THE KILLER NO. 28

CHAPTER 1 : THE STRANGE MAN

(Present year)

It was the month of November, cold nights and mornings. My eyes opened at 6.30 in morning, my alarm was buzzing out since 6.15 am. I just ignored it and thought to take a nap of another 15 minutes. I got up after sometime, yawned hard, looked up, “oh shit it's 7.15 am “ I was on the bed. My parents were sleeping. I whispered “Dad !” “Dad !” “Get up it's 7.15”. My dad replied “ oh sorry I didn't notice, go and do your chores quick, I will keep your breakfast ready”. I got down the bed, it was freaking cold. I went to the bathroom, brushed up my teeth, did all my chores and got ready for the college, dad got my breakfast ready. Ate a bit of it, because I was feeling a bit low in my stomach. I saw the clock, it was 7.40. Quickly I grabbed my mobile, wallet, bike keys, wore my shoes and rushed out. I called up my friend, asked him “where are you?“ he replied “I'm leaving now”. Replying him,“okay, cool meet in the parking lot” I left out from my home. Rushed up my bike to college and reached the parking lot. My friend was waiting for me. I asked him “ hey!  You prepared for orals? “. My friend replied “nah, I guess I ain't gonna pass in this oral exam”. I asked “why? “. My friend replied “I was seriously busy on calls from my native place, it was all just terrible, I don't know”. I asked “wait, what terrible?. My friend replied “ I don't know, a dozen of phone calls, with no replies, the moment I used to pick up the call. It used to go silent, but “. I asked “but what?”. He replied “ the last call, I guess 13th call, I heard someone screaming high, and then suddenly a huge crowd voice and then the phone got cut, I got scared a bit, so I had a talk with my parents, they said that they will look for what happened”. I said “ oh damn, that's super disturbing, anyways just chill out everything will be fine there, let's sit on the stairs here and study”. Me and my few friends were studying sitting on stairs, the oral exam started, students were called one by one inside and questions were asked. I awaited in the 3rd last position in the queue and before me my friend was there. After an hour almost 75% of students were done with orals and went home. I was really feeling tired and drowsy. As the 5th last guy went in I sat on a nearby chair, feeling the breeze in that quiet environment. I closed my eyes shut.
I felt the cold really hard, I opened my eyes slowly and I saw that, it was night, I was sitting on chair. Few of the tube lights were on. I was just stunned for a moment. Then I looked down on floor I saw stains of blood all around me. I started to shiver hard. I got up from the chair and walked near a room, it was written as ‘CHEMISTRY LAB’ on the board. Slowly with deep breaths I opened the door slowly, it had a really bad odor as if a dead body decayed since years.  Banging the door shut back I took a step behind. I looked on the other sides and saw someone running in a really awkward manner, making sounds like a thirsty dog. I really didn't know what was it. To observe the man more closely I went To bit further to the next corridor. As I was moving, I took a look down from the compound wall on the ground floor and what I saw was a big hole deep inside. A smoke was coming out of the hole which had a bit of the same odor much stronger, which I smelt in the chemistry lab.
I ignored looking down and started walking forward, to follow that strange looking person. I was just walking silently and suddenly my feet touched a dry leaf, that was on the floor and it made a crackling sound. The strange person turned his head behind and looked towards me. In no time he shouted with a loud voice as if he was hungry since ages, with his chest out and hands stiffed on other sides. He looked at me again and started running. I slowly took one step back but he didn't stop, I turned behind and started running as fast as I can. I took the stairs that were to my right and came down to the next floor but still the strange man followed me. Running in haste, I came down to first floor, the strange man was no more behind me.
I walked quietly a bit further taking long breaths. As I turned left, another strange man was standing right in front of me, with a really bad odor, torn clothes and blood on whole body. I started to feel  nauseous. Again I took a step back slowly, but he punched right on my face really hard and I hit the floor. My head started bleeding, my eyes were almost shut. As I peeked though the little opening of my eyes, I saw the strange man doing the same act of being hungry since ages, suddenly an axe hit his neck and all the blood shattered on my face. I saw that strange man fall back on the floor, being dead. A girl came in front of me and said, “Don't worry, I will take you to a safe place” and then I fell unconscious.