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The Thirteen Ghosts

Recap: Inaya and siddhartha dress up as zombies to disturb the conferences in VC office. But their revenge plan takes an unexpected turn when they get trapped inside an under constructed washroom in the back side of the building. Luckily, Inaya's message reaches samiksha. But samiksha has no idea about Inaya's suspension and her 'zombie stunt' with Sid.
.....will the gang be able to rescue them or will they remain trapped.......

"Jaane Jaan Dhoondta Phir Raha
Hoon Tumhe Raat Din Main Yahan Se Vahan...
Mujhko Aawaaz Do, Chup Gaye Ho Sanam
Tum Kahan
Main Yahan
Tum Kahan
Main Yahan..."

-Jawani Deewani (1972)

22nd March'18, 12:30 pm
VC office

20 minutes later, I found myself outside the VC office, thinking......thinking about Inaya's message " HELP!!WE ARE TRAPPED!"

"Where are you Inaya?" I scratched my head.

My phone beeped again. Message from tanie.

T:what happened???? Where's Inaya

Me: you got her msg???

T: yup, is it serious?

Me: culd be, come faSt

T: middle of the practical!

Me: to hell with your pract! I am going to find her

T: Alright! Where??

Me: at vc office canteen.....come faSt!

T: ok, comin

I dialled Inaya's number again. Still not reachable. I had no idea where she was, or why she was trapped. All i knew was that she left for the VC office, and could be there. So i began striding towards the entry gate.

As I reached near the entrance, I saw a kurti-clad girl with chubby cheeks, walking in the same direction.

"Hi Sushma!" I immediately recognised her. Sushma, a hosteller and member of the student's union. She was Inaya's roommate.

"Hey Samiksha! Wassup!" she turned towards me. I noticed a badly stuffed polybag in her hand.

"....you here for some work?" I asked

"Yaa, have to give these to the drama team" she swung the bag

"When did you join dramatics..?"

"Me and drama? No!!!" she laughed "Actually some of their stuff went missing....so they asked me to help.....and you have to help when elections are coming..."

"Oh yes! of course" I winked "but their stuff......Missing? How...?"

"Can't say.....but they asked me to get two black gowns and zombie masks"

"Zombie masks! Seriously? Where did you get those from" I was surprised

"Babe! We host a Halloween party for hostellers every year.....so obviously we have got some cool stuff....I'll save a mask for you if you like"

"Thanks....they are cool......, I think somebody stole them" i joked

"Can't say...." she shrugged, "I think it's just a bad day for our college....first Inaya's suspension and now the drama......"

"Wait...what?" My stomach froze.

"I said it's a bad day for college"
"No, about Inaya?"

"Don't you know" She leaned forward, " inaya got suspended from the nss conference this morning ......she left the hall soon after....a union member told me"