Aarav aur Meera poori taqat se gallery me daud rahe the. Unke peeche se tez kadmon ki awaaz aur kareeb aati ja rahi thi. Andhera itna gehra tha ki torch ki roshni bhi mushkil se raasta dikha rahi thi.
Achanak Meera cheekh padi,
"Ruko… aage raasta khatam ho gaya!"
Aarav ne torch aage ki taraf ki. Unke saamne ek badi patthar ki deewar thi. Aage jaane ka koi raasta nahi tha.
"Yeh kaise ho sakta hai?" Aarav hairaan ho gaya.
"Jab hum aaye the to yahan raasta tha…"
Tabhi peeche se halka sa hansne ki awaaz sunai di। Wahi budha aadmi dheere-dheere andhere se bahar aaya।
Uski aankhon me ajeeb si chamak thi.
"Is mahal me raaste kabhi seedhe nahi hote," usne dheere se kaha।
"Yahan har kadam par ek naya raaz chhupa hai।"
Meera ghabra kar boli,
"Tum hume yahan se bahar kyun nahi jaane dete?"
Budha aadmi kuch pal chup raha, phir bola—
"Kyuki tum dono ne Andhere Ka Darwaza khol diya hai… aur ab mahal tumhe aazma raha hai।". Achanak deewar par bane purane symbols chamakne lage।
Aarav ne dhyan se dekha। Symbols ke beech ek chhota sa secret button tha।
Usne himmat karke button daba diya।
"Ghrrrrrr…"
Patthar ki deewar dheere-dheere side me khisakne lagi।
Uske peeche ek naya raasta khul gaya… lekin wo raasta aur bhi zyada andhera tha।
Budha aadmi halka sa muskuraaya। "Ab asli safar shuru hua hai…"
Aarav aur Meera ek dusre ki taraf dekhe।
Unhe samajh aa gaya tha —
Agar unhe bachna hai, to is naye andhere raaste me aage badhna hi hoga।
Dono dheere-dheere us raaste me chal pade…
Lekin unhe pata nahi tha ki is raaste ke end par kuch aisa unka intezar kar raha hai jo unhone kabhi socha bhi nahi tha…
(To be continued…). Agar Chapter 8 chahiye to apne dosto ke sath share karo. 👻📖 Jaldi share karo