The Blue Rafflesia Part 31 : Our Pilot is not in our side

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The Blue Rafflesia Part 31 : Our Pilot is not in our side

Prof.Basu and his team was captured by a group of people. When Vubash identified that something is wrong with the team as no signal was coming from their trackers he alerted the Professor.

Mrinmoy Majumder

Jun 28, 2025

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Part 31 Begins :

The tranquil hum of instruments inside the van was shattered when Bhubash’s voice rang out with urgency. The trackers assigned to Professor Bashu’s exploration team had suddenly gone silent. Five glowing red dots on the island’s digital map—one for each team member—blinked out, leaving only the bare silhouette of terrain behind.

Professor Bhattacharya, a seasoned scientist, rushed to Bhubash’s workstation. "Where and when was the last signal received?" he demanded.

"Ten minutes ago," Bhubash replied, eyes locked on the blank screen. "They were six kilometres east from here. Their path was straight until something made them stop… they turned back, shifted eastward… then vanished."

Professor Bhattacharya stood silent for a second, the gravity sinking in. Then he gave the order: "Get ready. We’re going to find them."

They planned quickly—Bhubash and the Professor would enter the jungle, while Jayanto, their technician weakened by illness, stayed behind to monitor systems. The pilot would remain in charge of the van.

But as soon as the search team left, a sinister twist unfolded.

The pilot, composed and calm, sprayed a chemical into Jayanto’s face, knocking him unconscious. Without hesitation, she steered the van into the dense jungle, retracing the path the others had taken—heading east.

The vehicle stopped at a seemingly unremarkable waterfall deep within the forest. But the pilot moved with certainty, brushing aside leaves until she triggered a hidden mechanism. The waterfall ceased its flow, revealing a concealed cave glowing with red lights. As quickly as it had stopped, the water resumed once the van slipped inside, erasing every trace of its passage.

Unaware of this betrayal, Professor Bhattacharya and Bhubash plunged deeper into the jungle. Pine needles and ferns whispered against their boots as they scanned for signs of the lost team.

Then—they found it.

A scorched patch of jungle, ashen and still smoldering, lay before them. Bomb-like devastation in an untouched, primeval forest. Not the work of the local Sentenite tribe, who still lived in the Stone Age—hunting with stone-tipped spears, striking fires with flint.

"This… this couldn’t be them," Bhattacharya muttered.

"Then someone else is here," Bhubash whispered. "And not just one."

Footprints. Drag marks. Trampled undergrowth. Every detail screamed abduction.

“They were attacked, drugged, and taken," Bhubash concluded grimly. "And not by primitive hands."

Bhattacharya’s face darkened. "Whoever they are, they’ve come from the modern world—and they’ve brought war to this island’s soul."

As the jungle held its breath, deeper truths lay hidden behind the waterfall—watching, waiting, like the calm before a storm.

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