When DEAD calls

Chapter 9

ANNA CARTER'S POV

Nothing. Nothing happened. Nothing went wrong. Everything is at the right place. Everything seems perfect. Flawlessly perfect. 'Perfect' was way too small for complimenting a house like this. And by the way, it doesn't seem to be a house, it looks like a villa. I just leaned back on the door, my mouth dropping in awe, my eyes gaping. I looked around the villa.

The ceiling was metallic plaster with intricate designs. Lights dazzled the whole room. The floor was carpeted in red. Rows of expensive cabinets lining one side of the wall, 65 inched-TV hung in the middle. L-shaped bouncy and luxurious couch lining the other side. Teapoy at the centre of the room with a flower vase at the top. A big painting indicating a lone woman in plain white dress covering her whole body except her eyes, was hung on the wall on top of the couch. I was awestruck 'cause it was totally phenomenal. The front wall had a wadrobe which was wide-open and totally out of place - outdated, flimsy, scratch marks all over the inside of the door's wood. My face dulled as I stepped forward to look at it closely and anxiously.

And suddenly the doors shut themselves strongly with a tremendous bang. The settings started to disperse, disintegrate into black sand and fall on ground. The couch, the TV, the cabinets, the lights, the teapoy, the carpet, the flower vase everything started corroding as if an infection has affected them. The whole room was dissolved to black sand, only left with the wardrobe and the painting. I was stunned in fear and dumbstruck. My body went numb. I couldn't move and suddenly started to shiver in astonishment and fright. How did this happen? How could it reform into something like this? I was backing off, stumbling at each step I take.

There appeared a window, covered with dusty curtain on the side of the wall, which earlier had TV. I moved slowly, still filled with terror and slided the curtain away to view the outer through the window. The sky was pervaded with mass of black horizon, lightning and thunder, striking and thudding, simultaneously. Suddenly, the black sand on the floor near my foot started to rise and form a shape. I lurched and pulled myself back hastily and settled at a corner of the room. Fear in my eyes turning to water, running down my cheeks. I prayed to God. I just kept repeating the word 'please' like a mantra. I was so horror-struck and afraid, when the sand typhooned around and finally stopped.

And then a human form came out with a sudden flash, lying on the floor unconscious. I just looked as the flash dimmed to nothing. I waited. I wiped my eyes, took a deep breath, stood up, and reached for him slowly. I peeped at his face and found myself stunned because, ' It's Jeff '.