Commander In Action...

One more night passes.

On the next morning, they are the first to join the parade.

Then after breakfast they go to work.

Similarly, two more days of the journey pass.

One evening after finishing the gathering, both of them were sitting and talking when suddenly an unknown person knocked on the door of the cabin.

Arun opened the door.

A tall and wide man was standing in front, Arun allowed him to enter inside the room.

The unknown person came to Tanveer and said "Are you Tanveer, Tanveer nodded his head, he sat on his bed and said to Tanveer" I am Ajit, I am responsible for looking after the luggage compartment here, but it is impossible for me to believe the accident that happened last night, I have not mentioned it to anyone, first of all I came to meet you, last night I was busy cleaning that compartment till late, only then my eyesight lying on your coffin, from which a bright red light was shining, there are cracks in many places in that coffin, from which the shining red light could be seen clearly, for a while I stared at him in astonishment because it was impossible to believe what I was seeing, after a while the light stopped flashing and I came up on the deck", he continued, "I kept thinking about it all day today, then I came to you to ask the solution of this riddle", he said looking at Tanveer curiously.

"You seem to have some illusion or deceit, inside that coffin there are some objects found in an archaeological discovery and some are not, that's why we are going to London",Seeing Ajit in his eyes, Tanveer skillfully avoided his words by lying.

Ajit was not satisfied with Tanveer's reply, but he left after getting his reply.

As soon as he left, Arun closed the door and turned and looked at Tanveer worriedly and said, "Am man, there is no doubt that you are lying because it was not visible from his face that he went away satisfied with your answer, yes, it seems that the commander must have been cleaning at night when the commander is awake, then the commander must have realized that someone is standing nearby, he must have closed his eyes again".

"I think the same way, now the question is that if these monsieurs opened the ark in the process of doing some investigation on their own, then what would happen, now we have any danger on this ship, then it is from these sages, will have to keep an eye on them day and night", Tanveer revealed his point to Arun in a worried posture.

There was a fear of truth coming out in both of their minds that what would happen if the real form of the commander was revealed, as well as now they were also being worried about the name of Ajit.

As night fell, there was silence on the ship, only selected few officers had to do night duty, especially those who had to steer the ship and keep watch at night.

The ship was huge and it was a big deal to control it, which was manned by a young contingent of the Merchant Navy.

The captain used to get out of his cabin and go back to his cabin asking for the wind flow and direction in between.

Meanwhile, an unknown shadow descends from the deck, crosses the inner lobby, descends from the back staircase and enters the luggage department below, it was dark all around, it was impossible to see anything except through the cracks in the coffin of the commander.

The bright red light emanating which was attracting that unknown person towards him.

The man approached the chest, but it was chained, on which there was a thick lock, which was holding the coffin with that big chain.

The unknown man pulls out a steel hair pin from the pocket of his jacket, with the help of which he frees the coffin from the chains, but then suddenly the coffin opens in a jiffy and the commander hastily to the unknown person grabs the throat and carries it upwards in the air, then stop for a short distance.

The commander was holding his head in his left hand then slowly attaches his skull to the torso, when a bright light falls on the unknown man his face is visible and it was none other than Ajit, who opened the coffin in curiosity , the commander was strangling him so hard that it was difficult to make his scream, but then the commander inserts his left hand inside his stomach, due to which his dangerous squeak comes out and suddenly Tanveer wakes up and saw it was morning then.

Tanveer and Arun gets ready and reach the deck for the morning parade, then after breakfast they get the cleaning job again, both of them were engaged in cleaning, when suddenly Arun shouts "Dear Tanveer, look at that shark's younger sister Dolphin, look how everyone is jumping in the herd over there, what a beautiful scene," Arun shows Tanveer with his finger pointing at their herd. Tanveer is also very happy seeing this picturesque scene.

Slowly the day passes and their work was also over, both of them were resting in their cabins after taking a shower.

As the evening falls, their gathering gathers again, after which both of them head towards the dining hall.

There was still a lot of time to eat, so everyone was enjoying themselves sitting at the table, some were playing a game of cards, some were reading books, some were busy in talking, some were playing the game of antakshari.

Tannu and Arun put their pictures on the empty chairs.

Some people were talking about something special in themselves, on seeing Arun and Tanveer, they became silent, Arun asked them curiously, "Listen , what is the matter, brothers, why did you went silent as soon as we both came, tell us so, what's up", Arun had a look of surprise on his face.

One of them replied "Nothing special, it's about Ajit, just yesterday the cook of our ship who is Ajit's neighbor in real life was telling, since few days Ajit's behavior is not right, that cook Banwari's cabin is next to Ajith's on this ship, he says that sometimes in the night there are scary sounds from outside the cabin, it seems as if someone walks outside the lobby with a growl", he says.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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