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Sub Category : Horror

                PRESENT DAY CALIFORNIA :-


            " OH GOD IM COMING RIGHT NOW !! " said Mr Gilbert as he dashed to his office to get his keys from his drawer he ran helter-skelter out and on his way knocked some coffee on his laptop but he didn't  stop to notice , it was as though he was walking on coals!!!!! He quickly dashed to his car and amped it at a dangerous 120 km/pH!!!!! , He was sweating profusely as he began thinking bad thoughts , he did a precarious turn and nearly knocked down an elderly !!! , But he zoomed off into the distance , before anyone could understand what had happened .
    He finally reached his destination and ran out of the car and in a crazy - frenzy dashed to 'Silver Apartments ' , On reaching the location he saw the old '8 storey apartment's building quiet calm and everything was normal but still rushed into apartment 13 , there he saw his Mom knitting by the fireplace and his kids happily playing with Legos while his wife Kathrine with a suprise Id look asked him " Honey ? , You're Early !!  What happened ? Why are you sweating ? , To which Mr Gilbert said " Nothing Darling !!!, some jobless baboon !! called me and told me there was a Fire here , Wait till I make him take to his leg's " to which his wife said " don't worry honey ! , Come on ! ,  leave it let's eat together , since you have home. So he , his wife and his kids and his mother sat and feasted on an excellent lunch of stew , tomato soup and ice cream , meanwhile he received a call from the same number  to which Mr Gilbert said " Ahh that ass again !!! Does he have a death wish or something , wait till I show that fruitcake!!!! So saying he picked up the phone and before he could say anything the voice on the other end said " We are very sorry for your loss sir , please accept our heartfelt condolences " to which an even redder Mr Gilbert replied " What in the blue heck are you blabbering about !!!! , who's dead that your consoling me for huh ? " To which the voice said " Sir , I understand you're undergoing serious stress and it's hard for you  but you cannot deny the knowledge of your family's death " to which an angry Mr Gilbert replied " WTF YOU TALKING ABOUT !!!!! IM IN MY HOUSE EATING LUNCH , WITH MY FAMILY!!!! DONT MESS WITH ME OR YOU WILL BE THE ONE IN THE COFFIN !!! " and he cut the phone and said " these baboon's nowadays , anyway Honey how was your ……………………… " As he looked up he got the shock of his life his wonderful and cozy  house was turned to DUST AND EVERYTHING WAS BURNT !!!!! , THE DELICIOUS STEW HE WAS EATING WAS ACTUALLY BURNT CONCRETE!!!! HIS FAMILY WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND , HIS WORST FEARS HAD BEEN REALIZED !!!!!Mr Gilbert was unable to understand what was happening and saw a little girl approaching him and as she came close he could sense the world around him getting darker and darker looking at her , he felt he was loosing his mind and she came to him and said in an inhuman voice " They're all dead , just like you too will soon be , HAHAHAHA " she said with a demonic laugh and hearing that Mr Gilbert fainted .

  IN NEW YORK , Death by café  coffee shop :-
  As I laughed looking at Henry's latte moustache, I receive a call with the voice on the other end saying " please I need your help………… " , to which I smirked the laugh off my face and said " Yes ma'am please meet us tomorrow at PDT HQ and we'll discuss in detail at 6:00 " with her voice being rather alarming .
  The next day as I and Henry got ready for our appointment , the bell rang at sharp 6:00 am and we were greeted by a woman in her mid thirties looking rather scared and thunderstruck  , I offered her a seat and asked her what the issue was to which she started by saying " Well………uhhh……..it's my uh……… uncle is in the Navingam mental asylum and he uh………. " And she recited to us the entire incident of what had happened to Mr Gilbert , to which Henry questioned her " But how did you know that Mr Gilbert was there acting strangely ?" And why is he in the asylum ?
   To which he replied " I didn't …………. I uh…………was told by my aunt " , but I and Henry with a puzzled look asked her " But your aunt was also in that house during the fire , So……… " she immediately understand our predicament and said " Yes the fire took her as well but SHE TOLD ME " by this time this conversation had already reached another level !!!!! ,She continued " My uncle is in the asylum because ………….. uh…………… HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE ARSON !!!!!!! and as his mental condition wasn't good so instead of prison he was put in the asylum" by this time Henry and me were already pretty weirded out to which Henry questioned " Ma'am , no offense but how did your ' aunt ' tell you all this and if what you are saying Is true why is Mr Gilbert in for arson , shouldn't there be phone records with the man he spoke to , which would prove viable in proving his innocence ! " By this time the atmosphere in the office had become very uncomfortable and Scarlett , (the client ) continued " Yeah but uh…………… THE CONVERSATION NEVER OCCURRED , NO PHONE RECORD'S EXSIST and I am sure that my uncle is innocent and ………….. that's why I'm here to ask for help to prove his innocence " to which I asked her " How do you know he is innocent , All the odds are against him , perhaps he could very well have made it all………." "No he would never , he loved his family dearly , why would he one fine day decide to Burn them !!!!! " Said Scarlett crying , I immediately apologized and said " Okay ma'am , we believe you !!! (even though it felt a bit sketchy ) what do you want us to do ?
 To which she replied that " My aunt and nephew came and my dream and told me about something very evil in that house………….something inhuman !!!!! and …………… I want you all to investigate the house and just see if you can capture anything that could you know …….. help me " 
 Despite the fact that all this was loosely based on a " Dream " , We agreed to look into the matter and visit the site tomorrow at 9:00 " , by saying this miss Scarlett left by telling us that she also wanted to be present during the investigation. leaving us with mixed feeling of doubt and sketchiness and making us question "IS MR GILBERT ACTUALLY INNOCENT ? , WHAT IF HE WASN'T ? !!!! " .
 At sharp 9:00 we reached the place where this tragedy had occurred , Scarlett was already waiting for us and as we approached her she showed us something rather odd found in the building , it was an  VERY VERY old metal horseshoe , with something red appearing like ……… Blood!!!!! , I thought to myself " Could this object have been used in some kind of demonic ritual !!!!!!! If so then could it have been the entity that caused the fire !!!!!! 
          We investigated more and in the pile of burnt wood and ashes we found an axe !!!!!!! , With a rather tarnished blade but yet again , COVERED WITH BLOOD AND ALMOST BROKEN!!!!!!!!, the more we investigated the more it started to become clear what must have occurred there , Our this theory was further proved as amidst all that rubble and rubbish , we found a …………. HUMAN SKULL !!!!!!!! Which appeared to be very-very old as it was highly damaged also appeared to be used in some unholy ritual !!!!!!and it's cranium was also Elongated!!!!!! and was badly damaged and also very old , DID WE JUST FIND A SKULL THAT WAS OFFERED AS HUMAN SACRIFICE IN THE RITUAL ? !!!!!!  , The whole time , as we discovered new and new items the atmosphere took a turn for the worse !!!!!!! We could all fell something quite not right and evil there , Scarlett's health also became bad and worse  and hence had to stop the investigation fearing for her health .
         After she left , I looked at Henry and said " The findings here are not just mere coincidence , there is only person who can help us understand more of this place …………………………..Mr Gilbert Himself !!!!! " I told Henry to keep this a secret from Scarlett as it would only break her heart , as I had a fair idea of what we were about to witness !!!!!!!!!!!! 
   So next day I and Henry took a flight to California and went to the asylum , the atmosphere there was very bad and the utter disregard for sanitation and I'll treatment of the patients there made me question man's humanity !!!!!!!!! We then approached to the Solitairy Confinement Area where we saw Mr Gilbert sitting on the floor and drawing something on the wall which would make even the bravest man's hair stand !!!!!!!!!! , He drew  a stick figuriene of him and what appeared like a small girl approaching towards him with a dark black cloud around her and went on repeating the words " ANOKS AGALER , AKONASH KIMARE , MRATU HIKATSAME " over and over again , despite many attempt's of asking him to tell us what actually happened we received nothing but the same reply . We with a heavy heart thinking of what transformed such a happy man into this mental wreck !!!!!!!! Made us even clear that something evil was conjured up in that ground !!!!!!!!!!!
    I then went and met my good friend and another prestine member of the PDT , Roma who had psychic abilities to confirm what was actually out there and what Mr Gilbert spoke of  as I narrated all the happenings and information we had on this case and what mr Gilbert spoke , Roma said in an alarmed tone " Look Akshay , this entity is nothing like anything I have seen before , I've only heard of it in books but not in real life, IT wa conjured up thousands of years ago and is awakend every 666 years  !!!!!!!! It's sole goal being MAKING HUMAN LIFE MISERABLE !!!!!!!!! , SILVER APARTMENTS WAS WERE IT WAS FIRST CONJURED UP !!!!!!!!! , The words that Mr Gilbert spoke was in hell'sspeak meaning " SHE BURNT THEM , SHE KILLED THEM , SHE ISN'T DONE " which is indigenous to but one entity ………………………….. Hikatsame !!!!!!!!! To which I knowing what that ment asked " THE DORMANT ? BUT WASN'T IT JUST A LEGEND " to which she said " NO MORE JUST A LEGEND, NOW IS IT ? " I then asked her is the way I think, is the ONLY way to break the chain of the infestation ? To which HENRY said " Pardon me , but who is Hikatsame and what is the only way to stop him ? " " Hikatsame , also know as the dominant is known for his games he play's on people's minds by taking them so deep into their own minds from where return is impossible and traps them into their own minds that means that He was the one that called Mr Gilbert and who posed as a little girl , he is summoned by the most danger ritual possible on human as well as spiritual realm , it requires a human sacrifice , hence the bloody axe and the skull , the Elongated skull was because of the TORTURE INFLICTED ON THE VICTIM BEFORE THE SACRIFICE !!!!!!!! " I said " The only way to stop him is by playing and winning the  mind games of the demon………………………..WHO HAS NEVER LOST !!!!!!!!!! " to which HENRY alarmed said " BUT AKSHAY THAT IS SUICIDE , HUMAN SACRIFICE TENDS TO MAKE ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE U KNOW !!!!!!!!, Henry said in a satirical manner to which I retaliated by saying " Hey I'm not asking you to join me okay " to which HENRY being a smartass said " YEAH, BUT IT AINT UP TO U BIG MAN !!!!!!! , WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE WILL SEE THIS THIS THROUGH TOGETHER AS WELL !!!!!!! " so saying we bid bonne adieu to Roma and went home to prepare ourselves for what lies ahead !!!!!!! , That night we had a disturbed sleep thinking as to what might me the consequences of what lunacy we were about to do ………………..
The next day armed with confidence and determination we reached the same place again , the air there had quietnd down seeming as though this entity knew we would be coming !!!!!!!!!! ,  We then entered the burnt remains of the apartment and declared ourselves to the entity by shouting in hell'sspeak " Hikatsame  karetse tume kimier , nikaro DITEMA KIMIKATSU GILBERT  " meaning " Hikatsame we have come to challenge you , should you lose YOU WILL LEAVE THIS FAMILY ALONE AND MAKE MR Gilbert like before again !!!!!!!!! A violent wind hit our faces as though to The Dormant had accepted our challenge , then we drew  a pentagram on the ground and placed the axe , the horseshoe and the skull , I turned towards Henry and said " ARE U SURE U WANNA DO THIS? , THERE IS STILL TIME TO TURN BACK , AFTER I START THE ONLY END IS EITHER WE WIN OR………..  …………. …………… WE DIE THE MOST HORRIFIC DEATH POSSIBLE !!!!!!!!!  , IM READY !!!!!!, LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH SHALL WE ? "  I nodded and spoke out loud " HIMATSE SERAR ILLUMINOSE NEI SERAR OLATRE " Meaning " HIKATSAME show us the light or leave us in the darkness !!!!!!!! " I and Henry we're then pulled into a dark abyss of our most horrible memory !!!!!!!!!
         As i opened my eyes in the trance I saw myself ,  MY OTHER LITTLE SELF  PLAYING THE OUIJA BOARD , 14 YEARS AGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SAYING " IS THERE ANYONE HERE NOW , SPIRIT'S THIS IS A SAFE PLACE " , NOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!, I CANNOT RELIVE THIS NIGHTMARE , PLEASE GOD NO!!!!!!!, I WAS FORCED TO WATCH THIS INCIDENT THAT HAS SCARRED ME FOR LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!, afterwards when my other self was sleeping after playing the Ouija and editing it , ready to upload on YouTube , I saw my bud bolt , abruptly getting up from his bed and walking towards me , and barking at me as he sensed my presence , " SO THAT WAS WHY HE WAS MAKING A RUCKUS WHILE I WAS SLEEPING ,  AFTER THE SESSION 14 YEARS AGO !!!!!!!!!!! , I broke down and started crying , as I went to cuddle him , my Hand PASSED RIGHT THROUGH HIM , AND I  CURSED AND SCREAMED AT  THE DORMANT BY SAYING " WHAT THE HECK, KIND OF A SADISTIC GAME U PLAYING, YOU GUTLESS FREAKSHOW !!!!!!!, SHOW YOURSELF !!!!!!! " 
THEN I WAS TAKEN TO NEXT DAY , WHERE THE HORROR CONTINUED !!!!! "I'll show those nerds today who's the boss " , I heard my younger self telling and getting ready to head to school " I SCREAMED NO NO , NO MORE YOU JUST STOP !!!!!! " I said as I felt dizzy and felt something being ripped from by body !!!!!!!! , As my other self went to school , I could see my mom happily cooking and humming while she was at it , looking at that I cried like a baby seeing mom so Happy , but alas IT WOULDN'T LAST FOREVER !!!!!!!!, The next instant I saw mum completely frozen , The humming had stopped , the smile disappeared , she became a lifeless robot !!!!!!!!, She then took a knife and went to bolt and as he wagging his tail came towards her , SHE ………..SHE……………….. NO GOD!!!!!!!! , ITS NOT POSSIBLE …………………….SCRATCHED ON HIS BACK A BIG 'Z' and as bolt writhed and howled in pain she then fell to the ground unconscious ," YOU SCUM OF THE EARTH, STOP IT , I CANT TAKE IT NO MORE !!!!!!! " I screamed a s I realized who had done that to bolt , I WANTED TO PUNCH SOMETHING AND SHOUT, I SLOWLY WAS BEGINNING TO ………………..………………………………. LOSE MY MIND !!!!!!!!!!, THEN I SAW MY YOUNGER  SELF RETURNING FROM CLASS PANTING , SCARED AND CRYING , I SHOUTED " YOU ARE NOT REAL AND IM NOT SCARED OF U , U SPINELESS BRUTE AS MY EYES WERE CLOSING AMIDST AN INHUMAN SCREAM ( That I thought was that of the dormant ), I FELT A HAND GRABBING ME  and the next instant I woke up shouting in the same remenisence of the burnt building , I saw Scarlett attending to Henry who was also quite shaken and muttering " THE PAIN……………NO MORE………….HE …………POSSESSED ME ………………. " TO Which Scarlett held him in her arms and whispered in his ears " NOW , NOW , ITS OKAY !!!!!!!! ITS OVER !!!!!!! " As I realized that he had just relived his POSSESSION , ( pls refer THE RITUAL !!!!!!!!!!!! ( PDT-01 ) )
       Then she came towards me and told me that " " " Henry will be fine , I wiped out his memory "  and thanked me for warding Hikatsame away  to which , I abruptly questioned her " How did…………..you know……………you pulled
……………… me out…………..from…………there , what ……….did I do ? , To which she said in a defensive manner " Your belief and confidence was enough to instill fear of the Almighty Lord in that brat, THE DORMANT !!! FEEDS OFF OF FEAR , U BY SHOWING HIM CONFIDENCE , STARVED HIM OF FEAR, AND DENIED HIM OF A WIN , HENCE HE BURNT"  as I was still unable to believe that I was back , she told me something that I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO LISTEN TO !!!!!!!!  
         SHE said " This will be a shock………….but I want you to just calmly listen ………………… it will ………….uh " " JUST TELL ME , GODDAMMIT !!!!!!!! " I shouted impatiently as I didn't know what was true and what was false anymore !!!!!!!!!!!
  She said " THAT DAY IN APARTMENT 13 …………………………….. NOT 4 BUT 5 PEOPLE BURNED TO THEIR DEATH'S !!!!!!!!!!! " ," Akshay " SHE SAID WITH TEARS FILLING UP HER EYES " I WAS THE FIFTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " , I Was out there visiting my aunt and nephews when …………………..HE HAPPENED !!!!!!!!!! , "Thanks to you , my soul can now rest in peace" , I then I thinking , I was still trapped in that dark abbyss , went towards her , but as I touched her MY HAND PASSED RIGHT THROUGH HER , I couldn't believe it and shouted on top of my voice " NO……………..IT CANT BE 
…………………. , YO…..U LOOKED SO…………….SO REAL !!!!" SHE came towards me and told its Okay she had been told that I was the best there is to help someone " to which I still unable to believe asked her , who told her , to which she gave me something in my hand and said " Oh I HAD HELP FROM A PERSON WHO KNOWS YOU VERY​ VERY WELL and the next moment …………………………..I fainted !!!!!!!
         The next morning I got up from my bed with a splitting headache ( Wondering how I got there , in the first place !!!!!!) I headed to the dining room I saw something fallen on the bed…………….. something very shiny……………………………..as I looked at it I RECEIVED A SHOCK OF MY LIFE …………………IT WAS ……………………AMY'S EARING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE PERSON WHO HELPED SCARLETT WAS MY BABY SISTER !!!!!!!!? 
         AS I WALKED TO THE DINING ROOM I SAW HENRY ALSO JUST WAKING UP AND THE TV ON , where the news  reporter was saying " NOW FOR OUR HEADLINES ……………….. MR GILBERT ALLEGEDLY IN  FOR ARSON, FROM THE ASYLUM HAS BEEN RELEASED , AS THE FIRE WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A CIRCUIT BOX MALFUNCTION AND HE IS NOW IMPROVING  AT  A LOCAL HOSPITAL" I then turned OFF  the TV  with mixed feelings , scared and happy , as I had helped someone rid off their 'ghost problem'! and ……………. who was The Dormant?  and who summoned him in the first place ? to which Henry said " WOOOOOOW!!!!!!,I HAD THE WEIRDEST DREAM EVER !!!!!!!!!! " To which I asked had he received any message or call from the client Scarlett , to which he with a puzzled look asked me " BUT AKSHAY ...........................WHO IS SCARLETT ?"  To which I said " OH NO ONE  , LETS GO OUT FOR COFFEE , DONT WORRY ABOUT IT , ITS ALL DONE  " with a smile as Henry looked at me confused but agreed nevertheless . After 3 long months , Mr Gilbert had been finally released !!!!!!! AND WAS NOW A FREE MAN , the horror he underwent will always be etched in my soul and mind!!!!!!!!! 
                CASE SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED !!


                                   THE END
Authors note :- 
      Hello , guys I hope you liked this one , more coming soon 
 This is loosely based on the dry bones ritual .
      Pls refer to Ouija- A game, a mystery, a remorse for better links .
The story is inspired from real life events !!!!!!! ,
          Guys thanks for reading , in case of spelling mistakes pls forgive me .

          Ref(Ouija - A game, a mystery, a remorse and PDT 01 )             

             The Dormant - (PDT - 02 ) by Akshay