A summons for a dream catcher

The Kerkars were a happy cheerful couple.Living in Bandra, Mumbai owning their own home and business, they had it all except no children.
Finally as a last resort at age 40 , Mrs. Kerkar tried in vitro fertilization and became pregnant.On top of it all she learnt she was going to have twins.
As the pregnancy advanced, she learned that although the foetuses were healthy, they were joined at the chest.
She named the boys , Jatin and Yatin..The boys were separate individuals above and below the chest but shared one heart.
Naturally one of them had to be sacrificed so the other could live
.The doctors advised a wait of 3-4 months until their bodies were large enough to be operated upon.
The parents were devastated. The infant boys played with their hands and feet, rubbing each other's heads and babbling in infant language, it seemed like they knew what they were saying to each other . They were happy boys , smiling all the time , mostly at each other .
When the time for surgery came, even the surgeon who had operated on conjoint twins before many a time could not sleep the night before .
As they were being taken to surgery, the twins started howling uncontrollably. It was as if they knew.They struggled agitatedly even as the anesthesia was being given.

The operation was successful. Jatin, the boy with the more normal chest organs survived while Yatin had to be sacrificed .

As Jatin recovered , started putting on weight and getting older , he did not behave like a normal boy. He was always listless and sad. He had no interest in toys or food ,nor had he smiled or laughed a single time thus far ..
It was after the age of 4 that the dreams began.
The parents heard loud screaming coming from their son's room.They found him paddling his limbs like a drowning man, but his eyes were shut tight.As soon as they entered the room to hold him close, he started sobbing.
Paediatricians , blood tests , CAT scans were consulted .but there were no answers.

To distract his mind , they bought him a toy computer where he could press buttons to bring up cartoon characters on the screen.
Soon after that the screaming stopped and the child started responding to adults around him.
Then strange happenings started taking place. They would hear the boy talking to someone . The moment Daddy and Mummy went into his room, he would quickly scramble into his own bed. When asked who it was he was talking to, pat would come the answer "No one ".
Jatin's conversations were getting more and more agitated .Soon after he took to sleep walking .One morning he was absent from his room. In panic the parents looked for him until a neighbour called them .
They found him sitting at the edge of the terrace in full conversation with someone 4 storeys above the garden below.

After that episode , the parents started locking him up in his room. Sometime in the night , they would hear him clicking away at his computer sobbing quietly, sometimes whispering ."Come ,please come ",.

The priests were called in, Hindu and Christian. The Hindu priest went through the ritual of driving the Serpa Dosha out of the child , the Catholic priest went through Exorcisms. It was useless .Whoever occupied Jatin's dream world had never left it.
In desperation , Mr Kerkar went to the U.S.embassy. He had found out that the Deputy Consul was a Native American Indian of the Lakota tribe and a Shaman or priest as well. He was also a dream catcher , who could bring the good spirits in and ward off the evil ones .
Upon hearing of Jatin's affliction , he reluctantly consented to spend a night in their home .
He first went around the room burning some weeds in a pot. He then drew small pictures on each wall , ceiling and floor that looked like a spider's web.
He then went to sleep on the floor.
Throughout these maneuvers , Jatin watched intently with his eyes wide open
.After dark , when the world seemed to be asleep, a strange fog condensed outside the window bars of the Kerkar home .
Around the same time , the boy started screaming and the computer screen began flashing.
A desperate sound as if coming from a child was heard from outside the window, echoed by Jatin who ran to the window trying to reach out to someone.
It seemed like two children crying instead of one.When the parents rushed in, all pandemonium ceased and Jatin went into total silence in the corner of the room.
"It's his brother," siad the Shaman."The spirit of Yatin is trying to rejoin with his brother .
Your son Jatin is in human form while his brother Yatin is still in the world of spirits. Their bond is too powerful and inseparable. I cannot sever the bond. I am sorry ."
But someone up there occasionally plays a hand. After all, it is said, children are closest to Him.
On the weekend, a fatal auto accident brought a child with a head injury to Sion Hospital. The brain damage was extensive and the 4 year old boy was declared dead on arrival.
His body was taken home and tearful family members were making arrangements for the funeral.
While the tears were pouring by the bucketful, a little boy's voice uttered,"Mummy , why is everyone crying?"
The boy who was supposed to be dead was sitting up in bed ,beaming from ear to ear. Thanks to the Almighty the soul of the dead twin Yatin had entered the body of the young boy .
At the exact time , not too far away, the Kerkar parents heard a joyful squeak from the next room and rushed to find Jatin in front of his computer , pounding some keys and laughing and crying with tears of joy.

The parents wondered if they were dreaming. What had happened to change the world of Jatin,they wondered ?
While the boy held out his arms to his parents for the first time in his life, Mr. Kerkar vaguely glanced at the computer and as the computer image seemed to fade away, he thought he read the words,"Come soon ..I have arrived ."

 

Krithi,
welcome here ..it is pure fiction ..not meant to be scary .. a bit of supernatural maybe the twins want to be united and they are ,,by the intervening act of providence
jaijui

 

ravi sanu,
thank u and welcome ..written with imagination on a subject I am fascinated with ..twins and their similarities and differences
jaijui

 

mindy,
thanks a lot I have read MH Clarke love her ..cant recollect which book either
u take care
jaijui