Poltergeist

The ghost began to wander as the streets of that metro went alive with people. Entering its favorite café, it sat near the counter. Few customers were there. A waiter served a cup of hot coffee to a customer. He slowly picked up the cup and sipped a bit. Within a moment, he spat it out on the floor.

“What the hell?! Is this a coffee? It’s salty,” he complained.

“Get out. No need to come here. How dare you complain about our food?” The waiter rudely pulled him up by the arm.

“What?! Is this any way to treat a customer?... I’m not going to pay,” the customer protested.

“You have to pay, and I'm going to make sure of that.” The waiter dragged him to the cashier. The ghost got up, went near that rude waiter, and spanked his butt. Yelping in shock, he looked around in anger. The next thing he saw was the same cup of hot coffee, smashing into his face. As it began burning his face, he ran towards the wash basin crying, just to bang into a pillar, and fell on the floor squirming.

This will keep you cool enough for a few days, idiot. The ghost flew out. It wandered through some shops looking at brand-new goods, stood at a bus stand watching people boarding buses, and lay down in the passenger seat of an auto-rickshaw, listening to its favorite song.

Then, it remembered the school nearby. In a few minutes, it was inside the school compound. Children were playing in the playground. While wandering through the corridors, it heard a child crying as it went past a classroom.

“C’mon dumbo Dinesh. Give me your geometry box. I want it.” A bully had held the collar of a crying wimpy kid.

“Sorry, I can’t. My parents will scold me. Let me go, Pavan.” Dinesh begged.

“You piece of…” Pavan was about to punch when a fiendish shape appeared above Dinesh’s head. It glared at him with a vicious smile. Seeing that, Pavan’s face turned pale. Leaving Dinesh’s shirt collar, he took a few steps back.

“Boo!” The ghost scared him, and Pavan screamed loudly, falling down. Dinesh was looking at him in shock.

“What’s happening here?” A teacher appeared. She looked at Dinesh, and then Pavan, crying on the floor. As she came near Pavan to help him up, she was shocked to see Pavan’s wet pants. A small pool of urine was formed beneath Pavan.

“You idiot! Are you a little kid? Who’s going to clean your mess now? Come to the principal’s chamber now.” While beating him, she dragged him out of the classroom. The ghost laughed and left.

There was a lake next to the school. The ghost went there and sat on the shore for an hour. Let me see what movie they’re showing today. Thinking, it went to a nearby movie theater.

As the ghost entered, it saw lots of people waiting in queues. It went near the screen displaying the schedule and was happy to find its favorite actor’s movie.

As the ghost was floating through queues, something stopped it. A pervert was trying to touch a girl from behind, while she was trying to avoid him haplessly.

The ghost thought for a while, then went near the pervert. When he tried again to touch her butt, the ghost pushed his hand. The next moment, the pervert’s hand was on the butt of an old lady, who was standing in front of the hapless girl. Everyone was in shock, including the pervert. The old lady hit him with her purse.

“You shameless pig! How dare you? Didn’t your parents teach you to respect ladies?” As the old lady continued to beat him, others joined her. The security hardly rescued him from the mob and handed him over to the police.

The ghost enjoyed the movie, sitting in the middle of the aisle. When it came out, it was evening. The sun was getting ready to set. It went to the nearby park, and sat there on a bench, watching the children play.

A man came near the bench and took out a cigarette pack. Though smoking was prohibited there, he put one in his mouth. When he was about to light it, a kid came and told him not to smoke. Threatening the kid, he shooed him away. He took a lighter out from his pocket and was about to light the cigarette, but it went out. The same happened when he tried again and again. Irritated, he started cursing.

“Sir, you can’t smoke here. This is a public area. If you want to smoke, please go out.” A lady security guard warned him while approaching, accompanied by the same kid.

“What?! Do you know who I am? I’m a close friend of MLA Fernandes. I can get you fired. BEHAVE PROPERLY!” She was in shock, but the next moment, turned to the other side, giggling in embarrassment. The kid laughed too.

“What the?!... YOU IDIOT! How dare you! I’ll show you who I am.” His hand reached down to his trouser pocket to pick up his mobile. Shocked, he looked down to find his trousers around his ankles. He immediately pulled them up, while looking around, feeling a mix of both anger and embarrassment.

“Pratik, some guy was trying to smoke in the children’s play area. He threatened me when I warned him. Now, he is behaving obscenely. Send help.” She called her colleague.

A bunch of security guards came there within a few minutes and held him down as he resisted. Later, they handed him over to the police. The ghost was literally rolling over the ground laughing. It stayed there, till the sunset, then faded away into oblivion.