Episode-5

After the lecture finished...My friends and I are called by the Dean in his office. On their way to Dean's office Monisha said " What do you guys think, why is he calling us??"

Laura said " I hope everything is alright"

Riti said " I think Dean wants to talk about the upcoming shows in the college"

Neha said " Maybe Dean has some work for us, who knows?"🤔

[ Laura , Riti and Neha are my three friends other than Monisha.]

I didn't say anything everyone is looking at me with confused looks.

They said to themselves " What's wrong with her? why isn't she saying anything??"

Monisha breaks the silence and asks Sara: " What is your opinion Sara, Why do you think the Dean called us?"

I remained silent for a moment and then said" I don't know , I just...."

Monisha said " What is Sara?"

I said " I just don't have a good feeling about this....It feels like something is off"

Everyone became tense , they were thinking what it might be???.... Although they did nothing bad . Then what could be the reason...

As they were walking towards the corridor... their curiosity is high... they are quite nervous about what is going to happen.....

They finally reached the Dean's door and I knocked on the door...

A voice came by "COME IN"

We slowly walked inside and asked Dean why he called them there??

Dean said " So, you don't know why I called you here"?

Confusions appeared on everyone's faces as they looked at each other , gathering all strength Monisha asked" No Dean we don't know"

Dean said " Right!! Monisha you don't know why I called ... Haha look the culprit is talking"

Monisha is stunned by listening to this .. she looks towards Sara in hope she would say something. But I was as quiet as I had never been ...it was because I didn't want to say anything before I knew what was happening.

A lot of questions were raised through Monisha's mind ..." Does Sara know something?" If she does "why didn't she tell me?"Why is she just so quiet?"

Monisha's nervousness turned to anger when she asked Sara if she wanted to add something...But I just said" NO"

Monisha started getting angry inside and thought if Sara is involved in all these things...But we are friends WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT???

"OMG WHY IS EVERYONE SO QUITE , IT FEELS LIKE I AM LOSING MY MIND!!!"

I finally broke my silence because I wanted to know what was going on and said" Dean , can you please elaborate ...what do you mean by the culprit?"

Monisha relaxed a bit when she heard that and murmured:" Finally she said something...I thought she was just gonna leave me alone in this messy situation..."

Dean said " Yes !! of course I will elaborate...How about I just show you the footage... you are smart enough to understand what happened right!?"

I said " Please Dean"

Dean asks me to come in with him to the security room where all the camera footage of the college is recorded and kept.

I followed Dean inside....Before leaving i said" Don't worry , nothing will happen I am here"

Listening to this Monisha's eyes teared up...and i went inside the room...

Everyone is waiting outside in patience .... waiting for me to come and tell them what happened... About two to three hours have passed but there is absolutely no noise...

All of them started getting worried and said " Why aren't they coming back?"

Laura said " I think something bad has happened inside...look there is absolutely no noise coming from inside"

Riti said " I am so scared"

Neha said " What if Dean took Sara somewhere else, and did something to her??"

Monisha said " Stop imagining things they will be back any minute now... don't talk nonsense"

After that a long time passed but there was no clue about me and the Dean..

They started panicking ...why aren't they coming outside!!!?!?!?

Everyone is just so extremely worried...

Monisha said " Let's just go inside and see what's going on there ."

The others said " Are you sure, I mean it can make the situation even worse than what it is..."

Monisha said " So , what do you want me to do just wait here till night until Sara shows up...what if something went wrong ...what are you gonna do about that???"!!!

The others said " How about we call the professor and tell him what happened over here??

Monisha said " Yeah why not so that he could say we are only making stories to find a way out!...We have no other option but to go inside and check what's going on there....!!!!"

They all gathered up their courage and went inside...

It was so dark inside that they couldn't see a thing...

Laura said "Now what are we gonna do we couldn't see a thing it's just so dark in here"

Riti said " I am scared of the dark , I am not going inside like this.."

Neha said " How about we find the switch board and open up the lights"?!

Monisha stood there saying nothing..They all looked towards and said" Monisha said something"

Monisha said " I think we should go inside and find the switch board"

They all agreed but then Riti asked" How are we gonna do that it's just so dark"

Monisha said "You idiot we have mobile phones we can just on the flashlight and find the board"

Riti chuckled and said" Oh yes, sorry I am just so stupid".

They smiled and went inside to find the board ....after a few minutes they found the switch board .In one click everything is lighted up ....

Sara is nowhere to be found....That room is just a storage room for animal remains which are used in laboratories...for the studying material..