A boy stepped out into the night, the darkness enveloped him like a thick blanket, obscuring his vision and sending shivers down his spine. The only sound that broke the eerie silence was the rustle of leaves under his feet as he made his way forward, guided only by the faint glow of the distant streetlights. He entered a house. He walked inside a room where a person in his twenties was looking outside his window.
He stood beside him and asked, "Ace, why did you call at this time? Anything urgent?"
"Clark, you heard about the new head of police in the town?" Ace said while looking outside the window.
"You asked me to come here at midnight to tell me about this?" Clark said loudly.
Ace smiled and rubbed his hands.
At the police station, a man was smoking a cigarette in a room. There were several files in front of him on the table. The room's door opened and a police officer entered the room. He saluted the man and stood in front of him.
"Come sit," the man said while pointing toward the couch.
"Good evening, sir," the police officer greeted.
"No need for sir. You can call me Harper. I am now in charge of the police of this whole city."
"Yes, sir. All the police stations of this city are now under your command," the police officer said.
"What's your name officer?" Harper asked.
"It's Jason, sir."
"Just call me Harper. So tell me about the ongoing cases."
"Right now, there are some small ongoing cases like bribery or theft. Nothing extreme," Jason said.
"All the cases including the small ones need to be taken seriously. The previous head of the police was not that much involved in the cases but I will be involved in every case. I will be reviewing all these cases whether they are small or large. "
"I didn't mean to say that. I was just saying that everything's under control. You need not to worry. There is a need to worry if the cases are of extreme level like that of Tom and Fred," Jason handed over two files to Harper.
Harper opened the first file and went through it, "I heard about these two cases. They were all over the news. If I remember correctly, Tom Wilson used to kidnap his victims, lock them, and torture them inside a room. He was released because he had multiple personality disorder. His status is written unknown but I know that he was killed by someone. The police couldn't find the person who did it."
"It seems you have studied these cases in-depth," Jason sounded astonished.
"You need to go into the depth of cases, then only you can understand the case," Harper closed the first file and opened the second one, "Who doesn't remember this one? This case of Fred was full of madness. He would kidnap the people, chain them, and then cut them to tell people what the real pain is."
Jason took the files from Harper, "His sadist father has now completed his sentence and is out of prison."
"Is he not dangerous anymore?"
"Doesn't seem so. He passed his medical checkup and he covered his whole sentence without any problem," Jason said, "These two cases have terrified people of this city but the good thing is that nothing happened in the last few months and I hope that nothing like this happens again."
"Good to know. I repeat that I am not like your previous head. These two extreme cases happened and he was nowhere to be seen," Harper said.
After a brief silence, Harper asked, "So tell me, are you married?"
"My wife is no more. She died of cancer some months ago. I have a three-year-old daughter. And sir, about you?"
"Sorry to hear about your wife. Well, I have bad luck when it comes to girls. All the girls who came into my life never loved or cared for my presence so you know the answer," Harper smiled.
"It will be nice working under you, sir. I must leave now. It's getting late," Jason left the building.
At midnight, Harper was at the headquarters when his mobile rang. He picked up the call, "What happened?"
After a few minutes, Jason reached the headquarters. He was tensed.
"Jason, be strong. Everything will be alright."
"I don't know how this happened," Jason yelled.
"You need to be strong. Tell me what happened?"
"I reached home at around ten. I ate dinner with my daughter and then we went to sleep. At around eleven forty-five, I woke to drink water but I noticed that my daughter was not on the bed. I stood up and looked around but I couldn't find her. I looked all over the place but there was no trace of her. I don't know where she is."
"I have ordered a search team. They will find your daughter and the culprit also," Harper said, "I think you should take a rest. You please go home. I will update if anything happens."
Jason looked toward Harper and gave him the picture of his daughter, "I want her back."
Harper dialed a number and shouted, "I want the details fast."
In an empty dark house, a man wearing a gown walked toward a room. He opened the door and peeked inside the room with a wide creepy smile on his face.
At the police headquarters, Harper received a phone call. He picked up the call and was shocked. He cut the call and looked toward his assistant.
"What happened, sir? Everything alright?"
Harper said in disbelief, "Three more children of ages two to three years are missing."
Inside the room of the empty dark house, there were four children, all of different ages varying from two years to three years. The man walked toward them and smiled while looking at them. He opened the gown and sat naked in front of them.
In the police headquarters, Harper was attending phone calls related to the case. An officer came and gave three pictures to Harper, "Sir, these are the pictures of the three children who are missing."
He pinned all the pictures of the missing children on the board and looked at them. His phone rang and he picked up the phone, "What is it?"
After listening, he shouted, "What the fuck are you talking about? What the hell is going on?"
He cut the call in anger. Harper took a long breath and said to his assistant, "Two more children are now missing. The total figure of missing children is now six. At first, I thought that the officer's daughter was kidnapped by some culprit who might have wanted to take revenge for something but this case is now getting out of hand. A psycho is on the loose.203Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcliezscN1
