Episode 1

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He slightly opened the big glass  window and went into his balcony. Every moment of his life was just passing through his eyes like a cinema reel. He was scared, he was reluctant but last he was a slave. He went to end of the glass border of the balcony. He looked down, he studied that he was around 60 feet high, he thought for a second that if he jumped, it would be a serious head injury, or even no chances to be alive. But there was no option.. He slowly took out his phone, he started typing a huge message, a message for his friend but before he could complete the message writing. A quick wave of air blow onto him from behind and like pushing him down, he just felt down from that place SCREAMING.

That night, was the last night of Ravi’s life...

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WAY TO HELL 

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             With a huge amount of anxiety Vikrant shut the door. Vikrant was just arrived home from his office. He seemed tensed.

Took a bath, and wore up some cozy and came in the living room.

         He turned on the T.V, brought some cup noodle to eat, and turned on the A.C. Now he was feeling relaxed as he was all set, watching his favourite NETFLIX’s show.

          Vikrant forgots everything when he surrounded himself with his favourite things. Vikrant had setup a 5.1 Dolby at his home... He was possessed by the things which trigger entertainment. And now Vikrant was trying to engage in the show and forget whatever happened today.

        Vikrant being a good software designer was rebuke by his boss as not making the work more efficient. Vikrant was started getting more and more offended day by day by his boss.  Vikrant just thought up to quit the job, but without money, he was nothing. Vikrant can't afford to lose the job as he was not having any other source of income.

Vikrant was just thinking of money, money and money. He thought about the expenditure he made this month and thought how much he is left with now RS.5, 766.

Vikrant took a deep breath. He had a half month ahead for the next Payment... But before that, He has to look for the EMI of his newly brought bike.

“Seriously I am such a bullshit...I brought the bike just to show off and now regretting.”

“She don’t even look at you then still why don’t you understand!!”

Vikrant frowned at himself...

Vikrant was having a crush on a lady in his office. And Vikrant always tries to impress her by showing off with his branded things.

But Naina was a simple girl, she just dislikes those who show off’s. So she never looked at Vikrant with that angle. She just thought him as Boring, and a pathetic idiot.

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                   Vikrant calmed himself and concentrated on the show to forget his problems. And after some time he got totally engage in the program.

*pop up*

His phone made a sound alerting him that he has a message, but Vikrant ignored the message. He was just getting absorbed by the show.

               After an hour when the show ended, Vikrant look at the local news channel for checking the updates. And suddenly he saw something familiar.

’28 YEAR OLD GUY SUCIDED FROM 4TH FLOOR OF TRIVEDI HEGHITS’

“What Trivedi Heights! This is the place where Ravi lives.” Vikrant thought.

‘RAVI NARAYAN, A 28 YEAR OLD GUY SUCIDED FROM 4TH FLOOR OF TRIVEDI HEGHITS’

“WHAT!!!!!” Vikrant was not able to believe, his heart sank. He ran closer to the T.V and started looking at the news more detailed...

Ravi was one of Vikrant’s best friend, they had a lot of memories together.

“NO, NO! I can’t believe I just need to check it out..” Vikrant decided to go to Ravi’s place.

Vikrant stood up and quickly, took his phone and there saw that he was having a message from Ravi.

“Oh god, He last texted me but while that time I was watching the program and just ignore, he might wanted to tell me something.” Thinking this Vikrant check out the message...

‘HELLO BROTHER, I AM SORRY FOR WHATEVER I DID WRONG TO YOU, AT THIS MOMENT I AM FEELING EXTREME SADNESS.. I AM SORRY FOR EVERYTHING. I WANT TO SAY SORRY WITH MY WHOLE AND SOUL.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER, WE SHARE GREAT IDEA'S,

MEMORIES.

        I DONT WANT ANY THING BETWEEN US UNTOLD.

ONE THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU FROM VERY LONG...

A BIG SECRET, A SECRET OF MY PAST. ITS A WAY, WHICH CAN END ALL YOUR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.

THAT CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE. YOU DONT NEED TO WORK HARD FOR YOU LIFETIME THEN. IT IS THAT,

I HAVE AN OLD ANCESSTROL TREASURE...

SOMEHOW I WAS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE IT. BUT I WANT YOU TO GET IT ALL, FOR YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW ABOUT THE VILLA I HAVE IN LONAVLA... IT WAS A VERY OLD PLACE FROM MY GREAT GRAND FATHER’S-FATHER GENERATION... SEE I HAVE VERY LESS TIME WITH ME... I DONT KNOW BUT SOMETHING IS BEHIND ME... I GUESS IT’S STARING ME... THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU NOW IS THAT... JUST ONCE COME AT MY HOUSE AND JUST GO THROUGH MY CUPBOARD DRA....’

“Wait what dra!!!” while reading Vikrant end up with a confused look.

Whatever had happened. It was terrible... Vikrant took his bike keys and went to the Trivedi heights...

  He found a huge crowd there... crossing them somehow he made a way to the 4th floor. And when he reached at 4th floor he found Police has sealed the place and bordered it with “Do not cross this line”

Vikrant thought it that it was harder job to talk to police to get inside,

because the answer must be NO from them... They won’t let me in unless they complete their investigation.

Vikrant wandered for long and decided that he will return here at 2am. During the mid-night hour when police will complete their investigation and they will back to their place, Vikrant will secretly get into the house.

                So as he did,perfect 2’o clock, Vikrant arrived at Ravi’s place. He looked at the ‘DO NOT CROSS THE LINE’ and slowly put his foot forward. Both of them were having the keys of each other’s house so that when they need, they can come and go. Ravi blindly trusted Vikrant as a good friend. And so Vikrant maintained that image. Ravi as having the room keys, he unlocked the door quietly and entered the place.

It was dark inside, Vikrant turn on the lights, there was some blood dropped on the floor and a knife too, seems like before dying, someone has tried to harm Ravi with the knife and Ravi might have jumped or pushed by the person down.

“Who the fucking killer might be... I don’t remember any enemy Ravi had. Instead Ravi was a gentle guy.”

Vikrant was thinking as he was moving towards Ravi’s bedroom.

Vikrant silently went in the bedroom, everything was messed up, as the investigators might have done this. Vikrant looked at the cupboards and opened it. The investigators were also gone through this as these were too messy. Vikrant tried to think what ‘dra’ means, if we thing about ‘cupboard dra’ he thought. For a second he thought does he want to tell about bra and it might his keyboard make it dra...

“No no... Why would he have a bra in his home...? Dra also resembles to... DRAWERS!!

Yeah it might be DRAWERS.” Vikrant was talking to himself..

And as he came to a conclusion that the dra was for DRAWERS.

He opened the cupboard drawer. The first one was full of different designs and texture and gradient TIE’s. Then he opened another one and surprisingly found something odd... he took it out... it was a big, quite burned old Cloth... he unfolded it and saw that there was a certain kind of a map.

         Vikrant got amazed by the texture it has and a feel of historical period.

Just to make sure if he is missing, he checked out the last drawer, but it was carrying nothing, just some Ravi’s stuff.

Vikrant closed the drawers and so the cupboard.

And quickly came in the living room and as he arrived in the living room he was just STUNNED... HE SAW A HUGE FIGURE CREATURE IN FRONT OF HIS AND VIKRANT JUST FALL BACKED AFTER LOOKING AT IT...

But the next movement Vikrant closed his eyes and when he opened back... the creature was gone. Nothing was there.

“WHAT WAS THAT!!!!?” Vikrant thought. Vikrant's heart was pounding.

Vikrant slowly hold the wooden table and stood up. And then quickly moved out from the house. And locked it back...

Vikrant returned home at 3’o clock. He was totally mixed up with lot many feelings at a time.. he was sad as his one of the good friend died, he was happy because he will be financially great because of the treasure map he got, he was also scared and confused 'who the hell he saw at Ravi’s home.' And was totally tired by the tough work he had done...

He took out the map from his bag to check it what it is actually.

It was a old style painted map on cloth. It was showing some rooms and the names to those were indicated with something that was written in Sanskrit..  The treasure was at lonavla at Ravi’s farmhouse.

“I need to go there...” Vikrant mummered.

“AND YEAH!! I’LL BE RICH SOON!”

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