1st part: the starting

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In a remote police station in India, the door suddenly opened with a bang and 10 to 20 men with rifles without any response started shooting endlessly.

Bang bang bang

The room erupted into chaos as the officers scrambled for cover, trying to make sense of this sudden and unprovoked attack. The officers returned fire, their weapons echoing through the small station as they fought to defend themselves against the unknown assailants but they due to a sudden attack and were quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number and firepower of their attackers. The attackers killed every single person inside, all the people inside, the police officers, citizens and even children. The shocking massacre left a trail of unanswered questions, fueling speculation about the true motives behind this brazen and coordinated assault.

Meanwhile

After the smoke settles and smell of gunpowder filled the entire place the eerie silence echoed through the blood stained wall.

In a corner, a girl no less than 18-19 years old shivering with fear. As the dust settled and the bodies lay still, the girl in the corner knew she had witnessed something far deeper than a mere act of violence.

All the people inside were dead. Only she survived. Seeing the blood stained floors, the lifeless bodies of people and the brutality of the attackers. Tears coming out from her eyes, these were normal people who work for their families, children but now they are reduced to lifeless bodies. Even if she is a journalist intern she never experienced such a bloody scene. “… maybe I'm the next, I wonder how my mother would react when she sees the news of my death from the same channel I work for, atleast I'll be shown on TV” the girl was feeling hopeless, she had seen many TV shows and movies in which hero saves people in midst of despair but this was no movie script. She is alone here and no one is coming to save her, the feeling of despair and hopelessness filled her heart with grief.

But suddenly she heard a voice from the prison cell in the corner, "Hey little girl, how about you set me free from here and I will help you to escape the situation".

The voice inside the shadows came. The girl suddenly stood up to see who the voice belonged to. There she saw a figure covered in shadows, he is undoubtedly a man. She approached the cell cautiously, there she saw a man same age as her with long black hair and deep black eyes, he was looking at her with a smile, but his smile and appearance both seem to be mysterious. By seeing the figure in dark her heart was  racing with both fear and a glimmer of hope.

"Why do I free you? What's the difference between you and them except that you are caught?" She said with distain. " Little girl, compare me with those idiots. You don't know who I am, the great Justin Drake the greatest criminal mastermind who never get caught." Justin said with a smug.

"Oh really, then why did you get caught?" She said sarcastically, "this is because I forgot my license", Justin said casually. Bang bang, suddenly. They both heard a gun shot, ". Little girl, this is no time to debate. This is the moment of despair. Now choose your decision", Justin said. The young woman hesitated, her mind racing with the weight of the decision before her.

The young woman's heart raced as she weighed her options but having no choice, the girl took the chance and opened the prison cell and Justin came out "haah finally. I Justin Drake is free, the prison's food is gross. I am dying to eat a cheeseburger", Justin said loudly, then he started moving in a certain direction, "where are you going?" The girl asked. "I'm going to a place where a spoiled brat is put" Justin said, but the girl didn't understand anything he spoke. "If I was a mafia, then where would I put my grandson", Justin Thought. "Oh find it" Justin said, and started running in a certain direction. After some time, he arrived in a prison cell. Strangely, inside the prison cell there was a TV, a bathroom and even a mattress. The young woman's heart raced as she followed Justin, uncertain of the path she had chosen yet driven by a desperate need to survive As they peered into the cell, Justin's eyes narrowed with focus, determined to uncover the deeper mysteries hidden within these walls.

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