THE STREET (FINAL CHAPTER)
PART-3
FINAL CHAPTER
WHEN I WOKE UP..............
I FORGOT MY NAME. I FORGOT WHERE I WAS. I FORGOT HOW TO SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
MY FRIEND WHO WAS ASIDE ME TOOK A SHARP GLASS PIECE LIED ON THE GROUND. HE STRETCHED HIS HAND AND GOT HOLD OF ME NECK. HE DUG THE POINT OF THE GLASS A LITTLE UNDER MY CHIN. I GAVE HIM A PUSH WITH MAXIMUM POTENTIAL I HAD. HIS HANDS LOWERED. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL DOWN. NOW HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS. I STOOD UP AND LOOKED AROUND. IT WAS LIKE A DOZEN OF ROOMS IN A SINGLE FLOOR. I RAN TOWARDS THE DOOR. I GRABBED A WOOD AND TRIED TO SMASH THE DOOR KNOB BUT..............(NO USE).
I TURNED BACK HE WAS NOT THERE (MY FRIEND).
I SCREAMED AT EDGE OF MY VOICE "HELP!!!" JUST HEARD SOME ECO OF MY VOICE A COUPLE OF TIME. A SUDDEN NOISE BEHIND ME. LIKE THAT OF A AIR CRASH ON THE ROOF. RAN THROUGH THE STAIRS JUST FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS WALKING ON STEPS.
I JUST STOPPED A MOMENT MY HEART TOO. I FOLLOWED HIM SUDDENLY HE DISAPPEARED. I PRAYED TO ALL THE GODS I KNEW. CLOSED MY EYES AND WENT NEAR A DOOR WHICH WAS LOCKED TIGHTLY . I TRIED TO BREAK IT. AT LAST DOOR OPENED WITH A SOUND WHICH TURNED MY EARDRUMS APART. AS SOON I ENTERED THE ROOM A MAN WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF ME AND THAT TOO HIS HEAD WAS HAMMERED WITH NAILS AND HE WAS PARTLY BLEEDING THROUGH HIS EYES. I JUST PUKED IN THE SPOT AS SOON AS MY SPINAL CORD LIFTED, I HEARD A SOUND "HELP!!". THE SOUND WAS FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF MY EAR, I FOLLOWED THE SOUND AND WENT NEARER. I OPENED ANOTHER ROOM WHERE I FOUND AN OLD MAN. I WENT NEAR HIM "OMG" HE WAS ALIVE STARVING HIS CLOTH WAS TORE AND HIS BEARD TOUCHED HIS LOWER STOMACH PART. I WENT NEARER AND SHAKED HIM. HE ASKED ME "WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU COME IN HERE" I JUST WAS HAPPY AND AT THE SAME TIME I WAS SAD TOO. I NARRATED THE WHOLE STORY TO HIM. HE TOO DIDN'T KNEW HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS AGE WHICH I SHOULD NEVER ASKED AND THAT TO A PERSON WHO LOOKED LIKE A PIECE OF BEAST. HE JUST SWANG HIS HANDS AND JUST FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING IN THE AIR (ACTUALLY I WAS). I DON'T REALLY THINK HIS MIND OR BRAIN WAS NORMAL BECAUSE NOBODY BEAT MT BECAUSE OF ASKING AGE. I STOOD UP, MY LEG WAS BADLY HURT. I WENT NEAR HIM HE STARTED FADING AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS ALIVE IN THIS MAGNIFICENT PLACE . I DIN'T KNEW WHAT TO DO I JUST WALKED AROUND AND SAW SOMETHING WHICH WAS INTERESTING. BUT I IGNORED IT BECAUSE MY MIND SAID IT IS DANGEROUS. SUDDENLY THE DOOR BEHIND ME CLOSED I WENT NEARER . IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE JUST HEARD THE SOUND. BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE. I WENT TO THE WINDOW NEAR AND SAW THROUGH. BUT DIDN'T SEE A RAY OF LIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO SEE WHETHER IT WAS RAINING OR NOT. SUDDENLY LIGHTNING STROKED. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE SAW A VIOLET COLOR LIGHTNING.
I WENT TOWARDS THE DOOR AND STRETCHED MY HANDS TO OPEN THE DOOR. I PUSHED THE DOOR ,THE DOOR WAS JAMMED I USED MY FULL POWER TO OPEN THE DOOR. I WAS STARVING. I TRIED ONCE AGAIN AND THIS TIME I SUCCEEDED DOOR OPENED. BUT THE WHOLE PLACE HAD CHANGE LIKE SO MANY FURNITURE'S WERE MISSING A BIG GLASS WAS IN THAT ROOM.I SAW MY WHOLE BODY.I WAS REALLY WERE DIRTY. MY LEGS REFUSED TO WALK. I TRIED TO KEEP A STEP AHEAD. I FEEL DOWN SAW A SHADOW IN THE WALL. SOMEBODY WAS COMING NEAR ME WITH A SHARP GLASS PIECE.
I TURNED BACK HE WAS NOT THERE (MY FRIEND).
I SCREAMED AT EDGE OF MY VOICE "HELP!!!" JUST HEARD SOME ECO OF MY VOICE A COUPLE OF TIME. A SUDDEN NOISE BEHIND ME. LIKE THAT OF A AIR CRASH ON THE ROOF. RAN THROUGH THE STAIRS JUST FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS WALKING ON STEPS.
I JUST STOPPED A MOMENT MY HEART TOO. I FOLLOWED HIM SUDDENLY HE DISAPPEARED. I PRAYED TO ALL THE GODS I KNEW. CLOSED MY EYES AND WENT NEAR A DOOR WHICH WAS LOCKED TIGHTLY . I TRIED TO BREAK IT. AT LAST DOOR OPENED WITH A SOUND WHICH TURNED MY EARDRUMS APART. AS SOON I ENTERED THE ROOM A MAN WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF ME AND THAT TOO HIS HEAD WAS HAMMERED WITH NAILS AND HE WAS PARTLY BLEEDING THROUGH HIS EYES. I JUST PUKED IN THE SPOT AS SOON AS MY SPINAL CORD LIFTED, I HEARD A SOUND "HELP!!". THE SOUND WAS FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF MY EAR, I FOLLOWED THE SOUND AND WENT NEARER. I OPENED ANOTHER ROOM WHERE I FOUND AN OLD MAN. I WENT NEAR HIM "OMG" HE WAS ALIVE STARVING HIS CLOTH WAS TORE AND HIS BEARD TOUCHED HIS LOWER STOMACH PART. I WENT NEARER AND SHAKED HIM. HE ASKED ME "WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU COME IN HERE" I JUST WAS HAPPY AND AT THE SAME TIME I WAS SAD TOO. I NARRATED THE WHOLE STORY TO HIM. HE TOO DIDN'T KNEW HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS AGE WHICH I SHOULD NEVER ASKED AND THAT TO A PERSON WHO LOOKED LIKE A PIECE OF BEAST. HE JUST SWANG HIS HANDS AND JUST FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING IN THE AIR (ACTUALLY I WAS). I DON'T REALLY THINK HIS MIND OR BRAIN WAS NORMAL BECAUSE NOBODY BEAT MT BECAUSE OF ASKING AGE. I STOOD UP, MY LEG WAS BADLY HURT. I WENT NEAR HIM HE STARTED FADING AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS ALIVE IN THIS MAGNIFICENT PLACE . I DIN'T KNEW WHAT TO DO I JUST WALKED AROUND AND SAW SOMETHING WHICH WAS INTERESTING. BUT I IGNORED IT BECAUSE MY MIND SAID IT IS DANGEROUS. SUDDENLY THE DOOR BEHIND ME CLOSED I WENT NEARER . IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE JUST HEARD THE SOUND. BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE. I WENT TO THE WINDOW NEAR AND SAW THROUGH. BUT DIDN'T SEE A RAY OF LIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO SEE WHETHER IT WAS RAINING OR NOT. SUDDENLY LIGHTNING STROKED. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE SAW A VIOLET COLOR LIGHTNING.
I WENT TOWARDS THE DOOR AND STRETCHED MY HANDS TO OPEN THE DOOR. I PUSHED THE DOOR ,THE DOOR WAS JAMMED I USED MY FULL POWER TO OPEN THE DOOR. I WAS STARVING. I TRIED ONCE AGAIN AND THIS TIME I SUCCEEDED DOOR OPENED. BUT THE WHOLE PLACE HAD CHANGE LIKE SO MANY FURNITURE'S WERE MISSING A BIG GLASS WAS IN THAT ROOM.I SAW MY WHOLE BODY.I WAS REALLY WERE DIRTY. MY LEGS REFUSED TO WALK. I TRIED TO KEEP A STEP AHEAD. I FEEL DOWN SAW A SHADOW IN THE WALL. SOMEBODY WAS COMING NEAR ME WITH A SHARP GLASS PIECE.
I TURNED BACK BUT NOBODY WAS THERE. I WAS LOSING MY SELF CONFIDENCE ABOUT LEAVING THE PLACE. I CRAWLED TO THE STAIRS. WENT TO THE GROUND FLOOR. I SAW HIM ONCE MORE (MY FRIEND). HE WAS STANDING STILL HE WAS LIKE A STATUE I WENT NEAR HIM HE SCREAMED "GO OUT". I SAID "HOW CAN I ,THE DOORS ARE NOT OPENING". HE SAID ABOUT A PICTURE ON THE CORRIDOR. THE SAME PHOTO WHICH I SAW FEW MINUTES AGO AND IGNORED. I WENT NEAR THE PAINTING I DIDN'T KNEW COPTIC (ANCIENT EGYPT LANGUAGE).
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD IN THAT. HE READ IT FOR ME "ITHU VABN KLJU MKLJI IOPF THK FHSK FJ BFH KADA FRU YIOP LKJI OPTRE.................................................. "
JUST A PIECE OF SOME CODE ABOUT THREE PARAGRAPHS. I STARTED READING THE CODE SUDDENLY A PILLAR COLLAPSED,THE PLACE WAS SHAKING. AS SOON AS I REACHED THE LAST PHASE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH(I WAS REPEATING WHAT HE WAS READING) THE BUILDING WAS ON FIRE I JUST CAN'T CONCENTRATE ON THE WORDS I WAS READING MY RIGHT HAND WAS WAS LIKE ON FIRE,BURNING I JUST WANTED TO SPEED UP MY WORDS BUT MY VOCALS DIDN'T SUPPORT ME . ALL THE ANCIENT PIECES WERE BURNING ON FIRE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD IN THAT. HE READ IT FOR ME "ITHU VABN KLJU MKLJI IOPF THK FHSK FJ BFH KADA FRU YIOP LKJI OPTRE.................................................. "
JUST A PIECE OF SOME CODE ABOUT THREE PARAGRAPHS. I STARTED READING THE CODE SUDDENLY A PILLAR COLLAPSED,THE PLACE WAS SHAKING. AS SOON AS I REACHED THE LAST PHASE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH(I WAS REPEATING WHAT HE WAS READING) THE BUILDING WAS ON FIRE I JUST CAN'T CONCENTRATE ON THE WORDS I WAS READING MY RIGHT HAND WAS WAS LIKE ON FIRE,BURNING I JUST WANTED TO SPEED UP MY WORDS BUT MY VOCALS DIDN'T SUPPORT ME . ALL THE ANCIENT PIECES WERE BURNING ON FIRE.
A PART OF THE WALL, LEFT SIDE OF ME FELL I WAS READING THE PHASE SUDDENLY "BOOM" IT WAS SHINING ALL OVER I TURNED MY HEAD I WAS REALLY SURPRISED CAUSE IT WAS ALL GOLD OVER THAT A SKELETON .(I WAS HERE FOR NEARLY 42 HRS AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT). I THOUGHT OF TAKING THE GOLD BUT...........
FOR NOW MY LIFE MUST BE SAVED. SO I TRIED TO IGNORE AND CONTINUED REPEATING. IT WAS DUST ALL OVER. AT LAST HE FINISHED READING THE SPELL AND I I TWISTED MY FINGERS ON MY FRIENDS HANDS AND GRABBED HIM HE WAS A POUND HEAVIER THAN ME. TOWARDS THE MAIN DOOR WHICH WAS OPENING I JUMPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 10 METER FROM THE PLACE I WAS STANDING. IT WAS DIFFICULT BUT STILL I MANAGED TILL THE DOOR. I PUSHED OUT, IT WAS VERY HEAVY TO PUSH IT I GRABBED HIS HANDS I TOOK MY RIGHT LEG AND KEPT OUTSIDE THE DOOR AS SOON AS MY RIGHT HAND WITH WHICH I WAS HOLDING HIM CAME OUT HIS HANDS STARTED TO TURN INTO ASHES HE SCREAMED AT HIS HIGH PITCH. I JUST LET HIS HANDS DOWN AND WENT OUT OF THE PALACE FEW STEPS AFTER I TURNED BACK AND SAW ,HE VANISHED PART BY PART. SUDDENLY A BIG PART OF WOOD WHICH WAS BURNING FELL ON HIS HEAD. NO SIGN OF BLOOD. I WALKED FEW STEPS FORWARD AT LAST I SAW THE SHINING SUN. MY EYES WERE ON TEARS CAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE. IF I LISTENED TO THEM I WOULDN'T HAVE LOST MY FRIEND. I NEARLY LOST EVERYTHING,I OUTBURST-ED A LOT BUT NO USE. I SAT ON THE MUD FLOOR CRYING NOBODY WAS WITH ME.
THE END
-MARI SUDHIR
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