Fall from the Zenith: Episode 5 - The Unthinkable

It is recommended to read all previous episodes. 

Human God

Galav was on the way to Paris, France aboard an Air India flight. Past few days had been tough for him, with all the pressure of the work and some other very personal reasons. He loved his job. It was the only thing that gave him joy, it was not the reason for his distress. It was the feeling in him, of confusion and desolation that was ripping him apart. A few days ago, he had thought about his childhood, he remembered everything but, wasn't sure he had done any of it. Gathering up his thoughts, he probably felt that work pressure was getting to him. He should relax.

Galav's past was not so good. He had a nasty divorce a year back, that had completely broken him. His kids chose to stay with their mother. He had anger and drinking problems since last year. When he returned to his work after 3 months break, he felt good. His mind was somehow more efficient now. He had solved some great cases and that had earned him this job in the G-150 task force. The problems had persisted but, were well hidden from the world. It was his work that had kept him alive.

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"What? How is that even possible?", exclaimed Cox from his satellite phone on his way to Paris. "What do mean they just vanished? The facility has the best security systems available on the darn planet for god's sake! Where did they go? What are the leads?"

"What do you mean you don't know?", said Larry, furious now. The agent told his that only lead is a person entering the facility with a suitcase. "I want everything on that man within the hour. Is that clear to you agent?...Good. We can not afford to have mad criminals roaming around and wrecking havoc." He slammed the phone shut. Just about when he was going to keep the phone on the desk in front of him, it rang again. "What is it now?" said Larry irritated.

"This is FBI headquarters Special Agent Cox. There is an update on the jailbreaks.", said a sturdy female voice.

"Did you say jailbreaks?", said Cox.

"Yes sir, there have been multiple jailbreaks of similar kind as that of Kapchov Facility. The number is 38 and the number of convicts missing is 430,000 instead of 2,000." Larry felt as if someone had punched him in his stomach.

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You are free. You are free. You are free. Fear him. Fear him. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry...

Jakati's head was ringing. He had no idea where he was. The buildings were tall and it was night. He was so hungry. He hadn't eaten in ages. The headache was killing him.

Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Food. Food. Food. Smell. Smell. So many people. So many people. So many people. Food Food Food. Smell. Where are you? Where are you? You are free. You are free...

He was free, he realized. He could eat anything. He could eat anyone, like in the old days. There was a woman in front of him. She was holding onto something. Something that smelled good.

Hungry. Hungry. Hungry...

It was a child. He had been taught at the prison not to do that. He wouldn't do it.

HUNGRY. HUNGRY. HUNGRY!

He cried and lunged forward.

There was a scream. A scream that could be heard two blocks down the road.

To be continued...

Fall from the Zenith: Episode 4 - The Coming and The Going

It is recommended that you read all the previous episodes. The links are given below.
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-from-zenith-breakdown.html
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-from-zenith-episode-2-mystery.html
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/07/fall-from-zenith-episode-3-in-gods-own.html

Previously on Fall from the Zenith

21st December 2012, Leaders of over 150 countries had died. Each bullet that killed all the leaders had a symbol OM. Rellac Enterprises owned by Jonas Victor and Pombos Chemicals owned by Robert Chiavo are the main suspects. FBI had launched an undercover operation to get the truth. The Washington leg of Ishi Dior's concert saw the unthinkable happening. Over 25,000 people died under mysterious circumstances. Earlier, Jonas Victor met with Ishi Dior to discuss security. Glauentraun, lord of the gods, was asked by his chief councilor to return to the dead universe that is Earth.

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In the space between different worlds.

Crossing through different layers of time was a very intricate job. It required skill, a skill very few had. But the job was an easy one for the most skilled, god of gods, Glauentraun. He didn't want to return to Earth but, the time he feared had come. He didn't know that this time will come so soon that the most beautiful things he had created will end the very kind themselves. How could man be so cruel? He knew many things, and he knew that if he didn't go to Earth now, the planet he loved, would be destroyed forever. This was the one future he knew of.


Definite future is a vague term, Glauentraun thought. There are infinite futures. All of them are the manifestation of decisions we take. Every small decision, every small action, every small thought changes the future completely. He knew all of these futures. He had thought of a future of balance, yes, the wars and killings were necessary to maintain the balance. Terrorism, he had not planned for but, for few years it was just like wars. But this is not what is happening now. Mankind had crossed its limits.

This will be the ninth time that he would go to Earth to set things right. A lot of time had been wasted so, this time he would not be able to live full human life. He would appear on Earth, a man grown. Galav would be his name.

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Back in Washington

Panic was the word. Panic that world had never seen before. FBI Special Agent Larry Cox was in the midst of the things. Emergency protocols were now issued for the whole country. Meeting of more 3 persons were disallowed. All the events and social gathering were cancelled forcefully. All the citizens were advised to stay indoors. Nobody knew where the next attack would happen. All the rail, road and air services were indefinitely suspended. All 3 divisions of the armed forces were now on full alert and were stationed all over the countries. There was a nuclear threat to think of. Nuclear threat level was raised to 'critical'.

"I said to them, that the concert was a bad idea. I warned them.", thought Larry. More than 25,000 people had died, including Ishi Dior. The cause of death of all of them was found to be an EMP signal that stopped the brain functioning. A technology, like the one which killed the President. The source of the signal were the guns of the private security guards. Rellac Enterprises and Pombos Chemicals were sealed. Undercover operation was cancelled and going public was the only option viable. They had to show the people that they where getting somewhere, but in real, they were getting nowhere.

Robert and Jonas had both undergone plastic surgeries and were nowhere to be found. The people pretending to be them had no clue what had happened and what technology had been stolen. They were just employees, working sincerely. The theory was made about the elite group that was behind all the incidents that had occurred. This elite group has members in all the countries of the world. This is why a G-150 meeting was to be held in 2 days. Larry had been appointed the chief of operations for the G-150 force. The force included head of securities from all the countries involved. The deputy chief of operations was from India. The decision for this was made because of the symbol found on the bullet. Indian hand was needed. Larry had done some research on this Indian guy. The records of his brilliance were only few but they all were superb. He had solved some of the most difficult cases in India. His name was Galav.

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Samara, Russia

Robert was on the gates of The Kapchov facility in the cold city of Samara which played host to the most dangerous criminals of the world. The fact that these criminals were all mentally ill , psychotics and complete maniacs made them all the more dangerous. These 2,000 mad criminals had a vital role in the Robert's script.

Getting into the facility was very easy since, Robert was Russian by birth. So, he had contacts, contacts that would let him install his equipment. Technology had advanced so much, that transporting a man from one place to another was just a press of a button. But, transporting 2000 men to different locations in the world was a tough task. It had taken 10 years of hard work to make it happen.

To be continued...

Me and My Experiments with Human Understanding Part 3

Part 3 - Fear

Before starting the topic, I would like to make sincere apologies to those who like this blog and didn't get to see some action for a long long time. The reason for my absence was purely unavailability of time. Past six months have been busiest months of my life. It is not that I was working very hard, actually I was enjoying alot too. The CWG experience was riveting, one of the most memorable ever. Meeting some extraordinary people and volunteering for the country. But still I should have taken some time out. Nevertheless, let's move on to our topic of discussion.

Fear, the thing that is felt by everyone. Those who say they don't fear anything, obviously lie. We all know what fear is and how it is incited, so lets not waste time discussing that. What I am interested in, are the consequences of fear.

Fear can drive a perfectly healthy person to complete insanity. It can make people kill each other. Some fear studies, some their work, some just fear fear. I know all the crap said about fearing the fear itself and I perfectly know that it isn't possible at all. Fear is just one of the those emotions that you cannot evade from. It sucks you in like a vacuum cleaner and before you realize, you are trapped in the cage that sometimes is made of steel or rather diamond.

This cage either breaks on its own, when the thing or task you fear is won over or you have to go an extra mile. Talking more about breaking this cage is irrelevant here.

While talking to my friend I came to realize a theory of mine. I think that it might be the closest to what can happen in 2012 ( I know I am addicted to this ). I think that 2012 end of the world, can be a reality just out of fear. There is a need of only one country with nuclear capabilities to fear that end of the world is a possibility. As we know, fear can drive people to go insane, the leadership of the country can start a nuclear war. The reason for the war could just be to eliminate the threat of mass destruction and the people creating it. For example, US can bomb Iran just out of fear that they will bomb them and start a nuclear war. This will incite Iranian allies to attack US. Looking at any instability in the US, Pakistan will fall. That means attack on India. Indian allies like Russia will attack Pakistan and so on with other countries. Pretty astonishing right?

I can understand that you feel that above theory is far-fetched and I know that but, which 2012 theory isn't. Leaving aside 2012, lets to the human understanding part. Fear can break people as well as relations. I have seen people losing trust in there best friends just out of fear of some or the other thing. Sometimes, it is really heart breaking. Relationships are broken because one or the other suspects cheating. Such small decisions can change the course of the world if we think of the chaos theory. But, isn't that's how its supposed to be?

World is ever changing and by every passing moment it is becoming more and more fearful. As we grow up, we are more susceptible to fear because of the shear pressure of responsibilities. A child is always more fearless unless someone teaches him how to fear. This concludes that fear is actually learnt.

It is absolutely amazing that we learn things that can go one to even kill ourselves or somebody else. So, to control fear, it is necessary to control what we actually learn. The solution always lie at the root of things.

With this thought I leave you. Up there in those words is a solution to another mindly mystery. Keep looking this space guys. Its going to be very active in the coming days.