Chapter 3: Visions Of Hell
Inside the prison, an eerie silence prevailed, broken only by the sound of approaching footsteps. The sound of the footsteps grew louder and louder.
Avinash was about to fall asleep when, suddenly, a blue screen appeared before him:
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Not enough energy.
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Failed.
Failed again...
System shutdown.
Avinash: "Why is this thing showing up again after 15 minutes? And it's not like everyone else can see it. I asked the guy next to me, but even he has no clue about it. What is this thing? If it's some sort of superpower, it's the most useless superpower I've ever seen. Starts and shuts down right away. Wow!"
Then, with a loud creak, the door of room number 76 opened.
Aniket: "I knew it! No one can resist my charm. I was sure you'd come here, Shabnam! Witch! Return my money! I want my ₹5 back right now!"
A piercing scream echoed: "Ahhhhhh!"
The loud scream abruptly jolted Avinash awake from his sleep.
Aniket, plugging his ears with his fingers, shouted, "Who the hell is barking in the middle of the night? His mother's... glory!"
The screams were so horrifying that everyone in the prison woke up.
Aniket yelled, "James!"
Leaning against the wall, Aniket angrily shouted, "James! What's going on?"
On the other side, James raised his trembling hand and begged, "Please, kill me! Just kill me!"
A merciless voice responded from the front, "What's the hurry? First, raise your middle finger and beg for your life."
James, trembling uncontrollably, cursed and said, "Bitch! So you really do know what it means."
Then he spat toward Isabella's face, but a mysterious energy stopped it mid-air.
With a smile, Isabella stepped closer and inserted a strange bug into his ear. She said, "This will cause you such unbearable pain that you'll go to any extent to beg for death, but death will not come to you."
The grotesque, human-faced bug slowly crawled into James's ear. Soon, red veins began to appear on his face. Blood poured profusely from his eyes. He screamed so loudly that blood started to flow from his throat.
James was in such extreme agony that he began tearing the skin off his own face.
A soft voice spoke nearby, "Princess, forgive me, but if this continues, he will die. May I heal him?"
Isabella glared at him and said, "Permission granted."
With that, she walked away.
The man stepped forward slowly, his hands glowing with an unusual green light. He began to heal James's wounds. However, James's head still throbbed intensely, as if something inside was clawing at his brain. After a while, even that subsided.
Seeing himself somewhat healed, James whispered in a faint voice, "Thank you!"
As Isabella stepped outside and began to walk away, everyone stared at her. Fear was evident on their faces.
Everyone, except one—Aniket.
Aniket stared directly into her eyes.
When Isabella noticed the hatred in Aniket's gaze, she responded with an executioner's smile and walked away.
Aniket's eyes shifted to her hands, which were still stained with red blood.
Meanwhile...
A man approached and said, "Hero, my name is Xavier. As you can see, I work as a doctor here. Are you feeling pain anywhere else?"
James replied, "No, just my hands."
Xavier looked at James's hands, which were still bleeding profusely. Princess Isabella had mercilessly ripped out his fingernails.
Xavier grabbed James's hands, gently stroked them, and then suddenly snapped one of his fingers.
James screamed at the top of his lungs, "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
But Xavier didn't care. He continued breaking James's fingers one by one.
After breaking them all, Xavier healed James's fingers and then started breaking them again.
Laughing maniacally, Xavier said, "Breaking fingers isn't as fun as I thought. Maybe I should start plucking out your hair one by one."
The entire prison echoed with James's agonized screams and cries of pain.
Aniket, consumed by rage, punched the wall and shouted, "You bastards, I won't spare you!"
The punch was so forceful that the black wall was stained red with blood.
Sparks of faint lightning flickered around Aniket's fists.
Amber-colored sparks erupted from the wall where his fist struck.
Aniket looked at his injured hands, now bleeding from the impact.
A few moments later, exhausted, he collapsed to the ground, lying flat, staring at the ceiling. He muttered, "I will destroy all of you."
And then...
He began to recall the time when everyone ran away from him. A boy had approached him and said, "Boss, you're amazing!"
Aniket, still angry, said, "How dare you insult me?"
James, panicking, replied, "No, no! I didn't insult you! Brother, please listen to me."
James, holding his jaw in his hands, stepped closer and said, "I only meant it as a compliment!"
Aniket: "Oh, you were saying 'Boss'? I thought you said something else. My mistake. Alright, I forgive you."
James, still baffled, muttered, "But it wasn't my fault… oh well, leave it. You really are amazing."
Aniket: "Oh, I know. I've been amazing since childhood. Forget all that—how's your leg now?"
James: "Uh, yeah, I think it's fine."
Just then...
A soldier kicked them from behind and shouted, "Will you two shut up and move forward already?"
A while later, James's screams of pain finally subsided. Xavier, his clothes drenched in blood, stepped out of the room.
Aniket: "James, are you okay?"
A faint voice responded, "He... he'll kill me!"
Aniket shouted, "Shut up, James! Get a grip! Nobody is going to kill you!"
But James was still trembling with fear. He stammered, "He's going to..."
Half an hour later
The entire prison was engulfed in silence.
Suddenly, a scream shattered the quiet: "Will this happen to us too? I want to go home!" The sound of sobbing echoed through the prison.
Then a voice spoke up: "This is your fault, you bastard! If you hadn't done that, we wouldn't be in this mess... If only you...!"
Everyone began blaming the same person for everything.
Avinash, enraged, shouted, "Shut up! Keep your mouths shut! Do you really think that if he hadn't done it, none of this would've happened? Stop pushing your mistakes onto others!"
Aniket bellowed, "Stop barking like dogs! I have something very important to ask all of you. So listen carefully!"
The room fell silent, waiting for his "important" question.
Aniket smirked and said, "I need to pee really badly. Can someone tell me what to do?"
Avinash smacked his forehead in frustration. "This idiot is definitely the landlord of stupidity! Feel free to curse him as much as you want!"
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps echoed. A soldier entered and said, "There's a bucket right next to you. Use it. And don't even think about dirtying the walls!"
Aniket: "અને પાણી?"
The soldier stared at him, confused, then clarified, "I mean, jal?"
The soldier snapped, "What nonsense are you spouting? Just wipe it clean and move on."
With that, he tossed a disgustingly foul rag toward Aniket's face.
Aniket narrowly dodged it, looking at the filthy rag in horror. "I'd rather die than use this thing, you monsters!"
Midnight
Aniket yelled, "I don't know how many of you understand other languages, but listen carefully! We're being watched 24/7.
However, that's not the real problem. The main issue is that these people only understand our 'main language,' and we can only understand each other's 'main language' too. If I speak in English, those of you who don't know English won't understand me. The same applies to them.
Finally, what I want to say is this: we all have superpowers.
That means we still have a chance to escape from here. We don't know their true intentions."
Suddenly, a voice interrupted him: "What's new in that? We all know we have superpowers."