The Monster

CHAPTER 1- THE RAIN

"Well , we are here.. now what?", asked my impatient colleague. Just like him I  had the same question in mind, we all planned the trip, came here, got stuck in the rains, and were now sitting inside this damn car. Some trip it has come out to be.

"Very well anyone for cards?", came out a enthusiastic voice from the backseat. "Shut up Ankit! I am hungry I told you to get some snacks. And you didn't you thrift!", Rohit almost shouted voicing his opinion. Ankit wasn't known to be very generous in the money department, and we didn't expect him to take money out for the fuel on our trip either, anyhow he said he would but I am pretty sure he won't. Rohit was pretty puffed up by now, his chubby cheeks showed he was the most loved boy in his family.

The road was blocked due to heavy rains, and we were trapped in middle of nowhere from the past two hours, all pleasant things to say were over, no one liners nothing, just silence, which was slowly transforming into frustration.  I looked at the window, the rain drops trickling down, just beaten by the next, following it down sometimes they mixing together to form a bigger drop, the light trying to squeeze between them and trying to enlighten the souls trapped within.

Both my co-passengers, looking outside hoping for the rain to go away.. it was silence, you could hear the rain drops falling like crystals one after the another, one could feel a shiver inside just hearing by hearing it's sound, just as a cool breeze touches the inner soul. Ah!, the rain brings happiness and sorrow in equals to the insignificant beings who roam free on this earth. As I was lost in my thoughts I never realized when they both went to slumber land. I glanced had a look, seeing them so calm,I shut my eyes laying my head on the window, hoping everything would be fine, when I wake up.

A Short Story:It was a dark and stormy Night.

Note: This is just a short story written by me for one of the contests held in my office.

It was a dark and stormy night, I was told not to come here, I was brave, I was proud, and I was foolish. "Romi, you are a jerk!” I told to myself. As I walked among the dead, my heart constantly beat hard. All the graves were looking right into my soul.

In the distance on one of the graves, I saw an old man, with a tea kettle in the middle of the night and he seemed unfazed by the stormy weather and the strong winds. I went to him slowly trying not to disturb him. I went closer; I was looking at him, wondering what to say. "Hi Romi", he said without moving a muscle. This was really weird, and it scared the daylights out of me.

"How do you know my name?” I asked still trembling, if it was some other pleasant place or time, I wouldn't have been so scared. "Will you have some tea?” he asked. It was cold I was trembling; something inside me didn't allow me to say no. He handed me a hot cup.

I had a small sip, gulped it down my throat and continued, "Who are you? How do you know my name and what are you doing here?" He was still, he moved his wrinkled hands took a sip and continued, "I am the Grave Guard, I protect and save the Souls of the graves here, as for your name, weren't you speaking to yourself a little while ago?" Okay so he might have listened to me, besides it was very much silent here except for some noises the winds were making. “The protector of the souls. Eh?” I grinned. This old man was definitely mad. "So what are you doing here right now?" "Celebrating", he replied. "Celebrating what? That too in the graveyard", I enquired.He took a sip, "Well, we celebrate here every night after a new member is added to the family." "Oh. Ok. So u celebrate here every night a new grave is dug, right? Is that what you are implying?" He nodded his head in confirmation."Hmm... Cool, nice, some party eh? Nice tea by the way, really feels good." He shook his hand in a way which sort of meant, THANKS NOT REQUIRED.

Man this was really cool, a cup of tea with an old madman, in the middle of the graveyard. Talk of awesomeness. I'll have a good tale to tell of, when I get back to my hostel.

I gulped down the tea to the last drop, stood up and thanked the old man again for the tea. Out of curiosity I asked him, "So is this the grave, the reason for your celebrations today?"

He nodded confirmatively. "And can I have a look at the grave of our guest of honor?” he nodded again. I started to read out, "and I quote, R.I.P REST IN Peace, our beloved son, he will be remembered by all us here, you will be missed. Romi Samuel Abraham."

I stopped. I moved around and saw hands coming out of the ground, with their palms facing me. They moved, the old man stood and opened his arms, "Welcome", he said with a sudden smile on his face. One of the hands on the ground caught hold of my leg, and started pulling me inside.

I resisted, lost my balance during the struggle and fell face down on the ground. All the hands started pulling me in; the ground opened and was sucking me in like a quicksand. "No! No! Leave me, help!!" I shouted in despair.

And finally with one last pull I was submerged within the dust.

THE END

THE VOICES- A NizM@niac's Original

Just Another Day?

Another idiotic day at work, aahh!does my head hurt... If the work being bad was'nt enough, the manager left no chance in  torturing me either. Just when I thought my work was done, the jerk threw some more assignments at my desk like a shuriken, gave a smile which was almost like a grin of evil, and started off in his usual manner, "Please finish these off, it's urgent client needs it, and umm yeah!, kindly fill in the report and send it to them, I am leaving for the day so I won't be able to send them, I am counting on you..". I just felt like going for his neck and choke him out, but somehow I just stopped myself , my hands shivering with anger, I managed something which looked like a smile. He grinned again, after a few minutes I saw him leaving with his tiffin and bag.

Somehow I felt happy that he left, don't know why but I felt better maybe it was because I would'nt see his face until tomorrow.  It took me another hour or so to wrap up my work. The headache had gone worse. I picked up my mug and gulped down two mugs of coffee, the headache did'nt fade but atleast it made me feel better.

It was 8 and raining heavily, I picked my stuff and made my way out swiping my card. Took the elevator to the underground parking, went to my parked car, threw my stuff at the back seat, and zoomed out of the torture chamber.

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The Incident...

My head hurt so bad, I could hear blood thumping inside it, knocking to come out any second, "was'nt really my day", I thought to myself.. Just a few kms more and I will be home...
The rain was getting fiercer with every drop, completely covering my windscreen cutting out the view.. the wipers trying hard but ending in vain..this was a long stretch of road covered by trees on both sides, no street lamps just trees looking down upon you.

The sound of raindrops was just adding into what was already destroying my head inside. I had enough of it, this had to go. Realizing that, in this hard weather, there won't be a soul outside. I pressed the gas to full, it was a straight road and I did'nt care.. even if I hit a truck..better than this stupid life. Nothing visible, the dew covering the inner side of the windscreen, I bent down to get the cloth near my seat. I picked it up and saw a figure infront of my car.. and then there was a thud.. a blunt thud...

I pushed my breaks and the car stopped with a screech and a bit of drift.There was complete silence..  The rain drops still splattered, my head still banged, but strangely now I could even hear my heartbeat..

Was I afraid, yes I was.., the hell I was.., I just wished it was nothing.. but it was... maybe it was just a stupid animal.. no one would care for an animal rite?... Deep down I knew, I had done something gravely wrong. I took a deep heavy breath... hands trembling, I somehow managed to open the car door...

I just stood in silence, wondering on what a mess I made... the blood ran all across the road, flowing in every direction, red drops jumping off the road when raindrop struck it.. I put my hand on my head, trying to make out what or whom I hurt or.... kill...

I saw something by the trees on the other side.. I slowly started walking towards it one step at a time...every single step felt like a thousand pound load chained to my feet..

I approached it and I felt a shiver down my spine, yes I had a killed, I killed a human. I held my head in disgust, this was probably some girl. It was a guess, I saw long hair, that's all I could make out in the dark, but what was she doing here? I looked around, I saw a car in a distance, standing still, its headlights looking at me, as if it tried to say, "Hey dude you screwed up big time now, its gallows for you", I looked at my car, it stood there silent, feeling as guilty as me, covered in blood, the rain slowly washing it away... I looked around.. all rain and no one else, what should I do? Is she alive? should I check?... no no she is dead, how could she survive... all the blood on the road just tells it.. it would be even stupid to touch the body what if I leave my finger print there, I would surely be arrested for a hit and run case... I ran back to my car, started it and zoomed away from the place of crime as fast as I could. If my office was a torture chamber I just made Hell!.

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The Weird...

I reached home , parked the car in the garage so that it could'nt be seen by snoopy eyes, although there was'nt a stain of  blood anywhere, but still.. I had made up my mind I was'nt taking that car out for a week..let matters settle.. no wait, it would raise suspicion. What to do.. Oh God!!! quiet quiet..sssh sssh sshh.. just stay calm... ok..  yeah I am doing good. phew. I calmly went to my front door, opened it and entered a world of peace and quiet.  Last 2 hrs had been treacherous enough,I needed rest. I just threw my stuff on the floor, fell on the sofa and closed my eyes... finally I can take some rest.  Moments later, I was in deep sleep, for this moment I would sell myself, I realized how expensive a sound sleep is when u need it the most. Tomorrow morning this nightmare will end.. Hopefully....

It was 2 in the night when I felt a weird sensation..... it was like two knives piercing into me.. deep within me.. I opened my eyes.. all of a sudden, irritated by this sensation, and I saw a set of eyes looking into mine...  I jumped off the sofa, shouting as if I saw a ghost... my heart still thumping hard inside my chest. I looked for a moment of inner silence, and closed my eyes.

Wait a minute. who was it anyhow? I live alone here.. and those eyes... they were girlish. Was it??... or... There were only questions in my mind which can be answered only face to face with the intruder. Finally I gathered enough courage to stand up and face the uninvited guest....

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The Stranger

As I stood up from behind the sofa, she was still looking at me with those deep deep eyes. So deep that once you fall for them, you can hardly ever come out. She didn't move a bit neither was she surprised, she just kept on looking at me.. looking right into my eyes.. 

"Who are you?", I asked. "How did you get inside here?". She kept smiling as if I said a joke. She raised her eyes towards the main door, which was shut hard,  latched and locked as I had left it. I shouted," Who the hell are you? there is no way you can come through that freaking door. I latched and locked it myself. Answer me or I'll call the police.. Lady.."

She smiled yet again, "I came in through that door, believe me or not, that's the truth. Oh and yeah, please call the police I would love that, pretty please.." , ending this she again started with her usual glare. Come to think of it, it really was'nt a good idea to call the police, maybe she was a police or some passerby who saw what I did.. If I would have been a criminal who loved killing people I would have strangled her throat and dumped her body so she would never open her mouth about it, but me just being a simple wage earner and a sober guy.. did'nt approve of it. "Okay fine, so please tell me miss , um what's your name who are you? and why did you come here and what do you want from me...?"

Finally she moved her eyes from me.. laid her head back."Well what do you think? I am just a lil helpless girl who was trapped in the storm outside, so just stopped by for awhile...." "So why my house? what honours did I do to deserve this?", stopping her in between. She again started looking at me with those eyes.. "so you don't know do you? I find that strange, can I get a glass of water? plz..." I looked at her puzzled.. "Yeah sure, but you just stay here, I'll bring you a glass of water  but I need answers.." "Is that the price of a glass of water?", she asked musingly. " No!", I reacted in an instant, "but I would like to know why and who and everything.. ". She laid back on the sofa chair as if it was her own home, and quietly spoke out as if whispering.."Sure! you'll get your answers.." I went to the kitchen grabbed a glass, poured in some water, went back to her. She was still there, the same way as I left her... I offered her the glass, but she waved to keep the glass on the table.. "What you some Queen or something?", I shouted. " "No", she paused for a second," I am a princess". "Of where I presume?" She stopped. for a second.."of my world, I am". I looked in awe, at this girl,"Miss .. you haven't told me your name yet, but right now you are in my world.. and you ain't welcome as a princess here", getting really irritated now. "How about as a queen in your world then.. hmm I like your world better.." and then she smiled again..

I could'nt take it any more, I had it , those eyes, that smile , her attitude, the last answer was the last straw.. I picked up the glass and threw it at her... with full force.

Something happened right now which I never thought would have even occurred in my nightmares. I just stood horrified, chill went down my spine, my eyes open wide.. This couldn't be true... I must be dreaming, I pinched myself.. I felt it hard.. no this was no dream.. this was real... . This was REAL......

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The Introduction


I started to move back, she just stood there smiling. "Well you have really bad manners, must say, that's how you treat a lady huh? you throw the whole glass at her huh? what if it would have hit me, I would have got hurt. Too bad...... ..it just went through me......" She smiled but now she was a little fierce than before, how did you like going right through me huh? Did you like it.. I was just a lil helpless girl looking for help in the storm, after my car broke down, I saw your car coming, I stepped out waved for help, and you!!!, well you did'nt slow down, you just went on at full speed, before I can run for my life, you ran into me, leaving me mutilated on the road out there... you want to know my name..? I am Richa, you know what I do? I worked in an IT firm, from where I was fired yesterday... I was going home, with a bottle of poison , so that I could poison and kill myself... but you just made it too easy for me, you just hit me, with your runaway car! Wow what a death I got maybe I wouldn't have died, what if I would have left my idea of suicide, but you sir, whose name I don't even know, made me a roadside kill, I am dead, just because of you!"
The storm stopped, so did she, she wasn't smiling anymore, and I well was'nt that afraid anymore, I thought she might grow some fangs, have those catty eyes, long nails and would tear me apart. But she just gave me a lecture! I sat there for a moment recollecting what she said, and make some meaning out of it, was she fast for a ghost!
She must have forgot she was a ghost cause she was breathing heavily. I stood up, I slowly went towards her, and offered my hand for a shake, " Hi, I am Raghu". She gave me that cold glare and offered me her hand, just that we could'nt make contact as she was a ghost. "What a stupid name you got Raghu..", she taunted.
"What a common name you got Richa."
After a moment of silence, as if the joke was a serious discussion, I went on," I am sorry for what I did, I had no intentions of killing you whatsoever, I could'nt see the glass the dew had settled over my car's ... and I..." She stopped me, in between, "Yes, I know, I heard you mumbling that while you were asleep." She stopped took a deep breath and went back, and sat on the chair, "I guess this is better than the life I was living anyway.. getting fired was the ultimate humiliation.., you just don't know how these..." She continued.. I listened, the usual complains about the work place and stuff..blah blah blah.Did she talk!!!, she just did'nt know where to stop.
"Uh one question Richa?" I interrupted her in between. "How can you speak so much being a ghost? huh?" "Are'nt you scared of me being a ghost?", she asked curiously.
"Nope", I answered. "Actually, I was at first, but you really are'nt that scary, I have seen better horrifying ghosts than you in the movies.." 
She stormed,"I would take that as an offence, by the way what are you looking at?" "Well I was just wondering since you can't touch anything how come you are able to sit on the chair?" She just seem puzzled for a while.. , "how would I know, I became a ghost two hours back. There is nobody to talk to, how would I know? I jus don't know., actually I was bored, so I followed you here, and well you were a good time pass."


"Time pass??,look I am not here to be your chat buddy, you are dead and I am still alive...so , Richa, I have a request, I am sorry I killed you, but please shut your mouth, I am too damn tired after such a hard day at work,after that  running you over and then running over you was a trauma enough for me.. Now please just shut up and let me sleep I have to go to work and complete some more work that my manager would throw at me tomorrow" 


"But what will I do till then? while you are asleep?".
"Till then?? are you going to haunt me forever? come on, don't you have a family , friends to annoy? go annoy them, just leave me alone okay?" 
She stood there in silence for a long time, I ignored her presence and went back to my sofa and closed my eyes. I still felt her eyes looking at me, it was hard for me, feeling uneasy I cried out, "please go!!!...". Moments later that feeling was no more.

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The Happy End??

I lay there on the sofa, trying to go back to sleep. All that excitement had been too much for me for a day. First I have all this work, then the damn rain, then the accident then a blabbering ghost, who was killed by me in an accident but who was infact going to commit a suicide herself so I made it easy for her, pat on my back plz.. Great job Raghu!! I am an awesomely effin guy who does all good even though its bad. aarrgghh!!! 

Now I cant even sleep, this silence disturbed more than her blabbering voice, I sat up , she was'nt there. I pulled my hair back with my fingers, with my head still bent in shame for what I did. I killed her, then I shouted at her, even after the wrong I did, she did'nt kill me did she?, she could've. Even if she wanted to die I had no right to take her life even accidentally, it was my fault I should have been more careful when I drove....

Burdened by guilt my conscience did'nt let me sleep, I stoop up on my feet, went to the door unlatched it , it was calm and quite street outside, it was still 4 in the morning, the rains had stopped, still it was cloudy and wet. The street wore a deserted look, a street light was the only source of light in the darkness..it felt good to breathe the fresh air. I went to the street lamp outside the gate looked up to it and closed my eyes feeling its warmth. Even though my eyes were closed, I could see the light tearing right through my eyelids. I opened my eyes and looked across the street she was sitting on the boundary wall of the house smiling, it did'nt feel that eery, neither did her eyes. I gave her a smile, walked over and sat next to her. I asked,"Hey! wanna talk?" she smiled with her eyes fixed at the street light. Across the street, there was a drunken Idiot cursing himself for pinning a guy to a pole with his out of control car.

I would have laughed, but hey it was me out there... :P

:(THE END:)

The COmeback.. O_o

Okies peeps, So I've been out of action here lately, but now m back, and rest assured I will be posting some awesome stuff here!!!

Latest to join will be "Voices" my latest new fictional work, which I will be, well kind of writing after an interval of after well over an year, my skills had rusted so took a lot of time on finally sharpening up, started reading for inspiration. I would like to thank Arghya whose works I have admired and he is the one because of which I started writing blogs, Gaurimaan for making me read and believe that I can write again, and Jiggy da who  has also, time and again, motivated me to write. "The Voices" will be dedicated to u guys..

Thanks :)

MIND AT LOGGERHEADS.

Well, I don't probably know why I am writing this.
But I have been at war with myself for almost half a month now. I just dont knw wats going wrong I have been getting a little rude,reserved with people. I just have stopped talking with a lotta ppl. Something has definitely gone wrong with my head.
I guess UNIX catching up on my head or maybe the C++ crap.(just a joke he he)
I had a lil chat wid my rumie today will try coming back to normal soon.Will update rest soon.
adios!

2 weeks into the game

HI peeps,, As usual its  a lonely sight at the site.. nothing to do all just corporate crap.. NO FB and Orkutting.. really getting bored at weekends.. as far as classes are concerned the official life is losing the fun.. no kidding when my friend said.."Training  is the best part of corporate life..." Well thats as far as life is going nothing new than that except the pune weather.. its raining hell here!!!


MY FAVOURITE WEATHER RAIN>>>>>see ya all soon adios...!

College to Corporate time cycle

Okay peeps now this is something which was just way too boring. First day of the ptrogram it was just awesome we just had a bunch of  laughs.. second day onwards its just like the C and data structure sessions which I was having in the first week of joining. Time has passed and I have'nt seen my homepage of orkut neither my facebook account.. I dont know what would have happened in Mafia wars till now... London job will be getting over really soon.
NO Games, just boring people around me..
Apart from that NO bunks.. My eyes just open at 5 or sometimes 6 in da morning very unlike 2 weeks ago.. when I was at home , my eyes shut off time was 5! anyways.. I just hope the training session gets over soon.. these 3 months are gonna be something new which I have to get used to very soon.

Seeing ya off
NIz The Maniac.
Nishe'atude vERSION 1.8