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ETERNITY

By abin Widad Shahab
Our story begins at u well-heated room in central London.
A short well dressed, corpulent man is sitting on a sola glancing through the evening paper in a self-assured manner A tall man enters the room. His muscular shape is evident even through his multi-layer outfit
Tall man Well. Sir Carmody, this is the situation The researchers are very near their goal The Perpetual Theory of professor Anis Is being put into practice and the result will come out this evening Not to the public of course but my links at the Cambridge University are confident about the possibility of success Shall we begin our part’
Short man Yes. agent Sina, when the scholars accomplish their goal more prac tical people must take over.
Sina The usual process?
Sir Carmody No. it's no police job I'll call in the Army
Sina (wincing) Army sir’ The newspapers will be at our neck
Sir Carmody: Accidents do happen Especially when a group of eccentric people Is working on a very dangerous material
Sina What'll this 'dangerous material' be?
Sir Carmody How about biological weapon ? (ii) A hiochemistry lah of Cambridge University in England
10 January 2010 Several scientists, donned in aprons, are crowding around a cage The cage contains a few guinea pigs The young scientists are eagerly waiting for the response of a sedate looking middle-aged professor, who is examining the animals carefully Slowly a smile begin to break on Ins wrinkled lace, and a low. cheerful murmur arose from the crowd.
Middle aged man My dear Doctors. I think that proves it Die difference is clear even to laymen We have discovered immortality
’Congratulations! Professor Anis, you have won against death”. A cheerful round fated young woman chirped out Pie others echo her felicitations
Anis. Why. thank you Juha, but I couldn't have done it without your help.
"And what are you going to do next with this perpetuating serum sir?" A rebellious looking young man interjects
Anis Test it on some more guinea pigs, and then on human beings. Shejan Sir. the Army is ordering us to stop the research immediately and leave the premises "A worried looking intern comes running to the professor
Julia: What? By what right
Intern: By the PM's orders, they are saying
Anis We won't stop even if Satan Himself orders us We will flee abroad and expose this to the world
Intern No way sir. the army has surrounded us and is now entering the premises.
The terrified scientists watch the soldiers, armed to the teeth, come in the University ground Shejan discovers Julia sneaking away from the crowd to another room and follows her.
Shejan Julia what are you doing with those guinea pigs?
Julia: Here hold this cage for me Let me find the professor’s formulae and experiment logbooks There, that's it. Now. for a dose of the serum The best place to store this proof is my body Shejan, can you get me out of here?
Shejan Out? You mean escape’ Through the army lines? That eternal life of yours won't protect you from machine guns, you know
Julia But I must get out We mustn t let this discovery to be covered up. And do you know how far they can go to hush up this project’ I doubt whether they II let us live for long.
Shejan There is a way. If we can somehow sneak to the mam complex, there is some hope cause they won't dare to arrest the whole Cambridge. But what then?
Julia We must leave this country The third world will be the best place for us. We will think of something then Day 2 At the office of Military Intelligence 5 (M.l 5)
(i) Agent Sina is at a desk going through some papers Professor Anis is waiting patiently before him
Sina So my naughty professor, you were trying to step in an illegal area
Anis (heatedly) There's no illegal area for science We were workingon Sina You were working on a mass destruction biological weapon and trying to sell it to some terrorist state-at least that's what the papers say
Anis (rising): You liar! you
Sina Temper my dear professor Though you were pet forming a criminal art. there might be a way out for you if you listen to us
Anis (Stifling his anger) I will expose this fallacy to the world, I'll call a press conference
Sina Of course and in a few days too Piere you will announce that you were forced to commit this notorious business, because some foreign agents disguised as scientists, threatened you That you were afraid for the safety of your family, which you must be now and you'll appeal to the lawenforcing agencies of the world to help catch the two escaped foreign agents who had fled with the weapon formula.
Anis (with a sudden change of behavior): I want to speak to my family. Sina: All in good time professor They are safe and sound. But we can't let you meet them now for some security reasons. If you abide by our orders, you will return to your researches and family someday, with ample compensation from us. So what will be your choice? Return to research or face charges? (h) The Daily Dhaka Time's Office.
Tire assistant chief reporter is having a chat with one of her colleagues. ' Masum. are you busy tomorrow evening?’
Masum A bit. Bony. I'm going to write a feature on the accident in Cambridge.
Bony: Beastly job. wasn't it?
Masum Yeah, 20 of the 23 scientists dead, though the head of the research, professor whatshisname was miraculously saved And, this Is the most interesting part: the two foreign agents who were behind all this have escaped with the weapon formulae.
Bony: It's about tins I wanted to talk to you Yesterday, an anonymous caller-a man, called me saying he had some inside news about the incident and. for that he has to meet me alone in a place of his choice.
Masum. Do you want me to go with you?
Bony. No, I don't think he will show up if he sees anyone with me. But you can keep a watch on me in case the caller turns out to be a King-Kong sized hijacker. Day 3 Evening.
Bony Masum. look that's the restaurant. Ugh1 What a place to meet This is worse than a slum
Masum Worried?
Bony: To say the least. I am going in now, there's supposed to be a table reserved for me
Masum: I'll go in after ten minutes Try not to look at me. Don’t forget to start your tape recorder.
Bony enters finds her table and sits Half an hour later, a man enters carrying a box in his hand His worried face couldn't completely hide the rebellious look in his eyes He goes straight to Bony, and without a word, takes a sit
Man Are you the reporter of the Dhaka Time?
Bony: Yes. and you must be the caller What news do you have Mr ?
Man Names are irrelevant Tie news is that the 'explosion' you have read about is part of a big hoax, orchestrated by the British Government to cover up a much bigger incident
Bony Does this have something to do with the X-Files?
Man (unmoved) I'll show you something (On opening the box he had with him, he took out a cage) Here, see these guinea pigs’ Good, one of them is clearly different from the other two. Can you understand that? Sir Carmody Good, I will ask my friend at the N S I to handle the matter
Sina No prisoners, I hope?
Su Carmody Never There will be a slight misunderstanding and the foreign agents will be killed And then we ran make plans about the immortality serum We will produce the serum In small quantities. First give some to the cabinet to keep them down then sell it Billionaires, Presidents, head of states-why, everybody will want to become immortal We will run Ihlscountry. if not the world
Bony: All I can see is that they are all rotten things, only that one's a bit jumpy
Man: Yes. because this one is younger than the others are. But. they were all born on the same day, only the active one was given a dose of a serum two months ago It's this serum which the British Government wants to keep secret, cause it stops the aging process completely and can effectively make mammals immortal.
Bony Nice story, but I still can't take it. I don't know anything about guinea pigs.
Man Then tomorrow I will take you to one of the scientists who have worked on this project. I'll meet you here tomorrow. Be here Day 4. London M 1.5 office
(I) Sina: Sir Carmody. I think we have got our birds. Our sources in Bangladesh have got a lead from a journalist-some Masum . and are presently tracking them down (II) That evening, at a house in Dhanmondi
Julia: Lucky for us, to have your parent's living in Bangladesh
Shejan You don't mind being introduced as my wife, do you?
Julia Not the least But why do you look so worried?
Shejan I don't know, but I feel something is not right. I don't know whether this woman, the journalist will be coming or not And another thing. I think I am seeing too many able-bodied men on the road by our house today
Julia What? Your imagination must be workingovertime
Shejan No I’ll show you. here, come to this window Now. do you see that gardener In front of that house? I swear he wasn't there yesterday And who are those guys, pretending to work on the electric pole? All of them look too well organized too disciplined.
Suddenly a man carrying a sub machine gun comes running Into the room
Julia and Shejan (alarmed): Whoareyou?
Man Shut up and keep standing by that window
As they comply, he shoots through the window In a moment volley after volley of shots from the street blow the window open Tie two scientists lie dead in a bloody mess (II) That evening, at a house in Dhanmondi
Julia: Lucky for us, to have your parent's living in Bangladesh
Shejan You don't mind being introduced as my wife, do you?
Julia Not the least But why do you look so worried?
Shejan I don't know, but I feel something is not right. I don't know whether this woman, the journalist will be coming or not And another thing. I think I am seeing too many able-bodied men on the road by our house today
Julia What? Your imagination must be workingovertime
Shejan No I’ll show you. here, come to this window Now. do you see that gardener In front of that house? I swear he wasn't there yesterday And who are those guys, pretending to work on the electric pole? All of them look too well organized too disciplined.
Suddenly a man carrying a sub machine gun comes running Into the room
Julia and Shejan (alarmed): Whoareyou?
Man Shut up and keep standing by that window
As they comply, he shoots through the window In a moment volley after volley of shots from the street blow the window open Tie two scientists lie dead in a bloody mess Day 12. Professor Anis'residence
Professor Anis Is trying to take an afternoon nap Bony comes out of his bathroom with a gun in her hand
Anis: What do you want? Who are you? How did you get in here?
Bony: Just shut up or I'll shoot I have come in without getting caught, and don't think I can't get away after killing you
Anis: But why...
Bony Because, lor your inaction greed and cowardice. each of your fellow researchers has died Take a look at this photo, from yesterday's paper Julia and Shejan have been shot like common criminals 'while trying to kill a number of policemen ! The rest were blown up with your lab Just like your family died in a car accident yesterday
Anis: This is all propaganda, fraud, and lies of your insane mind Why should I believe you? The M l 5 promised me that no harm would come to my family and colleagues (Shouting) Sentry!
Bony: (As the guards pull her away) Then dream on. But everyday of your accursed life, everyday till you are silenced by the M 1.5. this photo will torment you. Day 14 At the London press club.
(l)' And now. ladies and gentlemen. I present you the person you've all been waiting tor-professor Anis.*
Tie hum of the reporters rises as the professor walks in
Anis. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am not here to tell you what you expected. I am here to expose a government-orchestrated hoax-that the whole story of biological weapon is nothing but that. (Tie hum turned into a roar as question after question is hurled at the professor.) Yes, the two foreign agents’ were two of my best students, who had the courage to flee with the serum- the serum that can make man physically immortal. We have discovered eternal life in our labs But the government, foi its own hideous reasons has blown my lab- with all my researchers My family (the professor is carried away by two security guards. And the flushed announcer regains his poise)
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the professor is still suffering from the shock of the explosion. I hope you will excuse his temporary abnormality I am sorry, but the conference ends here. Tiank you
(ii) That night.
The newscaster of BBC announces. ’’The world was shocked by the news about the government ploy Police is examining the explosion site to find out who actually was behind it Whole England is wild with anger The government has resigned Tie cai etaker government has decided to allow mass production of the eternity serum and make it available to all *
A month later.
Bony is visiting professor Anis’ house.
Anis: Just released fiom jail? You look young as ever Come to think of it.did you ever take the serum?
Bony: No professor Haven't had the courage yet But I will take it It seems to me its becoming the most pervasive trend after jeans. Everybody who is anybody has taken it.
Anis: Come. I'll show you something (Tiey go to another room, where Julia's cage rests on a table) Remember these guinea pigs’ See any difference?
Bony: Where's the other guinea pig? Tie immortal one?
Anis: The immortal one' died yesterday. Its skin shrank tore and crushed its body within Of course, there wasn't much to crush as its flesh and bone had already started to rot Painful three months for guinea pigs, I wonder how many for man?