Jay 2

When Shakti and Laxmi picked up Jay from Cafe Coronary and brought him here Jay was mostly curious. He lived alone in a 2BHK apartment in IP city. It was like going on a holiday for him.
After Laxmi and Shakti convinced him he sat in the white sedan and came to Himachal. University was in a valley surrounded by dense trees. When he first arrived he was stunned with the natural beauty that surrounded him.
He met the professor, the head of the institution and of the university. After Bhaskar Mukherjee he was the third professor who was in charge of the university, the vice-chancellor of the university and also the responsible for the Ashtabhuj operations.
He met Dr. Rajesh who was a physicist and head of the Ashtabhuj operation team. The members of the Ashtabhuj operations team were spread throughout India. They were called for various missions according to their skill sets. 

Jay

It was a chilly morning but the fireplace had kept the room warm. It was snowing outside. Jay got out from the bed and made himself coffee. Holding the coffee mug in his hand he looked out of the window to see everything covered in a white, thick layer of snow.
Two years ago Laxmi and Shakti came to Cafe Coronary to bring him here, to the Campus. After one year of intense training he started working for the University, and it became his home, this 1BHK apartment at the University campus.
During his training period he made friends with Prithvi and Ali. Ali was posted in Delhi while Prithvi decided to live in a nearby town Kalpa where he did organic farming and solved cases for his clients. He came to university only when he was required.
Jay sipped his coffee and thought about what all had happened in past two years. After Dhaima passed away, he and Totto had lost everything. Totto was 3 years older to him.  He lived  alone and played in a death metal band called Mrityu. Totto lived nearby and came often. After he left IP City, Totto opened a small gift shop in IP city and called him regularly.
In these two years Jay's world view had completely changed. World was not what he believed it to be. First one year of strict training and then missions assigned by the university. Life had changed so much since then.
When his parents died in a car crash, he had moved to IP city. Money was never a problem for him because his parents left a fortune with Dhaima for taking care of him.
After moving to the Campus he had been busy with the missions the university assigned him. It was a fight between two rivaling organizations, and he was with the university. 

Story of Ashtbhuj

1920 India: Colonel James Smith and archeologist Dr. Bhaskar Mukherjee were at the excavation site in United Province. The workers had found a chest and an old statue which had eight arms. Dr. Norah Adams who was a specialist in linguistics and ancient Indian language had accompanied them to the site. The statue was of an old god, much before any other known civilization.
Dr. Mukherjee was thrilled and so were Colonel Smith and Dr. Adams. The chest contained manuscripts in an ancient language which could only be read by Dr. Adams.
The workers were still busy digging. Dr Mukherjee, Dr. Adams and Colonel Smith were in the tent discussing about the manuscripts when they heard a noise and a call from outside.
A treasure had been discovered, huge amounts of gold, jewels and ornaments were found by the excavation workers.
Colonel Smith ordered his officers to guard the treasure. The day had been a success. A whole new civilization had been discovered. A civilization which existed but no one knew anything about.
Dr. Adams and Dr. Mukherjee were excited about the manuscript so they headed back to the tent to decipher the manuscript. Colonel followed them.
In the tent Dr. Adams started to decipher the manuscripts.
"It is not easy to decipher the language but they have hieroglyphics which tell that the eight-handed statue was made from a stone which fell from the sky, and it gives powers to a person who owns it." Dr. Adams said to Dr. Mukherjee.
Colonel Smith who was listening to her quietly asked, "Do you really believe that?"
"Of course not, but it is difficult to deny anything without a proof; this is the reason we have not been able to deny God." Dr Adams said.
"Until today we didn't even know that such a civilization was buried under the earth, had a farmer not found an artefact, we wouldn't have been able to know it ever", said Dr. Mukherjee.
Colonel agreed to both of them. "The government will be very happy on our discovery, especially the treasure," he said.

Laxmi and Shakti were at Cafe Coronary, waiting for Jay's band Mrityu to come and perform. It was here they were supposed to meet him. The one who will complete Saptak and form Ashtabhuj.

Sharanya refused to have a drink. Shakti had a sip of whisky on the rocks as the band entered into the scene.

Their guy was on the bass guitar. He looked like a teenager, a hipster who had refused to grow after his teenage.

They had done enough research on his profile and probably knew more than he even knew about himself. He was a handsome boy, 6 feets tall and curly hair with an afro.

Sharanya was not amused. Laxmi was trying to understand the intricacies of the system. Things are not always like that, she wanted to tell Sharanya. Professor has been waiting for this day. Ashtabhuj-5 was assigned a very special task of handling this situation. Things had gone international and things weren't becoming better. Professor had thought of an intervention because of the involvement of pentagram and the trio. Ashtabhuj-5, was given the task. Jay wasn't ready but he has to be included.

The relic was to be found before it went to the Pentagram. The sword of Ashoka was somewhere at buried in the old city of Patliputra and had to be retrieved at the right time, before it reaches in hands of the Mackenzies.

Each relic has to be recovered in the right time according to the scriptures. Ashtabhuj-5 was scheduled for Patliputra, the mordern day Patna.

Laxmi was handling Ashtabhuj-5 from the  valley. The relic was kept at a temple in Patna after it was found by the locals. They had to reach and intervene before Pentagram comes and steals it.

About Jay

Jay is the protagonist of the Ashtabhuj series. His friends are Prithvi and Ali. He lived in IP city and played guitar in a band called Mrityu.

Prithvi was raised by his Dhaima after his whole family went missing in a trip while he was in a hostel.

After Dhaima's death he shifted to IP City and started playing in a band. He only has one known contact, a girl whom he calls Totto.

He was contacted by the University because of the prophecy in the recovered manuscripts.

The main emotion in Jay's life is pain. First when his family went missing and second when one 3 years senior girl he was close to was murdered.

He has a condition which keeps him in pain all the time. Carol tried to heal him but couldn't because the pain was too much for her to bear.

He was inducted in Saptak to form a new group called Ashtabhuj which fought threats, and Mackenzies', pentagram and trio.

Planning - carol

Carol is a general surgeon who works in a hospital in Goa. She was called and inducted by the university when it was recognized that she has the power to manipulate the Vital energy, Prana or chi.

She was called and inducted in the university hospital and saptak-5.

Her father is a well known surgeon in Goa. Carol lost her mother when she was 9 years old and her father and her aunt Rosie brought her up.

Planning - prithvi

Prithvi is the protagonist in the short story series Paranormal diaries of the Indies. He is the member of Ashtabhuj 6 and lives in the fictional hill town called kalpa around 3 hours journey from the valley where university and the training grounds are located.

He is an expert marksman and a skeet shooter. In Kalpa he has a few people living with him including his secretary and  manager Rohini who also accompanies him in trips where they together bust ghosts and have paranormal adventures.

Prithvi is friends with Jay and Ali. Jay is in Ashtabhuj, or saptak 5 and protagonist of the Ashtabhuj series. Vedant Mackenzie is an antihero in the same series.

The diaries are written by Prithvi himself after he completes an adventure. Paranormal and supernatural elements are in abandon in this series and somewhere it merges in the Ashtabhuj series because prithvi is called upon by the old method of parcel or pager to the university.

He is friends with _____ in the university working as a biochemist with the university and also is a proficient occultist who is part of saptak 6, and helps prithvi with his cases.

There is a hill town Gajpur where supernatural things happen and they are called for help.

Prithvi owns a jeep and lives on an isolated hill top doing farming on that hill, and growing apples and other fruits.

Prithvi is an ex-army man, who was shot in the leg and then discharged, he has a barely noticeable limp and can walk freely.

He has no family, he likes biking and has a cruiser motorbike. Earlier he used to work as a dj in a Club in IP City, when the parcel arrived for him.

Lochan thapa was the drill instructor and the incharge of the training grounds. The university trained the students of campus school and others selected for operations such as members of the saptak. The training grounds were in the middle of the forest and a (path) from the university joined both.

There were tree houses for the trainees other+++ than the students of the campus school.

The members of the first saptak were trained by Ram Bahadur Thapa, father of Lochan Thapa.

Laxmi and Vinayak were at Cafe Coronary where Mrityu was performing. Laxmi was a classical music kind of a person and thus the music was not going well with her.

They were sure that Trio was there too, but they hadn't found out yet. Shakti was eager to see Jay. The band had not come on the stage yet. Trio was not going to harm Jay, but she was sure of violence if she got to Jay first. The orders from Mackenzies and the University for getting Jay for themselves were issued at the same time.

Jay was essential for formation of Ashtabhuj so Laxmi and Shakti were ready  for violence if that had to be the case. Laxmi and Shakti were the agents of Saptak-5, and they wanted Jay for themselves. Shakti considered himself lucky that he was chosen for getting Jay to university.

Finally the band came on to the stage. Jay was there with his guitar. The band started with a sound which the leader termed as Khatarnaak, Laxmi smirked a little knowing that a headache was due because of the Khatarnaak sound.

Jay was shredding through the guitar with a cigarette in his mouth. So this oversmart man child with a cigarette in his mouth and guitar hanging in front of him is going to save humanity, Laxmi thought and smirked.

Shakti meanwhile was scanning the room for the traces of Trio and finally located them in the corner sitting and sipping on drinks. Shalaka was looking around when their eyes met.

Jay played guitar for a death metal band called Mrityu. After the band got disbanded and he recieved the parcel from the university, he came there and met the Saptak-5, one of the many seven people teams for operations against evil in the world.

It was said in the scriptures that addition of Jay in the saptak would make them Ashtabhuj and prevent the world from a major catastrophe.

After it happened the council of governments threw him in a time-trap because they considered him rogue and reckless, in short, he was a pest.

Jay was living in a town called Nainpur near the Amrit Valley where the university was situated opposite to the town Kalpa where Prithvi was living. 

In Kalpa Prithvi was doing organic farming and solving murder mysteries and paranormal cases from nation wide.

Jay was stuck in a time trap living at Nainpur and teaching small kids guitar. He was feeling lonely and left out Maya whom he called totto lived in a nearby town.

Jay, prithvi and Ali were good friends since University days since they were inducted at the same time and trained by their respective saptaks. Prithvi and Ali were 7th members of their saptaks while Jay was the 8th member of the Ashtabhuj. There were 10 saptaks all assigned with multiple duties in different specialities though they all were capable of taking cases of other specialities.

Ashtabhuj

Jay is trying to get over the time trap, but it is difficult to break. He will need expert help, unless someone from the university comes for him, it doesn't seem possible.

Dr. Raj i believe has almost finished his research on the portal he was working on. They will be uniting as soon as Professor gets up from his sleep.

University is one of the few organizations in the world to be allowed to research human cloning. Mackenzie Biotech is one among the others.

The governmental investigation agencies are working on getting data on both organizations so that we can keep a watch on the activities of both organizations.

Along with that, there are always terrorist groups, small rebellions and such other things for which the government sometimes needs help of the the university and corporations, including Mackenzies.

The invention of time travel has increased the threat on the world, and so has the invention of dimensional portals.

Ashtabhuj

Pests undergo a really hard time. Cameras are fitted in their houses, and their daily activities are regularly recorded. Later, the same activities are used to blackmail them and spoil their lives. The local jokers follow the pest and gather intel. Their phones and other gadgets are put on surveillance and their calls are recorded to blackmail them. A lot of subliminal bullying is used to throw them out of balance.

Jay had helped a boy named Karan who was a 3 redstar pest during the time of the Vedant incidence. Sometimes the life of pests is too interesting and thus it becomes a part of our lives to. Heads follow some pests like their favorite soap operas.

The government doesn't allow such camera work and surveillance but everything is legal when the circus is involved. Circus is a ruthless machinery dedicated to eradicate anything which is identified as a threat.

Karan now lives in the University. He works for the university paper, and has a few other maintainance jobs in the university.

The main goal of this approach of the circus is to make a person unstable.

I have a collection of writings of Karan during the phase; he had completely lost it but then Jay interfered and rescued him.

Dr. Sharanya, the psychiatrist, and one of the members of Saptak had doubted the recocery of Karan, but now he is more stable than before.

Circus is a powerful organisation, we can make people crazy, extract information or even kill them without anyone ever knowing our existence.

Karan doesn't go out of the University premises because he is afraid of everything. The clown assigned had played with his head beyond repair, and it is a wonder that he is still functional in any capacity.

Rudra's diary

(Dr. Rudra Abhigyan)Lab work can be hectic sometimes. I have reached here after much effort. The University's interview was really tough, and i had no hopes of qualifying but luckily they selected me. My work in the lab majorly consists of identifying specimens brought in by the team.

Other times i do my favourite job of playing with the dna. My personal life is going through a hectic phase these days.

Being a scientist has been a boon for me. Atl least i get to avoid people. I was never comfortable with people. When i was a kid i was so shy that i used to hide from people. I was a bright student and i kept doing what i do the best. Studying. And ended up in the lab of university.

#45

I am hallucinating.

Jay speaks

Hi i am Jyoti. And this is my story. I was born in a small district in rajasthan called Rajpur. They call me Jay. I used to live with my Dhaima, till she passed away, now I live with Amaya whom Dhaima had employed before her death. I study philosophy at the imperial university. I had promised Dhaima that i would finish my studies, and so applied for my masters this year. After dropping out of 3rd year medical college, she was angry with me but then i enrolled into philosophy and completed my bachelors. After death of Dhaima, life has been lonely. I return home to Amaya waiting for me. Amaya can't speak. She may be some 3 years elder to me and came to manage the household when Dhaima was sick. Amaya has her own issues. All i know about her is that her father was japanese, which is very obvious. I don't have much friends, mostly because Dhaima didn't allow me to have many friends, but even if she would have, i know i still wouldn't have any friends because i felt different and separated from the rest of the world.

The Adventures of ultimate 8.. THE FORMATION OF ASHTABHUJ....Chapter 3.. The Ancient Ruins...

40 years ago...

Archeologist Dr. Bhaskar Bandopadhyay was finally successful in finding the ancient city of Vanampa, with help from fellow Archeologist Dr. Sujoy Chatterjee and Historian Dr. Sophia Laura. Dr. Laura was Italian but her Indian Ancient history was her specialty and because of the same reason the government had chosen her in this team.

The excavation process was going on, laborers were busy in digging the ancient ruins. The site was surrounded by tents. The British India government had appointed Captain Tom Mackenzie and his soldiers to help Bhaskar. The site was present in between thick forests somewhere in north west hilly regions of India which now belongs to Pakistan.

Bhaskar, Sujoy, Sophia and captain Mackenzie were busy sipping tea in their tents when  a labourer came running in the tent and informed- "Sahib, We got a big metal box".

Bhaskar left the tea and came out while others decided to finish their tea.
When bhaskar reached the exact site where the box was found he saw laborers liftin the box to the level. He signaled them to open the box. It took a lot of effort but when finaly the box opened every body was shocked. The box was filled with gold coins, jewels, artifacts of different kinds but what caught the eye of Bhaskar was the statue of Pashupati with an emerald embedded in it. The emerald glowed as Bhaskar looked at it. He took out the statue from the box and examined it. At the base of statue something was written, he tried to read it but it was so small that he couldn't. He would need a magnifying glass he thought.  He kept the statue in his own bag to read the inscriptions on it later and sent a laborer to call for Mackenzie, Sophia and Sujoy.

.......................................

Captain Mackenzie had thrown a very party for the whole excavation team, laborers were happy to taste the english alcohol but Bhaskar was even happier because tomorrow was the day they were going to tell the discovery to the world.

The party ended and everybody retired to their tents. At around midnight someone came running in Bhaskar’s tent. Bhaskar got yp suddenly with the noise. It was Sophia. She looked terrified.

“We have to leave this place bhaskar, right now!”, Sophia said.

“Why?”, Bhaskar asked trying to guess.

“I just came out of my tent to take in some fresh air and I was passing by Sujoy’s tent. Captain Mackenzie was also there. I overheard them talking…….”

“Talking what?”

“They are planning to kill us both so that they both can take the treasure as well as the name for finding this civilization.”

“What sort of silly joke is this”, Bhaskar said.

“I am telling the truth,, believe me.. that’s what I heard”..

Suddenly they heard few footstep coming towards their tent.

“See.. they are coming… let’s run”.

On this, Bhaskar had no choice. If it was a sort of silly joke it will be over if he would agree to her. They came out from the other side of the tent and quietly walked towards the jungle.

The Adventures of ultimate 8.. THE FORMATION OF ASHTABHUJ....[Chapter 2: The Parcel arrives...]

 

2 days before the current events

10 am

Andaman, India

Vinayak was getting ready for work. He was a well built man of about 5 9’ with a wheatish complexion and a dark moustache that contrasted with his face. His black hair were neatly combed backwards. Though tall enough he looked short because of his stocky figure which was result of his daily prctises of mallakhamba and wrestling.

Today he had to sea-dive for studying coral reefs for his new research project. His SCUBA gear was ready.

He hastily poured milk in a bowl full of cornflakes at the same moment the door bell rang. He opened the door. A postman was standing holding a brown parcel in his hands.

11:20

City Hospital, Goa

Dr.Carol had just assisted Dr. Vyom, a reknown cardiac surgeon in a surgey. She was genuinely happy because it was really an achievement for her. She came out of the OT and walked towards the coffee hut.

She got herself a coffee and was thinking about the complexities of the just done surgery. 

Carol was a tall girl of about 5 6”, a fair complexion and curly black hair having all the feature of an anglo-indian. She was beautiful.

Carol was busy in her thoughts when she heard someone calling, It was Lavina the receptionist.

‘Carol you have got a parcel by your name’.

12:00

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai

Naaz was working on a new composition for moderators of atomic reactors. Last year she worked for a pharmaceutical company. This year her application for working with BAARC was approved and this had given her the opportunity to combine her chemistry knowledge with physics.

Naaz had the looks of snow white, at around 5 4”, she was a really beautiful girl, a perfect example of beauty with brains.

She was busy working when her assistant came with a packet.

“Madam ji, you have received a parcel by your name.”

12:30

Bangalore, India

‘Thank you mam for solving my problem’, The young man sitting in front of Laxmi got up from his chair. She looked at him as he left. She was a counselor, a psychologist working in infosis and it was her job to counsel company people. Employees in tech companies can go through stressful situations and it was her job to relieve them and help them. She liked her job.

She had a dusky complexion with a long serene face. Her waist long hair were tied in a bun. She wore specs with a golden rim which suited her face.

She sighed and relaxed leaning back on her chair and was thinking of pouring a cup of coffee for herself from the thermos flask kept on the table when the office boy came in with a brown packet in hand.

‘Madam, parcel for you.

1:25 pm

IIT Delhi

‘Kindly complete the assignments and submit tomorrow’, Aditya told the students, we shall discuss the rest in the next class. He came out of the classroom. He was assistant professor of quantum mechanics in IIt Delhi.

Aditya was around 5’ 11’’ usually dressed formally as a professor should. He had a French beard in order to make him look more mature in front of the students.

He entered his department and reached his table. A brown parcel was kept on the table.

 3:40 pm

Chandigarh, India

Jeet was sitting in his cabin with his feet on the table. With the remote control, he was flipping channels on the television. Owning a company means not much of a job. He owned a auto-mobile spare parts company along with his uncle.

Just 4 months ago he had joined the company after doing an MBA in Human Resource Management. But it was of no use. Uncle loved him too much to let him do any work; all he had to do was to give attendance in the office. He was still flipping channels when Ruchi his secretary came along with a brown packet.

1 am,

Udaipur, Rajasthan

DJ Pyro was playing. The crowd was moving to his beats. Pyro was a new addition to Insomnia but still he had become a craze. He set the turntable to auto. It was time for DJ Nisarga to take over. Pyro left the stand and came to the parking where his cruiser bike was waiting. I was his seventh job in the year, last one was in a news channel. DJ Pyro, Shakti thought and smiled,… he liked that name. He sat on his cruiser bike rode his way back home.

Shakti was around 6 feet tall, well built with silver ear rings. And the bike suited perfectly on him. He reached home. On the door step he found a brown packet. The parcel had arrived.

Shakti opened the brown packet. There was a cardboard box inside which had :

A letter

A phone and a sim card

 

A handheld GPS device

A flight ticket to Dehradun

Shakti  read the letter…

Dear Shakti,

Don’t you feel that you are special? You know you are different but how that you haven’t figured out. Isn’t it? Come to me and I will answer all your questions.

Waiting for you eagerly,

Professor

Shakti threw the letter and started packing his bag. DJ job had bored the hell out of him. He picked up the air ticket from the box and tore it. He was going to ride to Dehradun.

Packing his bag he was thinking about the letter and the professor guy unaware of the fact that there were others who had received similar letters.

The Adventures of ultimate 8....THE FORMATION OF ASHTABHUJ[Chapter 1: The wait ends....]

The Villa was in the middle of a Jungle, somewhere in the Terais of Himalayas in Uttaranchal state of India.  Professor Bhaskar Bandopadhyay was sitting on his sofa chair and smoking his favourite cigar. The large computer screen in front of him flickered with the biodata of his expected guests.

Aditya Thakur

Age 27

Education: PhD in Quantum Physics

Hometown: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Hobbies: Physics.

Laxmi Menon

Age 25

Education: MS in applied psychology.

Hometown: Ernakulam, Kerala

Hobbies: Knowing people, cooking, travelling.

Vinayak Kamath

Age 24

Education: Masters degree in marine biology

Hometown: Mangalore, Karnataka

Hobbies: Swimming, wrestling.

Irfan Ali

Age:23

Education: Bachelor degree in Criminal Law

Hometown: Mumbai

Hobbies: Bike Racing, shooting.

Carol D’sa

Age: 24

Education: Bachelor in Medicine and surgery

Hometown: Goa

Hobbies: Dancing, singing, helping people.

Naaz Ahmed

Age: 24

Education: Masters degree in Chemistry

Hometown: Hyderabad

Hobbies: Painting.

Jeet Walia

Age 23

Education: MBA in Human Resource Management.

Hometown: Chandigarh

Hobbies: Driving, Partying.

Shakti Singh

Age 23

Education: Bachelor in computer science.

Hometown: Udaipur, Rajasthan

Hobbies: Not available.

Professor has waited for this day since long time. A faint smile appeared on his face.  Madam Zee was busy in gathering papers and arranging files on professor’s desk. She looked at the old man and saw him smiling to himself. She smiled too. She knew how eagerly professor had waited for this great day. The emerald embedded in the statue of eight armed pashupati kept on the table was glowing brightly.

Professor looked at Madam Zee, ‘Take good care of them Zeenat, let them rest and relax first, it’s necessary.”

Zee nodded her head with a courteous smile. The emerald in the statue was glowing brightly than ever.

TB aka Tej Bahadur Thapa was standing on the door to welcome the guests. He was a short man of about 5 feet and has tiny eyes and pleasant face. He was given special instructions for today by Madam Zee. He knew today was a special day. Vishnu had gone to receive the guests on the airport. Vishnu was the driver; Vishnu Ayyar from Tamil Nadu was a lanky man with a thick moustache. Only difference between Vishnu and other drivers was that the others didn’t know to fly an aero plane.

A jeep entered the premise. Behind it was a blue and white dirt bike with its trademark noise. A guy with a white biking jacket and a metallic blue helmet rode it with utmost precision. The jeep halted in front of the villa. The biker braked too. The rear wheel left the ground for a few seconds and then touched the ground again to rest.

Aditya, Naaz, Laxmi, Carol, Jeet and Vinayak got down from the jeep. Irfan too parked his bike. Vishnu drove the jeep back to the garage. The guests entered the Villa where TB was already ready to greet them.

‘You are very welcome, Sir’, TB smiled warmly. ‘Your rooms are getting ready sir. Kindly rest here in the hall itself while your own rooms get ready. Aditya had already settled himself on the sofa. The rest of them also joined him.’

The hall was huge and decorated with antiques at right places. The room was well lit and had a fireplace too. A huge maroon rug covered the whole of the hall. Three long antique sofas were kept in the middle of the hall with an antique glass table situated in between. In the far end of the hall was a staircase. The hall was pleasantly warm compared to cold outside.

Now everybody was sitting in the hall waiting for the 8^th person. They heard a loud noise of a bike coming. Thudd, Thudd, Thudd, Thudd.  A cruiser bike stopped in front of the villa. The biker wore a brown jacket and a black helmet and aviator goggles. This was Shakti.

‘I hate cruiser bikes’, Irfan told the group. Shakti entered the hall.

‘Welcome Sir, we had sent the jeep for you too.’, TB said to Shakti.

“I prefer my own ride.’, said Shakti.

“So do I”, thought Irfan, “tough guy huh?”

“That’s why we had sent each one of you a GPS device so that you can locate us easily. “, They heard a female voice and looked at its direction. Madam Zee was descending down the stairs in the hall.

Madam Zee was a beautiful woman with milky complexion and dark black hair. She wore a red colored formal skirt and coat with black shoes with long heels. It was really difficult to tell her age. But a good guesser may guess her age in early thirties. She wore a red lipstick and her hair was in a bun. She wore glasses with black frame which made her look intellectual and even more attractive.

“Your rooms are ready. I will request you all to rest for some time. We will meet again for dinner. TB will show you the way to your rooms.”, madam zee spoke again.

‘Kindly follow me Sirs and madams”, TB said courtly. They followed him to their rooms.

Professor Bhaskar  was studying each of them carefully on his monitor screen. Are they really the ones?