KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors

Don't thank me!! Part 2

Vishwaprit and Setupati left the house with their companions. Their vehicles started traveling the road towards Shastriji's Aashram.

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Shastriji came out of his residence and looked around carefully. He saw one of his elder students coming out of the room filled with those creatures. He called him and said,

"Dhanesh, call a gathering of all the students after the rituals. We have some tasks to complete."

The student nodded with respect and said,

"Yes, almost. We will be ready before his arrival. Ms. Meera is collecting some herbs and soil from the garden. I'm going to collect other material from the store which we ordered last night."

"When did we order the material?" Shastriji asked with surprise.

"Ms. Meera ordered this list last night itself."

He explained and showed a list of ingredients held in his hand.

Shastriji looked at the list and read the ingredients. There were plenty of unknown things she had ordered along with the ones Shastriji needed for the ritual. He handed over the list back to the student and left. He was looking for Meera.

Shastriji reached the garden. His eyes couldn't believe the scene he was looking at. Meera and Raghav were collecting herbs while talking to each other, and smiling after every two sentences. He sensed some warnings into his head. But he had trust into her daughter that she can choose what was the best for her.

He ignored the disturbing thoughts and called her in a lower voice,

"Beta Meera?"

"Yes Father?" She replied.

"Are all the ingredients collected or you need any help?" Shastriji asked.

"No Father. It's almost done. Raghav here, helped me in it. We are just going to collect some sacred soil, then we will be done here." She expressed her gratitude towards Raghav.

Shastriji didn't like the feeling of Raghav helping out his daughter, who was fully capable of doing her own tasks and more, without anyone's help. The father inside him didn't approve their closing friendship. He pretended not to be bothered and said,

"Ok. I will be in the ritual room." He left.

Raghav was giving Shastriji a smile but Shastriji didn't attend him. He felt disappointed but he didn't mind. He immediately resumed his conversion with Meera and the garden filled with happiness again.

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They all had gathered in the big room filled with screams of those monsterous creatures! They all were scared inside though they were not showing it. Their loud screams were penetrating everyone's eardrums. But they had hope and it was going to reach there anytime.

Amidst of all the silence of normal people and screams of monsters, Vishwaprit and Setupati entered the room. Everybody was staring at Vishwaprit, and Setupati walking beside him. They looked confident to Shastriji, considering the situation. Vishwaprit's aura filled the room, everybody felt his power. Even the monsters stopped screaming and started looking at him.

They came to Shastriji and bowed their head to pay the appropriate respect to Shastriji. He then bent down and touched Shastriji's feet.

Shastriji welcomed him and blessed him by patting on his head.

Raghav and Ganesh standing beside saw them. Raghav wondered about Vishwaprit!

The one who possess so much power that world's fate was depended on him, how that person really be?