Edge of darkness

A hideous period

"I'm home!"

"Huh! The door's locked?"

"Are they not at home?"

Michael brought out the keys of his house while he was standing in front of that enormous door. He was thinking of his parents generally they are back before him but sometimes if there is a meeting they return home a bit later than usual and that was totally normal as both his father and mother worked in same company and were the head. The whole company would go to him after his parents once he is 27 according to their will. That's why he always kept a spare key of the house with him. He opened the door, threw his shoes went to his room and threw the bag on the table and took a shower.

He checked out the refrigerator as he was starving and found there were only instant noodles in the place of home cooked food with which he had no problem at all as he liked instant noodles too. He cooked the noodles, ate it and moved to his computer to play games. He launched the SOD- Advance Warfare and started playing it.

"Heh heh, I jzzzt love this game and today i will complete the last mission and will move to ASSASSINS FREED after that RESIDENT DEVIL."

The moment he reached the final place of the map the doorbell rang just the moment he was distracted the screen turned red and said," GAME OVER",

Frustrated Michael went to the door only to find the delivery man with the parcel of his neighbour who was waiting outside his door, Michael showed the direction of the house and moved inside while the delivery man left apologising. He sat on the chair again and restarted the game.

"This time i will definitely complete this mission", said to himself and started playing again. When he reached the mid, the phone rang which was the reason of his mission failure again.

He went to pick up the phone. The man on the other side had called a mechanic, when Michael said this is wrong number the man on the other side 'Jimmy Otterson' insisted that the number war right. After sometime Michael won the debate and moved toward his screened out computer when he clicked the mouse he found the screen was still red flashing the 'GAME OVER'. He restarted the mission and the time he was about to win the phone rang again. The shutdown his computer in frustration and sweared on his luck. He went to the phone picked it up.

"Is this a mechanic's number", asked Jimmy Otterson.

"Yes it is, and if you called again I will f*****g come to you, to repair your f*****g mind. Now s***k your ass yourself and remember not to call his number again or I will f*****g waste you"

Michael disconnected the phone and was breathing heavily in anger and frustration. Just the moment he kept the reciever down the phone rang again he hastily picked it up and screamed, " I said this is not the number of a f*****g mechanic. Don't you get that"

"Hey Mike! What's with that 'F' word since when you started swearing"

" Oh, Uncle Thomas! Is that you? Why do you sound all tensed up"

Just then he heard a sobbing sound and asked about that too. He had to wait before he got his answer an when his uncle spoke he heard his Uncle's voice was much heavier than ever.

"Mike, there is bad news and I don't know how to explain it too you"

" hey! What happened?"

"Come to the city hospital where you were admitted during your sick period"

" w...what happened, why are you so tensed"

"Mike your parents have met an accident while their way back you need to hurry"

" He disconnected the call and put the reciever on the table with shaking hand he picked up the key from the drawer and moved towards the door of his mansion with heavy breaths and shaking limbs. His eyes were red and lips twitched as he controlled his emotions. Before disconnecting the call he heard his uncle saying, "doctors said they don't have much time left and there is a very small chance of saving them"

He moved outside the house locked the door and stared his father's Bentley ready to drive with him.