DAY-4

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Dev tried every possible trick he could think of.He tried lying over his own body,he tried jumping on it,he prayed ,he cried.....all in vain!He could not figure out a way to wake himself up from this deep sleep.

3 days have been passed.Those days were exclusively spend in that hospital room.Uncle Agasthya became his bystander.Everyday Aunt sheela would come and wipe his body.She even changed his diaper.His wounds were getting dressed everyday.Rajat came whenever he had time.He cleared all the hospital bills.Dev was grateful but at the same time annoyed with himself.He was a useless liability.He felt like screaming.

On Day-4,he got out of that room and ran downstairs to the second floor of the hospital.The ambulance sirens,announcements from the emergency department,mourning sound of the family of deceased,the smell of antiseptic lotion,the sound of CPAP machines...together they made him even more annoyed.He covered both ears with his hands and screamed as loud as he could.

'FFFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKK'

Suddenly someone opened a room and came out

'Excuse me?what the hell are you doing?'

Did someone just hear him??

'Hey,you..don't u know the basic manners????Does this place look like a market to u?'

Of course..that person just heard him scream...

'U heard me??'Dev asked in disbelief.

'Of course i heard you.Are you dead?Is that why you are screaming?Damn!!Where are the angels.....you just ruined my nap, dude' He looked like a pissed off man in his 30s dressed in a tracksuit .Before he said another word,Dev hugged him and cried like a teenager.

'hey..hey..don't..touch..me..okay..hey..stop..please stop crying..Oh!GODD'

Dev did not realise but he was about to discover a whole new world.A world that is hidden to human eyes.THE WORLD WHERE THE DEAD LIVED.

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'Hi!I'm Abhay'

The angry man in tracksuits invited Dev to his room.
Room no.210.

Abhay was a senior to Dev in the coma world.He has been there since one year.
Its been just 3 days and Dev was already out of his mind.He developed a sense of respect for Abhay who endured it for a year.

'Dont worry.You will adjust to it slowly.You should have comeout of your room earlier.'He tapped Dev's shoulder.

'How did you end up here?'Dev asked him.

'It was my 32nd birthday..I thought I Should get fit now.so i went for a run..A few meters from my house... a truck came...and BAAM.......'

There was an awkward silence for few minutes.
Abhay volunteered to give Dev a hospital tour.He had a lot to share with him..every room they passed by,Abhay had a story to tell.In the past one year,he saw people dying,getting healed,suffering,surviving...

'You see that room-'Abhay pointed to room 112.

'Before you came,there lived Neena..When i was new here, she gave me a tour just like this.She was kinda famous here.'

'Famous? Was she an actress or something!'

'No..No..she was an accountant.She was a headache to the angels.They came to pick her up multiple times.She wouldn't leave.She said it was unfair . She shall not leave till she see the man who stabbed her get punished!'

'What happened to her?'
Dev was curious .

'She was a smart girl,Dev.She lived a normal and deligent life.One night she was coming back from work and was attacked by a man.He stabbed her multiple times and molested her.He never got caught though.'

'Where is she now?'

'Oh,she left for the afterlife last month.'

'What?'

'Yeah....She left without a fight that day'

'Why??'

'She said her revenge was taken care of!Micheal told me she met THAT woman...That sinister woman.'

'Who??and who is Micheal??you said angel??what's all this about'

'Sorry my friend..let me explain...'

Abhay took Dev to the emergency department and pointed towards a man in white suit.His face and aura was really bright.He was carrying a Lilac coloured rose flower in his hand.As soon as an accident victim died,the man in white suit approached the victim and handed over the rose flower.He was guided to the elevator and just like that both of them vanished.

'Who is he?where did they go?'

'That was an angel or more specifically a guiding angel.He was here to guide that soul back to the realm of spirits.And Michael is another angel.Precisely my guiding angel.You see,i was almost dead a few times and Micheal had come to take me back.'

'Then why are you still here??'

'Oh..my wife wouldnt give up on me.everytime my organs and system worsen she will pray so hard.plus the cpr and defibrillators did work.Hence my clinical death got postponed each time.Everytime he came we chatted really well.We are kind of friends now.Micheal and his friends guide spirits in our area to afterlife.That man you saw just now was the newest in their team.!'

'Who was the woman Neena met with??'

Abhay paused for a minute.

'Trust me.You dont want to meet her!'Abhay warned Dev

'Why??what if she could help me?'Dev was desperate

'Dude..she cant even help herself..she is cursed'
'Cursed??'

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'seriously,who is this chick???you said she was a servant,right??'Dev was getting irritated.

'see i am no history geek okay??I heard this from an old man's soul-turned-angel who was here last month.Chandrakala was a maid to some queen of 1800s..Dont ask me the details!! i dont know.
But this maid was a mistress to the king.One day out of jealousy she murdered the pregnant queen and attempted suicide.Its said that she chopped the queen into pieces...including her womb.
Heaven got furious that day.As a punishment she was denied of both life and death.'

'Is she immortal??'Dev was horrified

'She is neither dead nor alive.I think she must be some kind of zombie.must be really ugly.some said she got horns.she is basically a witch.I dont know how come Neena manage to get help from her.Anyways dont think about her.Its no good news.'
Abhay told Dev as they walked past the emergency department.

' So this lady killed someone, gets cursed with immortality and now lives among us???nothing makes sense Abhay'

' oh,yeah!!you think your existance makes sense???nothing has to make sense here'

Well he was right though!!!


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