After a while, our vehicle diverted to a bypass road. The sun was down in the west, and as the darkness invaded the sky, the roads were immersed in darkness. There were few lampposts beside the road, our vehicle was driving through the lonely roads, and we were the only vehicle on the road, accompanied by the dark forest. This seems bizarre to me, as I looked at the road and the dark forest. I sense of loneliness gripped me, a bizarre feeling of being stranded in an unknown region surrounded me. It seemed that we had entered a region of desolation, a region where we were unwelcomed, the site appealed to my emotion, and the region seemed to be up at arms against us. I broke the conversation, and uttered, "Guys, this region seemed bizarre to me, we are just driving on the road." Ramesh who was driving the car confirmed, that Google Maps has become static, and it is not displaying the roads ahead now. Jagadeep remarked, "Goddamn thing!! I'm gonna call Rahu now." He punched the number and held the headphones which were connected to the mobile. The number was not reachable, and now we all tried the number, but it was in vain. The signal became namby-pamby, and now we were stuck in nowhere.

All of a sudden, the lights of the car went off, our car was herky-jerky, and the car stopped abruptly, and our mobile phones were switched off automatically. Ramesh was trying to start the car, but it was of no avail. I thought now, we have to lug these heavy books, the vehicle refused to start, and now we were stranded. I hope to find a gite to stay at this hour, our work was deranged, we had carried few water cans, especially for the overheating of engines. As our mobile phones were switched off, and we failed to switch it on. We had few torches at our disposal, so we used it, as the forest was pitch dark, and there were no lampposts. I turned my torch towards the forest, I could see the bushes rustling, as if something is hiding among them, the trilling of the night creatures amplified, there was something unreal prevailing in this region.

The engines were overheated, and the water was poured, so the engines could cool off. We waited for a few minutes for the vehicle to start up, I looked around, the place was inexplicable. We were talking about this bizarre region, I said that, we had made a mistake by taking a bypass road, and my friends agreed, but now there was no point crying over spilled milk. The vehicle skanked us at this moment, we were not going for an excursion, but now it seemed like we were on an excursion. Our mobile phones turned on automatically, we were flabbergasted, this was something unreal, this place had been playing with our minds, and our emotions, and now we had to get out. The road was permeated with darkness, and now we have to get out of this place. Ramesh indicated that the vehicle is good to go. We scurried inside the vehicle, and at last, the vehicle obeyed, and now we were off to our destination.