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Hey GUYS AM back again...

This time it is actually a sort of glitch FIC as i was thinking to submit it for ROCKINGDUO amazing story contest but i wasn't able to finish it on time due to LIGHT problems which resulted in half of it getting vanished from the face of earth. "sigh"

anyways, so the credit for this one goes entirely to ROCKINGDUO for the amazing efforts and for her ability and thinking to unite whole of FF once again and also to...A BOOK about which i'll let you know at the end. ;)

it's another short story again an AU (alternate universe) FIC...so kindly BEWARE... ;)

the chapters..almost all would be small just to maintain the suspense a bit. And if you get irritated with the length of chapters...let me know..i'll try to finish the story in one go.

And Thank you so much to all the readers and reviewers of CHARITY? i really appreciate all your support and praise guys. Thank you so much.

Enjoy the story...

The slender fingers rotated the TWO dice effortlessly in the eerie darkness of the room. The only light was from the red glowing dots on the black dices alternating between the number of dots glowing as they rotated, giving the view of the fingers and of rotating dice. It was a smooth motion, but there was a hesitance in the way the dice stopped for a second in the end before beginning the journey again. It was like seeing the stages of THINK, TRY, DEAL and HESITATION, crossed by two souls, one after another.

The person sitting in the darkness hesitated again but continued still and at the stage of DEAL clutched the two dice in fist and after another moment rolled them on the table ahead. 2 dots on both dices glowed and the person after glancing towards them once shook his head got up and turning around moved away from there.

The glowing of the dices faded a little as time passed becoming non existent completely, leaving the room in darkness.

A white quallis entered inside the premises of a house and a man after turning off the vehicle got off heading towards the main door while murmuring in irritation...

" Abhijeet ko bhi pata nahi achanak se kya kaam aaya tha...(angrily) kal dekhta hun isse...sara kaam mujhe akele hi karna padha..."

He entered inside the house while murmuring same and switched on the lights of main hall while keeping his accessories on the Chester. Feeling very tired he pressed his palm on the back of his neck to relax the aching muscles and headed towards kitchen to have some water as already took food in bureau. It was already after 10 o clock and he wondered whether to call abhijeet or not? He had seemed bit agitated and the reason for taking off early due to a meeting with informer was not exactly convincing after he had denied to take Daya with him. Daya jerked his head and moved to chester to call abhijeet.

After three tries and still receiving no connection to Abhijeet's cell Daya left with the thought that may be Abhijeet was just busy right now and decided to call him later. He went to his room and after changing and getting fresh laid on bed still feeling a bit worried about abhijeet odd behaviour.

After almost 5 hours, when the time on clock struck 3.00 the man laying on bed with his eyes closed felt a slight shiver in his body so clutched the blanket more tightly to his chest and snuggled in the warmness of it although after few minutes when the shivering still not subsided and he still felt cold, even more so then before he opened his eyes and finding the AC controller switched the cooling device off.

But after 5 minutes when he was still feeling cold and shivering in his body he confusingly got out of the bed with irritated whisper... " itni dhandh najane kaise lag rahi hai mujhe...(sighing) ya toh fever aa raha hai...(he kept his hand on his forehead but after feeling it cold too whispering in tense tone again) phir yeh dhandh...

His eyes drifted to the room window thinking that the weather outside may be too cold but after finding it closed too he got up and headed to kitchen to check his temperature with thermometer while also wanted to produce heat in his body so roaming. He came inside kitchen and instead taking cold water drank some normal water either after that taking out thermometer from cabinet along with medicines and kept it in his mouth.

He was still feeling cold and even more in kitchen so rubbing his hands together although got his temperature as normal either low only but still for precaution takes an antipyretic and shaking his head begins to move towards his room... " aaj heavy wala blanket le leta hun...(yawning) yeh mausam ko bhi achanak najane kya...

He stopped as seeing a shadow sitting on his sofa chair highlighted in the dark room only by the glow of red dots rotating on the table, he stopped in his place and his eyes automatically drifted towards the cabinet at back of the sofa chair where the shadow was present, in the cabinet there was his gun. He started moving slowly towards the shadow although also aware that he would not be able to reach the cabinet unnoticed so grabbed the attention of shadow himself to not to startle it later...

" umm...HELLO...May i help you with something...

He reached the light board so turned on the maximum lights he could but all coming alive for a bit for which time his eyes trying to adjust but went off instantly. After still seeing darkness everywhere he confusingly switched the lights on and off but after getting no response left the ordeal but becoming more cautious as obviously thought the person sitting in his sofa chair played this game too. Moving back a little, he silently picked up the knife that was kept on the dining table in the fruit basket.

He again started moving towards the shadowy figure feeling the temperature dropping bit by bit becoming almost unbearable as even his teeth started chattering, he asked again, this time more forcefully... " Dekho kaun ho tum, haan? jante hona kiske ghar...

A yellow light blinked to life on the table producing a suffocating smell of sulphur which forced Abhijeet to back a little although after adjusting to it he moved forward again and glanced towards his uninvited visitor...

The shadowy facade was now illuminated by the sulphur light highlighting few of the figures features more prominently as Abhijeet could now make out the LONG black coat of the figure along with it's sharp nose, red glowing eyes under the yellow light...and what abhijeet made out..YELLOW teeth. He glanced up and down the figure and feeling an eerie sense of cold run down his spine although he can't remember the person at all, he asked further...

" Maine poocha kaun ho tum?"

He was moving towards side now, keeping enough distance to not get attacked but also enough to attack himself if the person tried anything weird. He just wanted to reach his gun as the air about the person, despite being of sulphur already was seeming even odd. He reached the cabinet too easily for his likeliness but obviously he was not betting as the person seemed enough weird, he placed his hand slowly on the cabinet handle and when tried to open it backed his hand instantly feeling a burning sensation in his palm. He glanced towards his still itching and burning palm and then towards the handle which was turned into...nothingness owing to another sulphur compound from the smell he figured as Sulphuric acid.

Moving his hand in air to calm the burning he turned his head towards the figure and saw him getting up, pressing his other hand tightly around the knife he had grabbed earlier he strengthened his position and stood confidently as the man turned around. He had to take a step back forcing him to burn his T shirt fabric under the acid as his eyes met the person's. The complete red glowing irises with yellow cornea really startled him feeling as if they were drilling a hole in his soul. His hand till now strongly holding the knife loosened the grip itself and he glanced towards it feeling confused when heard the sulphurous somehow echoing voice of the man..

" ABHIJEET...you really won't need that knife.."

Abhijeet glanced at the man's shaking head and again towards the knife, he tried to grip it strongly but as he did so the knife started becoming heated and he left it instantly. He glanced towards the man and now trying different approach as already reached close to the phone so now trying to call for...

" and that wouldn't help either.."

But Abhijeet still picked up the phone although hearing no dial tone so guessed, quite obviously that who was behind this. He closed his eyes for a moment to calm his literally chilling nerves and asked his intruder...

" kya chahte ho tum,haan? yahan kya...

The figure smiled and Abhijeet felt a chill inside his heart seeing that cold smile but maintained his ground although feeling shivering in his body more prominent now as the endorphin's which had been released due to pain in his hand now weared off, and he suspected himself that the air had become colder even more near by the man. The man glanced towards him again and finally answered in his same echoing tone...

" I am here to make a deal with you inspector Abhijeet..."

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