Summer of '13

Chapter 12

"Pratishtha!" I cried as I aproached my unconcious friend .Blood was trickling down from the side of her forehead. I quickly reached for water and sprinkled on her. She woke up with a start.

"uh....my head's paining...vishnupriya?" Pratishtha said.

"You OK?....What  happened? Why are you here at the first place? You realize you may have had a bigger injury?"I asked her. It was so confusing.

"I was doing some editing work.The whole editorial team was expected to work till 5...everyone's here....ah! it's paining.."She trailed off.

"Here drink some water..Don't worry it's a minor bruise.You will be alright." I said while tying my handkerchief around her forehead. "You hit yourself?" I asked her.

"NO! I was sitting on that bench doing some work when suddenly a woman came.She asked me my name and my roll no. and as soon as I told her, she hit me. and...Bazinga! I fell unconcious" She said

I squinted my eyes.Weird.What's happening?

"So it's a murder attempt" I said and I meant that.

"Exactly" Pratishtha affirmed."Why are you here?" 

"My algebra notebook.." I said as I walked upto the bench I was sitting on earlier that day."and...Bazinga! It's not here."

"It must be in the lost section.Come on,let's find it. I need to go back home after that.Can you drop me?"Pratishtha said.

"Sure" I said. Before leaving,I decided to check other benches as well. As I advanced for the next bench my hands fell on something kept inside my desk.

It was a glass.

A glass stained with blood.

and letter

"Pratishtha!!" I let out a scream. She turned around."What"? Her eyes immediately fell on the blood stained glass and the letter. "WHAT'S THAT?"

"I-I ..will faint..." I literally felt disoriented. Pratishtha took the blood stained letter from me and opened it. She read it for a while and gasped.

"What's in it?" I asked her.

"Vishnupriya...we are in serious trouble"