Deadly Reflection ✓

23 - Taming the death

Rita knew that if her plan worked, all her problems will get over. Thinking that, she started crying at top of her lungs to attract Janki's attention towards her but at the same time showing herself as broken and weak in front of her.

"How can you say that my nani has gone for ever?" She yelled and glanced at her nani's photograph placed near third and last mirror.

"You know, she was the only one in my family. I have nobody in my life now. It would be better if I die." She sobbed while slowly moving towards her Nani's photograph on wall.

Rita could see that Janki was falling for her act. Janki's eyes were following her every step. Rita turned around and glanced at photograph and meanwhile, also peeked at last mirror to be sure if Janki's complete reflection was visible in it or not.

"Okay.....just little more effort Rita... ignore your pain for now." She muttered to herself as another wave of pain hit her.

Once again she started wailing. "Really Janki....you should kill me. I don't want to live now. I have nothing to live for. I want to go to where my nani is.."

Next moment, she was struck by a force so hard which threw her across the room and her head hit the night stand. For a second, her vision became hazy, as she felt jolt of unbearable pain at side of her head, and from corner of her eyes, she saw Janki throwing her Nani's photo frame on the floor. The glass enclosing it broke and small pieces of it got scattered all over the floor.

Janki howled angrily. "Of course....I will kill you and that also in front of this old annoying woman's photo. She would be the last thing you will see before I will kill you. She has interfere in my plan many times but not today. Today is my....."

Before, Janki could complete her sentence, she shrieked with agony as if she was strucked by powerful lightning.

She tried to move but it seemed that her foot got glued at that place by some invisible force.

She started screaming.
"Ah....what is...h-happening with me... Aaaah...why I am feeling like someone is pulling my body from all sides...aah....". An expression of sheer agony covered her horrible face.

For a minute, Rita couldn't sum up what was happening, but when her eyes went towards third mirror, and she saw Janki's full reflection in it, everything became clear.

"C'mon Rita...move quickly before Janki's frees herself out of this invisible force. You even have to destroy all the mirrors also. Hurry up." Rita adviced to herself before getting up.

Limping, she almost reached towards first mirror but stopped for few seconds as she felt wave of dizziness. She quickly hold the edge of table near her for support.

"No... I can't afford to stop now. I have came too far. Oh...God! please help me..." She prayed in her heart and again started moving towards first mirror.

Meanwhile, Janki was shrieking angrily.."What..... have...you... done...bitch? So... this was...all  your dirty p-plan? You don't know what I am capable of. I..will...shred...you...into.. thousand.. pieces...ah..aah." She cried from pain.

Rita ignored her mumblings and started removing all mirrors, one by one from wall. When she reached the last one, she peeked at Janki who in turn snarled at her before cursing from unbearable pain.

That gave Rita some courage. She carefully removed the cursed mirror from the wall and, with all four mirrors in her hands, she sprinted towards her living room.

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Rita was breathing heavily. Her head was spinning. Trail of blood from her head was dripping down her face. Ignoring what she was going through, she placed all four mirrors on the floor before
she dragged her feet towards kitchen. From there, she grabbed a box of matchsticks. Janki's cries was piercing her ear.

Rita laid down a big sheet of newspaper on the floor and started placing all four mirrors, one by one on it. After that, she gripped an iron rod which she had already arranged, firmly in her hand and, with all her will and force, smashed on those mirrors. Few cracks appeared on them.

"Noooo....." She heard Janki's ear piercing wail.

Rita continued breaking the mirrors until they were reduced to small pieces.

She once again ran to the kitchen and brought a empty container and kerosene to destroy all the pieces as nani had instructed.

Carefully, she dumped all the pieces in that container and was about to burn it, when she heard Janki's voice from her bedroom, which stopped her hands in midway.

"Rita...I know....who your.... parents are. I can....take....you to....them...Don't you want....to meet them? They really miss you. Your actual family..." She lured her.

Rita's body stiffened hearing Janki's offer. This was not in her plan. From where her parents angle came in between all this?

Her mind and heart started playing games with her. Her mind was saying that this could be a trap, while her heart was saying what if Janki could really take her to her parents? She could finally know who they are? That's what she wanted since childhood.

"Think Rita...your family....your parents...you will not be....alone anymore. I promise...I will not  kill anyone from now....if you.....let me go. I know you are very smart. Listen to your heart." Janki said in sugar-coated voice.

Rita mind had gone completely numb. All options started running in her brain.

"My family....I can be with my parents....my actual family." She thought and closed her eyes to imagine her with her family....but...what she saw, was not what she had expected.

She saw herself sitting with her nani , laughing and talking in their Delhi house. She opened her eyes immediately which had became pool of tears.

"No.....Nani is my only family. How can I be so naive to get trapped in this evil creature's plan." She scolded herself.

She gave one last look to Janki, who was still stuck at same place  in the room, before she lit the matchstick and threw it in the container. Instantly, mirrors were in flames which was followed by creepiest shriek she had ever heard. She knew she will never able to erase it from her memory. Instinctively, she covered her ears and took few  steps back from container.

Horrified, she glanced towards her room. Janki's frail body was burning like a plastic and...parts which burned first were getting disappear, one by one. In few seconds, only ashes were left on the floor. Rita slowly walked to her room and carefully collected those ash before coming out in the living room and throwing it in the container.

Her knees were shaking uncontrollably while her lips were trembling. She closed her eyes and started reading spiritual verses as fast as she could. Everything started replaying in her mind, frame by frame. 'Mirror....Janki's evil grin.....Burning of mirrors....her ear piercing shriek...' Her head started spinning. She tried holding something but failed, and in next moment, she was on the floor.

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