Hospital....

It was 2017 when I and my friend Smitha met with a major accident, though I was hurt less Smitha had multiple fractures. We were admitted to the hospital for nearly ten days.

One night when I was asleep, I heard a lady crying as I turned around she was sitting on the chair next to my bed I was shocked to see her I took courage to ask why she was crying as it was only me and Smitha who was in the ward, she replied telling that her husband left her alone while she was pregnant with a girl baby, she is still waiting for her husband to return and take her along with him. As I sat next to her when I tried holding her hand to calm her down, she said she died on the same bed two days before and disappeared… I screamed loud and woke up and realized it was my dream. My mother calmed me down saying it was just my dreams.

The next day when I and Smitha were taken for scanning, in the lift I saw a man who was standing still - Smitha signaled with fear pointing at the reflection that was not seen in the lift. As I saw even, I did not see a reflection- I looked down in fear, I saw his feet were in the opposite direction. I screamed and pressed the button several times for the door to open and pulled Smitha out of the lift to the lift attender and the nurse asked what was wrong when I explained to them what we saw they said it was all common in hospitals and not to worry about this more.

We said about this with our parents and they calmed us down telling them they would always stay next to us… a couple of days passed by the time we thought no more horrific experience will cause again suddenly Smitha’s mother who was washing her face in the bathroom screamed loud and had fallen inside the bathroom as she felt like someone was watching her, as she turned around she found no one but soon she saw a weird face woman in the mirror and she held her neck tight and pushed her down, when we went inside we found nothing…

Two nights before my discharge when I was advised by the doctor to relax on the lawn, I went with my mother to sit. As we sat and talked about how exactly we met with an accident I suddenly I saw a girl in the opposite room whose mouth was full of blood and she held a knife in her hand, suddenly a man’s body fell from the top and the girl disappeared as I shouted the crowd had gathered when I looked for the girl she had disappeared, my mom pulled me in. I was devasted from the incidents that were happening, I wanted to run away from the hospital, I had a sleepless night.

The day of freedom had finally come. The saddest part was that I had to leave Smitha as she had to get treated for some more time. But I did not stop visiting her daily. One day Smitha’s parents got late arriving at the hospital I was requested to stay for a little while more as they would reach by evening. We chit chatted and cracked jokes, we never realized that it was almost six in the evening. I did not feel good to leave her alone as she forced me to go home because of the horrific experiences. I waited for her parents to come. The clock stuck eight they did not arrive I fed Smitha some food and gave her medicines.

I was drowsy- I fell asleep on the chair; I woke up suddenly I did not find Smitha on her bed when I looked at the clock it was 1 have I cursed myself for sleeping too early. I was worried as she was not able to move on her own, she needed support– I ran out to search for her but I was scared too to go alone in that hospital, I did not hesitate I ran out calling for her. As walked faster I found no one in the corridor. In distance I saw a nurse I explained about my missing friend and asked whether she knew it. She said no and said she would help me in finding her.

As we both searched for her I saw a girl standing on the stairs and there was a dead body beside her. As I went near, I realized it was Smitha- I was shocked and I screamed loud as the nurse came along Smitha killed her too. She started chasing me I screamed for help. Hospital staff came running for my help. They held her captive and tied her to the bench – I knew she was possessed, her face had turned weird, her eyeball had become big, she had a wicked smile, she was trying to get released from the tied rope. I deeply prayed for her, soon she got released she starting walking on the wall she was hurting everyone, she held my hand and pushed me down multiple times. I was helpless -

I was half-conscious as my head was hurt when my eyes were half open in a distance, I heard a voice in distance saying “get up, break her locket “when I opened my eyes, I saw no one around me it was just a man who was standing in front me. When I tried getting up Smitha pressed my neck down to the floor, she twisted my hand, I pleaded with her to spare me but she continued hurting me.

The man kept on saying break her locket, I stood with all the efforts I could put. I tried holding Smitha’s hand but she was more furious she stabbed with a knife. It was not easy to pull the locket but I had to pull it out if I wanted her back alive, I took all the strength and pulled the locket from her neck… as I broke the locket Smitha screamed loud I saw a white thing that moved out of Smitha’s body. Smitha had no conscious I tried waking her up as she woke up, I hugged her tight crying. I saw the man behind her who asked me to break the locket, I wanted to know what had happened and how he knew the solution to my problem?

As I sat quietly crying, I man stepped forward and said the day we both met accident was the same day he and his wife had met with an accident. In that accident, he and his wife had lost their lives... I screamed loud and crawled back the man said he would cause no harm to me and asked me to listen to what exactly happened!!

The road that we drove was the most dangerous one where many had lost their lives it is believed that a woman who was pregnant with a baby girl was killed by her husband and was left on that same road some strangers thinking that the woman was still alive brought her to this same hospital. From that day when her death was declared many bad incidents took place in this hospital and many lost their lives too. She still wanders in that road for her husband to come. I could not tell the man that I saw a lady who said the same story in my dreams on the very first day in the hospital.

The man and his wife’s soul have parted away from their body as we both were still breathing the man decided to help us as he saw the woman’s soul entering Smitha’s locket…he requested me to help others the same way he helped me and he disappeared. I cried out loud in pain.

I pulled Smitha out of that hospital as we were on the way we met Smitha’s parents and explained everything that happened. They took me to a nearby hospital for the wound caused by Smitha. We were relaxed as we reached home, our heart was also at ease as we silently thanked the man who helped us and prayed for his and his wife’s soul to rest in peace.

Few years passed, we heard the news that the hospital was closed completely as many patients died without a genuine reason, few questions are left unanswered such as – was the same lady whom I saw at the first day in the hospital as said by the man? Were the same or different I had this dilemma, who was the girl in the opposite building? But I did not want to know the answer as I had partially forgotten about the nightmare…. I was just happy with Smitha’s recovery.