SanDhir - Along Came She

CHAPTER 2 : The Fall

Disclaimer : I am not a doctor and so everything in this ff related to medical is self research. Apologies for glitches!

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"If there is an upside to free-falling, It's the chance you give your friends to catch you!"

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-DISSECTION HALL-

Corpses draped in white, laid 'face-up' on the dissection tables, the pungent smell of chemicles overpowering the senses clearly made a perfect mix of a surreal horror movie.

"Partners go stand near one table each and lift the cloth. And listen carefully, .......in case it turns out to be someone u know, u are free to request an exchange", instructed Prof Vardhan.

Sanyukta saw the entire class hesistantly move towards their respective tables. Kaustuki and Jiggy were standing opposite to Sanyukta, but were too terrified to lift the cover.

Sanyukta turned around looking for Randhir and saw him take a table towards the end and near his friends. She made her way towards him and stood adjacently.

But before she could utter a single word to her partner, he lifted the cover exposing the cadaver. The sight left Sanyukta petrified. The body they had chosen had a raw gaping skull, holes in the temple, burnt and completely peeled skin of the face, clearly a case of accident. Sanyukta winced. The sight was gruesome and the smell was nauseating.

She felt weak. No amount of training could prepare anyone for this. Sanyukta held onto the table for support. All of a sudden the room appeared dizzy before her.

What happened next barely registered in her cranium. Her legs gave away and she uttered the first word that came to her mind.

"Randhir"

And all was blank. Sanyukta Agarwal became the first student that year to become victim to the infamous 'dissection hall'.

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He was someone who fit the term 'born with a golden spoon' perfectly. The son of the nation's most successful surgeons, Randhir Shekhawat was an inborn genius. At a very tender age itself he had shown signs of being attracted to the 'medical' profession. 'The doctors' set' was his first toy as an infant.

But destiny had different plans in store for him. The lavish childhood that he had received by dint of birth had been snatched away from him by the cruel hands of death. Sure, he inherited a 'multi-billion' fortune, but in turn lost the most precious thing in a child's life - the love & care of 'parents'.

Witnessing a twin murder at the mere age of 10 and that too of the most important people in his life, took a toll on his psyche. He became cold and detached. There was a burning desire buried deep within him to avenge his parents. But there was nothing he could about it. The frustration ate him away from within. So instaed of wasting himself away, he channelled all his hatred and anger onto his academics and came out with flying colors. He aced the medical entrance scoring a whooping 483 out of 500, far ahead of the one who came second with a score of 439.

Having had a traumatized childhood, Randhir had grown up to become a recluse. His only friends were the ones who had now accompanied him to medical college - Karan(his best friend), Parth (who was like a brother to him), Smriti (who was one of his earliest friends) and Ishita, his girfriend. All 5 of them had 'doctors' for both sets of parents. Infact, the parents of all the other 4 were also a part of "The Hope Foundation" and they had all grown up together and studied in the same school.