章 1: Family and Friends I
"Finally, the day has come when I fight for the UFC Lightweight Championship with Khabib (29-0) undefeated record. It will be his 30th match and many people have hope in me that I will be the one to break his streak. Well, I had mad respect for the man and his ideals, I sure hope that we can be friends after this match." Ethan said to himself after arriving at the airport in Miami.
Ring Ring Ring
"Hey, Sam. What's up, Dude? Long time no talk" Ethan said to his school-time friend
"Hey, man. Just wanted to ask about you," said Sam
"Yeah, I am OK. You know today is the big day. Finally, gonna become a lightweight champion"
"Sure, and you are not going to be in the hospital by night"
"Ha Ha Ha (laughing sound). Sure Dude. You just wanted to ask about this"
"Na. Just had some business in Florida. You know how it is, well nothing about that. I just saw your younger brother Nathan and he was talking about some kind of treasure on his phone with someone. I don't know man but I think he is mixing with some wrong people" said Sam. Ethan started getting a bad feeling after hearing this. Nathan was a big history fan and always wanted to find some unexplored location on Earth.
"Are you one hundred percent sure you saw Nathan there and not some similar dude"
"Hundred percent man. I was going to chase after him but got held up by something"
"Thanks, Sam. I will call you later" Ethan hung up and immediately dialed his younger brother's number
"Never gonna give you up,(Caller Tune)
Never gonna let you down"
"Fuck. Why can't he change this caller's tune? But the song is God damn good" Ethan getting frustrated while moving his hands left and right
"Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and" Somebody picks up the phone
"God Damn Nathan, where are you. How many times do I have to tell you that it is fucking dangerous what you are doing? You are going to get yourself killed" Ethan said angrily
"Chill dude, your brother is fine. Just taking a nap right now" a female replied from the other side
"Who are you"
"Let's just say I am a thief who is stealing from your brother. Your brother is great, I must say. He found the location for Sudarshan Chakra an ancient weapon from 3270BCE wielded by the God Krishna. It is one of the oldest finds on Earth till now"
"I don't care about that. Is my brother fine" knowing the value of the weapon that his brother found
"Don't worry. If the weapon is OK then the same can be said for your brother"
"Where are you right now? I will convince my bro." Ethan said worriedly
"Ha Ha! That's the funniest joke I have heard. You think I will tell you my loca" Ethan angrily cuts the phone and dials his pal Sam's Phone
"What Happe" Before Sam could say something Ethan interrupted him
"We don't have time for that Sam. My brother is in danger"
"I will send you my private plane, it will reach the airport in half an hour. And before you say anything I will locate Nathan and send my guys" Sam replied without even a
"Thanks, brother. I can always rely on you"
"You know it. You have to introduce me to your manager (hot female) now"
"Yeah Yeah, I will do that" Ethan shrugs and hangs up the phone
After an hour and a half
Ethan landed at the Florida airport, he had too much to think about during his flight
He knew his chances of making it to the fight were close to nil now and he may never get a chance again to fight for the belt
The weapon his brother found (Sudarshan Chakra), he didn't think they would find the myth in real. It is too farfetched to think a weapon of God is still on Earth. His main goal is to find and save his brother. Even if he doesn't become a champion, first comes his brother. Just like Vin Diesel said, "The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now".
He saw a card with his name on it as he was leaving the airport.
"Hey Jeff still working for Sam. So how long has it been more than a year, right" Ethan said to his other school friend Jeff. Jeff wanted to be a Formula Racer but got into a crash during a race and was traumatized by that. He remained jobless for some time and then Sam gave him a job as his driver. The salary he offered was much more than a normal driver of course.
"The pay is good you know. It would be even better if I didn't have to see that bastard's face every day. I am always dropping off the girls he hooks up with. Who The Fuck does he think he is" Jeff said angrily
"Your Boss"
"Fuck"
"Ha Ha. Man, you are funny"
They both casually talked their way to Sam's hotel. They didn't notice the cars following them from the airport.
Just when they were about to reach the hotel, Jeff made an immediate break.
"What the hell man? What was all that about" Ethan asked groggily. Just then the Truck-Kun passed through the intersection like his truck wife was pregnant.
"Drivers these days don't have any patience" What they knew was that they had just escaped death. If Jeff was a little late, they would have gotten reincarnated till now
"Bro my danger senses are still tingling," Ethan said when a group of cars started chasing them and firing guns at their car
"Fuck, now there is a car chase. Is this a welcoming party for me? My fans are getting crazy by the day. I mean I know I'm handsome but still" Ethan was blabbering, as a bullet passed just right by his head grazing his ear.
"Ethan you gotta hold tight. I don't think they have come for a friendly conversation" Jeff then speeds up his Audi Q8 just like in his hay days. He was getting into the flow while driving. Trying to make manoeuvres like the baby driver(movie) but man that didn't last long. An enemy car was just beside us and Jeff started getting glimpses about his crash. He started getting sloppy and ultimately, we were pit maneuvered and then immediately surrounded, this time they made us immobile rather than killing us directly.
"Oh, look who we finally got caught hold off," said a female getting out of her car. She had the same voice as the lady he talked to on the phone. Her men immediately surrounded us and looked like they were waiting for orders.
"Is my brother fine?" I said in a rather angry voice as I had already recognized the lady
"We don't have time for that" She gave a side glance to her subordinate and he immediately picked up some kind of gun. We tried to resist but, in the end, there were too many of them and we got shot by some kind of weird bullet
As I was losing consciousness the last thought I had was about my brother and friends, 'was Jeff ok, was Sam captured too, was Nathan also held captive or was he still alive? What was the result of training if a normal person could shoot a bullet and you'd still die? I didn't hold any regrets as I knew I had done everything I could. I was not a man who just dreamed big without putting any real effort into it. And that was the last thing I remembered before losing consciousness.
After Two days
Himalaya, India
Nathan and I were running for our lives on a snowy mountain when that girl I talked to on the phone came and put a bullet hole right in my brother's head and he immediately woke up
"Fuck, what a shit dream" his drowsiness started going away. He saw his surroundings. He was in a prison room with his buddy Jeff sleeping like a rock. Our hands and legs were both cuffed. I tried waking up Jeff but he gave no response. I started getting restless and started slapping his face to wake him up but still had no response. I didn't think he was dead but how is he still sleeping in this situation? Then I heard someone saying my name from the cell beside me.
"Brother is that you" Nathan asked
"Nathan, thank god you are still alive"
"Brother they won't kill me you know otherwise they won't be able to get the artifact. They brought all of you here to force me into this"
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? I'm such an idiot"
"That you are" Nathan nodded like he was used to it
"Little shit, you don't get to call me that. We got into this mess because of you"
"And who told you to come find me" Nathan asked angrily
"You are my family of course I will come to find you even if you went to some other planet" Ethan replied angrily
Nathan paused for a second and started getting teary
"And it looked like you needed me"
"Guys aren't you getting too emotional? What's next - are you going to say 'I Love You' to each other" Jeff asked waking up and adjusting to the stiffness after sleeping for two days straight
"JEFF, you alright man. They did a number on you" Ethan asked after getting embarrassed
"You may be a fighter but I am still more resilient you know" Jeff indeed got what we call a Greek God physique. He is born more sturdy than other
"Jeff is also here. It makes four of us now" Nathan
"Four? Me, Jeff, and you, there are only three of us, Nathan you got to work on your math"
"Shut up brother, Sam is also with us"
"What they got Sam too. Why isn't he speaking? Is he shy? Man, my handsomeness just troubles me sometimes, even my friends are getting shy" Ethan said while looking at the ceiling and lost in thought
"Shut this narcissistic up, Jeff" Sam said angrily
"Sam, what happened to you man," Jeff asked
"I was just out getting coffee from Starbucks and these men came out of nowhere and grabbed me from behind. At first, I thought it was one of the girls I hooked up with. But later they put a handkerchief on my mouth. Soon after I was unconscious and now, I am here with you guys" Sam said embarrassingly
"Ha Ha! Who would believe this man is a hotshot in the underworld" Jeff laughed like a madman
"Let's focus on our current predicament people," Nathan said
"I swear he feels like the big brother sometimes," Ethan said
"By the coldness we can feel here I would say we are in either a cold country or in some mountains. Most likely the Himalayas as the map to the artifact leads here. First, we need to get out of this cell. I think they would force me to lead them toward treasure and they have brought you guys to blackmail me" Nathan said
"This already solves our first problem right? We can get out by letting them think of us as hostages" Jeff said
"That's easier said than done. What if they take only Ethan with them and blackmail him to kill us here" Sam said
"You don't have to worry about that. These mountain ranges have a magnetic field which makes it impossible to contact one another through mobiles or wocky talkies" Nathan said
They all started discussing the plan, each giving their input. It took them some time but they made a plan, with whatever possible information they had at the time.
After four hours
"It's time to get out of your cage little birdies" a female entered our cell
"Isn't she the one who brought us here?" Jeff asked
"Selena is her name. She was alongside me when I discovered the artifact. I guess she betrayed me when we were exploring. Were you the one behind all this, Selena?" stated Nathan.
Selena hesitated
"We don't have time for chat guys otherwise my boss will fire me"
"So, who is in charge of you?" Ethan asked
"You know him very well Mr. Ethan, you will understand when you meet him"
We were making our way through a long and narrow corridor. Honestly, it looked like we were at some kind of ancient site. We passed by many doors until we were in front of a door with the word 'BOSS' hanging on the door. As we made our way into the room, I saw something I wouldn't have believed even if I was drunk. The man I admired the most in my courier was sitting in front of me with his legs in a cross position. He was meditating. He didn't have any bodyguards, as there was no need for them.
"Mr. Khabib I brought the clowns," Selena said as Khabib opened his eyes
"Ha Ha Selena you don't have to sprinkle salt on their wounds," Khabib said amusingly
Quickly, Ethan rushed towards him and grabbed a pen from the desk right next to him. Khabib immediately put on a defensive pose.
"Khabib I'm your biggest fan. Can I get an autograph?" Ethan said. All the people almost fell after hearing Ethan.
"Brother, this is not the time," Nathan said angrily.
"Brother, 'There's no right time in life, just time, and you get to choose what to do with it," Ethan said while stroking his imaginary beard.
"Fuck, why can't he ever be serious?" Nathan said while sighing.
"You are my fan, even though we were rivals the day before," Khabib remarked.
"Believe it (Dattebayo)" Ethan said
"You guys know that he is not my real brother. We found him in a garbage bag" Nathan said as if making himself sure
"Ha Ha, why not man" Sam and Jeff said while laughing
"Ha Ha, you guys sure are lively. It was getting lonely for me on this mountain alone. But now we have a comedy group" Khabib said
Khabib walked towards the whiteboard and flipped it, there were all kinds of trap designs and maps drawn there.
"Guys this is the map we have made to the current time exploration and these are the traps we have faced till now. All you have to do now is find me the artifact simple right? Nathan, I will give you one day, in every 6 hours one of your friends will die" Khabib said calmly in his Arabic English.
Nathan reacted like he knew this was going to happen but was still very angry. He blamed all this on himself. He thought that if he didn't explore and listen to his brother, they would all not be in this tough situation
Meanwhile, Sam calmly assessed the situation and tried to think of a solution. Even though he is a womanizer and jokes around a lot, he is still a lawyer for one of the famous mafia groups in Italy.
And Jeff, we could see from his expression that he is scared but still trying to think properly. He was a very confident man before his accident on the track. But man did his confidence get shattered. At the start, he was even scared to start a car. But he is getting better.
Ethan was shocked, he was not an idiot just a passionate narcissist who was good at fighting. He didn't like to think much as it hurt his brain. But man was he angry at this time. He was spewing flames from his mouth. It hits differently when you find your role model was a villain all along.
"What did you say? Can you repeat, please?" Ethan asked calmly while fingering his ear to remove the wax.
"Sure, no problem. (Explained again)" He calmly explained again to Ethan
"Khabib That's not cool, man. Why are you doing this? Aren't you a fighter?" Jeff asked, trying to diffuse the tense atmosphere.
"Jeff, you stay out of this." Immediately shutting Jeff up
"Ha, you know it's funny that I used to admire you until now. Even when I first entered this room, I didn't think you were the main proprietor and was forced by some hotshot into doing this," said Ethan.
"Well, you can say that; I'm the end game boss," said Khabib.
Ethan tried to calm himself, even though he was on the brink of punching Khabib.
"I will go with my brother," said Ethan.
"You think you have the right to make demands. Once your brother brings the relic to us, you may resume your former happy life," said Khabib, signaling Selena to bring us back to our cell. After we reached our cell.
Selena looked at us sympathetically. "You know, it will all be over once your brother brings back the treasure. Just pray for him," and then she went on her way.
"Hey Sam, can you do anything with this pen?" Ethan took out the pen through which he had asked for an autograph
"Give it to me." Sam dismantled the pen and tried to use a part of the pen to open the cuffs.
*Clink*
"Huh, it finally opened." Sam took a deep breath and started our cuffs.
"Now you just have to do the same with the door," said Jeff.
"I know." Within a few minutes, the door also opened.
"Now, let's move on to the next part of the plan," Sam said
Flashback
"First, we need to remove these goddamn cuffs," Ethan said annoyed.
"I know how to lockpick. One of the benefits of being a mafia" said Sam.
"What do you need?" asked Nathan.
"You just have to get me something small and pointy."
"I think Jeff can help you with it," Ethan said smirkingly. It took a few moments for Jeff to understand the joke.
"Aahhh, you motherfucker, I will tell whose is tiny," Jeff said in anger.
"I think if one of us can get out of here, it is possible, but the question is, how do we get out?" said Nathan.
"We all know that they need Nathan for the artifact. So, he is surely getting out," added Jeff.
"But how will he alone get that to us? He will surely be monitored," said Sam.
"I will figure something out when I'm outside, or we can also use the tip of a shoelace" Nathan added.
"I can try, but I am not 100 percent sure to lockpick with a lace."
"All we can do is try," Nathan said.
"What is after we get out of this cell" Jeff asked
"We will steal a car and go home," Ethan said simply while picking his nose.
"Does he have a brain?" Sam asked.
"I don't think so," Jeff said.
"I remember he fell from the stairs when he was young," Nathan added
They all looked at Ethan sympathetically.
"Hey, I'm not an idiot," Ethan said angrily while flipping his imaginary table.
"Let's move on with the plan," Sam said.
"After we get out
Flashback Ends
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Mik_024 I am going to give an exact description of their appearance after their rebirth. I will upload their images as well.
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