It was a dark room filled with medical beds.
On those beds, Ayush, Sakshi, Aarav, and Saavi slowly opened their eyes and sat up.
Ayush thought,
(Ahh!!...why is my head hurting so much?)
He grabbed his head tightly.
Saavi thought,
(Where am I??...it's so dark here...and this damn pain in my head.)
She got off her medical bed.
Aarav panicked and jumped off his bed, but his head throbbed sharply.
"Ahhh!! Dammm....what is this? Why is my head hurting so much?"
Sakshi sat upright. Her head was hurting too, but she didn't react much — she often had headaches like this. Her vision was blurry, but she could make out three familiar figures.
Then her eyes moved — and froze.
In a fearful, surprised tone, she said,
"Hey guys… look at that direction."
Everyone turned.
A figure sat at a table with his head lowered. He took a long, sharp breath… then leaned back in his chair.
"??? Ahhhhhh...this is perfect material."
The figure stood up and looked at them.
Everyone's heartbeat spiked.
Ayush narrowed his eyebrows.
(What was he doing??)
Saavi stepped backward.
Aarav's eyes widened in surprise; his fingers went cold.
(This room smells like pills and tablets… but it smells rough… not like regular medical stuff.)
Sakshi gripped her bed tightly, unable to move.
The figure slowly walked toward them.
"??? : seems like you wake up...ohh sorry by the way...I give you drugs...how it feels...does it feels like you got heaven aren't it ??"
Then that figure laughs.
Ayush replied in a joking tone,
"Nah… it feel like we are in some kind of party."
The figure stopped laughing and walked closer.
Now they could see him clearly.
He looked in his early twenties. Around 5'6" tall. Messy hair. Dark circles under his eyes. Full lips. His body was thin — silently skinny.
He stopped in front of Ayush and stared into his eyes.
Ayush smirked.
"What happened… short one??"
The man suddenly drove his knee into Ayush's stomach.
"Ahww!!!"
Ayush grabbed his stomach and stepped back with pain . Aarav rushed to support him.
Sakshi gasped and stood up fully.
Saavi glared.
"Hey!! What are you doing...why you attack."
She stepped forward, but Aarav grabbed her hand and stopped her.
The man burst into crazy laughter and walked back to his table. He picked up a white powder packet and threw it toward them.
"??? Want take this...this make you feel like you are at your peak dopamine."
He laughed like a psychopath. "Haahahahhaha."
Ayush kicked the packet away.
"Didn't want your drugs."
The man stopped laughing.
His eyes turned cold — completely emotionless.
Sakshi whispered to Aarav,
"A..Aa..Arav...I...I...thik we should run out from this room."
Aarav nodded — but before he could speak—
The man grabbed an axe and attacked Ayush.
Everyone screamed.
Aarav pulled Ayush aside. The axe missed.
They ran toward the door.
The man slowly pick the Axe and slowly turned and walked after them.
Aarav's body trembled as he opened the door. They rushed into the hallway.
Suddenly they stopped.
Yash, Ritika, and Vaibhavi — their seniors — stood there.
For a second, confusion.
Then they saw the man behind them.
They tried approaching their seniors — but saw Yash grabbing Ritika and Vaibhavi's hands and running away.
They were confused . Why they run ?
Then—
A chainsaw roared.
The man ran toward Yash's direction.
When they saw Chainsaw man .The group ran the opposite way .
They entered a room and locked it.
Aarav took a long breath to calm himself.
Ayush collapsed onto the floor, breathing unevenly.
Sakshi leaned against the wall.
Saavi inhaled heavily.
They looked around.
The room was filled with full-body mannequins.
Ayush stood up, exhausted.
"Where we are?? Why that person was try to kill us...and then this room with full of Maniqu."
Aarav replied,
"I didn't know...but this place is so strange let see what's in this room and search for someone who can explain."
Sakshi nodded, still scared.
"Yeah...I didn't want to face that creep again."
She grabbed Ayush's hand.
Aarav looked at Saavi, expecting her to hold his.
Instead, Saavi folded her arms, gave a blank smile, and walked past him.
Aarav's face dropped.
(Ahh? What happened now?)
He followed her and tried to hold her hand.
She moved away sharply and glared.
"What happened Saavi?"
"Find yourself." She say flamly .
She walked deeper into the room.
Ayush stopped beside Aarav.
"What happened??"
"I didn't know." Arav say with disappointment .
Ayush narrowed his eyes.
"Did you ignore her again??"
Aarav realized.
He hadn't watched the reels she sent him on Instagram.
There were over 100.
He clenched his fist, frustrated, and threw a punch in the air — but stopped himself.
"Few minutes ago...I was not seeing her reels that's why she us mad...but that reels was over 100 plus."
Ayush and Sakshi burst out laughing.
Aarav glared and followed Saavi again.
Suddenly—
Sakshi froze.
From the corner of her eye, something moved.
She turned.
A figure stood there.
Completely black body.
Head slightly larger than normal.
Its smile stretched unnaturally wide — almost reaching its eyes.
Sakshi screamed.
Ayush grabbed her shoulders.
"What happened Sakshi??"
"Lo...loo...look..ov..over there."
She pointed.
But nothing was there.
"I think she is hallucinating," Aarav said.
"Remember what that crazy person said...he gived us drugs...so maybe in future moments whatever we see it will be illusion."
Ayush frowned, irritated.
They moved forward into another room.
Suddenly Aarav stopped.
"Oh shit...I forget to lock that door."
He turned—
The door slammed shut.
"Idiot," Saavi muttered.
"What!!...Arava..why you forgot...if that Crazy person reach to us???" Sakshi shouted.
The lights went out.
Silence.
Then—
The sound of the main door opening.
Footsteps.
A familiar voice.
Of Yash .
"Ayush" shouted hello — but no voice came out.
Then—
The sound of a chainsaw cutting through a door.
Suddenly—
They were teleported.
All of them stood in another room.
Ayush, Sakshi, Saavi, Aarav, Yash, Ritika, Vaibhavi.
Near the door stood Vansh.
He screamed as multiple spirits grabbed him.
Suddenly—
Mohini interrupted Maya.
"Stop play with him...he is Candidate not your toy."
"Fine...big sister."
The spirits released Vansh and moved behind Mohini and Maya.
More than 100 spirits stood there.
Cold eyes.
No emotion.
The temperature dropped.
Yash and the others rushed toward Vansh.
They formed a group.
Maya's burned face healed — becoming beautiful like Mohini.
She teased sweetly,
"Ohh..big sis look at them they look so scared."
They all pleaded at once,
"Please let us go..."
Mohini laughed softly.
"Ohh...now you want to go now...but it can't be possible...ofcourse after all it's your fault Vansh."
Vansh trembled.
"I didn't done anything...leave us."
Maya giggled.
"Ohh...Vansh...you are remembering to me a boy...he also cry like you...big sis...I thik we should send him to there as his first Case."
Mohini nodded thoughtfully.
"Humm....that's good choice."
She snapped her fingers.
Vansh vanished.
"Hey...where you send Vansh," Vaibhavi shouted.
Maya suddenly appeared behind her.
She grabbed Vaibhavi's hair and pulled it back.
The room fell into unnatural silence.
"How dare you...talk like this with my big sis."
Vaibhavi screamed. Ahhh!!!
"Leave her ..Maya," Mohini said calmly.
"But big sis—"
"I said leave her."
Maya rolled her eyes.
"Fine."
Mohini spoke calmly.
"Well Vansh is on Sprint Realm where he will solve his first Spirit Case...why we choose him..cause he is more capable then you all...let me send you observer mood where you can see Vansh...how he gonna solve it."
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Scene Shift. Pure silence
Vansh fell to the floor.
"Ahhh!!!"
He stood up.
"Those girls..." say in frustration.
He looked around.
Darkness.
Then—
A boy's crying echoed.
The room turned red.
The walls weren't cement.
They were made of human body parts.
Heads. Hands. Legs. Eyes.
All staring at Vansh.
His body went cold.
He couldn't breathe.
His heart pounded violently .
Suddenly the walls began screaming Vansh name .
Vansh collapsed.
The floor beneath him was blood — like water.
(No… no… no!!)
He screamed.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Chapter end.