After turning to the
different side of the road, we were moving ahead on the road and as the night
was young so were our hearts... the night was quiet, the moon was shining upon
us, the twinkling stars were making such a glance on us that the night seemed to
be more beautiful than ever... and the mighty breezes were touching us so
gently that we could feel the warmth of love within us... The night had just
begun and it supposed to be a long night...
We were moving on the highway
and there were no other vehicles moving on the same pathways... There were only
us, the nature, and the beautiful silence which knew almost everything...
Moving ahead, the feeling that we are together with each other raised the
adrenaline levels to a new height... The night was getting colder with every
passing moment... I tried to break the ice by initiating the conversation...
and that was the moment she made me quiet and came closer to me and whispered
in my ears to hold her hands... I was getting very cosy in her company... but still
there were suspicions somewhere under the frame of the mind... But somehow the
feelings of love were overshadowing all the speculations aside... Just before
our souls dwell into each other completely, she asked me to stop the car near
the sea side... Although my heart was restricting the mind to think, but still
it was a bit alarming for my head to stop the car... And when heart is
involved, I always prefer to consider its choices... And so I did that day... I
stopped the car and we both came out of it... She was smiling but that smile
again was as mysterious as it could have been... I just don’t know what
happened to me then... Some people have got infectious smile, till this day I
only have heard about it but now I certainly believes that it is true as the
way she was smiling was infectious... purely infectious... And unintentionally
I was becoming a slave even after having a mere glance on her smile... and
perhaps a chessman whose queen is his lover... But this game wasn’t in my
hands... And before I could knew who was the one to handle the moves, I was
already in the trap... She once again held my hand and we walked down to the
sea side... We walked; we walked under the sea... I was so involved that I
couldn’t realise what was going on... I regained partial consciousness once the
water touched my feet... but that was late... and I got unconscious after
drowning completely...
A NEW DAWN...
When my eyes opened, I was in
the same world, but t’was a new dawn... A dawn which resembled the dawns of
past... I found myself lying by the sea-side only but the scenario was
changed... It wasn’t same the very last night... and what was even more
frightening that she wasn’t there... I thought she might have left early...
Although I gathered myself and again sat in the car to reach the office at time
but still there was some fear inside me which I was even hiding with myself...
but what you hide is all what you get always... similar thing happened with
me...
I drove away to the office
but after seeing the difference in the city and the routes which connects the
sea to city was almost surprising... and I was inhibiting myself from thinking
things which could make me feel even more afraid... what changed the city overnight? How is it
possible to do so? Where does she gone? These were some questions which were
hovering over my mind constantly... But before I would have jumped onto the
conclusions and answers to these questions, I reached office and there I left
stunned after seeing the name on the walls of the organisation... The company
was known by this name 24 years ago... Fear in my soul and with a shivering
voice I went to the gatekeeper to ask about the same but to my surprise again
he didn’t even noticed me... I tried once, I tried twice but it seemed as if I
wasn’t visible to him... It was actually very strange to witness these things,
firstly when my colleague’s used to stare at the time of my conversation with
her and now this gatekeeper... I was unaware of what I was going into... But
again I stood up and firm in my beliefs I thought of entering into the office
premises...
A NEW PREMISE...
Entering into the premises of
the office was never the same like this time... The whole of the infrastructure
got changed within an overnight... All the furniture, walls, ladders resembled
to the 1980s stuff and I was in a dilemma whether it’s a fresh demand of our
stupid and finicky boss or I am in real trouble... At this moment there was no
one in the office, but this thought did not last long and people started
entering inside... Once again, the wave of shock hit me when none of the people
entered noticed me... Moreover, amongst many of them, there wasn’t a single
face that I knew... I thought of going to my floor and more specifically to my
desk to check what’s really happening over...
MEETING WITH THE PAST...
Before I could check or
search for anything I once again saw a girl coming in wearing the colour of
peace, and t’was her only and she walked down to the desk like the way she did
then... I couldn’t stop myself anymore and I asked her in anger what’s
happening, what you did to me? Where am I? She didn’t even notice...and to my
shock, I wasn’t audible to her, neither could she hear me nor could I touch
her... In fact I wasn’t able to touch any other person as well; In fact, I
wasn’t able to touch anything... I got stuck in a world where I could sense,
see and hear things going around but on the same hand could not respond and
touch whatever was happening... So, I thought of observing the situations for
some time like this only. This day also, I was there early in the office... and
the way the things were happening was quiet strange... And, although she was
very close to me but it seemed as she was new to the office... Within a while;
a handsome man in a white tuxedo entered our floor... He resembled the owner of
the company with which I am working but he appeared to be so young that I was
affirmed that he is not the same person... His long polished boots were echoing
the noise of his attitude and arrogance he carried with himself... Within
moments he came to her desk and started interacting with her... But this man
was not looking in best of mind and intentions... There was something wrong
going over his head... He was leaning over to her while talking... Moreover,
there was a lot of physical touch during his conversation with her... The day
started with these kinds of suspicions and it went on to convert in bigger and
bigger suspicions... Another blow came when in the afternoon t’was going a bit
cloudy and that guy came and requested everyone to leave the office early for
that day.... I recollected my senses....
and within 15-20 minutes whole of the office turned into an empty space...
Thankfully, I heard someone acknowledging him as the owner... and perhaps that’s
the reason why everyone followed his orders... It was the time for me to
observe his real self and to find a clue to go back from the place I had
come... And as everyone left, I was in the frame of mind that she must have
also left... But, here comes a thrill when I saw her in the office on her
desk... Once again, a sound came to my ears and this time too, it was the
similar sound of arrogance and attitude... But, this time it was even more
restless... It seemed as if something is going to happen... and happen for
worst... With all the circumstances and situations in mind, I was also looking
for answers and clues to get back to my place and time... And I saw him coming
down the stairs towards her desk with restlessness on his face... She was
constantly busy with work and didn’t even realise that all other people had
left and also she was unaware that he was heading towards her desk... He was
there some feet away from her... and she was hooked up with the work... and I
was there standing helpless... What will happen? Whether she would be able to
make herself free from his claw? Whether he would be successful in executing
his dirty plans? Whether I would be able to find any clue or answer to go back
in my time? Whether I would be able to save her? Each and every answer lies
with the womb of time...
...TO BE CONTINUED...
