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Recap: Aadinath has lost his memories and his parents are responsible for the same. Aadinath doesn't know his parents have done this to him but he is always suspicious about his parents continuously lying to him. Subconsciously, he carries out certain activities which his conscious mind never seems to accept. He encounters a girl who is in trouble and helps her from the attackers by performing certain stunts which surprises him.
The links for the first two parts are as given below....please check them out before proceeding for the present part.
Aadinath was completely shaken...This was the second time in the day, he had carried out such an acrobatic feat. He was still trying to figure out what was that he did and how he did, when his focus shifted to the girl who was standing beside him. Bringing back his senses he looked at the girl, smiled, apologized and said "Hey I am sorry....I...I. really don't know why and how I did this....I..I feel mom is right the accident has clogged my brain....I am doing some things which are really insane and out of the world...I don't know what chemical reactions have taken place in my brain leading to such delirious things....But....wait a minute....why am I telling you all this???....shit...I.. I..am sorry again... Are...you...alright??" Aadinath made sure she wasn't hurt. The girl stood dumbfounded, gazing Aadinath with her big black eyes. It was like, she had forgot to blink her eyes. Aadinath realised he had done something really out of the blue, that surprised her even more....." Hey look!!! Don't be so flabbergasted. Even I am trying to figure it out. I don't know how it happened...,what am I doing...and..." " Aadinath!!!! My gosh!!! you still alive!!!!" said the girl.." Wait!!! What?? You know me??? Who are you ??? What do you mean by the " You still alive!!! Have you witnessed that accident of mine 10-11 years ago?...and..." before Aadinath could bombard more questions on her she immediately removed the dupatta covering her face and head. Her silky long hair came sliding down her shoulders..."Chill dude!!!! This is Divyanka! Why are you looking at me with astonishment? And what accident are you talking about 10-11 years?? It is just a matter of 5-6 months Aadinath.. you fell down the deep valley in the snow clad mountains...tried searching for you but all efforts were in vain...we presumed you were dead...but only Guruji was determined you were alive." Aadinath was now deeply perplexed. Divyanka had met him 5-6 months back, which meant he did not have any accident. Then why were his parents lying to him? Divyanka shook Aadinath to bring him back..." Aadinath!! What happened?? What are you thinking?? You Fine!!! We were at same Gurukul Aadinath... a part of the same mission...Dont you remember??" Aadinath was still staring at her as though she was discussing the Einstein's theory of relativity with him. At present moment he might also have figured out the theory but this confusion of his life was getting the hell out of him...All he could answer Divyanka was.." No...I am sorry...I am meeting you for the first time Divyanka...I dont know you...but I feel you can help me out with all my queries..." That very moment, they heard a group of men running about on the streets. Aadinath acquired his subconscious skills again, carried Divyanka on his back and climbed the pipe of the adjacent building up towards the second floor. There was a slab. Aadinath and Divyanka settled themselves on the slab. " There was no need to carry me on your back Aadinath!!! I could have done it myself!" said Divyanka." Oh really!!! I saw that a couple of minutes ago when you were screaming your heart out!!" said Aadinath " Oh please!!! don't you argue with me I am a superior commando compared to you alright!!! It is just that you have some special acquired skills which even I was learning, before you disappeared." " What???? You mean I am a commando!" exclaimed Aadinath. " You seriously don't remember anything? They have done some serious damage to your brain Aadi... " the moment she was about to say something more, Aadinath saw the same mask clad men. He shut Divyanka's mouth with his hands and tried to be out of their visual range. Just as the men left Divyanka was suddenly alarmed..."Aadinath I need to leave now...and before you ask me anything else...Here!!!!!...take this.....Keep it safe with you." Divyanka handed Aadinath a small pouch containing some kind of a heavy metallic thing. It was the same thing Aadinath had seen her clutching close to her sometime back. " Listen very carefully...we were struggling to find this and after you disappeared I managed to seize it from unwanted people we were fighting with. Since 3-4 months I am trying it hard to keep it safe..Thank heavens met you today...80% of my responsibility is done...The key is in safe hands now....I need to go Aadinath....I will meet you very soon. Till then keep patience." Divyanka was about to jump and go away....Aadinath stopped her just in time..." No!!! Stop!! You can't leave me like this...you are the only one who knows about me...and you are the only one who can tell me the truth.......I will go insane..." " Look Aadinath!!! I know they have messed up with your brain to such an extent that you have completely forgotten your purpose of existence on the planet. I need to explain you many things...but I really need to go right now!!! Since I now know where you stay....I will reach out to you very soon....But as of now I should tell Guruji about you...I need to leave.. And just do not discuss about what you have in hand and what happened today....the people whom you live with are undoubtedly dangerous than you think..." Before Aadinath could realise what she was saying...Divyanka fizzled out in thin air. This unusual encounter raised more questions than answers. Aadinath decided to move to his house...His mind full of thoughts he reached his apartment...but then he realised his house was locked and had to climb the 7 floors across his balcony. Making sure nobody has seen him he concentrated deeply...got his aggression back jumped through his compound and climbed the floors in the same way he had descended them earlier....
Meanwhile....
" Augadh...Aadinath is at home now...your GPS is indicating the location as your apartment ' The Seventh Heaven." said Mithilesh. " Just check how he reached home? I mean check the images, if any, at the balcony.." remarked Augadh. Just as Augadh suspected...Mithilesh found Aadinath entering his home through the balcony again, as visualised through the cctv fixed at the balcony. " Thank God!!! He is safe!" exclaimed Shambhavi..." Yeah!! Good that he's safe but why did he perform such a stunt to get out of the house and run to some location about 50 yards from the house stay there and return. What did he see there??" wondered Augadh. " We will find that out within 20 mins. Drive a bit normal Augadh for safety's sake...the way you drive will undoubtedly give me a slip disk quite soon.." said Shambhavi... " What's the problem? I drive at not more than 80kmph...where does the question of slip disk arrive? Such a cool and smart driver I am. You cannot find such an elegant personality nowadays you know..." said Augadh. "Just Shut up !!! This is the 5th speed breaker you failed to notice...your driving is giving me shocks alright!!!!..." " There are stones Shambhavi...the jerks you are experiencing are due to the uneven roads and small stones scattered all around..Besides, it is better not to discuss your driving skills here....This is the third car...in last 4 years. All thanks to your driving skills. You are losing grip not only on your driving skills but also your expertise" said Augadh.." Stop your nonsense Augadh....learn to accept your mistakes...you never see anything wrong with yourself and blame it on other things or you find a chance to divert attention on me...if you are unable to drive just stop the car....get up... I will drive from here.." saying this Shambhavi got up from her seat and headed towards the front seat from the rear seat of the car through the small gap between front seats. " What the hell are you doing Shambhavi? Have you lost it... you think you are a teen aged girl to do such things. Mithilesh yaar, you guys didn't tell me beforehand that she isn't a certified psychologist but undoubtedly a certified psycho...which matured person behaves like this??... stop Shambhavi!!!!....stop fiddling with the steering wheel." The car was swinging to and fro just like some drunkard was driving the car. " Why are you behaving like this Shambhu?? Augadh is right... have you lost it!!!!.." asked Mithilesh.." Yes I have completely lost it...this man here...he is driving me crazy with his insane acts. I am losing my son, my peace of mind and my conscience... I can take it no more.." Even though, the road was fully empty there was a slope nearby which lead to a deep valley. " Stop it Augadh before it is too late!!! Apply the breaks now!!!! I don't want to die with you people!!! Please stop!!!!" Mithilesh screamed at top of his voice. But....it was too late....Shambhavi plunged the steering so dramatically that it lost control and car skid down the slope into the deep valley!!
Aadinath's residence..
image courtesy @ Namita Gedam
Aadinath was lost deeply in his thoughts, reviewing what he just experienced. " A commando!!!...Me!!...wow!!! how come??...what did I do that I landed being a commando and looking at the things I do...I don't feel I am a normal commando... I might have been involved in something very deep, that is why my brain was screwed up!!" just then he noticed the small pouch Divyanka had handed him. "Oh!!! completely forgot about this!!...Let me check what is in here..." The pouch was made up of old cotton cloth...the colour was indistinguishable from that of the earth..it seemed very old from the touch of it. Inside the pouch was a wooden case with some hymns written on it in Devnagri script. It was something very cryptic which even Aadinath couldn't understand. The box opened easily which contained a strange shiny steel like object.It was again a kind of box with 8 sides. It had the letter " ॐ " deeply engraved on it. The shine on the box was so elegant that it could replace even the noblest of the metals. The symbolic OM reminded Aadinath of something. He had seen this somewhere... he was just trying to figure out where??? Just then he remembered... "Yes... Grandpa!!!..." saying this he got up to find something. After searching the entire house he found his old trunk!!!...it was in the store room in a very bad state.." Thank God!!! I thought this was discarded..." After scrubbing all the dust and filth that covered the old iron trunk he finally brought it in his bedroom. It had small bolt which was now rusted. He wanted to keep the trunk safe so he did not force open the bolt but added small amount of oil to slide it. It took him atleast 20 mins but his efforts paid off. He wasn't sure whether all the contents in it were safe. He was very happy to revive his childhood. He found many things gifted to him by his grandparents. His grandpa always gave him books to read which always helped him approach things in a right way. His grandpa always said...' Books have some hidden secrets which you need to perceive.' He never realised it until he stumbled upon a book long after his grandfather's death, which had something he never told his parents. The book was beautifully preserved in an unthinkable way...
One day (before he lost his memories 12 years back) while just screening through his old stocks he stumbled upon a book which he had never opened. It was just a common book titled something like " Changing life by just a glimpse..." He noticed that the book did not have any author and no outline of the contents inside. He didn't understand when did grandpa give him this!!! it was sort of covered with thin plastic wrap. When he opened the book, the first 12 pages constituted of single word on each page which when grouped together formed a sentence. " This Is Neither A Beginning Nor The End But A Perpetual Legacy". The next five pages were blank. After that he noticed a few sentences written in devnagri script. It read as " नाक्षरं मंत्ररहीतं नमूलंनौषधिम् |अयोग्य पुरूषं नास्ति योजकस्तत्रदुर्लभ: ||" which meant 'There is no letter which is not a mantra, there is no root, which can't form some medicine, there is no person who is absolutely useless. But persons who can identify their utility and put them in proper usage are rare.' Aadinath did not understand why this Shubhashit (quote) was here. He did not have patience now and he promptly skimmed through the rest of the pages. When he reached the 50th page, he found the rest of the pages did not exist but they were neatly cut to accommodate another book. It was rather a diary in grandpa's own handwriting....The cover page contained a sketch of Aadinath drawn by Grandpa himself. The first page on the book read 'open only when you are alone'. Below the diary there was a thin book. The pages looked very old and it was again enclosed in a neat plastic wrap. The first page of the book had a sketch which resembled the topmost part of the key that Divyanka had given Aadinath today. That day Aadinath could not read Grandpa's diary as his mother had entered the room and he had to dump the entire arrangement in the trunk in the same way he found it. He wrapped it up in an old newspaper so that nobody should understand what is in it.
Today, when he saw the steel box containing the "ॐ " symbol with similar design he was sure this was not the first time he saw it. For confirming the same he started a rigorous search. He wasn't able to find any book covered with a newspaper. He shuffled all the contents but his efforts seemed to be in vain. He almost gave up when he remembered something... A secret cabinet in the trunk. Aadinath tilted the trunk. There was a small slit like opening which could fit a pencil sized rod. There was a rod in the trunk. He inserted the rod in the slit and with a click the cabinet opened. This had both, Grandpa's diary and the book inside it. He immediately took the book and matched its cover sketch with that of the key. " Bingo!!! It is the same!!! That means I can get many answers from Grandpa's diary and this book...!!!"
All set to explore he opened his Grandpa's diary with excitement. The first page read..'Open When You Are Alone'. Aadinath opened the second page 'Dear Aadi.....I don't know when you open this diary I will be with you or not...My own son never believed me...But I know you will never let me down...Your future has a lot in store for you Aadi and believe me you are the only one who can successfully continue this legacy after me. Whatever I am writing now will be puzzling to you...but eventually things will make sense when you get to know who you actually are and what is your purpose of existence on the planet.... For making my point clear, you will have to know about our clan and what purpose we serve.
We are supposed to be the protectors son....a secret that is preserved from the pre-vedic times and passed over from generations together. Many have laid their lives for preserving the legacy and now I wish that you help me protecting this secret. I won't be able to tell you everything here...On your 18th birthday you will be directed to your destiny. For time being I have left you with another book which has been handed over by my father and your great grand father and he said there were only 5 copies made originally and the existence of other 4 is questionable. So presumably this is the last copy preserved till date. The symbol on the first page is a key which will lead to you the secret. Unfortunately, the key is no longer with us and has been in wrong hands which is being tried to be retrieved time and again. As per prophecy it may be the 19th generation of the clan, which can help retrieve the key and that is you my son....I can say no more...you will get all your answers on your 18th birthday....Love you Aadi....Hope I am there to witness you valour...'
Aadinath did not want this dairy to end. The mystery continues...without any hope..." I remember myself to be 17 years in 2006. This is 2017, which means 2007 was the year when I turned 18.....Did I get all my answers on my 18th birthday?? May be yes...Hey...I completely forgot...the key is in my hand now!!!" saying this Aadinath started observing the key quite closely. It didn't look like a key at all...It just looked like an octagonal box. The sketch he saw in the book had 8 extensions which had corrugations like a key but what he had was just a box. He was sure there was something else to it. But the question was did he retrieve it? If yes..when?? and... a big question from whom?? ...another mind boggling question ...how?? What is Divyanka's role? Who was she running from? Who is this Guruji??? " Aaaahhhh...My head hurts...It is saturated...why??? why cant I have all the answers?" Thinking deeply he clutched both of his hands together. The thumb of his left pressurised a point in another palm. He felt something hard...very hard. He had never noticed it in his hands before...It was only in the right palm. He closely examined and found that it was some sort of a capsule embedded. It didn't move though but it felt like an alien object inside his body...
Suddenly the bell rang....he wasn't sure who would it be at this point of time....He got up from his place. Suddenly he took a halt just to take a U-turn so as to shift all his secrets back to its place....
The bell rang continuously....He opened the door and was shocked to see the scenario...He never expected this.....
to be continued......