Mission MICA The Case of the Vanishing Trophies

On an eerie night in the campus hostel, Jaikant Shikhre intently watched the arms
of his table clock tick as he anticipated what lay ahead of him. Jaikant, a commando
in the Indian Navy was on a mission unlike any other that he had been on before.
The bruises on his body from his last mission, codenamed Contra, had still not
healed and it had been only a month since he had returned from Galuga. Under the
alias of Bill Rizer, Jaikant was commissioned from the Navy to be a part of Anti-ET,
NASAs elite, international army readied to thwart the threat of alien invaders.
The Anti-ET had come across peculiar news articles about MICA in the newspapers.
The authorities had filed a police compliant against recurring instances of theft of
trophies from the college trophy room. What concerned the Anti-ET was the fact
that the alien species of Dangerous Daves were known to eat metallic trophies for
survival. Having wreaked havoc in other galaxies and invaded dozens of planets,
had the DDs chosen Earth as their next target? Jaikant, aka Rizer, had been
hurriedly sent to MICA disguised as a student to investigate.
At 3:30 AM, when most MICAns retired for the night, Rizer stationed himself close
to the trophy room. He did not have to wait long as he heard heavy footsteps
hurriedly walking towards him. Crouched in a dark corner, Rizer saw a big, cloaked
figure tamper with the door lock. With the creature busy picking the lock, Rizer
lunged onto it from behind. With surgical, trained blows to the sides of the
abdomen, Rizer pulled out his gun and was about to pull the trigger, when he
stopped on hearing a familiar, hoarse voice cry out in desperation, Wait! Its me!
Behind the cloak was Prem Chopra, aka Lance Bean, Jaikants friend and
accomplice in Mission Contra. What are you doing here?! exclaimed Jaikant.
Almost ready to burst out crying, Prem remarked, Its a long story brother.
Jaikant then learned that before having joined the Navy, Prem wanted to study at
MICA but was unable to crack the MICAT. In the anticipation that the thefts would
alarm the Anti-ET and subsequently give him a chance to study at MICA, albeit an

undercover agent, Chopra had carefully planned the thefts himself. Unfortunately
for him, the force deputed Jaikant for the job.
Well worry about your MICA fixation later, tell me where have you hidden the
trophies? Lets put them somewhere where the police can find them and dismiss
this case as a law and order problem! scolded Jaikant. Sorry brother! I destroyed
them all, replied Prem.
Damn! The only way I can save you now from the wrath of the Anti-ETs
disciplinary committee is by actually winning the trophies again and putting them
back here without the college knowing. No problem brother, lets start with the LMS
trophy at SIBM-Pune. Ill undertake this mission under the codename Sahil Avi
Kapoor. Wish me luck. said Jaikant thoughtfully.