A leap of mystery in Mr.Symptious's life

Chapter 2 - What just happened?

After the debris fell in front of us . There was finally an opening to the world above us.

We were two floors down from the real world in the basement.

The kid , I mean the clean shaven guy called out for help," Hey , Can anyone hear us. We are stuck."

The bearded guy shouted out aloud," Hey. Is anyone, anyone there?"We got nothing except for the silent rays of the sun. The air blew through the crater sweeping all the cement and brick dusts to our faces. Suddenly we heard a shriek," Heyy, I am badly hurt some haeelpppp..... Please help us out."The shriek was so louder than the tremor that i experienced earlier. The tremor made me deaf for five second but this made me deaf for half a minute. It was the same lady whom we rescued . She was in so much pain that she shrieked and shook the rest of the debris which was still sustaining itself clinging to the craters. Not a joke but one or two bricks did fall.It wasn't more than two minutes when the actual sunshine showed up. Two figures blocked the god rays of the sun. I could hear a voice ," Hey you guys stuck out there?"The clean shave guy," Yeah we are and we have an injured woman." Don't worry,Wait for a moment we will help you out..... Any casualties?" I couldn't figure out who the person was? was he a rescue officer or one of the other survivors helping out other people get out of their captivities. It never mattered because the rope of survival is enough for one to hang on. The sadistic bearded guy replied in his usual harsh tone,"Not in our knowledge but if someone did exist, I don't think he or she would be counted amongst the survivors."An extreme level of being sadistic , hopeless and lonely.The rescue people threw a tight strong rope down with the end tied to a couple of belts.The gentlemen carried the wounded woman to the rescue spot . We tied the belts around her. Two belts to her thighs, another across her hip and one extra belt to support her wounded leg. Eventually the injured was rescued and brought to a safer environment.The other two people clean shaven guy and the bearded guy too imitated the same and were pulled up outside the crater. Me and Sudab were left out on the premises of the broken dungeon. Sudab grabbed the rope and gave it to me ," Sir, Please take."I looked into his humane eyes and refused," No, You take first." All of a sudden the angel inside Sudab sparked the humanity and empathy within me. It wasn't a crisis situation or a life and death Scenario where refusing the rope would cost one's life. We had time so Sudab took the rope, tied all the belts around himself . He was rescued by the gods above on the ground. Now it was my turn. It took another two minutes and then they threw the ropes and the belts. These things were hanging a few meters away from me so I moved towards them calmly.It was no sooner that I realized "Patience is virtue but Sometimes it is also a potential murderer." I was about to take my third step when I felt the cemented mass beneath me was destabilizing. After five seconds I realized that it was about to fall. I quickly hopped one two three and in the fifth hop I caught hold of the rope . The belts remained hanging in the end. The land mass that supported us for so long after the tremor was no more and all that I could see beneath the hanging rescue belts was deep darkness. A crater as huge as diameter of a space shuttle fuel cell.Phewww.... What a close call it was I thought. My heartbeat was in a state where I could even get a heart attack. I looked up and called for help," Hey, I am stuck here the land mass fell of and I cannot reach the belts either.... I think you will have to pull me up."There was no voice that i could hear from above . I wondered what had happened?Then a melody of rescue rose from the land mass above me." Tak...Tap....Takk..Tap." I noticed what the sound was. It was a stone rolling from the top which hit my shoulder and fell deep into the crater. I shouted out aloud ," hey, Where is everyone?"There was sudden initiation of movement on the rope . It started shaking and then a possible nightmare turned into reality. It started to slide down. I shouted out aloud. I tried climbing the rope obviously of what was left. i tried and tried and then this great hurdle was accompanied by it's friends . The landmass too started to shake and the left over debris started to fall.I couldn't even urge a cry for help. Within a matter of five seconds . All the debris and leftover fell over me and as far as I remember I was trapped beneath the fallen debris .The next time I opened my eyes. Yes , I did open my eyes. I could see the blue cloudy sky above me . Wow, I did survive but How and What happened? I raised up to see myself . I was wearing a black jacket, Did someone help me out to get out of the fallen debris? but wait my clothes were changed. so did I end up in a hospital . I looked around and i was in middle of another devastated street. I know this place. This place is about eight Kilometers from my workplace but How did I land up here with all different clothes without a single particle of dust.I was heavily confused, unable to think, feeling awkward and a bit giddy. To find out I managed to get on my feet and walk . It felt as if an entire planet laid its weight over my small head. The bright sun still shined. I don't know what time it was but seemed to be afternoon.I could see people in a hurry in a state of panic and I just could not figure out what had happened? Why people are running here and there in a state of minute panic. What was the story behind the tremor. To find out all of this I stopped a labour running," hey mate , Can you tell me what's going on here?" The labour gave me an awkward fearful look , pushed me aside and ran.There was an old man trying to walk as fast as he could. I asked him," Sir , Can you please tell me , What's happening?"The old man looked at me and taunted" Does your generation know anything about the world around you. Your wife ran away with mine thats what happened." He smashed my leg with his stick and carried moving forward. It was painful not that my wife ran away with his but the hit that wounded my leg . Eventually I didn't remember if I had a wife or family or anything because I just could not recollect anything except from the disaster that happened in the basement.I was struggling with my leftover brain that I had in my head but crisis of situation interfered the communication channel between my nerves. I was dozing here and there on the path way , when a rescue team volunteer grabbed and guided to a certain direction," Please move towards the safety." He kept pushing me while I kept inquiring," What is happening?"There was chaotic distress all over and eventually I ended up in a one floor building along with few other scared and frightened people. I looked around there were many who could tell me what was going on.I went up to a person and just when I was about to inquire ," What just happened?"The news channel on the television flashed on," The reporter reporting that As you know another catastrophic natural disaster has been experienced throughout the city . Few places have been stuck by the tremors and deep dark crater have been formed in ground the place over the past two days. The organisations and NGOs are trying their level best to help out the people.The real cause is still unknown."A nearby electric pole dozed off the ground and my only source of information was gone.I was both curious and furious experiencing an immense amount of anxiety. I hd to find out . way to get answers to my curious questions. If I had asked directly, no would have told anything presuming that everything is known to everyone by default. I finally did approach one the people in the rescue place," Excuse me , I have just arrived from exile , Could you please tell me what just happened?"The broad tall guy gave me a strange look," exile? great you are my bro. Well you see even I don't have much idea . All I can tell ya is that the ground and buildings have been very shaky over the past two days." I interrupted ," past two days?"The guy replied in a casual tone," Yeah past two days my friend. Didn't you experience anything in exile?"I replied ," No , The exile was too dark."Before my nerves could even digest that or my brain could even process that my sight accidentally focused on the glass shield in front of me after which I pretty much lost my senses. I could not believe what I saw and i kept starring trying to focus and make out the difference.I could see the tall broad guy standing and besides him there was just one person looking in the mirror. Logically it should have been me but why was the face in the glass shield different. Is something wrong with the glass shield? A column from a near by home fell to glass shield and the next moment , the reflection vanished devastating the shiny bright glass pane to pieces.

To be continued...............