karma went up to the body of the guy who he killed before. 

!pat!pat! 

" hmm.. what's this "

he searched his clothes for his belongings, he looked in his upper inner pocket, and found a diary. 

" I'll check it later, but first... let's get out of here "

!buzz!buzz!buzz! 

" hmm... what was that "

he checked his lower inner sides and found a hidden secret pocket. 

!buzz!buzz! 

" is that... a radio "

when he looks for it, he found a radio which was buzzing, he picked it up and turned it on. 

~silence~ 

when he picked up the radio, it was silence for a bit, then, to break the ice, someone talked from the other side. 

" is he dead. did you kill him "

" ..... "

karma didn't respond to the person's question, he didn't wanted to bother himself for the time being. 

" who are you "

" .... "

" not gonna talk are you. I don't know who you are, or where did you came from, but you messed with someone you shouldn't have, you're gonna pay for getting in our way, we will find you and kill you "

" ..... "

!tut!tut! 

it was not that karma wasn't angry anymore, he was, he did wanted to shout his lungs out, but right now, he was just, tired, he was at the bottom of his life right now so his mind was in a mess right now. 

" let's go home for now, we'll come back at night "

it was morning and the sun was almost up, karma was very depressed because of what happened last night, but he knew that he could not rely on anyone, neither could he sit still, so he had to move.

*sigh*

 karma took a sigh and with his tired body,

he went home. 

. 

. 

" I'm home.... no one's here.... f*ck "

!pit-a-pat! !patter! patter! 

karma took a shower and changed his clothes, and went to a hardware store. 

" sir, what do you need "

" give me.. kerosene oil "

" how much "

" how much do you have "

" what.. do you... mean by that "

" oh.. ah.. nothing... just one canister of it... "

" o.. k "

karma was not able to keep up a straight face, but because he didn't wanted anyone else to find out that he was in trouble, he kept a normal face with a smile. 

" and please... give me a shovel too "

at night karma came back to the hanger and he brought a shovel and two jars with him. 

! dug! dug! dug! 

( what are you digging a hole in the ground for ) 

" I don't want others to find out what happened here, that's why I'll bury the guys I killed underground "

( and what about your parents.... oh.. I see ) 

! pat! pat! pat! 

just like he said, he buried every guy he killed there on the hill behind the hanger. 

" now it's only them left "

karma dragged both of his parent's dead bodies to the middle, and one last time hugged them tightly. 

" they are cold !sob! , but I'm sure !sniff! , where they are right now, is a lot warmer...

!sniff!sniff! "

the cold blooded bodies of his parents, and the hopelessness he felt, this was something that he will never be able to forget, even if he wanted to. 

! pour! pour! 

" goodbye...and... take care... dad.... mom... "

*scratch*scratch*

karma poured kerosene on their dead bodies and burned them, the very own thing that he was once proud of, he burned his own once happy family with his own hands. 

" !sniff!sniff!... goodbye... goodbye... "

*thud*

karma sat down on the ground as he watched his happy life burning away right in front of him, while tears came flowing down from his eye's. 

! sob! sob! sob! 

. 

. 

the flames had finally calmed down, in front of his eye's where once was the bodies of his parents, now nothing was left, only ashes were to be seen. 

! gather! gather! 

karma gathered the ashes left of his parents and collected them on two different jars. 

" nothing left now... let's go "

. 

. 

karma came home after collecting the ashes of his parents and he put the jars on the table and went to take a shower. 

" oh yeah... I'll have to cook for myself from today... "

karma made his dinner and ate it quietly sitting on the table, all alone while his eye's had lost his soul. 

! munch! munch! munch! 

after dinner, he washed the dishes and went to sleep. 

" goodnight... "

. 

. 

! chirp! chirp! chirp! 

the bird's were chirping in the morning, and the chirping woke karma up. 

" !uwhaa! it mourning, I should hurry and leave early "

( you woke up early today, what happened ) 

" I have somewhere I need to go "

( where ) 

" you'll know when we are there "

! chop! chop! chop! 

" a day should be started with a good meal "

! munch! munch! 

" ok, let's go.... oops... almost forgot this... "

karma quickly made his breakfast and left the house while carrying the jars containing the ashes in a bag.

! honk! honk! 

" let's see... at this time... hmmm....oh found it..it's that one "

karma got on a bus and left to somewhere. 

! beeb! beeb! 

" that's our stop "

after a long ride, karma got off on a stop. karma walked for a bit on foot and arrived on the shore of a river. 

( hmm.. where are we ) 

agastha looks around and see's there is a weird sense of death around the area. 

" this is one of the most important things in the history of whole India.... this is the place where dead are brought.... this is the river 'ganga' "

( oh.. I see.. I think I know about this river a little... is this where people takes ashes of the families ) 

" yes... and that's the reason why we have come here "

karma walked near the river where there was no one around, and freed the ashes of his parents in the river. 

" you have done so much for me since the day I was born, and I was truly lucky to have parents like you, thank you for everything you did for me....mom, dad, you will always be by my side, in my memories... and if I get another chance to be reborn, I would like to be your son again, so until we meet again someday... until then...goodbye "

                        Chapter - 18 end

Note: in India people left the ashes of their families in the holy river gangs which is like a ancient thing to do.