The Prediction

In a cat and a mouse game, detective Castor want to put an end to Johnny’s serial killings. But on the other hand Johnny vows to take him down. So what’s your prediction…?

‘You can never predict my end, detective, I have played it safe till date and so am I going to. You ….’ And suddenly the call went blank.

Detective Castor immediately called the control centre and asked them to trace his last call. 30,000 feet above the earth, a geosynchronous satellite shifted its focus and then, ‘this might be incredible but the serial killer is calling from somewhere near your house, our satellite’s precision is 250 metres. So that guy must be in an circle of 250 metres radius around your house, sorry but this is all we can do detective’

Castor hyper-threaded his predictions rewinding the conversation in his brain and tried to recollect any possible sounds from the background when he was on the call.

LOCATION: SOME PLACE NEAR CASTOR’S HOME _

Castor slowly emerged from behind a pillar and pulled out his Beretta with its muzzle pointing towards the ground. ‘Come on baby, I am gonna get you today’ he told himself.

‘Boom’ there was a shot and it hit the pillar behind which Castor was hiding. Castor started to run towards the next pillar and with his gun pointing in the direction of the shot and pressed the trigger twice and he jumped behind the next pillar. Immediately numerous shots were fired from the other end towards him but being shielded by the pillar, he wasn’t hit.

Beyond the rumbling of the falling pieces of cement, he distinctly heard a magazine drop. Till then the knee which rested on the ground maneuvered itself into a standing position and the muzzle which kissed the ground turned in the direction of the magazine drop and began to emit fire in successive intervals and finally calmed down with smoke emanating from it.

‘Aye aye aye, you can’t kill me detective’, he heard a voice from the other end. He heard that voice before. ‘You aren’t gonna escape man’, saying this, a magazine dropped to the ground from his Beretta, and Johnny rushed towards him with full fury and had him on his knees.

‘As I have predicted, your life lies at my mercy now’ he said and Castor was on his knees with hands bound behind him. With a gun pointing towards his cranium, Castor knew that it was his last minute on earth. The trigger was pulled and there was some recoil.

‘Boom’ blasted a bullet out of his head and he fell onto the ground with a thud and blood started to ooze out from the wound.

LOCATION: FEDERAL COURT _

‘The sensational case is being aired live on TV and we are awaiting the judgement and so are you’ said a TV reporter.

‘Ever since Castor’ death, Johnny was never heard of. Many were of the opinion that Castor was Johnny’s last target and he would discontinue after killing Castor. In a cat and a mouse game that ensued after Johnny’s second kill, and which lasted for three years, we have a tragic end to the game, with Castor becoming the latest and probably the last victim of Johnny’ ,two weeks after Castor’s death the judge was hearing the case. In one of the most wildest and sensational breakthroughs, we have filed a case with evidence against a serial killer under homicidal charges for killing detective Castor, and we await orders to direct the police, FBI, CIA and the SWAT teams to nab the culprit, Mr. Justice’

Saying this, Drakes from the prosecution council sat down. The judge nodded and even before he picked the pen to deliver, ‘Mr. Justice, sorry for the delay but to come home with some hard earned facts isn’t very easy though’ interrupted Michael.

My dear colleague was correct till the fact that we need to nab Johnny, but he’s already dead. And the court hall sat in astounded silence.

‘Some kinda predictions, Mr. Michael’ chuckled Drakes. But Michael was in no mood for a counter and he proceeded towards the judge’s seat, ‘This is the documented evidence, the ballistic reports and circumstantial evidence, if you have a careful look at them, you will know one thing…’

‘At the place where there was an exchange of gunfire and the place where Castor died, two weapons were discovered. A Beretta supposed to be that of Castor and the other one that of Johnny. And the fingerprints on both the weapons were of the same person… Castor. Other than a few strands of hair and blood samples, no other circumstantial evidence was recovered and the DNA reports of all these confirm that there was only one guy in that place… detective Castor’

‘These ballistic reports confirm that Castor was shooting in all directions wildly. And finally this report from John Hopkins medical facility states that Castor was once admitted to the hospital for a neural disorder. Even before the treatment was complete, Castor discontinued his therapy’

‘What neural disorder?’ the judge intervened.

‘The split personality disorder….’

‘And if you look at all the reports at the crime scenes since last three years, it’s very evident that there is no Johnny, but Castor who doubled up as both. On the fateful day, he killed himself still under the delusion that his hidden self Johnny is killing detective Castor.’

‘And so Mr. Justice Castor and Johnny no longer exist and so the case supposedly stands dismissed’

‘No Johnny is still alive…..’

LOCATION: UNKNOWN BEACH _

At a distance of about 1000KM from the place where the live program was being aired, ‘no, Johnny is still alive. Just as I have predicted, you are responsible for your own demise….’ Looking at the detective’s photo, Johnny started to walk along the shoreline.