AS soon as the Beetle screeched to a halt in front of the house, Siddarth rushed out, and within minutes headed into the house. He didn't come out immediately, he spent about five minutes in the house before coming out again.

He glanced at his wristwatch, 9:50pm, it read. Jeez! Was he still gonna be able to make it to the gang house, without him being suspected or something?

As he crossed the road and headed into the woods at that ungodly hour, he immediately came up with a story to tell to the gang concerning Roy.

He began running and running, with a heavy torchlight, deep into the woods....