Reborn- His Scarlett Moon

I was in the bus that would lead me to the train stop. That hospital Ryan sent my father to was posh. It was huge. It was located on the hilly slopes of the outskirts. The bus was running pretty fast because the roads seemed a little deserted.

Probably because of the holiday season, otherwise it would have been filled with school goers and office goers.

When I got out of the bus, it was a little past noon. I stopped by the road side stall and had my first meal of the day.

As I did, I checked my phone for calls or messages. There was none, except for a few spams and junk in my inbox.

I remembered the last time I had run off to meet Sarah. He had come looking so paranoid. Why then was he not bothered at all at my sudden disappearance again?

Shaaaa! Why was I being so lame?

I put it back in my pocket and then went ahead to get the ticket for my train.

It was running late by half an hour, but that wasn’t at all a concern for me.

I sat beside the window and admired the beautiful landscape as the train blew its whistle and moved forward.

I must have dozed off a little when I woke up with a start.

I saw a shadow move from in front of me with a swift movement.

I leaned forward to check who it was. I saw nobody.

” Excuse me… ”

I took a few steps forward and looked carefully to cross check.

At this point I could practically see nobody in the compartment that I was in. I mean I know that the roads were a little deserted but to have nobody in an entire compartment with me was weird. Very very weird.

And to top it up was the feeling that I was not alone.

That phantom company I was feeling, that feeling of being followed, ever since I left the pawn shop.

Did K have his men follow me around?

What did he want from me, that sly snake!

I came back to my seat and sat there again,

admiring the beauty of the nature that was sweeping past.

I could see the sun go slightly down in the horizon after an hour or so and the lights inside the compartment all went up.

I checked my phone. Another hour was left till I reached my destination.

I folded my hands behind my head and looked up.

As soon as I did so, I saw a shadowy something over the light and it went off.

Before I could sit up, the phenomenon continued. One after the other all the lights in the compartment went off and I could feel that shadowy something lurking somewhere in the corner.

I cautiously stepped out of my train compartment, my heart beating faster than before with every step that I took. I couldn’t see much, as the entire train was engulfed in darkness even though there was still a little bit of light outside. I felt a creepy presence behind me, and a shiver ran down my spine again. I tried fighting it with all my might but I was failing miserably.

As I turned around, my eyes widened in terror. I was left stupefied at the sight in front of me. The sight of a ghastly, shadowy apparition hovering in front of me.

My legs almost faltered and I had to rub my eyes. But it was real. Not a fragment of my imagination.

It had an eerie glow around it, and I could barely make out its twisted features. Its eyes were sunken deep into its skull, and its mouth was gaping open, emitting a bone-chilling moan which made me reach for my ears.

It wasn’t exactly a sound. It was a shrill frequency that hit my ear lobe.

I felt paralyzed with fear, unable to move or scream. The apparition seemed to be getting closer, and I could feel its icy breath on my face. Suddenly, I lost all control and fell back onto my seat, gasping for air with my eyes closed shut, tight.

Then when I opened my eyes slowly, I saw that the lights were back.

My mind was racing with terror as I tried to comprehend what I had just seen. Was it real, or was it my imagination playing tricks on me? My heart was pounding in my chest, and my hands were shaking uncontrollably.

I sat there for what felt like an eternity, waiting for some semblance of normalcy to return. But the memory of that ghastly apparition stayed with me, haunting me.

It was only by the whistle of the rain reaching my destination that I could stand up again.

I leaned out of the door and stepped out of that disturbing train compartment.

As I stepped out I saw someone waiting on the station with my name written on a sign board.

I was not very sure if it was there for me or perhaps for another namesake.

But the person seemed to know me.

” Miss, I believe you are here to visit your father at the hospital? ”

He asked me to check my visuals and then confirm with the image he had on his mobile.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

I nodded my head.

” Well, I am here to pick you up. The hospital is a long drive from here and I am your chauffeur. ”

He bowed in front of me as if I was some kind of a royalty or something, putting his phone and the foldable sign away.

It honestly made me laugh.

My heart eased a little bit.

After getting off the accursed compartment, I was already feeling much lighter. After talking with and seeing more people the fear that had made a temporary nest in my chest was crumbling down.

” Shall we? ”

The person asked me with another nod and bow.

” Yeah, of course. Let’s go . ”

He began walking forward as I followed in his tow.