The Twist in The Fate - Chapter Two

The Twist in The Fate

Chapter Two

5:45 PM , 26th September 1975.

The bus was climbing the steep hill. Rahul was listening to the music on his walkman….with closed eyes. Suddenly, the bus came to a screeching halt and it jerked.

Rahul opened his eyes and looked in front…removed the ear plugs of his walkman and asked the fellow passenger, who was an old man in his late sixties.

“Why did the bus stop?”

“I don’t know?” he said, shrugging his shoulders and looking at him.

“A tree has been uprooted and fallen on the road. The road is blocked. It would take sometime to clear it off the road. Meantime, you can get down the bus and see the very beautiful view from the top of this hill.” said the conductor of the bus, coming.

So most of the passengers got down the bus, including Rahul. He walked towards the edge of the hill and the memories of the past came to his mind.

“Excuse me, I have something to say.” said a beautiful young girl, coming towards Rahul, while he was chatting with his friend Sanjay.

“Yes, what is it?” he asked, looking at her.

“It’s personal,” She said, looking at Sanjay, “I hope you don’t mind.”

“Ok, I’ll make a move, Rahul.” He said, standing up and leaving, “See ya later.”

“Bye!” said Rahul, “Tell me what is it ?” he asked, looking at her.

“I Love You!” she said.

“W-What?” he cried, “Miss, you don’t even know me neither do I? And you come and say that you love me? Isn’t this strange and ridiculous?”

“Maybe? But I have fallen very deeply in love with you the very first moment I saw you.” She said, “And I think that I can’t live without you…you tell me if you too love me…or else…” She said, seriously.

“…or else what?” He asked

“I’ll have to look for some suicide spot and end my life, Rahul!” She said.

“You also know my name?” he said, “By the way, what’s your good name, miss?”

“Hmmmmm…If you think that you will fall in love with me after knowing my good name…then my good name is Priya. I’m 23 years old and am the only daughter of my parents. My father, Mr.Shaker, is an automobile engineer and my mother, Aruna is a normal house wife and I’ve a pet dog called ‘Tracy’, is this much details enough for you to fall in love with me, Rahul?”

“Alright, but you don’t know about me ?” he said.

“Do you like me to tell your life history, Rahul ?” she asked, with a smile on her face.

“No, thanks,” He said, smiling back at her.

“So what do you say?” She asked him.

“Priya, all I can tell you is that you needn’t have to go in search of any suicide spot anymore.” He said, with a grin.

“Thank you. I am so glad today.” She said, “I will soon introduce you to my parents. I’m sure that they too will like you and agree for our marriage and then…..” She said.

“And then, what?” he asked, looking into her eyes.

“Then, we’re going to have half a dozen kids. The first one shall be a boy named Rahul.” She said, “I hope you don’t mind that!”

“Mind?” he asked, pushing her off, “In the first place, we aren’t going to have a half a dozens kids and then not a boy.”

“Ok, fine.” She said, “How about five?”

“No!”

“Four?”

“No!”

“Three?”

“No!”

“Then you tell me how many?”

“Two”

“Only two, is it?”

“Yes, the first one will be a girl called ‘Priya’ and the second one will be a boy named ‘Rahul’. Is that ok?”

“Fine.” She said, smiling and hugging him.

***

Rahul was approaching the edge of the hill and the memories were flashing faster than before in his mind.

“Rahul, if something worst should happen to me. What will you do?” she asked.

“Please don’t you talk like that to me. Because, nothing is going to happen to you.” He said.

“No, if God forbid something happens to me, then what?” she asked.

“Then I’ll try to save you, if not I’ll join you in death!” he said.

“Do you love me so much?” she asked, smiling at him.

“Yes, I do! I love you more than my life!” He replied.

Rahul reached the edge of the hill. The wind was blowing against him, as he looked down from the top of that hill. It was so deep below.

“It would be an instant death, no doubt about it,” he thought.

“Son, be careful!” cried the old man, from behind, “It could be dangerous!” he warned.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.” He said, turning and looking at him…..his mind was going through the turmoil of the past.

“Doc, we have an emergency in the ICU. I don’t think she is going to make it?” said the nurse.

“What’s the case?” he asked.

“A car accident. She had hit a huge tree to avoid direct collision with the bus coming from the opposite direction. Nothing of the car remained. She was driving at 80 kms per hour.” She explained.

“Son, please save my daughter…..please….save her…she’s the only one we have…” pleaded her father, holding his hands.

“I will give try my best try!” He said, soothingly.

Rahul moved toward the unconscious figure in the Coma State and even before he could see her face, he knew who it was. He was shocked.

“Get the oxygen…I want blood over here immediately…it’s O negative…I want it fast..” He cried.

“How do you…?” asked the nurse, “Do you know her, doctor?”

“Hurry! We are running out of time…!” he cried, “Yes….her name is Priya!” he said, softly to her.

Rahul ran his finger around her forehead and he was nearly in tears.

“Doctor, there had been heavy bleeding. I don’t think she will…” said the nurse.

“NO! I want her to live! Do you hear me, LIVE!” he cried.

“Yes,…doctor.” Said the nurse, softly.

Rahul worked hard for another two to three hours making sure that everything possible was being done for Priya. She had a fractured skull, broken spine, a brain confusion, later, Rahul decided there was nothing more he could do for the present. He looked one last time at the unconscious figure.

“We are going to have a half a dozen kids. The first one shall be named ‘Rahul’, I hope you don’t mind.”

“Inform me, if at all there is any improvement?” he said, tired.

“Sure, Doctor.” Said the nurse.

As he walked out of the operation theatre: -

“Son, is she going to live?” asked her father, standing up.

“I..I don’t really know? Let’s pray to the God.” Said Rahul.

“She had told me so much about you, son.” Said her mother.

“And about you both to me.” He said, looking sadly at her.

At 1 am, the phone rang and he picked it up :

“Hello ?”

“Doc.It’s me. The patient in the ICU ward has become critical.”

“I’m coming…” He said, rubbing his eyes.

He rushed to the hospital and into the ICU ward. The oxygen mask had been removed.

“Who removed the God dam oxygen mask ?” he cried.

“Doc. She is no more.” Said the nurse, sadly.

Rahul took a deep breath. Now, the wind was beating from behind. He lifted both his hands up and leaned forward and let the wind push him down the cliff.

“She is no more….I’m sorry.”

He fell down and down. He could imagine Priya’s pretty smiling face in his mind. “I am coming to you….my dear…I’m coming!”

***

Sometime later, many, many thousand’s of miles away from planet Earth :-

“So have you all come to an conclusion about their reincarnation ?” asked a person, with a small golden crown on his head, seated on the golden throne, he was dressed in white robes.

“Yes.” Said Francis, with a grin, handing the file to him.

“Oh!” exclaimed the luminous person, going through the pages of the file, “Does every one of you agree with this?” he asked, looking at them.

“Yes”. They all said, except one, who remained silent all the while.

“Tina, why are you so silent? Is something wrong?” he asked, looking at her, “Don’t you agree with them?”

“No” she said, gently.

“And may I know why?” he asked, looking at her seriously.

“My lord, as you already know that this very couple had been reincarnated six times so far on the planet Earth, this shall be the seventh and most probably the last time. All the six times, their love had been unsuccessful, I should say”

“In one of their previous births, she was born quite late, when he was almost some sixty eight years old. Even though their age gape was more, they still fell in love with each other and even got married. But he was poisoned by his best and close friend.”

“Now, in their last birth, she had met with an accident and reached the heaven. Whereas, he couldn’t bear her loss, committed suicide and reached hell.” She continued.

“Well, at least, I thought that they are going to succeed this one last time. But now, It’s impossible once again!” she concluded with a sigh.

“Tina, I respect your feelings ….But you should know that love is powerful …..It is more powerful than me…the creator of this universe.” Said the person seated on the golden throne, smiling at her.

“But, it doesn’t make any sense in this case, isn’t it?” she asked.

“Wait and see for yourself. You should have patience, my dear.” He said, “If their love is true then it can work wonders.”

“Alright, let them do what they want to.” She said.

“That’s like a good girl.” He said, “So you can go ahead and let them be reincarnated as your team of F.A.T.E. wishes.”

“Thank you, my lord.” Said Francis, with a grin of victory on his face. He stared at Tina, who seemed to have lost the battle.

Francis, Angela, Tina and Edward were the four member team of ‘FATE’. Who were responsible for all the things that happened on the planet ‘Earth’ and else where. Since, the lord of the universe had the other important things to look after. So they looked after the routine matters or things, which included births and deaths, fortunes and misfortunes, etc.