They were sitting on the floor in front of Bahadur Chachas body….silent….shut….devasteted…. emotionless, just breathing… life has taken a complete turn within these few hours…. They’ve seen life in a new way….. they had believed in non believing… but how can they ignore their own skin? Own eyes and ears?

Raj……… hum yaha se niklenge kaise?.......Naina asked looking straight... her voice flat.. no place of any emotion there.

 Naina…… kaise bhi karke nikalna padega….. by hook or by crook…. Hum yaha aise baithke maut ka intezaar nahi kar sakte… Rajveer said… then looking towards Chachas lifeless body he said again…pata nahi chacha ko kaisa maut aya hoga…. Kehte hain Mare huye logon ka chehra dekhke pata chalta hai maut kaisa tha….Dardnak ya nahi….. yaha…….yaha to Chacha ka chehra hi nahi hai…… he sighs….. cha-chas face was turned in the opposite side...away from their vision….. but the blood flow and the thurst with which His body fell on the hard floor, its very easy even for one insane person to imagine how his face could be!

Chacha ne to marne k baad bhi apna farz nibhaya…..said naina…a sad smile kissed her lips as she remembers Chachas smiling face… the face that can make one fall easily for him and His lively gestures..

Naina Bitiya………..Bachao mujhe……….. Rajveer baba…………….and then weeping sound in chachas voice made them shiver to the core….

Raaj…..yeh suna aapne?? Yeh awaz? Chacha ka body to yaha hai.. humare samne….. phir?? Naina stared around trying to locate the source..

Naina……. Yeh koi trap hai….. yeh chacha nahi ho sakte…. Said Rajveer…. Infact he too tried to find the source of the voice……. Naina……. Kitchen ki taraf se arahi hai awaz………. Dekh ke aaun?? Curiosity engulfs him more….

Nahi…… aap kahi nahi jayenge… Chacha is dead……..naina shouted hysterically as she came closer to take a hold of Rajveers hand, making herself sure by clasping his hands tightly so that Rajveer dosent leave for anywhere alone.

Ha Naina…. I know chacha is dead…. But unki aatma…..syed kaid hai yaha……he said doubtfully looking at her… chalo…..tum bhi chalo… dekh ke ate hai…. May be koi raasta mile is ghar se bahar jaane ka… without waiting for Nainas answer, he went forward pullimg her along with him, tip toed…

Waiting for few minutes outside the kitchen door,Rajveer pushed the slight open door wide open. Inside ….. darkness…..just a single lighted candle couldn’t remove the darkness in the kitchen. Slowly, they walked in….Rajveer Held naina tight… the sound, it appeared to have its origin from the sink.  As the moved towards the sink with baby steps, the weeping sound increased.

Hehe hehehe hehehe hhehehhehehehehh…… sound of giggles from the hall made them turn around towards the door again………

Raaj…. Yeh to koi bachhi ki hasne ki awaz hai….. said Naina starteled…. Kya ho raha hai Raaj….

Mujhe bhi samajh nahi araha hai kuch…….replied Rajveer in a chocked voice…..

The sink Tap suddenly turned automatically, causing water to gush out……..and the sudden sound of the flowing liquid attracted their attention again..

Naina chalo….sink mein dekhte hain……. Chacha ka awaz wahi se araha tha…… saying this, Rajveer again moved towards the sink.. Naina behind him, holding him by his arm….. slowly….Rajveer came front…. Taking the candle from the kitchen slab, he slowly came in front of the sink…..water still gushing out at high speed….. minute droplets got sprayed  on Rajveers palms….. the cold water droplets made him shiver………… cold wind from outside rushing in, makng the candle flame flutter…… Naina, immediately came forward, covering the flame with her palm, protecting the only flame of their hope from getting extinguished!

Together, they came closer to have a look at the basin.  But, the basin was absolutely blank! Nothing….just water forth raising up, and the next moment the surf broke down, rushing out though the exit pipe.

Raaj….. yaha to kuch nahi hai……….. utterd naina in disbelief… bus paani beh rahi  hai……

Wohi toh….. lekin chacha ka awaz to syed idhar se hi araha tha.. Rajveer seemed confused too….

Dhrum………the loud sond of the banging door made their heats pump blood In double speed and instinctively, they turned back to the door… the kitchen door…shut…. Just like the main door was…

Ra……Raaaj…. Yeh…yeh darwaza bhi apne aap bandh….Naina couldn’t speak a word more…. She felt her tongue never existed….

Cling ling…….cling……….. the sound of the moving cutileries……and suddenly they both felt the existence of some entity behind their back….. near the basin, something facing them…..

The feeling spooked tehe hell out of them in the very next second…..sweating profusely, Rajveer held Nainas hands, and in that process he touched the cross tied across her wrist….  He looked at the one hanging from his own. And in the very next second he turned to face the demon!

Total black it was…. Nothing he saw… Naina….. he called…. Yaha to kuch nahi hai…….

Rajveers words sruck Nainas eardrum like some alien word! Kuch nahi hai?? She uttered out if disbelief..and she truned back too……and her eyes fell on the water tap……

Rajveer……….she moaned….pointing towards the tap..

Eying her index finger, Rajveer looked towards the tap and moved few steps back out of terror…… noh…. That wasn’t water flowing anymore… instead…it was a dark liquid….. the candle light couldn’t brighten its colour, but none of them had a doubt that the color was red!

Naina……. Yaha safe nahi hai……. Hume hall mein chalna chahye…… saying, Rajveer turned to the door holding Nainas wrist…..just to find a lady in white dress standing in front of the closed door, on the inner side…… head hung….hairs covering her face….

Raaj……naina screamed her lungs out…….. and her scream made the aparation move…. To step toards them….slow steps…… but approaching towards them…..

Rajveer naina both stood firm... No strength left enough to move back... But...…unknown to both of them, both stepped back as the aparation moved….till their back hit the kitchen slab……cold wind from the ajar widow behind touching their back…. They had no way to escape…. They were trapped… literally……. The figure moved front till it was just few steps away from them and, Rajveer Naina. Not in their senses stood like statue, looking at the figure….counting their last breath.

The figure was abot to move when out of nowhere Naina gained one ethereal inner strength and she held the cross in front of the figure…….. moments…………..

Aweaaeeeeewwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….. an ear defeaning sound… the figure raised its terrible face before bursting to tiny pieces and  then disappearing…… at the same time the kitcheb door automatically latched open…

Without wasting a second more, holding Rajveers hands Naina ran out of the kitchen to the hall…. A blank trial to escape…

As they stepped in the hall, momentarily they saw a figure disappearing from the staircase set that ran from the ground floor towards the terrace at the corner of the hall.

Rajveers eyed the surroundings, in search of some more disappearing ghoshtly figures…. But he found nothing more……. And suddenly he looked in the floor to see Chachas body vanished…..

Naina………. Chacha ka body?? Nahi hai ab…………he looked scared all the more..

His words made naina look towards the empty floor……. Yeah… blank it was….. not even a single drop of blood! Raaj……. She cried…….. mujhe yaha se ley chaliye.. mujhe yaha par nahi rehna Raaj…..she cried helplessly…

Rajveer coundlt hold back his tears even…. Tears….not of grief…but of acute tension….frustration…. and helplessness…. Tears of anger on himself for selecting this place…

Naina…. Kuch nahi hoga…. Mai hoon na…. mai tumhe kuch nahi hone dunga……. He said side hugging naina…… hume kaise bhi karke is ghar se nikalna hai…. Church tak agar pauch gaye toh achha…… he said determined.. hume church tak pauchna hoga naina… by any means….

Naina……. Chalo…….. holding Naina, he went towards the main gate that was latched by some unknown force…… with determination in his eyes, Rajveer made the silver cross of him touch the door……

Few moments elapsed……….

Aweaaeeeeewwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……. Another ear piercing cry and the door opened……… cold air from outside hit their face hard………… and they both ran out of Morgan House………. They ran….. the run for life…….

Ghrrrrruuuummmmmmm………… lights flashed on the sky few moments before the thunder sound and moments after that the entire area lit up with bright yellow light….

Rajveer Naina turned back…..just to find Morgan House burning.. …..

The thunder striked Morgan House………… burning It into ashes….