Night – 8:47 PM
At the gate of the ground, the shadow that appears…
is not Veer.
Eight people.
Belts in everyone's hands.
Sameer (the leader) steps forward.
"BLACK ROOTS?"
"Heard the name."
Jay (me) takes a step ahead.
"You're back?"
Sameer laughs.
"Yeah man, the Absent Brothers are back."
"We're the ones who stay in school even after getting suspended, got it, asshole."
Aarav spits from the side.
"The new circus has arrived."
(A little distance away, Veer's best friend DHRUV is watching everything.)
Sameer swings his belt.
"Hit them."
A FIGHT BREAKS OUT.
The ground turns into complete chaos.
A bench falls.
A bottle shatters.
Noise of abuses everywhere.
"Grab that bastard!"
"Push him, motherf***er!"
"Today we won't spare anyone alive!"
Rishab bro slams one guy straight to the ground.
Aarav's punch lands directly on the nose.
Jay smashes an Absent Brothers member, Raj, into the railing.
The leader shouts:
"You come in groups, you f***er!"
Jay grabs his collar:
"That's why I'm still alive, asshole."
Final push.
The Absent Brothers start backing off.
Sameer, furious, says:
"Remember this—
tonight we lost…
but when I return to Infantry School, I'll see all of you."
They run away.
The ground goes silent.
PALTANS WON.
CUT TO MORNING
The bell rings.
Uniforms.
Assembly.
Teachers chilling.
The PT sir punishes late students.
Everything feels normal.
As if nothing happened last night.
Normal nonsense in the canteen.
Bet scene:
Aarav:
"100 rupees says—
some random gangs fight again today."
Jay:
"200. Because it's a school day, bro."
Lunch break.
Two random gangs clash on the backside ground.
Just pushing, abuses—guards arrive—
scene over.
"Come on, let's go to class."
Life goes on.
EVENING – 6:10 PM
School gets over.
Everyone takes the same route…
but today, Rohan turns another way.
A narrow road.
An empty bus stop.
Evening light.
Suddenly, six boys appear from the front.
Perfect uniforms.
Black blazers.
Golden badges.
Vivaan Fernandes (leader of the Blazer Boyz) walks slowly with his gang.
"Looks like St. Anthony's property."
Rohan stops.
"Move aside, bro."
Vivaan comes closer.
"I've seen you somewhere, idiot…
you're from INFANTRY SCHOOL, right?"
Rohan, angrily:
"Yes. Got a problem, motherf***er?"
Vivaan Fernandes and his friend Rick Jonsan smile.
"The problem is—
this area belongs to St. Francis Universal School."
"And we are—
BLAZER BOYZ."
One guy pushes Rohan from behind.
Rohan falls.
"Get up, asshole!"
"Trying to be a hero?"
"Came out to play gang-gang?"
Punches.
Kicks.
At the end, Vivaan Fernandes says:
"Tell your friends—
next time, it'll be their turn if they create too much trouble."
They leave.
The road is empty.
Rohan lies on the ground.
He's breathing…
but something inside his eyes is broken.
Silence.
EP 5 ENDS. 🔚