The Lonely Road

The heavens broke apart as I strolled down the endless road. My mobile showed 2 things quite clearly, it was 30 minutes past midnight and at any time it was going to get switched off. With every passing moment my body was giving up. My legs were tired and my energy was being drained.

At the far end a lamppost flickered and the sound of the gush of electrons in the lamppost was the solitary noise that came to my ears. With no soul in sight and the moon playing hide and seek with the clouds made the place much more haunting than usual.

I came here before. When I was 8 years old. Now I am 18 and I just passed college. Last time I visited it was not so creepy, the major reason was it was daytime then whereas nighttime now! Also the news of many murders happening on the road for unexpected causes has made me more anxious.

I reached the lamppost and looked around if I could see any house nearby. It was impossible for me to reach my aunt’s house by tonight given the fact that it was still 5Kms away. Taking up my phone I called my uncle…

It was then when my phone switched off and so did the bulb above my head. Just like that the whole road turned into a dark nightmare. One in which I was stuck. In a split of second I noticed something move nippily through the woods. First I thought it was hallucination but then all was solved when I saw a similar object or kind of an animal zip pass just inches ahead of me.

Sweat dripped down my forehead and rolled over my cheeks. My throat became dry and my hands became numb. It was as if the night temperature dropped down several degrees. Rubbing my hands together I kept on blinking my eyes and looked straight towards the woods.

There it was the eyes, green eyes gleaming. Slowly they began to come towards me. All seemed to freeze. My whole body was still. No movement nothing! It was as if that hideous thing was controlling me. I gulped in and stared at it. The time had come. There it was… an animal? No a human? What was it?

TO BE CONTINUED