A Blossom in the desert

Encounter with visciousness

It had only been a while since they had started their journey to Al Firdous hospital when seeing the unfamiliar roads and surrounding,Hafsa asked Daniyal,

"Dr Daniyal this isn't the route which we came from ...which route is this ?"

" It's through Al Saf " Daniyal replied while keeping his eyes on the road.

Hearing the name of Al Saf ,Hafsa looked horrified at Halima and Emaan ,who held the same expressions as her ,frowning Hafsa asked,

" Isn't Al Saf was one of the areas that man from civilian rebellion army talked about being destroyed by prisoners...."

" Yes it is " Daniyal replied nonchalantly .

"SO WHY ARE YOU SO RELAXED ABOUT IT? WHAT IF THOSE PRISONERS  ARE STILL THERE "?

Daniyal flinched at Hafsa's sudden outbreak and then composing himself & clearing his throat said ,

" Woah don't need to shout Dr Hafsa... Well he said it's deserted now ...already any people live there... & it's already plundered so what those prisoners will do there now when nothing is there to steal and rob...and also it's shorter route to Al Firdous ..hataa yaguz alwade ( so it's a win win situation)"

Hafsa hummed in response while Halima and Emaan busied themselves looking outside the car window. Emaan felt heartbroken seeing the plundered houses and cars ...every house which had been once a storehouse of beautiful memories,someone's dream,someone's abode of peace  was now a living elegy of pain and suffering. The feeling of leaving behind once only refuge of safety in a world that sang the lore of danger was the feeling Emaan could relate to the core of her heart. She had left behind her house that had been once her source of peace and relief but the world creeped in with its viciousness and destroyed it and the houses and the people of here suffered from the same viciousness .She could relate to the heartwrenching pain of detachment accompanied when leaving a part of heart behind only for the waves of time to dissolve it . But the pain never gets buried in past but rather it always remains as a companion of present and future ,scorching the heart from time to time. Emaan was lost in these thoughts when the car abruptly stopped making all of them jerk forward. As they finally composed themselves ,Hafsa giving a incredulous look to Daniyal said ,

" Dr Daniyal what was that for "?

"I think one of the tire got punctured "  Daniyal said unbuckling his seatbealt .

" What ? But how? Hafsa asked anxiously.

"Cold weather causes air in tires to contract - a pound of pressure per square inch for each ten degree drop in temperature ....the resulting air can make the tire flat ....in fact... ".

"Dr Daniyal please stop giving physics class here  ..do something for the tire ..take us away from here  ...this place is giving me creeps " Halima said exasperatingly .

Rolling his eyes at Halima ,Daniyal stepped out of the car .As soon as he had stepped out ,Halima gulping hard looked at the surrounding from the car window & said,

" Ya Allah I don't feel good....and what Dr Daniyal was saying hataa yaguz alwade( a win win situation) ....my foot ...Ya Allah take us out of here ".

Seeing Halima panicking, Emaan rubbing her back ,smiled complacently at her and said,

" Don't worry we will...."

Emaan couldn't complete her sentence as Daniyal was thrushed on her side of car window making all the girls flinch back shrieking. They couldn't even come out of their shock when they heard the voice ,

" 'Akhraj 'aw yamut " (Come out or he dies )The man holding Daniyal against window said.

" Hafsa move to the driver seat and drive through them " Halima whispered yelled .