Paartha nyabagam illaiyo...part 9

"Doc...intha lablaam pakka hi-techa iruku...and the machines u have must have costed u a fortune..how did u manage with..."
"with the pittance given by CASR..athana solla vara...see...this is y i like u ram...v share the same thoughts...u agree that CASR is not the org to fnd such an enoromous project with unheard of magnitude right...i doubt if even the richest of science bodies can afford to sponosr this project...so i decided to use the best of options available for me..which was the only one..in fact"
"..which is??" queried Ram..already worried over the answer for his question...
"come here...."..the doc..took Ram to the near by Lab..which was sealed airtight..the entrance to the lab itself was through a passage cylindrical in shape...they had to almost bend in double to enter the lab...once they reached the center of the lab the ceiling appreciated in height considerably and when Ram looked up..he could see..several stories up above...
"what the..." ram couldnt bring himself to complete it...he was awestruck with the setting he faced....
"Doc..this lab is..."
"yes...its considerably bigger and much more sophisticated than the other one...this is where a portion of my funding comes from...infact..ithu thaan source..."
"??purila..."
"no pretensions..no assumptions.....and right questions...at right time...u r jus like me....well...U asked me how i get the funds right...see for urself..."the doc took ram near a huge cylindrical apparatus...with a conical open top...can u guess whats this?"
"looks like some sort of enzyme processor...but very advanced..."
"Brilliant...right deduction...yes..can u recognise this end product.." the doc took ram to the end section of that huge apparatus which was heavily secured with burly looking guards...once they entered the room the ram felt very heavy on his head and slightly dizzy...he felt as if he was floating...the last thing he remembered was the doc laafing....
He felt dizzy and saw the doc pressing mask on his face...slowly he came to his senses...
"hope that was ur first experience with doping" the doc added witha wink...
Ram felt too weak and his legs were wobbling.."dont worry..its a temporary phase..will get normal fast...well..you were asking me for the source to fund the lab right...your are seeing it and feeling it yourself...this is another mega invention of mine..i have prepared cultures aritificially from which you can prepare opium..imagine ...man made opium..and i have also discovered how you can artificially break it down and prepare other drugs like cocaine...you wouldnt believe the kind of market they have outside...if i tell you that this place is built with dollars and dinars...and not with bricks and kiln..i wouldnt be way off mark i guess...."
"Doc...do you understand what you are saying??? you are destroying the human race with your inventions just to make sure your quest for knowledge is satisfied...yarukaaga ithellam...in the end no one will be there..."
"yarum venam ram..enaku en experiment than mukiyam...knowledge..power...idhu ilama vaazharathu oru vazhkaiya..when you saw the lab werent u awestruck as a scientist...maraikama solu..you urself for a min atleast got lost in the technology right...and felt like owning one in your life..."
"to be frank yes..but at what cost..whose cost...doc..you should stop all this..and you didnt tell me about the specimens and human tests."
"well..mental institutionsla ipolaam neria vacancies irukaam kelvipatiyo..hahahaaa"
"YOU INHUMAN BEAST...you made use of those poor mentally retarded souls for your wicked expirement...you heartless animal.."
"relaxxxxxx ram..relax...see.....with their state of mind or the absence of it rather..they would be of no use to the society..look at them now..i would rate them no less than Martyrs of science...they participated in a noble cause for the upliftment of humanity...for study of science....you should be proud of them..."
"Doc..you are insane..you are raving INSANE....do you realise that....you are INSAAANEE"
Ram lunged at the doc...for his size..the wily doc easily side stepped and Ram crashed into the table behind him...
Hearing the noise the guards rushed in and they subdued Ram..."Ram..i wanted you to be my heir ..my companion in this adventurous and monumental journey ..aana nee...well..i feel sorry..stl u can be of use to me...take him to the main lab...."

At that moment..the colonel paused in his narration..wondering may be should he divulge any further...sensing it...Uma urged him to continue..."Sir...unamiya maraikkama solunga..enna achu Ramku....inga hospitala enna problemkaga Ranuku treatment kudukareenga...i am his wife...i demand to know the truth...wait a minute....Ram is unconscious....and ithana nerama neenga sorlathu epdi ungaluku theriyum...how come u knew eveyrthing???"
"Well.." smiled the colonel..."no wonder ram loves u so much...u r as intelligent as him..."
Uma gave him a come-to-the-point look..."See Uma.u must understand onething....Operation Sindbad was no joke...right from step one Ram knew..any moment his life might be in danger...and we also knew that anything can happen at any point of time...everyone is human..and..who knows....."
"ada pavingala..my hubby has kept his life in the line of fire..and you dint even trust him..dnt tell me...enna panneenga..neenga...tell me...tell me the truth...."
"we had a small subatomic device..size of a chip.attached to ram...and it also had a transmeter cum receiver...it can send and receive signals...thru that only we came to know all these conversations and we could have also demolished the entire lab any moment if we sensed any problem brewin there out of control...you see ram enakum son mathiri..i wouldnt have allowed him to be tortured or something..had he got caught..."
Uma took a step forward and slapped the colonel hard..."how dare you..." lunged the doctor who was sitting next to the colonel..."you people are all the same..bloody same..selfish to the core...oru villagekaga oru veetaiyum...oru oorukaga oru villageyum...oru countrykaga oru ciyaiyumay thyagam panlaamnu geethailaye soliruku..geethaiya thirupi poata ena varum theriyuma..thyagi...naatuakga..intha manidha kulathukga...en unakaga enakaga namam elarukagavaum... oru uyira panayam vaikarathula thapay ila...Ram did a noble thing by volunteering for this mission...keep hold on urslef..."
"see..we could have blasted the entire site the moment Ram stepped in..we dint do it...we dint want to also unless and otherwise it became necessary..." the colonel was cut off by the nurse voice.."Excuse me ...the patient is awake now..."

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