VirMan OS: Haunted Footsteps
"Thanks for dropping me off Virat! Mom and Dad are not home. Perhaps you can have a coffee and go.", I said getting off the car and leaning through the car's window.
"Yeah sure!" he said taking the key and getting out of the car.
We slowly walked towards the elevator smiling, laughing and talking with each other.
It has been almost a month since I met Virat in a music company and we have already developed a strong bond of friendship! He is really caring and sweet you know?
"I live in the 10th floor." I said while he pressed the elevator button.
"Yeah", he replied while his phone rang. He started talking and I stood there waiting for the elevator door to open.
Today the atmosphere was denser than ever. The sky was blank with no stars or moon. The night was darker than ever and the only light was of the watchman's cabin near the gate.
The elevator's door opened and we stepped inside, the calmness in the atmosphere had returned again as Virat had hung up the call.
"The clock has stroked 12 Manvi, October 31 has come and it's Halloween! Happy Halloween."
"Happy Halloween Virat, I hope I meet some spirits at least today, I really love those type of adventures, you know?"
"Oh really?" Virat asked as if he was teasing me "Spirits don't exist Manvi. They are superstitions. Are you mad to believe in them?"
"Leave the topic or we will end up in a fight." I said smiling.
The Elevator was going unusually slow, I felt the ground of the lift pulling me up.
"You know Virat? Our apartment has a very crazy fact. There is no 9th floor here, after 8th, it jumps directly into 10th, but the elevator has a button to the 9th floor. Look!" I said pointing to the button and let out a small laugh.
"Oh!!" He replied.
"When I was small, the elder children used to tell that if we press the button, then it will take us up to some other world. I was really frightened and never entered the elevator alone. I was scared that if I mistakenly press the button, then I may go to some other place, all alone", I laughed again thinking how frightened I was.
Then I continued my story of the mysterious buttons, "But when I grew up, I knew it was just a joke. I even tried pressing the button but nothing happened. The elevator didn't move at all."
The sweet recorded sound in the elevator said Floor 10'
The elevator stopped and the door opened. I was about to step outside, when the fact hit my brain that I have forgotten my phone in Virat's car. "I forgot my phone Virat. I will return soon after taking it."
"Yeah! But the elevator is kinda slow. It may take a lot of time. I will come with you. Or else I will be bored over here. And maybe I can accompany you in the adventure of meeting a spirit in the 9th Floor. Ha-ha!"
I laughed with him and nodded my head in agreement. We both again stepped into the elevator and pressed the ground floor button. The elevator again started moving as slow as an ant.
We again started the conversation about the mysteries elevator buttons, "So have you ever wondered why there is no 9th floor?" He asked.
"Ever wondered? I wonder every day Virat, I have thought a lot about it but never found the perfect reason."
"Ohh"
Slowly the gloomy light in the elevator started fading, we started stepping into darkness and the elevator stopped!
I let out a deep breath "Again? This thing always has a problem. Don't worry Virat, this is common, it stops in midway often." I said assuring. "It will start again soon."
We waited in the darkness, silence invaded us. I could feel Virat's breath. Suddenly the elevator lights again came on. "Look. I told you. It's back."
But it started unusually fast and to both of ours surprise it started moving up and down.
"Don't worry Virat; it will stop there in the ground floor." I again tried to assure him but deep in my heart I was having a feeling that something terrible is going to happen.
Suddenly the button to the 9th floor was lit. We both stared at each other in disgust. My heart started beating fast, my pulse increased and I felt the blood inside my body rushing fast to escape through any loop holes.
I clutched onto Virat's shirt. "Don't worry Manvi, it will be nothing."
Then the elevator started moving very fast, faster than my heart beat. I clutched more onto his shirt.
My lips had gone numb, I felt like I have gone deaf, dump and blind!
The lights again went off and darkness made its way. The elevator stopped and to my utmost shock, the sweet voice in the elevator said "FLOOR 9"
We both gasped in surprise. I could feel the pace of Virat's breath fastening. I clutched more tightly onto him. There was only silence and darkness for some moments.
"Tap, Tap, Tap..." we started hearing the sound of footsteps far away.
We froze in our place. The thudding of the footsteps was nearer.
"Tap, Tap, Tap", louder and louder it was becoming.
A creepy smell surrounded the area and the air thickened around us. I felt suffocated and wanted to close my nose, but my hands weren't moving.
"Tap, Tap, Tap"
Both the footsteps and the smell were coming closer and closer. The smell was of dead and decay. I was having goose bumps and a chill of fear and danger ran down my spine. I knew the condition of Virat wasn't any better.
"Virat, it's coming towards us." I said clutching onto Virat tighter.
I felt Virat's arms hugging me sideways, giving me a feeling of care and love. I felt protected in his arms, but still the dirty smell and the silence made me feel worse.
"Tap, tap, tap." The footsteps were so loud this time that I felt the thing standing straight infront of my eyes.
Suddenly my eyes blinked as I felt the light coming back and the door was closing. Virat had pressed a button of the elevator. For a glimpse we saw thousands of footsteps on the wall of the building, as red as blood. I clutched onto Virat and fell on the floor not being able to believe my eyes.
The elevator again moved so slowly like it did, when we first entered tonight and it stopped again, the door opened.
For a moment, we hesitated to step out thinking that is this floor 9 again? But the recorded voice said "Ground Floor"
Virat helped me up and we stepped out still not being able to believe what we witnessed a minute before.
Can an elevator move on it's own? Maybe it can on a Haunted Halloween Day!
Whose were those footsteps and what was that foul smell? Maybe of a decayed ghost who reappeared on a Halloween!
Was it just a night mare we both had or was it a Halloween treat by the ghosts?? That remained an unanswered question till the end.
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Was it scary? I tried to make it like that. No idea how much it worked.
This was a halloween special scary OS. I know Halloween is only 2 days after but got time today and write one. Hope you enjoyed.
Sorry if you think I dropped it off at the end. :P
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