The Horror of Mr. X!
It was a dim dark evening of April when Mr. X was enjoying his holiday in a small town hotel. His is a limited income school teacher. A close friend of him introduced this small town and recommended for paying a visit.
Though he is peaceful guy but it is true that there must be something that bothers him for so long. If you glimpse into his face you could see it easily. He has a nightmare. Almost every night he wakes up from the dream where he meets a person who looks exactly the same as he. It was the time when this dream issue was bothering him the most. So, he decided to go somewhere to change the present ambience around him.
He doesn’t like to visit the so called common places that people usually pay a trip. Rather, chooses the usual on-set natural settings that many of us just overlook. A small town by the river, an old landmark building, enchanting rural farmlands or a tiny gloomy railway station. Enough existing for our Mr. X!
Arranging the expenditure for this kind of sudden trip couldn't give hard nut as he is a single living man with no back pulling agent. The idea is so simple to him. Cut your coat according to your cloth. However, this time he didn’t choose the place by researching. It's like just wandering here and there and reached somewhere miraculously.
Finishing check-in at this hotel he decide to explore the area a bit. It was a nice morning walk that he enjoyed. But this evening! When he decide to got out for some shopping; having no idea what was waiting for him out there. After finishing his raw tea, Mr. X was fully prepared to go out.
The road was not empty, people were all jostling around. Paying a glimpse to the left walkway, he suddenly looked towards the sky and see how the street lights are coming into full forms with the last sunlight remaining to be fade away.
Rickshaws were everywhere. He usually do not like these sort of gatherings. He is totally a peace loving innocent guy. He thought to change his route.
He takes a snap of the street and turned right to find a walkway with less pedestrians. And immediately he finds the one. It was a nice relief indeed.
He was walking alone and suddenly he finds out something is making him uncomfortable and this weird feeling is like the gloomy winter hollowness which grab the entire vivid ambience. Mr. X stops. And he thought is it his sugar or blood pressure that giving him this sort of uneasy feelings.
It was the exact time when Mr. X was panting; suddenly a man emerged out if nowhere and stopped by him offering help. Mr. X asked the stranger if he has water. The stranger nodded his head.
Drinking some water Mr. X felt a bit normal at that point. Thanking the stranger Mr. X looked at the man's face. As he was not that much conscious and his sight probs; he didn’t noticed it at the first glance.
He couldn’t believe his eyes. The stranger looks exactly like him. Even the eyebrows, nose, eyes and most importantly his hairstyle is annoyingly the same. Mr. X didn’t give it that much concern that the voice is exactly the same. It was like seeing himself at the mirror. But here the horrific thing for Mr. X is there is no mirror in between.
The stranger was equally in a shock just like him. They couldn’t believe their eyes. After a short introduction they found out, they are not only look alike but also the do the same teaching job, living alone and they have this favorite to explore around as well as similar health problems.
They were a bit astonished to see each other. A horror springs out in their mind finding out a similar him is existing simultaneously in this world. Mr. X hard about this. A same you is living somewhere in the world. But what it feels like meeting the same person which is similar or totally you can not be described in words.
Mr. X didn’t imagine this thing could happen with him. How can this be possible! The two wonders! It was a bit weird feelings for both of them that it seems like they even think in the same was. One thought of saying something the other one speaks it.
At the lonely walkway the two known-unknown person could not bring them into reality. They felt it was something evil that brings them in such pick point of life. Though Mr. X got frightened at the first place, but soon he started to come to the reality.
The fate that brought them here must have something in mind. From the very beginning we noticed that Mr. X was not feeling comfortable. It was like an anomaly for him. The stranger was rather calm and seems comfortable.
The stranger has some hurry, so he told Mr. X that they should meet some time , have some coffee or wander some new small town. Mr. X was unable to take this thing that much easily. How can he tolerate a similar man living out there. Not only that doing the same thing like him.
The stranger turned around and just starting his footsteps. Suddenly, Mr. X felt the essence of something that telling him to get rid of this horror forever.
Kill’m!
Just kill’m!
And you are free!
The End!
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