No One There

 The silence lingered all over the train. Everyone was busy reading their phone screens. But she was glowering at him suspiciously and he was oblivious to her look. Instantly, the train stopped. The rail’s squeal disrupted him and he rolled his eyes from one side to the other.

    

Suddenly, his gaze landed on the sobbing woman, who was sitting across him. He saw her plain white kurta drenched with the blood that was oozing from her eyes. Immediately his eyes widened. She was still louring at him continuously. He was dazed and glared at her back.

 In a flash, he took a trip down to his memories, where he killed his colleague out of frustration. 

 ‘No… no… she can’t be alive…’ Out of panic, terror entered his body and he began to tremble. She gave him a hideous grin. He shrieked and started to move as far as he could. But he couldn’t.

“S-s-save me…” He screeched and began hyperventilating. “S-save me… She is going to kill me…” 

The man sitting beside him clenched his shoulder and said, “Who is gonna kill you?”

“D-d-that v-v-woman... “ He pointed his index finger at her. 

 “What woman?”

 He was not even able to take a word out of his mouth and tried to cringe.

The man followed the way his finger was pointed and said, ”There's no woman there…”