Chapter 3:

Fall of Nuthashi Gang

Zephan's Unknown Zone


The police approached the house, and they saw my hand full of blood and me. They were pretty shocked, and the wound in the right leg started paining very much. I cried out of pain; blood started flowing out of my nose and ears, I passed out, and the cops took me to the hospital.

I woke up in the hospital bed. The nurse panicked and called the police, 2 policemen came to the room to investigate the incident.

(Of course, they have to investigate this because even the police were not able to catch them),

“Are you okay now? You were unconscious for 2 whole weeks” the policeman asked me. “I am fine now.”

“Okay, now tell me what happened?” (I told the entire story)

“So they were already killed when you became conscious?” (I still don’t know if that was me who murdered them).

They took my words in a recorder, they told me to rest, and they left. I guess they didn’t suspect me, yea; how can a 16-year-old boy kill six guys from a most dangerous gang? Yeah, I didn’t do that; I can never do that. Even if I did that, it’s self-defense, I told myself

My mom opened the door, that moment when I saw her face, I was so relieved, and I am now so delighted. She came and hugged me. She never cared about the incident and only cared about me. She was glad to see me, she cried a lot, which made me even cry.

“It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have left you alone. it’s my fault; it’s me….” She began to cry again

“No, mom. Let’s leave it. It’s their fault to steal and murder people, not you.”

“Okay, where do you wanna go for dinner tonight? She wiped away her tears as she spoke.

“How about ‘Dani’s burger? ”

Patting my head, she replied, “Anything for you.”.

“All the members of the nuthashi gang were laid dead at Mrs: Zack’s house,” the newsreader said on the TV. Phew, the nuthashi gang is now gone.

As my mom and I walked home, she didn’t even get the car in a hurry when she heard I was admitted to the hospital. “Hey, he’s the one who killed the Nuthashi gang,” the two whispered to each other. Damn, everyone knows about this, even everyone in the school, right?

“Just ignore, okay?” my mom told me; Yeah, I shouldn’t worry about these people’s talks. Just after that we went to the shop, ate some burgers and talked a lot. Today, I spent time with my mom, which made me so happy. And yeah, she never asked about that incident. Since our house is now a crime scene and the police are still investigating the incident, we went to our aunt Mabel’s house. Since there weren’t enough rooms in my aunt’s house, my mother and I slept together.

“Mom, I forgot to tell you about this wound, ” I took my pants off to give her a look at the dog bite, but no bite mark could be seen.

It's pleasant weather in the morning; I am afraid to go to my school. My news is spreading like wildfire. But there is no way I can be absent today. I missed many classes, and my attendance is less than 60%; I can't even miss one class; My mom dropped me at school because of the incident. Arrived at my school, and everyone was looking so eagerly at me; I didn't like the look on their face. Came to my classroom, and sat near Kevin. "Wassup, tough guy," he said to me patting my shoulder.

"Man, I don't like how these people see me, man."

"Bro, they are scared of you man, look at you now, the boy who killed the whole Nuthashi gang," Kevin said excitedly.

"How did you kill them, man? With knife…. With a hammer??"

I got up from the place and sat somewhere. He came again near me and sat,

"If you gonna talk about that, I am gonna leave the class."

"Oh, chill, bro, sorry man for acting like everyone. I was excited too, that's all, man". Three classes were over, and it's a break now. I cannot be able to go out because of the people out there. But what to do? I got urine very urgently, so I went to the restroom. When I was going on my way to the class, I saw Aria in front of my class. I am wondering what she was doing there. I guess she was searching for someone who might be her friend. When I tried to enter my class,

"Hey Zephan, we were searching for you". Aria told me;

Did she talk to me? I guess it was someone, but she said my name, right? We never spoke to each other. Why did she talk to me suddenly? Had she known that I had a crush on her? Did Kevin tell her?

"Hey, you there?" she asked me.

"Yeah, s..so..so what do you want?" Asked her nervously,

"You were involved in that incident gang incident, right?" Why is she asking about that incident? It was my first talk with her, and I thought it was something. But it's all about the incident.

"yeah, I was there," I told recklessly

"I am writing a novel for a competition, and I need your story for it."

Okay, I don't know what happened there. But there will be no other chance to see her, so I said okay. I have to build up a story and give it to her. Kevin saw all this and asked me, "Yoo, you didn't even say what happened to the police, but you will say to her, huh?".

"dude, I swear, I don't know what happened there, but there will be no other chance to speak to her."

"Nice man proud of ya" he cheered me.

Finally, my school ended. When I was on my way to the exit, I saw my senior Luke bullying my classmate

"Hey! Are you gonna give your money or else your face will be torn off!."

I tried to go out silently, he noticed me, but he just glowed at me.

Ah, this incident gave me a lot of advantages. But finally, Aria talked to me.