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Outsiders (part-2)
We were in a shock, about how he could die so suddenly?.Only two days ago he was standing on his feet, talking to us.
There were a few people who lived at east side of the forest.One of them was a farmer,his name was Andy. He told us that in a past few months , many animals from his farm are disappearing. Like goats,dogs,pigs and ducks.
He also suspected the villagers. He says "They worshiped female goats and consider them as their God" .For now we were well aware that the villagers are somehow connected to the lady whose body was found in the forest.
The examination reports further told us that the lady whose body was found in the forest was about 20 to 22.
We visited the only church that was there in the village. It was owned by a priest,Chris. But the strange thing was he was the only man who used to work in the church, the rest of them were nuns. And of all, only faired skin ladies were allowed to work in the church. He told us as soon as the ladies turn 18, they are sent in the church by the villagers .
We were investigating around the church and in the village. The villagers didn't seemed to be happy by us. It has been months and almost nothing is in our hands. The villagers had considered us as foreigners and called us 'Outsiders' . The village head was quite a rude man ,with a strange appearance.
It was a cold night , me and Ethan were on a walk ,by the lake outside the village . We were happily walking around, and talking.
But, as I moved further ,the air was enveloped by a foul smell ,like something was left to rot out. As we reached the bank, I knew what it was.
It was 3 am in the night and were investigating around the lake. There were so many dead babies around and inside the lake ,which gives the air a foul smell.
After some days of investigation, we found out that the villagers killed male babies who were born with a fair skin. In all the years, the villagers had believed that fair skin only belong to girls ,whom they considered as a blessing. But, boys with fair skin were considered as a curse.
I was so disturbed by all this. Everything appears one by one and creates such a mess. I wanted to give up ,but my mind want to reach the core of this mess.
I went to sleep, everything felt so heavy. When I woke up I found myself in a different place. I was really scared as my brain had failed. My mind couldn't think anymore. There was a bed infront of me,I could clearly see the blood stains as there was camera in front of the bed.
The door opened with a slow yet a very audible creak. I was shocked !.
It was the old woman whose daughter went lost. You ?.
She opened a cupboard, took out a pot of ink and a pen .I was so disturbed. She reached over to me ,she undressed me ,tied my hands and started writing on my body. She covered me with symbols ,I could clearly remember them, they were inscribed on the woman 's body too.
It had been days since I was locked in that room.I had not eaten for five to six days ,she wanted me die from hunger and then sacrifice me to the devil. I could see a dagger on the bed but my limbs were too weak to reach out to them ,but somehow standing up , I reached the dagger and cut the rope. I put a coat around my body.
I was thinking how could I escape as my eyes fell on an old chimney, I climbed up on it ,Its other end was blocked by a glass pane I hit it until it got broken, jumped out and ran in the forest .I was well aware that the woman was following me. So I took an axe lying beside a tree. I hid behind a tree as I could see the woman approaching me with a gun. As she came closer ,I tried to fight back ,but the axe was too heavy and my hands were too weak.
But before she could shoot me, she was shot dead by a police man. The police troops had arrived.
After some days of investigation we found out that villagers sold the fair skinned ladies to the church and from their, the woman used to buy girls and sacrifice them by either poisoning or starving.
A year had passed to that incidence, It is my and Ethan 's marriage. I couldn't believe that he had planned all these within just a year.
Our marriage went really good. I was in his room roaming about, looking at his pictures. As I was searching through the shelves, I found an old album. I flipped the pages as I could see many pictures of Ethan and his family .
But I was shocked, in the last picture he was standing with his grandmother. It was pretty much normal. But I could clearly identify that the woman was the one from before who sacrificed young ladies. I get up immediately, as I wanted to get out . But before I could move ,I could feel his breath on the shell of my ear.
----------Erum Ahmad
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There were a few people who lived at east side of the forest.One of them was a farmer,his name was Andy. He told us that in a past few months , many animals from his farm are disappearing. Like goats,dogs,pigs and ducks.
He also suspected the villagers. He says "They worshiped female goats and consider them as their God" .For now we were well aware that the villagers are somehow connected to the lady whose body was found in the forest.
The examination reports further told us that the lady whose body was found in the forest was about 20 to 22.
We visited the only church that was there in the village. It was owned by a priest,Chris. But the strange thing was he was the only man who used to work in the church, the rest of them were nuns. And of all, only faired skin ladies were allowed to work in the church. He told us as soon as the ladies turn 18, they are sent in the church by the villagers .
We were investigating around the church and in the village. The villagers didn't seemed to be happy by us. It has been months and almost nothing is in our hands. The villagers had considered us as foreigners and called us 'Outsiders' . The village head was quite a rude man ,with a strange appearance.
It was a cold night , me and Ethan were on a walk ,by the lake outside the village . We were happily walking around, and talking.
But, as I moved further ,the air was enveloped by a foul smell ,like something was left to rot out. As we reached the bank, I knew what it was.
It was 3 am in the night and were investigating around the lake. There were so many dead babies around and inside the lake ,which gives the air a foul smell.
After some days of investigation, we found out that the villagers killed male babies who were born with a fair skin. In all the years, the villagers had believed that fair skin only belong to girls ,whom they considered as a blessing. But, boys with fair skin were considered as a curse.
I was so disturbed by all this. Everything appears one by one and creates such a mess. I wanted to give up ,but my mind want to reach the core of this mess.
I went to sleep, everything felt so heavy. When I woke up I found myself in a different place. I was really scared as my brain had failed. My mind couldn't think anymore. There was a bed infront of me,I could clearly see the blood stains as there was camera in front of the bed.
The door opened with a slow yet a very audible creak. I was shocked !.
It was the old woman whose daughter went lost. You ?.
She opened a cupboard, took out a pot of ink and a pen .I was so disturbed. She reached over to me ,she undressed me ,tied my hands and started writing on my body. She covered me with symbols ,I could clearly remember them, they were inscribed on the woman 's body too.
It had been days since I was locked in that room.I had not eaten for five to six days ,she wanted me die from hunger and then sacrifice me to the devil. I could see a dagger on the bed but my limbs were too weak to reach out to them ,but somehow standing up , I reached the dagger and cut the rope. I put a coat around my body.
I was thinking how could I escape as my eyes fell on an old chimney, I climbed up on it ,Its other end was blocked by a glass pane I hit it until it got broken, jumped out and ran in the forest .I was well aware that the woman was following me. So I took an axe lying beside a tree. I hid behind a tree as I could see the woman approaching me with a gun. As she came closer ,I tried to fight back ,but the axe was too heavy and my hands were too weak.
But before she could shoot me, she was shot dead by a police man. The police troops had arrived.
After some days of investigation we found out that villagers sold the fair skinned ladies to the church and from their, the woman used to buy girls and sacrifice them by either poisoning or starving.
A year had passed to that incidence, It is my and Ethan 's marriage. I couldn't believe that he had planned all these within just a year.
Our marriage went really good. I was in his room roaming about, looking at his pictures. As I was searching through the shelves, I found an old album. I flipped the pages as I could see many pictures of Ethan and his family .
But I was shocked, in the last picture he was standing with his grandmother. It was pretty much normal. But I could clearly identify that the woman was the one from before who sacrificed young ladies. I get up immediately, as I wanted to get out . But before I could move ,I could feel his breath on the shell of my ear.
----------Erum Ahmad
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