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Author's POV

11 May, Monday

Mr. Zia had tried to contact the police but Yaseen had begged him not to do so. After begging for an hour or so, he finally convinced his uncle. His uncle was confused as to why was Yaseen restraining him from calling the police but Yaseen had bigger plans. This all was a part of a plan.

From his brother's murder to the poison case, everything was related. The most shocking thing were the dates all these incidents happened on.

As much as he knew, Saad had died or to be more specific, was murdered on 25th February. The building-on-fire incident occurred on 3rd April. He was poisoned on 7th May. All these incidents had a gap of 35 days. So, whoever plans all of these is a very clever person. He gives long gaps to make these look like natural incidents but in reality it's him planning this all.

"Pretty clever, huh?"

It's the same thing again. The thing-, voice-, whatever it is.

"I'm Eropogotis,  Eropogotisae beylilium, to be more specific. I'm your very good friend who saved you multiple times despite your efforts to die. You should thank me, you ungrateful hairy creature."

"What is this thing?"

"Call me a thing one more time and I will send electric shocks down your hairy body. 112000 volts, enough to kill you."

"Okay, Ero..."

"Eropogotis. E-r-o-p-o-g-o-t-i-s. Say it."

"Ero..po...g....o..ti..s"

"Eropogotis."

"Earopegasus?"

"No you dumbass! Eropogotis."

"Ero...."

"Eropogotis."

"E.."

"Eeeeeerrrooopppoooogggoootttiiis."

"Ero...pogo..tis."

"Good. Now say it again."

"Ero..pogotis."

(Yaseen's uncle staring at him from his door with his mouth hung open) (What's up with him?)(Quietly closes the door)

"So,.. Ero..pogotis. What are you? I mean..."

"I'm a very rare specie. Descendent of the ancient Kleisin beetles. We feed on other organisms and in return give them benefits, like me and you."

"Like symbiosis?"

"Yupe."

"So you mean that.....you were the one......saving me all this time?"

"Mhmmm.."

"Wow!"

"I know right? It's crazy how nature works."

"Yeah......wait! If you are feeding on me then why didn't the doctors discover you?"

"It's because I'm hidden. My roots are branched in your brain so it's okay if they remove my external body. I can camouflage, so I look like a birthmark on the back of your neck."

"Wait what?!" Yaseen exclaimed as he touched his neck. He could feel the area elevated. His eyes widened in horror as goosebumps ran down his spine.

Yuck! Gross!

"Now that you have me, your physical abilities are 10x sharper than a normal human. You can run faster, see through large distances, hear inaudible sounds etc etc. AND your sixth sense has become much more sharp." the creature finished the last sentence in a proud tone.

Yaseen couldn't believe its words so he tested himself. He tried to pickup his bed and behold! He picked it up with a single hand. In fear, he let go of it and it came crashing on the floor.

"Ha....."

He fainted.

Yes,he fainted.