CHAPTER 1
The rain was lashing at the heated door mirrors of this black beauty. Ashley simply loved the ride from its inside. This was the thing which she loved the most, her Dad’s Maserati Aston Martin.She had convinced her Dad to buy this ahead of the Porsche Boxster,he was vying for.
“Dad,hwz loong does eet take to thees damn place”,groaned Chris.He, evidently wasn’t enjoying the ride.Chris had been forced to opt out of the party that Miley had planned to throw to her college mates.He was livid.
“Its another 5 hrs ride from here son”,winked Cadman.
The Slippery Lane was one of the heavens on earth,in fact one which the whole Britain was proud of. The road was clearly at one of its bests with the rain assisting it in all aspects.Aligned with Redwoods on one side and Copper beeches on the other, Slippery Lane was best suited for the long travel.
“Dad, why are we taking this diversion, Arent we suppossed to go along the Slippery Lane?”enquired Ashley, looking onto the hand held mirror from her makeup kit and correcting her eyeline.
“No, Sweetie,This is the short route which I discovered in this book.”beamed Cadman,proudly displaying the 'Shortest Routes – Even to Heaven' authored by Casper Chadwick.
The road seemed to be bumpy but the Maserati didnt seem to have even the fig of a problem.The car simply scooped down the lane and headed on to the curve to join the main lane to Surrey.
“Ashley, did u take the pills.Is the baby alright?”asked Cadman.
“Yeah .. He s fine.No pains rite now.”replied Ashley.
“Cummon, Ashles, cheerz up. Dont woory u ll haave a proper delivery. Theez baby weel be alrite”.cheered Chris with his Gregorian accent, which he seemed to have hooked on to, in his college.
“Wait, let me check if we hv got al d pills “,told Cadman as he bent down to pick up the medical kit.
Right as the car joined the Western Artery Road en route to Surrey …
“Dad”…”Fuck”… shrieked the two ….Cadman quickly got on and severely steering the car to the left employed the vehicle’s Limited Slip Differential braking system to full use.The tyres screeched to a halt as …
Whew ..Vrooom..CRASHHHHHHHH ….
CHAPTER 2
Ashley felt a whirling sensation around her head.She felt very light at the pelvis, feeling no existence of the foetus.The red truck which had jus sent them to great shock kept on lingering in her mind.Still recovering from the shock of the crash they had escaped, Ashley clarified “Dad, we are going to Surrey , right?There seems to be no headway in the route.”
“No,darling .. We have altered plans.We are going to MARCCOT – an exotic location,300 miles downhill from here.”,replied Daniel.
Silence prevailed all along for the next half hour.Ashley enjoyed the beauty of this road.She was surprised to see there were no traces of any households. The road seemed to be empty laden with trees and bushes.
“Dad,look there”.Ashley pointed at the beautiful white villa at the other end of the road.This villa had a different look on it.There was a very small gate ,compared to the size of the building,as an entry with a long pathway to the main building.It had an haunted look.The scorching speed of the vehicle did not allow Ashley a full view at the villa.
As another quarter of hour passed, the wheels of the Maserati came to a screeching halt.
“Sir, Could you please drop us at MARCCOT.My husband is waiting for me there.Could you please help us?”,pleaded the lady with her baby.
“Yo sure .. get een heere”,winked Chris.He was instantly attracted to the lady.She had a sensual feeling attached to her,thought Chris.She was a lady in the mid 20s and had a pretty tight face.She had yellow horsey teeth and a flexing body shape enough to harden any man.
As the journey continued,silence enveloped.
“Dad,y don v stoppa while n reefresh a bit.What do u say hmmmmm..Norah?”,asked Chris as he looked towards the new lady who got in.
“Clara”,she retorted.
“Yees yees Clara”,acknowledged Chris.
“Yes ok.Let us stop.”.And so did Cadman.They halted.
Chris jumped out immediately and vanished.Clara left the baby in d car and went out to take a walk.Ashley joined her Dad who was walking towards the spring nearby.
Chris desperately started injecting the needle into his already pored arm.The pain was excruciating.A little while later
“Bliss .. Bliss..”,shouted Chris with joy.But he knew he was missing one more thing.
He spotted Clara walking towards him.He couldnt have asked for more. He pulled Clara towards him and forced himself upon her. Clara resisted. He was pressing himself on her with al his might. Clara finally gave in.Both of them started squeezing each other intimately.Twined together,Chris pulled up her lips and both of them started kissing each other intimately.
A streak of red started flowing down Chris’ mouth.He was gasping……
“Dad! did u c that.Its the same villa v saw half an hour back.Could you believe that?”,astounded Ashley.
“Yes,darling. What does tat mean?Have we been circling around the same place.But I dint take even a single curve.Hows that possible?”answered Cadman.
It was half past four in the evening and it was near dark, unusually.Therain started falling harder.
“Papa,lets move outta this damn place.It seems haunted.Come on!”.It was indication than Ashley was frightened because thats when she calls her dad as Papa.
“Ok. Ash, Move on to the car.Ill bring Chris in”,ordered Cadman.
As she slowly limped towards the car,she was surprised to see Cadman already sitting in.There was neither any trace of Chris nor Clara and her baby.
“Where s Chris,Papa?”,enquired Ashley
“Chris s DEAD.We gotta leave from here soon.The place s haunted.”,replied Cadman, as he accelerated the car.
Few yards away a red Porsche Boxster was visible with its engines on.Sitting in was Chris…
CHAPTER 3
“Papa, where s this damn place – MARCCOT.There are no sign boards.Noteven a single soul to enquire. We have been driving for past 2 hrs without any clue.”,trembled Ashley.
Ashley was in tears.She was frightened to the core.In the two hours they had travelled they had seen the house about half a dozen times with the red Porsche Boxster standing guard.
Cadman didnt have any answers. He couldnt find any place named MARCCOT even in the 'Shortest Routes – Even to Heaven' book.
“Papa, stop where are we going lets take the return route.There isnt enuf gas left in d vehicle too.I cant stand it any more”,cried Ashley.Ashley was crying with fear.She worried that this could even affect the baby.
“I got it”,shrieked Cadman.
“I have heard people telling about military stations in MARCCOT so probably this is a military base and whence not mentioned in the maps.So we are going in the right route.”,shivered Cadman.
He raised the bar to 200 mph and raced away.Ashley couldnt help looking at the house which appeared frequently.She was hearing hustles all around her.She finally gathered courage.
“Dad,Stop d car am going in to that house”.
“Don be mad Ash.You cant do that.”
“Dad i want to.We are going nowhere.The gas will last probably for another hour.Let us face it.”
Cadman brought the vehicle to a halt as he approached the house.
“Dad u stay in the car. Ill check if some one’s in and ask for help while you be on d lookout for somebody on the roads.”
As Ashley opened the gates,the Porsche engine shut off.Fear filled Ashley.With the remaining courage she had,she threw open the house’s door and shouted,”Is anybody in?””We need help.”.
There was no reply.
Ashley shouted again and again but in vain.She decided to return to her Dad.As she walked towards the vehicle,the scene in front of her made her world turn around.
Cadman was stabbed with an iron rod – looked more like a wiper blade made of iron – through his heart.
Ashley didnt know what to do and started running away in all directions.The world started turning around her.Again she saw the same Porsche car.The first thing she did was took her pen and “MI55 KAY” noted it onto her hand.
She looked if Chris was inside.There was one more gentleman in. She took a closer look. She fainted.
It was Daniel Cadman .. her Dad.
CHAPTER 4
“Its a medical miracle – Ashley s very lucky to have survived and more so s her baby.”,said the doctor.
Ashley slowly regained composure. She couldn't take stock of the things around her.She was confused.She wondered that somebody must have carried her to this hospital.What happened to Papa?What about Chris?Was it Clara who brought her here?
“Doc,wat happened to me, who brought me here?”What about my Da …
“Hold on,Dear. I have an important operation to do.So I leave Clara,the head nurse,who looked after you during your coma, here to answer you.Take care child.”,Doctor’s voice echoed as he left the ward.
The name Clara resounded through Ashley’s heart as a pierce rod. What had happened?
“Dont worry Ashles,you are alrite.You have got a new baby.”
“What happened to me?Tel me rite now”,ordered Ashley
“Ashles,as you were travelling through the Slippery Lane , when your vehicle moved in to the Western Artery Road en route to Surrey your vehicle was hit severely by a red truck from the military supplier’s group named MARCCOT. Your dad and brother died on the spot and we couldn’t save them.We managed to save yours and your baby’s life but you had moved to the state of coma.You have jusT recovered.now i have got to leave and will meet u at half past 9 in the morning with the doctor. Sleep well.Good night.”
“So was all this hell a dream .. “, shouted Ashley , unable to control her grief.
Ashley, was by then again nearly back to coma, right when she heard the voice of her baby. She felt her baby’s soft skin with her hand.She felt a lot better now.She could see some blue streaks on the baby’s hair as she was cajoling her.She checked her hand out. On it were inscribed in crooked,dark blue – MI55 KAY.
Ashley looked on with disbelief ……
Note: This was written in Aug 2008!
