Aatma

Lust Part 2

They go out and order heavy breakfast so that they can skip their lunch , Alka sees Priya is lost in thoughts she is not her usual self she is not helping Alka in checking out the smart boys in the restaurant it was their favourite game to sees all guys and choosing the guys for each other and joking who would suit whom and planing imagery date with those guys and laughing at their silly desires .But today Priya was not showing any interest in any guys Alka thinks may be she is not able to cope with the heavy workload in the office and is feeling the stress , she tries to ask her what is bothering her .Priya does not want to tell her and simply give her tension she keeps quiet and tells her she sometimes misses her mother, Alka tells her whenever she misses her mother she can snuggle inside her blanket and winks at her and they both laugh loudly and all look at them .. They hungrily devour what they had ordered and pack the remaining food and leave the restaurant. They do little window shopping and then they come in the evening .They call up their parents and talk a lot and tell them how they have got adjusted to Pune life and now they don’t miss Mumbai lifestyle .After talking to their parents both sit on their couch and starts checking out the videos in their cell Alka plays game and is engrossed in it ,Priya is watching cookery section .Suddenly Priya feels the couch is shaking she can reel it rocking and sometimes sliding she sits straight and looks at Alka but she is engrossed in her video she wonders how she can feel it if Alka is not feeling it why is this happening to her .She slowly tells Alka that she can feel the tremors as if the building is shaking ,she does not tell her only the couch is shaking least she suspects . Alka sits right and looks at her ,then she stands and slowly walks around the room she tells Priya nothing of that sort is happening . She then tells her some times if there is an earthquake somewhere we do feel the tremors and it will be for a short period . But Priya knows what she went through . After some time they decide to sleep as they have to get up tomorrow for work . Priya prays that nothing happens tonight . She goes to sleep and sticks very closely to Alka .She sleeps well for the first time after a long time . She gets up early, prepares breakfast for both and today she seems to be in a happy mood and looks fresh.. She goes for a bath and comes out. By this time Alka has got up and is surprised at Priya’s happy mood and feels relaxed to see her in her usual self . They both finish off their breakfast and leave for the office as today they have to finish their assignment .In the office . The day was very busy when they are in the office they don’t get time to interact they are so hard working and dedicated .Priya feels more safe in the office than in the room as she has to go through bad experience .At 6 pm when Priya comes to Alkas desk to tell her to close her laptop and go down the bus has arrived Alka tells her she will not be able to leave today without completing her work as she has to give it to her boss today itself .Priya is shocked she reminds her about there not being any other mode of travelling if she misses this bus , but Alka is no mood to listen to her she says she will try getting a auto and not to worry and she should run down before the bus leaves as than she will miss it ,she tells her she will be there by 9 pm for dinner so not to worry

About her. Priya is scared for Alka and herself she is worried how Alka will return in the night ,and how will she be alone in the room till she comes .Alka sends her the messages saying sorry she made her go alone but as the work is really very important she had to stay back and not to worry about her as she is a strong girl and can face any situation ,she tells Priya if their parents call up she should not tell them sh is still in the office and working alone.Priya read it and prays to god that she should reach home early .The driver enquires about Alka and when he comes to now she as stayed back he scolds Priya for not telling him before leaving the premises of the company , he says it is next to possible for her to get any mode of transport the street becomes very lonely and she should not be alone how foolish of him to leave that stupid girl alone . Now Priya is feeling very guilty for leaving Alka alone they both could have been together , she anyways reaches her hostel and tells the warden that Alka will be coming late and please keep the gate open for her she will come by 9 pm the warden looks at her suspiciously and tells her its only 6 months since you both have come to this hostel and already she is coming late doesn’t she know it is very risky to be out there alone this is a Town not a city very few people will be out .Priya just runs up to her room and sits on the couch she feels just today she felt happy in the morning and by night the things have changed so much all are terrified when they came to know about Alka being in the office so late as if everybody knows some secret and is warning them . She closes the window, covers the curtain ,just warms some milk and drinks and keeps the light on and covers herself with a blanket and starts watching the channels of cookery shows Alka is busy with her work she can feel the silence of the whole office and only the tik tik of a clock on the wall is heard but her heart is beating more louder than the clock she she looks up to see the time it is already 11 o’ clock she is shocked she send the assignment to her boss and closes her laptop and just the the landline rings sharply in the cabin she literally falls of her chair and curse who the hell is calling her on the office landline .she picks up the phone and says hello .A voice from other side says madame what are you doing in the office at this hour it is not allowed to be in the office after office hours you please leave the premise immediately ,he was the night security of the company .she locks her cabin and very hurriedly comes down and is surprised Priya has not called her even once to cheek on her . She speaks to the security guard regarding some mode of transport ,he tells her she is a fool to be there at this hour he cannot help her and cannot allow her to stay in the office also so she should start walking and if at all she gets any auto good or she will have to keep walking and she will reach her hostel in 45 minutes instead of waiting for any auto.. While walking fast towards her hostel she realises what a big blunder she has committed by staying back there was not a single dog. Also on the road, she was all alone. She increased her speed and thought about her parents who had so much faith in her that she would take the right decision . She had promised to be with Priya always and now she has left her alone in the hostel. She had been walking for 25 minutes with nobody in sight, leave alone any autos she just keeps telling to herself a few more minutes then she will be in the hostel ,suddenly she feels she is not alone someone is following her she feels a cold chill in her spine ,she does not want to turn and look back she instead increases her speed she is tired now her throat is getting dry she sees when she is walking she can see her shadow falling sideways ahead of her and the person who she feels is very close behind her his shadow is not there , she is really very horrified she takes courage and while walking itself she turns her head and looks around but does not see any body she just sees tall trees ,she feels it may be her mind playing games with her, after sometimes she hears a old lady shouting at some man telling him to get lost and not touch her now she wants to disappear she is like from did a old lady come and at whom is she shouting .She cannot take it any more she stops and translate around and to her shock she sees a old lady with long grey hair which was shining like silver in the moonlight walking towards her carry a walking stick and shouting at someone telling him go away you lusty man how many women will you devour to satisfy yourself listening to all this Alka can not move she just stares at the old lady . The old lady comes near Alka and tells her what she is doing at this hour of the night does not she know she should not be out .Alka tells her even she is out at that deadly hour what was she doing there .The old lady tells her she was waiting for daughter she will come any moment but before that she has to see that Alka reaches home safely . Alka says no need , she will be reaching her hostel now in a few minutes , the old lady says she can not leave her alone that man has seen Alka and he will follow her so she chases him away .She starts walking with Alka all the while talking she tells Alka her house is right under her window .and while talking they have reached the hostel . She tries calling Priya who is fast asleep; she suddenly wakes up and sees Alka’s call; she runs down and takes the key from the warden and goes and opens the gate Priya tells she is very brave to walk in the lonely street , Alka tells her she was not alone, one old lady walked with her and she turns to introduce her to Priya and is shocked the old last was not to be seen.Priya says from the time she came down she saw Alka alone there was no one with her .Alka keeps quiet so as to not scare Priya .she turns back to see one last time there was no body she wonder how an old lady can disappear so fast.They go to their room Alka does not tell the experience she had in the road so as not to scare Priya .She changes and both go to sleep Alka falls asleep immediately as she was very tired of all the happening in this few hours ,she starts snoring. Priya had slept so she was just listening to Alka’s snoring. Then she falls asleep and in a few movements of her sleeping she feels a very heavy man sitting on her side of the bed near her feet , she stops breathing and closes her eyes tightly the bed makes a creaking sound she can feel the weight of the man on the bed as she feels his restless ness .she can not move she is just waiting for that man to come now towards her face she is just waiting the horrible thing to come near her .She does feel he was getting up as the bed creaks again . He comes near her face and blows hot air in her ears. She becomes cold with fright and she can not move her body or shout and call for help. She is just waiting for this horrible night to get over .Next the ghost is pulling her blanket away slowly then he climbs on. her bed .Priya is shocked how Alka can not hear this heavy man on the bed . He climbs slowly towards Priya; she can feel him on top of her body, tears flowing from her closed eyes; she is completely paralysed; she can not move her hand and can not call for help, only waiting for his next move he rips her clothes and she can feel the clothes taken off , she very scared the ghost whispers something in her ears and then kisses her lips and fondles her breast it hurts her but she can not move then he suddenly penetrates her vigina and goes very dep inside she feels the pain in her stomach she wants to move away but can not , she is struggling and trying to call out to Alka and suddenly she feels warm hand on her forehead and soft voice of Alka calling out to her she slowly opens her eyes she sees alka is checking her temperature she tells her she is having high fever, and was seeing a bad dream . So today both will not be going to the office and will stay at home and rest .After they have breakfast .Priya decides to tell everything to Alka she can not tolerate it any longer she tells all the experience she had after coming to the hostel and the most horrible was getting r***d by a ghost .Alka also tells her about her experience in the night .They Decide to go and meet the old lady who had said she lives below their window and ask about the man she was chasing in the night . Priya is scared , but Alka tells her they have to find out about this ghost who r***s girls .So in the morning they go down and see the hut both call out to the old lady but no reply comes from in ,so they go inside the hut it looks abandoned for long when they come out they find a middle aged lady waiting for them ,she asks them what are they searching in the hut. Alka tells her she had met an old lady yesterday night and she said she lived here so they had come to talk to her as they are in a big problem. Listening to them the middle aged lady asked how the old lady looked and did she bend from her waist, did she have long grey hair was she walking with the help of a walking stick .Alka very excitedly says yes exactly that was the old lady who came with her till the hostel and showed her this hut . .The lady tells them to follow her. They reluctantly follow her to her hut she puts on a mat and asks them to sit down and offers them water .Then she tells them the old lady whom they have come in search of has died five years back and they have seen her ghost who walks on the deserted street and helps lonely girls reach home as her only child was r***d by the manager of a construction company for whom the old lady and her daughter were working as labourers .He always troubled the girl while working , one day when they were returning from work they happened to get separated by their group , the mother daughter were left alone and while walkin on the street exactly where Alka saw the old lady .The manager was waiting behind the huge tree and pulled the girl away from the mother and r***d her and after that he threw a big boulder on her and killed her.Her mother had gone in search of help she could find few people from the village and when they came they saw the girl dead and the mother seeing this also died on the spot .Then the laboures went and pulled out the manager and killed him. But from that day onwards the soul of the old lady roams in the street and cautions the people . But after listening to their story the lady feels the ghost of the manager is troubling young girls . So if Alka and Priya agree to help her she can put an end to all the three souls who need to be released . They agree to the lady .She tells them tomorrow they should deliberately pass from that street at 11 o’ clock and when they see the old lady and she starts talking to the man pulling her daughter this lay will be there already with a priest he will start chanting and the movement they both see the manager coming with the girl they should take the ashes from the lady and throw on him he will resist and smell a lot as they are ghost they have power he might try to hold you both the girls, They have to be very careful and when they succeed to throw the ash on him he will scream with pain and reduce himself to ashes and will be free and the mother daughter soul will also get released seeing vanish.Priya asks the lady why she did not do this long back why did she wait for them .She says for this work only virgin girls are required to attract the ghost of the manager . He is not seen by others so she neede their help Next day as planned both go to office but they can not concentrate on their work as they have to complete the mission , they are scared to see the ghost face to face that too three of them .But the desire to stop the ghost from terrorizing people they wanted to put an end . In the evening they slowly sneak out and avoid the bus and to spend the time from 6 pm to 11 pm they go to a far of place a restaurant and have their dinner there , though they are not hungry they have to spend time then at 10 pm they start walking on the street Priya is holding Alka’s hand tightly and walking they are also wondering what if the lady does not come with the priest and the holy ashes what will they do . Suddenly when they’ re nearing the huge tree both of them see the priest and the lady hiding under the tree they re relaxed and immediately they hear the old lady shouting hey girls why are you walking on this street see that man is bringing my daughter please save her they see the old lady Priya sars shivering and shaking but Alka holds her tightly ,she tells her they have to concentrate on the man look out for him . The old lady’s pleading becomes more louder help my daughter from that man see he is coming at that moment they see a huge man dragging the poor girl towards the tree Priya recognises the man she feels it was the same man who r***d her in room when she was asleep the sme ghost she feels nauseated and angry she runs towards the pries and takes the bag of holy ashes and runs towards that man though he growls and tries to grab her she jumps and pour the whole bag of ashes on him .and he screams and turns into ashes himself and vanishes and the mother daughter fold their hands and just turn into smoke and go towards the sky. The priest and the lady come out of their hiding and bless Priya for showing so much courage Alka is speechless . All are happy that they put an end to the menace .