It had been a terribly stressful week. One day merging into another, no time to take it in at all. But as Friday approached.. hope came back with it, and along with it came the hope of possibly running into my 'mystery' guy again.
On Friday evening, after spending a few relaxing hours with my books and chatting with my friends.. I thought of taking a stroll outside. It was after sunset and the sky was slowly converging towards darkness.. approaching the midnight blue. I was dressed in a warm sweater and jeans and casual shoes. I had only planned to take a short walk around the house and be back in about 15 minutes. But things rarely go as planned .. do they?
I was just about to turn the corner when i found myself jerkily grabbed into the shadows with a hand covering my mouth and a voice whispering in my ear to keep quiet. I hastily tried to jerk and turn around trying to see his face.. only to find myself in the arms of the mystery guy. Well.. i confess i might have thought about this happening.. (certainly not in this fashion tho)!!?? and before i could interrogate him or punch him in the face..whichever might have come to me first..
I had another shock...
There standing right where I was seconds ago.. was a man or a woman .. i couldn't make out.. completely covered in black.. the hilt of a sword dangling from his back.. a very life like figure of a ninja straight out of a graphic novel (comics...as you might know them).. but there was nothing 'comic' about this whole scene.
I felt like i was losing my mind or was wrapped up in highly unrealistic alternate universe of my highly active imagination. Before i could come to a conclusion however, i realised that .. this Ninja..person was reaching for his sword.. and then i did the most natural thing which i think i would have done.. i ran!.
I was running and my mystery guy was running right alongside me..When we reached a house right at the end of the road.. he grabbed my arm and said "Here.. This is my house.. come!"
we ran up the stair to reach his door..and hurriedly ventured inside.
We crouched low and didn't turn on the lights.. and while i was catching my breath.. the 'unreality' of it all started to hit me..and I knew that I was now.. inside the apartment of a guy who i barely knew .. and he was not two inches away from me.. and it was dark!..
I flinched and pushed him away.. "Who are you?" i asked.. and "What is the meaning of all this"
The street light was filtering in through the blinds and i could see that he was signalling me to stay quiet. He stood up to check outside the window.. seemingly satisfied after 5 minutes of inspection.. he visibly relaxed and went on to turn on the lights. The apartment was lightly furnished with a few grocery bags lying around.
He remained standing near the light switch and said "Look.. I can explain.. but don't freak out"
"Dont freak out!!??" i exclaimed.. "you are in no position to ask that of me sir... who are you.. whats your name.. please explain what the hell am i doing in your house at this hour"..
Well.. he drawled.. "I am just a college grad .. studying here.. under Professor Zeus..er.. my name is Andy.. and... you.. are here because we were finding a safe place to hide"..
"What!!.." is that all I am going to get??...i wondered "now be honest Andy ...if that is your name".. i murmered.."Is this some twisted ploy of asking a girl out?.. making your friend dress up as some freak show.. scaring me into running to your house..!?"
He almost paled.. and I thought.. HA.. got you!.. But he seemed to be shocked, at first.. and then he smiled.. "Ahh.. now that you mention it.. It does seem to be a nice idea to get a girl to my room... but .. seriously.." and all hints of a smile were gone from his face.."see.. watever your name is.. I dont understand this any better than you do.. but I have been noticing some strange things.." he stalled... "um.. about you.. actually"..
"Strange things??" i inquired.. "The only strange thing thats happened to me the whole of last week.. was to possibly run into you and to consequently find myself standing in your room!"...I was losing my temper.. i knew that wouldn't help.. but Oh.. he was not helping!!!... and i was just a short while away from losing it completely..
"Just tell me as it is.. Andy... the whole thing...before i conclude that you are just a crazy guy and scream for Police!!"... Something about this whole fiasco .. had made me more curious about this mystery guy.. well now he had a name atleast..
"In a nutshell.. you happen to be someone with a crazy power of Intuition and these Ninja Knights.. are after you..because they want this power for themselves.. and I am the assigned Guard who is supposed to protect you..and hence, I can't let you out of my sight".. It was a few seconds before i realized that my mouth was open and .. a while later when i realized that I was laughing... "That!!.. " i said, unable to control my giggles.. "is one of the most hilarious of lies ever... you didn't even tryy to sound convincing..".. I was smiling.. "So.. this WAS some elaborate ploy of asking a girl out?"
But instead of joining in the bubble of mirth that i found myself in.. he merely said..
"No!.." ... "No!.,.. you don't GET it!!"
The force of his denial made me stop "What superpowers of Intuition am i supposed to possess then?? and How is it.. that YOU are supposed to be my guard.. and YOU don't even know my name .. and YOU didn't even fight that Ninja guy.. YOU.. RAN.. After me!!" ... "If i would not have seen that Ninja whatever with my own eyes.. i would have possibly already slapped you and walked out.. but YOU better explain this to me!...and this time.. tell the truth!"
He scrunched up his face .. as if he had just smelled something foul and visibly struggling against his breath.. excalimed.. "Oh.. allright!.. but the truth is stranger than the fiction that i just made up and you won't believe me again!..See.. It isn't your life that is in danger".. I rolled my eyes..I knew what he would say next.. "and.. you don't have any superpowers.. and neither do I.." he was staring at his shoes.. head bent in shame.. "Its just that..." and then he looked up staring right into my eyes, possibly to show the sincerity of his answer.. "I Have noticed a few strange things happening to ME lately.. like.. Life threatening situations.. and then.. YOU turn up out of the blue ... and save me.." ... shock wasn't the word... this guy truly needed help..
"and pray tell me.. as to when did I have the misfortune of saving your life.. by just turning up!.. and how is it that I am not even aware of it being a regular occurrence.."
"Well.. It isnt so regular..." he confessed "Its only since the last weekend"... "Things have been happening to me since the last month...I would find myself.. inches away from falling into a 20 feet ditch or stuck inside a phone booth.. slowly losing air...I have barely been surviving these weird occurences.. er.. Professor Zeus.. well he is a major in Psychology.. and I moved here.. because he thought It was some sort of a suicidal tendency of mine .. which was just manifesting itself..and He thinks that I am trying to kill myself.. But.. last weekend.. I was just about to be run down by a car and there you were... asking me If i was ok.. and I WAS.. I didnt have a scratch.. I was too shocked to say anything to you... and the next day I was just out there playing ball and you came down.. and I could sense that something bad was about to happen.. but I knew that you would keep it at bay.. and didnt want you to leave so soon.. and so I asked you to stay.. and today... I wasnt actually sure what was going to happen.. but I knew .. I could sense that something.. was here... and I ran towards your house on instinct and did the only thing i could think of and held on to you.. If you would not have started running.. I would have probably just freezed right there.. and died on the spot.."
my eyes were blazing.. I had never thought I could be as angry as this... "Well.. you can keep your mumbo jumbo philosophies right with you mister.. sir.. or Andy or whatever.. but I am through with you and I don't want you to come anywhere near me.. I am no savior of yours and you are HUGELY mistaken.. the gall of you... i held on to you to save myself.. i asked you to stay and play to save myself... crap.. idiotic me to even think you might have a shred of sanity in you... I am going and I am hoping that I never run into you again... " and with that i slammed the door to his house and ran out...
As i reached home.. I didn't know if i was more angry because i felt that he was only using me.. or because I could not believe that a guy so good looking could end up being as twisted as that.
and my last thoughts as i was going to sleep that night were.. that.. I had enough stress in my life to not have the addition of saving someone else.. one weekend at a time..
On Friday evening, after spending a few relaxing hours with my books and chatting with my friends.. I thought of taking a stroll outside. It was after sunset and the sky was slowly converging towards darkness.. approaching the midnight blue. I was dressed in a warm sweater and jeans and casual shoes. I had only planned to take a short walk around the house and be back in about 15 minutes. But things rarely go as planned .. do they?
I was just about to turn the corner when i found myself jerkily grabbed into the shadows with a hand covering my mouth and a voice whispering in my ear to keep quiet. I hastily tried to jerk and turn around trying to see his face.. only to find myself in the arms of the mystery guy. Well.. i confess i might have thought about this happening.. (certainly not in this fashion tho)!!?? and before i could interrogate him or punch him in the face..whichever might have come to me first..
I had another shock...
There standing right where I was seconds ago.. was a man or a woman .. i couldn't make out.. completely covered in black.. the hilt of a sword dangling from his back.. a very life like figure of a ninja straight out of a graphic novel (comics...as you might know them).. but there was nothing 'comic' about this whole scene.
I felt like i was losing my mind or was wrapped up in highly unrealistic alternate universe of my highly active imagination. Before i could come to a conclusion however, i realised that .. this Ninja..person was reaching for his sword.. and then i did the most natural thing which i think i would have done.. i ran!.
I was running and my mystery guy was running right alongside me..When we reached a house right at the end of the road.. he grabbed my arm and said "Here.. This is my house.. come!"
we ran up the stair to reach his door..and hurriedly ventured inside.
We crouched low and didn't turn on the lights.. and while i was catching my breath.. the 'unreality' of it all started to hit me..and I knew that I was now.. inside the apartment of a guy who i barely knew .. and he was not two inches away from me.. and it was dark!..
I flinched and pushed him away.. "Who are you?" i asked.. and "What is the meaning of all this"
The street light was filtering in through the blinds and i could see that he was signalling me to stay quiet. He stood up to check outside the window.. seemingly satisfied after 5 minutes of inspection.. he visibly relaxed and went on to turn on the lights. The apartment was lightly furnished with a few grocery bags lying around.
He remained standing near the light switch and said "Look.. I can explain.. but don't freak out"
"Dont freak out!!??" i exclaimed.. "you are in no position to ask that of me sir... who are you.. whats your name.. please explain what the hell am i doing in your house at this hour"..
Well.. he drawled.. "I am just a college grad .. studying here.. under Professor Zeus..er.. my name is Andy.. and... you.. are here because we were finding a safe place to hide"..
"What!!.." is that all I am going to get??...i wondered "now be honest Andy ...if that is your name".. i murmered.."Is this some twisted ploy of asking a girl out?.. making your friend dress up as some freak show.. scaring me into running to your house..!?"
He almost paled.. and I thought.. HA.. got you!.. But he seemed to be shocked, at first.. and then he smiled.. "Ahh.. now that you mention it.. It does seem to be a nice idea to get a girl to my room... but .. seriously.." and all hints of a smile were gone from his face.."see.. watever your name is.. I dont understand this any better than you do.. but I have been noticing some strange things.." he stalled... "um.. about you.. actually"..
"Strange things??" i inquired.. "The only strange thing thats happened to me the whole of last week.. was to possibly run into you and to consequently find myself standing in your room!"...I was losing my temper.. i knew that wouldn't help.. but Oh.. he was not helping!!!... and i was just a short while away from losing it completely..
"Just tell me as it is.. Andy... the whole thing...before i conclude that you are just a crazy guy and scream for Police!!"... Something about this whole fiasco .. had made me more curious about this mystery guy.. well now he had a name atleast..
"In a nutshell.. you happen to be someone with a crazy power of Intuition and these Ninja Knights.. are after you..because they want this power for themselves.. and I am the assigned Guard who is supposed to protect you..and hence, I can't let you out of my sight".. It was a few seconds before i realized that my mouth was open and .. a while later when i realized that I was laughing... "That!!.. " i said, unable to control my giggles.. "is one of the most hilarious of lies ever... you didn't even tryy to sound convincing..".. I was smiling.. "So.. this WAS some elaborate ploy of asking a girl out?"
But instead of joining in the bubble of mirth that i found myself in.. he merely said..
"No!.." ... "No!.,.. you don't GET it!!"
The force of his denial made me stop "What superpowers of Intuition am i supposed to possess then?? and How is it.. that YOU are supposed to be my guard.. and YOU don't even know my name .. and YOU didn't even fight that Ninja guy.. YOU.. RAN.. After me!!" ... "If i would not have seen that Ninja whatever with my own eyes.. i would have possibly already slapped you and walked out.. but YOU better explain this to me!...and this time.. tell the truth!"
He scrunched up his face .. as if he had just smelled something foul and visibly struggling against his breath.. excalimed.. "Oh.. allright!.. but the truth is stranger than the fiction that i just made up and you won't believe me again!..See.. It isn't your life that is in danger".. I rolled my eyes..I knew what he would say next.. "and.. you don't have any superpowers.. and neither do I.." he was staring at his shoes.. head bent in shame.. "Its just that..." and then he looked up staring right into my eyes, possibly to show the sincerity of his answer.. "I Have noticed a few strange things happening to ME lately.. like.. Life threatening situations.. and then.. YOU turn up out of the blue ... and save me.." ... shock wasn't the word... this guy truly needed help..
"and pray tell me.. as to when did I have the misfortune of saving your life.. by just turning up!.. and how is it that I am not even aware of it being a regular occurrence.."
"Well.. It isnt so regular..." he confessed "Its only since the last weekend"... "Things have been happening to me since the last month...I would find myself.. inches away from falling into a 20 feet ditch or stuck inside a phone booth.. slowly losing air...I have barely been surviving these weird occurences.. er.. Professor Zeus.. well he is a major in Psychology.. and I moved here.. because he thought It was some sort of a suicidal tendency of mine .. which was just manifesting itself..and He thinks that I am trying to kill myself.. But.. last weekend.. I was just about to be run down by a car and there you were... asking me If i was ok.. and I WAS.. I didnt have a scratch.. I was too shocked to say anything to you... and the next day I was just out there playing ball and you came down.. and I could sense that something bad was about to happen.. but I knew that you would keep it at bay.. and didnt want you to leave so soon.. and so I asked you to stay.. and today... I wasnt actually sure what was going to happen.. but I knew .. I could sense that something.. was here... and I ran towards your house on instinct and did the only thing i could think of and held on to you.. If you would not have started running.. I would have probably just freezed right there.. and died on the spot.."
my eyes were blazing.. I had never thought I could be as angry as this... "Well.. you can keep your mumbo jumbo philosophies right with you mister.. sir.. or Andy or whatever.. but I am through with you and I don't want you to come anywhere near me.. I am no savior of yours and you are HUGELY mistaken.. the gall of you... i held on to you to save myself.. i asked you to stay and play to save myself... crap.. idiotic me to even think you might have a shred of sanity in you... I am going and I am hoping that I never run into you again... " and with that i slammed the door to his house and ran out...
As i reached home.. I didn't know if i was more angry because i felt that he was only using me.. or because I could not believe that a guy so good looking could end up being as twisted as that.
and my last thoughts as i was going to sleep that night were.. that.. I had enough stress in my life to not have the addition of saving someone else.. one weekend at a time..
3 comments:
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when i read this the second time.. it seemed to be too long..
but i will try to take more care with the next chapter.. plllease leave your comments.. it helps to knw wht you think..
I dont know why my comment is not here, infact i checked in to see what you have written back.
But yes, you could do with a bit of formatting the story as well. You know split the dialogue into separate lines, so it seems like 2 people are talking. Makes it easy for the reader, so attention does not drift away.
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