Spooks Tales

He left immediately before she could ask him his name or introduce him to her friends. She felt even more guiltier to probe him about his girlfriend. “I know that guy. He has bad reputation.”,her friend , Kelly said. Everyone stared at her in amusement. “What are you saying? “, Richa asked with wide eyes. “I am saying the truth. He’s Sam as per what I heard from the other man whose head he was banging was screaming.”, Kelly narrated the fateful night. “You should have seen his eyes. They were bloody red. He looked like a raging demon. Everyone were scared to watch him bash that man black and blue. The sight was terrifying. Anyway , the police arrived and arrested him right away.”, she continued. Everyone listened to her with great intent.  She couldn’t believe a nice guy like him could hurt anyone. “I don’t know. One moment that    guy helps me walk to the college because I was hurt. Another moment I see him arguing with his girlfriend which seemed normal and now this. I ...

He helped her to rise up. She moaned with pain as she rose up. She limped while she tried to walk. "You don't seem good. Let me take you to the doctor to treat your wound.", he said. "No, I am fine. I think I can manage", she smiled weakly. "Fine", he said softly. He didn't insist her with his offer to help. She limped few steps and then fell down. She cried in pain. He rushed towards her and helped her again to rise up. "At least let me drop you where you are going. With this pace, you will only make pain get worse and you will reach your location tomorrow.", he spoke with tinge of humor. Her college was few more blocks away. She thought she could walk but the pain was accelerating. With hesitation, she accepted his offer. He smiled slyly as he helped her to walk. He dropped her to her college. She said thanks and before she could ask the name of this kind Samaritan, her friends called her name out excitedly. Her mind was distracted for ...

Three years had passed. Still those memories were fresh in her mind. It was a sunny morning. She got ready for college. She was bored resting at home due to flu. Now that she was feeling fine, she decided to go to college. She sneaked through the kitchen to get some breakfast. Unfortunately her mom arrived just in time to catch her red handed.  She stood behind her with her hands folded and stern expressions. “I told you to stay at home . Where are you going?”, she said firmly. Richa protested , “Mom, I am fine. How long will I stay at home? You are simply panicking for no reason.” “You will never listen to me, right? You still look sick and weak. I am only asking you to rest for few days and then you can do anything you want.”, her mom said.  Richa had already made up her mind. She didn’t want to stay at home.  She kissed her mom’s cheeks and hurriedly left. Her mom called her  to come back . She didn’t listen. As she excitedly walked towards the college which was f...

 The road was quite empty except for few cars passing by. The radio played in the background while she continued driving. "Few more hours.", she whispered hoping she would reach on time. Suddenly the radio stopped playing. She sighed in anger. However she didn't try to fix it instead concentrated on the road. It was strangely getting cold. She switched off the AC and pressed the heater button on. She felt warmer now. But it didn't take long for warm to become hotter. Slowly droplets of perspiration formed on her forehead. She pressed the heater button off and rolled the window down. The car was acting strange. She decided to take the car to service station as soon as she came back from the trip. In midst of journey, the window rolled up unexpectedly. This sent shivers down her spine. She screeched her car to the side of the road and stopped the car. She pressed the lock button to open the door. As she tried to get out, she felt something pull her hand and push her to ...

 She was immersed in pain. Her eyes were still closed. She almost forgot that there was a storm coming up and she had to reach grandma's place on time. Suddenly she heard someone banging on her window. She immediately opened her eyes and saw a teenage boy who was few years younger than her knock the door. She was miffed and rolled the windows down. "What is it?", she snapped.  "You forgot your purse, miss.", he said coolly. She was startled. "What purse? I have mine with me.", she said. "But this has your picture inside.", he said, showing her the purse. She shuddered in fear when she saw the purse. It was a gift she had thrown out with other memories when she had broken up with her ex. "What was it doing here?", she wondered. She grabbed it from his hand and whispered thanks. The boy stared at her with annoyance and left. She looked at the purse in disgust and threw it out from the car. She drove as fast as she could from the parki...

It was late afternoon in George Town, Malaysia.  Richa was driving towards her grandmother's place which was six hours drive from the city. It was going to be long drive as well as long weekend. She switched on the radio to wile away the time. "We are expecting heavy downpour tonight .", the weatherman said. She huffed. It wasn't something new in a tropical island.  In midst of journey , traffic started piling up. The four lane highway that once used to be empty, was jam packed with traffic. However the opposite two lane had heavy traffic. She wondered whether it was safe to continue with the journey. Later she realized that she would reach her grandmother's home before the storm started and sensing the traffic on other side, it wasn't wise to head back since she would be stuck in the storm. She continued to drive. The thoughts of cancelled plans revolved in her head. She had been planning since two weeks to meet her friends from Australia who were visiting th...

What we see sometimes are not always true . They could be half truth or complete lie. Kabir had mastered the art of lie when he was toddler. He was manipulator and could influence people to believe his lie easily . He had convinced Shaina into believing how much he loved her and changed into new leaf due to her love. He was able to hide his greed with love .  When he was introduced to his prey by his uncle, he had his eye on enjoying the golden egg alone. He didn’t want to share the proceeds with anyone by killing his beloved wife. For five years, he planned secretly on how to get his uncle out of his way. He successfully manipulated his uncle in believing that he had betrayed him for the girl . But it was just a half truth. He had betrayed him to enjoy the massive wealth for himself. His next target was his beloved wife. She had lost faith in him and he knew it wasn’t easy task to get it back. Hence he got himself arrested to win her faith back. He knew she would eventuall...

“What did you do , you fool ?”, the uncle screamed in pain. Blood was oozing from his wounded hand. He dropped the gun and stomped towards Kabir. He grabbed his collar. “After training you in this field and showed you the ways of life, you pay me back this way? Betrayal !”, he growled at him . “I was naive that time. I didn’t understand the value of love and family before she came into my life. I believed what you said and did what you asked me to do. Now I know it was all wrong. I want to change for both of us. I am sick of the person you made me.”, Kabir said. “I haven’t betrayed you. In fact you had used me in your games.”, he  continued. “Bastard ! How dare you call me manipulator ?”, the uncle growled. He was seething in anger. He turned his gaze towards Shaina. “I don’t know what you have seen in her. But I won’t leave her . I will definitely  kill her tonight.”, he said while trying to snatch the gun from Kabir’s hand. Amidst this tussle, there was a gun shot. The...

She opened her eyes. Her head was still throbbing in pain . She looked around. She saw Kabir’s uncle standing in front of her with his new assistant whom she had busted few minutes back. She looked for  Kabir. He wasn’t there. She grew furious and tried to get up. But her hands and legs were  strapped to the bed. “Why the hell have you strapped me for ? Don’t you have guts to fight me ?”, she growled at him. “Come on, Shaina ! I don’t like my prey to be challenging . I love straight kill.  No fights . No drama.”, the uncle spoke calmly like he spoke when he first introduced himself as doctor to her. He got closer to her. “You know what! Even though I like my prey less challenging, I gave you lot of opportunities to let you fight me but you never used it. Now I am bored of this cat and mouse chase.”, he continued. She tried to scratch his face. But the strap held her back. He laughed . “Get me the papers !”, he ordered his accomplice. The young man took out the papers...

Her sleep was disturbed by sound of door shutting hard.  She woke up with her head still longing for sleep. She stretched her hands and got up. She wondered whether it was wind or anything. She slowly stepped out of her bed and headed towards the door. She opened the door and looked around. The  usually lit corridor was weirdly dark.  There was no one. Before she headed back towards her bed, she wanted a glass of water. One of the housekeeping staff would always place a pitcher of warm water on the table next to her bed. But there was no pitcher of water on her bedside table. She assumed they might have forgotten and headed towards the kitchen. Suddenly she saw some strange shadow running  few meters in front of her. She felt sudden sense of fear inside her. Paranoid, she ditched the idea of going to the kitchen. She turned back towards her room. She sped up her pace and momentarily turned to see if that shadow was still there. Her eyes grew wide when she found ...

Three days passed by quickly and Shaina was struggling to find any evidence against Kabir and his uncle. An idea struck her. She would check the grass root of the problem. She travelled to his native which was a small town located at outskirts of Jaipur and heard stories of how his family disowned him when he tried to sell the family house without telling them. His family lost contact with him and no one knew his whereabouts except one of his close friend .  The friend asked her to meet him few miles away from town. When she arrived at planned destination, he narrated rest of the story for little money. “After that fiasco, Kabir had then joined his uncle who was his mother’s cunning cousin and was conning people for living. I heard he had trapped a rich girl now and  fending himself with her money. But madam, if you don’t mind, can you tell me why are you interested in Kabir’s story?” “ I have paid you the price to tell me his story. Now you have to pay the same price if yo...

She stared at the doctor with desperation for him to spill the truth out. The truth that was hidden to her for five years by her husband. The doctor was finding right words to begin the story. He was aware that how sensitive people become when they listen to stories of their closed one’s betrayal. “Well, the doctor who impersonated me isn’t really a doctor. He was my former housekeeper staff. Kabir is his nephew and assistant in all his crime.”, he finally spoke. Her eyes grew wide. She couldn’t believe that her husband could ever do anything wrong. She wondered what more was going to come up now. “This uncle - nephew duo would con my patient in my name and prescribe wrong medicines in my absence . Sometimes they would charge them exorbitant fees or turn as robbers and loot them at their homes . One fine day, my close friend barged into my home with the police to arrest me . I was taken aback.”, he continued but stopped when he remembered the time he was wrongly accused by his frien...

She felt more guilty whenever she looked into her husband’s eyes. She did everything to make that feeling go. She prepared his favorite dishes personally. She treated him extra special . But nothing could minimise the guilt in her. She decided to visit Dr. Prabhakar to ease her pain. Next day, she visited the clinic. She sat at the waiting area.The doctor seemed busy in his clinic as the door was closed with only whispers of the doctor and his patient coming out. An hour passed by, the doctor didn’t arrive. Unlike the first day , she remained patient. Finally the door opened and two men came out. She assumed both were patients and got up to meet the door inside his examination room. But one of men interrupted her. The man was tall and stout. His grey hair and wrinkled skin spoke of his age and life experiences. “Hi , do you have an appointment?”, the man asked calmly. “Yes, I do. I have an appointment with Dr. Prabhakar.”,she said slightly irritated. “I am Dr.Prabhakar.”, he sai...

Shaina’s mind was fixed on to the news. The newsreader  spoke with the poker face. She mentioned the state of Joseph when he was bought to hospital and the number of times he was stabbed. She also mentioned that police was on lookout for the killer. Shaina switched off the TV irritatedly.  She wondered whether her husband was the killer. Immediately she changed her mind thinking it couldn’t be him as he was too gentle to kill anyone. Last month’s fiasco with Joseph reminded her how coldly he had dismissed him and said how much she mattered to him . The question again began to torment her - Did he kill him to avenge the trauma she been through. She was engrossed in her thoughts that she didn’t notice Kabir entering the room. She only realised his presence when he sat next to her. He noticed her confused expression and spoke, “What’s the matter?” “ Where were you the whole night ?”, she asked. He became nervous. “Why do you ask ?”, he quipped. She was astonished by his c...

Joseph got frustrated while thinking about how he was going to get his revenge now. His plan was messed up and there was no way to get back into royal palace . Now everyone in the palace would be cautious about his movements. He rose up immediately as if something struck him hard. He wondered why this idea hadn’t strike him before. He was to find out the man who has contacted him before he found out how Kabir was able to deduce he was the culprit within a day. Next morning Kabir woke up and stayed in the bed, watching Shaina sleep peacefully. He was relieved by the sight after so long. He had seen her waking up traumatized by her nightmare every night. He prayed that she slept peacefully forever like this. He was about to kiss her forehead when her eyes opened wide. “Good morning!”, she said huskily with head still in need of sleep . He greeted her back with a smile. “I stayed all night watching you sleep.”, he said as he brushed few strands of hair from her forehead. “Aww! But ...

The night was normal. There were no monster or ghost terrorising Shaina. She slept soundly after long time. However Kabir was no where to be found. She assumed he was busy searching the person who had played this horrible prank on her. Next morning she woke up to Kabir’s voice. “Come down to the dinning area. I have something to announce .”, he said. She was curious. “Did he find that trickster?”, she wondered. She arrived at the dinning area after washing her face and brushing her teeth. She didn’t even change her night wear or brush her hair. She was excited to know who was the person. She waited while each and every staff arrived. They were all curious as Shaina was. Kabir arrived last. He seemed cold. His expression weren’t warm and compassionate as usual . They were stern now. A wave of guilt engulfed her. She regretted not approaching him first. “ I have some news. It may affect few. It has impacted badly and shook me hard when I found our loyal staff, Joseph did this impecc...

The doctor prescribed her some meditation exercises. He also advised her to take few days off from writing ghost stories. “Apart from these , we will conduct therapy sessions daily starting from tomorrow .”, he said. She nodded and got up to leave . On their way towards home, Kabir spoke, “ Why didn’t you tell me about this ? I am feeling guilty for letting you suffer silently .” She brushed his hand gently to relieve him from his guilt and said, “ I didn’t know that it was due to my past I was seeing things and I didn’t want to reminisce about the nightmares of my past.” . They reached home. Kabir wanted some time alone and thus he headed to the library. Shaina didn’t stop him instead she headed to her room to get hot shower to refresh her mind. After the shower, she was searching for comfortable clothes from the wardrobe. Suddenly she stepped on something soft. It triggered her the memories of the last night. She screamed out of fright and moved aside. It was the same carnivorous ...

The doctor started with questions. The first few questions were basic. It was about her family, childhood and friends. She was reminiscing the fond memories of her dad gently pushing the swings , her mother preparing her favourite dish - pooris with aamras , her granny sharing tales of her ancestor’s famous battles and playing hide and seek with her friends . But remembering the memories of one particular hide and seek game  made her shiver with fear. The doctor noticed that. He dwelled more into the game to get answer to this riddle. “It looks like you loved hide and seek game as a child. Do you want to share some fond memories ?” , he asked. She became nervous. “ Everyone loves hide and seek as a child. There’s nothing special I could recall about.”, she said tensed. “Are you sure? Well , I enjoyed the seeking part of the game . It was amazing time for me to find people  in their hide out and I would find them all. What did you like the most - hiding or finding ?”,he said...

She looked at her feet . It was dark. She couldn’t see what was holding her. She tilted her face and called out Kabir’s name. He didn’t hear her voice. He was deep in sleep. The grip on her feet was tight. She tried several times to pull her leg out of the grip. She cried in pain. The thing dragged her swiftly towards the small storage room which she didn’t know existed. Suddenly she felt something release her leg. The light switched on its own. She finally discovered what had dragged her. It wasn’t a monster. It was a tall carnivorous plant with fanged jaws that were dripping with large drops of saliva dripping on her feet. It bent down to devour her while she closed her eyes and screamed loudly. Next morning, Kabir woke up and found her missing. He immediately rose up from the bed and started looking out for everywhere. At last he found her crawled up in the tiny store room. The room was stinking of pee. As he lifted her up, he found out she had wetted her night gown. He took he...

She hadn't noticed how long she had slept.  She opened her eyes slowly and noticed it was already night. It wasn't dark. She was relieved to see everything was normal. The lights were as usual on. She switch off the TV and got up to fetch a glass of water in the kitchen. Her mouth felt dry.  She smiled as she walked towards the kitchen. The long corridors  looked elegant with bright lights and the red carpets made it look majestic. The kitchen was pitch dark in contrast to other rooms she had come across. It felt strange. She wondered where the housekeepers and butler had gone as they were expected to be in kitchen at this time. She switched on the light and was taken back when she saw the cook cutting the vegetables.    "My god ! You scared me . I thought no one was there. Why are cutting vegetables in dark ?", she said.  The cook didn't speak. He silently cut the vegetables. She felt weird and walked closer towards the cook. "Are you fine ?", ...