Not Again

Chapter 1

The clock showed the time as 18:45 IST when Vinayak, the commissioner of police entered the GH. He was received by Richard in the entrance.

"Sir!!! This way...", Richard guided Vinayak. They both started walking down the corridor in the left hand side of the entrance. Both their faces were too serious.

"How is he now?"

"Still unconscious"

"Was he injured badly?"

"Seems like a heavy blow in the back of his head, as if hit by an iron pipe"

"How aged is he?"

"Approximately 30 years"

"Did he tell his name anytime?"

"No sir. He ran into the police station with heavy wounds on his head and was bleeding heavily. He stopped near a cop at the entrance, uttered the two words 'NOT AGAIN' and fainted away. Even after providing the necessary first aid, he was unconsious. So we rushed him to GH"

"What is the doctor's opinion on his condition?"

"As his skull is injured badly, doctor wanted to perform a scan. He asked us to wait and entered the ICU. He is yet to come back on how his condition is"

"Can you repeat those words for me again?"

"NOT AGAIN"

"Anything more?"

"No sir"

"Do you have any clue on what he was trying to convey?"

"I feel it might be something serious"

"Why do you say that?"

"If it wasn't a serious one, he wouldn't have taken the effort to run all the way to the police station with that heavy bleeding"

Both reached the entrance of the ICU and the inspector Arun stood and saluted in respect.

"Did the doctor give any information?"

"Not yet sir. He is yet to come out from the ICU"

"Did you get any useful items from his dress?"

"No sir... He just had two hundred rupee bills"

"Just that?"

"Yes sir"

"Then, how are we going to identify him?"

"He should come back to his consciousness. Other than that, we can't think of any now sir"

The door of the ICU opened and the doctor came out.

"Nice to see you here commissioner sir. Looks like you are serious about this guy"

The commissioner took a deep breathe.

"True Doctor. We will have to doubt anything and everything. The recent incidents in the city compelled us to react this way. This guy with heavy wounds entered one of our police station, fainted after saying the words 'Not again'. So far we don't know whether that is a tip of an iceberg"

The doctor smiled.

"Don't worry sir. He is now out of danger. We did a complete diagnosis and he will be back to conscious any time from now. But you will have to wait for some time"

"No problem at all. We will wait"

"Shall we wait in our room? The nurse will let us know when the patient is awake."

"Sure doctor"

Vinayak started to walk with the doctor. When the Assistant Commissioner Richard was about to instruct something, Inspector Arun's mobile rang. The mobile was showing the caller as "SI Moorthy".