Nightingale 2: New Beginnings

Nightingale 2: New Beginnings

5 mins
235


THE REPORTER SPOKE, “Chastity here has proclaimed that she has proof of identity of Nightingale! Is it true Chastity? How did you get the proof? Please tell us everything.”

Chastity says, “Umm.....I had kept cameras at various parts of the city for this purpose. And Nightingale came in front of one of the cameras and spoke to it. Then she removed her mask.”

“Who is Nightingale?”


“I’ll hand over the visuals after editing, which I’ll finish by tomorrow. So, I guess, it will be revealed by day after tomorrow.”

The reporter nods and says, “So-”

Artemis mutes the TV.


“I wonder what people will think when they know that I’m Nightingale......”

She sees something that is highlighted in the news and reads it-‘The President as announced that he will have a meeting with Nightingale tomorrow night trading protecting the city from threats.’

“Wonderful.”

+++


Nightingale turns into a pterodactyl as she jumps, chasing the thief on the bike. She lands near a man next to a bike and turns back into herself. 

“Mind if I take your bike?” she asks

“Okay.”


She jumps onto the bike and drives off. The thief takes a right turn. Nightingale, a bit far behind, turns left and goes through the gap between two houses.

 She rides onto a slide and the bike soars in the air for some seconds till it lands on the road, ahead of the thief. She stops there, rotates the bike 180° there, to face the thief, who now slows down. 


“I have to give it to you. You really are good at this. Too bad you won’t be doing this job from tomorrow.” Says the thief

“WHAT?” asks a flabbergasted Nightingale

“You’ll find out soon.”

+++


The doors of the lift open and Nightingale steps out. She walks to a room, opens the door and steps in. The President sits there. 

“What took you so long?” asks the President 

“Had to catch a thief.”

President nods and gestures to sit. They talk for some time until-

“Be right back.” Says the President as he gets up and goes to the washroom.


When he is back, the room is in havoc. Files lie everywhere. Table is upside-down. The sofa is torn. The glass broken and the cupboards are on the ground, their contents spilled on the floor. Nightingale stands, her back facing him.

The President asks, “What-”

He stops as Nightingale turns and points a gun at him. She empties the gun into him and he falls, dead, to the ground. She runs and leaves the room.

+++


Artemis lies on the bed, her face pressed against the pillow as the news plays.

The reporter says, “Nightingale killed our President yesterday. This leads to the question ‘Why did Nightingale save this city all this while?’ or ‘Why did she act like she’s saving the city?’. The video of the identity of Nightingale may help us answer the question and furthermore questions, says the police. Nightingale a.k.a Artemis, will be arrested by today night.”

“I’m done.” Muttered Artemis as she got up and left her room. She crossed the road and entered the bus. The people stared at her angrily.


“You are the Nightingale, aren’t you? Who killed our President.” Said one of them. And all of them jumped towards her. She stepped off the bus and ran. She turned left, then right, but they were still behind her.


She turned a corner and turned into a cockroach. The people ran past her. She turned back and climbed up a building. She reached the terrace. She spotted one of Chasity’s camera and switched it on as she stepped in for my of it. 


“Hi, I’m Artemis. Or Nightingale. People all over the cot are searching for me right now. I’m suffering for something I didn’t do. I didn’t even go to meet the President. I was chasing a thief then. It’s time for an old ending. But it must lead to a new beginning. I’ve transformed all the powers I have into this wristband. The one who wears this will get the powers. I give this to you, Chastity and Astrid. I’ll still have those powers. That is, till I die. Yes, I’m gonna jump off this building right after I finish saying and you all the watch me jump.”

She turns around. She walks to the edge.


“ARTEMIS!”

Artemis turns around to see Chastity. Artemis says bye to her and jumps.

“NO!”

Chastity runs after her, take she wristband from the camera and jumps. She wears it and a blue light spreads throughout her body and then vanishes. She turns into an Alanqua, a flying dinosaur, and flies towards Artemis. She goes below her and then spread her wings apart. Artemis falls on her. Chastity flies back up and lands on the terrace. Then she turns back into herself.

“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?” she asked angrily.

“Suicide.” Replied Artemis

“For what?”


“Haven’t you seen the news? Everyone is after me. To kill me.”

“For something you didn’t do. We can find a way to solve it.”

“But-”

“No buts. Come with me.”

She throws the wristband down and it breaks. They walk away.

+++


The lady from the information desk walk by. Chastity and Artemisia quickly run and hide close to a wall. The guard standing outside the control room walk away and they rush in. There are two guards in.


They turn around. The two punch then in the face and they doze off. Chastity sister on the chair and starts working on the computer. 

“Got it!” she says and she copies something to her USB. 

They leave, without anybody noticing.

+++


The reporter says, “The new videos of Nightingale fighting off a thief and the video of Nightingale killing the President taken from the camera of his offices. As the two videos show the time of these incidents, it is clear that one of the two Nightingales were the original while the other was duplicate. According to the way Nightingale acted in the two cases, we can saw that the one who went after the thief was real and the one who killed the President was the imposter. This proves the innocence of Nightingale a.k.a Artemis.”

Artemis heaves a sigh of relief

+++


Artemis, Astrix, and Chastity stand in front of a camera. 

Artemis , “From today there will be no Nightingale.” She pauses. “From now there will be Nightingales. Me, Astrix and Chastity. We will be protecting different parts of the city. It’s time. For new beginnings!”



Rate this content
Log in