The Overlord

"Thank you! Thank you!" Rathika said to her audience. Their applause is her reward. Her song put many people on the verge of tears. Rathika went to the backstage to talk to her manager, Advika, her closest friend, and a sister from another mother. 

"Great job, Rathu! You are climbin in the top! The guys invited us for some drinks to celebrate your show. Get yourself there at 7pm, no excuses." Advi almost passed out from excitement. 

"Of course. Lemme just get freshened up and be on my way." She flashed a smile.

She walked in on her car and saw a piece of paper at the dashboard. She picked it up and read it. She almost fainted with shock. The paper read:

"Congratulations on your performance. I gotta admit, Rathika, you improved drastically. 

Alas, your celebration will be short-lived, and so will you....."

The paper was drenched in red. She refused to think about it. She took deep breaths. It was probably a hoax. She threw the paper out of her window.

The Overlord was watching the events unfold. He smirked and crushed the paper with his legs.

At 7pm, Rathika and Advika reached the Bar and all their friends were there. They got very drunk and as the stereotype would have it, it was midnight.

Radhika got in her car, and she was seeing doubles and was muttering about butter cookies and was seeing double. She shook her head and that just made things worse. She looked around for her phone, but she couldn't find it. She was too drunk to think anything about it.

The Overlord rose from the backseat and whipped out his knife, and stabbed Radhika from between the seats at her neck. Blood gushed out and Radhika felt the life drop off her body. The Overlord punched her in the face to make sure she was gone for good. 

"Hmm." He said. He picked up a jerry can from nearby and spilled it in a straight line. He lit the line on fire, and the car exploded.

He picked up his phone and phoned Her. "The job is done. The Songbird is dead. She will never sing...again."

A day later, Detective Asur came at the crime scene. Brilliant detective, with a lust for serving justice. 

"Could be a freak accident, sir." reported one of his detectives.

"Hmm. No. It's the Overlord." He pointed to the car.

A very charred cross-skull was painted on the chassis. The words: "Overlord" written all over.

"Here's what happened. The girl and her friends stayed up late and when everyone left, she left, got in her car, The Overlord was hiding, and" He imitated the cut throat action and mimiced and explosion.

"We interrogate the friends."

First off, they called in Advika.

"She is such a sweetheart. She never harmed anyone. Who will kill her?" She asked tearfully.

"Yes, it is a tragedy, My condolences. In your knowledge, is there a potential rival to Radhika? An enemy singer, perhaps? Or a family matter or enemy?"

"No. She doesn't mix up personal and professional things. No one hates her."

Asur nodded.

"But maybe, would you be interested in looking at these pictures?"

He showed her the charred body of her friend. Advika paused for a moment and then wailed.

Asur smiled.

"You did it."

"WHAT? WHAT MONSTROSITY IS THIS?" Advika shouted.

"If someone is truly grieving, their tears will first come from their left eye. However if they used artificial methods, both eyes will start to tear up in a short period of time. When I showed you the photos, your left eye twitched and became unfocused for a moment, thinking what to do. You were not moved at all. You hired The Overlord to kill your own friend." Asur nodded disapprovingly.

"Fine! Yes I did it. I was jealous. We were supposed to be a duo, but I broke my leg a few years ago and she jumped in my spot and took the lyrics I wrote and made it into hit songs! I didn't care she was my friend. She had to PAY!"

In an hour, Advika was arrested and sent to 2 consecutive life sentences.

"We still didn't catch the Overlord, Asur." Indra, Asur's senior said.

"Yes sir, we are working on it. I swear sir, i will bring him to court, by his collar."

The Overlord was watching these events from afar. 

"It is on, Asur. I'm comin for you." The Overlord whispered.