2-A watchful stranger??

0The path was rather narrow and Prashi actually paid attention while walking.Songs were still playing in his ipod.The genre shifted from folk to rock.The plethora of trees were lined all along the path which was momentarily visible in the small beam of light thrown out of Prashi's mobile .It was more like a natural tunnel made of trees.Somewhere down deep inside the tunnel, a figure paced hastily between bushes.Prashi was slowly being swallowed by the mysterious passage...


A few miles away, a cell phone vibrated on the cold floor of a terrace.It was grabbed by a hand which apparated out of a blanket.It was a message.Pottu slowly read as his eyes widened.

YOUR FRIEND IS IN DANGER.....HURRY

He gasped and immediately looked around.An empty mattress lay beside him.He checked his watch,It was nearing 1:00 AM.He knew he shouldn't have let him go.He slipped into his chappals,put on his glasses and dashed towards the stairs.He sensed something terribly wrong.He was near the gate when he felt the disturbance in his pocket.The phone popped quite a few times in his trembling hands.He finally managed to hold it firmly as he sprinted down the dark end of the road.Yet a message again...

CAREFUL..

He looked around,there was no time.He tightened his grip around the phone and paced hard.

Prashi saw a red light beeping out of his ipod.He kicked himself and stuffed the device back into his pocket.He wanted to throw away the discharged ipod.He never lost his temper as long as music was around.And now he actually felt alone and angry.He looked around.There was not a soul visible.He turned back and tried to scan the traced path as far as he could.

"damn! It'll be a boring journey back home" he cursed under his breath.

" Not really" a feminish voice spoke behind him.He turned around.There was no one in the range Prashi's eyes could reach.Yet he knew, it came from the moonlit shade of congested trees that were in front of him.

"I'll come with you" a figure slowly appeared from the dark.....