He stared openmouthed at the empty magazine slot , he wanted to scream and shout but it was not the right
The man was quickly staggering towards him making soft growls
"Oh Wait ! , I think there was a shell when I was trapped there
The police officer was now about to reach him when in an instant, Rajesh grabbed the shotgun shell and tried to load it in the magazine but it slipped out of his hand landed on the ground
Rajesh quickly grabbed it and loaded it in the magazine and..
BAM !
He shot the police man , his guts went flying out in all directions , black clotted blood was pouring out of his head , his brain was totally blown away
His blood smelled horrible like someone has rotten a rotten fish for almost 15 years
"What the hell !" Rajesh was still not believing it
Then a figure stepped forward , a little like a girl , he was not able to make the size of it , it looked like an inch
"Hey , Hey over here , go get someone , th - there's been a shooting" It was the only thing he could think of
The figure ran and disappeared out of the site , Rajesh was now alone with this corpse
Suddenly he heard a number of soft growls , he instantly realized they were every where
He got up and limped forward where the figure was last standing
He saw some horrible corpses on his way , One of it didn't had both the legs , one of of them didn't have a lower jaw !
He limped forward and found a tall wooden fence eight feet tall
He didn't hesitate and climbed on top of the fence
Rajesh fell on the other side of the fence and backed away from the fence , he bumped right into the stoop of a three story house
The things bumped into the fence and knocked on the fence , there were gunshots to be heard from a distance
The things backed away from the fence and it grew quiet
Too quiet
He got up and limped towards the house , it was not big but not so small made fully of logs of thick plywood painted in golden-cŕeme
"Hello , Anyone ?" Rajesh called
He started walking and found a treehouse , some toysets and a sand pit
Maybe there are kids in here
Rajesh found a glass door, he knocked on it "Hello , Anyone ? , I need a little help" Rajesh called , squinting in the darkness
He hesitated for a while and opened the glass door "Coming in ! Don't shoot , Okay !" Rajesh said stepping inside the house
He found a photo of a family , one little girl smiling brightly but she is mabe not smiling right now
He found a pool of blood on the kitchen floor , all the furniture overturned and wrecked
"He carefully stepped around the pool of blood and searched the drawers, one had a walkie talkie , he grabbed it and examined more
He drank a glass of water and gulped down it in a single breath which was kept there
Suddenly , a voice cracked somewhere in the room : "Three new messages , message one left at 5:41 A.M."
Then a lady's voice cracked in it :" Hey Manita this is Aakruti, we had to leave to Mumbai so take care of Preeti , we'll be back soon before you know it"
Another Beep The message ended
The voice again cracked :" Message Two left at 6:37 A.M."
Again the same voice cracked "Oh My God , there is chaos going on in Mumbai , there are doctors who are checking Manish because he got bit by a weird guy , please just leave the city and take Preeti with you"
Beep again , message ended
The voice again cracked :" Message Three left at 8:01 A.M."
Once again the lady spoke but in a glum tone :" Preeti baby if you can hear this call the police tha- that's 1-0-0 , we love you , we love you , we love-"
Beep
Message ended
He guessed it was the final message
"Daddy ?"
"Huh ?" The girlish voice startled Rajesh , he soon realized that the voice cracked from the walkie-talkie
"Um.....Hello ?" Rajesh replied in the walkie-talkie
"You need to be quiet" The voice demanded
"You're- You're a little girl" Rajesh exclaimed
"Yeah so what ?" The voice shrugged
"Okay , my bad , listen I'm not a monster okay so if you got any sort of weapon please don't shoot me , Got it ?" Rajesh requested
"Okay" The voice agreed
"Good" Rajesh breathed a sigh of relief "Where are your parents ?"
"They left for Mumbai for a trip and left me with Manita , my babysitter" The girl explained
"Okay so , where are you ? Are you safe ?" Rajesh asked moving to the kitchen window
"I'm hiding in my treehouse , those things cannot reach up there" Rajesh had to squint through the window
Then he saw a short figure appear from the treehouse
"Now , can you see me , I can see you through the window" The girl said
Rajesh waved her
Suddenly the girl screamed :"Aaaaah ! Behind you"
Rajesh heard some soft growls and made a quick turn to see that one of that things was strangling him
He couldn't resist its inhuman strength as the figure closed - FOR HIS THROAT !