.nounce the name Saksham, then it is like this "Suck-shum" (most probably)
and Saksham means Powerful, Capable, competent, etc. in Hindi.
And Nayak means Protagonist.
I don't know what Gullu means but Tyagi means hermit or ascetic.]