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Genius Killer

Killing by only a pencil

By Arefin MimPublished 9 months ago 8 min read

the opening scene features a man named

Milo Stanfield who is suffering from

autism spectrum disorder or ASD he is

seen standing on a street of New Jersey

keeping an eye on a woman in a nearby

flower shop in the midst of this he also

seems to be doing some complex

calculations related to the timing of

events happening in his surroundings

Milo notes the approach of a passenger

bus a pothole a street artist and a

bicycle Rider speeding following these

observations he crosses the street and

strategically places es a pen on the top

of a mailbox adjacent to the pothole

soon after his planned chain reaction

takes place a taxi runs over the pothole

splashing the water on the pen causing

it to fall to the ground this captures

the attention of the street artist who

then walks forward to pick up the pen at

the same moment the speeding cyclist

collides with the artist which results

in him striking the mailbox and falling

on the Fruit Stand nearby chaos ensues

in the street diverting the attention of

everyone including the bus driver as a

result he does not notice the traffic

light turning red and hits the same

woman crossing the road killing her on

the spot and people say math isn't

dangerous Milo then walks away from the

scene after confirming that his plan

went smoothly the scene then cuts to an

FBI special agent Olivia Dunham she

works for The Fringe division of

Homeland Security specializing in

paranormal phenomena Olivia seems to be

returning back to work after a long Gap

due to her head injury as soon as she

enters the fr headquarters she is

greeted by one of her fellow officers

Charlie who is the supervisor of the

team in the meantime the chief of the

agency walternate bishop is talking to

one of the lab assistants Philip bro

regarding Olivia's return Philip says

that she is a doppelganger named faux

Olivia and expresses concern if they can

integrate an impostor in their team here

it is revealed that Olivia who is inside

the office is not the real one she is in

fact an impostor who has been brought to

fulfill the place of the original one

walternate then Reveals His motivation

behind keeping fivia in this universe

and implanting the real Olivia's

memories into her he claims that fivia

is the only one who can travel between

universes without any harm walternate

wants to figure out how she can do so

for this he says that they must make her

believe that she belongs here Philip

asks what if her new identity does not

hold to which the chief replies that she

will no longer be necessary after that

afterwards Charlie br briefs the team on

the seemingly random bus accident which

he claims to have happened two times in

this week the victim has died in each

case he then asks his crew to be careful

before going for the site investigation

a short while later the FBI team arrives

at the accident site and splits up to

search for any leads or Clues the

investigation is led by another FBI

agent named Lincoln Lee whose face

appears to be ruined by burn marks

Charlie inspects the body and uses her

fingerprint to retrieve her further

details she event finds out that the

deceased woman's name is Julian Foster

meanwhile Olivia questions the bus

driver who is shaken by the incident as

he has never even hit any birds or

animals until now simultaneously Agent

Lee tests for any signs of environmental

factors but finds nothing however he

does find the same ballpoint pen at the

scene after inquiring with the

eyewitnesses Olivia approaches Agent Lee

and tells him that the local artist had

bent down to pick up the pen during

which he collided with the bicycle Rider

and fell into the Fruit Stand upon

hearing this Agent Lee speculates that

the pen is the main element that created

a sequence of reactions ultimately

leading to the victim's death the next

day at French headquarters Agent Lee and

Charlie are trying to find out a

connection between the bus accidents

that happened in the two days Agent Lee

spots the same ballpoint pen in the

photo of the first accident which makes

him even more convinced that someone has

orchestrated the chain of events

following this they go to talk to a

mathematician of the fr agency astred

and tell her about the events however

she claims that no human can carry out

such a chain of events and mold it in

his or her favor twice amidst their

argument another similar bus accident

takes place leaving astd in shock two

plus two equals you get hit by a bus the

FBI agents immediately rush to the site

and find that the victims are still

alive this time upon questioning the

bystanders they learned that a dog

suddenly crossed the road causing the

bus to lose control just then Olivia

notices a similar ballpoint pen rolling

down in the ground which makes her

realize that the chain of events is not

over yet she looks around and spots a

suspicious Milo looking down from an

overhead Bridge moments later a man

wearing earbuds walks forward to cross

the street only to be hit by an oncoming

ambulance I guess the paramedic needed

to hit his quota with her suspicions

confirmed Olivia alerts her team and

races towards Milo seeing this the

ladder instantly calculates Ates another

series of events and throws a bicycle

off the bridge this prompts a bus to

change its path and drive right under

the overhead Bridge Olivia holds him at

gunpoint threatening him to surrender

but Milo jumps off the bridge lands on

the bus's roof and gets away Milo is the

bus Whisperer after this event Milo

returns home to find his sister mateline

worried for him she tells him that she

has been getting numerous calls from the

hospital but he ignores her she then

tries to convince him to surrender

claiming that he is gone way too far

however Milo anticipates her actions and

completes her sentences effectively

silencing her not long after mateline

shows him a small plastic horse toy a

reminder from their mother this makes

him feel uneasy and he walks away saying

that it is irrelevant now on the other

hand agent Le is taken to the hospital

for his regular skin checkup before

entering the burn chamber he asks Olivia

to focus on finding commonalities among

the three victims heeding his

instructions Olivia returns back to

headquarters and starts talking to the

witnesses of the accidents after a bit

of inspection she discovers ties between

the three victims and a medical center

all three of them were directly or

indirectly related to this Center she

shares her Discovery with Charlie and

the two immediately head to this very

Medical Center upon arriving there

Olivia notices that one set of patients

are using the same ballpoint pens as

they are unable to cope with digital

devices iPads make them I mad later they

meet Dr a chief Doctor Who recognizes

all three victims of the bus accidents

after briefing them on some details

about the victims Dr L explains that

they have been helping mentally

challenged patients with experimental

processes to boost their intelligence he

also shows them video footage of their

patients in which Olivia spots Milo upon

inquiring about him Dr Levan responds

that he is one of their patients who

also went through the same drug trial

that boosted his IQ exponentially he

goes on to say that Milo was released

from the hospital under supervision of

his sister and that he was scheduled to

return back in order to reverse the

experimental process but now he is not

responding to their calls and he is

killing everyone who is trying to take

control of him after learning about

Milo's sister the FBI agents decide to

pay her a visit unbeknownst to them Milo

is keeping a close eye on Olivia noting

every single pattern of her movements

and predicting her next move later on

Charlie and Olivia arrive at Milo's

place where they are greeted to by

mateline they ask her about Milo's

whereabouts but she claims to be unaware

of them sensing that she is hiding

something the agents tell her about the

crimes he has committed and how

dangerous it is to let him roam free

while Charlie goes to investigate Milo's

room Olivia shares about her late sister

revealing how they used to care for one

another this Comforts mateline enough to

share more details about her brother she

explains that Milo is able to predict

the outcome of numerous events down to

the smallest detail and that she can

break Milo concentration only by showing

him the toy horse whenever he sees

Bullseye he gets a woody Olivia

eventually manages to persuade her to

disclose anything she knows emphasizing

that they are concerned for civilians as

well as Milo's safety mateline then

handser a note revealing the location of

the hotel that Milo is currently staying

at after this Olivia and Charlie discuss

plans with ASD on how to capture Milo

however they soon realized that any plan

would be futile because he can predict

their every move as a result they opt to

approach the hotel directly without any

backup I don't know how that's going to

help but they know best in the meantime

Milo is seen at his hotel room looking

down through the window and envisioning

scenarios that are going to happen in

the next few minutes with his ability he

predicts that Olivia and Charlie will

arrive soon and that they will chase him

he also calculates that he can kill

Olivia by luring her through a marked

zone of a construction site where the

air is too thin and crushed ring her

under a load of cement bricks just like

he predicted the two FBI agents arrive

at the hotel and find Milo waiting for

them in the street he then runs towards

the construction while the agents pursue

him Olivia who is unaware of the warning

signs for the Thin Air Zone races

through it instead of stopping to put on

a respirator this actually makes Milo's

calculation wrong he didn't think she'd

be that dumb in addition she also Dodges

a pile of cemented bricks which Milo

assumed would crush her the villain is

shocked to witness his calculation going

wrong and is ultimately caught by her at

this point in time Olivia nearly

asphyxiates herself due to the low level

of oxygen but thankfully Charlie arrives

in the nick of time and helps her with a

breathing apparatus in the aftermath of

these events Charlie asks Olivia about

why she did not stop to put on a

respirator to which she responds that

she did not recognize the warning sign

later on Olivia brings mattaline to the

hospital where Milo is seen interacting

with a supercomputer according to the

doctor the eye IQ boosting drug has been

in Milo's brain for too long due to

which they are unable to carry out the

reversal process now his mind is becomes

so Advanced that only machines can

comprehend his thoughts saddened by this

news mateline goes inside the room and

leaves the toy horse in front of her

brother the same evening Olivia is at

her place when she experiences a vision

of Peter her boyfriend from Another

Universe he tells her that she does not

belong to this universe in order to back

up his claim he reminds how her lack of

knowledge regarding this universe saved

her life earlier according to him she

would have died if she had recognized

the warning signs and stopped there

Peter encourages her to try recalling

all of her memories and also kisses her

before Vanishing.

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About the Creator

Arefin Mim

I want to express reality not fantasy. Writing is the main weapon for all oppression. If you like my article please subcribe my id.

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