LUNA AND ERTHA

:: CHAPTER 10 ::

PURSUIT

"Nothing matters to me anymore."
"He will DIE! I will make him suffer and show him what pain is."
"I will show him how cruel the world can be."
Rohit thinks within himself as he drives towards the company.

He's filled with anger. When he arrived, a group of security guards approached his car, a black Jaguar F-type. One of them opened the door for him and Rohit got out, adjusting his Zegna nightshade suit.

He buttons his suit while gazing at the parking lot which was empty, his assistant came to him and said, "Sir, the damage was fixed and covered up. No one knows about the acci-"
"Who. Did. It?" Rohit cuts her off in the middle.

His PA trembled beside him, as the usually composed Rohit was red with visible anger and his usually composed PA was visibly trembling.
"S-sir, the t-team is s-still workin-"
"Show me the security footages, NOW!" Rohit stated, his voice clear, firm and loud.

PA started to walk towards the direction of a room and Rohit followed by, with his security staff. His assistant was scared, as she had never seen Rohit so angry and disturbed ever before.

PA enters into a room; she goes in and pulls the door open so that Rohit could enter. As soon as he entered, she released her grip on the handle, allowing the automatic door to swing shut behind him with a soft whoosh.

Rohit started examining the room in which he stepped, it is vast expanse of technology. Where around twenty desktops were arranged sequentially and each desktop had its owner. The staff inside the room who were working and minding their business, stood straight and paused as their boss entered the room. A hush fell over the space like a blanket of silence. The hum of computers and murmur of voices ceased.

His eyes piercing and intent, came to rest on a massive TV screen dominating the wall, its display a kaleidoscope of images and data. The investigation's progress was being displayed on the screen with a slideshow of pictures which showed some random 'hoodie guy'.

"Who leads this team?" Rohit's voice low and even, broke the silence, sending ripple through the room.

His PA, pointed towards a woman who seems to be in her 40s. Her gaze fixated at Rohit who was staring at her expecting some response. With a most obvious fake smile,
the lady says "H-hi sir, I am Urmila." Forwards her hand as a formality.

Rohit shakes her hand and moves forward towards the huge TV screen.

"What's the progress? Miss Urmila" Rohit asks while his attention completely on the screen.

"Well, sir, it seems like a stranger in a black hoodie tampered with the circuit system. He was about 5'10 tall, but we couldn't identify him because of the mask."

"Mask? What type of mask?"

"As you can see, he wore a clown mask." Urmila said while showing the clips of footage.

"Did you get any extra footage? Like where he came from and where he went after?"

"Yes, but it's not clear. He knew exactly where the cameras were, so he avoided them."

"How could an outsider know so much about here?"

"Sir, it's actually quite simple then it looks. Just a single visit can reveal a lot of camera placements and angles. I must say this, whoever did this is smart but stupid at the same time."

"Stupid? How?"

"He used the handle to open the circuit door. And.... We found a fingerprint on the handle."