And down there with Krishna, they were on a lift, Krishna and Rohit were side by side, behind them was Priya, Sakshi, Supriya in this order. And none of them were saying anything. And Sakshi who was in the middle of all this, metaphorically and physically. Felt physical new home, Eighteen floors are all ours, half of which has his laboratory, a big and his personal where…" And his father and Supriya both looked at her. And she added a few words.
" Which, we are not going today. Or anytime soon." And she steamed, and his father told him to stay quiet. And soon the door opened, and Rohit explained.
" I bought this place after Sakshi was born, I sold the old house, after you left. It's very close to college, and like Sakshi said, I had my personal lab here, which no one can access."
" Not even me." Sakshi said quietly.
" I'll prepare food, you guys talk. I think you need it." And he looked at Sakshi, who was ready to hear gossip. But after seeing his father's eyes, she rolled her eyes.
" Let me help." She said, and went to the kitchen, leaving two twins and one brother behind.
They both sat on the dining table in one by two formulas. Krishna was in the head seat, and both sisters were facing each other, and the table wasn't that big so basically they were in arms distance. Both Krishna and Supriya were looking at Priya which was making her uncomfortable, and Priya after a while said.
" Can you stop staring at me?" And Krishna did, but Supriya didn't. She just leaned back, and asked her a question, but paused midway, thinking something. And she looked at Krishna and asked, where is the bathroom? Which he looked confused, and an annoying voice came, at least for Priya.
" It's on the right." And she left, giving them the space. And now there were only two, Priya and Krishna, creating a little silence which didn't last long.
" I'm sorry." Said priya, and she looked at him. And he looked at her back.
" You have already said that. " He replied, a little confused. And seeing his honest look she replied.
" Why are you like this?" She rubbed her eyes again.
" This world will eat him. " she said to herself.
" I mean why are you so kind? So honest. Can't you just get angry and say something that can continue this awkward conversation? I'm not good at conversation ok!! I'm a blood scientist not a news reporter, I don't understand this trick or something, I can't explain what I did. Or why I did it. You just need to know I don't want to do that, I'm just sorry, it's all Sakshi's fault. I don't understand this. " And she covered her face, and then apologized.
" I'm sorry, I don't know how to explain to you. But,,, that wasn't fake." And he looked at her.
" Calling you back was, but not the rest."
" I went there cause your father told me, I tested because your father told me, I did all this because your father told me." And he looked down, understanding it was all fake.
" But I didn't go to your house because he told me, I don't go to the market because he told me, I didn't go to the lakeside because he told me." And she lowered her head, and he looked at her, her turning red.
" Don't look at me like that, it's embarrassing ok!" She said this part a little loudly.
" Should I play a music?" Came,a very annoying and unsightly voice. (For those who understand Bollywood)
" Shut up!!" Yelled Priya at Sakshi who wasn't doing her job properly.
Next morning when the sunrise, Dr Arya was still in his lab, looking at the huge amount of research data in front of him, his eyes tired and little bloodshot. He took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes and started to record another log.
" Test result 217-B-2 shows that the energy required for metamorphosis of the genes to complete Meta-genes is very complicated and definitely not the usual kind that humans can come up with. The data I collected has various results, best having the possibility of 43% chances of success, which also came with a bonus of shortening the life span. Some results have various degrees of emptiness with their success. My hardware isn't good enough to do the precise calculations but it showed after a time the subjects ' internal organs started to fail, or started to overwork, become incoordinated, insynchronous with the brain, indicating higher life form needed higher computing capacity. Mice and monkeys aren't smart enough to conduct, and human experiment is far from what we can do. The committee might support it, but showing my research is tantamount to saving. I have a bomb on an airline, so first I need to perfect my research, and find the computer big enough and secret enough for my research." And his eyes landed on the photo of his scientists group, and he smiled.
" I'm about to finish the already fished race, Rohit."
And with Krishna, he was on top of the building where his father lives, looking at the rising sunshine, which encroaches the city slowly, and hits the highrise building one by one, and soon hits his face . He felt this same way back home in the mountains, but their air and feel was different. In the village he felt the warmth of the sun, but here he felt the heat. It was different in essence. And while he was enjoying the sun, a voice came from behind him.
" You wake up early." It was his father, and he was smoking.
"You smoke?" And Rohit crushed the cigarette with his feet.
" Sometimes, do you?" He asked back.
" No" And they both looked at the rising sun together. And Rohit asked again.
" How's your Daadee?"(grand mother)
" She is fine, fit as always." And his expression was a little resentful. And Rohit laughed a little.
" She is very strict isn't she? She always used to tell me that when I have a son she'll teach him a lesson that she didn't teach me." And he asked what that was, and he replied.
" Be obedient." And they both laughed. And after hearing this, Krishna asked him about his power, he could understand where he got his power, but he didn't understand where his father did.
" When did you become a Mahamanav?" Asked Krishna, and Rohit looked a little tired, and responded.
" I've never told this to anyone, not even to your mother." And he adjusted his posture, and remembered the memory.
" It was forty years back then, when I was fifteen years old in my hometown Kasauni. Me and some of my old friends were playing a game late at night near the forest area. We made a bet, who could enter the deep forest and come back without screaming."
" I got lost, and entered way deeper than necessary."
" Back then, I wasn't that smart. Due to some birth defects, my mind wasn't mature enough for my age. And deep in the forest, I met him."
" Whom?" asked Krishna.
" An Alien." And Krishna looked at him with surprise.
" So you want me to….." And Rohit looked at him weirdly.
" Nothing." Rohit said.
" You have to do nothing. Not yet, not yet. " And he straightened up.
" Let's go, I'll show you something."