THE UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER
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Lehenga - a traditional Indian dress worn on special occasions.
My head ahhh, it hurts like I was thrown from a hill.
My eyes opened slowly. Ahhh my body. It hurts. Consciousness. My eyes widened,
Where the hell am I?
The only thing I could see was the dense forest. My body still hurts like a heavy rock was kept on it.
I grabbed a tree as a support and slowly got up. I looked around, and then looked at myself. My eyes widened
WHAT THE HELL AM I WEARING?
When did I change? Who changed my clothes? The only last thing I remember was falling from a cliff. How did I reach this place?
Wait, what am I wearing? I clearly remember, I was wearing a red dress for Abhi's birthday. How did I end up with this?
LEHENGA?
It's so heavy I can hardly walk, it's so annoying. Anyways, I couldn't do anything about this.
First, I need to get out of this place before sunset because once the place gets darker I will not be able to find a way.
And what if a wild animal...
No no, Pran thinks positively there must be someone near.
Ah, my cell phone. I searched my clothes but couldn't find any. Ahh no way I lost my phone. It was expensive.
God, why my phone? WHYYYY
It's OK, it's just a phone. I'll buy another one after I get back home. Pranjal, get a hold on yourself and focus on leaving this place. I know I'll find someone if I walk some distance.
I assured myself and started walking.....
I have been walking for 2 hours. Now I don't wanna go home, I just want to go somewhere. It's getting darker, I cannot walk anymore.
All the positivity I had has been drained from my energy.
I got exhausted and sat down and leaned on a tree.
Maybe I'll die here. Please someone come and save me. If not, just give me something to eat.
God fine, if this is my fate, then I'll accept it, but if you have plans to kill me, then don't let me die of hunger. At least bring a wild animal to eat me, at least his hunger is satisfied.
"A movement occurs in the bushes."
Huh
I stand up in fear. Looked in the sky, Oh God, why did you fulfill my wish so soon? I didn't actually mean it. Am I really going to be eaten today?
Sound became loud and the creature showed up. AAhhhh
I accepted my fate and closed my eyes in fear, but nothing happened. I slowly opened my eyes and.....
It was a horse. Huss thank god,
The horse started walking towards me and I was stepping backwards and finding a way to escape. It started making noises. I got a bit scared.
Then I noticed that the horse was nodding its head in a particular direction. "Do you want me to follow you?" I asked. The horse nodded. Surprisingly, it was very smart.
As I followed the horse, we started walking together in the dense forest. After a few minutes, we reached the place. My eyes widened after I saw the scene.
There was a man covered with blood.
I quickly sat down near him and tried to open his clothes. Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and asked "who are you?" in a deep voice with heavy breaths.
This guy was wearing weird black clothes and a mask. I had no idea who he was, but I had to save him as I was a med student, and it was the duty of a doctor to save his patients' lives.
If you're injured, we need to stop the bleeding as fast as we can or else you'll have anemia.
I continued to take the clothes off but he made his grip tighter. What is your problem haa? I questioned with a loud voice.
I looked at his face with a mask. I realised that this guy, around the age of 24 to 26. was shy about showing his body.
I looked up at the horse's eyes. They were full of tears. Even his horse cried for him, but all he cared about was his body.
This annoyed me. I shook his hand hard, which also hurt him a little. But I needed to stop the bleeding. If you want to live, then stay where you are and don't move. I said with a ordering tone. I took off his clothes.
I couldn't help staring at his body. He had a body which guys normally like to show off. In short, it was very sexy. Pranjal, get a hold on yourself. STOP STARING.
The wound was deep. He must have been stabbed.
I applied direct pressure and tried to control the bleeding. My hands were covered with blood. For several minutes, we stayed in the same position. Once the bleeding was controlled, I teared his clothes and banded them around his waist.
Finally, the bleeding stopped. I was relieved. He is going to be fine, I said to the horse. I don't know if it understood. I told the horse because it looked worried.
The whole time his eyes were closed, it felt like he was sleeping. Suddenly, I found myself staring at him. My hand slowly reached to his face, attempting to remove his mask.
Stop Pran, my inner voice shouted out loud. You don't know anything about this man. Moreover, he was stabbed. What if he is a gangster or a murderer, or the mafia?
I stayed there with him for hours. Somehow I was feeling safe. Of course, it was better to stay with an unknown being than be eaten by a wild animal and his horse was also there the whole night. Time passed quickly. It was almost going to be morning.
Once he wakes up, I'll ask him about the way to get out of this place and never come back here ever again.
The day was brighter now. I can go to find something to eat and drink.
I remembered I heard the sound of running water while I was finding the way to get out. I stood up and said to the horse. "Take care of him. I'll be back in a minute". I went to search for that place. I started walking, after some time,
I found the river. Finally, something good happened to me YESS. I quickly started drinking water. It gave me hope that today was not the day of my death.
I grabbed a pot which was near by and collected water for the patient and his horse.
I quickly went straight to the place where the patient was but when I reached it, there was no one around. It felt like nothing happened last night.
PATIENT........... PATIENT...........
HORSE........HORSE........ I shouted.
but nobody was around.
My patience level crossed,
THAT UNGRATEFUL JERK. How could he leave just by himself? I shouldn't have helped him and have let him die here all alone.
And that HORSE, it acted all innocent. I shouldn't have followed it. Such an i***t, how could I get tricked by an animal? How stupid of me I was bringing water for them. I thought they must be thirsty. Mummaa told me to never trust strangers, but my dumb head Ahhhhhhh.
You are both going to hell. If I meet you both ever again,
I WILL KILL YOU*******
Heavy breathing,
I almost finished cursing them. And suddenly, my head felt dizzy, my legs lost their balance and I fell on the ground. But before losing all my consciousness, I saw someone. They drugged me. My eyes closed slowly.
What the hell is going to happen to me?
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
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