Cherreads

Chapter 4 - "The Cursed Room"

Blayne arrived at the location in the span of half an hour.

Cleyn was sitting with the Driver engulfed in sadness. Blayne jumped from the automobile, carrying 2 coffee mugs with a shocked expression.

"Sir, Blayne has arrived." Driver said with a quick tone.

"Huh, lets hope we have a positive end to this one" Cleyn said with a disheartened tone.

Blayne arrived closer to the two. With a slight smile, he sat beside them and placed the coffee mugs. Driver stood up to shake his hand while Cleyn stood there with extreme sad behaviour.

"Hello buddies. Whats the matter? U guys seem lost like u lost a marathon just because your shoes were stolen." Blayne said, trying to make a chilling atmosphere.

"Particularly losing humanity is a bigger lose than that." Cleyn said, not even lifting his head. 

"Well I agree to that but taking life that seriously would take you nowhere ahead. Try to take things easy upon yourself. Also, do tell me that why you needed my car as an emergency?" Blayne said, with a slight friendly voice.

"I am tired Blayne. I wonder when things would get back to normal. Just today, we lost 3 more men from our forces." Cleyn said with a sigh, trying to lift his head.

"Those freaks would pay for all the damage they engraved upon us but trust me sooner or later, things would get better eventually" Blayne said, patting Cleyn on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

Cleyn gave Blayne a slight smile, picked the coffee mug and started taking quick sips. In a matter of seconds, he emptied the mug, stood up and started to walk towards the vehicle. The Driver silently followed them aswell.

"Thats the quickest I have seen you do something" Blayne said with a slight smile.

"I can't waste time like you do on dates every weekend" Cleyn responded, trying to start a friendly fire.

"Dude you won't stop with these rants, would you?" Blayne said with a smile, tapping the automated system to the vehicle.

"Yeah unless you get married so you stop getting late." Cleyn said, with an upper smile.

"No time for these things yet." Blayne said, with the smile aswell.

All of them sat in the car. Cleyn signaled Blayne to go towards the hospital from where the ambulance arrived. He shortlisted the location of the hospital with the call records and the GPS attached in the vehicle.

Cleyn read the location specified on the record, it stated:

"Vensky Scott Hospital"

"Near Antoli Town, Vanderoid"

"Open 9am to 11pm"

"Check on your friends before its too late."

In the span of 5 minutes, they reached their destination.

"Stop here, this seems to be the gloomy hospital" Carter said, indicating Blayne to make a halt.

"Vensky Scott-.Seems like a pastry to me more than a hospital. The last quote speaks facts though." Blayne said, raising half of his eye brows.

"It's about time, I confront them and serve them with a piece of my pastry if they are involved with those mongers" Cleyn said, with a little aggressive tone.

"Alright big guy, let's grab their cheeky butts and serve them hot coffee" Blayne said, without any second thoughts. He eventually moved out.

Cleyn looked at him raising his eye brows partially. Even the Driver chuckled on this one. Cleyn jumped off the vehicle, telling the Driver to wait in the parking until they return. He responded with a yes node.

"Do you think we will get the answers we are thriving for over here?" Blayne said, looking around and scanning the area vaguely.

"We can atleast serve them hot coffee." Responded Cleyn, trying to return with a slight humor.

Both passed a smile to each other and entered the hospital.

The hospital had a good vibe, regular patients, ward boys rushing right and left. A body being rushed into the emergency ward. Upon entering, Blayne started searching for the reception. Cleyn stood there, looking at the lady crying in a nearby cabin room with the door wide open. 

Blayne looked behind and saw that Cleyn wasn't following him. He returned to Cleyn and whispered. "You better stop rizzing every women out there. Leave some of them for us." 

He was expecting a witty response but Cleyn stood there; silent, still & lost in his thoughts.

He patted Cleyn and said, with a concerning tone "Heyy, are u okay Cleyn? U seem very off today. Have you taken enough sleep today?"

"Uhmm.....I feel like I have seen this specific day somehow" Cleyn responded with a low tone that Blayne had a problem hearing him.

"Perhaps a bad dream. Leave her, she might be having a bad day. Lets complete the task we are here for" Blayne said, trying to divert Cleyn's attention from the lady.

"Look closely now she will start bawling because she has lost a closed one." Cleyn said with the same low tone.

"So, whats our concern with that? Everyone out there lose their closed ones." Blayne said with a quick pace.

"Its a familiar concern Blayne. Just wait and watch." Cleyn said, with a complete clearity in his voice.

Blayne stood there waiting for something he never believed could be real. He saw a doctor and nurse coming towards the lady sitting in the room. His eye balls also got attention of one of the receptionists arriving towards the desk. He started to approach the desk with slow and steady steps.

"We are sorry Miss Sasha. Your brother, Dr Perk is no more. We tried every possible way to save him but couldn't. Unfortunately, he came under the influence of a substance we can't describe particularly yet." Doctor said with a comforting voice. Nurse tried to pat Sasha on her back.

With a short pause, a huge cry of disdain and shouting echoed over the complete hospital. All the people turned towards her. Blayne looked at Cleyn with half raised eye brows, indicating a possible confusion.

"YOU ALL ARE INVOLVED IN THIS CRIME, U KILLED MY POOR...DDEARR BROTHER. DO YOU THINKK I AM DUMB ENOUGHH TO BELIEVE ALL THIS NONSENSE???" Sasha said with a huge shrilling voice. Nurse tried to hold her hands.

"I know its been a big grief for you miss but trust me, we are also searching for the reason behind all this." Doctor said with a friendly tone.

"YOU JEALOUS PEOPLE, YOU ALL COULDN'T BEAR THE SUCCESS HE WAS HAVING THATS WHY U KILLED HIM" Sasha yapped with an aggressive tone.

"I guess you require emotional support to bear your loss." Doctor told her with a low tone.

"I would't take rest until I get all of you behind bars or get the ultimate perpetrator" Sasha said with a confident yet raged voice.

Both Cleyn and Blayne along with rest of the hospital was listening to this convo with pure amusement. Blayne continued going forwards, eyes focused on the Doctor and Sasha. Cleyn however stood there, still lost.

"Especially that Cleyn, WHOEVER that freak is will pay immensely. He was the one who ensured us that nothing would happen to my brothers. Meanwhile, one of them is missing from a long time and NOW, my younger brother had taken his last breath today-" Sasha said, crying heavily after this.

After this, now even Blayne stood in disbelief about two more questions that stood before him.

One being the identity of the lady, Sasha.

Secondly, how was Cleyn so sure that this specific moment would occur today? How did he calculate the timings for this? 

Before he could get any answers to these, a hand came from behind and patted him on the shoulder, with a slow voice.

"The town slept like it always did—on top of its sins."

More Chapters