Aura POV

The person got into the room through the window and I can see his knuckles are bleeding. I closed my eyes tightly shut as I don't want any other surprise tonight. I opened them after a moment when I heard the most familiar voice ,
"Princess!" He said and I opened my eyes only to see Mr. Fearless standing in front of me with his knuckles bleeding . He wasn't Mr. Fearless any more. He is my knight in the shining armour! I quickly ran towards Mr. Knight in a shinnig armour and hugged him tightly like my total life dependent on him at that moment. I snaked  my hands around his torso and cried into his chest drenching his shirt .

"Princess, please stop crying!
I can't see you crying!
Don't worry , I am here now! " He said but I didn't move from his warm touch and he hugged me back. I just stilled there hugging him and inhaling his familiar soul soothing  masculine sent . Oh God,  I have no idea how much I missed this!

"Why didn't you opened the window?" He asked me as I unwrapped my arms around him.

"I thought you are a mobster !" I started sobbing and he silenced me by kissing my forehead and wiping my freshly flowing tears away saying that's ok, he is here .

"How did you find me? " I asked him out of no where as I myself don't even know where I am!

"Princess, when you were gone, I've waited for you and after a few minutes I went to the place in search of you but you weren't there. I searched for you everywhere. I was devasthed and was walking involuntary , it is that when I unknowingly stepped on your shoe on a unpaved road. Then I saw a way where there were prints of a heavy car. I blindly followed the pathway , where my heart took me to the way and to God's mercy it drizzled making the way more clear. The unpaved road ended and I felt like I lost all my sense and I felt like my heart almost stopped with the road. I thought I lost you and that thought.....
Ahh.... That's the least thing in my life I want to experience. It left like I couldn't breath , I couldn't live.

I was kneeling on the ground completely blank trying to control my panic attack, then I heard a sound of a something familiar as the air blew. I looked around only to see a small bell of your bracelet on the other end of the unpaved road , I took the bell and started walking on that unpaved road praying to God to help me to find my lost breath by finding you. It was that time when I saw those heavy  prints of tires again back on the road and I followed them which bought me here to you."  He said with so much of fear in his eyes . I never thought I could see fear in his eyes. It wasn't the fear for someone , it was the fear of loosing someone more precious to him ! It was the fear of losing me!

''But how do you exactly know that I'm here right behind this window?"  I asked .

He didn't say a word and he lifted my hand and the bells of my bracelet clincked making sound. To which I raised my eyebrow questiongly. He never opened his mouth but he took my hand and kept it near his heart which was now beating in a rhythm rather than like a racing car. Then he kneeled down in front of me and took my shoe out of his jacket.

"Princess, I didn't came looking for the shoe !
I came for you!
Only for you!"  He said and lifted my leg with missing shoe and adjusted my shoe on my foot! There was something in his eyes which told me to believe him and to trust him. I have no idea but deep down I know I am falling for him slowly and silently like I fall asleep.

He took a step back from me touching my bleeding lips and the swollen cheek . I winced in pain and took a step back involuntarily protecting my cheek from pain. I can see his face red, his jaws more sharpened , his eyes flaming in anger which are ready to burn this whole place into ashes and his fist clenched making it pale at that area.

"Who did this to you ? " He asked gritting his teeth.

"It's fine !
I am fine!
please let's go from here!" I pleaded him with a sad face thinking about the slap .

"OK then, let's go! " He grabbed my hand and pulling me towards a window.

"Why are we going towards the window?
I thought you are going to fight with them and take me from the front door like hero in the action movies!"  I said in a monotonic voice.

"Princess, This is not a movie and I am not any action hero with larger than life qualities. And also there are already dozens and dozens of people with loaded guns down there waiting for me like the hungry dogs wait for a piece of meat !
Don't you want me to live longer ?" He said rising his eyebrow .

Actually he is right and I've even experienced the cruelty of those people and after experiencing them I don't want him to go again to them.

"Whatever, let's just go away from here !" I said and walked towards a window . I peeked through the window and it was nearly two floor.

"There is no way I am going through this window!" I said holding my hands on my chest pouting.

"Princess, there is no other choice left !
we should !
Don't worry , I will promise you that, you will reach the ground safely!" He assured me taking my hand.

I just nodded my head as I have null idea about what's going on. He first helped me to get out from the window followed by him I slowly crawled on the huge pipe present at the side and finally when I was about to reach the ground Mr. Knight in shining armor was already on the ground.
What was he?
A Super Man?
Haha... I love promoting him from Mr. Knight in shining armor to Mr. Super man . Mr. Superman extended his hand towards me to get me down but me being me ignored his hand and tried to jump from my place and as a result of my idiotic actions I fell on Mr. Super Man making him fall on the ground . He kept his hand on my waist and mine were on his chest and we both locked our eyes for a minute,  I can feel his heart pounding in his chest and I can feel the same at our close this I looked into his eyes and his eyes for dark and our lips only an inch apart he daggad his hand up from my skin brushing the sides of my body and making me shiver he kept his thumb on my lips and rabbit them in a slow manner without breaking eye contact with me they are here I heard someone shouting and we pull away from each other awkwardly . The same man who slapped me came running towards us and stood in front of us towering me.

"Didn't you learn your lesson from that slap! "  The man hissed angrily at me and tried to catch my hair again but stopped in his tracks when Mr. Super man came between us , towering now the man completely.

"I'm very excited to meet you and drain all the blood from your body!" The man said with a chuckle to Mr. Superman and tried to shoot him by pulling the gun from his pocket. Mr. Superman immediately grabbed the hand which was holding the gun with his left leg and the gun flew somewhere in air which made the  man angry and he tried to punch Mr.superman but in defence he grabbed his hand and punched him straight on his nose and the in the next second there was a thud sound,  which obviously the result of the man's body falling on the ground lifelessly.

I couldn't believe he just gave one punch and I can say he just punched him casually without using even ten percent of his energy. I swear if he used it all then the person lying on the ground unconsciously would be burried under ten feet ground.
Is he a hulk or what?
I couldn't believe he said he is not an action hero from those action films.  Yes,  he is not because they all are fake but he is real.   Mr. Superman got just promoted to Mr. Hulk with his one casual but life taking punch.

"Let's  go princess!" Mr. Hulk said dragging me with him .We then started running on the streets and other men started following us .

There was a big house which looks more scary than those men . On the sides of the gate where was a picture of an old man written Michel Anderson (1955- 2001 ) and beside him there was another picture of a much younger looking girl and under her picture it was written Emily Anderson (1981-2001) .

Pushing the heavy gates open, the touch of the iron bars as cold as ice freezing up my hand completely . Even though I could feel the unevenness of the old cobbled path beneath us , we took a step forward and the sound of the crunching of the old dead leaves which I unknowingly stepped on a echoed under my shoes. As I stood gazing the dilapidated castle , I shivered as the ice has now replaced my spine. The layers of clothing which I am wearing failed to protect me against the deathly cold.  Carrying on the path the grass carried on forever into a horizon,  a dull grey color as if it has lost the will to live and stopped growing altogether. We both held our hands together and stood in front of a lonesome oak tree which stood by the house swaying in the wind and as the wind swept by it,  the tree whispered to air and its surroundings.  The moon hide itself  behind the clouds restricting us from its light . It was dark except for the street lights with started blinking giving me more shiver each time they blinked. As we reached the haunted house close enough,  everything around us became quieter and life seemed more distant from this place . The murmur of the trees couldn't be heard anymore and there were no leaves on the ground.

From the outside the house was like an abandoned castle from the Beauty and the Beast movie , beautiful yet dangerous ! As the climber plants grew up on the castle like house winding around that the drain pipes . The house walls showed black decay by neglect . Spider cobwebs covered the corners of the doors and the tiny black spiders are running here and there in search of their prey .

Mr. Hulk took a step forward towards the door and touched it. The door begrudgingly creaked open revealing us the whole castle. We quickly entered into the dead silent house opening the door wide open . As soon as we entered into the abandoned castle, the door which we came in shut with a thud making me jump in fear.
How can the door close by itself ?
Is this house really haunted?

"Princess, don't worry!
It's just because of the wind which was blowing like crazy!"  He told me as the fear was clearly evident in my eyes . I gulped and nodded slowly that I am convinced though I am not . The castle was dead silent that even our own breath dangerously echoed making me shiver. We quickly entered the living room which showed a hint of light,  the room was dull and smelt of dust mixed with old age . The entire living room was covered with antique paintings of a girl which were worn out and almost covered with black decay and the metal wases are rolling on the ground making an irritating sound whenever the air blew. I was looking around the living room and my inner soul immediately ran out of this haunted house by seeing the coffin infront of me. I shouted loud seeing the coffin which was present at the right side of the house . I then saw  that the coffin was half opened and I can say that the coffin wasn't empty!  There were someone there in that coffin.

I was shivering like hell seeing the coffin when Mr. Hulk came and said,
"Princess, it's just a normal coffin! And the person in there is dead!
So don't worry! " He said holding my hand. I nodded and then looked to my left where I found a potriat.  It was a large potriat of a girl in her early twenties .She was the same girl I saw the picture outside the gate , I think her name is Emily Anderson. Her eyes were dark like this night matching her hair.  Her skin was pale contrast to her radiant smile. But the frame was too old and rusty covering less than half of the picture . As the wind blew the frame creaked making my hair erect on my neck. I looked around but to my surprise no other frame creaked and moved when the wind blew which frightened me more. To our right there is a large staircase leading up  to the upper floors , to the left there is a kitchen and straight ahead it lead to more rooms.  We looked back to the place we stood there were three large couches present at the centre covered with a white cloth . Mr. Hulk removed the cloth and I jumped on to him as a small rat ran onto the floor and I screamed .
" Relax princess , it's just a rat!"  He laughed saying that.  I got off from him and studied my legs and he pulled the cover of other couch and thankfully nothing came out from that . I looked at the third couch but it was prim and proper without any particle of dust. It looked like it was being used by looking at it's apperance as the couch was dipped to one side like someone has been sitting on that side only.
But who can be in this abandoned castle?
No one, Aura! I said to myself .

The house smelled rusty and there were many creepy animals like cockroaches, ticks ,spiders and may be even snakes crawling on the ground but thank God that the snakes never showed their face to me.

"I need to pee!" I declared unable to control my urge!

"Go for it, princess!
who's stopping you !"  He said with a smirk .

"Don't tell me that you are scared to go alone !" He said  chuckling.

Exactly that was my problem! Only I knew how much courage I gathered to tell him about my personal problem. Now he is making fun of me and laughing on me making my anger flare.

"I'm not scared!
I can go alone!" I said stomping my foot on the ground which echoed more.

I started walking but with each step I took , fear started increasing in me. I felt like some one is following me as I can see the shadow behind me !
It's the shadow of a women.
Aura, don't get scared,  it can be your shadow! 
I can be?
It is Aura! I said to myself trying to gather my courage.

At last I found the washroom door and I finally relaxed seeing it. Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. As soon as the cold hand touched my shoulder I screamed loudly making the other person's ears bleed.

"Princess, relax!
It's me!"  Mr. Hulk said as I turned around.

Oh my gawd! Note my words that this man will some day be the reason for my death!

"You said you weren't coming?
If you thought that I will be scared then let me tell you I'm not scared at all!" I said faking my false attitude but inside I was thanking God for sending him here at this moment.

"Who said you were scared ?
I was scared , princess! You left me alone with the person in that coffin." He said trying to act scared but I know he wasn't! He came here for me. I smiled inwardly at his bad action.

"Now, go!" He said and I walked inside the washroom.

I turned around and I screamed out of my lungs when I saw the girl in the potriat , Emily Anderson standing right behind me and I can see her clearly from the mirror infront of me.

"Princess!
What happened?
Why did you scream?" He asked and I hugged him tightly never letting him go.

"I saw her!
I saw Emily there right behind me." I said in fear.

"Princess, no one is here.
Don't panic.
No one can enter the washroom as I'm standing right here and I saw no one entering it.
I promise I didn't even move an inch.
It's just your illusion princess. There is no one here. " He said rubbing my back.

"No! It can't be my illusion.
I saw her." I said taking a step back.

"OK, let's check!" He said and we went into the washroom but he was right. There were no one there. He held the torch light for me.
"Where did you find it ?" I asked him pointing at the torch .

"I found this from the cabinet !" He said .

'Ok!
Now turn around and close your eyes and ears !" I ordered and he quickly followed my orders like a kid following the orders of a teacher. He is so adorable at times and so annoying all times. I completed my work and came out of the room.

We sat on the couches opposite to each other and he started the conversation.
if I was ok or not who are those people who kidnapped me and told me that they kidnap me so that they can tarp Mr. Hulk who comes searching for me! Silly them! Don't they know no one can ever kidnap a hulk!

"They can I take me there after me not after you princess!" He said taking a deep breath.

"I'm hungry!" I announced holding my stomach which was growling.

"Me too! Let's see if was anything in the kitchen. " He said and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

I walked around and I am shocked to see the coffin closed! When I first saw it, it was half opened but now it was completely locked. I ran towards Mr.Hulk to show him that the coffin was closed but I stopped in my tracks thinking that Mr. Hulk wouldn't believe me and again he will shut me up by saying that it was just my illusion.

"Princess,  see what I found!" Mr. Hulk came out of the kitchen with bread and some fruits. He then kept the tray on the table and handed me two pieces of bread and some fruits. I ate the bread and it wasn't stale. It looked like it was made a few hours ago!
I stopped eating and asked him,
"Where did you find the food?"

"In the kitchen!
I think some one lived here before we came."  He said casually and started eating again. I ate silently but my stupid mind was thinking about the closed coffin. We ate the food and sat in silence then it suddenly started thundering and raining heavily .He looked at the rain through the window and said ,
"I think we should spend our night here ! They will be looking for us and it's not safe to go outside !" 

" Let's go to sleep now!" He said and laid on the couch his back facing me.  I laid on the couch and thundering intensity made me shiver so I went to the Mr. Hulk who was snoring lightly and there was a space beside him. I slowly and silently adjusted myself there and it felt good. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep but sleep was miles far away from my eyes. I eyes came out of my sockets and my heart was in my mouth now ready to jump seeing the person in front of me. I was shocked to see Emily standing in front me looking at us! I immediately shut my eyes in fear and after a moment I opened them again only to see the empty space infront of us. She wasn't there! 
Aura, it's just your imagination!
Mr. Hulk was right! There is no one here. I said to myself and turned around only to see a shadow. I was looking at the shadow and the shadow suddenly moved . I quickly sat looking at the shadow and it started walking . I am about to scream out of my lungs when some one closed my mouth shut preventing my scream!

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