The Past !

Emergency Exit

By Khushi Verma

Some memories are meant to fade.

Some doors are meant to stay closed.

And some exits… were never meant to be opened.

Years after graduation, five childhood friends finally agree to a long-awaited reunion. What should have been a night of laughter, nostalgia, and shared memories quickly becomes a silent battlefield of fear. Beneath their smiles lies a secret they have spent years trying to bury,a horrifying incident connected to a place they swore never to speak about again.

The of Emergency Exit their school.

A forgotten passage.

A forbidden door.

A nightmare that never truly ended.

As the evening unfolds, old wounds begin to reopen and fragments of the past start creeping back into their minds. The friends desperately avoid discussing the incident, convincing themselves that time has erased the horror. But some truths refuse to remain hidden.

Then, an ordinary accident changes everything.

{Kuru \= a girl for whom family and friends matters more.

Selena \= girl with a Bold nature and high dreams.

Prerna \= girl who’s kind and caring.

Rohan\= boy with a kind nature and outstanding personality and good in psychology.

Adam\= sports person with a keen sightedness.}

Everyone was having a good time and then after some time Kuru went to the restroom , returning from where she stepped on something on the floor.. A Board , Kuru took up the board & read the writtings. After which she just got out of her balance .Everything wat recalling in front of eyes!!! she screemed out of her frightedness. "Save Me!! Everyone Run!

Because on the board there were ..

Two simple words.

EMERGENCY EXIT.

The moment Kuru reads them, terror consumes her. The memories she fought so hard to suppress come rushing back with brutal clarity. Panic spreads through the group as they realize the past is no longer content to remain buried.

After hearing her voice, everyone ran towards her and saw that she was breathing heavily in the corner with her hands covering her face !! All the other four asked her about what happened !? but she only pointed towards the board. The other four also witnessed The writing on the board and understood why this happened !!?

What really happened on that dreadful night years ago?

Why does the mere mention of the Emergency Exit fill them with unimaginable fear?

And most importantly—

Did they truly leave that place behind… or did something leave with them?

Emergency Exit is a gripping psychological horror novel filled with suspense, buried secrets, friendship, trauma, and a chilling mystery that blurs the line between memory and reality. As the friends uncover the truth they have spent years avoiding, they are forced to confront a terrifying question:

Some exits help you escape. But what if the Emergency Exit was the beginning of the nightmare?

It was certainly a nightmare for them. Silently, they all gathered outside the restaurant in the near garden. Their faces were all down now because unfortunately, they all again recalled what they didn’t want to!!

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