Divide...And Destroy (Tell Me Your Sins...Part-III)
The brouhaha from the ‘Lovebird’ affair took its own leisurely
time to quiet down. And, finally things were peaceful again in college. But he was
not. His dark urges having been fed, greedily asked for more. Our lone wolf
strained his ears in the morning for baying of sheep and at night sat combing
through the multitude of confessions for some signs of prey. It was not long before
his wishes were granted and he picked up a scent.
Election time – campaigns, speeches and promises;
mudslinging, back alley brawling and backstabbing – a golden time indeed. The chaos
which preceded a vote used to be good enough for him but this time it wasn't to
be. For the first time in university history, the boys had rallied behind a
single candidate. Though marginal protests existed, there wasn't a shred of
doubt in anyone’s mind as to who the Student Council Head would be – Naren. And
the dream team which made this possible – Naren, the affable leader, Adrivit,
the key strategist, Aryan, the muscle and Deven, the guy heavily loaded. Fierce
friends since first day of college, this foursome had won many a favors with
both administration and the masses. But they weren't going to waltz so easily,
not as long as he was the fiddler.
From the melange of confessions, he gathered some facts. Naren
had a small love story going on with the bold and beautiful Spanish professor;
Adrivit, a hacker by night, had been the agent behind several confidential university
document leaks and subsequent charges of corrupt practices against the
institution; Aryan, revered his activist father who happened to be one of the
petitioners who filed the case against his college; Deven, son of the trustee
alleged with embezzling university funds was proud of his ability to strong-arm
anyone in town. Adrivit, being constantly hounded by university admins, just
had a close call with them and was planning to stop the leaks.
Therein came the opportunity he eagerly hunted for. Joining
Adrivit's anonymous hacker forum, he urged him to carry on with the leaks but
rather find a scapegoat to be used as a wild card when security got too close
again. And who would be a better scapegoat than the adulterous Spanish
professor? Misguided, but emboldened, Adrivit went ahead with the plan and
leaked several more incriminating documents. Meanwhile, he blasted Adrivit's
security with holes big enough for a blind security admin to spot but left the
link back to the professor intact. So when the sharks followed the blood trail,
it led them to the Spanish professor. An inquiry was set up and though little
admissible evidence could be found against her in leaking charges, several
evidences were found of solicitous behavior. When assured there would be no
harm done to the boy’s profile, she revealed Naren's name. Soon enough Naren
was summoned and informed of the reason behind and immediate termination of the
professor and was ordered into psych counselling with his Student Council
candidacy cancelled. Despite all attempts at discretion, word got out and
Naren, the affable leader, shunned all his friends and became a recluse. Naren
knew there was only one guy (at least to his knowledge) capable to cause all
this at a mouse click – Adrivit. He turned in Adrivit to the management and gave
several proofs of his snooping and other activities. As a result Adrivit got black
marked and was kicked out of the university.
And while the storm raged inside the university gates,
another spifflicated lives outside. Aryan’s father, now armed with
incriminating proofs went on guns blazing in the court and ripped the
management into shreds. The prime accused was Deven's father, whose defense
lawyers could not help him out in time so he ended up doing time. To send the activist
a message, he sent some goons after him but luckily Aryan and their guard were
quick to the rescue and sent the goons scurrying back. Aryan, now truly enraged,
pledged to make life for Deven a more petrifying hell than even Dante imagined.
With the other trustees ousting Deven's father to save what little face they
could, Deven could no longer move about the campus pretending as he owned it
and now lived under constant fear of Aryan. But Aryan’s punches couldn't hurt
Deven's gut more than his father’s silent slap when from behind bars he looked
down on him and said,”I envy the activist. Gods gifted him with a true son. All
I got is a spineless twit”.
To restore a sense of normalcy back, university
administration urged students to come up with new candidates for the Council
elections. Needless to say, with the dream team gone, chaos ensued once more.
As for him, breaking up the dream team, mentally scarring two for life, ending
any hopes of further formal education for one, driving one to communism and
bringing chaos back to elections was enough to keep his dark urges from rumbling
his guts for quite some time.
Read on to the finale in Part IV...
Read on to the finale in Part IV...
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