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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Horror
- Subject: Horror / Scary
- Published: 09/01/2019
The Abandoned Road
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"The Abandoned Road"
by Aleena Nawaz
Horrified she was as she walked on that road. It was gruesome because she was all alone. Outlandish darkness of midnight, preposterous voices of animals, spider nets everywhere, and most significantly, the sense as if someone were chasing you.
"It was mandatory to reach the destination on time; that's why I took this road. Next time, I will not take this road," she said.
There was something queer about that place. Something awkward. Suddenly, she saw white, bright eyes in the darkness of the night. She was filled with fear.
"What was that?" She asked herself.
As she was walking, all of a sudden, two hands from behind caught her legs, making her unable to move. As she looked back, only two hands were holding her legs; the rest of the body was missing. She fell to the ground, and a peculiar creature suddenly appeared. Dark-coloured, white-eyed, with open white hair and a horrible face.
"They killed me; they murdered me," uttered the terrible creature. There was grief and aggression in her voice.
That thing cut the girl into two parts. Since then, people have stopped travelling along that road. The abandoned road was located in a town named Fantasma. Most of the people migrated from Fantasma because of that road. Only a few people were still living in that town. One family consisted of a young man named Jack and his wife, Terra. Jack worked in an office far away from his house, whereas Terra was a housewife. Jack didn't believe in the existence of a phantom on an abandoned road, whereas Terra believed in it.
"Promise me that you will never travel down that road," said Terra.
"O! Come on! I didn't believe in such ridiculous stories that the people of the town had circulated. They would have created such stories for their enjoyment. Don't worry, everything will be fine," replied Jack.
Jack used to return from his office in the evening. However, one day Jack's boss said, "Jack! Today, you'll have to complete all work; there must be no pending work." Jack said, "Ok, sir, I will."
Owing to his immense work, he was late. The taxi used to drop him off at the beginning of the town, far away from his house because the outsiders were scared to enter that town.
As Jack was walking, he found that the main road was blocked by a large tree that had fallen on the way.
"O! What should I do now? Terra must be worried about me," Jack thought.
Then he hit upon the idea of taking the abandoned road because it was the only shortcut to reach his house.
"Let me find out why the people of Fantasma rendered this road abandoned," Jack contemplated.
It was about midnight. Jack stepped on the road. He felt something strolling behind him. Regardless, Jack did not pay heed to it. He resumed walking. Once again, Jack listened to footsteps. When he looked back, there was nothing. As he turned his face to the front, he saw an aged woman standing before him. Her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes were closed. Her colour was dark, like coal. Jack said, "Do you need assistance, lady?"
The woman did not utter anything. She just laughed horribly. Jack peeked at her feet. He discovered that her feet were not there. Her legs stretched, and her feet were at the start of the road. The man was stunned to see that, as he turned, no pupils were seeable in the woman's open, unblinking eyes. The man screamed and ran. When he reached home, his wife found him turning black.
" Jack! What's happening to you? Is everything fine? You are turning black?" Terra asked.
"Save me, Terra! She will kill me. Jack shouted. Eventually, his neck twisted, which resulted in his death.
"Jack, O! Jack, you can't leave me like this. I can't live without you. Jack! Open your eyes, Jack, wake up!" cried Terra.
Suddenly, the lights in the house started fusing. Now there was only dim light coming from the balcony's bulb. The windows and the doors began to open and close. Terra felt a burden on her shoulders.
"What's this?" Terra asked herself.
There was something bulky on her shoulders. She was unable to move. As she saw her shadow on the wall, she observed another shadow. A woman was sitting on her shoulders. As Terra moved her head up, she could not see anything. Eventually, everything returned to its original state: the lights were back, and the windows and doors stopped slamming. However, Jack's dead body was missing. Terra started shivering.
The next day, she decided to leave the town for good.
"What's the matter, Terra? Why are you leaving this town? Where is Jack?" asked Aleena, her neighbour.
Terra told Aleena and others about that incident. But none of them believed in it. However, that haunted road was closed with hurdles. While leaving town, Terra looked at a big old banyan tree present on an abandoned road. The banyan tree was huge. It was visible from Fantasma. She saw her husband's dead body hanging from it. Soon the dead body vanished. She started screaming and crying and left the town.
The years went on, and after about three years, a man named James and his wife Lara bought a house in that town. They were unaware of the abandoned road. However, the property dealer who helped them buy a home in that town was aware of everything. He didn't tell them anything and took great profit from them. In the beginning, everything was normal. One day, Lara uttered, "I think I should go to the market today to purchase some things."
"As you wish, dear," said James. Lara left.
Unaware of the abandoned road, she decided to take a time-saving road.
"I think I should use a shortcut road to reach the market easily and in less time," said Lara on her way to the market. As she reached the road, she found a few bushes placed there to close the road. Lara removed them. While walking on that road, she observed that the weather began to change; there was a chill, and a freezing wind started blowing.
"What a terrible change in weather! I didn't expect such an alteration," thought Lara. However, she continued the journey. In the middle of the road, she found a little rabbit. The rabbit was alluring.
"What a beautiful little fluffy rabbit!" said Lara.
She picked up the rabbit and moved on. Then she started feeling that the rabbit was getting heavier, and as she looked, she saw that the rabbit had turned into a terrible bear. She threw it and ran away. She was able to reach her house.
"Lara! Are you okay?" asked James. She told her husband about that incident. Then they started gathering information about that place. They wandered around the town. At last, they met an aged man. He told them about the abandoned place and the incident involving Jack and Terra.
"Why do these strange happenings occur on that road?" James asked.
"Once, there was a house on there. An aged woman named Mathilda used to live in that house. She was very ill. She was childless, and her husband had died. That house was her only property. To build a road, the inhabitants of this town decided to demolish Mathilda's house. However, the lady refused to leave the house because she had no other place. The cruel people destroyed her house and used the site to construct the road. Mathilda was left starving. She asked for help. But nobody helped her, and at last, she died. Since then, whoever goes there, meets austere damage; therefore, people have stopped going there and named it 'Abandoned Road,'" said the old man.
"How can we get rid of Mathilda's spirit?" Lara asked him.
"There is a way to get rid of her spirit, but nobody has ever dared to do it," the old man replied.
"What's that way?" James asked.
"The way is to find the woman's corpse, bury it in the grave, and offer an apology to her. But the difficult thing is that it is difficult to find her dead body. She died many years ago," replied the old man.
"We will do it," said James.
Then James and Lara left. After their adieu, the aged man disappeared.
The next day, James and Lara searched for Mathilda's dead body. They looked here and there but couldn't find anything. Now it was evening, and darkness prevailed everywhere. James saw a glimpse of the woman standing under a banyan tree. As he watched vigilantly, he found there was nothing.
"James! James!" shouted Lara.
"What happened, Lara?" asked James.
"I saw a woman; she had no head," Lara cried.
"It may be just a phantasm," said James.
Suddenly, the wind blew fiercely, and crows and dogs made awful sounds. Strangely, none of them was visible.
"What the hell is this?" a terrified Lara cried.
James and Lara were both frightened. Then they heard a voice say, "They killed me! They killed me!"
"We offer an apology to you. You have taken your revenge by killing the people of Fantasma; why don't you leave?" James said.
Suddenly, all voices and noises vanished. There was a complete silence, and the wind stopped blowing.
"I am in pain. Find my corpse under a huge banyan tree and bury it. Destroy this road so that no one can travel this way again. Make my grave where my house used to be. In this way, my spirit will rest in peace."
James and Lara did that, and the evil spirit left.
"We did it!" "We did it!" exclaimed Lara.
The spirit left. People returned to the town, and no one ever went that way again.
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