KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors

The Reincarnated one!! Part 1

Raghav and Ganesh had left from the Aashram that afternoon. They decided to arrive at police station first, to submit the proper report about the things happened, from last evening. The sequence of events was so intense, they were not able to shake the effect after watching all those unnatural horrors!

They all were sunk in their thoughts deeply, when Ganesh looked at the newspaper beside the roadside, from the car. There was an image on the front page which seemed familiar to him. He asked to stop the car. He stepped down and lifted the newspaper. He lost his calm after reading the news which had shown the familiar image from last night's horrors. After all the secrecy, some of the reporters had successfully grabbed the pictures of the incident. Though the location of attack was remote, far away from the city, some people from the nearby residence had captured the snaps and reporters acquired them. The reporters had published that city was attacked by unknown terrorists and police department was trying to hide the truth.

Ganesh finished reading and looked at people around him with disappointed eyes. But he was relieved after realising that, the police was also going to declare that it was a terrorist attack. Reporters had made their job easier somehow. He sighed with tiredness and left for the station.

Their mobile phones were ringing continuously now, when they had finally reached into the coverage area. Raghav wondered that how Shastriji did communicate with people outside in emergency. But he remembered of seeing a landline connection at their residence.

He received message from customer care that several people were trying to reach him. His mother, father, big brother and sister. Within few minutes his phone rang. His sister Taniya was the first one to reach him. He received the call,

"Hello, Tani!" He said.

"Where are you, Bhai? We're searching you madly. And why was your cell phone unreachable? Mother has almost lost her mind. And what about that incident happened last night outside the city. Several people died. All the news channels are telecasting the same news. Don't tell me you were there. And when will you reach home?" She asked so many questions without taking a break, that she forgot to breath. She was worried about her brother.

"Tani, I'm fine!" He replied calmly.

"Big brother has sent search team for you. Father tried to stop him, but brother couldn't wait any longer. He was afraid that it might be late if he waits any longer!"

"He did what?" Now he was losing his calm!

"A search team! They're trying to find you from last night. You know, he doesn't express much, but our brother loves you very much, and feels protective about you. But don't worry, I'll ask them to stop searching." She said.

Raghav realised that there were cars which were following them since they left the Aashram. The search team had found him. He looked at Ganesh. Ganesh also had realised the situation and gave the sarcastic comment and said,
"That's what happens when you hire rich people in the department."

Raghav rolled his eyes and decided not to comment.

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They reached the police department after an hour. The cars which were following them were nowhere to be seen. They had left him after making sure that he was alive and safe.

In the department's premises, Raghav noticed the presence of unusually shiny and trendy orange Porsche car parked. He realised,

'Taniya is here!' He rolled his eyes to himself.

The moment he entered the department, everybody ran towards them, asking if they were fine and about the last night's incident. Ganesh stopped all of them, asked them to give him a way. He had to report about the terrorist attack.