EXIT PROHIBITED

FOUR

"Are you fool? Let's go downstairs," she said. She took me by the hand and led me into the room. Earlier, I saw Saavi on the Mayur's terrace. I pointed her through my room's window.

"Look at her. She's my new friend." Looking in the direction of my finger, they started looking for her. But they did not see her.

"Who? Where? "

"No. No one is there." Vibha said.

I watched it again. No one was there.

"Yes. She is gone." by saying this I closed the window.

The cloudy weather of the rains also brought back Kruti, Srushti and Unnati. However today, the landlady was not at home. The crackling of lightning and the strong wind were bumping on our windows and doors. I closed the window and the door. We were both in that suffocating room. The Kruti was sitting on the ground drawing figures. I was sitting on the bed folding the clothes. We were both busy.

Suddenly, the black shadow, which doesn't have any shaped like a warp, came right in front of me from nowhere. I started looking at the shadow in front of me in fear.

I was absent minded. I starred at the scary shadow. When the door was again bumped by the wind, I heard the sound of air crashing on the door and the shadow went to the box and vanished.

Due to this sudden incident, I got up and I pulled Kruti. "Get up! Let's not stop here. " I pulled her completely ruined the figure she was drawing.

"What?" She pushed my hand and screamed. But I forced to pull her out of that room. I slammed the door and took her to the Unnati's room.

"Raksha! What's wrong with you. See how cold is your body temperature?" Kruti shake my shoulders.

Whatever happened was indescribable. There were only tears in my eyes. My palm suddenly hurt. The same hand that was in the hand of Mayur's and then Saavi's. But now it hurts.

"Why are you crying now? You are acting so weird!" Kruti said. The other 4 were standing in front of me. Vibha brought a glass of water. I was not in the mood to answer them. I was sobbing. Even those four were scared after watching my situation. The Kruti was completely fade off.

Now how can I explain to her that an inhuman shadow was standing right in front of my eyes right beside her? That shadow had no shape. There was no sound but inkling. There was no form but there was an invisible horror. It was just an idea for everyone; but for me, it existed. The existence of that frightening shadow, the existence of strange illusions. I wanted to tell it to everyone but would anyone believe it?

Hoarseness and non-stop tears took my breath away. I began to struggle to breathe. This was the 4th impression of death experienced from the last 2 days. But God was always with me. The temple bell rang. Our landlady suddenly brought God's Prasad and embers and put it on my head. As soon as she put the embers on my head, my breathing became normal. My heart was pounding fast but now it's normal. The tears stopped. We all shared that prasad.

"Raksha! This behavior of yours is very strange. Don't see the end of my patience." Kruti said while pointing her finger to me.

"Kruti, keep calm!" Vibha said.

"Let her rest for a while." Landlady said with a frightened face. I felt that no one can understand my situation. This strange experience was beyond anyone's comprehension. I was behaving strangely. But our landlady. What's about her? What does she have to do with it? 'Don't go to that box,' our landlady said passionately. But why she is so suspicious about that box? How did she know about my condition? Where did she come from? God's prasad and embers. How did she get the message? God's blessing should come from an angel? She was the biggest puzzle for me. Srushti sat next to me while leaning my head against the wall. They were all in the study at the time. She was the only one who was handling the mobile phone.