Once my family and me were on
our way home from Lahore, I saw a line of trucks passing us by. There were about
ten trucks, all full of tons of boxes.
I asked my father where those trucks had come from. My father replied that
hardly anyone knew anything about them, as they were all private trucks. I got
very curious and asked father where they were headed. He replied that they were
headed towards Pindi where our house is.
“In fact”, he said, “their den is just near our house”.
I thought that I would look for the trucks’ den.
After a while, when we were about to reach home, I saw the trucks turn into a
big garage. Now I knew exactly where the trucks were. And it would be very easy
to find out about them, as I knew where they unloaded their boxes.
When we reached home, I ran to my room and called my friend, Asim, to ask him if
he knew anything about the trucks. Fortunately he did. He told me that the truck
company’s name was ‘Ahmed Trucks’. The owner of the company owned many trucks. I
asked Asim to come over to my house.
The next morning, Asim arrived at my house. We talked for some time, and then we
started our homework so that we could be free for the rest of the day. After
about two hours we stopped to take a break. During this time we had lunch and
later went to my room. I asked Asim if he could spend the night at my house. He
agreed and called up his mother to inform her about his plans.
We discussed what we were going to do. I told Asim that we could go and find out
what those trucks actually carried. Asim agreed, as she too was curious. In the
evening, after telling my mother that we were going out for a ride, we left the
house on our bikes and reached the den in about five minutes. On inspection, we
noticed many sacks lying in front of the trucks. As we were moving around, we
heard someone coming towards us. Quickly, we jumped behind the sacks and hid
ourselves. Suddenly, two men appeared from behind the trucks. More men followed,
one of them holding a remote, pressed a button that activated the garage door.
The door closed immediately. The two men in suits came forward and started
talking about some weapons to be delivered. As time passed, I became very
frightened and wondered if my mother was getting worried at home.
One of the men with a beard and a moustache asked the other man if he had
delivered the weapons. The other man replied in a voice so low that I couldn’t
make out what he said. Just then I heard a creaking sound. On turning, I saw my
friend opening a big box. He signaled me to keep quiet. He opened the box to
unveil weapons of different kinds. The guns, we noticed, were fully loaded. My
friend whispered, “If we could only frighten these men by using these guns”.
We both gathered our strength and picked up a gun each. My friend pointed the
gun towards the men and started shooting; one of the men fell to the ground.
Another man took a shot at Asim who fell and hit his head on the ground.
Realizing that now I was left alone to face the gang, I quickly formed a plan in
my head.
My best option was to shoot at the chandelier, bringing it crashing down on some
barrels containing diesel. The outcome was a massive confusion; I grabbed this
opportunity to rush to a phone that I had earlier noticed lying on a table next
to the entrance.
I dialed the number of a nearby police station and urged them to rush to the
scene. Moments later, sirens were heard and the police jeeps came crashing
through the metal doors. The following events passed like lightning with police
personnel completely taking over the scene and successfully managing to arrest
the whole gang.
After things returned to normal, and the criminals had been taken away, the
police inspector came up to us and said, “You must be the brave gentlemen who
helped us capture these dangerous criminals. We had been on the lookout for them
for the past two months but couldn’t get hold of them. We really appreciate your
efforts”.
The police escorted Asim and me home. My parents were indeed shocked to hear of
our heroic efforts, but praised us nonetheless.
The next day, the newspapers carried full details of our escapade. The story of
our bravery spread like wildfire and we did indeed become heroes’ even if for
one day. Courtesy – Dawn – Young World.