Sweat dripped from his face, and the heartbeat began to increase wildly. But Pratik persisted; he gritted his teeth and hurriedly perused the whole city from the sky. He found several more places where a large European activity could be found, but it looked like the balloons had startled them, leading them to break into chaos.
'Got to hurry,' he muttered.
His eyes darted around from left to right like a pendulum clock, and his brain worked overtime, putting the devilish pattern recognition training he had done to use.
"Bang!!"
Suddenly, he heard gunshots, and he felt something pass by him, whistling at high speed.
As he looked down, his heart sank. Four to five European soldiers held rifles in their hands and shot at his balloon relentlessly. Looking around, his companions were experiencing the same fate.
"Time's up!"
Without hesitation, he pulled up a large circular metal egg from his bag and dropped it.
