Episode 15

Manish, wandering into something, it was dark, total black, nothing to see, he felt like if he went blind.

But then he looked at something..

There were stairs...

The stairs were going down..

Manish followed the way.

Darkness was all around.

But certain things were finely visible.

Manish slowly came downstairs..

He saw a familiar scenario.

It was the Chamber.

Down inside the haveli.

“Help!” suddenly a distant sound.

“Help” Again.

"HELP!!" A girl was crying.

Manish moved forward, to look who it was, he knew who it could be.

And he started walking faster, everything was getting visible slowly as he was moving ahead. And at the mid of the chamber, he stopped.

He saw her.

A 24-year girl, putting her head into knees, crying for help.

Manish felt a heart-beat, the sense of ultimate love.

“I am here to protect you, Aisha. Let's move out of this place.” Manish said, looking at her.

(sniffs) She took her head out, she looked at him, and slowly said, “You can’t help me.”

“W..what? What happened to you, Aisha? Come with me, we can get out of this haveli. Trust me.” Manish.

“You can’t do anything, my death is written in this house...” She said, and suddenly the trembling started...

Manish got scared and confused by her words, he felt the vibrations. He found that the source of the vibrations was behind him.

He turned back and shocked.

There were a lot many creatures running to him.

And in a quick second, they reached onto him, scared Manish covered his head with arms. AND THE CREATURE ATTACKED...But magically, Manish observed that the creatures got pass through his body, like passing by a soul and they went to Aisha.

Those creatures killed Aisha so brutally that Manish screamed...”NOOOOOOOO”

And he woke up...

Everyone in the shelter woke up by Manish’s loud scream. And they went to him.

“What ...What happened Manish?” Vikrant.

“Are you alright?” Vrushika.

“My, My Aisha...She is not safe, We need to take her out, please, please, I beg you, help me, please take her out from that place...” Manish cried...

(Silence)

Everyone understands that Manish had seen a bad dream about Aisha.

“Relax kid, we all will take her out from that place as soon as possible, you are not in a right state now, you should rest,” Sage spoke up.

Everyone was sleeping, it was 2 am... The second night hour. And Manish’s scream made them all awake.

“I can’t sir, I can’t... I can’t sleep properly if she isn’t safe.!”, worried Manish exclaimed.

“We will do something buddy, we can't leave her alone such a way, I am continuously messaging and calling her, I am waiting for a response. I know she is still alive, and she is safe. TRUST and Believe in god.” Vikrant says and goes outside.

“Manish, believe us, we will find her,” Vrushika says.

“Now you should rest buddy,” Abhishek says calmly and goes to sleep...

Gautam and Vrushika too wents to sleep on the mat.

The Sage applies a little more medicinal paste over Manish’s head, “Everything will be fine” Sage says.  And tells him to relax.

Naina looks outside, she sees Vikrant standing alone, looking at the sky. Shivering.

She slowly takes out a sweater from his bag and moves out to him.

“Hey” Nervously she says and handles the sweater to Vikrant and smiles slowly.

“Hey, thanks,” Vikrant replies.

The raining had stopped completely, the sky became clear, full of stars. But the atmosphere was still cold.

Vikrant looked at Naina, she was looking prettier than ever. The silver glare of the moon finely reflected over her face. Her eyes, with crystal sparkle, her beautiful hairs, her presence in that cold atmosphere was like an approach to a bonfire, like a lovely warmth around Vikrant.

Vikrant felt so many things just at a glance. He didn’t saw Naina such beautiful in a few days...Because the condition was so worse that, he didn't got time to express love.

Vikrant felt this is the right time...But then he felt like, what if she says “No”, then there would be more problematic for Vikrant. And from long there was nothing except problems in Vikrant’s life.

He kept quiet.

“What happened” Slowly Naina asked.

“I was just looking at the beauty,” Mesmerized Vikrant said.

“What?” Naina asked.

Vikrant realized what he spoke and quickly he turned the topic and said, “ Sorry I mean ‘duty’. I was looking at my duty it’s hard to take Aisha out, don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow.!” Sadly Vikrant said.

“I am scared, what if we die, by mistake, there are high risks inside the Haveli,” Vikrant spoke again.

“Hmm, me too scared. But, Aisha, she is also important to us, her mother denied her for the trip, I requested her mother, I also assured her mother that I will be with her always...And ...Now (in a sad tone) I let her die inside the haveli.” Naina cried.

“Hey...  Hey, don’t cry” Vikrant felt bad as Naina started crying..” Don’t worry, I WILL FIND HER FOR SURE!” Vikrant said firmly.

“Hmm”  Naina  (sniffs) and stops crying.

“Hmm, Trust me, and believe in God, everything will be fine.” Vikrant.

“Hey, you believe in god?.” Just for curiosity and to change the topic Naina asked Vikrant.

“Umm about god, actually I believe in energies. The whole universe works on energy. We all have some particles of that energy inside us. I believe that these particles are the magical particles that gives us a certain power to perform some impossible tasks.”

“Wait for a second, you did it so like chemical and physical, I am confused, (Naina giggles looking at Vikrant) just do it simple okay, just tell me you believe or not?” Naina.

“UH, I believe, god is just a word similar to hope, when we say God will look at your work then I consider it as someone giving me hope... I mean its good to hope. People live their life on this hope, if suddenly this hope ends, then people left with nothing to do in their life and they die...This hope let us live, this hope makes us believe that work can be done. This hope is a lifeline. If we don’t have a hope that tomorrow comes, we die the same night, worried people hope for a better future, but their wordings are like (God help me or god please look at my problems) they replace hope with god. And I think it doesn't even matter.

Words don’t matter, feelings do.”

“Ohh man, you and your theories” Naina maturely laughed at his words, but inside she understood what Vikant wanted to say.

“You believe or not, but hope theory is true!” Vikrant.

“Ya ya I believe, you explained it well... I wish you as my class-mate, god I could have a ranker as you teach me so well.” Naina laughed again.

Vikrant too laughed with Naina. Then they looked at the stars.

“Hey, show me your hand,” Naina says in between and gave a smile.

“For what?” Vikrant.

“You show you hand first, it’s magic”

“What?” confuses Vikrant.

“I once learned Palmistry, and later on I got craze on this, I used to look for everyone’s palm and tells them their future.”

“Oh, cool!” Vikrant exclaimed and gave a smile that made Naina feel like he is interested in her talks.

“Okay so lemme check how’s your life long.” she says.

Vikrant shows his palm to Naina.

“Oh man” Naina says looking at Vikrants palm.

“What am I going to die tomorrow ??” Shockingly Vikrant asks...

“I am sorry but yes...” she replies.

(Silence)

Naina then burst out with big laughter.

“W..what happened?” tensed Vikrant asks.

“You worry so much man, I was kidding, your lifeline is very long, you will live more than 100 years..” Naina says.

“Oh” (breaths out in relief) Now Vikrant smiles back after a tensed look.

“Okay lemme check next lines”

The soft-touch of Naina’s hand to Vikrant gives lovely goosebumps. And he smiles inside. “If you wish, then give me death tomorrow, but don’t let this night over god,” Vikrant says inside his mind.

“Ahh there are some mistakes at the lining, let me fix them for you,” Naina says and takes out a pen from her sweater pocket.

“Wow, now this sarcasm was insane, is it even possible to change the lining of hands?” Vikrant laughs looking at Niana.

“Don't interrupt queen Naina, she is doing her work. You close your eyes until I finish the fixing.” Naina says in a sarcastic tone and writes something over Vikrant's hand.

And Vikrant keeps his eyes close, he enjoys the slow tickles over his hand.

And soon she completes her writing and order’s Vikrant to keep a fist. She doesn’t let him open his hand.

“Don't open it, let my magic work inside,” Naina says.

Vikrant feels it little childish but he enjoys, “Okay so when should I open my fist?”

“First check your sweater pocket!” and she points her finger over his sweater pocket.

“What is in it.” And Vikrant takes his hand inside it and feels something paper-like. It's a small paper. He takes it out.

“Now unfold the paper.”  Naina smiles and says.

“Okay.” And slowly Vikrant unfolds the paper there’s something written on it as-

“Hey gentleman, sometimes it’s good to be happy and free, you look better when you smile, I wanted to say that I have my magic inside your fist, reveal it.”

“Oh so, is this all a well-planned magic trick?” Vikrant snickers after reading it.

“Maybe it is Mister!” Naina giggles again.

“So should I open my fist now.?” Vikrant asks.

“Of course” Naina allows.

And slowly Vikrant opens his fist, under the moonlight, he looks at what is done on his hand. And he gets a 440 volt current inside him. His heart beats faster than ever, his throats get dry, his breaths become fast, but quite. And his dopamine releases innumerably, And Vikrant can’t believe what had happened.

On Vikrant’s hand, Naina has written

“I Love you.”

“What happened Vikrant, are you okay, I wanted to say this to you from very long, as we started the trip, I can't express how much I love you, I was thinking from long to express my thoughts to you, and today it was the perfect day. I mean ‘A perfect night’. What you think Vikrant, do you love me?”  Naina stopped as she got out of words, she was nervous, but smiling maturely. She looked at Vikrant, for the reply.

Vikrant was fainted up, he was overwhelmed by the thought that the girl he loved the most, today she came to him and proposes him...It was unbelievable for him.

And after looking at her he quickly said, “Yes I do, I love you too Naina, I love you so much, I was having a crush on you from long but I too was nervous to express myself, Its an unbelievable incidence for me that you proposed me, I seriously can't believe.....

They look at each other and share a very affectionating eye contact, the love been transferred through eyes... The cold night and both lovers together made a beautiful combination, they just then slowly get into each other’s arm and share their first sensual, romantic, passionate kiss...

And the night went on like this in a chilly romantic way... ❤

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