Corridor 66

First Day.

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                     Nightmares.Everyone gets them. They say "Subah Subah dekha hua sapna aksar sach ho sakta hai."(A dream seen in the morning can often come true.)You could dream about marrying your lover or a rich billionaire or about getting your favourite something.

                     But,here I was waking up early morning,rattled,heart pounding,with a vivid memory of a scary dream. I just saw the most scariest of all the nightmares I have ever encountered in my sleep. The most scary part: That nightmare hit a strong essence of Deja vu . It was so real that I was very sure that this nightmare has happened before in the past.

*6.66 minutes ago* (see what i did there?)

                      Today is a wonderful day and a very important at that. After all, it is my first day as a psychiatrist at the Kilford Hospital and also my very first job.I had just reached the hospital gate and started scrutinizing it,this grumpy cat lady like woman who had her hair disheveled ,opened the door.She didn't explicitly looked friendly to me. Nevertheless I introduced myself and she let me in and showed me to my office. The hospital looked like it could do with some repairs here and there.While I was taking in my surrounding,I noticed the cat-lady like woman smirking at me from the corner of my eye.We took several flights of stairs,a few lefts and then a right. And just like that ,with just an blink of an eye that woman vanished somewhere at the furthur end of  a corridor.Corridor 66. It is the most weirdest part of the entire Hospital. Ofcourse, it was a normal,rather quite old I'd say, cement concrete walls with carpet flooring and scratches here and there. But, the corridor looks so solitary and at some point of time I had myself believed that I have been in this building before. This corridor gave me flashes which I haven't yet zeroed on as to where exactly are those memories from! In about 5 seconds time, a loud screeching scream of a girl filled my ears.It wasn't just one scream but there were multiple screams.With my hands tightly covering my ears I started for the source of the scream. In less than 1 minute, I came across a girl. Not just any girl. But a girl of about 12-13 years old looking right at me and it looked like she is burning holes in me with her eyes. She was rather disoriented. Must be a patient here, I thought.She was looking at me smiling like a stupefied person and grinning like she won a medal.  And that's when I noticed! She was holding a bloody knife and I freaked out. She must have realized that I know her intention she started tiny steps forward while I was backing away with longer steps. I finally hit a dead-end and consumated the information that no matter what I am going to die. For pete's sake, the girl looks crazy and a run-away from an asylum. Oh what I am thinking, She must be a run-away from a very room from this asylum.I had no option but to stare at her. Something struck me,H-her face.It l-looked so familiar. I cannot p-point who she i-is.She was coming closer and closer. She raised her hand with the knife and I closed my eyes to receive my final blow."Veena,I have a surprise for you."The girl turned around and ran away to wherever that voice came from."

*present*

                             I could hear the pattering of the rain on the windowsill, the couple arguing in the house next door and the hiss of a cat. Damn rain. I washed myself and got dressed into my new uniform, a plain white dress with pale blue stripes on. I did my hair into a neat braid and walked downstairs to eat breakfast. Breakfast is done, I'm washed, I'm dressed, I'm ready and I'm nervous.Shortly,flashes of the dream came right in front of my eyes. Oh god no! I need to erase them. Today is my first day, what would my patients think that I myself am fretting over a dream. How will I help them?

                      I knocked on the big Grey door, the paint peeling, the dull color, it all reminded me of sad memories, I couldn't even explain why. A woman answered, a nurse. "How can I help you?" she said, she looked stressed. "um I'm here for the new psychiatrist job." Her hair, her face sent shivers down my spine. "Oh yes, I see you are wearing the uniform now, come in." the nurse said. As i followed her through what looked like a reception.The place looked exactly like my dream.Thankfully, the nurse didn't look anything like the lady from my dream. She took me into a small office. Through the entrance,past the reception, through the hallway, along a corridor strangely named corridor 66, now where have I seen this corridor. This corridor seems very familiar.There was my office at the left turn of this corridor , this would be the route I would have to take every day.

                      The place was grim and uncared for, that didn't matter though because I was starting a brand new career which I was terribly excited for! I couldn't wait to start meeting the patients! "You wont be seeing any of the patients today." the nurse said grimly. Oh, that was a disappointment. " Just settle yourself in and sort out your office for today, I have to go now." Oh, an improvement I suppose that I wouldn't mind just settling in for the first day.

                    The nurse had just closed the door, I had just sat down behind my desk when a piercing scream filled the hospital bouncing of the walls and the floor, scaring me to death.

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This chapter took time. But I think writing this chapter at 1 am certainly adds a eeriness to the author herself. Well, first of all Thank you to all those who are reading this story and maybe enjoying it. Perhaps, a vote could do me justice?