The Death Road

== THE DEATH ROAD	==
=== By Abhishek Dhaundiyal ===
Published in StoryStar 2013
Detective Johansson was in his dreams when he got a ring from his department. it was around 03.00 am in the morning when he got the call. At first he was furious on the department as they had disturbed his sleep. Detective Johansson had just returned from Ankara from a long vacation. When he was leaving for his department he left a note for his wife. He reached his department at around 04.30am. at first he called his assistant and asked him why on earth they had called him at 03.00am in the morning. His assistant was a woman in her thirties and her name was Anne. She was a woman with a beautiful personality. She said to Johansson, I’m sorry for the trouble sir but we have a problem. She said that a girl has been raped and murdered. Detective Johansson was still thinking about how he had enjoyed the visit to the Turkish capital, when he was disturbed by Anne’s voice. Sir, she said, this photo is of the girl who was raped and murdered yesterday. aww, said Johansson, that’s hard, very hard. He told his assistant that he needed full information about that girl. Yes sir, said Anne, sir you might want to look at the body of that girl in the forensic lab. He went to the forensic lab where the girl’s body was lying. Oh Jesus, he took a step back when he saw the body of that girl. He called the doctor and asked for the post mortem report. The doctor said that the murderers had destroyed her uterus and had stabbed her 38 times. Johansson thought, how could someone be so cruel with a girl.
He left for his home. He told the whole story to his wife. His wife wanted him to be calm and wanted him to relax as they had just returned from a long holiday. That day the photo of the girl kept on coming in his mind and he could not sleep. He wanted to force the image out of his mind, but he couldn’t, so he again tried hard to sleep and this time he was successful. 
The next day when he reached his department his assistant handed him the information about that girl. The name of the girl was Bethany, she was 19years old and she was studying arts from roobs college of Riga. she used to do a part time job as a waitress in a small restaurant on the outskirts of Riga. For one minute Johansson thought that if the girl belonged to Riga then what was she doing in Bern. He thought that this case couldn’t be solved with so much ease. This was the first time detective Johansson was astonished and confused with a case related with murder. He ordered his assistant to come to the place where the dead body of the girl was found. While he was examining that place he closed his eyes for 5 seconds. he tried to recreate the situation that might have led to this situation. he could feel the pain of that girl who was murdered, he could hear the screaming of that girl. while he was doing all this his assistant’s voice interrupted his imagery scene. are you ok Mr. Johansson? she asked him. yes, I’m alright, I think I need to go home, I’m not feeling well. Then I’ll catch you later Ms Anne. 
The next day Johansson decided to take a day off. He was lying in his couch staring at the ceiling when he heard a knock on the front door. He opened the door and saw a letter lying on the floor. he opened the letter and saw that it was blank and nothing was written on it. He thought that someone’s trying to joke with him, so he tore the paper into pieces and threw them in the dustbin. The next Mr. Johansson was on a flight to Riga with his assistant Ms Anne. He decided to explore Riga on the first day.
The next day he took off for Roobs College. It had a huge campus. mr Johansson went back into his college days when he was disturbed by the roaring of children who were there to welcome him. He straight away the led himself into the principal’s office. It was a well furnished room. Hello Mr. Johansson, I’m Mr. Moore, principal of this college it’s my pleasure to meet you. He was a man in his forties. Me too, Mr. Moore, but you know what I’m here for. Yes I know, it’s very sad to hear about Bethany, she was a very bright student. after having some chat he went to the classroom where Bethany used to study. He could relate himself to all the students who were present over there. Then after this he asked about her to all her classmates and her teachers. He was really confused so he decided to take the fingerprints of everyone that was present in the college at that time. After this he was really tired so he decided to return to his department.
The next day he was checking on the fingerprints of the people when Ms Anne said “sir at the time when we were taking the fingerprints in that college the girl’s two best mates were not present there. What? exclaimed Mr. Johansson, her two best mates were not present there? Yes sir, said ms anne. ms Anne, I want information about her two best mates by day after tomorrow. I’ll try my level best sir. Johansson left for his house. 
While he was reading the newspaper it came in his mind that who would have sent him a blank paper with nothing written on it. The next day he called Principal Moore to ask him about Bethany’s best mates. He said that he didn’t know anything about them but he told him that the name of the two girls was Nicole and Samantha. he hung up. There was a message travelling from Bern to Riga and that message said, killed. 
The next day Mr. Johansson got to know that dead bodies of two girls were found at the same place were Bethany’s body was found. He asked himself, who can do this? While he was thinking about the solution, Ms Anne said, that the dead bodies that were found were of Bethany’s best friends. What? Oh Jesus how can this happen; he said to Anne that the case was becoming more and more complicated. 
The next day he was in the forensic lab checking on the bodies of Nicole and Samantha when he saw something very unusual. He saw that some sort of inverted u type symbol was engraved on their hands. He then recalled that same type of symbol was also made Bethany’s hands. What was the symbol trying to signify? mr Johansson, Ms Anne said, I received this blank letter this morning, I thought it might be something relating to Bethany’s death. I don’t know, but you know what this thing happened with me also. They gave that paper to the forensic doctor and asked him if there was anything related to this paper about medicals. the doctor placed his soda can on the table and examined the paper for a second and then he said, I don’t know. mr Johansson was frustrated and as he was taking the paper from the doctor’s hand he by mistake spilled some soda on the paper. I’m really sorry doctor, I’ll buy you another drink. no problem Johansson, I’ve already had enough of that juice and you know what, it sucks. hey look, something’s appearing on the paper, said ms Anne, it was the same symbol that was engraved on the hands of the three girls. He knew what he had to do next, he was on a flight to Riga. He wanted to meet Mr. Moore. 
Ah what a pleasant surprise, Mr. Johansson. they both shook hands. While he was shaking hands with Mr. Moore he noticed that he also had that inverted u symbol on his hands. Johansson was surprised and thought that it would be better if he didn’t ask him about that symbol, so after having some tea with him he left. Mr. Moore closed the door and sent a message “goodbye riga” to Bern. 
The next day when he went to his department he told his assistant about all things that had happened. He decided to take a day off. When he reached his home he saw that the front door of the house was opened. As he pushed to open the door he saw that his wife’s dead body was lying on the floor massaged with blood and a blank paper lying in front of her body. he knew that till now he was hunting but now he was being hunted. 
The next days were quite sad for him. he had lost his wife. He was lying on the couch when he thought, who would have been giving all information to the person who was killing all these people. The phone rang and it was ms Anne, she wanted to go for vacation to Paris. Mr. Johansson gave her the permission. The next day Mr. Johansson made a plan to arrest Mr. Moore. He went to Riga to arrest Mr. Moore. When he reached his office he saw that he was waiting for someone. Mr. Johansson was waiting at a distance. At a distance from which Mr. Moore couldn’t see him.
Johansson decided to attack Mr. Moore in an ambush. Hands up, he said, I know you’re the murderer, Mr. Moore. I think you’re mistaken, Mr. Detective, just look behind you. As he looked behind him he saw that Ms Anne was standing there and had pointed her pistol on his head. Anne, you. Yes Johansson, I never trusted you I knew that you could never be grateful to me so I changed my profession. Anne didn’t know that Johansson also had a pistol in his pocket and was well trained in handling the gun. He swung over and killed Anne with one shot of his gun. Moore tried to run but he was arrested. mr Moore was in jail. Johansson went up to him and slapped him two times and asked him why he had killed the girls and his wife. Moore said that people didn’t believe in him and those three girls were the only ones who knew that I believe in that symbol and they used to laugh on me. That symbol gives me power and brings me nearer to god. I raped and killed them. I knew that if I would throw their bodies in Riga it would be easy for people to find the guilty, so I threw all the bodies on the Bern highway. 
But why did you kill my wife for this? Johansson growled. 
haa! Your wife. I knew that you could easily find out the killer so to make you weak I killed your wife and took Anne with me. 
You are going to pay for this, Johansson said. 
The next day when he went to Mr. Moore’s jail to see him. he found him hanging from the ceiling. He called for help and medical staff. The medical doctor told him that Mr. Moore was dead. mr Johansson noticed that there was something in Mr. Moore’s shirt pocket. On touching he found out that it was a letter. He opened and it and saw that it was blank. He laughed and then threw that paper in the dustbin.
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Category:Crime
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