And little further from here, their matter or conversation was looking at the marching crowd in front of him, and the sign they were holding. One man coming from behind accidentally bumped into him, and he by accident turned into two. The man was surprised, but not panicked, he looked at both men, shook his head, and walked forward. And soon both people entered the heavy crowd and soon they started to multiply, and many people noticed this, and so did the security gathered there, even the people in White House were alarmed. Where have they ever seen people multiplying like magic before? This is not normal at all, and soon the whole crowd started to panic. Richard, who was in the car, saw this scene, and told his driver to stay calm and to be ready. And soon the scene started to escalate, many people panic seeing such a bizarre scene, and soon enough an accident happened. A police guard went to check on the person multiplying, he grabbed his hand, and tried to turn him over, one of his friends pointing a gun at the person.
Daniel was forced to turn around, which made his mechanism active, and he accidentally turned into two, which startled the person behind him, and he accidentally fired a shot at the duplicate, and the duplicate fell with a splatter of blood. A woman screams, and soon like damn broking, all hell breaks loose. And in this hell, Daniel who was mixed in the crowd, expanded rapidly, every physical hit was making him duplicate, a very ability if put in use. And here it was being used as a way to make the crowd more crowded. And soon this news was on TV again. Maybe people all around the world saw this. A stampede of people running, a stampede of people who looked identical, a stampede of people who kept multiplying.
Police and security in charge there took matters into their own hands and started firing, and it helped, it worked on those duplicates, and they started to fall one by one.
And news of the incident soon reached the ears of Supriya, Priya, Sakshi, Rohit and Krishna.
Krishna saw this on the news channel of Supriya, who just got the footage of it, calling it another Mahamanav incident, this time in Washington, capital of America. She raises some questions about its origin and purpose, but it has no answers, and she even asks why this happened just after Krish declared his retirement, she asks if this is a conspiracy or just a mere coincidence. And then she showed the footage of the situation, and addressed the current situation, which was being controlled by the arm forces there. There aren't any reported casualties, but by the looks of it, it's not far yet.
And Krishna who was seeing this, has the urge to go there and protect them, his hands keep shaking, his eyes never leaving the tv screen.
And after an hour or so, this news remain the topic of every news possible, they reported that, after an hour, the duplicate seems to vanish, and seems to turn into dust by themselves, scientists explain that it might be just an after image or an entity created by the Meta-gene ability of this person, and it also said they are still debating the cause of his appearance and what his powers actually are, and reports report that, US authority has taken down the suspect, and they are trying to find where did he come from, and what was his purpose. The media also reported the casualties, which varied, person to person. Some estimate it to be around 10 to 20 and some even over hundred, there is no official announcement yet, but they can analyse and predict that the situation seems not that good. And in the middle of this, many people also raised a question, where is Krish? Did he really forget about us?
Many doubted, many blamed, and many even cried, but all of them had really one question, where was Krish? Did he really abandon us?
You can say it is faith collapse or reality check, but Krish was indeed gone.
Public outrage, many demanding answers, many questioning krish and government again, many people even panicked, many questioned the government for stopping krish from saving people. It was very similar like other times, but one thing that was prominent and different from other times was, most of the people were against him. It was not like the previous one where the situation can be said as 50/50 this time, things were different, and the place was different.
And with Krishna, he was looking outside the window, looking at the mountain peak above waiting for the sunrise, and his mood was not particularly good.
" What are you doing?" An old female voice came from behind. Krishna turned, and saw Daadee standing on the door looking at him.
" Daadee you shouldn't walk -"
" Ohh cut it, I'm fine, that was just a small matter, I'm all good now." And Krishna after hearing this calmed down, and sat back on the chair he was on.
Daadee, seeing this, went close to him, and patted his head.
" Couldn't sleep?" And, after hearing this, he didn't say anything, and lowered his head. And seeing this Daadee said.
" why don't you race the sun again? Like you used to do, maybe this time you might win." and after hearing this, he looked at her, and seeing his encouraging look, he slowly stood, and looked at the direction of the hill ahead.
" Don't wait, the sun will rise soon." And Krish left in a hurry.
And, soon Krishna was at the top of the mountain. And feel the cool breeze on face, wind blowing, he can literally see the waves they were making on the smooth surface of the ice. He looked ahead, and saw the horizon, and slowly closed his eyes. His eyes fluctuate, his expression becomes complicated, he Invalently thinks about those things, he feels the coldness of the outside wind. But soon, the warmth of the sunrise hit him, and his happy memories came like a flood, and with a small smile, he opened his eyes, and met with the sun's gaze. And he uttered those words that he had said earlier.
" Wanna race?" And like before, he felt it.
" It's on." He got in a ready position and as soon as the sun moved ahead of him, he dashed forward.
This time, he felt it. He felt that long lost feeling of joy. He smiled a true smile, he felt the cool breeze, he felt the smell of nature, he felt the joy he had been missing from a long time. Flying is fun, but this, but this, chasing the sun with your own, jumping and running, just hit different. And soon he reached the place where he always loses, the cliff area.
He looked ahead , and saw the sunrays almost touching him, and he saw the cliff, and he remembered the loss, and the plane incident.
A light flashed in his eyes, and he accelerated, and made a huge jump, launching himself on the sky. And from there, he saw the town, saw the horizon, and saw what he had forgotten.
He landed on the ground, and made a small pit when he hit the ground, his shoes smocking, his breath a little heavy. He smiled, and looked ahead, the sun hadn't reached there, but he had. He had won, he had won the race.
" You did it." It was Chintu.
Krishna turned, and saw Chintu, standing there looking at him with excitement.
" You did it, you actually won!" Krishna understood this, and dusted his clothes, ignoring his praise.
" What did you see chintu?" And Chintu stopped, and looked at him. He seems to understand something.
" Nothing, I saw nothing, nothing like always." He said immediately.
" Good, let's drink Bournvita then."