Encounter Part 2

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There was pitch darkness.
Huffing and puffing,exhaling almost double the amount of air, I inhaled, I was running....no Sprinting !
I was like the poor rabbit, who was running for life, from its predator. In real sense too, I did feel that.
Because, she was behind me.
I wanted to stop, my legs were aching, bleeding infact I felt they would literally tear apart but stopping of me, would become ceasefire of life! Finally when, my legs, gave in I fell on the ground.
Helplessly as I began struggling to get up, her shadow began overpowering behind me, getting bigger and bigger as she neared me.
I could feel the sensation of her sharp claws across my neck as she wrapped them around me.
Helllppppp
I cried, as she began exerting force around my neck!!

With a loud jerk, I woke up. Sweat all over me, wetting my clothes and even my blanket.
I heaved a sigh of relief, as I came to terms with reality. Taking a sip of water, from the glass kept on my side table, I tried to kinda relax myself.

With drooping eyelids, heavy feet and rather aching muscles, I started moving towards the bathroom, for a quick freshen up.

I took out my brush, put on dash of toothpaste and began lazily brushing my teeth.
I felt some movement or some kind of noise, behind me so in a fit of second, I turned around but saw nothing in obvious.
Relieving my senses, I turned around and bent down in the wash basin to spit. Cleaning and rinsing my mouth, I sprinkled some of the tap water on my face, applied soap and washed it. Blindly moving my hand, across the basin, I managed to locate a towel. Quickly grabbing it, I covered it around my face and slowly stood up, gently wiping my face.
Sensing the wiping done, I casually removed the towel off my face,

There she was .....
Standing .....
Right behind me. I could see her in the mirror.

The rage of fury in her eyes, was enough to get me terrorized.
With shaking legs, as I gathered my strength to make a quick run, to the bathroom door, she out paced me, and before I could reach the door she came running before me, locked the door from inside, turned around to face me and said....

"Darling, u buried me last night, now I have returned to take along company"

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