KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors

The realm of minds

Vishwaprit and Setupati reached home by midnight. They were too tired to make any conversation. Everyone was shocked, but didn't have anything to say. They all kept looking at Vishwaprit, like he was some kind of god, but they were also afraid of him knowing that he had a part of dark lord in himself.

Bhishu's love hadn't reduced by a bit though, his devotion towards Vishwaprit was still the same, only the difference was, he had gotten more protective towards him.

They entered the house and headed towards their respective rooms silently. Setupati's head was splitting in half because of all that happened and also his mind had become a mess of all the information about the world which he wasn't ready to handle. He needed a break from everything, so his legs automatically walked towards the freezer to grab a bottle of beer. He grabbed one for himself and another for Vishwaprit. He came back, dropped his body into the sofa and offered the drink to Vishwaprit.

Vishwaprit wasn't a fan of drinking alcohol, but the situation was so intense that he accepted it gladly. Both of them sat their, drinking their beer, trying to digest the new reality.

Vishwaprit was feeling the weight of responsibility of saving the world, but he was also glad that Setupati was beside him, helping him through every hardship. The path towards the victory was so dark, that he would need the light of Setupati's wise advise. He closed his eyes and laid there for a while. His mind was skipping back to the scenes where it happened, how he touched the monsters and how his powers brought them back to humanity. His thoughts kept swinging between reality and dreams. He felt asleep after a while, but his dreams continued. His mind kept searching for the existence of god. He found him inside himself, inside the 'Shivlinga' of the Lord Shiva's temple from his town. His mind focused on the drops of milk which were showering the 'Shivlinga'.

Suddenly the drops stopped falling down and he heard the sound Damru (Pallet drum). The intense sound of Damru grabbed the attention of all the universe and he kept searching for the source of sound. His eyes stopped on the door in front of him. He walked towards the door and opened it. There was nothing but the darkness beyond it. His curiousity made him walk the door and he entered into the pitch darkness. Only the sound of drums and the view of shivlinga was visible from the door.

Suddenly, the door started moving away from him, his legs froze, he couldn't move and the sound of drums kept lowering down and finally it stopped. There was only darkness and him standing there. He had entered into the nothingness. No smell, no voice, no light, only infinite darkness!!!!! Vishwaprit's eyes kept searching for something, but he couldn't find anything.

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Raghav and Ganesh's police force, picked up all of the unconscious and dead people from the ground and tied them securely. They looked at the destroyed dead bodies of innocent people, these monsters had killed before falling down. They decided to declare it as a terrorist attack.

Ganesh walked towards Shastriji, who was sitting on the rock where Vishwaprit had sit before. He asked him,

"Where should we take them? I don't think it is safe to take them to police station. It is far too much crowded for those monsters. We can't keep them until Vishwaprit arrival tomorrow. Do you have any where we can take them?"

"I am thinking, you can bring them to my 'Aashram'. We can control them until he returns tomorrow. I will just need few of your police officers to help them manage." Shastriji replied.

"That's actually a better idea. The monsters will be kept in check by your powers and secrecy can be protected too. I can ask Raghav and few others to stay with you." Ganesh agreed to Shastriji.

He walked towards Raghav and informed him regarding the situation.

Shastriji stood up and said,