Vicky had never heard the name of such a place ever, for one thing, he was sure that he had some kind of power he was unaware of. He didn't have any voluntary control over it. Also, he was unable to figure out how he went places and came back before he dies.
I think his subconscious mind knew when to fall back. Anyway, Vicky now had the only clue that is the name of the place. He thought of investigating it. He came down in the hall and looked for aunt Lily. Then he went backside lawn of the house where aunt Lily was watering the plants.
"What is bothering you, dear, any problem," asked aunt Lily
As if the aunt also knew some telepathy.
"aunty do you know a place named San Briganza?" asked Vicky
Aunt Lily was startled by the question but controlled her facial expressions and replied
"It was a town which people left years ago due to poor administration and lack of resources. People from there migrated to various other places in search of better habitation. But how did this name come into your mind?" asked aunt Lily
Vicky handed over the piece of paper to aunt Lily.
She saw the texture of the paper which was half burnt.
"Where did you get this?" asked aunt Lily.
"I will tell you everything but not here, Let's get inside the home first," said Vicky
They both went inside the home and sat on the sofa.
"Aunty you know jini," said Vicky
"ya the girl who is missing from yesterday," said Lily
" and I told you a shadow creature took her," said Vicky
"yesterday night I met here in the same dark forest," said Vicky
"What! are you serious?" aunt exclaimed
" I am not joking aunty, I was there, she took me to the town, you said it right the town is abandoned and nobody lived there. But I have only one question what is that creature doing there?" said Vicky
"Is there anything you are hiding about the town?" asked Vicky
Although the aunt was hiding many things because she didn't want Vicky to get into any kind of trouble.
" how do am I supposed to know about that creature." replied aunt Lily.
"Ok then, I am going out to the town to meet up some of my friends," said Vicky
"don't forget to refuel your bike," said Lily
" Sure aunty and thanks for reminding me" replied Vicky
Vicky mounted his bike and drove towards town. Vicky went to the central library, he felt there he could gather some information about San Briganza. He walked up to the librarian and asked about some books that contained information about old towns and villages which were vacated due to some reasons.
The librarian said, "there is no particular book about what you are asking, but I can get you old maps and the new maps, from there you could compare and find out about those places which earlier existed but are not today".
That sounded well to Vicky and he said " sure, kindly get me those".
"Ok then, please login into the register with your details," said the librarian
"Sure" Vicky replied
The librarian brought two sets of maps, one was an old one and the other was a new one. Vicky took both of them and looked for a place to settle down.
He found a place at the end of the library, so he stepped to the end of the library and settled there.
He opened both the maps and looked for San Briganza.
"Common Vicky, let's located the place" Vicky muttered in his mind.
Watching Vicky struggling with the maps, he heard a voice,
"May I help you, I am good in history and geography" said the girl sitting beside him.
As Vicky turned his head to his right, he saw she was the girl who gave him pastry that evening.
For the first time, Vicky saw such a beautiful girl from so close. No imperfection on her face, it looked that various features like her pale white skin, rubies like shining eyes, nose, ears, and light pink lips have been crafted by God with utmost precaution. When she turned the ringlet of hair behind her ear, one would faint seeing those gestures.
Vicky just drowned in her eyes and she snapped in front of him to wake him up.
" I I I was just you you know...just thinking...
and I went into something, sorry" Vicky replied
while blushing. He didn't know what to speak.
Then he normalised himself and said " did you find anything"
" yes, look here a place surrounded in deep forest, this is San Briganza, you see," Said the girl.
" hmmm, let me see," Vicky said as he was unable to locate the name through his eyes.
Then the girl grabbed Vicky's right-hand index finger and place it on the name on the map.
A spark of current went through his body as this was the first time any girl touched him. He was not so social in school and college as well.
"The location is 400 miles away from San Luis." said the girl.
" Thanks for helping me out, by the way, I am Vicky," said Vicky
"and I am Jenny, I am a geology student" the girl replied.
" Also thanks for the pastry that evening, I work part-time in the orphanage nearby your shop," said Vicky
" that's nice, I heard about the girl going missing, felt sorry about that," said Jenny
" Yeah, I know, this makes me admit that there is only one thing certain in life and that is uncertainty," said Vicky
" Now I have to move, as I need to reach the shop to help my dad, here is my contact, if you need any more help feel free to contact me," said Jenny
Vicky felt at the top of the world, as he got her contact number.
Then he rolled out of the library and headed back home.
He had his dinner and repeated the same process, switched off the lights went to sleep.
But this time he was mentally ready for where ever he would go after closing his eyes.
"Let's see where would I go" he said in his mind.