Tuesday, July 05, 2005
The Puppet
Michael’s eyes suddenly opened to find the bright sunlight trying to penetrate them. He was lying on the floor of this room and he could not think how he came to that place. He could not think who he was and how he happened to be in that place. Strangely, he remembered that his name was Michael. He got up slowly only to realize that he was in army fatigues and his gun was lying on the ground. Was he an army man? Was he on some mission? Which place was that? All those questions made him giddy but he tried to walk out of there.
He came out of the room into the lobby of the building. "Déjà vu", he told himself as he felt that he had come to that place before. “Is there anyone out here?”, he shouted but the only thing he heard was his own echo. There was no one around and it was as if everyone had evacuated the building. He ran down to the road. There was no sign of humanity in the city. All the shops were mockingly wide open but there was no human soul inside them. “What spooky shit is this?”, he thought trying to read the signboards.
While walking on the deserted road, he felt that somebody was watching him; as if somebody was smiling at his helplessness; as if somebody was doing some kind of sick experiment on him. After a while, he was inside the railway station and the sight of public telephones made him to think of calling for help. “But to whom? I don’t even know anyone”, he cursed himself. Unexpectedly, he heard the sound of an incoming train and he ran madly towards the platform. The train stopped and to Michael’s horror, it had no passengers in it. “There should be a driver”, he thought and ran towards the engine. The train had started moving and Michael sprinted faster than it to find that the engine was also vacant.
There was again a ghostly silence at the station. Panting, Michael asked himself “What the hell is going on?”. Suddenly, he saw a white thing coming towards him. It looked like an arrow and it stopped near him. Utterly shocked, he did not move an inch. It touched him and there were sounds of two clicks. Darkness fell in front of his eyes. It seemed that the world had ended for him.
On the other side of the world, there was a shout “Max, come here fast, look it worked”.
“You must be kidding me Bill?”
“No man, Michael walked around in our city but I feel that he is feeling real alone”.
“Maybe we will create some more people in the city and maybe a girlfriend for Michael. What do yaa say?”.
“Yo maan !!! then this will sell like hot cakes. We can even give fight to Nintendo. But hey …. What are we going to call this?”
“I know of a name …… The Puppet”.
He came out of the room into the lobby of the building. "Déjà vu", he told himself as he felt that he had come to that place before. “Is there anyone out here?”, he shouted but the only thing he heard was his own echo. There was no one around and it was as if everyone had evacuated the building. He ran down to the road. There was no sign of humanity in the city. All the shops were mockingly wide open but there was no human soul inside them. “What spooky shit is this?”, he thought trying to read the signboards.
While walking on the deserted road, he felt that somebody was watching him; as if somebody was smiling at his helplessness; as if somebody was doing some kind of sick experiment on him. After a while, he was inside the railway station and the sight of public telephones made him to think of calling for help. “But to whom? I don’t even know anyone”, he cursed himself. Unexpectedly, he heard the sound of an incoming train and he ran madly towards the platform. The train stopped and to Michael’s horror, it had no passengers in it. “There should be a driver”, he thought and ran towards the engine. The train had started moving and Michael sprinted faster than it to find that the engine was also vacant.
There was again a ghostly silence at the station. Panting, Michael asked himself “What the hell is going on?”. Suddenly, he saw a white thing coming towards him. It looked like an arrow and it stopped near him. Utterly shocked, he did not move an inch. It touched him and there were sounds of two clicks. Darkness fell in front of his eyes. It seemed that the world had ended for him.
On the other side of the world, there was a shout “Max, come here fast, look it worked”.
“You must be kidding me Bill?”
“No man, Michael walked around in our city but I feel that he is feeling real alone”.
“Maybe we will create some more people in the city and maybe a girlfriend for Michael. What do yaa say?”.
“Yo maan !!! then this will sell like hot cakes. We can even give fight to Nintendo. But hey …. What are we going to call this?”
“I know of a name …… The Puppet”.
