The Spirits (Ch-24; Changing The Former Future)

The Spirits And The Devastating War

Chapter-24
Changing The Former Future!

Peter was teaching brothers a lesson of life so that they don't fight as they earlier did. And of course, their fights was the reason Peter was back in this time.

It was, though, quite unpredictable for Peter that he the secrets of MESOTEPH MYTHOLOGY concealed a great part on which Earthian fictions are mostly based on, time travel. Peter always thought that it was mostly unreal and was a bit for him but he felt the pain physically and even mentally. He missed his friends and his team. Young Harry, although, was the same who might grow back again but Peter didn't see the same Harry, in him, he always knew. Maybe Young Harry had some lack of knowledge or experience but the thing that mattered the most was that their ages didn't meet and never will. This comradeship would never be as same as it was in THE SPIRITS.

THE SPIRITS, as always remarked, was not a group to stop Oliver from devastation, it was always as the older Harry said, "This is the family which completes my conscience" and it was right, too. That all were internally bonded and tended but, now, only Peter and Ralph remembered that an international group existed with the same name.

All the politics that was played by the team and the fame they had collected was uncomparable. That all had gone useless and that all mess was ending in a very different way.

As of today, Peter had to save the brothers from the school attack that the BPTD did. That was all where the mess started. BPTD indirectly gave Oliver a chance and encouraged the monster within him to raise. All the bad deeds, the brothers did while being in BPTD was the reason Oliver went bad. Surely, Harry came out of it. This was Peter's chance to change it all.

As this all was not in loops, there existed no other timeline or that in which Peter earlier lived. There is only one which was reframed and renovated according to Peter's choice and his wish.

The next day, the children had left their homes, unknown to what will happen. As soon as children left the home, Peter also did. He had only one way to move. The way to go to the police and inform them about everything. There was no other way in which he could save the whole team of BPTD from attacking the innocent school.

The thing Peter feared was that he would be questioned, for sure, and he had no proofs to manipulate the police staff that the school's going to be attacked. He, at first, thought about this when he kept his leg out of the house and then, he, just thought of an idea.

With his full power, he ran to the nearest Police Station because he was well-acquainted with the streets of London, even though he was in 1995. He ran alone across the lonely roads just to save the world from Oliver's devastation. He knew the school was attacked late in the day and he had much time to do something.

He slammed the door open of the Police station. The station-in-charge was quite astonished to see such a man. He offered him a seat in front of his wooden desk. Peter was acting, though not that quite good but enough, to show that he knows the future as he is an incarnation of the good Lord Jesus.

"Sir, there's going to be an attack.", Peter acted that he was panting and his hearts were at the highest rates, "On London Public School... I know"

"What?", the station-in-charge chuckled and he didn't even try to believe what was Peter saying.

"Sir, you gotta believe me!", Peter acted realistically at the moment with his distorted voice, "The school's in grave danger!"

The Station-in-charge was manipulated by his acting and then he again questioned, "Then how is it you know about it? The question counter-attacks you, then? Are you their member?"

"If I were their member", Peter snubbed, "Why would I have come to you?... It is simple as it goes: I am an astrologer."

The Station-In-charge who just believed him dissolved all his seriousness and thought Peter was some sorts of lunatic. He then, with a taunting but mockingly tone, said, "Then predict something about me!"

"Sir, I may not predict your future but I see your past clearly in your stars.", Peter pretended that he knew all the things.

"Follow it, you ASTROLOGER"

"In your past, you had an accident. A severe one which left a mark somewhere in your left body.", Peter continued brilliantly, "You suffered from asthma and you're currently going through family problems...Bring your ears close to me", The station-in-charge brought his ears close to Peter and Peter whispered, "And to perish your problems, you're involving yourself in corruption, too. To get more money, am I right, Mister? And if you don't believe me, I can report this to the government... Then, I might not be responsible for your loss. It stays in your way. Your fate rests in your hands. Order your troops to stop the attack; this is my prediction and if it won't come true, then I am yours... Jail me, torture me, do anything! But for God's sake save the school."

The station-in-charge stood still with no reactions which eventually portrayed that Peter's all the guesses were right. Peter did what he did at the time to select himself in the Rogers' case. He observed his left hand which had an accidental mark and therefore Peter's first guess. His asthma pump, which was quite small, peeped from the Station-in-charge's pocket but Peter observed it and the dark circles in his eyes and the stressful face of him described his last guess about the Family Problems. Then, he knew the police-man must involve him in corruption to save himself and then, he blackmailed.

"That's astonishing", the station-in-charge brought his ear back to normal and then in the fear of his truth being revealed, he ordered the constable, "Send an order to the Ministry. We need some reinforcements at the place now. Tell them our secret sources have revealed an attack", the station-in-charge lied.

Peter chuckled. The reinforcements were already being sent and the school was not attacked even till this hour of the day. About two to three hours were still remaining.

The reinforcements were sent. They were surely hidden in the school and teachers were made aware of the attack. The classroom and staff-room doors were shut down to maintain maximum protection all around the school. When the students and the staff heard about this, all were panic-stricken. It did not affect the brothers so much because they had faith in the army and even if it fails to fight, the brothers will fight. The only problem that remained that they were restricted to use their powers in front of people but all of them did later in their life.

A couple of hours later, a bus filled with terrorists broke the main door and drove in. And the moment they entered the main campus of the school, pre-planned positions and primed positions of the troops helped them.

All the terrorists were coming out of the bus in full armoured suits but abruptly, the army started open-fir at the terrorists. It was a harsh scene for all. All those who came didn't even get a second to counter-attack. The whole school was lit up with the harsh and creaking sounds of the moving bullets. The terrorists who were left in the bus were extremely panicked. They didn't stand a chance. It was an intelligence failure by BPTD.

Suddenly, the bus started descending through the main door which was broken. Then another army man just infiltrated a bullet through the driver's chest which went through the broken window. The driver was dead and the bus got stuck between the designs of the main door which was lying on the floor of the compound. Then, terrorists had got no option left except to go out and fight. This was the chance.

Another, army man then just threw a grenade in the bus through one of the broken niches and then it just exploded with a BOOM! The bus caught fire and not even the dead bodies of the terrorists were left inside. All of that had disintegrated because of the explosion. There were no casualties except that the school needed some renovation now.

The Reinforcements leader informed all this to the government and the police station where it was informed and consequently Peter. Peter thought all of it to be a boon. The casualties that took place today the last time outlined a ghastly situation and marked the starting of London's devastation. The events that took place later had the same base but now in this era, no one except Peter knows the reality of what happened the last time.

This was a huge success and as Peter predictions came true, he was given fame. It was not that fame he earned it earlier with the name MYSTERY SOLVER, this fame he earned on the name of an astrologer. Then, with years that went Peter's predictions about destructive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and many other disasters began to happen. No of the predictions that Peter did went in vain. All of it happened.

Then, too, Peter spent his life with Harry, Oliver and Ralph. He taught them everything. The support the brothers did not have the last time when they were teens and because there's a lot of emotional development at this moment of life, the brothers didn't find any support and guidance; this made them bad and all of it triggered with Harry's loss of memory and Rogers' demise. The base of all this was set with the attack by BPTD on school and now it was not the same. Oliver, too, was bringing his good qualities out.

Every night was ended with a bedtime that Peter used to make with a moral. All this led to a very great upliftment in bringing the boys up. Peter knew how to behave like a father and he did like he was Ralph.

Ralph, on Cygnus, had to make so many excuses about his age. For other people, a moment ago he was young and the other moment he reached Cygnus, he was a bit old. Ralph had successfully figured this dilemma out and now his tensions about their children had all vanished. He was sure that Peter would be taking care of all three of them and he was right, too.

On Earth, years went and went and went with a slow and gradual life. Peter, in some way or the other, always made the front page of the newspapers.

After the year 2000, Peter knew that Ramesh will have taken birth and he knew he had to help Ramesh in his life later.

In the process of time that followed, Peter, with his great name, in 2007, left London for a trip. Trip to Mumbai. Peter knew very well it wasn't a trip. He had come to put a stopper in death of Sanjay: Ramesh's father.

Sanjay, though a very good and benign man, used to gamble to maintain the financial condition of his family. One day, he lost almost everything because of his luck. Gambling is all about luck. Luck fluctuates and that is what is the synonym of life.

The moment he lost everything, he put himself on stake. Unfortunately, he lost himself too. As per the rules, he was murdered by his own friends marking the start of Ramesh's struggle along with Sapna.

Peter wanted to go and look Dharavi, as he instructed his cab driver after he landed in Mumbai after a long journey from Heathrow Airport, London. He left the children there only and came alone.

The driver dropped Peter outside the crowded slum. Peter commemorated all the roads and turns he made when he met Ramesh for the first time. All the people in Dharavi gave him an unpleasant look because they were noticing a foreigner first time in their slum. Most people don't like to visit this place. No one knew who Peter was and luckily, no one had surrounded Peter because of his fame.

He stopped in front of Ramesh's house and with a sigh knocked the weak door. Sapna opened it but unable to realise who Peter was. She didn't remember he was her teammate once. Sanjay was also sitting in the room and Ramesh was focusing on his studies.

"Yes, sir? Any help?", Sapna asked.

"Ohh--Yeahh", Peter got a bit emotional and remembered those days. It had 12 years since THE SPIRITS were separated. He stuttered a bit, "I had some work..."

"Who's this, Mum?", Ramesh shouted from the other end of the compact house.

"Well, who are you?", Sapna continued.

"I am Peter Parker."

Ramesh heard this. A very small voice reached his ears and vibrated the eardrum and he came running to the door.

"Are you really Peter Parker?", Ramesh remarked.

"Yes, I am... Do you remember me?", Peter thought Ramesh had his memory. Peter was, too, emotional at the time. He remembered the funeral he attended with Harry. The funeral of Ramesh and that boy showed up as he was standing in front of him. That muscular boy was now a small face but at least, he lived happily.

"Yes, of course, I do...", Ramesh responded.

"You know about THE SPIRITS, then?", Peter asked vibrantly.

"Well, I don't think I do", Ramesh muffled, "That's your area of expertise"

"Area of expertise?"

"Well, you are talking about spirits... SOULS... Ghostly creatures", Ramesh mocked, "You're an astrologer. You'd better know about that all."

"I don't believe in souls", Peter's thoughts were just because of inflection. He got a bit disheartened because high expectations were broken. He continued again, "You know me? But as an astrologer?"

"Of course I do. You're famous around the globe. Sorry, but I, actually, don't believe in superstitions but your predictions are just really awesome."

"Thanks for the compliment"

Sapna stood surprised that the best astrologer in the world had entered their house. She welcomed Peter with all respect. Ramesh, because he was educated, seemed to have known about Peter.

Peter was made to sit on the floor. Peter had got no problems. All of them were standing, in formality, to greet Peter.

Peter again with a muffled voice, said, "Well, sit down. Don't be formal."

All of them sat down.

"Was there a work, sir?", Sanjay asked after Peter was given a glass of water.

"Yes, there is. I, almost forgot. I detected grim. A grim near the door of this house and then decided to enter.", Peter started in his distorted voice to act if saw some future.

"Grim? What type?"

"A grim that may make your lives very difficult. Very-Very difficult."

"What's that all about"

"About a task that is courteous but faintly aloof", Peter continued the distorted voice.

"Who does that task", Sanjay asked.

"You! Gambling. I've seen it. Seen it through my stars. A dark truth lies beneath."

"Can't be!", Sanjay snubbed but formally.

"Don't lie! You don't do it on your own will. It's your liability", Peter acted as a real astrologer, "You want to leave it but your financial condition doesn't allow you to do so!"

"Is it the truth?", Ramesh asked emotionally, 'Father? Answer? You do it for us, don't you?"

"Yes, I do", Sanjay accepted the truth.

"With whom?"

"My friends..."

"Which? Rajeev?", Sapna questioned while Peter remained quiet in family matters.

"Yes", Sanjay responded.

Peter just remained at one side to not interfere in family matters. After an hour or two of complete silence from Peter, he abruptly spoke up after everything had got settled. Sapna, Sanjay and Ramesh, after reaching a conclusion, had ended their talks and realised again that Peter was in their house.

"Sir, we are sorry for misunderstandings! We didn't accommodate you!", Sapna said.

"It's not the way you're saying! I detected some problem in this house and therefore, it's my duty. I work for people only. Therefore, I claim that a part of my earnings will monthly reach your house ending your financial problems. And also Ramesh has to focus on his studies, too. Sanjay's intentions were never wrong but his deeds were slightly off-track, therefore, he receives to be awarded and you can't deny what I'll give you. We are a family, now!"

Sanjay didn't gamble now and after Peter's decisions, none of them ever faced financial problems.

Everyone had some tears in their eyes. The Bhatia family's tears were because of Peter's kindness and the feats that he carried out himself willingly. Peter's chest was heaving with emotional sentiments because none in this family remembered him as what he was. Their memory allowed them to focus only on what he is. None was aware what THE SPIRITS were and the family, of course.

The next day, Peter came back to Ramesh with a gift in his hand. A box stretched vertically and with little horizontal dimensions was handed over to Ramesh.

Peter, then, looked at Sapna and with pleasant looks, he said with a sigh, "Don't break it. I see in my stars", he acted, "that you might break it for Ramesh's own good. What Ramesh will be making will become successful and nothing would happen to his arm."

"Arm?", Sapna asked.

"He would invent great things with this.", Peter whispered in Sapna's ears, "Don't tell him. It might make him over-confident."

Sapna had very brilliant looks at his boy and didn't believe what the astrologer said. Peter left the house for good. He looked at Ramesh and Sapna for the last time and he knew there would no reason to come again to Dharavi with his popular name.

After Peter turned back, he didn't look again at the house. He, only, showed his back because from the front, his salty and racking sobs that fell from his eyes were clearly seen and he didn't want to represent himself as a weak man.

When Peter left, Ramesh opened the gift box. He noticed that Peter had gifted him an electron microscope. It was from the intention that when Ramesh is cracked with the idea of reproducing satellite cells at a faster rate, he shall not wait until he collects and then buys a microscope.

No one knew why it was given. But in 2013, when Ramesh thought of the idea to replicate satellite cells, he turned up to the microscope and then invented again what he had invented the last time. He injected those cells in him and then his arm was all muscular. He went with excitement to his mother to show him all that. Sapna broke the electron microscope the last time but she didn't because she knew what Peter said and praised Ramesh for that.

Ramesh, gradually, became popular for his invention and when the news was heard by Peter, he felt that his objective to come back in 1995 was not a failure.

As of now, Peter had settled the life and struggles of two heroes in the team, Sapna and Ramesh. Now was the time for David and Valencia.


-To Be Continued
(Abhinav Srivastava)


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