The Murderer Escapes

Murderer Escapes

He walked in with a knife. Removed the Sweat which rolled down his fore head with the sleeves of his black shirt which was quite oversized. Just a few more minutes baby and I will have all the money, he told himself. He knew it won’t be that easy. As instructed he removed the covering  of the man sleeping and lifted knife in air and in full force aimed to drill it through the ribs of the man sleeping, into his heart. Just about a few centimeters from destination, someone held his arm strongly his strength was inhuman and rolled him on the floor. He couldn’t see the person in the darkness he fell on a table which crushed down with him. He was sure he was about to get the beating of a lifetime. Memories of life flash in front of him hard working mom and dad, his escape from home to see the bigger world and then finally ending up as a gambler and losing possibly everything that he had. His life was the only thing that was spared. But tonight’s failure meant his life will be taken from him. He wouldn’t be able to save his daughter, she was his life. If anything happened to her he will die. But even after a minute nothing happened, he gathered some courage and turned on the flash light. And it directly targeted the man sleeping. Seeing the sight, he froze. It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. It wasn’t just a routine threat anymore, it was a murder and more importantly the man was murdered by his knife the knife which Krish brought with him, the same knife which he dropped in the collision with the mysterious man in the dark and he had murdered Mr. Sen. But the one who will be held for this will be Krish. He knew he was screwed something bad was coming up for him.

There is only one way I can save myself he thought, remove all possible evident that was there in the room. He took carefully pulled out the knife and erased all fingerprints and he was about to leave the knife on the bed but then he thought to take it and destroy it forever and opened the door. He wondered what is waiting in the future for him. His daughter’s kidnappers certainly wouldn’t like to know that the person who was asked to be threatened seriously was murdered. Will he be able to see his daughter ones again he thought.

He opened the door of the car that the kidnappers had sent him for this operation. But someone touched something cold and metallic on the back of his neck and few other men grabbed him from behind. Someone barked at him “stay still or we will shoot you bastard!!”

He was turned around by two constables after searching his whole body and they made him kneel down on the floor and stripped him out of his shirt and trousers and left him only in his underwear and searched fiercely in every possible part of his underwear. But they found nothing. At least not what they were looking for. He wondered how police reached there so early. And then the officer held his neck n lifted him in the air. He knew this inhuman strength. It was the same man who had taken him over in the room. Everything was clear to him. How close he was of fucking up his life he just realized. He just saved it by throwing the knife in basement of the lift. The inspector barked “What are you doing here?”

“My car was not starting. So I was trying to fix it, when you guys came and stripped me naked.”Krish said, faking a smile. But inside he knew it was by no means over..It was just the beginning of a battle to bring back his daughter.

II

“How are feeling krish?” asked Dr. Sneha Roy.

“uhh…..Nnnnot good!” said in a faint voice.

“Now come back to yourself krish. Forget whatever happened. Pia is waiting for you.”

Krish opened his eyes and found Sneha turning on the lights of her chamber, where Krish was having his regular counseling. Its more than a year now that he has to take help from a psychiatrist due to his sudden emotional bursts. At least this was what Krish was told about his sickness. But Sneha knew it was far more serious. It was a case of a lifetime. But she hesitated to go with it upfront, as she knew if anyone came to know about Krish he will soon be killed. And being a doctor her first and foremost priority was to save her patient, which she was doing for the last one year. But nothing was working. All the medicines, all the counseling, everything was going in vain. She had to figure out some other way she thought.

“What happened last night doctor? I don’t remember a thing. Did I say something about last night?”

Hypnotism was such a phenomenon where everything a person knows can be brought out of his sub conscious mind, which he may not remember once he comes back to his own. Same was the case with Krish. He used to forget “some” things like he forgot what happened last night.

“Nothing special.” Sneha said covering all the unbelievable secrets which she came to know about krish’s last night’s adventure, by hypnotizing him. Krish looked upset.

He said, “I think my daughter was kidnapped last night!”

“Not in my knowledge. She is waiting for you outside the room with her nanny. And I don’t think even she knows anything about it. It’s just that you worry for her so much and you feel like this. I am giving you some sleeping pills take these. You need some rest.”

Krish came out of the chamber, took her daughter Pia and went back home. He tried to remember about last night. Some foggy memories came to his mind but two things came to his mind prominently one Pia got kidnapped and two a blood stained knife. Both the scenes made him froze. No matter how much he tried, nothing came to his mind about the last night except for those two things.

III

Sneha called Mr. Deb Dutta, the private investigator that she had hired for Krish, the relation between Sneha and Deb were complex. They used to date each other during college, but things fell apart as time went on. And now they were just friends, though at times both felt they were more than just friends. Sneha had asked Deb to follow Krish where ever he goes in the night. And he has been doing this for more than a week now. Deb picked up the phone

“before you ask about krish let me tell you I have got some unbelievable things to tell you about last night. And I am quite sure Dan Brown wouldn’t mind making it the plot of his next story!” he said and started laughing.

“Shut up!” Sneha fired back. And said tell me what happened in details.

What Deb said next was totally the same thing that Krish had told her from his subconscious mind earlier on.

“Perfect!” Sneha said “I have got a plan for tonight. I know it’s becoming a bit risky but it’s the only way to save Krish before this gets out of hands.”

“Tell me what’s the plan?” Deb enquired. Sneha explained her master plan to Deb, and disconnected. She wondered if any medical book would encourage her to do this, but she was ready to do anything to make this case a success. Not only a successful career, a success in this case would save the life of Krish and his daughter Pia, she thought.

IV

Inspector Ram kept down his cup of tea and listened to whatever his caller had to say. Girls are always demanding he thought. And his sister was the most demanding girl he had ever met, even more demanding than all the girlfriends he had he thought. Had it not been for her, Krish should have been in jail by now. And she said that Krish is innocent?? How come? That useless Deb showed the video and it cleared out everything. But what keeps her sister Sneha saying that Krish is not the murderer he thought. He kept the phone down after listening to her. He was sure it will be a long night tonight.

V

Krish woke up. And found a sms in his cell phone it said “If u want to save your daughter then meet us @ the parking lot of hind shopping mall!” He will have to save his daughter he thought. And went straight to his destination with his knife. It was passed 10 so the parking lot was almost empty. He started going in when a black SUV screeched to stop right in front of him. A man came out of the car and held his neck. He knew this inhuman strength. It was the murderer who had murdered Sen the last night he thought. But he managed to escape from his grip and took out his knife. Deb thought this is it. He is going to die when Ram caught Krish from behind. Krish started shouting “this is the man who killed Sen.. He is the murderer!!!” He became violent, just like he had become the last night Ram thought. He thought of shooting his brain off if he does anything to harm them he thought, but then from the other door of the car came Sneha with Pia, and said “look krish here is Pia. She is safe!” Ram was holding the gun firm in his hands. One bad move and you are dead my friend, he thought.

But nothing happened. Expressions of Krish changed in seconds. From a cruel and vicious one it changed to one of a loving father. She kissed and hugged her madly and started sobbing. Seeing this both Ram and Deb were stunned. They were expecting a highly action packed night but then it turned out to be something else. And then Krish said “ How come I am here?And how did you come here Doctor??And who are you two??” he asked looking at Ram and Deb.

“You go home and take rest Krish, I will see you later and explain all this as well.”Sneha said.

Krish left for his home. And Sneha, Ram and Deb went to Sneha’s home. Deb and Ram wanted an explanation of what happened in front of their eyes.

VI

Sneha felt victorious and she was about to surface all the things that she came to know about Krish in the one year. She began :

“Krish grew up with a lot of problems in his life. He never got that happiness. 1^st he lost his parents then he lost his wife. Now his daughter was the only one left to him, and he will do anything to save her. But the problem is he can’t be as much ruthless as much required to live the life of a gambler. Deep down inside he thought he couldn’t save his parents and wife, so will also not be able to save his daughter. This gave rise to a different person in him, who will do anything to save her. But the two persons are different. One the normal Krish and the other a daredevil, a hero, a murderer. Scientifically it’s said to be a case of “Multiple personality disorder” where there resides more than one soul in a single body.”

“Ok I get you, but please explain what happened last night??” Deb asked.

“Now there is someone other than us who knows about this problem of Krish’s,who had faked a kidnapping of Pia and asked him to threat Sen. But there was a mishap. Deb didn’t know that Krish was only going to threaten him, so he tried to save Sen, but he couldn’t. In this collision came back our normal Krish, but before that, he had already killed Sen, and seeing the blood came back the fierce Krish and you know it after that.”

“How do you know about this change of personality of his last night? Did he tell u during counseling?” Asked Deb.

“I don’t know. I just think that’s what happened, and this is what logic tells me. In fact Krish didn’t remember if he stabbed the man or not during his counseling, but I think my hypothesis proves  everything to you guys.” She said with a big grin.

“Ya whatever!” Ram said, certainly not liking his defeat.

“You are a genius!” Deb said and winked.

“But the problem is not over, we need to find out who knows about Krish’s condition other than us..” Sneha injected.

“Ya the case is not closed yet!” Ram said uninterestingly.

“Well I need to go now.” Deb said and left.

Back in the car he felt good he felt like a winner, he had fooled a psychiatrist and an inspector he thought all thanks to Krish’s disease and a little video editing of last night. The idiot Krish wouldn’t have been able to kill Sen he knew so he pushed Krish and killed Sen himself that no one will ever be able to know.He thought Krish may have recognized him earlier that evening at the parking lot, but it was not to be he thought and smirks. The murderer escapes.