RENDEZVOUS - A RoSid SS by Archana Vinod - Page 2

Wow can't wait for the updates. Interesting and different concept . Thanks for the pm😊

Originally posted by: justloverosid

Wow can't wait for the updates. Interesting and different concept . Thanks for the pm😊

Originally posted by: greshin

then try to update today itself😉
hope u'll give the updates of 'under the sky lantern' also soon 😛

RENDEZVOUS - PART 1

A RoSid SS/ OS by Archana Vinod

A cold and eerie night.

Huge pellets of rain fall from the sky and batter the earth.

Dark and towering thunder clouds rumble threateningly above Bharadwaj house - a dilapidated, smoking mess of rubble.

All colours come to life in the night as a blazing bolt of lightning lights up the surroundings.

There is movement under the debris. Someone fights to get out.

One by one, fragments of brick, stone and concrete roll off and a shaken man emerges from the rubble.

It is Siddhant, early 30's.

He is dazed and confused as he stumbles out from under the debris.

SIDDHANT: (looks around) Papa? Maa? (keeps looking) Mataji? Prem? Roli?

A loud clap of thunder answers his desperate calls.

What just happened?

FLASHBACK SCENE:

12 year old Sid plays his favourite military game "Rendezvous" at the PC while a sulky Roli awaits her chance.

ROLI: Enough na! Now give it to me!

SIDDHANT: Wait yaar! Just one more round!

Siddhant gets his "soldier" to fire a couple of rounds at his opponent.

SIDDHANT: (grins victoriously) Yes! Gotcha! Sucker!

ROLI: (impatiently, tries to push Sid off the chair) Enough na! It's my turn now!

SIDDHANT: Hey! Stop it yaar! What're you doing?

ROLI: (keeps trying to push him off the chair) Get up from there!

Siddhant gets annoyed and tugs hard at her pleated hair.

ROLI: Ahhooow!

Siddhant laughs hard.

Roli gets angry and punches him.

He punches her back!

The fight is on!

ROLI: (punches him relentlessly) You're going to lose this mission!

SIDDHANT: (punches back) We'll see!

The scuffle garners Sujata's attention. She walks hastily into the room.

SUJATA: Ya! What are you kids doing? Stop fighting! Siddhant! Stop hitting her!

ROLI: Look na aunty! I've been waiting for a long time! He never lets me have a go at it!

SUJATA: What is this Siddhant? She's younger to you! Why don't you let her play?

SIDDHANT: Maa! The last time I let her play she crashed this comp. Remember? And we had to get it repaired.

ROLI: Stop lying! I didn't do anything!

SIDDHANT: (smirks in contempt) Hah! Yeah, right!

ROLI: Admit it, you don't want me to play, that's why you're making up all these cock and bull stories.

Siddhant laughs sarcastically.

ROLI: (begins to cry) I hate you!

Siddhant laughs more.

SUJATA: (in a stern voice) Stop it Siddhant! And get up from that chair! Let her play now! See? You made her cry!

SIDDHANT: But Maa...

SUJATA: No buts. Let her play, you can take turns in a while.

Now it's Siddhant's turn to sulk. He gets up from the chair, moves aside and watches Roli hop on and play.

SUJATA: (to Siddhant) After sometime you can play, ok beta? Don't fight like this! Both of you are best buddies, aren't you?

Sujata gives him a quick hug before leaving the room.

As soon as she leaves, Siddhant tries to push Roli out of the chair.

ROLI: Aunty!

Siddhant claps her mouth shut.

SIDDHANT: Shush! Shut up!

She bites his hand.

SIDDHANT: (pulls off) Owww!

ROLI: Youuu!

She prepares to pounce on him, but...

A LOUD CLAP OF THUNDER knocks her out of track. She runs to Siddhant and clings on to him instead.

ROLI: (trembles in fear) Hey Matarani!

Siddhant laughs, amused.

The lightning gets brighter. The thunder gets LOUDER.

Sujata can be heard saying: "kids, turn off the PC, the weather is a bit rough."

But -

What greets them is a blinding light!

END OF FLASHBACK SCENE

Siddhant is terrified. Oh my God, the lightning... are they alright?

He begins to tear off the debris frantically as he chants "please God, let them be okay".

The rain bears down on him hard as he works at the rubble, groaning as he lifts off a particularly large and heavy boulder.

SIDDHANT: Papa! Maa! Roli! Where are you?

No response, except for the crackling and sputtering of a wireless device strapped to his bullet proof vest.

WIRELESS: Bravo, come in please.

Bullet proof vest? Hang on...

That is the moment he realizes that something is not right. He takes a good look at his hands. Why does it look different? Why does it look ripped and heavily veined like that of a really strong man's?

He looks down at himself. He is not wearing the little T-shirt and shorts anymore. Rather, he is clad in the army's camouflaged uniform meant for desert warfare. A wireless device sits on his black Kevlar vest. Strapped around one of his thighs is a pouch packed with a fearsome looking knife and a pistol for close combat.

What's this? Why am I dressed like this? Why do I look like this? What happened?

He feels his face and instantly realizes that it's different. No more of that boyish feel, but prickly stubbles of a man brush against his hands.

His wireless sputters again.

WIRELESS: Company leader calling Bravo! Come in please!

Should I answer it? Siddhant is confused. He doesn't even know what to say.

SIDDHANT: Hello?

WIRELESS: What took you so long Captain?

Siddhant is speechless. "Captain"?

SIDDHANT: I...

WIRELESS: Prepare to brief your team on "Operation Tikrit". Here're your instructions. Down the street, you'll find a truck waiting for you with your boys. Here, you'll be supplied with your weapons and taken to the open plot where a chopper will fly you to the insertion point, the city of Tikrit in Iraq.

A cold chill shudders down his spine. Tikrit? Iraq?? What the hell is happening?

WIRELESS: You must proceed to the base, infiltrate the camp and lead the hostages to the extraction point.

Siddhant is really very confused now. Is this a dream? Or is it for real?

SIDDHANT: Wait. Hang on. Actually, who is this? And could you please tell me what's going on?

WIRELESS: I'm Colonel R.B. Singh. You have been teleported into your PC game during the storm. The only way out is to complete the mission.

SIDDHANT: But what happened to my family and my friend?

WIRELESS: They're part of your mission now. You'll find them being held as hostages at the enemy camp. Rescue and lead them unscathed to the rendezvous point and you'll get back home to your original state.

SIDDHANT: Hostages? (angry and upset) What's the meaning of all this? I want my friend and family back!

WIRELESS: So go and get them. Your mission starts now.

~ End of wireless transmission~

... TO BE CONTINUED

while reading that portion where sid nd roli fighting to play in PC really took me back to my childhood...i fought with my cousins several times for playing in PC 😉
nd its super di...sid is a captain nd really excited to see him in this new way nd looking forward to see him fighting for his family nd frnd 😃

Originally posted by: greshin

while reading that portion where sid nd roli fighting to play in PC really took me back to my childhood...i fought with my cousins several times for playing in PC 😉
nd its super di...sid is a captain nd really excited to see him in this new way nd looking forward to see him fighting for his family nd frnd 😃

That's awesome...love your smart way of your thinking...so the mission starts...excited...

Originally posted by: magicalrosid

That's awesome...love your smart way of your thinking...so the mission starts...excited...

Awesome update Archana 👏 You have done it once again totally different concept and different from your other works.⭐️

Originally posted by: justloverosid

Awesome update Archana 👏 You have done it once again totally different concept and different from your other works.⭐️