EPISODE 36; FOUR PIECES OF CHESS
“I see only five paintings here Dagrin. Four with names I don’t understand. Four hidden and one open. What are you both trying to show us?”
“Do you play chess game Mistress?” He asked. “If you do you will see that the names are kinda related to a chess game” he added.
“I don’t play games Dagrin. And you know that. Can you explain this to us? Or am I the only one that doesn’t understand?”
“You’re not alone in that Ali…,”
“Snipy” I corrected Ariana knowing what she wanted to say.
“Sorry, Snipy” she murmured and rolled her eyes.
“I’ll soon pluck out your eyes” I whispered and chuckled. “Go on Dagrin. Explain the paintings to us.”
“As you can see on the screen Mistress, the killer of our parents has four hidden subordinates he named after four pieces of a chess game. Which are the words you see under the four paintings; King, knight, Bishop, and Pawn.”
“King from our search takes orders from knight but doesn’t know who Bishop is” Declan continued. “And now to get to the main killer of our parents we need to locate the last piece of the chess game he used which is the pawn. Only the pawn can lead us to to the main dude that killed our parents.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“So if I’m to understand what you both are trying to say; You mean that we need to get them each after the other until we get to the main man?” Linda solicited.
“Yea, that’s it” Dagrin retorted. “We’ve been able to uncover king as you can see. So all we need to do now is get to him and he will lead us to Knight and so it will continue.”
“Who is this king?” I don’t think I’ve heard of him before” I murmured staring at the open painting which bore King under it.
“I know him Lord Snipy. Permit me to give an introduction of him” Mira let out.
I stared at Dagrin and Declan and they nodded. “Permission granted Mira. Tell us who he is.”
“His name is Rajveer Singh son of Shrikant Singh. IPS! Indian Police Service. Batch No. 68. Cadet no. 32570. Trained at Dehradun. Topper of the batch.”
“Are we going after a cop Declan?” I asked finding it hard to believe what Mira was saying. Or perhaps she’s gone crazy.
“Yes, we are Mistress” Dagrin replied instead. “He’s a bad cop. To the nation, he’s a cool cop who fights against crime and frees the country of villains but within he lets politicians and billionaires commit crimes and get away with it. He loves money more than his nation and also loves sexy damsels more than his mum.”
“Do you know the funny part mistress?” Declan asked.
“Tell me” I giggled.
“Once a crime is committed by the one the dudes in his league he puts the crime on a mere local thug and have him killed without anyone coming to the aid of the thug. Who will come to the aid of a thug anyway? One of the dudes in his league is the Knight. But only Rajveer can point him out.”
“But you both are not Indians, how come an Indian had a hand in the death of your parents?” Jayden groaned.
“We are not Indians but my mum is an Indian. And we still don’t know everything pertaining to their death that’s why we need to grab Rajveer and get him to give us the little information he can before we waste him” Declan answered.
“What’s the plan dudes? I’m tired of the long talks already. I want action.”
“As you can see in the painting Mistress, Rajveer is not your usual pot-bellied cop. And he’s still very young and vibrant like us. He handles guns as if he’s fondling a lady’s boobs so going to his front to threaten him is just like one wasting his or her time cause even if you shoot him he will surely escape it. Now to get him we will use his two weaknesses. He’s the first cop Indian has ever had who doesn’t stay in stations but yet works. He comes out only if he has a mission or his league called on him. We did all we can to locate his house but couldn’t.”
“If he doesn’t stay in the station and his house is hidden then how can we get him?” I implored not just comprehending where Dagrin was headed to.
“Calm down Mistress” Declan retorted. “Remember we said we can get him by using his two weaknesses. Now, he goes to the Indian best club for Nightlife in Mumbai every Friday night to drink, smoke, strike deals with ladies, dance then goes home with a lady he will be having sex with for the night. This he does every Friday night and never misses a day. So we are 100% sure he will be in Mumbai tomorrow night. If we can be able to strike a deal with him tomorrow then we stand a chance to get him. But note he will only strike a deal with a sexy lady. We are only afraid that he might wanna go home with any of you cause you ladies are so gorgeous.”
“Lol. Thanks anyway for the compliment” Ariana giggled. “But what type of deals does he strike with ladies?” she added.
“Shipping of guns, ladies he will sleep with the next Friday, cigarettes, wines, and hard drugs” Dagrin answered.
“So what kinda deal will we be striking with him, dudes?”
Declan smiled and caressed his hands. “He always purchases wines he uses in his hidden house only Mistress but we will propose a money-filled business proposal to him. We will offer to sell him a bottle of cabernet sauvignon wine for 100$ instead of the normal price of 140$. That’s 12 bottles for 1, 200$ instead of 1, 680$ and 24 bottles for 2, 400$ instead of 3, 360$.”
“Are you sure he will be interested in this deal Declan?”
“Yes, Mistress. I know he will be so much interested cause a benefit of 40$ is not something Rajveer will throw away and not when it is also proposed by a desirable damsel.”
“So after the deal is made, what’s next?”
“We wait for his feedback on where to meet him so the main deal will be signed and payment made” Dagrin answered. “Once we get his feedback we will send the damsel that struck the deal with him to go meet him. Once the deal is signed and he makes the required payment we will grab him. Money will be ours and him too. We will be winning in two ways.”
“Who will be the lady that will be meeting up with him?” The Queen inquired.
“I’ll point out who tomorrow Queen” I answered and she bobbed her head.
“But then, what if he wants to go home with the lady who will be striking the deal with him?” My brother asked and we all turned to him.
“Smart question bro” Lucas muttered and we all smiled.
“I’ve been waiting for the question even though I got no answer for it now. But then before we leave tomorrow I’ll get a solution” Dagrin responded.
“Ok then” I chuckled. “We leave by dusk tomorrow. Good night all.”
“Good night Mistress, Snipy, Alicia, mafia Lord, Lord Snipy” they all answered one after the other.
“You can come spend the night with me Liam, my room is big enough to accommodate us” I directed at my brother.
“Thanks but I’ll sort myself out. Sweet dreams.”
I strolled to him, pecked him on both cheeks and his forehead before I walked out after waving at the others who waved back too.
“Dagrin, don’t try anything stupid with Ariana!” I screamed, chuckled, and entered my room.
I heard him chuckle before I shut my door, climbed the bed and everything went blank.