THE TUNNEL
(In a dark tunnel ,three candles lit, a spirit recorder in between.. Three men holding hands in a circle)
“Tiara.. you’re hearing me?… Tiara.. are you with us?.. Tiara….”
“It’s so spooky in here..I’m freezing.. where’s the foul smell coming from? I wanna go home brother. I can’t stand this anymore”
“No matter what lords, don’t leave the hands, Aiden don’t let go, We’ve reached this far..She is the only one who can help us get out. She’s trying to communicate” said Zohar,the wizard.
“Tiara.. we need your help. You’re here? Please give a sign”
“Tiara…” repeated Yannic
(The recorder started buzzing…. like tuned to any local station some weird music began to play) ( broken and unclear sound)I…. I warned you..
“Tiara, is that you? ”
“I warned you…(female sobbing voice) I warned somethings wrong… you can’t fight him”
“ He is going to kill you.. he killed me.. he’ll kill you all.. save your life.. run.. Yannic”
“Run away”
“Who killed you Tiara?.. whose gonna kill us?.”
“Run for your life…. Ru……”
“Tiara…….”
(The sobbing was gone.. random station tuned..recorder started rattling weirdly)
(heavy manly voice crackling through the recorder)
“It ain’t thy wish when thou arrived, ain’t that be the way thou go
None have ever defeated the demon, see the power he owe,
The dawn thou want to see is far far away
The elegy of death song has just begun to play
Now until the game’s over thou have to Stay… So Stay”
“My lord…That’s not Tiara.. He has arrived”
“It’s scary brother… feels like somethings climbing my back”
(The recorder crackled and made rattling noise. The gentle breeze turned into howling wind. Wind growled harder swinging the men.. rattling grew noisier.. the foul smell grew stronger.)
“Don’t leave the hands .. don’t let go..We need to be together. It’s a trick no matter what.. DON’T LET GO…”
The swirling wind blowed off the candles.. leaving the men in pitch darkness… feeling the tight grip of each other’s hand
“I’m scared… its all dark now”
(The boy beside them started shaking)
“Aiden’s trembling, Zohar can you feel his hands getting colder ?”
“Aiden… you’re okay?”
“Lords don’t let go.. we need to hold on .. she’s gonna help us”
(storm grew wilder.. men swinging with wind)
“HELP!!”
“SAVE ME!!” “Aaaahhhhh”(painful scream)
“Whose yelling ?”
“ sounds like someone’s dragged out of the tunnel”
“I’ve heard that sound before”
“Help………… brother.. save me .. he’s taking me away … Zohaar…”
The scream grew bitter .
“Holy god!!!!….Zohar….. that’s Adein”
“How’s that possible??.. then whom are we holding on ?”
The sound slowly vanished along with the rattling of recorder.. the trembling was all gone. All that left was heavy breaths, bumping hearts in dead silence of the pitch dark tunnel and unknown pair of cold hands that they were still holding on.
(Part-1)
