Tricky pasts

*eyes opening*

She opened her tired eyes slowly in a small looking room, and as she moved them around, they saw those light bluish walls, having little or more dirt settled upon them, along with a tube light at one of those, and a CCTV at corner, a chair at some distance from her position, a bed on which she was laying down as it seems, but no blankets, and a dustbin at a side. She then moved the eyes towards the door. Unable to remember a thing after that ended nightmare she lived a while ago.. as she feels, she was dumbstruck still, but was curious with more questions now about the place she ended up getting at, and what the freakin hell in the world is going on from last night.. or maybe more nights, she didnt knew. She found out some voices were coming outside the door, as she tried to listen little more accurately, soon she slowly started making effort to reach there at the door.. till it itself got opened by someone, as he moved in with something in hand.

It was founded to be a tape recorder, and followed this tough physique man 2 nurse looking ladies, with one having some normal check-up equipments and the other bringing a glass of water kept on a tray.

The man seemed relieved to found her awake & fine. He weared average looking black coat and pent, a tie, a watch at left hand, with a walkie talkie attached to his bottom right, behind the right side pocket.

She started to shout his questions directly uttering something in loud voice, but, was interrupted by the eyes the man showed to her, suggesting to shut up or atleast speak a little lower, while the nurses made her sit again on the bed, offered her the glass of water, to which she first refused turning her face off from it, then after the first nurse checked up her heartbeat, the bp, and ensured everything is fine with her body, she was offered the water again, with more hospitality, to which she didn't refused but took the glass with tensed face.

*sips down*

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... One of the nurse continues to comfy her,

"Everything's gonna be fine, no body is going to hurt you" and they were soon instructed by the man to left the space.

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*uncomfortablely eye encountering the man*

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"So!.. okay, okay. Pardon me. So,.. "

looking at the tensed lady she brought his tone a little softer this time,

"j-just be relax, okay? nobody's going to hurt you for anything. And you will soon know why you are here, and much more that you really want to know about what's happening and all, but the first thing that you should know is, to know that you're absolutely safe and sound here. You just saw a proof, right?" the man spoke out, to which she just moved her head off again, but with a subtle node.

"Okhay so, my name is Michel. I am a officer of HAWKS, Directoriate for Priority Crime Investigation of South African Police Service, SAPS. And you are brought up here because, you were found out at a crime scene, in a pretty bad shape as you might recall, with an old dead man's body at a side on last night in a jungle area, little far away from here, at Botswana, which is now sealed as " A crime scene ". Now, now, I know your questions sure have increased, let me tell you, you're here for the Investigation. Honestly, its our privilege that you finally woke up alright, as you were the only crucial witness which was present there we believe, other than the victim and the doer, and on top of all who had been smashed at head, probably by the same bunch of man who did that to the poor old officer, the criminals, but thanks to god you were founded just in time, and that's how you're here now."

The girl continued to look still in curious manner to the man.

"Now, I will tell you what had happened, but first you need to tell me what exactly you are. I mean, who you are? Where are you from? and what exactly were you doing in the middle of that dark, abandoned jungle that night when this crime took place? We need to know every detail about you in truth, so that we can trust you and thus your future statements."

The young girl teen almost cried with heavy voice saying those sentences,

"I-I really dont like all this. Sorry but I can't share with you about my details. I dont want to be involved in any of this. Its already grown a lot on me, and I believe I have been troubled enough in all the possible ways now, so please leave me alone. I thank you and your peoples for saving me, but please let me go. Its all so much worsening to my already messed up life."

to which the officer couldn't say a thing, and as she again turned her head off with wet eyes now, he took his hand to her head, and consoled her,

"Look. I know this is already very hard for anyone to tolerate, and you being just a young teen, but I tell you, you're absolutely safe here, you're like my own daughter, I assure you nothing will happen to you. Please help us to reach at the areas of case where only you can lead us, as without your help we are no where in this mess. Maybe by your help we can prevent a whole lot more disasters which are to happen in coming times if we couldn't able to grab these mens threatening the country right now. Youre our only hope and in a way the hope of justice for their cruel crimes of this whole country. Please, its a sincere request." The girl is confused, and after a long pause, sighing, she turned to the officer cleaning here eyes quickly,

"Ok-kay, I w-will try, but I will tell you only whats truly crucial to your case, about me. Nothing more than that!"

the man nodded and turned on the tape recorder, placing it near her, at the bed,

"Fine. Lets get this started. So, I repeat, Who are you?"

"Its Miya."

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"... and?" the man asked in hope to get more from her mouth.

"a-and what? its Miya. M-I-Y-A. MIYA"

"Where are you from?"

"sorry I can't tell."

"I need to know where are you from, it is needed"

"... tsk.

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..Okay. I-I... I am from In-India."

the man got curious, and shocked for a second.

"W-what? you came from I-India? Oh-okhay.. and why is that so?"

"be-because.. I had to. Some personal reasons. S-sorry I couldn't share about it.."

the man looked with intriguing eyes to know more but didnt forced her.

"What do you do here in Africa then? with whom and where do you live?"

"I resided at the Marcony streets, A-block, with my fellow friend S-Shiney..

W-We shared a room and worked as sales girls in a small diamond shop nearby for living. B-B-but.." as she spoke, atlast her voice became so heavy with tears leaving her eyes.

the officer kept his hand to her hand, and spoke in soft voice,

"but what?.. did something happened to your friend?"

She didnt answer.

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"How were you ended up at that road? or at the forest rather?"

"Thats person--"

"Thats not personal! .." the girl got terrified.

after a little while the officer realised his voice tone and turned off the tape recorder for some time.

".. Tsk... I'm Sorry dear, I didnt meant to be rude. but thats too crucial for this case. we need to know why and what exactly brought you there, or else you will be seen as a suspect who is involved in their crimes. Please, I know its bad, but you're now curled up in this mess, and you must have to prove yourself a powerful witness and help the police in getting to the truth, to clear your name, otherwise you can also be treated as a criminal, one who maybe planted by them to spread hoaxes to revolve the case to wrong direction, if only you didnt answered whole heartedly and properly to all my questions. I can least assure you that if you told me the truth, I will not let anything happen to you or to someone you care, if that's what is stopping you. You will be free, just show some trust and be a good witness that we can get good help from. Rest leave it to me, I am like your father."

while the girl listened to every word by heart this man spoke, his last comments left a deep echoed effect to his mind, to which she looked dumb strucked again..

The man noticed this and felt for her hopelessness, he immediately asked in tension,

"Wh-what happe--"

"*AAAAAHAHAHAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!*%" THE ROOM was taken by her INTENSE ROAR! so were the officer, who didnt knew what exactly he said which made him go absolutely insane like this. To him he didnt had said anything which may hurt her. He was taken aback by great surprise and tension, and as she continued shouting helplessly in great distress and trauma, his face showed utter curiosity and fear as to what has exactly triggered her like that, while in action he tried to calm her down by every possible means, tried to made her sit on the bed, as people started to come near the gate he went there to open the door fast

"YOU DUMB SHITTY FUCKERRR THE HELL YOU TAKE NAME OF THATT MONSTEROUS BEINGG!!!! HELL YOU!!!! TO HELL WITH YOUU!!!! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAHAHAHHH KILL MEEEE!!! KILLL MEEEE!!!!!! AAAHAHAHAAAAAHHH!!!!"

as she covered herself with heat and trauma, his sweat and weeping eyes covered her badly ruined face with hairs everywhere, she broke down while people came in running to her as she again passed out, in sheer agony and distress, while the officer just got shook, and thunder striken by the recent phenomena, what just happened he didn't able to digest, and as people called for the nurses with feared hearts and eyes in emergency, his world got stunned and he couldn't help his state of mind, remembering those words,

"'I-I... I am from In-India.'" His memories started throwing back past accidents about his own life, that page of his past which took place there, and what he didnt want to live back again came rolling in. He scratched his hairs hard and pushed himself with great difficulty to the wall, while everyone was busy with the passed out girl, he tried to hold up strength, and one of the man finally notices him like that who came running, offered him the water, he drank it a bit, and got out the room as nurses wanted to be alone with her.

While going out trembling he shared a last glance to the girl, as the eyes glittered, with shock, fear and some dark memories..

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