Jagat conversed in a grave tone, "Even our modern weapons are helpless against those forces." Jamuna answers, "Yes Brother, we can have alternate options." The talk was on, and all the sudden, the gong like humming increased, along with the increasing wind. As I sat on the deck chair listening, Jagat uttered, "It's their awful sound, the sound of their humming." Ravindran stood upright, and he conversed in grave tone, "Guys, let us strike the camp, we can still have the option to get out of this place. We all got up slowly, and we knew that, this is our best alternative. I uttered, "Brother, but there is nothing ahead, until we reach the next town. Till then, we are surrounded by this place, and the dark river." Jamuna exclaims, "Gosh!!! We have forgotten something, we have." We all looked at her, and she continues, "We have the divine lockets, and the holy vermillion, remembers it's for our protection, a divine power." We remembered it in a flash; we had the lockets around our neck. She continued, "Fetch the holy vermillion, and sprinkle it all around the boat. It will protect us." We agreed with her, but now we must decide to get out of here.

The humming overhead never ceased, and it seemed to grow louder. All the sudden, Amrit said in shivering voice, "Look, out there." And his voice had terror, and we looked at the direction where he pointed. I would say, it was fifty-feet away from our boat, I could see something moving, our deck lights were miniscule at that direction, but I could see something moving. I could see inky shadows, it seemed neither a human or an animal, it seemed to be as large than our boat, there were three of four shadows moving, and it seemed like a clump of bushes rounded at the top. I gasped, and then Jamuna said in stern, but a slight shivering voice, "Guys, we got to wind the camp... I have a plan......Jay, Ranjita, Surendran, Khusboo hit the driver's cabin, me and my hubby will join you." Thus, in few seconds, we made our plan, Yogesh and Soumya will be with Amrit, Kaveri, Aditya, and Priya will be together in Amrit's room, meanwhile, Jagat and Sesha will be with us. The cops fetched their guns, walkie-talkie, and the holy vermillion too. As we planned, we sprinkled the holy vermillion, while Jamuna and Ravindran had some of the holy vermillion blended with water, turning it into holy water, and it was sprinkled on the deck, and we chanted the names of Holy Hymns of God. I watched those dark shadows, but they have not approached us yet.

We inside our room as planned, Jagat and Sesha were in our rooms, and they were on walkie-talkie. The boat was in motion, and as we watched the shadowy figures were approaching us. Yogesh exclaimed in wavering tone on walkie-talkie, "Look out!!!!! Guys.... Approaching.... they are coming." We were in our rooms, peering out, and I could clearly see with a terrified glance, they were approaching. The boat was in motion, tearing through the flooded waters. Jagat replied on walkie-talkie, "I could see them, they won't come on boat at it is blessed." The shadowy figures were sprinting along side the banks, our boat had already gained speed, I could hear the great splash, as the boat moved swiftly. The huge shadowy figures were running, and it jumped high in the air, I could hear our cops talking about the movement of the figures, I watched the shadowy figures, up in the air, and in the next moment, they would land on our boat. My mouth and eyes were wide open, I could see them, I could see, they were eight in numbers, along with that, I could hear our friends talking on walkie-talkie.