Adventure Series – Part 1

It was half past 10 and we were still in a bar. The police had given strict instructions to the bar owners to close all of them by 10 30 at night. A worker in the bar came to us and said “Sir, 10 30 aayidichu sir. Police rounds ku varuvaanga…inga yaarayaavathu paartha adippanga. Apporam unga ishtam”. One of my friends played down those comments saying “athellam naanga paathukkurom….nee poitu innoru beer and 2 kings konduvaa…appadiye 6 half boil”.

Time passed by and it was 5 mins to eleven. I had been insisting my friends to leave since that fella told us to. “dei ippove 11 da…eppo veetukku porathu…naalaikku vera office irukku da…vaanga da kelambalaam…enakku samma thookkam varuthu…innaikku rendu match vera….samma tired a irukku”. Kiran replied to that saying “ivan tholla thanga mudiyala da…ivanum kudikka maattan..engalayum kudikkavidamattan…vaarathukku oru naal thana da…polam iru mudinjichu”

At last we moved out of the bar and it was exactly 11 when we did that. The road outside was deserted and three of us went to bring the bikes. Saba had disappeared into a roadside shop by this time for a cigarette. Kiran asked Jaya “jaya antha vandi la triples ethiko….en vandiyila kathu kammi”. Kiran, Jaya and Prabhu had brought the bikes and we all climbed them and started off to home. “Giri..inimelaavathu vandi kathukoda…nee ottirukkalaam la”, said Jaya. I replied “Kathukalaam da porumaya”.

There used be a police patrol car at one of the junctions en route to our homes. Jaya asked Ramesh to get down just before the junction turning and walk for a few meters. But to our shock the car was stationed well before the junction and a police constable spotted us and signaled us to pull aside. He removed the keys from the bike and said, “poi inspector a paaru”. We three went near the car and heaved a sigh saying “Sir”. A medium sized man well dressed in police uniform turned our way. His face was well light under the street light and he looked rough. “Ennanga da triples a”, he asked us. ”License enga” he questioned Jaya. Jaya took out his driving license and handed it over to the cop. The cop looked at it and asked us “Ennada pannitu irrukinga”. Jaya said, “MBA panren sir”. I told him that I was working for an IT company. Ramesh too replied him that he was working in a private factory. To our amazement he asked to hand over the addresses and the vehicle number to the constable and leave.

After handing over the details I started to walk. The inspector barked at me “Athaan ivalavu thooram vanthuta la…eri po..enna nallavan maari nadikkiriya”. With a subtle smile I said “thanks sir” and we all started off from there. Ramesh started lauging out loudly and said “Jaya thapcha po….oothu nu solli irunthana nee gali pa….avan etho nalla mood la irunthurukkan.” “Just miss macha…illa moonu perukkum sangu than”, said Ramesh.

My phone rang and I picked it up. It was Saba. “hey ennanga da aachu…maattuningala…enga irukkinga ippo”. I replied “appa..just miss da…antha police kaaren vera etho velaila irunthaan pola…athaan oothu nu sollamaleye anupchitaan….address and bike number note pannitaanda….ethavathu prachana varuma da”. He said, “athellam oru matter um illa…onnum aavathu da…sari moru kudikkalaam muttakadaikku vanthudunga”.

We were some half a km from our homes and saw our friends at the shop. They were waiting for us. Before Jaya could stop the vehicle a guy stood in our path and stopped it. We instantly recognized him. He was one of our opponent players in the cricket match we played in the morning. Jaya asked him “ei…ennada vandiya niruthura”. In the next split second a blow landed into Jaya’s face and that fella started to walk fast towards the corner of the street. We immediately jumped out and ran towards him.

–thodarum