AntiZiotics II – Episode 2

This is a sequel to AntiZiotics II – Episode 1. Haven’t read it yet? Read it here.

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II

In no time, the former Organizing Head of Amnesty International and special services agent of MI6, Mustafa Hanif cuts off this conversation between Umer and Ali, and slams Umer back against the wall. With his cigarette lighter’s flame as close as to heating Umer’s throat and hair on chest, Mustafa cautions Umer:
“Listen to me carefully! Before I utter something, just have a glance out of the window. Go!”
“What the heck! Where is the whole public going? What’s this enormous rush about?” utters Umer in total surprise!
“Now listen to this”, adds Mustafa by switching on the radio:

“To all those who’ve just joined us here on the Brit Radio…Hello, this is Osama Khalid, the lead guitarist of the Rick Band… Yeah!! Me!! To all the Ricks out there, this is to tell you that in two and a half minutes time, the Rick Band’s gonna perform at the Marble Arch, London, marking its first reappearance in their Back From The Dead Tour! So be there, ALL the Ricks listening!”

Marble Arch, London

“Goodness me!! What the hell is this goin’ on?” says Umer.
“Now that we’ve got 135 seconds in hand, listen to what we can really do! First of all, is this really Osama Khalid?” inquires Mustafa.
“NO!! He ain’t! Osama is dead! I personally attended his funeral and all the last burial proceedings. He’s dust now! The voice of this radio guy resembles to Osama’s to a grand extent, BUT, he ain’t Osama. He’s dead. And there’s no alternate reality.” cries Umer.

Marble Arch map

“Hello! This is Ali Iftikhar, DS Member, MI6. I want absolute cell phone jammers at Marble Arch, RIGHT NOW!” cautions Ali to the LondonPD on speed dial, while Mustafa and Umer quickly embark the chopper to Marble Arch, which is well within the two and a half minutes reach.

“Dammit! In 30 seconds time, my watch will show 9:37 AM, in line with the Big Ben’s Clock!” with tearful eyes facing the sky, Umer adds, “The Most Gracious! The Most Merciful, My Lord! For any good and kind deed that I’ve done in my entire life, that got accepted at your throne, in return to that, please save these million men who’ve gathered here on the call of Satan. For You are the best of Knower, who knows whether it’s the Rick Band or Devil.”

Marble Arch, London

Approaching towards 9:37, the time begins to burn… At exactly 9:37, a thunder explosion ploughs the land inside out. Marble Arch is seen facing a fountain of fire, head to head. Suddenly the bomb disposal squad that just reached the site at Ali Iftikhar’s orders takes hold of another explosive, planted around the Marble Arch, and quickly diffuses it.

“The jammers are up! We don’t expect another explosion. But the area must be cleaned for any possible explosive planted.” briefs Mr. Platypus from LondonPD to Umer Farooq, while the authorities are taking notice of the casualties and suffering.

Out of the blue, another explosive is spotted and diffused! Umer Farooq and Mustafa Hanif, rush to the site in chaotic fashion. Mustafa speedily measures the distance from the point of first explosion (lets say point A) to the point of the first bomb diffused (lets say point B). Then he measures the distance from point B to the point of the latest bomb diffused (lets say point C). To his surprise, point B is equidistant from point A and C. As they witness the icing on the cake, point A, B and C form an equilateral triangle…!

The Plot!

“Well! You know what! We’ve got more explosives around in the nook. An equilateral triangle…Where are we heading?” inquires Umer.

“The David’s Star is on my cards! Now watch this” adds Mustafa as he starts to draw something on the paper and utters more, “The David’s Star is a six-pointed geometric star figure, {6/2} or 2{3}, the compound of two equilateral triangles. The intersection is a regular hexagon.”

“Well that’s interesting!” utters Umer.

“Yeah! Now keep watching…

The origin of the David’s Star is that it is simply 2 of the 3 letters in the name David: in its Hebrew spelling, David is transliterated as ‘D-W-D’. In Biblical Hebrew, the letter ‘D’ (Dalet) was written in a form much like a triangle, similar to the Greek letter “Delta” (Δ). The symbol has been a simple family crest formed by flipping and juxtaposing the two most prominent letters in the name. The letter “W” in this case, references the compositing operation of the two Deltas.

And this concludes, that three more explosives are yet to be spotted, that form the vertices of the other equilateral triangle…”

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Continued in AntiZiotics II – Episode 3 – Coming Soon!

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13 Responses to this post.

  1. [...] This cup of tea was served by: FARRUKHz PLANET [...]

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  2. Posted by Arifa on October 8, 2009 at 5:35 am

    Awesome! =))
    This blog deserves an international rating of 5 out of 5!

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  3. Posted by Ayesha on October 8, 2009 at 10:15 am

    Again it was a tremendous episode =) Farrukh,waiting for da third epi =).

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  4. Posted by Waqar Hameed on October 8, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    You have a great imagination and a unique ability of story-telling!

    “Aatey hain gaib se yeh mazameen khayal main
    Ghalib sareer-e-khama nawa-e-sarosh hai”

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  5. Posted by adil arif bawany on October 8, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    goodie!

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  6. Posted by danyal on October 8, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    larkay!! once again u made me speechless. IMPRESSIVE. it was just bloody brilliant.
    brilliant my boy!! brilliant!!

    waiting for the 3rd episode!

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  7. Nice Work Man!!!
    The Long wait has been worthwhile…..and the best thing that happened (missing from the last one) is the character Ali Iftikhar…..LOL!
    Larkay Bohat Alla Kaam..behtareen…plz murwana nahin is dafa!

    Bring On the 3rd Ep!

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  8. Posted by Sheraz Jawaed on October 10, 2009 at 11:58 am

    Neat!
    the illustrations,
    the story and the expression,
    every thing perfect!

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  9. chaotic, poetic, mysterious, thrilling … the essence of detective story telling … keep em’ coming.

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  10. Posted by Umer Farooq on October 10, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    sensational!! Absolutely sensational!! No doubt about that :D … But be ‘careful’. The two equilateral triangles can get ur blog into ‘the hit list’ [I hope u understand what i"m trying to convey]

    Anyway, I really am waiting for the third one :)

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  11. Posted by Amna Ali on October 12, 2009 at 1:14 am

    i reassert, your style resembles Dan Brown’s even more this time :p
    aur bhai, explosions boring hein, kuch aur kerwana chahiye triangle k vertices per :p
    anyway, illustrations are good, they make me feel more involved in the story.
    i’m awaiting what the Ricks are up to? mystery behind their death and return is intriguing.

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  12. Posted by Fari on October 14, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Thank you guys! Enjoyed your unique compliments! :D

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  13. Posted by sapphy03 on October 17, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    nice! even though the tale isnt as interesting but its written well!

    Good job!

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