The sun rose over the tall mountains that stood at a far distance spreading its rays all over. Shiva woke up but still sleepy, he was up till late night thinking about the killer, the curse, and Mr. Patil. He knew that the killer was going to hunt the fourth person soon. Perhaps the fourth person was Mr. Patil himself. Thought drifted Shiva's mind. He recalled something, something strange that happened in their house. The incident where Anjali saw someone standing in front of the window, the man had suddenly disappeared. Anjali was sure that she wasn't dreaming, what she saw was real. Shiva thought about it and tried to connect it with the killer.
Shiva woke up Mohan and he went to bath. While going to the bathroom he saw the exit door just near the bathroom. His gut feeling told him that there was something with that exit door, then he remembered how he and Mohan had easily gone out in the night with the help of this door. He shrugged it off and went to bath.
The boys were ready for their today's investigation. They headed out of the house.
" So what are we doing today?," asked Mohan as they walked.
" First of all, we will check weather Mr. Patil has arrived or not, and then we'll meet Mr. Pandey,"
" Mr. Pandey?, why?,"
" To ask about Raghav's search, he is the search incharge i guess,"
" I see,"
The boys walked a distance of fifteen minutes to reach Mr. Patil's house. It was locked. He haven't returned till now.
" Oh no," Mohan exclaimed.
" That's not good, we need to talk to him as soon as possible,"
" The killer hasn't done anything till now, is he...,"
" Is he what?,"
" Is he waiting for Mr. Patil to return?,"
" You're saying that Mr. Patil has the fourth part,"
" Yeah, I mean it could be,"
Shiva looked at the house which was locked. " Yeah, it could be,"
******
It was 10:30 now and it was the time to open the Library. Devashish was on his way to the Library. He walked normally, but his face displayed something else. His eyes were wide open and it seemed like he hadn't slept the whole night. He looked like a ghost or... as if he had seen a ghost.
Devashish opened the library and sat at his table.
******
Due to some unexpected emergency Abhishek's parents had to leave for the city. Today the family was ready, ready to go for shopping. Everyone sat in the vehicles, there were two cars, Ramkrushna's and Girish's. Abhishek decided to drive Ramkrushna's car. Everyone was cheered up but not Ramkrushna. Today was the day anything could happen. Since the letter came Ramkrushna was waiting for this day, today was his meeting. The meeting was held at this own house.
" Everyone ready?," Abhishek asked.
" Yes," Everyone replied.
" So let's go!,"
Ramkrushna's phone rang.
" Just a minute," Ramkrushna said.
He attended the call and shortly hung up.
" Guys, there's an important work in my office so...,"
" No dad, not today," said Geeta.
" It will take just twenty minutes, you guys go ahead, I'll join you guys as soon as the work is done,"
" Okay, come quickly," said Anjali.
" Yes, and Geeta, tell Abhishek the routes, okay?,"
" Okay dad," Geeta replied.
Ramkrushna got off the car and watched the two cars leave. Then he hurriedly went inside his house, he pulled out an old dusty trunk below his bed and took out something which was wrapped in papers and waited for the visitor who was going to visit at 12pm. Only fifteen minutes had left. Ramkrushna sat on a chair and waited for the mysterious visitor.
******
Shiva and Mohan arrived near the forest where the search operation was going on. They saw Mr. Pandey standing and went near him.
" Namaste Mr. Pandey," Shiva greeted.
" Shiva and Mohan, what are you doing here?," Mr. Pandey asked.
" We wanted to ask about Raghav, what is the situation?,"
Mr. Pandey looked down. " Well I don't want to say but it seems like the spirit has got him and no one has ever escaped from the spirit's clutches,"
" What are you saying Mr. Pandey?,"
" I know it's hard, but see Mr. Deshmukh, Mr. Gokhale, have they returned yet?,'
Shiva looked down.
" See kid," said Mr. Pandey as put his hand on Shiva's shoulder. "We are trying our best,"
" Yeah," replied Shiva in a low voice.
" Now go home kid,"
Shiva and Mohan were now headed back to their house.
" Do you think they will able to find him?," Mohan asked.
" Don't know," Shiva mumbled as he was lost in his thoughts.
" What are you thinking Shiva?,"
" You remember that day when Anjali aunty saw someone standing in front of the window?,"
Mohan recalled and said. " Yeah I do, but what about that?,"
" And tell me how did we went out to search in forest that night?,"
" Uhh, by the exit door at the back,"
" So can't it be that the man whom Anjali aunty saw that night was someone from our house,"
" From our house?,"
" Yeah, I think maybe someone was going out or returning from somewhere and Anjali aunty saw him from the window and when the glass fell from her hand the person knew that someone had seen him so he hurried inside the house–,"
" By the exit door!," completed Mohan as he realized.
" But you see the distance between kitchen and exit door, it is somewhat far but not that far,"
" Yeah and Anjali aunty went running to Ramkrushna uncle's room,"
Something struck Shiva.
" Ramkrushna uncle....," Shiva thought and shortly his eyes were left wide open.
" What?, what happened?,"
" It is impossible to go in any rooms without being noticed except the ones near the exit door,"
" Which is ours and..."
" Yes!, Ramkrushna uncle's!,"
" But why would would he go out at night?, is he the....,"
" No, he can't be the killer,"
" Then why did he went out?," Mohan spoke to himself.
" Try to recall everything that happened that day,"
" I was not a part of this investigation that time,"
" Neither I had started investigating that time,"
" You met Raghav that day,"
" Yeah, I met Raghav, I went to his house, we had a nice chat, then I came back to our house and saw Mr. Gokhale and Uncle discussing something,"
" Mr. Gokhale!?, did they seem worried,"
" Yes, at that time I thought it may be because of the spirit but now...," Shiva paused and looked at Mohan.
" But why would he go out at night?,"
" Remember what happened after that day,"
" Uhh, Mr. Deshmukh went outside the village,"
" What!?, no, it can't be!," said Shiva now the fear could be seen clearly on his face.
" Yeah, but why are you so tensed?,"
" Mr. Deshmukh went out of the village after that, it means maybe the people who have the parts held a meeting that night and in that they decided for the safety of the key, one of them will have to go out of the village and Ramkrushna uncle went out that night to...,"
" To attend the meeting!, Shit!,"
" He is, he is the fourth person!,"
" He may be in threat, try to contact him,"
" Yeah,"
Shiva took out his phone and called to Ramkrushna.
" Shit, it's saying the number is not reachable,"
" Try calling Abhishek, he's in his car, they are going to shopping,"
" Okay,"
" Hello?," said Abhishek from the other side.
" Ah, Abhishek uh, I wanted to ask is Ramkrushna uncle with you?," Shiva enquired.
" No, he said there is some urgent work in the office so he went,"
" I see, okay bye,"
" But what happened, why are you asking?,"
" No, it's nothing," saying this Shiva hungs up the call.
" What?," Mohan asked.
" Something's not right, let's go home,"
Shiva and Mohan headed to their house meanwhile a fire had broke in the western part of the forest and it was spreading rapidly. The search operation was immediately stopped and the fire brigade and the police rushed to fight the fire.
Ramkrushna sat on the chair waiting for the mysterious visitor. Someone knocked the door. Ramkrushna's heart began to beat faster, he went to open the door but no one was there. He looked around but found no one then he heard his phone ringing, he closed the door and went to his room. Someone was already there, he came in through the window and hid behind the door and as Ramkrushna went inside to pick up his phone the man thrusted an injection in his neck, Ramkrushna tried to fight back but shortly he went into deep sleep.