"A VERY SURPRISING CASE HAS BEEN FOUND OUT TODAY MORNING. A SCHOOL STUDENT, MOST NOTABLY A TEENAGER'S LIFE IS ASSUMED TO BE IN DANGER! THERE'S NO PARTICULAR RECORD OF THAT TEENAGER TO BE KIDNAPPED OR MURDERED. BUT THE KID IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND! THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS MISSING CASE. THE PARENTS OF THE YOUNG TEEN ARE COMPLETELY ANGUISHED AND AND ARE CRYING IN WORRY. IF YOU FIND A TEENAGER LOOKING LIKE THE PICTURE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ANYWHERE, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE PARENTS O—"

The monotone voice of the news reporter was cut off abruptly and the mobile was thrown away as if touching that thing burns her violently.

This is the 10th time in the whole day, she has repeated the same news recording. It's been a week since she has gone to the school, too afraid to face them all and be judged by their own reactions. For the past week she has locked herself in this crowded room full of spiders and cobwebs.
Except that one pot of probably dried thorny shrub placed near the window. It was supposed to be a red rose plant, but all now it is just dried stems. Out of fear of the flower going to be dried and shredded there, she plucked the last rose whose dried petal is what she was staring at now, counting how much time is left for her.
The question is why?

She knows the answers to that. Only if.... Just only if....

And suddenly her stomach grumbled.

Was she eating and sleeping?

That thing was the last thought in her mind.

All she was doing was, sitting and replaying the same high pitched audio, throughout the whole day, fearing for her life and anxiously chewing on her nails and biting it off. She walks only to go to that small attached bathroom, with somewhat a decent toilet, a bucket and a mug; just to take a shower or to shit or pee.

Until when can she be hidden like this? She doesn't know.

All she knows is that soon... soon it is all going to end... soon he is coming.

That's what her life has been since that one fateful day....

That one day that changed all of their lives....

There were 5 of them. Where are the rest? This thought eats her up. Here she is hiding from the whole city in some abandoned room. The question "till when?" terrifies her!

Their laughs, and thoughts on which something they thought was so innocent, turned out to be their nightmare. She doesn't know what to do!

She doesn't know where to go!

She doesn't know why it happened!

She doesn't know how they came here?

All she knew was, they were doomed. And it's all because of.... because of....

Two loud knocks start banging on her door.

"RESHMA!? RESHMA!? ARE YOU THERE? ANSWER ME!!!!"

The banging on the door continued. It was as if the person outside knew exactly who she was and why she was hiding here.

Where is Reshma then? Why isn't she answering?

Because here... ah! Reshma is sobbing with tremors all around her body. She is frantically shivering and keeps on chanting, "I am sorry. Please don't come here."

"RESHMA IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO OPEN THIS DOOR UNDER MORE 5 MINUTES. THEN I'LL HAVE TO BREAK OPEN IT! AND YOU WON'T LIKE IT. SO FREAKING OPEN THE DOOR." The loud voice on the other side keeps on threatening her.

Here Reshma was experiencing a full blown panic attack. Why her? She keeps on questioning.

"I AM WARNING YOU RESHMA! I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU 5 HAVE DONE. IF YOU DON'T OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW YOU ARE GONNA FACE SOMETHING SO BITTER.... Please Reshma! Have pity on me... He was my b-best friend too....", the loud voice suddenly started wailing and sobbing outside the door.

Two souls crying near the same area, for the same person and comforting each other in a strange way.

Where one was certainly guilty and the other... The other one was drowning in rage and sorrow.

Suddenly Reshma stood up. With her frail body she was staggering herself near the door. As soon as she reached near it, there was a loud BANG!

She hastily opened the door. And all she saw was red... red splattering the whole ground. And there he was, bleeding heavily on the ground. She kneeled down the ground to ask him when suddenly she heard him whispering, "R-r-run.... H-h-he—-"

And suddenly there was a brown boot, crushing the mouth of her friend, splattering red on her face and pulling her hair towards him.

He came near her ears and laughed.

"Well hello my dear Reshma! Seems like I've finally found you" he grinned.

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