Episode 16

Naina was in Vikrant’s arms, and her eyes closed, feeling the deep and intense love.

5 hours later

When Naina opened her eyes, she found herself on the mat, inside the shelter. She heard Manish, Gautam, and Abhishek’s voice, they were talking something.

“You should stay here, we will go and find her.”

“No way, I am coming with you all!!” Manish.

“Listen, Manish, your wound is not dried till, it can start bleeding again, and it’s not a normal wound, it’s on your head, it could be serious if not cured. You should rest.” Gautam.

Sage entered inside the hut, he brought some plants and flowers.

And he did his everyday prayer, and then he experimented a new strong medicine on Manish’s body.

He also brought a holy thread which he forcefully made everyone wear it.

“Do you believe this?” Vrushika whispered in Gautam’s ear.

“I don’t, but the circumstances now are like, making us believe in everything which we never believed.”

“Hmm so everybody, get ready, we have to reach the haveli, our main target/ aim is to,

‘TAKE AISHA OUT FROM THE HAVELI.’

Vikrant said.

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Car tire screeched up making a sound front of the haveli, Everyone came out from the Chevrolet.

Here everyone mean (Vikrant, Gautam, Naina, Vrushika, and the Sage at last.

Abhishek was at the shelter to look for Manish.)

Everyone covered themselves with warm clothes. Its Early morning 8 o’clock, their shivering body described how cold there was.

Last night was chilly, same was the morning, Everyone was set, Vikrant told Naina to stay in the car, as THE POINT EVERYONE WILL COME OUT FROM THE HAVELI TAKING AISHA OUT

,THEY ALL WILL LEFT WITH A SINGLE JOB THAT JUST TO SIT IN THE CAR AND GO.

Naina was a good driver, that's why she was told to stay on the steering until everyone comes out from haveli. But the real reason why Vikrant didn’t let her come with them was, He doesn’t want Naina to risk her life.

“Fast, we don’t have the whole day,” Gautam.

Vikrant kissed Naina, “Stay in here.”

“I trust you Vikrant.” Positively Naina smiled.

“Let's go” Sage.

“We are not going by the main door, I know another away.” Sage said.

“From where?” Vikrant asked.

“The yard has stairs downwards, which directly ends at the chambers” Sage.

“Oh, so we can directly reach her!” Vikrant.

“Move fast then!” Gautam.

Everyone moved to the left corner of the yard, the vivacious grown grass, and some green bugs around. And in between a big flat stone, same as sewers have. Gautam and Vikrant used up their total arms strength to pick it up, It was not heavy, but it was fixed up in the ground so tightly from years. But somehow, they did. They opened the way. It was total darkness inside. Vrushika felt it dangerous to move down, she moved to Gautam and hold him tightly.

“We have to move in!” Sage said.

“But how?? There is no light inside!!!” Vrushika asked, worriedly.

She was right by her point, and everyone was same frightened as her.

It was a dark manhole, nothing  visible what’s inside. None can sense the stairs. Nobody had any light-source.  Phones were not charged.  No torches, nothing.

And even a glimpse of scare, spider-webs, earth smell, silence, and deprived pressure was on them, They were supposed to come out alive. But here, the terror was unknown, maybe someone could inside, who knows, maybe creatures their possibly sleeping, who knows, they all would die in darkness, who knows, so they all moved one step back from the hole.

For them, it was easier to go through the main door.

“Let this be, let’s go through the main door” Vikrant.

Everyone came back and went straight to the doorway.

Naina saw them, she was a bit confused to see them going different.

But then she saw them going inside the Haveli through the main door. And she got that they just changed the way.

“Might be it was a wrong way to the chamber”, she thought.

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Manish woke up, “Where are they?”

“You should rest Manish”, Abhishek.

“Ahhh, Don't tell me to rest, WHERE ARE THEY???”, Manish screams.

“Calm down Manish, Calm down.” Abhishek tries to make Manish calm.

But seems like Manish comes out with so fierce that he stands up and quickly moves out from the hut.

Following him, Abhishek too comes out and holds Manish hand tightly...

“How far is the Haveli???” Manish asks with a stubborn attitude.

“You are not allowed to go to that Haveli.” Abhishek patiently replies.

Manish’s eye’s turns red.  He pulls his hand out, and starts running. He observes the ground, it have impressions of the tire of the chervolet, he knows that they all have gone that way.

Quickly Abhishek follows him, Manish runs without any footwear, stones point his feet.

Abhishek runs faster to catch Manish, But seems like Manish liked possessed with a load of love of Aisha, he seems unstoppable.

Green grass, trees, cold atmosphere, and there these two running boys. Manish stops at a certain point and blackmails.

“Take me to my Aisha or I will hit a stone on my wounded part.”

“What man, don’t act like a kid!” Abhishek.

“Just take me to my Aishaaaaaa!!!!!” Manish screams again.

“Okay Okay, I will! I will take you to your Aisha, first relax, come to me...” Abhishek says to make Manish feel better.

And after listening to this, Manish slowly moves forward to Abhishek.

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Quickly and steadily Everyone moves from the hallway to the down chambers, Dim light and bad smell first enters to their sense.

They slowly move downstairs, they move to the place where they all had gathered  once, they look around, nothing they found, but the second they look at the front...

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“WTF!!!!!!!’ Vikrant utters.

Gautam’s heart skips a beat, Vrushika too faints up at her place, Sage just look forward, with unknown reaction.

“WHAT IS THIS!!!” Vikrant.

(DEEP THUD)

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