Charon

In the middle of the night, someone was smashing the door.. Dr. Khan wakes up, goes to the kitchen to grab a knife,, the knocking wasn't stopping but weirdly the knocking had a particular pattern.. it was knocking 3 times then a small break.. She moves to towards the door without making any sound.. using her phone as a source of light .. she leans over the door to take a peek though the peephole.. suddenly a loud gun shot is heard... Ishan wakes up in fear and runs towards the door .. and sees Dr. Khan dropped down to her keens in-front of the door while her body slowly drops down to the floor....
Seeing this sight.. the kid freezes up.. drop down to his keens in a shock... tries to crawl toward the body .... Suddenly doctor's hand rises up.. and opens the door... There was a guy, with messed up hair... looks like he haven't taken a bath in weeks... a character who hasn't cared for himself.. holding a pencil on a ear... a big rucksack on his back.. wearing slippers.. with a phone in his hand....
Doctor grabs him from his neck... lifts him up... "STOP WITH THOSE PRANKS ... they are not funny.. " and slams him on the floor.... " you look pathetic as always Norah ..." *reverse the Charon and it become norahC which was the name he used on his Facebook Norah. C*... "... comeon now... get innn... " " ... atleast give a hand here .... " ".. nope.." Doctor turns around to go inside and sleep but sees the kid, on floor going through a traumatic shock and trying to laugh.. "Look you stupid son of a bitch... you broke the kid... " ... doctor tries to bring him to his senses by throwing a glass of water in his face ... "you here kid... I am not dead.... the dream is over.... and that pathetic piece of garbage is Charon. if you actually see the reality then this is what it does to innocent men who doesn't understand life.. ." .. Charon walks in.. ".. hey kid. I am Vishnu but please call me Charon or Norah .. .Vishnu brings some bad memories to life..." kid shakes hand with Charon and says ..".. You knock weird.. " .. he laughs out loud "Oh!! that! when the last time I dropped here, we watched a horror movie and according to that movie, that's what devils does, knock 3 times like this " ..Charon demonstrates by knocking the wall " ... the Father .. the son .. and the holy spirit... see its fun right?.. " ..."no its not.. " getting rejected with a cold shoulder, leaves Charon speechless... Khan laughs on whats just happened while he is trying to get out of it.. " Ishan go to bed now, i will take care of the rest.."

After confirming that the kid has slept, Khan brings a cup of tea for Norah, .. "So, what are you upto these days?." sits on the sofa with Charon..
".. ah.. nothing much..."
"still spying on politicians and criminals..."
".. you forget the police and the military.. .and yes, selling information is the way i survive...by the way why you called me?"
".. what? i thought you told me last time that i can rely on you... can't i?"
"Yes, always but.. you generally don't help others and you call for your lawyer friend what was here name... again? ahh... yes Shabana, so why me?.. "
".. the kid might kill his rest of his family and i don't know what should I do?.. "
" ..i thought you were a certified psychiatrist? what happened to that.."
in a disappointing tone"... i read his file? he gave the statement to the police that he saw the killers and they were his uncle and aunt.. he even went to the court to fight it out.. but since he was a kid, everything he said was ignored and they concluded that he is in trauma and need psychological help."
".. what about the custody? who has it?..."
"... currently court hasn't decided it? court has assigned a child caretaker /counseller .."
"who is he to you?.. you look different when you talk to him.. like you actually look happy!"
"I not depressed you know that? i am always happy.."
" you that you can't hide from me.. but that kid actually make you happy. So who is he?"
" he is my only friend's son.."
*holy shit she lost someone again* " Ok then, what do you want from me?.."
"the kid told me that he will give me 5% of his inheritance.. you i will give you 3% of it.. in return help the kid... try to convince him to not to take any wrong decisions in anger... but if you can't convince him then help to get whatever he wants..."
"...you know right? he can become a killer and end up in jail... then what?.. and don't tell it is what it is..."
" Est quodcumque est *latin for it is what it is*"
"that phrase is shitty in what ever language you speak..."
"... what should i do, to get his custody?.."
" ah about that, just sign and approve all the documents I give you and also how much money you have in the bank?.. "
*takes out his laptop and start researching about the murder case and Ishan...*
"..I guess about 13 lakhs.. why you ask?.."
"...Ok then. How much time you have to report back to the court?.."
"... a week i suppose? but why are you asking all this.."
".. the kid is rich and you are poor, i don't want the judge to believe that you can't afford his future?.."
"..so what? i can't just get rich by the night, that will be suspicious! "
".. I know.. i know .. wait a sec i need to make a call ... what time is it?"
"5 30 in morning "
" then Besa it is?... *takes out his phone and calls...*"
" Besa?.."
" oh! i mean Besa Mafia, nothing special. they have some affiliate companies under them and get you some sort of contract and signing bonus.."
" wait I am a govt. employee I can't do 2 jobs.. and i can't leave the current one!!"
" Ohhh.. no problem.. .there are loopholes everywhere no need to worry. *on the phone* Mikeyy, how you doing mate?.... is there any company under you who could use a psychiatrist??? .... no no i am not calling you a psycho, i mean you are but you are also dumb.... ok, tell them to send to contract to rkhan6869[at]gmail[dot]com... also take the information and send the signing amount as soon as possible .... contract for psychological trainer and advisor.. yes ...yes ...i gotch you.. no worries...bye.. .bye and say my hi to little angel"
"angel??" asks khan
"his daughter..."
"you will get the mail by tomorrow, sign it and send your details as soon as possible and it will be good for now.."
" Ok, that was quick..." *impressed*
" there are pros and cons of my work.. some say i should be burned in the hell and others asks me for help..."
doctor leaves the room, to go to sleep..
" hey listen, i don't think this will end in a good-way ok. So, don't get your hopes high rossi.."
doctor smiles in relief, leaves him alone and says, " goodnight, devils also need their sleep you know"

Next day, doctor leaves for her work. She cooked the food everyone, gave milk to kid and said, "... don't put your faith in others hand, *and looks towards Norah*. don't wake him up.. let him sleep I don't know when he slept the last time, ok?". Since, it was summer vacation in school. Ishan had nothing to do, so the was reading his book.
Out of nowhere, Norah speaks, " what you reading kid? "
"Daughter of time "
" any good?.."
".. i know its your but... i don't know, i would like to see it till the end before commenting on it.."
"... .oh! you are *yawns and stands up* quite a gentleman, i see. What have you read till now?"
"... a lot..I started with Shakespeare's plays Hemlet and Tempest then i moved on.."
" ... why? ..."
starts making coffee
".. its more like some old same old, tragedy and i didn't really get why it always thou not they..who speaks like that?.."
"*laughs*.. i get the feeling kid, i hated it too.., any novels?"
" silence of lambs, a study in scarlet, the sign of four..aanddd the exorcist and the Godfather..."
takes a cup of coffee from the kitchen, and enters the living room.
" Man of culture I see, you know godfather has movie you know?.."
*surprised*" really??..."
" what you haven't seen ? *with grin on his face*wanna see it? "
"yes, when?.."
"now!, take out my laptop from my bag. password is love of thousand brother ..."
" couldn't hold a candle to mine..." *says in sync *
" when you read that book and how many time? .."
" Once 3 years back..."
" how do you remember, then?"
" i just can't forget it, mother used to say that it was a blessing that i got, remembering everything after just one read or observation ..."
" that's not a blessing, its more like a curse! there are somethings you will wanting to forget but you remember it in details... i suffer from same, and wish for my death every single day.."
"why? "
"just something happened in the past.. better leave it there.."
" ok, by the way the password is wrong."
" type it without space.. and try to attempt in more than different ways, it will help you in the future.."
Laptop was running low on the battery, he didn't find the charger in the laptop bag. So, he tried look into the rucksack. He didn't find the charger but he found a hand gun with an extended mag attached to it, extra bullet mags, chains, bottle filled with chemicals, a large knife with somethings edged in Japanese on the blade, a bunch of keys and a bunch of pendrives and wifi modules and few clothes in the bottom... while all this was happening Charon just saw all this from a corner of his eye as he was brushing his teeth.
"whats all of this??.." says the kid a astonishing manner
".... oh! thats what i need sometime when i work.. who is your father kid, someone who might i know?"
".. probably, ever heard of K.K Info-tech."
" yup... "
sits on the sofa and starts texting to someone know as Grinch
" Mr. K.K is my father.."
" ok, never met but... *realizes* wait... what??.. he died?? why isn't it in news? "
puts away the phone for a moment
" you are forgetting where you are? You are in Gujarat buddy. Gujarat, if something happens here, India will never know.. until we want India to know..."
checks his phone again
" well, that's true.. but not even in local news, he is a big guy.."
"... uncle and aunt bribed, i guess everyone so the news doesn't go out and hurt the business.."
" so who is taking the business calls currently? .."
"..no one, but the CEO is there anything happens and he can't do any new business deals, he doesn't have the power.. so there is nothing to worry about.."
" your Dad was smart, I suppose"
" hey where is the charger? the laptop is dying.."
" Top pocket, bellow the hydrogen peroxide bottle..."
" got it? why you have this chemicals?.. "
" that one is for cleaning stains? so forensics can't find it.."
Kid is impressed and find all this things amazing and cool, but he does what him to know. He hides his true feeling because what Dr. Khan said in the morning.At the end they watched the movie and ate together, they laughed and had a great time. But before Dr. Khan could come back home, Charon asked the kid, "what are you planning to do about your uncle and aunt?" the response he got shocked him enough to broke a smile on his face which used to carry fake emotions. The way the kid responded clearly showed his rage, determination, confidence and the amount of blood-thirst he was able to didn't need any words to describe that what was that kid going to do, it was sure that they will die but honestly that would be a complete understatement.. the smile on his face was nastiest thing one could ever see. He is delighted by seeing this sight, he realizes why he was called, and why he can't be reasoned with.. At this moment in time all Charon wanted to do is to witness what this kid could achieve and will he ended with a different answer or the same answer when he (Charon) was in his(Ishan) position.