Episode 19

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This loud sound heard by the creature made him open his eyes and when he did, he was surprised to see a list of people on the door.

Vikrant was frightened by the thought of this moment, and now, it had happened, the creature got woke up and Vikrant felt that it will eat them all, and so Vikrant uttered lastly.

“Death, I came to kiss you”

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The creature sat on his place, his eyes wide open, and was surprised to see a bunch of people peeping inside.

Everyone was about to run, but they were knowing that even after running, they were no chances to escape, it’s almost over. But when they looked at the situation again they saw the creature didn’t made any move from the last 30 seconds, he was sat at his place and his eyes firmly fixed at the sage, and so the Sage was looking into the creature’s eyes.

Something was there, like a bond, between the creature and the sage.

“What’s happening!!” Vrushika slowly whispered while looking up at everyone’s fainted faces.

“I don’t know” Gautam replied in the same slow way.

“Just be quiet,” Vikrant said quickly looking back.

Aisha was now feeling better, but her thoughts were still disturbed.

She stood up, she saw the creature and did nothing, she looked at everyone on the door. They all were seemed damn scared.

“Listen to me, run from here as fast as possible” Vikrant said, “ I will take Aisha out from the room and try to throw some coins over the creature to make him eat it, he will be quietly eating those coins at his place, I will come back to you taking Aisha with me.” Vikrant quickly put his 1 min plan before them.

“No... I can't let you do that, you can die” Naina cried.

“We have already died.” Vikrant spoke up quickly.

“Gautam, take them back...” Vikrant ordered.

“Ya,” Gautam said firmly.

Vrushika holds Naina’s hand tight and all three ran from that scene quickly, And now it was Vikrant’s turn...

And so he did, threw some coins on the creature and took Aisha’s hand and pulled her out from the room, he looked at Sage who had locked his gaze with the creature and for more puzzle for Vikrant the creature too comparing his gaze with the sage, Even after throwing the coins the creature didn’t moved and was just looking at the sage.

“What are you doing!!!’ Aisha cried as her hand got twisted and pulled up so tightly by Vikrant.

But Vikrant seemed fierce he looked at the sage and also gripped Sage’s hand and ran from that place...

Vikrant was scared of whether the creature was following them, but when he looked back, no one was there behind...

Vikrant loses his grip from both of their hands, and let them run...

“Run!!!’ Vikrant shouted on them.

“What is happened to you Vikrant, That creature is not going to harm us, he is, he is safe and protective.... he won't kill us!!” Aisha put her views quickly in the run.

“Ohh, At what cost we can believe in a gigantic creature..”

“And what about you sir, Why were you looking hurriedly into its eyes,” Vikrant asked the Sage promptly in the run.

“I felt something...” Sage replied.

“What? What something you felt by looking at that thing?” Vikrant asked again.

“I saw all other creatures of this place, he was different, I never saw him first, he was, he was different than them, he didn’t seemed to be a creature either...”

“What ??? What do you mean?” Vikrant.

“That’s what I am saying Vikrant, he is not the one...It’s different creature, He safe I said, He helped me all along...” Vrushika.

Before Vikrant could say anything, he again looked back and saw it again.

The creature was on the way, it was running towards them...

Vikrant tried to run, but this time, the Sage and Aisha gripped Vikrant’s hands and hold him tightly.

“What are you doing guys!!!!!” Vikrant was trying hard to leave his hand from the grip, but his hands were tightly held..

“What happened to you, why you both are behaving such weird.”

“Stay calm, nothing is going to happen!” Aisha said.

Vikrant was feeling like he was trapped, and just like a 9-year kid whose hands are gripped by parents as he cries while getting an injection, the same way, here Vikrant cries as he looks at the thing so fierce running towards them.

And just when the distance between him and the creature seemed about to end and Vikrant’s eyes about to get closed, the creature stopped, at a 5 feet distance.

He looked at everyone, even if he looked gigantic, his eyes looked like a dolphin, his heart like a loyal dog. 

Sage and Aisha slowly removed their hold from Vikrant’s hand and Aisha said.

“See, he will do nothing, he is harmless!”

Vikrant was surprised to see a literal tamed creature in-front of him.

“Who are you!!?” Sage asked.

Vikrant got confused by this question and so Aisha...

“Tell me who are you??” Sage shouted again...

“What’s wrong with this old-man?” Aisha thought.

“ You deaf tell me WHO ARE YOU!!!!”

And so by the magic of Sage’s words seemed worked out, light sparkled all-over and the big, fleshy, creature slowly faded up and turned down into another sage...

A sage whose face was so same as the image Vikrant saw in the room, on the paper, the paper, brought by Naina.

And quick Vikrant realized who that old man is...

“Grandpa!!” Sage eyes filled with tears, he cannot believe the thought that the total sculptured and holographic real image of his great-grandpa in front of him...

“Grandpa!!!” Sage again said and fall down the knee to pray.

“Stand up son” Sage’s grandpa replied.

“How? How this happened Grandpa!” How could...!!”

“That day, when every creature was taking their satisfying avenge over me, I lost my body, but my soul, 

was still alive, and I countered into one of the creature’s body, My soul was alive because of the fire of revenge was still roasting me...!!!”

And slowly, but perfectly, I took my revenge, now I am here just to let my curse alive at this haveli.

The old sage looked at Vikrant with one eye wide open.

“ I was the one who killed Ravi! And I am not sorry for that, It was just because to let my curse continue for generations.”

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“My Aisha, My Aisha, I am coming, I am on my way” walking from long, Abhishek and Manish had arrived at the Gate of the Haveli, They saw the Chevrolet, It was empty, everyone had gone inside the haveli they thought.

“So, do you want to go inside?” Abhishek asked Manish timidly.

“Yes Man, I am very cautious about Aisha, and I want to search her myself.” Manish replied.

“So that's the entrance.” Abhishek.

“Yeah, that’s the entrance” Manish.

“Hmm, that’s the entrance..” Abhishek said again imagining the eerie of the haveli.

“Yeah man, that’s the entrance we have to go inside and then downstairs to the chambers.”

“Hmm, we have to enter.”

Manish got confused, why Abhishek was repeating.

“What happened?” Manish asked.

“Yaar I am quite scared, my heart is saying ‘NO’ to enter inside, something, I can't explain but some kind of feeling is still making me alert and making me aware to stay away from this place.” Abhishek putting his fear, “I think we should wait here.”

“What the hell you are talking Abhishek, we came here to go inside, we have to step inside and move down, that’s it. And yes, if you don’t want to come, then rest here outside, I am going.” And Manish put his foot forward.

And Abhishek hold his hand and looked into his eye, Manish was looking determined, he was so firm by the mission of taking Aisha out from the haveli that no powers could seem stop him from doing that, and Abhishek was just a human, how could he stop him.

“I can’t let my friend go alone.” Slowly and emotionally Abhishek said and moved inside opening the gate, went through the yard and then entered inside the haveli, the one step Abhishek put inside the main hall he  slipped through a daydream of that day when they all tried to escape through the haveli And the time, when Rehman was running behind them, The shot of the stone. And the wound on Manish’s head, which was not covered till now.

And then Abhishek came into reality, he got scared by the thought that, what if Armaan and his men still alive?

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“Run!! Run faster, Vikrant must be coming...” Gautam said positively to Naina while running, they came into the Main chamber hall and decided to move upstairs... But Naina stopped.

“We will be waiting for him here... While the moment he comes up here taking Aisha, we’ll climb upstairs...”

Tensed everyone stopped there to take a resting breath, but before they could see something coming from the chamber, they heard something coming from the upstairs...Someone was coming down...

“Oh shit, I guess Armaan and his men are still alive!!!” Gautam.

Both the girls looked around and took anything that they could throw and hit the guests who were coming down (for defensive attack)

“I got a stone, just let him come down, I will break his head!!” Vrushika said with confidence...

And very soon 2 men came down and before their faces could reveal, Vrushika threw the stone and it perfectly hit on the head...And someone who was coming down by stairs got fallen from the stairs and his body rolling came down.

“Manish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Abhishek’s scream.

All three downstairs got confused and surprise to hear Abhishek’s voice from the stairs and A callout to Manish.

And all of a sudden they realized that Vrushika mistakenly hit Manish.

Rolling and hitting Manish’s body finally met the chamber’s ground, and his head was again got bleeding again, this time from the front side, and he got unconscious again...

Now the situation got double worsen...

Running Abhishek from the stairs appeared to Vrushika.

“What did you did guys!!!!” He screamed.

“I am sorry.” Honestly, Vrushika apologizing.

But nobody heard her their ears were beeping with sudden fear and a certain responsibility of Manish.

“We have to take him hospital now...!!!” Quickly Gautam spoked up.

“But who will let you go outside!!!”

 A voice from back.

Everyone looked back and saw Armaan, Rahim, Rehman looking at them in a very cruel way...

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