Meeting

“Have you ever wondered how hard is it to drive for more than 806 km?” Kshitij complained.

“Yeah, I know but what can we even do? The meeting was fixed by one of our clients. We can’t take risk of losing them. ” Avinash defended.

“Yeah, of course, you and your clients.” Kshitij gave Avinash an angry look and continued driving.

They were going to Gorakhpur to meet some of his clients. Kshitij was furious because he had to drive for so long and Avinash didn’t know how to drive.

“So, do you know anything about the highway here?” Avinash asked.

“Like?”

“Like, some horror stuffs?”

“This highway is having past?” Kshitij was shocked and excited to know.

“Yeah, some say that they can see a lady in white in the middle of the highway. Whenever someone stopped to give her a lift was never found again.”

“Means, we don’t have to give anyone a lift. That’s normal. Even if someone in colour is asking then still avoid them.” Kshitij made up his mind.

“Well, there is a twist in the story. She never asked for the lift. She didn’t fit in any legend known. It’s like she is making a new legend on her own.” Avinash said, and his face was serious and it was like he was having a plan.

“We are going to meet clients and return the same day. Understood!!!” Kshitij understood Avinash’s mind.

“Yes, I am not saying that we have to hunt her down. We just have to…”

“We just have to meet our client.” Kshitij repeated.

“Yeah ok. As you say.”

They were on the highway and it was already dark. Avinash was hoping for some “views” and Kshitij was alert to his friend’s mind. There were many cars on the way, many bright lights were glittering in their eyes.

Suddenly Kshitij pushed his accelerator. Avinash asked him if he is ok. Kshitij replied, “See there”.

Avinash looked out of his windows and was shocked by the visual.

A girl in white was running towards them with her hands wide open. It was like she was coming for them only. She was around 6 ft tall, with pale skin, large dark circles and a creepy smile on her face.

They somehow raced her and then she disappeared in thin air.

“What the hell was that?” Avinash said.

“Your white-dressed-highway-girl” Kshitij replied sarcastically.

They reached their hotel and checked in for 2 single bedrooms. Avinash called his client and informed him of their arrival. Kshitij on the other hand just slept on his bed.

In the morning, both woke up and after having breakfast went directly to the restaurant they had the meeting. The client was already there. He was, white, with the sun in his eyes and a tiger-like personality.

Kshitij whispered to Avinash, “Do you think you can convince him?”

Avinash just looked at Kshitij with his confident face and sat in front of his client.

They had 2 hours long conversation then they had a handshake and then left for their hostels.

“So what now?” Kshitij asked.

“Deal is not doe. He wanted something more than we are providing.” Avinash signed.

“Don’t worry, we can make a better deal.”

They started walking to their car and saw a girl standing there. Kshitij ignored her and continued walking but Avinash was suspicious. He hold Kshitij’s hand and pulled him back.

“Don’t you think that her face is similar?” He said.

“Similar?” Kshitij focused on her face. “How is it similar? She is just a girl in white… Wait, is she?”

“I think the same.”

“What is she doing in sun then?”

“What do you mean?”

“Ghosts can’t bear the sun, as I know.”

“At night they are powerful but it’s not like they can’t bear the sun.”

“So.. what now?”

“I don’t know.”

Both of them stood there. And the girl vanished in the air. They looked at each other and decided to leave as fast as they could. They reached their rooms and started packing.

The manager came into Avinash’s room and said, “Sir, here is a call for you.”

“A manager came to me to give a call to someone?”

“Yeah, because the call is from the richest person in this city.”

“Oh, got it. Give me.”

He answered the call, his client was on the other side. After the call, he went directly to Kshitij’s room and said, “we can’t leave the city now.”

“What? Why?”

“Our client called me. He is ready for the deal. But we have to wait for 3–4 days.”

“What? But, w can’t wait. She is coming for us.”

“But, we can’t risk this deal. We have to stay. Just for 3–4 days. Please.“

Kshitij agreed, but first, he wanted to meet some priest, to get some charms to be protected from that girl.

They got 3 different charms and the priest warned them, “Never remove them, either you will be in a danger.”

They took him seriously and placed in their pockets.

In the hotel room, Kshitij was feeling something odd. He was having the feeling of being watched. He checked for the windows, it was all clear. He checked his reflection, it was moving along him. There was nothing to worry about.

He sat on his bed and looked at the mirror. His reflection was looking at him. “Well, this is natural. Nothing to worry about.”

He lay on his bed and closed his eyes. He still had a feeling of being watched. He placed his phone in a corner of the room and took a nap for 20 minutes. He woke up and checked the recording. For the first few minutes, everything was normal. But then he saw that his camera went black, just like the phone has fell. And then, someone lifted the phone back to its normal position.

He was shocked to see this. He was all alone in his room and someone came and did things with his phone.

He wanted to tell Avinash about this. He lifted his head and saw the mirror in his front. His reflection was smiling. He stood up, and so did the reflection. The reflection started changing its form. It turned out to be the same girl. He forced open his door and knocked on Avinash’s room.

Avinash was all asleep. He was surprised to see Kshitij like this.

“Avinash, we have to leave. We have to go from here.”

“We can’t. I told you na”

“But she is here! She followed us here. ”

“Who?”

“The girl in white.”

“That’s not my name.” a demonic voice came from Avinash’s room. Both were shocked to hear the voice. There was no one there. Kshitij directly went to the reflection and saw the girl was there.

“Who are you!?” Avinash asked her.

“Seriously? Dude we should just run!”

“Correct!”

They ran to the car and started driving back. It was all good, then they saw the client in a mid-way.

“What are doing here?” Avinash asked.

“Well, I was coming to meet you up. Seems like, you are not interested in our deal?” Client said.

“I am, but there is some issue and we have to leave.”

“Why are you behaving like you have seen a ghost?”

“Because we have.” Kshitij shouted and pointed at the Client’s back.

The girl was standing there. She was just looking at them. Her face was expressionless and her eyes were whole white. Her feet were wet and the water was dripping out of her legs.

The client turned and saw her. He wasn’t seemed shocked. He normally turned back and said, “So you are scared of her?”

“Yes. She is a ghost. How can you be so chill in this case?”

“Well.” His eyes turned black. “Because she is with me.”

“What are you?” Kshitij shouted.

“Nothing just the one who is going to rule the lesser ones, the humans.”

“A demon?” Avinash said.

“Oh, so you know about demons. Awesome, I am impressed. Well… I want to…”

Avinash and Kshitij get back in the car and started driving. They were on the highway again and Kshitij was driving as fast as he could.

They heard a knock from behind. The car was empty. Avinash went back, while Kshitij was still driving. They didn’t want to have any risk of stopping there.

“Anything is there?” Kshitij asked.

“Nothing is here. I don’t know what was making the sound”

“Might be something in the back. Forget it. Just sit tight we are about to cross the city’s border.”

Again there was a knock from the back of the car. Avinash moved the seats a bit and looked at the back. Nothing was there.

Avinash turned and shouted in shock. The girl was on the roof of the car. Upside down, her hair was touching Avinash’s face. He was just shouting, crying. The car hit the boundary lines of the highway.

The other people there came running to check. There was no one in the car. Just the girl’s hair and some fingernails.

To Be Continued……