Wait and Watch! Part-1

“How is it even possible?! Don’t joke aunty. Talk practically. How will I even believe this?! No one will believe it. Go to any guy on the road and tell him that you meet spirits in your everyday life but you won’t know that they are spirits as they come in as solid human beings! They will laugh on your face.”

She smiled mysteriously.

“What?! Why are you smiling? Ok tell me who the ghost known to me is?!

“Don’t ask me. Ask yourself. You must know someone who vanished all of a sudden without any trace. They are not ghosts. They are spirits who just had some unaccomplished mission in their previous life may be with you or that to be done through you in this birth! ”

“Ya right! Whatever!”

How did she know!?

“DUDE!!!! C’mon we gonna be late for the exam!!”

His cousin Sameer called him from downstairs. Sachin grabbed his bike keys and went down. Both of them started off to college. Sameer was rambling something. But Sachin was not listening to him.

Is it true? No! Ghosts don’t exist. Or spirits.. Whatever! But Swapna did vanish without any trace.. If they got transfers, she would have called me. No way... What am I thinking? She can’t be a spirit and all!!

Screeeeech!

“Hey! What’s happening?? Man …. The bus! Were you dreaming? Damn it!

Sachin was stumped! He didn’t notice the bus at all. He was shocked to see that he halted the bike only few feet before the bus. The driver was yelling at both of them.

“Let’s get out of here before they get down and hit us. Let me drive!”

Doomed, if caught!

I kept running and running. But, slowly and silently. It shouldn’t hear us! Otherwise we are doomed. The little girl stopped. I looked back and urged her to run. She refused. I know that she is tired. We have been running for past 20 mins. Looking for a place to hide. Looking for a place to save our lives. I looked back. It was coming. I can sense it. It’s looking for us. Eager to catch us.

I looked around. Finally I saw one building.

“C’mon girl. Run!”

“ I cant”

I just scooped her in my arms and dashed towards that building. Sensing my footsteps, it also followed. Panic gripped me.

We entered that building and I started searching for rooms with doors on it. But alas! It has already destroyed all the locks on it. How clever it has become. We stumbled upon something. It was the guy who helped us yesterday. Till yesterday he was alive. But today, no more than a lifeless disfigured body. I got used to it but I turned the face of the little one away. Again I heard it coming. We broke into a run again. Finally, we entered into one room. But there was no lock for this one also. I didn’t bother closing the door. It’s just too clever. I simply switched off the lights and pushed myself and her under the bed.

It also entered the building. It looked for us.

Kept looking into each room.

Finally it came in front of our room.

And it stopped!

It entered our room.

I waited for it to leave. We held our breaths. But I could listen to my heart hammering away so loudly that I feared that IT will hear it.

It started it way out of our room. I could sense it hunger! His hunger for us! Its evil look! Finally it left.

She heaved a sigh of relief. NO! I mouthed. It heard us. It came back. I closed her mouth. I could see the fear in her eyes. She was able to see the same emotion in mine!

It came near the bed. We could see its legs. It stopped right beside the bed. I could sense that it’s looking around for the source of sound! FOR US! Then it bends down to see what’s under the bed! Slowly I saw it bending down and down and down and

“WAKE UP! YOU ARE LATE FOR COLLEGE”

I woke up to see my mom bending down to wake me up. I got up and rubbed my eyes and looked around.

Darn! It was a dream!

PS : "IT" is actually a dinosaur! but I wanted to leave it to your imagination! Nothing much of writing out here. Just felt like penning it down and so I did. Hope you enjoyed it :) Do tell me how is it written !!

Head Lines!

“Order Order! Silence please!”

The court felt silent after hearing the judge’s order. The big guy smirked at the uproar caused in the court. He didn’t mind the curses that poor Ramu’s family spat out at him. He was simply smiling away to his glory. Smiling away to the fact that in sometime, Ramu’s land would be his! Only his! His evil grin clearly showed that the registration paper of the land, that he submitted was not authentic.

But who cares!

As long as the case is in his favour.

“Based on all the proofs, I hereby declare that the land does not belong to Ramu and he has been trying to deceive the law by submitting false registration papers”

The smirk on the big guy’s face broke into one wide smile. Now he can build the big bungalow that his wife wished for on that land. All he cared was to fulfill his wife wishes. Her wish to build a bungalow on that very land. Just because their family astrologer told them that they will rise to a very superior position in their lives if they do so.

He didn’t care for the tears of Ramu’s wife.

He didn’t care for the pleas of Ramu’s aged mother.

He didn’t care for the fact that they don’t have another place to live.

He went home and told this good news to his wife. He asked her to choose a colour for the bungalow. She told him that she wants to paint it in peach. He called the famous engineers and interior decorators of town to build his bungalow.

“I want the bungalow to be the grandest one in the whole town. Even bigger than the Gupta’s house. Understood?”

“Yes sir, don’t worry. It will be the one!”

The work started. After three months the work got over. He took his wife to the place after finishing was done.

“How is it my dear?”

“Oh, it’s beautiful. We should call our pandit ji to fix up a date for pooja”

“Don’t worry my dear. I will do it right away. You don’t worry about anything at all.”

The astrologer told them that fifteenth of the same month was a very auspicious date. So he started preparing for the pooja.

The big guy’s wife made arrangements for a party as well in that house on that date. She wanted the whole town to know their joy. From the false papers to the party arrangements cost him a big fortune. But he did not worry about it. After all, it was for her.

It was the fourteenth night and after checking out all the arrangements, they finally went to sleep.

The next day morning they woke up with a start. The house was shaking very badly. The ground was rumbling. It was like as if they entered into the hell. He shouted for his servants but no one came. Everyone was panic to move from their places. The big guy’s wife clung to him in fear. They thought that they are going to die. After few minutes, things became normal.

“What was that?”

“Pata nahin sahib”

Everyone chorused in fear.

He looked around. He felt relieved. He was not hurt, neither was his wife. Who cared about the servants!

He was not able to understand anything. He switched on the news. All the news channels were talking about the earthquake and their town which was the epicenter. He was changing the channels. Suddenly he stuck to one channel. His eyes widened. His hand trembled at the very sight shown on that news channel. He broke into a sweat. He was not able to believe the sight behind the reporter on the screen.

The remains of a big and new building.

The remains of a badly damaged peach colour bungalow.

The crucial hour.. !

-

She looked at her watch every 5 mins!

“Damn! Of all the days, why should today only Chandu get ill?!”

Chandu was her office cab driver. Since cab is not available, she has to catch an auto or bus. 

Her head was reeling with thoughts.

“What will the doctor say? Will shanthi will be able to manage it all alone?! Oh my god! Please let the reports be positive. Please let Anuj be fine”

She again checked the time. 5:45. The doctor was supposed to give the report at 6. She knew for a fact that Anuj’s parents were on the way to the hospital while Shanthi – Anuj’s wife was all alone. She took out her cell phone and called her friend’s number and informed her that she is on her way. She added with a pause that to inform what is there in the report if she fails to reach there on time.

“Don’t worry Shanthi. Anuj will be fine. Keep praying to the god”

She knew for a fact that her thoughts will not change the report. It’s all in the Dr.Kalpana’s hand. Dr. Kalpana is handling Anuj’s case. She hates that doctor to the core. That day when that doctor taunted Shanthi, she wanted to give her a tight slap right there at the spot. How Shanthi cried on that day!

Finally an auto came in to sight. But that heartless guy asked her 60 bucks!! She bargained for a moment and finally gave up. Not today, she thought. Today is an emergency! The auto moved at a snail’s pace.

“For god’s sake, please go faster”

Finally she reached! She gave him the exact change, which she had it ready before itself. She didn’t want to waste even a minute. She looked at her watch. It was almost time. She climbed the stairs. There was no time to waste for the lift to come. Her friend was waiting for her. Both of them went in the room together, grabbed the available chairs.

And switched on the TV and changed to their favorite serial - Shanthi.

Thevaya indha vambu?!

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