Mr. Bean Meets CID
Disclaimer: Please note that because of the nature of the contest, the concentration is more on changing things up from investigation and seriousness to a more fun and sci-fi style.
A flat, Tuesday, 11:10AM
Sachin sat up holding his head and looked around. Everything was blurry. He squeezed his eyes shut and then re-opened them. Everything was still blurry. He rubbed his eyes and looked around again. Things were less blurry now. He squeezed his eyes once more and then opened his eyes. Now he could see everything.
He looked around the flat in surprise. It looked so old. He stood up from the couch and then grabbed the armrest as his head started spinning. He stood like that for a few minutes and then when his mind cleared he examined the flat carefully.
The flat was old. He spotted a phone and picked it up, but there was no ringtone. He should have expected that. It was a rotary phone and the wire didn't look like it was leading to a jack.
Then he saw a photo on the wall. It was covered with dust. He brushed the dust aside and then stepped back in surprise on seeing the photo. How could that be? He was in Mr. Bean's flat?!!
*****
CID bureau, 11:30AM
Abhijeet tried Sachin's phone again. It was still off. He asked, "Nikhil Sachin ka phone trace huya?"
"Nahi sir. Sir ka phone unke ghar se hi off hai," Nikhil replied.
"Aise kya ho gaya hai jo aapne ghar pe hi phone off kar diya?" Abhijeet wondered.
Daya came in with Purvi at that time. He said, "Boss Sachin aapne ghar pe bhi nahi hai. Uske ghar ke saamne jo chaiwala hai usne kaha ke Sachin toh 8 baje hi nikal gaya tha."
"Sir ka phone kareeb 7:30 baje off huya tha," Nikhil replied.
"Matlab ghar se niklne se pehle hi phone off kar diya. Lekin kyun sir?" Purvi asked.
"Phone off kiya tha yah off ho gaya tha? Yeh bhi toh sochni ki baat hai sir," Freddy said. "Kyun ki hum sab ke saath ho chuka hai ke phone charge nahi kiya hai aur battery khatam hone ki wajah se phone off ho gaya hai."
"Freddy ho sakta hai. Lekin phir bhi Sachin ko teen ghante toh nahi lagenge naa bureau paunchne main," Abhijeet replied, worriedly.
"Sir kahin phas gaye honge. Ho sakta hai kisi ki madat kar rahe ho," Nikhil suggested.
"Nahi Nikhil. Agar Sachin aisa kar raha hota toh woh zaroor hume yah ACP sir ko bata deta," Daya said.
"Aur usne mujhe bhi kuch nahi bataya," ACP Pradyuman said, coming into the bureau.
"Sachin ki gadi trace karwate hain. Ho sakta hai gadi mil jaaye toh Sachin bhi mil jaaye," Abhijeet said.
At that moment a man came rushing into the bureau. He yelled, "Koi meri baat suno!"
The team stopped what they were doing. ACP Pradyuman asked, "Kya baat hai? Aap kaun hai?"
Nikhil brought a chair forward as Purvi got the man a glass of water. The man sat down, took the glass of water, and gulped it down. Then he replied, "Mera naam Dr. Vijay Agnihotri hai. Main ek scientist hoon."
"Aap yahan kyun aaye hain? Kya huya hai?" Abhijeet asked.
"Maine ek machine banayi hai. Time machine," Dr. Agnihotri replied.
"Kya? Yeh kaise ho sakta hai?" Pankaj asked, surprised.
"Ho sakta hai! Maine kiya hai! Maine banaya hai time machine!" Dr. Agnihotri exclaimed.
"Humse kya chahiye?" Daya asked.
"Sir mujhe aap logon ki madat chahiye. Main logon ko peeche bhej toh sakta hoon lekin koi jaana hi nahi chahta hai," Dr. Agnihotri said.
At this Daya and Abhijeet exchanged glances. They both had a good idea of where this was going. Then they looked at ACP Pradyuman. He looked back at them and nodded. He also had a good idea of where this was going. Abhijeet asked, playing dumb, "Toh humse kya chahiye? Aur isme criminal case kaise hai?"
"Sir mujhe aap logon ko bhejna hai," Dr. Agnihotri stated, the rush all gone and a calm manner replacing it.
ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet, and Daya looked at each other. They weren't surprised. But on the other hand, Purvi, Nikhil, Pankaj, and Freddy were looking surprised. Purvi said, "Aap yeh kya keh rahe hain? Hum aisa kuch nahi karenge."
"Haan! Yeh koi criminal case nahi hai," Pankaj agreed.
"Thik hai. Phir main aapke dost ko bhi wapas nahi bhejonga," Dr. Agnihotri replied, smugly.
Abhijeet and Daya exchanged knowing smiles. They knew Dr. Agnihotri had had more up his sleeve and now it came out. Abhijeet asked, "Kaunsa dost?"
"CID Inspector Sachin," Dr. Agnihotri stated, smugly.
ACP Pradyuman demanded, "Yeh kya mazak hai?!!"
"Mazak nahi hai. Mere paas CID Inspector Sachin hai. Aur agar aap ko woh wapas chahiye toh phir aap logon ko mere time machine main jaana parega," Dr. Agnihotri bargained.
"Thik hai. Hum jayenge," ACP Pradyuman agreed.
"Lekin sir," Daya objected.
"Nahi Daya. Sachin agar iske paas hai toh usse bachane ke liye hume yeh karna parega," ACP Pradyuman said.
As soon as he said that, the team realized that ACP Pradyuman had a plan up his sleeve. He wouldn't ever agree to a kidnapper's demands so easily. ACP Pradyuman said, "Hume thoda waqt di jiye. Hum main se kaun kaun aayega yeh sochna hai."
"Thik hai. Main bhar intezaar karta hoon. Lekin sirf 5 minute doonga. Aur aap logon main se 7 log chalne zaroori hain," Dr. Agnihotri agreed.
He stepped out of the bureau. Freddy asked, "Sir aapne itni asaani se haan kyun keh diya?"
"Jab tak hum iss aadmi se nipat te hain tum log Sachin ko dhoondo. Mujhe iss aadmi ki baaton main sachi lagti hai. Yah toh Sachin iske paas hai yah isse pata hai ke Sachin kahan hai," ACP Pradyuman said.
"Sir hum log main se kaun kaun jayega iske saath?" Pankaj asked.
"Tum toh jaoge hi," Abhijeet stated.
The others hid a chuckle at that. ACP Pradyuman looked around seriously and then said, "Salunkhe ko kaho ke woh bhi chalega. Aur Abhijeet, Daya, aur Freddy tum bhi chaloge."
"Toh sir main aur Nikhil yahani rehte hain," Purvi said.
"Nahi Purvi. Usne 7 log kaha tha. Nikhil aur Dr. Tarika bureau ko sambhalenge aur Sachin ko dhoondenge. Hum baki sab jayenge," ACP Pradyuman stated.
"Lekin hum sab agar chale jayenge toh phir hum yeh kaise pata karenge ke sir uske paas hai ke nahi?" Freddy asked, confused.
"Woh hum wahani jaa kar sambhal lenge Freddy," ACP Pradyuman replied.
"Thik hai sir," Freddy agreed.
"Abhijeet usse keh do ke hum chal rahe hain. Nikhil jald se jald Sachin ke gadi ko trace karo. Wahani se kuch pata chalega," ACP Pradyuman said.
Abhijeet nodded and came back with Dr. Agnihotri. Dr. Agnihotri asked, "Toh kya faisla kiya hai?"
"Hum log chal rahe hain tumhare saath. Lekin hum kaise maan len ke Sachin tumhare paas hi hai?" Daya asked.
Dr. Agnihotri pulled out his phone and after scrolling through the phone; he came to something and handed the phone to ACP Pradyuman. Then he reached over and pressed play. ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet, and Daya watched as the camera panned up a bed to show an unconscious Sachin. Then the video stopped. Dr. Agnihotri asked, "Saboot mil gaya?"
"Haan," ACP Pradyuman agreed, handing the phone to Abhijeet with a nod. ACP Pradyuman said, "Tumne kaha tha ke hum main se 7 log chalne zaroori hain. Toh hum main se 7 log hi jayenge."
At this time Dr. Salunkhe and Tarika entered the bureau. ACP Pradyuman said, "Hum che log jayenge aur Salunkhe bhi aayega."
"Jo bhi hai. Bas 7 log hone zaroori hain. Ab chalo," Dr. Agnihotri said. "Aur zara mera phone mujhe wapas mil sakta hai?"
Abhijeet nodded and gave the phone back to Dr. Agnihotri after a nod at ACP Pradyuman and Daya. Then the 7 walked out of the bureau with Dr. Agnihotri after glancing back at Nikhil and Tarika once.
*****
Dr. Vijay Agnihotri's lab, 12:43PM
As the officers walked into Dr. Agnihotri's lab, they all looked around. Pankaj said, "Sir yeh toh kisi Hindi film ka ghatya sa set lag raha hai."
"Chup raho Pankaj," Dr. Salunkhe said, quietly and firmly.
"Sorry sir," Pankaj replied, with a crestfallen face.
"Aur waise bhi yeh kisi Hindi film ka ghatya sa set nahi balki kisi scientist villain ka ghatya lab lag raha hai," Dr. Salunkhe added, with a chuckle in a low voice.
Abhijeet and Daya also heard and hid their chuckles behind a bout of coughing. ACP Pradyuman looked towards the 4 and the 4 quickly straightened up. This was a serious matter after all. Dr. Agnihotri said, "Lady and gentlemen main aap sab ke saamne pesh karta hoon aapna time machine jisme bhet kar aap log jayenge past main aur milenge aapne past se."
With a flourish, Dr. Agnihotri drew aside a large curtain and revealed a big cylinder-like machine. He said, "Yeh raha mera time machine jisme bhet kar aap sab ko jaana hai."
"Hum sab ko?" ACP Pradyuman repeated.
"Haan sab ko," Dr. Agnihotri agreed.
"Lekin phir hum wapas kaise aayenge?" Abhijeet asked.
"Woh bhi batata hoon. Main tum logon ko mere ateet main bhej raha hoon. Uss waqt jab main London main rehta tha. Agar tum sab wahan paunch gaye toh mere ko dhoondna aur puri kahani batana. Mere paas tum logon ko wapas bhejne ka tareka hoga," Dr. Agnihotri replied, smugly.
"Aur agar nahi huya toh kya hoga?!!" Daya demanded.
"Main yahan bhet kar time kar raha hoon. Agar 24 hours main aap log wapas nahi laute toh mere paas yeh button hai jisse main machine aur uske saath jo jo hai woh sab wapas aayenge," Dr. Agnihotri replied, smugly, showing a remote.
"Sachin kahan hai?" Dr. Salunkhe asked.
"Woh bhi wapas mil jayega. Pehle mera kam karo," Dr. Agnihotri returned.
"Lekin hum kyun maane tumhari baat?" Freddy asked.
"Maan lo yah chale jao. Choice toh tumhari hai. Lekin jo bhi hoga woh tumhare hi officer ke liye hanikarak ho sakta hai," Dr. Agnihotri said, with a shrug.
ACP Pradyuman said, "Chalo. Sab chalo undar."
The team stepped into the time machine and then Dr. Agnihotri closed the door and started fiddling with some dials to launch the time machine.
*****
A flat, Tuesday, 12:45PM
Sachin looked around for a door or window, but there was nothing. But he didn't lose hope. Instead he started checking the walls. There had to be something. It wasn't like he had been brought in here without any doors or windows. He started tapping each wall listening for a hollow sound. Then he hit a hollow part and after feeling around found the knob behind the cabinet. He opened the door and sighed. It was the kitchen.
He was going to continue on, but then he stopped. Maybe the door or window was in the kitchen. He stepped in and looked around, but the kitchen was empty as well. He went back out and continued to tap the walls.
*****
Baker Street building, London, 1990s, 11:50AM London time
As the light cleared, the team looked around to see that the entire atmosphere and surroundings had changed. They were now in a dhingy hallway. Freddy found the door first. He said, "Sir idhar se."
He opened the door and banged into a man who seemed to have been listening outside the door. The man made a surprised expression at being caught. Freddy looked at the rest of the team, but no one said anything. So Freddy asked, "Do you know where a Dr. Vijay Agihotri lives?"
He repeated the name, "Vi-Jay Ag-ni-hot-ri."
Then he chuckled. He repeated, "Jay. Jay. Jay."
Then shaking his head side-to-side rapidly, he motioned the team to follow him. ACP Pradyuman said, "Chalo uske peeche. Kahin toh lekar jayega."
As they followed the man, Pankaj said, "Freddy sir pata nahi kyun mujhe aise lag raha hai ke maine isse pehle bhi dekha hai."
"Haan dekha hai," Freddy replied, seriously.
"Dekha hai? Kahan?" Pankaj asked, surprised.
"Aapne sapne main! Ab mera dimak khana band kar aur chalta raha," Freddy replied, jokingly.
But Pankaj wasn't one to give up so fast. He walked over to Purvi and said, "Purvi pata nahi kyun mere ko lag raha hai jaise maine isse pehle bhi dekha hai."
"Acha? Kahan?" Purvi asked, trying to look very serious.
"Wohi toh yaad nahi aa raha hai. Lekin maine isse dekha zaroor hai," Pankaj said, adamantly.
"Pankaj agar hum sach main 1990s main aa gaye hain aur London main aa gaye hain toh tumne isse kaise dekha hoga? Kya tum kabhi London aaye ho?" Purvi asked.
"Nahi. Lekin maine isse dekha hai. TV pe dekha hai," Pankaj repeated, adamantly.
Then he remembered and exclaimed, "Haan! Main jaanta hoon yeh kaun hai!"
The team stopped and Freddy called for the man to stop as well. Then they all looked at Pankaj. Pankaj pointed at the man excitedly and said, "Yeh Mr. Bean hai. Main toh iske show ko dekhta tha bachpan main. Bahut maza aata tha."
Abhijeet looked at the man carefully and then nodded. "Haan."
"Arre haan sir. Yeh toh Mr. Bean hai," Purvi agreed.
"Pure London main hume sirf yehi milna zaroori tha?" Freddy asked.
Mr. Bean simply said, "Jay. Jay. Jay. Follow."
Then he was off again. The team seemed of two minds, but Daya made up their mind for them, "Abhi ke liye iske saath hi chalte hain. Baad main sochenge."
They followed Mr. Bean down an alley and into a park. Dr. Salunkhe said for all of them, "Yeh Vijay Agnihotri hume yahan milega?"
Mr. Bean pointed up to a tree, "Jay. Jay. Jay."
The 7 looked up into the tree and sighed together. Mr. Bean was pointing them to a bird, a bluejay. Mr. Bean clapped excitedly, "Jay. Jay. Jay."
ACP Pradyuman looked down first and said, "Not Jay. Vijay. Vijay. Man. A man. A scientist named Vijay. Do you know of any scientist named Vijay?"
Mr. Bean looked at them in confusion and then repeated, "Vi-Jay Ag-ni-hot-ri. Right?"
"Yes. Vijay Agnihotri. Do you know where he lives?" Abhijeet asked.
"Hot, hot, hot," Mr. Bean said, jumping up and down and blowing on his finger as if it was burned.
Dr. Salunkhe hid a laugh at that. ACP Pradyuman looked at Dr. Salunkhe in anger and said, "Salunkhe isme hans ne ki koi baat nahi hai."
"Boss main akele nahi hans raha hoon," Dr. Salunkhe replied, motioning to Abhijeet, Daya, and Freddy, who were hiding laughs of their own.
ACP Pradyuman glared at them and then said, "Not hot. Vijay. A scientist. Freddy isse tasveer dikhao."
Freddy nodded and pulled out his phone. On seeing the smartphone, Mr. Bean became surprised and pointed to the phone and asked, "Magic?"
"No. It's my mobile," Freddy replied.
"No. I show you cell phone," Mr. Bean replied.
He went off again. Unwillingly, the 7 followed Mr. Bean as he left the park. He took them down a road and then another road and then a third road, until they reached a shop. Then he took them inside and pointed to a large gadget that looked like a cordless phone and said, "That's a cellphone." Then he pointed to Freddy's phone and said, "That's magic."
Then Daya understood what had happened. He said, "Sir smartphones toh bahut recently aaye hain. Agar hum sach main 1990s main aa gaye hain toh yeh toh inke liye jadoo ke barabar hi hoga."
"Okay it's magic. And we're magicians," ACP Pradyuman said.
"Show magic. I want to see more magic!" Mr. Bean said, clapping gleefully.
Dr. Salunkhe, Abhijeet, Daya, and Purvi couldn't help but looked amused at that as Pankaj burst out laughing. Freddy looked to ACP Pradyuman for help. ACP Pradyuman said, "Freddy isse photo dekhao aur poocho ke isse dekha hai ke nahi. Agar nahi dekha hai toh kisi aur se baat karenge."
Freddy pulled up Dr. Agnihotri's photo and showed it to Mr. Bean. "Have you seen this man before?"
Mr. Bean looked at the photo in awe and then said, "Wait. I'll show you."
He walked over to a photo booth and came back a few minutes later with a similar photo. ACP Pradyuman hung his head at that. He asked, "We want to meet this man. Do you know where he lives?"
"Yeah. Yeah. I know," Mr. Bean agreed.
He again took them on a wild-goose chase. As they followed Mr. Bean, Abhijeet asked Daya, "Hum sirf isse hi kyun pooch rahe hain? Itne aur log hain idhar udhar unse kyun naa poochen? Yeh aadmi toh mujhe aadha pagal lag raha hai."
"Aadha nahi pura pagal hai. Kabhi iske episodes dekhen hain?" Daya asked.
"Dekhe bhi honge toh yaad nahi," Abhijeet replied.
"Tumhe main dikhaonga wapas jaane ke baad. Yeh aadmi kisi ko bhi pagal kar sakta hai. Ek baar isse aapna kuch charge karna tha. Toh ek store main ghus kar unka main switch nikal diya. Saare lights gul," Daya replied, chuckling.
"Baap re. Tab toh mera sawal aur bhi important hai. Iske saath hum log kyun chal rahe hain?" Abhijeet asked.
"Ek baar confirm ho jaaye ke yeh kuch nahi jaanta hai hum kisi aur se baat kar lenge," ACP Pradyuman replied, hearing Abhijeet's question.
Abhijeet nodded and then they went on.
*****
A flat, Tuesday, 2:30PM
Sachin sat down and realized that there was no point in trying. The entrance was missing. And wherever it was, it was well-hidden. He would find out where the door is soon enough. After all whoever kidnapped him would come to meet him or give him food.
Sachin checked the drawers in the nightstand and found an album. He pulled it out. He had to pass his time somehow and this album could help him pass his time for a little while. He opened the album and choked back a laugh. The very first photo had Mr. Bean sticking his tongue into the camera. Mr. Bean was surely a comedy king.
He flipped through the album checking each photo out and then stopped. How could this be?!! This photo was unbelievable! How could ACP Pradyuman, Daya, Abhijeet, Dr. Salunkhe, Purvi, Freddy, and Pankaj be in a photo with Mr. Bean? He checked the date on the photo. 1991. That was impossible!
*****
Another building, London, 1990s, 2:50PM London time
The 7 officers stopped outside a building as Mr. Bean unlocked the door. Freddy said, "Sir mujhe kuch ajeeb lag raha hai."
"Freddy yeh phir se hume galat jagah le aaye aaya," Abhijeet said.
And as proof when the 7 officers followed Mr. Bean into the building they found themselves in Mr. Bean's flat. ACP Pradyuman scowled and said, "Yeh hume phir se galat jagah lekar aaya hai."
"Isse pehle ke yeh hume aur kahin lekar jaaye kisi aur se baat karte hain," Daya said.
"Ek minute. Pehle iski baat toh sun lete hain," Dr. Salunkhe suggested.
Mr. Bean went around his flat and then brought an album over. He flipped through the pages to a photo and then pointed to a photo. He asked, "Is this the man you're looking for?"
ACP Pradyuman looked at the photo in surprise. He nodded, "Yes. You know where he is?"
In Hindi, ACP Pradyuman said, "Iske paas Dr. Agnihotri ki photo hai. Matlab yeh usse jaanta hai."
"Tab toh finally yeh hume uske paas lekar chala jayega," Pankaj said, chuckling.
"Pankaj," Dr. Salunkhe said, warningly.
"Lekin sir"" Pankaj objected.
"Pankaj. Nahi," Abhijeet agreed.
"Thik hai sir," Pankaj agreed.
*****
A flat, Tuesday, 2:45PM
Sachin put the album aside. He didn't understand how the team had met Mr. Bean and even taken a photo with him. That was physically impossible!
But he didn't have too much time to think about it as suddenly the wall in front of him moved aside and a man walked into the flat. He removed his hood and smiled. Sachin's eyebrows shot into his hair as he looked at the man surprised. It was Mr. Bean. But why would Mr. Bean kidnap him? He demanded, "Tum mujhe yahan kyun laaye ho?"
Mr. Bean simply smiled and walked into the kitchen without replying. Sachin mentally kicked himself. Of course he wouldn't reply. If he was actually Mr. Bean then he probably only spoke English. Sachin followed Mr. Bean into the kitchen where he watched him make a sandwich and then put it on the table. Sachin asked, "Why have you brought me here?"
Mr. Bean pointed to the sandwich, motioned eating, and then went back out and through the wall. Sachin ran after him, but as he attempted to get through the closing wall, something that felt like a punching glove hit him in the nose and he fell backwards into the flat. The wall closed.
Sachin got up, holding his nose, and tried to get the wall to open again, but to no avail. The wall didn't even budge an inch. He banged his hand against it in anger and then sat down again. He had had only one chance to get out and he had lost that as well! And he still didn't know why this Mr. Bean had kidnapped him or where he actually was!
*****
Mr. Bean's flat's building, London, 1990s, 3:10PM London time
Dr. Salunkhe asked, "Can you take us to meet this man?"
Mr. Bean looked at him carefully as if not understanding. The team had been trying for the past 10 minutes. Purvi said, "Mr. Bean we want to meet this man. Can you take us to his house?"
"Dance with me?" Mr. Bean returned.
Purvi looked taken aback at that. Pankaj said, "Haan keh de. Haan keh de Purvi. Kum se kum uske baad toh hume yeh iss Dr. Agnihotri ke paas lekar jayega."
"Pankaj ab agar tum chup nahi rahe toh tumhe hum yahani chor jayenge," Abhijeet warned.
"Kya? Nahi sir! Main yahan pagal ho jaonga!" Pankaj exclaimed, sounding alarmed.
Daya said, "Abhijeet hum kya pehle kum musibat main hain jo iske saath aisa mazak kar rahe ho?"
Then the 2 burst out laughing. Pankaj realized that Abhijeet had been pulling his leg and said, "Sorry sir. Ab main chup rahonga."
"Mr. Bean first you need to take us to this man's house. Then we'll all dance with you," Freddy bargained.
"Okay," Mr. Bean agreed.
Finally they were getting somewhere. Mr. Bean brought the team down to his car and said, "Long distance. Sit."
The 7 looked at each other and then at the car. It was a puny car that would barely fit 3 of them, not including Mr. Bean as the driver. Mr. Bean realized the same thing and said, "One minute."
He ran out to the back and Daya took this time to say, "Pata nahi yeh ab kya karne wala hai."
"Jo bhi karega zaroor hume aur pareshan karega," Dr. Salunkhe said.
And as if to prove Dr. Salunkhe's words, Mr. Bean came back with a large sofa on wheels. He said, "3 people sit on this." Then he showed a rope and said, "One person on roof with this."
ACP Pradyuman looked ready to explode at that, but Dr. Salunkhe quickly covered, "Let's take a bus."
"I can't drive a bus," Mr. Bean replied.
"No one is telling you to drive the bus. We'll ride on the bus," Pankaj replied.
"But the bus won't go where we want it to go," Mr. Bean objected.
"Fine. We'll take 2 taxis!" ACP Pradyuman exclaimed.
"Main bulata hoon," Freddy said, pulling out his phone. Then he remembered where they were and said, "Nahi. Main nahi bulata hoon."
"Okay I'll call for 2 taxis," Mr. Bean agreed.
Mr. Bean disappeared into the building. Daya said, "Yeh aadmi ke dimak main kya chal raha hai kuch samjh nahi aaya. Hume sofa aur roof pe band kar lekar jaane wala tha!"
"Ek baar wapas paunch jaayen phir iss Dr. Agnihotri ki toh kher nahi," ACP Pradyuman said.
"Sir ab bas ek baar abhi ka Dr. Agnihotri mil jaaye phir wapas paunch kar iss time machine ko hi tod denge," Pankaj said.
"Phir Sachin sir ko usse chura lenge," Purvi added.
Mr. Bean came back out at this time and 10 minutes later 2 taxis stopped in front of them. Mr. Bean got into one with ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet, and Daya, while Dr. Salunkhe, Purvi, Pankaj, and Freddy got into the other and then they were off.
About 20 minutes later the 2 pulled to a stop outside a house. Mr. Bean pulled out his wallet and started counting the money slowly. Just when the 7 officers thought they would fall asleep waiting, Mr. Bean finally paid the drivers and then took them up to the house. He rang the doorbell and a few seconds later a younger version of Dr. Agnihotri opened the door. The 7 officers had never looked as glad to see someone as they did on seeing Dr. Agnihotri. ACP Pradyuman said, "Okay thank you Mr. Bean. We can take it from here."
"Dance first! And photo!" Mr. Bean exclaimed.
Daya said to Dr. Agnihotri, "Ek minute. Isse peecha churwa len."
Mr. Bean said, "Magic music!"
Freddy understood and put a song on his phone. Then the 8 did a few second dance to the music before Freddy quickly turned it off. Then Mr. Bean produced a camera and handed it to Dr. Agnihotri, "Photo."
He stood in between the 7 officers and Dr. Agnihotri took a photo. Then Mr. Bean took the camera and was off. Once he left, Dr. Agnihotri asked, "Aap log kaun hain?"
"Hum undar chal kar baat karen?" ACP Pradyuman asked.
"Aaye," Dr. Agnihotri agreed, stepping aside.
Once the 7 were settled inside, ACP Pradyuman said, "Hum log 2015 se aaye hain. Mumbai CID."
"Kya mazak hai yeh?" Dr. Agnihotri scoffed.
"Yeh koi mazak nahi hai. Aap ke 2015 roop ne hume yahan bheja hai time machine ke zariye se. Aur aapne kaha tha ke agar hum yahan paunch gaye toh aap ko dhoond kar wapas aa jaayen," Abhijeet replied.
"Aur ab aap ko hi hume wapas bhejna parega. Humne aap ko dhoond liya hai," Daya added.
Dr. Agnihotri looked between the 7, but when he realized that none of them were smiling, he understood that they weren't lying. He said, "Yeh toh unbelievable hai. Maine? Sach main? Oh my god. Par mera time machine toh tyar hi nahi hai abhi tak. Toh main aap ko wapas kaise bhejoon?"
"Woh hume nahi pata hai. Bas bhejo!" Dr. Salunkhe exclaimed.
"Thik hai. Aaye," Dr. Agnihotri agreed.
He took them down to the basement where he showed them a half completed time machine. He said, "Umm...aap log isme bhet jaaye. Main aap ko wapas bhejne ki koshish karta hoon."
The 7 officers sat down in the time machine and then Dr. Agnihotri started playing around with the controls. But before he could do anything, there was a loud bang and the 7 disappeared.
*****
Dr. Vijay Agnihotri's lab, 3:43PM
There was a big flash and then suddenly they were back in the present with the current Dr. Agnihotri. ACP Pradyuman said, "Chalo ab hum wapas aa gaye hain. Sachin ko lekar aao."
"Pehle yeh batao ke kahan paunche aur wapas kaise aaye?" Dr. Agnihotri asked.
"1990s main paunche. London main paunche. Aur tumhare 1990s roop se mil kar wapas aaye," Daya replied.
"Chalo thik hai. Mujhe yeh toh pata chal gaya hai ke mera time machine kam karta hai. Ab chalo main aap logon ko Sachin se mila deta hoon," Dr. Agnihtori said, smiling.
He led the 7 to a wall. He opened a small cupboard and pulled out a mask. He put it on and was now looking like Mr. Bean. Then he pressed a small lever and the wall opened to reveal a flat exactly like the one they had just left in London. Inside Sachin was sitting on the bed starring at the wall in anger.
But as the wall opened, Sachin's expression changed from surprise to shock to happiness. He stood up and looked at all the officers. And then suddenly everything fell to a side.
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CID bureau, Tuesday, 10:05AM
Abhijeet hit Pankaj over the head. "Arre Pankaj uth!"
Pankaj shook himself awake and said, "Sir!!! Hum woh time machine se bach gaye!"
"Time machine? Kaunsa time machine?" Abhijeet asked.
"Jo Dr. Agnihotri ne banaya hai," Pankaj replied, in confusion.
"Kaun Dr. Agnihotri?" Abhijeet asked. "Pankaj tumhe maine abhi neend se jagaya hai. Kya sapna dekh rahe the?"
"Sapna?" Pankaj said, in surprise. "Main batata hoon."
Then Pankaj recounted what he had seen in his dreams. As he finished, Abhijeet burst out laughing. He said, "Yeh kabhi nahi hone wala hai. Lekin agar kabhi huya toh tumhe hum London main hi chor aayenge. Waise bhi tum aur Mr. Bean bhai ke taran ho."
Pankaj scowled as Abhijeet continued laughing.
Entry No 2:
Chapter 1:
1990, Highbury, London
It is a bright summer morning with cool breeze caressing plants, trees, and people, all living and non-living things in a local park. A lean man in tweed jacket and skinny red tie is walking along the walker's path gaining many awe stuck looks and grins by fellow walkers. Slowly man started moving away from regular walker's path area.
"I don't get why people find it strange" he mumbled to himself carefully ironing his jacket, "I just love these jackets and apparently nothing wrong in them", he told to his friend in his pocket, Teddy. "You need at least fifteen minutes of walk every day, Mr. Bean ", He recalled his doctor's words. He checked his watch and mumbled "Five more minutes" to someone we are not exactly sure he is talking to.
"DUM DUM DUM" A low drum sound caught his attention. Mr. Bean started walking towards the sound and found that noise is coming from the ground. "Something in there", He told Teddy pointing towards ground. A five minute search provided him or rather them a section of branch that they used to dig. "Jumanji" Mr. Bean read the name on the board game he just dug out to Teddy.
Mr Bean and Teddy seated on extra-large sofa set in the family room of Mr Bean apartment, took a long look at the board game. "I go first", Mr Bean mumbled to Teddy. A roll of dice follows, it reads 3. Mr bean watches in surprise as the pawns move by themselves. " All the giants shall squeeze and they will" text appeared in center of the board. Mr Bean wondered what that could mean, but his amusement turned into a shout of cry as he hit the floor with thud. "Ouch" he cried. He got himself on his feet and looked around. Something was different or rather strange; his Family room looks very spacious. Suddenly he realized that all his furniture was missing. His giant sofa set, coffee table, end tables, Piano at covered porch, breakfast table in breakfast area are invisible. Mr Bean quickly grabbed Teddy and proceeded to check, his foot kicked some object and the object rolled. Mr Bean bent down to take a look. To his horror he realized that that small object was actually his sofa, in which he was comfortably seated few minutes ago. "That's what you call as squeeze?" he asked the board game. He had no choice but to play. After all the board read, you must play till end. It was Teddy turn anyway. Mr Bean grabbed Teddy and made him roll the dice. It read 6, So Teddy gets to roll again. "What would a double rolling lead to" he wondered. Next roll got 5. Pawn moved again. "Swap Swap Swap, You and the future super hero pair, Swap Swap Swap" read the board. Well, what does that exactly mean?
Chapter 2:
2015, Lonavala, India
It was little early for morning walk or jog and Pavana Lake shore was almost deserted. Sun is trying hard to peek over the horizon wondering why 3 men are already up before him and on jogging spree. Two unwilling sleepy figures seem not so happy at this new early hour activity and an active commanding figure was enjoying the nagging more than jogging. The tallest man stopped and dragged other man into a friendly hug. Mission Escape Jogging was cooking up fast. A giant globe appeared before them and all three were dragged by some invisible force into it and it disappeared as fast as it appeared. Happenings were too fast before someone could see how three CID cops were dragged into the "Time Machine".
Abhijeet, Daya and Freddy were so confused at what they just experienced. They were in Lonavala for a undercover mission about some drug rocket, but the vehicle they got into didn't look anything related to it. Insides of whatever-they-entered looked far more confusing than the forensic lab of CID. All three were seated in chairs supported by firm belts, globe initially rotated so fast before it took off into air and numbers on main monitor screen are changing to backwards. Abhijeet took a keen look at monitor. It was a simple monitor that was showing a date which was rolling back wards in the center with a top right corner with heading recent travels as "April 18 2015, Lonavala, India". He figured out the machine they are in and the rolling back of date should mean something. But before he could arrive at any conclusion, the date in center of screen froze at April 18 1990 and the machine landed with recent travels populated as "April 18 2015, Lonavala, India","April 18 1990, Highbury, London". Door opened by itself. All three officers looked at each other. There is no going back. Firmly they stood on their feet and descended that machine into a living room of an apartment. The place looked too quiet except for a feeble sobbing voice and the room was very empty.
They saw a thin man at the corner of room sobbing almost silently. Abhijeet and Daya exchanged a look, signaled Freddy, Abhijeet carefully walked towards that man where as Daya and Freddy proceeded to check the apartment. They all had the guns handy, but hid them from any direct vision. Abhijeet stood next to the sobbing man, but sobbing man was too busy to pay attention. Daya and Freddy returned with a look of everything is fine. "Hello" Abhijeet spoke softly yet firmly. This earned some attention and sobbing man looked up. "I am Sr Inspector Abhijeet from CID Mumbai" Abhijeet introduced himself. "Mr Bean" came reply. "Daya" said Daya and "Freddy" said Freddy. Mr Bean nodded and said "Teddy" and started to sob again. "He is Freddy, not Teddy" Daya replied passing a teasing glance to Freddy. "Teddy" Mr Bean sobbed again and earned two chuckles and an angry glance. Meanwhile Daya noticed the board game the biggest piece in the room, "What is that" he asked Mr Bean. "Jumanji" Mr Bean said, "It took away my Teddy to get future super heros, So Are you super heros?" Mr Bean asked last part with hopeful eyes. "Well, These two are" replied Freddy pointing to Abhijeet and Daya, "They had maximum phasao cases, injury cases, YSPT cases and OTT cases. Coming to me, Thanks to certain someone who uses me as standing mattress whenever he gets a chance. That brings me here cos I was his mattress", Freddy finished looking at Daya.
"Why is the room so empty?" asked Daya skipping the angry glances of Freddy. "The first roll of dice made all my furniture to miniatures", came the reply. "It looks sitting on chair is no longer written in our fate", sighed Abhijeet. Other two agreed immediately. Freddy found daily newspaper which read date as April 18 1990 and paper says London. He showed his findings to Abhijeet. "So, that was a time machine. We came from 2015 to 1990 and Teddy would have gone in same time machine to 2015" Abhijeet concluded. Abhijeet and Daya explained this to Mr Bean and asked him how to fix this issue. "I don't know" Mr bean sounded very genuine. "Shall we get back into the machine and go back" offered Freddy. That was quite easy thing to try. CID cops can figure out the machine somehow. "Teddy" cried Mr Bean. "We need to find Mr Teddy and return to Mr Bean" Daya sounded very concerned for the crying man. "How does he look? How old is he? Do you have any photograph?" Abhijeet started with basic questions to Mr Bean. "What is this super hero referring to" wondered Mr Bean as he didn't understand the questions were about Teddy. Clearly CID cops thought Teddy was a real person. "lagta hai shock mei hei" exclaimed Abhijeet, upon seeing the blank expression on Mr Bean face. "Haan sir" agreed Freddy. "Let's check in rooms, we might find some pictures or some belongings" suggested Daya. An extensive search of house didn't yield any clues. "Let's check game board too" Daya suggested and they cautiously approached the board. "Take care; don't roll dice even by mistake" Abhijeet passed an alarm. While three cops are trying hard to figure out the game, Mr Bean recalled what super heros told him. Teddy went in that round vehicle to 2015. He reached the machine and climbed into it. Then he saw the recent travels menu populated as "April 18 2015, Lonavala, India" and gently touched it. He just hoped it makes him feel better, But unexpected is bound to happen with Jumaji. A simple touch made the door close, and machine to rotate with very fast and before Abhijeet, Daya or Freddy could reach to machine, the machine disappeared. Three cops watched in surprise until the realization hit them. They were blocked, in London, had no passport, visa or a valid document, it's year 1990 and they had a story which no one would believe.
Chapter 3:
2015, Lonavala, India
Mr Bean never knew what a touch screen is, but now he learnt it for his life time and he definitely doesn't like it. Now that he is out of the machine which was still not noticeable due to dense trees covering it and deserted surroundings. As he walked towards the road, the only thing he remembered is about his super heroes CID, Mumbai. A taxi stopped next to him, "Where do you want to go Sir", driver asked. "CID, Mumbai" came back the reply and Mr Bean got into the taxi. Driver looked over and found that the foreigner looked very exhausted. It is very common for Lonavala taxi drivers to have clueless passengers boarding the taxis, as Lonavala is a tourist place. "Mumbai tak sawari, Arjun beta aish karo" he told himself and Taxi headed off to Mumbai.
2015, Mumbai, India
It is not so unusual for ACP Pradyuman to be early bird to work. He sometimes is the never sleeping bird too as he needs to handle the file work and DCP Chitrole. He was flipping through the file , he knew he had enough time, as he offered his officers to come little late that day as team worked past midnight on a case the night before. His phone rang disturbing his concentration, there was a visitor who looked like foreigner and with no valid documents and no weapons seeks some help. "Send him in" ACP Pradyuman replied. He soon had his visitor walking into the bureau and stopped in front of team picture and mumbling something. As a courtesy, ACP Pradyuman walked towards him and saw that his visitor had fixed gaze on his two officers. "I am ACP Pradyuman, What Can I do for you?" ACP Pradyuman asked politely. "I am Mr Bean, I am here for Teddy" replied Mr Bean. "Teddy?" wondered ACP Pradyuman. Mr Bean pointed towards duo in picture and said "My Teddy" chewed some words and said "with them". "Daya started stealing Teddies too" wondered the head of the branch with a small smile appearing on his lips. "They are at my house" Mr Bean said. "At your house?" now ACP started getting confused. They were supposed to be on a secret mission. ACP Pradyuman pointed to Freddy and asked "Do you know him?". "Yes, Freddy" replied Mr Bean. "Something is wrong" thought ACP and questioned "Where do you live?" . "12 Arbour Road, Highbury" said Mr Bean. "Where are you staying in India?" ACP Pradyuman made his question much clear. "India? I live in London" came back the reply. ACP Pradyuman shook his head and called the security desk. He learned that this man came in cab from Lonavala. ACP Pradyuman came back to Mr Bean. "Where are my officers?", the question came much stronger than he anticipated. "At my house" came the scared reply. "You mean in London?" ACP Pradyuman wanted to confirm. "Yes" replied Mr Bean. "When did they come to London?" ACP Pradyuman continued his questions and parallel he dialed Abhijeet's number. It was switched off, so are Dayas and Freddys. "Today morning" Mr Bean said. "That's impossible. They met the informer last night and sent some information to me" ACP Pradyuman thought. "But their mobiles are not reachable, but again they are under cover and don't keep the mobiles with them though" series of thoughts flushed through his brain. He was totally concerned about his officers and also evaluated that appearance of this strange man could be a trap on him. He decided he needed to check out. "Come" he calmly advised the stranger and rushed through the corridors. Mr Bean followed the leader mumbling "Teddy".
2015, Lonavala, India
ACP Pradyuman is not a designated driver for his car on long drives. He defers the task to the most enthusiastic driver in team, Daya who seems very much in love with steering. It took around two hours by the time they reached Lonavala due to traffic. The journey, driving doesn't make him tired but uncertainty about the condition of his officers surely does. Once he reached Lonavala out skirts, he followed directions to Pavana Lake as Mr Bean kept talking about Lake all the two hours. Listening to cry for Teddy for whole two hours was frustrating too. Also Mr Bean kept talking about the I-don't-want-to-get-into machine which ACP Pradyuman could never figure out. As they reached lake, ACP Pradyuman studied the surrounding carefully and got down the car. He already informed Lonawala police for backup and extremely interested in nothing civilians are his back up. He worked this up through the SMS carefully avoiding being noticed by Mr Bean. ACP Pradyuman and Mr Bean got down and Mr Bean froze and was reluctant to move into the direction of the time machine. That was the last thing he wanted to see apart from Jumanji. Mr Bean just wished it was all a bad dream and he was sleeping in his bed with Teddy. "Where is that?" ACP Pradyuman asked. Mr Bean just pointed towards dense trees. Hesitation of Mr Bean was giving many doubts to ACP Pradyuman, but he went ahead dragging Mr Bean along after passing Be-alert signal to police officers.
The round machine looked way innocent but as per Mr Bean it was dangerous. ACP Pradyuman put on his gloves and entered the globe. Before entering he put a big stone at the door so that door would not close. But there were many wires and monitors with a screen that shows recent travels as "April 18 2015, Lonavala, India", "April 18 1990, Highbury, London" and "April 18 2015, Lonavala, India". ACP Pradyuman figured out the machine had been doing trips between London and Lonavala, but was not sure about the date parts and how the machine can travel to London and Lonavala on same day if year was showing wrong. He picked his cell to call Dr Salunkhe, but noticed that there is no signal. ACP Pradyuman quickly took several snaps of surroundings, got down the machine and walked to get signal. Mr Bean came running towards him with You-are-a- hero look. Boss man came out of it with no issues. Once signal was reachable, ACP Pradyuman dialed Dr Salunkhe number, explained his findings and sent the pictures. ACP Pradyuman patiently waited for his genius friend to analyze the information and get back to him. "Boss", voice came from other side," I just don't know how this is possible, but this is a time machine. If what Mr Bean says is true, Our officers are in 1990 and Mr Bean who belongs to 1990 is in front of you" explained Dr salunkhe. The story was unbelievable but there was no other way than believing it. Then ACP Pradyuman questioned Mr Bean, and the moment Mr Bean said Jumanji, the genius over phone cried out in anxiety. "Jumanji, Jumanji" he shouted, "That was a game, a board game which everyone believes is a myth. Boss, if Jumanji did this, Jumanji can fix it. We need to complete the game to fix things up. That's how it is believed to be" Dr Salunkhe explained. For ACP Pradyuman, there was no other way but to convince Mr Bean about it. Now Mr Bean should go back to 1990 and finish the game.
2015, Mumbai, India
"What do you mean by there was a strange man and ACP sir left with him?" Purvi was furious as she questioned security guards. CID team came to the work to find that their boss is missing and the story from security person was rather strange to believe. A strange man coming from Lonavala and ACP sir leaving in hurry with him didn't sound right. Nikhil was trying ACP sir number, but it was saying not reachable with last location as Lonavala and a call to Lonavala police revealed that ACP sir was going on a one man mission and requested back up. "Kidnap" shouted Pankaj. "That strange man would have kidnapped ACP sir". "Abhijeet sir, daya Sir and Freddy sir , everyone's mobile is switched off" Sachin came with new information. "But they are on under cover mission, so possibly keeping mobiles off" Purvi pointed out and Sachin nodded. "But security people were telling that ACP sir was in tension" Purvi sounded doubtful. "I am sure yeh kidnap hee hai" declared Pankaj. He quickly dialed DCP Chitrole number and before someone could stop him, he told news of "ACP Pradyuman kidnap" to DCP Chitrole. DCP Chitrole is man of strange actions. He immediately ordered for search warrant on ACP Pradyuman. News was high on the air that ACP Pradyuman was kidnapped by a foreigner who looked like an alien. Soon people started believing that Ailens kidnapped ACP Pradyuman and Pankaj was the first one to confirm that.
2015, Goa, India
Finally ACP Pradyuman convinced Mr Bean, told him to get into the machine and touch on"April 18 1990, Highbury, London", go back to his home and finish the game. Game needed a 6 from him to finish. Mr Bean reluctantly got into the machine and machine disappeared in no time. "I cannot believe what I saw" ACP Pradyuman thought but soon after he took few steps, a helicopter landed in front of him, Thanks to DCP Chitrole.
1990, Highbury, London
Mr Bean came out of the time machine. Three figures on floor were awake by sound and were delighted to see him back. "We figured it out, make a 6 and complete the game, That fixes up everything and it's your turn now" Abhijeet explained. Mr Bean gave him an I-Knew_It look and proceeded. All prayed with fingers crossed as Mr Bean rolled dice. ACP Pradyuman tips never fail, there was a six. Pawns moved to end of the game.
Epilogue:
Mr Bean told many stories to his Teddy about his adventures to future to which Teddy always listened. Mr Bean was always thankful to the super heros and their boss for getting him his Teddy back. He also dumped that game in river as advised by the bossman.
Freddy had a story too, but his wife is not a Teddy to agree. Instead, she accused him of boozing and threw him out of the house. That night he decided that he would never say this story to anyone else. Abhijeet and Daya kept it to themselves, but Abhijeet always accuses Daya about the box of cereals Daya ate while in Mr Bean flat.
For ACP Pradyuman, it is yet another weird case. DR Salunkhe was the only happy person who would taunt Abhijeet now and then about how much Abhijeet loves "free rides" and gets ready to go "anywhere" on a free ride to which Abhijeet just brushes off.
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