Mind of a Monster

Chapter One: The Crimson Mirror

Rain pounded the city like a warning. The streets of Blackridge were drowning in silence, broken only by the occasional scream of sirens that faded into the night. At exactly 2:17 a.m., Detective Raheel Mirza stood outside the dilapidated house on Thorne Avenue, staring at a crime scene that would scar even his hardened soul.

Inside, the walls were smeared in blood — not splattered, but painted, deliberately, with patterns that almost seemed... artistic. On the mirror above the fireplace, written in what could only be blood, were the words:

"I am the cure for a broken world."

It was the third murder this month. All victims were women. All left in hauntingly identical conditions. And all connected by a name no one wanted to speak aloud — The Surgeon.

Chapter Two: A Killer’s Symphony

The Surgeon was not your average criminal. He didn't kill out of rage or desperation. He killed with purpose. He dissected lives like a scientist — clean, methodical, and emotionless. His victims were always professionals: a psychologist, a professor, a lawyer. He left behind no DNA, no fingerprints, just one cryptic message after every kill.

What terrified Raheel the most wasn’t the brutality — it was the intelligence. Each murder was a psychological puzzle, a chess move in a game only the killer understood.

And worst of all, Raheel knew… he was being watched.

Chapter Three: The Letter

It arrived in a plain envelope. No return address. Inside was a photograph of Raheel’s younger sister — asleep in her apartment. On the back, in the same crimson ink:

"I study monsters by becoming one. Tell me, detective... how close are you to breaking?"

This wasn’t just a threat. It was an invitation — a challenge. Raheel realized something horrifying: the Surgeon didn’t want to escape justice. He wanted to be understood.

Chapter Four: Descent

Driven by fear and fury, Raheel turned inward. He began studying old case files, digging into the minds of psychopaths, rereading the notes of his former mentor — Dr. Zara Hussain — a forensic psychologist who mysteriously vanished two years ago.

Then the connection hit him like a train:

All three victims had been involved in a confidential study at Blackridge Psychiatric Institute… led by Dr. Zara.

Had she discovered something? Or someone?

Chapter Five: Through the Looking Glass

Raheel’s journey took him deep into the underground corridors of the abandoned psychiatric facility. The walls whispered secrets. In Zara’s former office, he found her private journal — the final entry dated just days before she disappeared:

"There is a patient here. Brilliant. Dangerous. Diagnosed as sane, but he wears madness like a second skin. I fear he doesn’t belong in therapy. He belongs in a cage. I fear he knows I know..."

The initials at the bottom? R.M.

Raheel froze.

Was it a mistake? Or was he part of something far bigger?

Chapter Six: The Truth Beneath

The shocking twist unraveled slowly. Raheel dug deeper, uncovering files erased from the system. There was a patient, alright. R.M. But not Raheel Mirza.

Rafay Murtaza — a former neurosurgeon turned sociopath. A man once treated by Zara. A man who had escaped and vanished without a trace.

He had been experimenting on his victims — not to kill them, but to "restructure their moral compass." In his mind, he wasn’t a murderer… he was a reformer.

Chapter Seven: The Final Game

Raheel lured Rafay out — not with guns or a team, but with something more dangerous: truth. He went on live television and exposed every dark detail Rafay had tried to bury, every flaw in his twisted logic.

And Rafay came.

Not with rage — but with a smile. As if he’d been waiting for this moment.

“You understand now,” he whispered as cuffs closed around his wrists. “To catch a monster… you must think like one.”

Raheel didn’t sleep that night. Or the night after. Because in Rafay’s eyes, he had seen something — something terrifying.

A reflection.

Epilogue: Mind of a Monster

Rafay Murtaza was sentenced to life in solitary confinement. But even behind bars, his legend grew. Copycat killings surfaced across the country, each imitating his "methodology."

And Raheel? He left the force.

Because no matter how far he ran, he couldn’t escape the chilling realization:

He had walked so deep into the monster’s mind… he wasn’t sure if he ever made it out.