The night shift

Sleepless nights, Unbelievably boring times, Slow moving clocks, Cashless bank, Desperate situations and walking ghosts. These events in life are unavoidable. The only thing we can do is go with the flow.

What if all these events come all at once?

A man in his 50's, had his night shift, looking after the patients. Although it wasn't his turn for the night shift, he had no choice but to help his friend out. He was also desperate to have some cash, as his rent was due.

The night shift begins at 9 PM and ends at 6 AM. It's quite a rough night!

It was all fine until 1 AM, when the hospital suddenly grew quiet, as if every single person on earth had disappeared into thin air. Time seemed to move much slower than expected and the surroundings seemed much quieter than usual. He constantly kept looking at the clock, as he counted every minute that passed. He tried to keep himself busy, in order to stay awake by playing some games available on his phone or going for short walks around the varanda.

An hour passed and it was pitch dark everywhere.

He always kept an eye around, to make sure he wasn't slacking off. As he was seated in his chair, he saw an elderly patient approaching him. The man stands up and asks the approaching patient, "Sir, where are you going?". The patient didn't seem to respond, so the man informed the patient, politely, "Sir, You shouldn't be walking around here. Please go back to your room". The patient speaks with a faint voice, "Washroom?". The man could barely hear the patient, so he asked him, "Can you please repeat that? What did you say, sir? ". " Where's the washroom, young man? ", asks the patient with an audible voice. The man is confused as the washrooms for the patients were already available in their respective rooms. "Your rooms already have washrooms available. I can guide you there if you'd like to follow me, sir," remarks the man, as the patient pays no attention to his words.

"The flush isn't working", the patient expressed as he seemed desperate to leave. "Oh, my apologies! I wasn't informed about that," says the man, stepping aside and gesturing towards the corner of the corridor, says the man as he starts moving aside and points to the corner of the corridor, "This way leads to the washroom. Here, hold my hand. Let me help you, Sir." The patient ignores the man, as he assists his hand to help the elderly patient. "I can take care of myself. Thank you for your help", says the patient as he proceeds to walk towards the washroom. The man was baffled by the patient, but ignored it as it wasn't a big deal.

As the time went by, the man found it difficult to keep himself awake and started dozing off. He was suddenly awakened by the breeze. The patient, who went to the washroom, didn't seem to return, so he went to the washroom to check on him. The man didn't find him anywhere. He checked through all the rooms and didn't find any rooms empty. Thus, he assumed that the patient had returned to his chambers.

The night shift finally ends. When he was about to leave, he met the nurse who was in charge of all the rooms on that floor. He informs the nurse about the patient. The nurse was confused and asked him, "What patient? That's not possible! The patients on this floor are either paralyzed or are in a coma. So there's no way anyone could walk up to you and talk." The man looks at the nurse with disbelief.

The nurse wanted to be sure, so she took the man to the CCTV room and asked him to show the footage last night. The man was confident with what he was saying, so he started investigating through all the footage from last night.

He went back and forth of all the footage.

After watching the clip from last night, he was left baffled and started to quiver in fear, because the man was found talking to no one but to the walls.

In fact, there was no person at all. It was as if he was talking to himself. The nurse, who was also watching this clip, was left speechless.

Later that day, the man found himself alone on the sofa, in his apartment. He was still thinking about what had happened earlier. After some time, he received a call from the same nurse. A shiver ran down his spine as the nurse informed him, "We discovered that the patient in bed number 42 had passed away around 3 PM, this morning." She added to it, "He was in a coma for a year."

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