Abhishek and Swarali went were about to leave from the exit when they saw someone standing there. Abhishek was about to push the person but he ran through instead. They were now standing near the jeep, "kya tha yeh?" Swarali. "Bandana aur Ethan kaha hai?" He asked. "Hamare aage hi to the, kaha gey fir?" She asked.

Abhishek's phone started ringing, it was Bandana. "Kaha hai tu?" He asked looking at the exit, "ham nikal chuke hai, tum dono jeep me aa jaao" Bandana said. "Kya? Nikal gaye? Kese?" He asked looking here and there to see if they were still around. "Kaha na nikal gaye? Jaao tum dono" She said disconnecting the call.

"Bol rhi tum dono jaao, ham nikal chuke hai" He said to Swarali. She shrugged in reply, and then they left.

Bandana and Ethan were still in the jail. After changing many directions and running in different corridors, they reached a place where there were no cells. They hid under a table.

Bandana was still crying, "no, don't cry" Ethan said in a low voice. "We'll get out of here" He assured, "come here" He said and took her in his embrace. He was scared too, but all he could do at that time was wait and caress Bandana's hair.

They waited for more than half an hour, "I think we're good to go now" Ethan said. Bandana nodded and they started walking slowly. "What the..." Ethan said as he saw more people in the cells. "Andhera ho raha hoga, yeh log aur powerful ho jaate hai andhere me, iss lie zada hai" Bandana, who was feeling better now, said.

They quickly ran to exit, "where's the jeep!?" Ethan said, "where are Abhishek and Swarali!?" Bandana said. They looked at each other. "Call them" He said, "battery nhi hai" She said, "I don't have network" He said. "Huh? Kese? Jab ham aae the tab to mere phone me network tha" She said. "I think we should leave this place right now" He said.

"Itni jaldi kese Saheb?" They heard a voice, Bandana was about to turn, Ethan held her wrist tightly. "Don't turn, just run with me" He said. They ran as fast as they could, as finally stopped at a place.

"Where the hell are we?" Ethan asked, "Yeh to Shankargarh ka jungle hai!" Bandana said shocked. "And...?" He asked, "and sab se khatarnaak bhooto ka vaas yahi hai" She said. "Holy sh..." He cursed when he saw someone standing behind her. It was the same spirit that they saw in Cellular Jail.

"Kya hua?" Bandana asked as Ethan stopped talking, "come here" He said as he held her hand and wrapped his right arm over her shoulder. She saw the spirit, "kya chahte ho tum?" She asked scared. "Iski jaan" The spirit replied looking at Ethan.

Bandana looked at Ethan, "chale jaao yaha se" She said to the spirit, wrapping her arms around Ethan's waist. "Zarur jaaunga, lekin iski jaan lene ke baad" The spirit smirked.

"Door hatto isse" The spirit said to Bandana, she shook her head and hugged Ethan even tighter. "Mene kaha chodo usse" the spirit gritted his teeth. Bandana and Ethan did not leave each other.

There was an uncomfortable silence in the jungle, "tum theek ho?" Bandana asked looking at Ethan. He looked at her and nodded. They moved their gaze to the spirit, but he wasn't there anymore. "Woh kaha gaya!?" Bandana said looking here and there. "I think he's gone" Ethan said.

"Lekin ab ham ghar kese jaenge? Yaha to koi rasta nhi dikh raha" Bandana said breaking the hug, "let's try that direction? Seems to have some sort of path" Ethan said pointing at his right.

Bandana's one hand was locked with Ethan's hand, and the other one was hugging his arm. "What's that?" He asked unsure, looking at a dim light far away from them. "Dekhte hai" She said and they carried on walking.

It was a small house, they rang the bell. Someone opened the door, "AAP?" Bandana almost shouted in shock. "Tum dono itni raat ko yaha kya kar rahe ho?" Professor Rudra asked. "Sir ham Cellular Jail gaye the, and we are lost" Bandana said. "TUM CELLULAR JAIL GAYE THE?" He raised his tone.

Bandana explained their reason behind their visit to Cellular Jail. "Andar aao" Professor Rudra welcomed them. "Ab theek se batao kya hua" He said giving them some water. Bandana narrated him how they were stuck in the Jail, how they escaped and how they were chased by a spirit.

"Ek minute. Waha se nikalte waqt tumne Jail ka darwaza band kia tha?" Professor Rudra asked. "Sir ham apni jaan bachake bhaag rahe the, aap pooch rahe ho darwaza band kia ya nhi?" Bandana asked rolling her eyes. "Lo, ho gaya fir to" Professor said. "Why? What's wrong?" Ethan asked.

Professor Rudra looked at them, "wrong yeh hai ke ek reason tha woh darwaza band rakhne ka. Sab bhoot aatmae waha band the. Darwaza khula chod dia, ab to har raat yaha Shankargarh me mehfil sajaenge" He said. "Ese kese...unke...b-baap ka raaj hai kya?" Bandana asked. "Woh bhoot hai, woh kucch bhi kar sakte hai" He said. Bandana looked down.

"I don't get one thing, what made that spirit disappear? He could have used his power to separate us, but he left instead" Ethan said. Bandana looked at Professor. "Ladke ki baat me dam to hai" Professor said, "shayad waha koi tumhari side se, matlab tumhari raksha karne aa gaya hoga" He said. "Aisa kon ho sakta hai?" Bandana asked. "Yeh to woh bhoot agli baar aaega tab pata chalega" Professor replied.

"Ab tum dono yehi so jaao, subhah chale jaana" Professor said. "Professor aap mind na kare to ham dono ek room me so sakte hai? Mujhe akele sone me darr lag raha hai" Bandana said. "Mind kya karna? Ghar me room hi ek hai. Sabko wahi sona padega" Professor said. Bandana and Ethan looked at each other and then followed Professor Rudra.

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It's been a while 😪