Elementary Crystals

"What in the world is this!?" This was the reaction of three of those friends when they saw a corpse in the lab. The dead person was badly wounded and a long cut was made on his stomach. The corpse was completely covered in blood.

"He's David!" Said Mark in a frightened voice, "But who did this to him and the most important thing is where is my dad!?"

"There's nobody in the lab since we enter. Who in the world can do this?" Said Chris.

"We should call the police!" Said, Ralph.

"There's no phone except the smartphones of David and Dad." Replied Mark.

"You mean the only phone here is in this corpse!?"

"Yeah."

"Wait guys, I'll ask someone else outside to call the police." Said Chris and exited the lab.

"Is there any other exit?" Ralph asked.

"Yeah, there's a door there!" Mark replied and pointed to a door on the corner of the wall opposite the entrance door.

"Criminal must've escaped through that exit! Anyways, that's the police's duty. Come, we should leave."

"Leave!? But what about my Dad?" Mark said with anger.

"Calm down! He might escape the lab and might be safe. If we go to find him we might encounter the criminal!"

"So? What now? He's my dad! I must find him!" Mark said this and rushed to the back door.

"Hey, wait!" Ralph just said this when he saw a note stuck on an almirah. "There's a note here!"

Mark suddenly stopped, turned to Ralph, and asked, "What kind of note!? What's written on it?"

"Wait," Ralph replied and went to check the note.

"If anyone is reading this note," He read. "It means either I'm in danger or I've died"

When he read this first line, Mark's face filled with horror.

"If you're Mark, my son," He continued. "Then don't panic. Just open the Almirah on which this note is stuck and took the silver box with you to any safe place. Don't give this box to anyone else, not even the police. Just keep it to yourself. Don't panic, my son, if I'm still alive, I'll come to you. Just wait for me and don't lose your hope. And please, for God's sake, keep that box safe!"

"What?" Said Mark in a sobbing tone. "What in the world is inside this box!!!?" He rushed to the almirah and quickly open it.

Almost all of the almirah was filled with test tubes, papers, and chemicals but there was one odd thing. That thing was, undoubtedly, the silver box.

The moment he picked the silver box, the sound of the police car came.

"Police is here. They might ask us for this box. Let's run from the back door! We'll then, somehow, if you agree, take Chirs with us and go to your house and see what's inside this!" Said Ralph in a quiet voice.

"Ok. Let's go!" Replied Mark and they both rushed to the back door.

"Let's go and take Chris with us!" Said, Mark.

Both of them ran to the front door and somehow they ignore the police on their way to Chris who was standing at the front door.

"Don't ask anything! Just go with us!" Said, Mark.

He agreed and from the nearest shop, they call the cab driver and went to Mark's house.

In the way, Mark sat sadly repeating, "Where my dad might go?"

Ralph and Chris said nothing and sat silently with him.

When they reached there, Chris asked them, "What's the matter? Why are you in hurry?"

Ralph and Mark explained all the situation to Chris.

"Oh, that's a serious case! There must be some most important thing in this box!" Said Chris after hearing all the story

"So, Mark, do you want us to see your dad's secret?" Ralph asked politely.

"If you weren't there to support me there, maybe this secret would never remain a secret. You can watch this but if you tell any other person about this, no matter how good friends you're, I'll kill you!!" Mark replied.

"I swear that I'll keep it a secret!" Ralph Said.

"What about you, Chris?" Mark asked.

"I swear, too." He replied.

"So, we don't have any time to waste. Police might come here at any moment in search of us! Let's go to my room and open this!" Mark said.

They all went to Mark's room. Mark was staring at the box all the time.

"Let's open this, Mark." Said Ralph politely. He nodded in answer.

Mark opened it. The thing inside that box didn't seem much important.

In that silver box, there was a red cushion on which laid 3 shining crystals. One of them was slightly red, the other was slightly yellow and the last was slightly blue. They are the same in shape and size. In shape, they are like a pencil and in size, they are half of a pencil.

"Crystals!?" Mark said angrily. "The thing which is very close to my dad is these ordinary crystals!?"

His friends were also shocked after seeing those crystals.

"Calm down." Said Chris, "There might be some misunderstanding. You might have taken the wrong box."

"But there was only one bow there! The whole almirah was filled with chemicals and papers!" He replied.

"These might be some rare and valuable crystals," Ralph said.

"Yeah, it's possible but are these crystals valuable than his own life!?" He replied.

"Maybe these crystals are a disguise and the main thing lies under this cushion."

"Yeah, that's possible. Let's check!" He said and remove the crystals and the cushion.

Under the cushion, there was a note.

"Got it!!" Mark said excitingly.

TO BE CONTINUED...

I hope all of you have enjoyed this chapter. Be ready for the next chapter! Stay tuned with the Elementary Force!