GET RID- THE WORST NIGHTMARE
Waking up at the table in my office, it’s nearly 9.30 pm at night. Nice evening. I am pretty much tired with all day long hustle and bustle and it’s time to go home. OK grabbing my bag coming out of the office breathing in the nice cold breeze it’s pretty fantastic well I need a smoke and relax a bit and then I’ll move on to home. Standing their near rail of my office lobby enjoying the view of my beautiful city. Smoking cool menthol smoke, life is amazing it seems, nothing to worry about. Suddenly the lights in the lobby starts flickering but I was too busy to notice with my spectacular city night view. I started stretching a bit up and down lights were still flickering right and left, suddenly from the corner of my eye I saw something. It might be nothing but what is there is something, well its pretty dark, as now I have my full attention that’s the lights are flickering and lobby is pretty dark and I am not able to see clearly from the corner of my eyes what I saw. finally I turned my head on my left and started staring at the end of the lobby, it was pretty dark and I was trying pretty hard to see, because I thought I saw something at the end of the lobby, suddenly I was able to see a dark shadow in the middle of the flickering of lights, there was a person in hoodie with a face mask on and as if he was looking straight down to me. My brain suddenly shutdown, it stopped processing and was not able to understand what is going on? Does he work here? Or is he a janitor and doing some kind of prank on me just like we see in the reality show, suddenly the guy moved slowly towards me. I was in immediate shock as it was pretty creepy to someone in the dark lobby fully covered. his hands were behind him from the start, but as he started walking towards me, he took his right hand in front of him and what I see, I wanted be a nightmare but it was reality that dude was carrying a big fucking knife. for first few seconds I was convincing myself that it’s just a prank, it’s just a prank, but that dude sprinted towards me with a knife, I dropped my bag and I started running as fast as I can opposite to him , as I was in hurry and shocked and scared like shit, I forgot that my office lobby goes in circle but I was too scared to do any super hero stuff, I looked back and the dude was gone, I kept running and finally I reached near the service elevator , as the main elevator were not working, must have been stopped when the lights were flickering, but the strange thing was that only our floor didn’t had any power. By the time my mind was processing all this service elevator came and there was no sign of the dude who was running with a knife towards me. For few seconds I was relieved, I stood in the middle of the elevator just to save few seconds so I can be in the elevator as fast as possible and to get rid of that maniac, I stepped forward, elevator door opened and suddenly I heard the slashing noise. I felt wet on my shirt I looked down and it was blood coming through my chest and that dude just stabbed me. That fucking creep was in the elevator. My eyes were on the urge of dropping off for my socket, I think I’ll die out of fear and not of my blood loss.
PHONE IS BUZZING...
AHHH...WHAT THE FU...WHAT A NIGHTMARE,,PHONE STILL BUZZING,,HEY HONEY,,YE HI,,YES I AM JUST LEAVING,,ILL BACK HOME IN NO TIME. HMM! WHAT A NIGHTMARE! I THINK I NEARLY PISSED MYSELF. Going out of the office, nice cold breeze, I need a smoke, getting my cigarette out lighting it first puff and throwing out the smoke with a relief. LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING...
what the hell is happening, all that nightmare as if getting true, I gripped my bag slowly and steadily looking straight in the dark ..Nothing no body is there. Half way there. And there is same guy from the nightmare standing right in front of the elevator looking down towards the crappy floor, I was shocked and stoned. My body just shut down. This time the guy took off the face mask and gave a sarcastic smile to me. And I knew I was FUCKED! I cannot forget that smile even when I’m dead. I didn’t know what to do, now, my laptop bag slipped from my loose out of fear shoulder. I almost tripped by walking few steps back, as if I lost friction beneath my shoes. I managed to stand for few seconds, walking towards me, and once again nightmare turned true, I started sprinting again saving myself from stabbing, because you don’t want to go through that shit again. This time I remembered that lobby goes in circles, I tried my best to run as fast as possible to lose him again, and I did. This time instead of going straight towards to elevators I tried other offices door, if someone didn’t locked it, well I was praying g that today someone hopefully forget to lock their doors, and luckily. It was a miracle one dumb ass did forget to lock, well it was a good sign, and I went inside the office and locked from inside, and started waiting on him to pass. After few minutes I was able to listen him whistling and coming closer to my place, I was right behind the frosted glass office doors. I could see him pass through the office from his shadow following him. I was relieved that he is gone but I still waited for more few minutes and once I thought he is gone, just before I was on opening the door, my phone rang, I tried to silent it, it was from home, my hands were shaking, phone just slept from my fearful sweaty palms, and I thought now he is going to know that I am here, I picked up the phone put it on silent, and I just opened a brink of the door and tried to look around as much as possible and I though the way is clear and I should try to run off this place as early as possible, I opened the door, and he was not there, lights were still flickering but no sign of that fanatic psychopath killer. I started running back towards my office, and stopped by the curve and try to see if he is not there, and he was not...as if he was gone mid-air. Just to make sure I waited their looking towards my office and looking back every now and then, then I went off straight towards my office I tried calling police but my network seems to be out of reach, I wonder how I got the call before then, must be some network issues by this side of the building, now it is time to make a tough decision, whether to go towards the elevator or should I go back and find the network and call the cops. Truly speaking death was waiting both the sides, so I thought of giving a shot to call the cops, making decision is easy and working on it is a great difference. I nearly threw up in my mouth, but I went back, walking cautiously waiting flickering lights to go off just to avoid the guy from seeing me, as if I am the fucking ninja! I reached the office but network was still off. With great grief and scared shit face I started walking towards my office, again I waited at the curve, and I saw him near the elevator, at first I didn’t understand what’s going on, of course there was some relief, lights stopped flickering now they are burning on their full potential and I saw the man going in to the elevator, as soon as the elevator doors got closed after few seconds I ran towards the elevator to make sure that the elevator was going down and with all mighty grace it was going down, now there was network on my phone I called the cops and called them to my building and told them to come asap. I went back to my office and I saw the man leaving the building from the lobby. I didn’t believe what just happened, I called home told my wife I love her, and took a deep breath of that cold soothing breeze again, I took out my cigarette, lit it up, and took a deep puff,, and threw the smoke with such happiness I can feel the breeze over hair, I was happy relieved I can feel them on my legs! Wait WHAT, LIGHTS FLICKERED ONE LAST TIME I FELT A FIRM GRIP OF MY LEG AND IN NO TIME I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOBBY FALLING FROM 25TH FLOOR AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE LOBBY THAT FUCKER JUST THREW ME OF THE LOBBY WITH HIS PATHETIC PSYCHOTIC SMILE. OMG! THIS AINT HAPPENING. I CLOSED MY EYES TOOK MY LAST PUFF AND I HIT THE FLOOR, BAM!
BREATHING HEAVILY , WHAT THE FUCK , PHONE WAS BUZZING ON MY TABLE, IS THIS FUCKING INCEPTION OR WHAT, WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING, WHY I AM SEEING THE SAME DREAM AGAIN AND AGAIN, I TOOK THE PHONE BUT NETWORK WAS GONE.
Time is 9.30
I am sitting on chair gazing out the frosted glass door, I am scared, I am confused didn’t know what the Fuck is happening, this time I stayed in my office nearly an hour waited for the guy to come in the office and just kill me, I gave up, there is no running no matter what I do I am going to die, I wrote a note for my family had a drink smoke a cigarette in the office it was nearly two hours, as what I thought, still no sign of the guy, I saw the phone and I was struck with something unusual the time was still 9.30, clocks were stopped, I didn’t know what to do, as I knew I was going to die, I decided I will man up and I am going to beat the hell out of this guy, no matter what happens I walked out of my office I lit another smoke watched my beautiful city one last time I didn’t look towards the end of the lobby didn’t care about the flickering lights, took my last puff and turned towards the end of the lobby and there he is, he sprinted towards me as I knew I was going to die I did the same I had my laptop bag with me I threw the laptop bag towards him, as soon as he got near me, and he just vanished out of thin air again, without wasting any time I ran towards the stairs and I slammed towards the invisible wall I nearly broke my nose, I got up and he was their staring at me I screamed like a gorilla and ran towards the elevator, this he tried to shoot me, funny but I thought myself that’s an upgrade, somehow I didn’t got shot and I ran around the lobby, I kept on running and finally I came across the curve near my office, and he was standing near my office and I was shocked and waited there for few seconds and decided I am going to try to throw this guy from the lobby just like he did to me I sprinted as fast as I can and somehow I got grip on him, we had a brawl I succeeded in removing the mask I saw him and I knew the guy I was shocked and in that split second he lifted me up and put me on the rim of the railing,. He was laughing at me, and I gave up I was crying, and I screamed, WHY THE HELL I CANNOT GET RID OF YOU? OUT OF NOWHERE HE PUT ME DOWN BACK IN THE LOBBY, HE WENT BACK FEW STEPS, AND SHOW ME THE WAY TOWARDS THE ELEVATOR, WITHOUT ASKING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS I WENT TOWARDS THE ELEVATOR HE WAS STILL STANDING THEIR ..ELEVATOR CAME I WENT INSIDE, THEN PUSHED THE GFLOOR BUTTON AS THE ELEVATOR DOORS CLOSED HE WAS NOT THEIR, AND SOMETHING CAME IN FRONT OF MY EYES, CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON!
SUDDENLY THERE WAS FLASH OF LIGHT, EVERYBODY WAS APPLAUDING, I TOOK OUT MY VR GEAR, I WAS WET IN SWEAT, MY BOSS CAME AND HUGGED ME, HE WAS HAPPY SEEING ME THROUGH THE NIGHTMARE, I SUPPOSE,” CHRIS FANTASTIC SHOW MAN”. YOU DID GREAT! WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHO DESIGNED THIS GAME? IT WAS SURPRISE FOR ALL OF US, NOBODY KNEW EXCEPT THE DEVELOPER, WELL I KNOW WHO DESIGNED IT, YOU KNOW? YES IT WAS MATT! BECAUSE IT WAS MATT WHO WAS TRYING TO KILL ME. WELL YOU DID GREAT CHRIS, AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE MATT OUR NEW SENIOR GAME DESIGNER, YOU TWO GUYS ARE GOING TO WORK TO GATHER FROM NOW ON, CONGRATES, GO HAVE SOME DRINKS MAN U NEED IT. INDEED! WHERE IS MATT? HE IS NOT HERE, HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM ABOUT THE GAME, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT? HE IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR FEEBACK. WELL I’LL DO THAT!
Hey MATT CHRIS here, I played your GAME, yeah! Do you like it? Yeah it was a horrible experience so you succeeded. It’s pretty amazing and thanks for giving me nightmare. Hey CHRIS thanks man! I really appreciate your feedback, ok MATT catch you later, hey CHRIS it was you who inspired me to design this game, how? I mean WHY me? I didn’t do anything, no it’s like, the other day I was going to meet Nick for the concept and you were there in his office and I was outside his office and somehow I was able to hear you talk, and I also heard you telling Nick that you want to get rid of me and that type of stuff, but it’s ok I understand and it’s good because of that we got the game. Ok CHRIS catch you later see you tomorrow I guess we have to work to gather from now on, so just for saying,YOU CANNOT GET RID OF ME! BYE CHRIS........DIALTONE....
.Parth Inamdar(Sadhusadhya)
