Nale Ba (Part 2)

...Nale Ba (Part 2)...

After some hours which seemed like eternity the night ended.

The sun rised breaking the darkness of the dawn.

We didn't sleep last night because of fear. We were just silently waiting for the sun to rise. We sat like statues the whole night.

Manoj was unconscious from last night.

We wanted nothing else but to escape from here. So as soon as the sun rose we left that place. Manoj also regained his consciousness at that time.

We hurriedly reached near our car when Rohan said "You all stay here I'm going to find a mechanic."

"Rohan we're already scared because of last night, what if something happens to you." I said worriedly.

"I think she's right." Seema agreed with me "You should not go alone I'm coming with you."

"Okay, come we have to find a mechanic quickly." Then Seema and Rohan left.

When we were waiting for them the same man from last night approached us.

"So you came back for your car?" He asked.

"Yes." I answered him.

"You didn't spend the night anywhere near here did you?" He asked worriedly.

"Yes-" As I was going to answer he hurriedly said "Where are the others there were two more people with you? They didn't go missing did they?"

"No, they just went to find a mechanic." I answered him.

"But why do you ask that?" I didn't seem to feel at ease after hearing what he asked.

"Don't you know that there's a witch who roams around here after sunset." I could sense fear in his voice as he said that.

"Is it a woman who wears a red saree*." I asked referring to the woman we saw last night.

*Saree is a traditional Indian wear for Women.*

"Yes, she's a witch. She roams around here and some neighboring villages. Her target are mostly men. She calls her target's name in a sweet voice. Her voice is so tempting that no man can ignore it and they eventually fall in her trap. She hypnotize her target." He said with a trembling voice.

Hearing this made me remember yesterday's incident. The same happened with Manoj.

I can't believe what I saw yesterday and that was same with everyone except Manoj. He couldn't understand what we were talking about.

"Bhaiya* why is 'Nale Ba' written on everyone's door?" Preeti asked him.

*Bhaiya means elder brother in Hindi*

"To avoid that witch. It seemed that the witch stopped knocking on their door who has written 'Nale Ba' on it." He answered.

"Can I ask why you were in a hurry yesterday." I asked him as I couldn't understand his behavior yesterday.

"I was in a hurry because I had to reach home before that witch kills me." He again answered while trembling in fear.

When we were interrogating him we saw Rohan and Seema returning with a man.

"Thank god you're Safe." The man said when he saw Rohan and Seema and left.

The mechanic started to repair our car and Rohan told us that they also heard the same thing about the woman from last night as us.

Manoj was still astonished to hear all this.

Our car was repaired and we quickly headed toward the railway station.