2020 - part 2

 

To my surprise, the lights in the room came back. The shadow disappeared. Am I hallucinating? Is what I saw till now is unreal? I fell into a confused state, nothing came to my mind. I closed my eyes to repeat the view of the shadow inside my head. Suddenly I paused at a thought and got on my feet and walked to the switchboard. Turned off the lights in the room.

Shadows are not formed in full bright light. This was a thought I got stuck with. I quickly turned on my flash and focused in the direction of the shadow, where I saw it before.

In the flash, I saw the shadow fell on the wall, behind. My hands shivered in disbelief; I couldn’t resist myself from turning on the lights back.

“Who is that?” I cried in fear. I didn’t assume it to be my friends. No one is here in this city, I stay alone, on my job purpose.

I am curious, simultaneously frightened. I am dared enough to turn off the lights. I repeated the question.

“Who’s that?” I stepped back into the corner of the room, into the gap between the bed and wall, “If you are dared enough, come now. Face me now, coward.”

Though I am afraid, I acted bravely. Firstly, I assumed as someone, a thief. But then realized that there is no light from outside and where is the shadow falling from.

“Turn off the lights, you can see me,” I heard a voice, which is normal. The sound appeared not so far from me, but I couldn’t see anyone in front.

“Why?” I started to sweat, I can feel my legs not steady, my voice breaking. “Show me yourself first.”

“I don’t like this light, turn it off you can see me,” said the voice.

Everything happening around me appeared to be strange. What am I doing? Talking to a shadow? This weird question came to my mind.

“Why can’t you show yourself in the light?” I said it normally, talking to it.

“I have no body; I am just shadow,” there came the reply.

“WHAT?” I was shocked to hear that. Till then I was trying to get someone on the mind, who may be doing this to fool me. But I was surprised to hear that from a shadow.

“Shadow?” I said to myself in a surprised tone, “What shadow?” As friends, we started to talk to each other.

“Am answer for your questions,” the voice didn’t sound strange anymore.

“My questions?” I am still confused by his replies.

“Yes,” later the voice said to off the light to see the shadow.

Though I continued to talk, I am not dared enough to turn off the light.

“Who are you?” I asked, “why you are here?” soon I believed him, that it is a shadow talking to me. That the voice had no body.

“My name is 2020,” the voice was neither too low, nor too high, but slightly rough. “I am the identity of the world, descendent of the 20^th century.”

I was taken by surprise; I was fed with a series of shocks.

“How can you be a person?” I questioned, “And how can you answer my question?”

Beginning with a sarcastic smile, he answered. “When you pray to the sun as a person, when you can pray for the moon as a person. Why can’t I be a person?”

That was convincing. I was out of words and stood waiting for his further answer.

“Am here to answer, not only you but to this world,” I heard confidence in his voice, “I am the reason for the tragedies happening around the world.”

Though I was not able to get what he is saying, I desperately wanted to know about what is happening around the world.

“Okay, I believe in what you are speaking,” I tried to be firm, “to be frank with you, I am fed up with the things happening around the world. These happenings are showing humans the hell, I want a solution for this.”

For a few seconds, the room was quiet, the air noise outside decreased. The sound made by the rain can be heard.

Again, came a big evil laugh.

I am eager to know, what is his side.