CHAPTER 8

Capricorn,Virgo and Taurus had gotten down from their plane. They were in the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport currently.

The marble floors were beautiful to look at but it increased their urgency for some reason. The Airport looked completely opposite to the mission they were on. It could have been Virgo's imagination but she could have sworn that she had seen someone look at them weirdly.

They were waiting to receive their luggage. One must wonder how they managed to hide their ammunition. Easy, they didn't bring it on the flight. They had it on a helicopter, Leo's auto-copter. It was an self-driven helicopter which had the invisibility function which was present in everything he made for some reason. Well it served them well so.......

Virgo suddenly felt that someone was looking straight at them. She tapped Capricorn,who was nearest to her on the arm twice,who did the same to Taurus.

Taurus frowned and looked at Capricorn,who looked at Virgo,who sighed. She rolled her eyes and the other two got the message.

Taurus crossed his fingers, which was a sign for the question,"Fight or Flight?"

Virgo and Capricorn raised their index fingers which signified "Flight."

Taurus took a deep breath and started counting on his head, waiting for their luggage to come out. Virgo felt the presence grow stronger. Her breaths grew shorter as she forced herself not to look back but she took out her mirror and positioned it in front of her. The space behind her was curiously blank. She felt unease grow in her and she poked Capricorn. Capricorn took a look at her mirror and felt the blood drain from his face and poked Taurus in turn who asked them to wait for 10 seconds as their luggage was just coming out.

1

Virgo tensed

2

Capricorn bit his lip.

3

Taurus took their luggage and motioned them to follow him.

4

Virgo closed her mirror.

5

Capricorn bumped into someone in his hurry.

6

Taurus sucked in a breath.

7

Virgo stepped out of the airport

8

Capricorn was outside too

9

Taurus came outside as well

10

They began running as they felt the person behind them give chase.

The people of Mumbai stared at them weirdly as they only saw two men and a women start running like they were running for their life(which they were but they didn't know that). The person chasing them was invisible to everyone but the Agents had heightened senses which made her painfully visible.

The police shouted,"Halt!"

They were beyond halting then and the police finally gave up but not before wondering whether to call an asylum.

They ran in the crowded streets and yet the person refused to give up. It was a miracle how they hadn't hit any carts or cars.

"Ei ladke aur ladki pagal hi tadha bhag keu rehe hai?"
(Why are these boys and girl running like mental people?)

Shouts like this could be heard from everyone. People parted to make way for them. They ran and ran until they were running parallel to the beach. The streets were fairly deserted then. They had to reach that helicopter. Then they could avoid unnecessary bloodshed. They saw the helicopter(which had appeared for visibility) a few metres away and a lot up.

Virgo put a hand on her tranquilizer which she kept in her overcoat. Capricorn and Taurus strained to put on a burst of extra speed and managed to put a few more centimetres between them and their pursuer. This was madness.

The helicopter was now in sight. The people were giving them looks which clearly said,"Who are all these crazy people?" Well you can't blame them. The Agents looked quite mental to anyone but them and their pursuer.

People were staring at the helicopter which had arrived all of a sudden. They were wondering what was wrong with that day, probably.

The helicopter must have detected them coming closer for a ladder fell from it,narrowly missing a man's head who started shouting. Well,just imagine you were on a stroll in the beach and suddenly a ladder falls in front of you. That shock was clearly visible on his and his neighbouring people's faces.

Taurus grabbed the ladder and got on the front rung, followed by Capricorn. Capricorn pulled Virgo up and the ladder retracted into the copter. Just as they were almost in it,a bullet passed a milimetre away from Virgo's face.

They clambered into it and Taurus took the pilot's seat while the other two sat down behind him. Virgo switched on the invisibility function as they flew higher and higher up into the air,away from serious danger for the time being.

Capricorn gasped,"Who the hell was that?"

Taurus shrugged,putting the copter on autopilot for the time being.

Virgo licked her lips,"On a scale of 1 to 10 how dangerous would it be to send a message to the others?"

Capricorn stared at her blankly as Taurus said,

"11."

Virgo sighed. "This makes no sense."

"Life never does,my dear Virgo,"Taurus muttered as he looked outside at the white clouds.

Next day's newspaper headline,"Two men and a women spotted running like crazy without any apparent reason and getting on a mysterious helicopter."

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