Chasms of Light and Shadow

3. Flight-735 [Bubak Part-1]

Warning:- contains a paragraph describing the face of the monster which might be disturbing for some readers. Can skip this part for your safety if you don't feel confident enough to read it.

" Only four hours remained for us to land in Australia. I was running away from that demi-monster when I was woken up by the air hostess and the fellow passengers were surrounding me, they had a worrying look on their face as they were worried about me because I was shouting and calling out for Jay, Enma and Tama.

Everyone was relieved when I came back to my senses and went back to their seats to do their work and stuff. I thought I was saved from that demi-creature, but before I came back to my senses, I saw that demi-monster clearly; it looked like a scarecrow and had a sickle like claws very sharp that they were able to pierce through that door. I thought I got saved from it that time. Just as I thought, but soon I heard it growling voice again, my heart skipped a beat and my eyes were wide open.

I panicked and looked back suddenly just to find out that it wasn't there. I then decided to check that if that monster really existed in any folklore or had myths about spotting it somewhere. I opened Google and searched 'monster like a scarecrow', 'sickle claw monster'. And then Google showed me the information about this monster named as Bubak.

I was shocked as I scrolled down the page and gathered information and there were people describing how it looked. The similarity between their descriptions was that the monster looked like a scarecrow and had sickle like sharp claws some people even said that it used to produce a voice of an infant crying to lure its victims.

While I was reading about it the lady beside me stood up and started to look around as if she was searching for something or someone. She asked me to move a little so she can get out of her seat and search. I moved a little giving her space to get into the aisle. She went towards the front where the air hostess was sitting and she asked her something I couldn't hear her from this distance and she walked back towards the back and she looked worried and I heard she was saying something like ' can you hear the child cry?', 'Is there any kid locked inside the washroom?', but no one cared much as nobody else was able to hear that cry of an infant.

It didn't click to my mind about it as I was tired and needed to freshen up and wash my face. She was standing in front of the door of the washroom at the back decided to go to the washroom at the front. I went to the washroom and first I used the washroom and then cleaned my hands and washed my face. I felt fresh and stress relieved again. I came out of the washroom and saw that the woman was gone; I sat in my seat and thought she must have gone to the washroom to freshen up. Soon another man started to look for something and he was asking the same question about the cry, I was little confused, but I didn't care as I was playing games on my laptop and sometime later people were starting to vanish and most of them were searching for an infant. It was quite late when I noticed something was off about it and then suddenly it clicked to my mind about that monster and the trick it uses to lure its victims.

Another young guy stood up and was walking towards back and I grabbed his hand to stop him, but he didn't stop and pushed me away. I stood up and grabbed him forcefully and pulled back towards me, I saw his eyes looking a little different as if he was hypnotized or possessed by someone. I tied his hands and his waist with the seat belt and I was on my guard and I started to explore my surrounding and noticed that the remaining passengers had the same eyes and same type of look on their face as if they were aware of themselves but were not the ones responsible to their actions like they were just a mere puppets being played by a puppeteer. I wondered why I wasn't affected by it or wasn't possessed, I didn't notice it at first, but my ring was shining and then I got a glimpse of my memory when the first lady had stood up, my ring was glowing that time as if it was warning me about it as something was wrong.