Thursday, May 13, 2010

Rofa and the Secret Parcel

It was a cold dark night in November when the car came driving down the road towards Rofa with just a single headlight. Rofa couldn't quite tell if this was intentional or just carelessness by the driver, for he was waiting to receive a secret parcel from an unknown man sent by a contact. "A dark road lit by a one eyed car looks creepier" thought Rofa as it came closer. The brakes squeaked gently as the car slowed down, the driver didnt seem to be in any sort of hurry thought Rofa, and found quite odd considering that he was carrying the secret parcel. But as it slowed down to a walking speed, he sort of felt as though the driver had no intention of stopping. He could have very well driven up to him much quicker than he did, and right now, he was quite a distance away crawling towards him instead of getting it over with. Rofa got impatient, he had been asked to wait under the fifth tree on the street, but he couldn't take this anymore, he decided he would walk towards the car to save time.

He adjusted his cap, looked across the road to see if anyone else was looking, and slowly started walking towards the one eyed car. He was so unsure about his move, that he decided to take the first few steps really slowly. Gently, he moved a few paces towards the car, he was no longer under the assigned tree, he looked up to see where the car was. It was still some distance away and approaching at the same speed. "Well" Rofa thought, "my movement towards him hasnt made him change his mind, so I might just have to meet him at the midway point". So he picked up his pace, started getting anxious as he started walking faster, this was it, he was going to get the secret parcel, and the exchange would've occurred smoothly.

As he approached closer, he noticed something strange, the headlight didnt appear fixed, it was jerking around left and right ever so slightly, something wasn't right, Rofa got even more anxious and walked even faster towards the light, quickly, almost starting a mild jog. He got closer and closer and what did he see? A bicycle with a headlamp, with a dull looking bugger pedaling ever so slowly, struggling to pedal any faster. All the world came collapsing around him as he thought of what he had just done, he had moved out of his designated spot.Just then, he heard a screech behind him, he turned around to see a car waiting next to the fifth tree, with both headlights on.

Rofa had to make a move, he started running towards the car immediately, startling the guy in the bicycle. But just as he started gathering speed, the car took off, made a sharp turn and with squealing tires left the scene. Rofa reached the fifth tree only to see two red lights moving away in the distance, sighing and panting to gather his breath, he had lost his chance to get the secret parcel. The guy on the bicycle slowly went past him with a random squeak from the brakes and the dull looking bugger whistling a soft tune...

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