35- POST WAR RECESSION 1971
Hours after the blackout, Kashem was opening his eye pupils, and his iris was increasing with a familiar ground. He looked at the gallows, where people get hanged after the death sentence. Someone familiar was a lot of an exclamation. It was not fully a reveal but only Jawad knew what Kashem didn't-it was none other than Selim who was circling around with an iron rod. On his other hand was a butcher knife.
"Well, well, well, look who's here? The monster of the century? Are you expecting Madame Ruby's henchmen to be the butcher, huh?" said Selim with a grin.
In that dark, open field, surrounded by the prison walls and old fashioned British Era. Only the cold fog blurred a bit of it. No prisoners, only two of the might: a hero and an anti-hero but something wicked is about to come this way. Scary smell of human meat was coming from the body, with the psychotic measures.
"Maybe the world isn't so cruel but do you know, what you did to me?" said Selim.
"I gave you everything, right after the orphanage was burnt. I gave you home, food and even helped right after the war! Is that what you're payin' me for?" screamed Kashem.
"Do you think I care? No way! I only cared about someone who you call 'love'!"
"Nitra?"
"Absolutely!"
"Why?"
Selim begun to reveal, while Kashem was staggering around the ground, with his wound. It was a catastrophe amidst what Jawad cleverly found from Chikku and Gyankosh's plan to expose Selim on that. Was everything a part of a plan? Or is it co-incidence?
Under the fog, its dark atmosphere was about to freeze Kashem's blood-filled wound, as almost a cut of meat was about to be used. Cannibalistic features of Selim had a lot of things that never added up.
Selim said
"I understand the horror. You might be a monster but you're weak and frail as a person, craving for love, is it? You ruined my whole plans! The real Kashem...so naïve that he never knew my truest intentions. I'm highly obliged to see you, son of Rahat. You are just as reckless as your father and look. But if Kashem is around, let me tell you my story:
In the orphanage, I saw the kindest Nitra, cooks food every weekend and give us the delicious ones. But whenever I see her beauty, I just felt peaceful because as Kashem have seen me, by getting bullied by the others because of my dwarf stature. I remember to have this habit of reading strange or banned books from the orphanage library, where the investment goes into. Then I studied about cannibalism during the Mughal Period, especially the chieftain described upon.
By the time, a lot of children, especially you were adopted, I was craving to learn about my lineage. It was the family of Badats, while surprisingly, Sri Badat was my ancestor, which really made sense of my dwarfism. But love stopped me to kill people, but to save her was always my motive. When you went to the US, I've seen a lot of people from the neighborhood, especially soldiers from the war were trying to harass her beauty, and then I started to eat human meat while slicing them like a kosher meat.
I went to my forefather's grave, swore to restore the tradition. It was quite a success, because, reading about Jack The Ripper cases was fun.
To take revenge against the matron who discriminated my dwarfism with the 'perfectly shaped bodies', I burned down the orphanage just to get rid of the worst memories there. But everyone thought that it was only war, because in war, women were raped and children were slaughtered. While I'm bound to eat them, I even killed a lot of people who tried to rape Nitra, but I made them disappear. Mr. Jahirul and Salam (not knowing the real intentions), have given me a position as a secretary of the government job, only to serve tea, until Madame Ruby arrived at the stakes.
But before that, after you and Nitra showed up, slaying around the intruders, I actually ate one of the soldier's meat, after you came. That's why they trapped me, but thank God you saved me!!
I became the butcher of Madame Ruby that she was quite impressed for the beef meat she sold but in reality, it was a human meat that I killed previously for Nitra. Her kindness and hospitality was a peaceful measure but when you arrived, I was at stakes!!! I might have been with you all the time, but I just lied for the job, just to make you safe. Which I failed because of Jawad!!
I even have to bribe the judge to hang you because I murdered Jamshed as he saw me butchering the aborted children's flesh which he tried to stop me. I killed him, accidentally giving a scarf that you've gifted to Nitra. There are so many reasons to frame you! But after you showed up in the tribe, it was a bit too much for me, but the real Kashem could've been easier.
Yesterday, I realized that I'm not doing good. Hence, to save you from that, I disappeared the dead bodies. Until the police arrested you, too late!"
"You may've betrayed the real Kashem but not me! I have been suspecting you since the beginning because coward people won't just run away without any motive. People will never suspect you but the freezer that you made for Madame Ruby, even you didn't let her in because, she might check on your real intentions. I have been gone through timelines, but this one's so interesting but bores me to death!" said Kashem.
"Hmm...small world with big dreams! Huh!" said Selim.
Jawad stood up and staggering still, and twisted Selim's arms and kicked him that flew slightly away. Selim grunted and jumped to Kashem, and was punching his head. Mariya switched on the transistor with Nitra, where the song 'Duniyata Mosto Boro (The world is full of dreams) (Bengali)', 'Awara Hoon (Hindi) (I'm a wanderer)' and 'Bees Gees Stayin' Alive'. Both of them were fighting that some parts of the gallows were crashed. They were rolling continuously after the wrestling which was more blood and gore. Until Kashem kicked his testicles plus weakened him with a severe punch and burnt him with a bit of ice, where it froze the dead body.
When Selim was trying to kill Jawad with the butcher knife, crawling the grass ground, suddenly they heard of a growl. The dead bodies were coming out from the gallows ground, and walked towards Selim. They dragged Selim in such a way that they were about to eat him. Until, Nitra arrived, Selim looked at her with peaceful smile.
"I LOVE YOU NITRA!" screamed Selim who was dragged by the bodies, or else, zombies. It was an awkward moment, when he was about to get killed but confessing his love towards Nitra. After that, he was eaten cleanly by the zombies. He was vomiting as his beard was wet, plus the zombies treated him as the blood spilled out. It was more of a cold death that something might always get emptied into.
The lead of the zombies looked at Jawad and said "Well done, Jawad Karim! You are accomplished as the best time traveler in the history"
"Are you the leader of the illegal variants?" asked Nitra.
"Yes" said the zombie.
"But why?" asked Chandrima.
"We can be only seen by the time traveler and those who actually helped! Now, it's time for him to know the reason behind it" replied the illegal variant.
"Understandable" said Nitra.
He turned into dust, maybe on another timeline.
"That's a long story, but as the real Kashem will arrive, it's time for me to go. I have a lot of respect for Selim. As his intentions was under the misguidance, due to all the deep shits that he was around during the orphanage. What he needed is proper love and nurture. Mariya had switched on the transistor just to record his reveal his true intentions. Then Kashem will be truly innocent. As of the original timeline, he couldn't have the justice he deserved. In my timeline, my family was dysfunctional, but now I've seen the reason. It was like a wish come true! Regarding the other two timelines, I just learnt about the motives but this this one led me to action. All about the hierarchy of needs, plus pleasant surprises! But there's one thing in common within these timelines, are they were anyways, unnaturally dead! But this time around might be different" said Jawad.
"Well done, son!" said Rahat from the other side.
"This is the first time that I've been hearing from you, old man!" chuckled Jawad (Kashem) friendly.
"I think, the older me, I mean if I were a father wouldn't have said that because sometimes, we run away from emotions. But I will still accept you as a son, Jawad" said Rahat.
Jawad burst into tears and hugged the teenage father. It was the first time, though in the other timeline, a father and son hugged. As a teen, Jawad was craving for it so much that he couldn't handle, just only to embrace his dad.
But for Kashem, he cried and hugged Nitra, not for the beauty but for her soul. Salaam, Chandrima, Krishnandu, Chikku, Gyankosh, Mariya, the mobs and the tribes came and saluted him.
"ALL HAIL KASHEM THE KING!" chanted Salam.
Everyone chanted along with him.
Mariya was crying for the justice that Kashem had. The joy turned a lot more, but it won't be long because Jawad has to leave the body in order for the Real Kashem to come. According to the rule of time travel, as explained by the man in white kurta, even if the bodies possess, some parts can't be controlled such as that martial art skills and aggression of Kashem, technical skills of Sohail and Mamun's biggest heart. Each timeline was quite special on everyone's hearts.
"Nitra, I'm coming from the toilet" said Jawad.
He walked into the empty courtroom. His body was gently lifted to a place, which was more of the damaged buildings, with the orange sky. It was more of such that he strolled through. In the center, he saw a huge clock, which resembled to his own house, Sohail's house, in the courtroom and Mamun's house. The wonder took a dark turn as he saw people were going in the reverse order.
Most of the three places had looked like the climaxes of such that couldn't control his own way. Furthermore, he felt invisible in that universe. It was such that he felt something is coming to its own ways. Henceforth, either it might come as a blessing in disguise or a curse of solitude. Now that it may somehow show the results of how the timeline goes in reverse.
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