The Road Side Hotel

The Road Side Hotel

Track : Short Story

Genre : Horror

Status : Complete

Usually we have a fear of being attacked by ghost or thieves in the night time at any place we can consider about.Some how we normally encounter with some random thieves but have you ever attacked by a random ghost ?

Nope , we had listen about the revenge stories of the ghosts .But have we ever listen about a random attack for having no reason.

 Yah quite uncommon.Most of the ghosts have reasons to attack.Either they want salvation and we have to give that .Otherwise they stay over that haunting people.

A month of winter ! Ramesh was waiting for the bus in the night at Rajasthan , India.A couple of buses used to be there for sure.But that day no bus.Night buses at 12 pm is actually enjoyable. Just went inside and slept.

Ramesh had to travel 100 km by the bus to reach home.He had stayed home for 4 weeks.Now he wanted to return to work.

Suddenly a bus arrived there...

In front , it was written Udaypur.

The door was opened and no one was there in that bus...even not the driver.

Ramesh :

May be the driver has gone to the nearest shop for having food or something like cigarettes. 

The bus was empty, its happen quite in a decade that the bus seats are left empty.So yes. Ramesh was happy with the empty bus.

Suddenly bus started with a big whistle...hmmmmmmmm....

***Ramesh suddenly discovered that , the bus was driven by a driver...

Ramesh :

Thank god , the driver was there.And that driver was not a ghost really...

But when the driver got into the bus ?

I was constantly had my eyes on the driver seat.

When that an entered ?

Ramesh :

Oh ! Driver sir .Why there is no bus today ?

And where are all passengers ?

Driver :

Driver just node his head and gave no reply.

Ramesh :

Hey ! Wait . Are you drunk ?

Really ? Are you drunk ?

***Suddenly the driver applied break .

A group of women entered into the bus .They were designed theresepves in a traditional look.

But in the dark , ramesh was not able to look at their face.

The gang went to the back side and sat there.

Then the bus started moving.

On the way the woman gang started singing some traditional rajasthani songs in chorus by clapping in chorus...

" Ghumar , ghumar ..."

Ramesh was enjoying and the bus was fast in the track.We crossed the city and entered in to the rural area.

While crossing the city under a over bridge , a girl stopped the bus and entered inside 

Instead of seating anywhere else, she sat beside Ramesh.Ramesh and that girl sat in the same row . 

***After few seconds 

Being exited Ramesh started a conversation with that girl...

Ramesh :

Where are you going ?

She :

Udaypur !

And you ?

Ramesh :

Same ! Udaypur.

Are you doing a job there ?

She :

Yah . Senior product specialist in ABC group ltd.

Ramesh :

Strange !I too.

But I never seen you ?

She :

Hve you seen me yet ? 

Ramesh :

No..no..it's dark and we can't see eachother.Ri8 ?

She :

But we can have an intro right ?

Ramesh : 

Yah ... Sure..

Hi ...

I am Ramesh ...

***Saying this ramesh raise his hands towards her for hand shake.

When they shake hand , ramesh had goose bums.He shocked and trembled with fear.

 Ramesh felt that her hand is full of hair like a monkey have.

Suddenly Ramesh jumped to the next seat and he was sweating in fear.

***In the mean time the women started singing an english song from the back in chorus !

"This is the day !

       A moon light day !

A never felt day!

       A Last night day !!!!"

"The moon going hide ! 

         In a dark deep tide !

The moon going hide 

        In a deep dark ride !"

Now this song made Ramesh more scare ! How these Rajasthani guise sang English song , and this song is give a feel like a death song. 

*** When Ramesh looked back , no one was there in the back side.

Ramesh :

Driver ! Driver ! Stop the bus ! Please stop the bus !

Driver :

Whats happened ! I can't stop the bus .Here lots of rubbery stuffs happened.Thieves will attack and we can't take risk !

Ramesh :

You know , a gang of ladies entered in the bus along with a girl in the town overbridge ?

where are they  ?

Driver :

Sir ! are you mad ? In this bus we are only two people ! No one else .Where did these ladies come ?

***Ramesh got a shock ! Because in a few seconds he heard a song , the girl scared him and the gang entered into the bus , but all were his imagination ? How could it possible ! No , it couldn't be !

"Deep in you , things goes up,

     we are true , nothing show up !

Ask you better 

                         are we here      ? "

After singing this song in chorus , all of them started laughing.This time when Ramesh turned back , the lady from his office had joined them and was also laughing with them.

In the darkness , no one could see each other.

Ramesh :

Driver ! Don't you have light in your bus .

Driver :

It was , but not it has broken.Not working.

Ramesh : 

It's disgusting man !.

Driver :

Sir ! have you given the rent of this bus ?

Ramesh :

Oh ! I forget , that you don't have even a conductor to collect the bus fees ! Right ?

***Then Ramesh went to the driver and gave the money and that happened made ramesh unconscious.When Ramesh gave money to the driver , suddenly a light from outside hotel fall inside the bus and Ramesh saw that the hand of the driver was full of hairs like a monkey with half burnt.

***Ramesh was dying inside but din't give any reply.He thought that if he would do so then all the ghosts will attack him immediately.Now ramesh sat at the window of the bus and waited for the destination .When would Udaypur come.

The way was lonely.No shop , no market , no people , only tress both side.After few minutes , Ramesh saw a hotel on the way.People were eating foods and some were drinking wine in group by sitting on the ground.

They were dancing and singing along with drinking.

Then again the same road and trees.

After few minutes , the same hotel appeared and with the same set of people.

Ramesh was in shocked ! Again and again the same hotel and same road.It was like a trap. Ramesh was sure that he will not see the sun in the next morning.

Meanwhile Ramesh felt a hand on his shoulder.When he turned back , he found a woman with a face which was half burnt.

Then he stood up and told :

Stop the bus ! you ghosts , Stop the bus !

***Mean while ,Ramesh saw that again the same hotel is coming on the way...

For help , Ramesh jumped from the running bus.Bus was slow , so he was wounded slightly.He felt pain on his leg.

Then he went inside the hotel. Everyone in that hotel covered their face.It was weird.

Then Ramesh asked for a glass of water.

When the waiter gave him the water glass , Ramesh saw that his hands were full of hair.When he saw his face it was half burnt.

Ramesh lost his sense.

Next Morning :

When Ramesh woke up , he found himself surround by a couple of people who were constantly looking towards him.

***Ramesh told them everything.

One of them told :

After 12 at night , the buses stops running in this root from last 3 weeks.Because Randomly people are started complaining that ,there is a bus , a horror bus running in this root every night after 12 "o" clock.

Slowly people started being killed and the root is ban now.

Ramesh :

But what happened before 3 weeks ?

Man :

A bus containing a Rajasthani woman gang of singer and a woman gornalist had started for Udaypur. On the way there was an restaurant.The driver asked all women to get out of the bus.

In that restaurant , the driver has some friends who were drunk.They had a secret room behind the hotel.They forcefully raped those women in that room and the girl and then locking them in that hotel room , they set fire in that room.

Next day police came to search for the girls but the hotel owner lied them .

After one week the whole hotel burnt when that driver and his friends were drinking wine inside along with the hotel owner.

And people believe that , the women gang took the revenge.

Now the gang just scaring people who are travelling late night.