The Destiny of Nexus

Chapter-8

                                    Ronny didn’t know what to do. His pupils dilated. He couldn’t just hand them over to the mafia, who will later use it on our own country. He pushed him away and used the prototype on him. f**k, it worked, he exclaimed. He wanted to shout “EUREKA” but that was not possible at the moment. The three people standing behind started running towards Ronny to catch him, so he started running down like hell. His blood pressure was high, adrenaline at its peaks, heart beating like a racehorse. Ronny thought he’ll get a heart attack. He started breathing through mouth. Ronny cried for help as I was hearing him the whole time.  As soon as I heard him, I drove my car to the building and started running upstairs like a madman. As soon as Ronny came to the fourth floor, he fell down. He realised he couldn’t run anymore. So he hid himself in a room that is half constructed on the same floor. Three people came down; one remained to search the fourth floor while others went down to the third floor. I encountered two people on the first floor. Good thing was I am excelled in martial arts. So I fought them off easily. Meanwhile, the person searching the fourth floor found Ronny. He tried to snatch the bag that contained prototypes, but Ronny held them tightly. He was so angry and frustrated that he started to hit Ronny. In the process of defending himself, Ronny took down his mask. Now Ronny could see the face of one of the mafia member. He panicked. Now, he was strangling Ronny with his hands. Ronny was at the edge of the building. He could push him down easily. But maybe he was trying to kill Ronny by strangling, so he didn’t think of pushing him from the building. Ronny’s vision was starting to get blurred and he couldn’t breathe. Then Ronny saw me after finally knocking off the two people and approached the fourth floor. Ronny had a moment of relief. But it was short lived. When I pulled the mafia guy back, he kicked Ronny, and Ronny went out of the building. He was now hanging at the edge of the building.

                             I tried to help him, but that mafia fucker kept on pulling me back. Ronny’s hands were hurting and I don’t think he could hold the edge anymore. Finally I knocked him out and ran towards my friend. The moment I tried to catch his hand, he let go of the edge and was now falling to the ground like a dead bird that got shot in the air. People say that, at the moment before you die, you see your whole life in a flash. But the moment Ronny was about to touch the ground and die, he lost my consciousness.

                                Meanwhile, I was horrified. I was just a split second late. If I would have come a second earlier, I could have saved him. It was second time I am taught about the value of a miniscule. Seeing him fall down made me feel helpless. I was screaming so loud, and my mind kept hoping that somehow I should save him. The moment he was about to touch ground, I closed my eyes. It all happened in a span of seconds, but it felt like a lifetime. My energy drained away. I was so exhausted. But somehow I managed to stand up and walked downstairs. On my way, I fell down many times but I continued to walk, sometimes crawled even. Finally, I could see Ronny lying on the ground from a distance. I didn’t know how to face him, even though he was dead. I walked towards him slowly. When I came near him, there was no blood. He fell from the fourth floor, and there was no blood. I didn’t understand. I lifted him a bit and placed him on my lap. He was completely normal, and there were no injuries. He was just dusty that's all. I started to shake him hoping he would regain consciousness, and yes he did. I felt like a mountain has been lifted over my shoulder. The moment after he opened his eyes, I fainted.   

                                 I opened my eyes and found myself lying on my bed in the mansion surrounded by Nyssa, Ronny, and David. David looked well. Maybe he stopped using drugs. I asked Ronny what happened after…, Ronny shushed me. I thought maybe he didn’t tell either of them about the incident yet. He gave me a stare that looked like “just stop asking what you were going to.” Ronny said that he found me unconscious when he visited me earlier. Then he made a call to Nyssa and David and asked them to come here. You were also given an IV shot, as you were so tired, Ronny continued. How long was I asleep? It’s been a day, Nyssa replied. Anyway, I feel fine now, so please stop treating me like a patient. I got up, and they made special items for me to eat. While eating, I said to David, you look well. Stopped using drugs? Yeah, I am in control now. Also, I started to study chemistry again. You guys know how good I was with all those chemicals. Trying different combinations of elements in different quantities to produce a new compound, Ah! It’s so fun and also a source of income for my family, he replied. Good for you, David, I said. 

                                        Ronny didn’t know anything about David till now. He was supposed to be angry, but he was hiding a secret either, so he was all right. Nyssa listened to everything silently. After everyone became silent, she asked, what happened to you, Steve? Why did you become unconscious? I, uh... I stammered. I didn’t eat breakfast yesterday. Maybe I became tired and fainted. Don’t you worry about it Nyssa. I wanted to change the topic, but I couldn’t talk about Ronny, so I asked David. How is everything with your family, David? To be frank, it is just awesome. I wondered how great it would if I would have helped them back then. But that’s fine. We are together and happy now, and that’s all because of you, he said. I smiled… 

                          So what shall we do? Ronny asked. I was surprised as he was acting as if nothing happened. Let’s go for a drive, Nyssa screamed with joy. Ah, I guess I’ll stick to house today. We can have fun here, I suggested them. We started singing and dancing like drunk people and then swam for a while to restore our energy, then played Badminton and finally we all sat down and saw "Friends” for a while. Hours passed just like that. For that moment, we forgot about everything and completely enjoyed. It was 8 o’clock, and they were about to leave. As they were leaving, I pulled Ronny back and asked, what about yesterday? It’s not the right time, he said. It’s driving me crazy, so please tell me. I guess you won’t believe me even if I say so, he replied. For God’s sake, try me Ronny. Just tell me what happened? Okay fine, Steve, when I was falling like a dead bird, the moment before I lost my consciousness, I was floating above the ground. I don’t know how, but I didn’t fell to the ground directly. I know it’s impossible and that’s why I didn’t want to share, Ronny said. I believe you, Ronny. But would you believe me if I say I am the reason that you are alive? What are you talking Steve? What could you have possibly done that made me float Steve? I think I have powers, Ronny. I can do things with my mind. Steve, I know we both faced a trauma and I don’t have an explanation for what happened. But what you are saying, it doesn’t make any sense. If you really had powers you could have saved me before I fall. You have to believe me, Ronny. This is not the first time. Something like this happened earlier with me and David. All this time, Nyssa and David were listening to us from behind the wall. As soon as they came to us, we tried to act normal. Oh! Stop the act. We listened to everything. So Steve please continue about what you were saying, said Nyssa. As I was saying, this happened earlier. When the truck incident happened, we thought the driver applied brakes at the right moment. But later we came to know that he never applied the brakes. Yeah he’s right. I was there with him that moment, said Nyssa. I guess I stopped the truck that time with my mind. There were two common things in both the incidents. The first one is I thought about the thing that needed to be done.  In the first case, it was for the truck to stop and in the second case to stop Ronny somehow from falling to ground. The second one is as soon as what I thought happened, I was drained of energy, and I became tired too. Believe me guys; there is something that we don’t understand. Nyssa, do you remember about the truck driver saying something about haunting? Yeah he said something wanted to punish him. So there are two possibilities here. Either I have powers or the thing that is haunting the truck driver has helped me out for some reason and that thing had drained my energy like a parasite. 

                                  This sounds so f****d up. We don’t even understand the matter here. Where should we even go to get answers for questions like this? David asked. He was right. All these concepts were new to us and neither of us is into occult studies. Maybe we should find a person like a psychic or I don’t know what to call them, Nyssa said. How can we know who is real or who is fake? All are frauds these days. Anyway, we will find no one at this time. So it’s better if you guys head back and have a sound sleep. I want all of you in good form tomorrow. I just want to say one thing: “No matter what happens, you guys can trust me.” Okay? We do, Steve. We all do. They said in unison. We all hugged, and they departed to their homes.         

                                   They all left. I didn’t wanted to be alone, and also I don’t want them to be worried. So it's better like this. I decided no more thinking, and I went straight to sleep hoping everything will be good the next day.