One day, Deep and Aarohi who were a young married couple went hiking in the mountains. As the sun began to sat, they realized that they were lost. She was getting worried but he tried to calm her down and assured her that they would eventually find their way back to their car. However after walking for hours, they still had no idea where they were.
It was getting dark and they were getting desperate. They didn’t have a mass or compass with them and all the trees looked the same. Just when they were about to give up hope, they came across an old cabin in a clearing.
The cabin looked as if it had seen better days. It was dilapidated and it seemed like it hadn’t been used for a long time. Some of the windows were cracked and broken and a lot of tiles had fallen off the roof. Deep knocked on the front door but there was no response. When he turned the handle, it slowly creaked open.
Inside, they found it was in a bad state of disrepair. There was a very little furniture and the floor was covered in a thick layer of dust. As they cautiously looked around, they noticed a strange atmosphere and a peculiar musty smell.
The walls were covered from floor to ceiling with graffiti. Written in red paint, the words, “Death! Death! Death! Death! Death!” were repeated over and over again.
The young couple were unnerved. With a shaking hand, he reached out to touch the wall. He was horrified to find out that the paint wasn’t yet dry.
They were very frightened. But that had nowhere else to go. They knew that the mountain was dangerous as night and there were lots of wild animals prowling the woods. Despite the creepy writing on the walls, they decided to stay for the night.
Going upstairs, they found a motheaten mattress covered in stains. They wrapped themselves in an old piece of carpet to keep warm and tried to make themselves as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. They laid down together on the mattress and eventually managed to fall asleep.
Sometime after midnight, the couple were awakened by a strange rustling noise. It sounded like something or someone was moving around the shack.
‘Did you hear that?’ asked Aarohi. ‘I think there’s somebody out there.’
Deep listened for a while but he didn’t hear anything. He walked out of bed and got over to the window. It was too dark outside to see anything. Opening the window, he stuck his head out.
‘Who’s there?’ he called out nervously.
There was no answer.
He was about to go back to bed when Aarohi said, ‘Maybe it’s someone who can’t speak…’
Deep returned to the window and said, ‘Is there anybody out there? Clap once for YES and twice for NO.’
He strained his ears to listen. The stars twinkled in the night sky. The crickets were chirping loudly.
All of a sudden, he heard a loud CLAP!
Deep turned to Aarohi and said in surprise, ‘You were right, there’s someone out there.’
He leaned out the window and his eyes scanned the darkness. He couldn’t make out anything in the pitch black.
‘Are you the owner of this cabin?’ he asked.
CLAP! CLAP!
‘Are you a man?’
CLAP! CLAP!
‘You’re a woman, then?’
CLAP! CLAP!
‘Are you human?’
CLAP! CLAP!
A chill ran down his spine. He swallowed hard and croaked, ‘Did you come here alone?’
CLAP! CLAP!
‘How many are with you? Clap once for each person..’
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The End.