DARKNESS

"What are you planning?..."

I heard her voice but still walked outside the mansion without Saying anything, I was lost in my own thoughts.

"Tell me what are you going to..."

She came running towards me and grabbed my shoulder but when she saw my expression a sudden quietness took over her.

"What type of expression, I am making Alice..."

I spoke with no curiosity, no emotions. It was... Just pure blank and hollow voice...

"Yo....you are...I don't know how to put this expression....it's as if... your face is bl... blank..."

She spoke in a shaken voice her Eyes drifting towards me.

SUSS....

I turned away and covered my face with my hands as if hiding my true self from the world.

After a minute, I turned to looked at her and asked...

"Do I look ok now...."

I spoke and she just nodded her head in answer. I started to walk away but she didn't move and just stood there with a suprised and curious look as if thinking what had she seen today.

"I don't know whether you'll believe me or not..."

I stopped and spoked without even looking at her.

"But just remember that, do trust me and I am going to help you, in anyway I can..."

"So.... just don't lose your trust on me, will you.."

I turned my face towards her and flashed a small kind smile. Though even then She just looked at me with a suspicious gaze and just nodded her head. I knew she was suspicious of me but that didn't matter to me there was no good hiding my true self from her, the only thing I have to hide from her she shouldn't know about that at all.

"And for the plan... I think I got one.."

Hearing me she looked at me with a curious look while maintaining her distance from me, as if telling me how much shaken she was but I still continued.

"We are going to use his fear towards him..."

I spoke and she just heard me and narrowed her eyes ever so slightly.

"What do you mean by that?...."

She asked her question while I looked towards her and flashed a small smile while counting what I had to say.

"We humans are very confusing creatures... We say that we don't like violence but we also are the ones who make and create the most violence in this world."

I spoke while she just listened me with eyes which were Even more confused now.

"You see the things we hate, the things which are not beneficial for us, and the things which are said to be wrong for us, which are said to not do. We humans just only do those things and you know what... We do it while having fun."

"So that means, the things we hate the most in this world are also the things we also love the most in this world..... It's vice versa too...."

I spoke with a small smile on my face while She just stood at me with a confused look on her face.

Seeing that look, I just shook my head and explained my plan to her.

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AKRAM POV...

"Sir here it's your medicines... You should refrain from playing so much sir. You remember because of your illness you had to leave your dream, your tennis..."

"Ya ya I know just go away, I have lots of work to do..."

"Sir you are just watching movies, I don't think you are doing much work here."

"That is my work, now go away..."

"Sir it's 11:30 PM you should take some rest now, you have an important meeting tomorrow too... a..nd..."

"And what...."

"..nd...Haaa.... nothing sir just take some rest so you are in your best condition tomorrow..."

After saying that she just left my room. Even though I don't care much about her, I have to say she is cute though...

After taking my medicines, I watched my movie in my private theatre but got bored and decided to head back to my room...

"Hmm... That's weird where are the guards they should be here... Do they have a shift change today..... Well, leave it... I am very sleepy right now..."

I walked towards my room while wearing a dark blue men's night robe.

THUD...

"Haa... I think I heard something.."

I looked behind to find the source of the voice but didn't see anything, So I just continued to walk away.

"It must be some kind of cat or something, I heard there are many roaming in this these days.."

My mansion is very huge with many rooms in the area, originally this mansion came under the influence of the royal family but as I was one of the most trusted men they had, they gave me this mansion as a gift.

STEP...STEP...

As I walked closer to my room, I started to hear footsteps coming from behind, so I turned around to see who it was but didn't see anyone there.

Seeing that I narrowed my eyes and again started to walk away...

STEP...STEP...STEP...

But again I heard them, noises of someone walking while stomping their feet on the ground and this time I could also feel something behind me...

I instantly turned around to see who it was but again didn't saw anyone.

"Hey, who is there... Tell me who is following me... And how were you able to get inside, Guards... Anyone... Anyone is here..."

I started to shout in hopes of calling someone but no one answered back, It was as if everyone had just vanished from here, no matter how much, I looked around and called. Not a single soul Came or answed. So I just turned around and started to walk again but this time I moved much faster...

STEPS...STEPS...STEPS...

I started to hear those steps again but this time something was much werid, as I could feel something or someone's presence behind me they were close to my ears. I could feel them... There shallow breathing.. a cold presence... I could feel it, o could feel everything it was as if he was standing just behind me... looking at me with curiosity.

My curiosity turned into fear, and started to walk much faster without looking behind. There was someone or something behind me I was sure of it but I didn't dare to look back at them as I feared the moment I looked back would be the moment it would catch me.

As I walked faster, the entity walked faster, I was scared but then I saw my room in front of me. With the last bit of strength and courage I had, I dashed towards the door in front of me as I approached the door, I opened it fast and got inside locking it as to not let whatever it was inside.

"Haaa...haa..."

If I would have been a little late also then probably I wouldn't have make it. I thought to myself as I just stared at the door and then decided to sneak a peak from the keyhole.

I looked outside from the small hole on the door, I embraced myself for the worst situations but didn't find anything suspicious outside.

'Haa... It seems it was just a post-movie fear... ha....'

I took a big Sigh of relief but still one more time peeked outside making sure that everything was clear.

"Peak-Boo.."

But suddenly I heard a voice in my ears a chill ran down through my body...It became stiff.. no matter how much I tried I couldn't move my body... I could feel it, it was behind me standing there while looking at me... its gaze was directly on me or at my back... I didn't know what and who it was because it was so dark here..

But suddenly the presence behind me disappeared, As I built uped my courage to look behind.

The light switch was near my bed which was in front of me but I couldn't see anything... Though the window were opened and the light of the moon which was not much was spreading over the little area infront of the room but beyond that area, there was Darkness....pure Darkness and I could feel it... There was something or Someone watching me from that Darkness...

After looking for a little while I saw it... Two eyes looking at me with cold demeanor as if making sure that I am... myself... The look on those eyes.....it was a look that no human can have... No matter how much curel or cold hearted they are it looked more like... A Devil was peeking at his prey from the Darkness as if the Darkness itself has came here to strip my soul down from me.

Then I saw it a hand like begging my soul from me came towards the light from the Darkness as if it was calling me... As if it wanted to embrace me... those hands looked as if they carried the burden and weight of the whole Cosmos on them.

Those Mysterious hands were calling me towards the Darkness as if they wanted me to look at the truth of this world as if they wanted me to see the strength of Dark side.

Those hands then turned up side as if making a sign of handshake as if calling me to form a contract with the devil himself.

As I walked towards those hands, I didn't know what had taken over me, I didn't what was controlling my body...I don't know what lies beyond Those lights, what lies in the dark side but I wanted to see the world beyond... I wanted to see what those hands could offer me... I wanted to see the real power... They can provide me.

"Haa...."

As I walked towards those hands a sudden heaviness took over my body. I felt my balance to this earth...to this world was breaking and as I started to fell on the ground those hands grabbed me. They grabbed me which caused a sudden happiness to rise from my my wounded heart.

I don't know What and why I was feeling this but this feeling it was I never felt experience as if A wanderer had found Oasis in the cruelest of deserts, the feeling was like I had finally found my god whom I had been seaking for centuries.

Two brown eyes watched over me from the Darkness. As if the god himself was making an appearance, I wanted nothing more just to touch them with my own two hand they looked... So beautiful...as if they were holding the whole universe into them.

And like that, the heaviness took over my body and I fell into a deep slumber in those hands which were warm and comfortable which had came from the Dark itself to show me the truth and the lies of this world...