The Basement

Ben stopped the car infront of my house . We rushed out . Surprisingly the door was unlocked and as we entered inside the house we saw Kely in the hallway holding a set of clothes and some bandages.

" Why are you here ? " Ben asked .

" What do you mean? "

" You were supposed to be in the hospital with Jennifer. "

Kely blew a sigh . And then she continued

" While you guys were away , Jennifer got her sense for a moment and all she said was she wanted to go back home . So the doctor decided that it will be better if we bought Jennifer back here."

" No ! " Victor said in great disappointment. I didn't understand why . And I didn't understand either why Jennifer would want to come here .

" Where is she now ? " Victor asked .

" In the room upstairs " Kely replied .

We went upstairs. We saw Jennifer. She was lying on the bed. She had grown more thinner and as she was already 5 months pregnant, her stomach had started taking its shape . Her pale skin and her condition brought tears in my eyes . As usual she was wearing her mom's gifted pendent. My baby was in such a poor condition. I was hoping that whatever this stuff is , I will get her out of it . I went near her and held her hand in mine . Her hands were cold but they were still the same . They were soft as usual.

" Where's the doctor? " Victor asked .

" Oh I found a note and it said that ' I will be back tomorrow. I have got some personal issues and I hope you understand ' " . Kely said . Then she said " Gentlemen can you please spare us a moment ? " And yes of course she asked us to leave . And as we were leaving , Victor suddenly turned back and asked Kely ' Why aren't you surprised by my presence at all ? ' And she replied that Ben told her that he was coming . After that we left the room .

That evening Victor and I were in the garden trying to figure something out . We were sitting on the grass . And we started our conversation with sweet hot chocolate .

" So you were saying that you had lost your memory for two days after that intruder incident.....when you came out of the basement. " Victor said .

" Yeah " I replied .

" You also had noticed blood drops , isn't it ? "

" yes "

" Are you sure James that those drops were of blood "

" Yes , like kind of "

" Hmm , You know what I think the origin of the spirit is in the basement. In other words , the thing or the object to which the spirit is attached to is in the basement and we have to find what is it . "

" Object ?"

" Yes , object . Spirits are often attached to the things which are evil or like cursed or maybe used in kind of ritualistic practices. You can relate it to a case where a person dies and before his death he was wearing his favourite watch. So here there are high chances that his spirit will be attached to that watch . "

Whatever Victor said started scaring me a little . Then he continued " That spirit used you in a way to come out of the basement. And that's why you had lost your memory for two days because it was inside you ."

Then I asked him about that day when I was on my business trip and I got the call from Jennifer . And he replied

" Women are often emotionally weak and that's why they are easy target for spirits and that day the call you got wasn't your imagination but you actually got the call . But then it was somehow manipulated in a way the everyone started believing that it was your imagination. Listen James I need to examine this basement . "

"Oh yeah of course you go ahead and if you want then I can accompany you ."

" No need I want to go there alone. And yeah one more thing .... I think your friends are hiding something . "

" What ? What do you mean ?"

" Nothing. You will know with time " .

I felt strange. Why would my friends hide something from me ? Then I asked him that question stuck in my mind .

"Victor why did you give a disappointed expression when you heard Jennifer is in this house ? "

" Because spirits are more powerful when they are near their origin . Now if you will allow me then I would like to examine the basement . "

" Yeah yeah of course go ahead ". And he left . Victor seemed a little off . Like something was bothering him .

After a while when I was in kitchen I heard a sad piano music and soon after that I heard a scream from the basement. I rushed inside the basement to check if Victor was okay . When I went inside I saw Victor and he was breathless.

" Hey are you okay ? "

" Yeah " He said .

He was sitting on the piano chair . I went near him and he said

James.....I think I know what had happe— " And while he was continuing we heard a voice from the back . Something fell . I flinched. We turned back and saw someone lying on the ground .

" Hello ? "

No response. We looked at each other . My heart was literally in my throat attempting to jump out . Victor went near him and turned him to see who it was . And seemed like he was a doctor and HE WAS DEAD !

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