Running Out of Time

Whatever Victor said felt somehow right. But my mind wasn't in a state to think about anything because the pain in my stomach was terrible.

"Lie down" Victor said that felt more like an order .

" No , I am fineeeeeeeee—" He pushed me down .

" Say something at least warn me before your sudden actions or you will give me a heart attack. " I said .

" Shut up " . He was rude but at the same time I felt the warmth of his kindness which was hidden in a corner of his heart . He opened my bandages and place a small piece of cloth more like a handkerchief , on my wound.

" For now this will help you to stop your bleeding. Better? " He asked.

" Yeah " I was feeling better . Then I don't know how stupidity kicked inside me and I asked him

" Wow ! Its like magic . My bleeding stopped . How did you did this ? " He gave me an expression that I hate the most . Like ' Are you stupid ' . He raised his left eyebrow and I saw a smile at the corner of his mouth , which was barely visible .

" It's called common sense." He said . I felt so embarrassed. I still regret why I asked him at the first place .

All the way I was thinking what I have had done to deserve this . My granny always used to say that god love all his children equally. But why he's so unfair to me ! Suddenly I got startled when Victor put his index finger on my forehead. He whispered something . He asked me to look in his eyes. His eyes were as black as charcoal. His eyes were deep , dark black holding lots of emotions in them . I saw anger , pain and love in his eyes . He kind of hypnotized me. I couldn't move . My whole body got paralyzed. But then I saw a blurry figure in his eyes more like a shadow . That's when he pushed me back .

" What the —" . I felt a strong pain in my head . Victor blew a sigh .

" When you first came to my house , I felt a presence within you. It's presence was weak but it's vibes were too strong . Something way too evil and demonic. " He said .

"What was that just now ?" I asked him . He showed me his finger.

" If the tip of my finger turned black then that meant that the presence was still here but its not " . The tension in the atmosphere kept increasing.

Rest of the way we both were silent. After a hour we reached the station. We got off the train. I saw Victor praying to the god . I turned away .

" I can't believe I am helping a person who don't believe in god ". I ignored his comment. I didn't wanted to give any explanation on this . I called Ben and he came to pick us up . We were in the car when I felt a pain worse than HELL . Its like my hand was burning. Victor was beside me . He held my hand . He was calm but Ben was freaking out . I lift up my sleeve. The pain suddenly vanished. Victor pulled my hand and what we saw totally numbed our senses. There was a maroon mark on my wrist . It was a thick line like a band and was uniform throughout except in the middle of my wrist . There was a circle in the middle .

" Show me your palm ". Victor said . I show him my palm . Four lines were highlighted in my palm . My rest of the palm was pale but that four lines were dark in colour. I heard Victor whispering a word ' Elie' .

" Come on hurry up . Turn the car to his house's direction. " Victor shouted out .

"What happened ?" I asked . And he said

" Something is wrong. Something is definitely wrong. And all I know is....we are running out of time."

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