The Leech
Thinking all these, Andrew arrived at the Good hope hospital campus. It was located in OMR parallel to ECR. He went to the reception and asked for Doctor Cruz. The receptionist informed him that he is waiting for him and directed him to the doctor’s room.
Andrew knocked the door and entered inside. Doctor Cruz welcomed him and offered coffee. It was around 2.00 Am. After formal greetings, the conversation turned to the subject.
“Mr. Andrew, Why I have called you today is a little bit strange but at the same time, important.”
“Tell me what it is doctor. You said something about the vampire case.”
“Yes.” He paused and continued. “I have a man, who may be the person you are searching for.”
“What? Who is he? Where he is?” Andrew asked in a surprised tone.
“Come with me.” The doctor walked him into a prohibited area of the sanitarium. “We deal with different kinds of mental illness Mr. Andrew. You know half of my lifetime I have spent with such people. You know what? We call them half minded, but it’s not true. They are actually special persons. Their mind suddenly starts working more than usual which causes them to freak out suddenly. But if a person knows how to control and not to freak out, he can harvest his extra capability in any way and achieve great deeds. Most of us do not know this.” The doctor kept talking as he walked and they reached in front of a tightly shut room after a 5 minutes’ walk.
“Andrew, you must be very careful. The person inside the room is highly unstable and dangerous. Though he is sedated now, we must be cautious. Do you have your gun?”
“Yes I have. Loaded.”
“That’s good.” Saying that, the doctor pressed a green button in the right side of the door. The iron door’s lock clicked and a hologram screen appeared in front, demanding a retina scan. The door opened for the doctor’s retina.
It was a small room, dimly lit in blue. There were sophisticated equipments in that room. There was only one bed in the corner, occupied by a person. They both walked towards the person. He was lying like a statue, breathing heavily. His body and hands were tied tight in a mummifying pattern and his legs were chained with the wall nearby. He was in deep sleep. Andrew could not see his face clearly in the dim light.
“Isn’t there any bright lights doctor?”
“I would not prefer that Andrew.”
“Why?”
“Vampires are allergic to light.”
“What do you mean doctor?”
The doctor went near the bed and signaled Andrew to come closer. The doctor opened the person’s mouth with his pen and Andrew was shocked by the utter sight. The man was having long, sharp canine teeth. A shrill of fear hit his spine and suddenly he felt chill.
“What creature is this doctor?”
“He is a human being, like you and me.”
“How long will your sedative work on him?”
“As long as I wish. Now let’s go out and discuss further.”
They left the room and went to the smoking lounge outside the hospital. Doctor Cruz lit up a Rothmens cigar and started talking.
“His name is Danny. Heard about the Rathi group of companies?”
“Yeah…Miss Rathi, famously known as the Indian lady warren Buffet.”
“Exactly…He is her only son.”
Andrew was surprised to hear that. Rathi was a famous business magnate. She and her husband died in a car accident many years ago. He dint knew that they had a son.
“How de he end up like this doctor?”
“I do not know the reason why he became like this, yet. But we can find it out on further diagnosis.”
“I meant, how he ended up in your hands.”
“Oh that’s a long story…His wife Asha bought him to me for consultation last morning, early around 3 AM. He was so drunk, unconscious and his mouth was bloody. And she was bleeding. I understood the situation at once and immediately moved him to the intense psych ward. You know, only I and few others have access to this ward. This ward have seen many psychic killers in the past, but a vampire, this is the first. So, I sedated him after he gained consciousness. In his sub consciousness state, I had a really bad conversation with him and that’s why I called you.”
“What did he say?”
“He mentioned about the ECR vampire murder. He said that he did it.”
“Have you recorded it?”
“Yes I did.” He took out his personal phone which had direct access to all the cameras and computers at the hospital, and showed the diagnosis session video he had with him.
Danny was lying in the same position as he saw.
“Danny…” The doctor called out. He dint respond.
“Danny…Isn’t it your name?” The doctor asked.
“That’s what people call me. But I am not Danny.”
“How do you wish to be called?’
“I am Adrian.”
“All right Adrian. How old are you?”
“I am 732 years old.”
“Ok…tell me about you…”
“I said you, I am Adrian…I am 732 years old…”
“Did you mean that you lived for 732 years?”
“Yes…”
“Okay…Are you a human being?”
“No…I am a Leech…”
“All right…So…you feed on blood…do you?”
“Yes…”
“Did you try to drink your wife’s blood?”
“That’s a long story…”
“I have all the time to listen to the story…”
“Asha…My wife…I wandered the earth for 700 years searching for my companion…At last I found my Asha…My soul…My life…Everything…She is the sexiest vampire I have ever seen…”
“She is a vampire too?”
“Yes…”
“Where did you meet her first?”
“I met her in a function…You know…I usually drink blood in solitude…I have never showed my real identity to anyone…But her…She is different…She feed in front of everyone…And everyone accepts her…”
“If she is a Vampire too…why do you try to hurt her…?”
“I was little drunk…She smelled of blood…She must have had a nice meal lately…So I thought of borrowing some…that’s not a serious matter…she will heal before dawn…”
“All right…You mentioned…that you feed in solitude…where do you get the blood to feed on…”
“I usually steal blood from a blood bank near my home…I do not want to hurt anyone…But sometimes…” He stopped…
“Sometimes?”
“Sometimes I feed on people…you know…bad people…”
“Bad people in the sense?”
“Prostitutes, sluts, whores…”
“You feed only on women?”
“Mostly…Females…”
“How many of them have you fed on before?”
“I do not know…Could you please off that light…I am burning…”
He switched to a dim light…
“So you are photosensitive…”
“Yes…”
“All right…Do you remember feeding on someone lately?”
“Lately, I don’t remember…I fed on someone few years back…It was a New Year…Near a beach…I could have got caught in that incident…So I travelled to Brazil and spent few years there…”
“Did you feed on anyone in Brazil…?”
There was no response…
“Adrian….”
He was fully unconscious…
The video stopped with that…
“That was insane doctor…haven’t seen anything like this in my life…”
“Neither have I…You know what…they got married only few months back…She is an orphan, a stage actor…He saw her while on stage, casting as a vampire…and took her for a real one…fell in love…proposed…and she accepted…married…and here they are now…she also mentioned that he never leaves the house during day time…only after marriage she found his ac
tivities weird…”
“That sounds logical…But doctor…Is he really a vampire as he claims? I mean do vampires really exist?”
Doctor Cruz laughed and continued…”Yes Andrew…Vampires exist…in people’s mind…We call this a Clinical Vampirism…popularly known as Renfield’s syndrome…People with this syndrome have a strong urge to drink human blood…they believe themselves as vampires. Usually such persons must have something terrible and painful happened in their lives. Mostly they become inspired by either comics or novels or movies or even games related to vampires.”
“What about the fangs in his mouth?”
“He must have sharpened his teeth by artificial means.”
The clock ticked to 4.00 AM. Andrew felt very tired, he was supposed to be at home by this time. They both remained silent for some time.
“So Andrew…what do you suggest to do next?”
“There are possibilities he might have caused more casualties.”
“It is possible.”
“First I will inform my higher officials. We must produce him to the court and get him remanded. After that we have to start further investigation. It is not safe for him to be here.”
“As you say.”
“What about his wife? Where is she now?”
“She is under trauma…I explained her everything…He had bitten her belly to drink blood…You know, she loves him very much…I missed to mention one detail…actually she was under the guardianship of one of my close friends, Stephen…it’s he who arranged the marriage and all…she had first told him about her husband’s weird behavior…Stephen thought that he might be depressed due to the death of his parents…so he suggested her to consult with me…but she took it serious only after that incident…she loves him so much you know, she dint want to go to the police…she dint even tell Stephen about this…But, I convinced her that if he is left outside he may kill more people…She is in big shock now, just imagine once how it will be to know that her newly married husband is a psychic killer…”
“I understand doctor…”
“You know, so many cases of clinical vampirism have been recorded so far, but in India, this must be the first one…”
“Thank you so much doctor…I feel so proud of you…”
“That’s my duty as an Indian citizen, but one request Andrew…”
“Tell me doctor…”
“Please don’t involve me too much in this case…I do not want to spend my old age running to the court and all…hope you understand…”
“Trust me doctor, your name will not be mentioned anywhere…that’s a promise…anyway, if you wish, we may use you to further investigate the victim…”
“Ah, come on Andrew…there are so many young doctors longing for a breakthrough…I can suggest you some of them…”
“Well, it’s up to you doctor…Anyway…thank you so much doctor…you have made a great breakthrough in the case…”
They wished each other and departed.
Incineration
Additional Deputy Commissioner Andrew Sullivan cracks the vampire case. The vampire killer responsible for the ECR murder years back had been arrested today by Andrew Sullivan IPS. Breaking News flashed all over the nation.
“I did not crack the case. There is someone else behind the scenes, who cracked the case actually and that person do not want to reveal himself.” Andrew said to the press.
The accused was produced to the court and remanded for 15 days. The whole process was very difficult, as the accused started screaming and frenzied when taken to daylight. It took several cops to calm him down. Then they covered him in a dark blanket and took him to the court.
Further investigations started shortly. As a kid, Danny was traumatized by the horrid death of his parents. He was fond of vampire comics and video games. He was left unattended as a kid and he found a friend inside himself, Adrian. He was diagnosed of split personality banded up with Renfield’s syndrome.
The accused’s home was raided by a police team headed by Andrew. When the servants in the house were interrogated, they mentioned Danny as a very polite and reserved type. They were shocked to hear the news. In the search, cops found several evidences to several missing cases dated years ago.
Adding more horror to the case, there was an underground dungeon in the back yard. It must have been locked for years together. When the dungeon was opened, it smelled of rot. They found 13 corpses inside, totally decomposed, and must have been dead for a long time. It looked like a huge catacomb. The corpses were removed from the place for identification. The place was sealed by the police.
Danny was charged with 14 brutal murders. He accepted all the accusations placed over him. He said to the judge that he had killed more than 100 people in his 700 years of life, and he did not repent for it. He was judged as insane, which he never accepted. He said he was not insane and he was not a human.
“I am not insane. Don’t call me insane. I agree that I have murdered numerous people and I don’t think what I did was wrong. I did it whole heartedly. The only biggest mistake I have ever made in my life is to Love a woman. You know, I have seen ages. I know much better about this world more than everyone of you. If you think, you can hold me in prison cell, you are wrong. All of you are wrong. I will outlive every one of you. How long will you keep me inside, what about thousand years later? This prison will not be here. But I will live, forever.”
The judge was bewildered listening all this stuff. Later on, Danny ended up in a mental institution for psychiatric treatment. Asha tried to see him several times, but he refused to meet her.
He died after spending 3 years in the mental institution, though there was a surprising element in his death.
As an attempt to eliminate his fear of daylight, they tied him in a wheel chair and took him to a ground during day time. He screamed like hell and died after few minutes of continuous daylight exposure.
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