Ranjan trying to open his eye a little. He can see nothing except darkness infront his eye a narrow pathway from where a little light coming from he want to run but he can't. His body is numb and feeling lifeless. He starts to feel his body and surroundings. He realised soon the scene infront his eyes and inverted. No not the scene he is inverted. His body is hanging invertedly. He trying to shout and scream.

Ranjan: Who is here??? Listen! Realse me.

Ranjan realised his hand and feet tied with thick iron chains. His body is naked except a underwear. His body covered in his own blood. His body has countless cuts by sharp knife 🔪. Blood flow out from those wounds. He try to scream a loud.

Ranjan: who are you? What do you want? If you want to kill me just kill me.

Ranjan's paralysed body soon coming to senses he can feel the pain and burning sensation from the wound. These wounds torturing him more than death. Every cell in his body screaming aloud that they want death. "Death is far better than the torture" that What he thought that moment.

He saw in that narrow light pathway. That girl whom saw infront the house. Crossing out on doorway of this room. Ranjan shout "hey! Little girl help!" "Help me!" Please! But he got no response. That girl walked away just as she can't see or hear anything 🙄. She walking normally. Ranjan again saw her after few minutes. He again scream loudly but no response from the girl.

Suddenly a deep mature woman voice said, "she can't hear you ,so don't shout. Stay silent if you want to live few hours more on this earth."

Ranjan: who are you? What you want? Life! Death is better than few hours living like this. Just kill me. That's better.

"Ha ha! Human you just don't know the real fear and suffering of death that's why you said you want to be killed." Sound told him.

Ranjan: who are you? Came infront me?

"I am your death" the sound said. "You want to see me that much, can you really face your death 💀?" "Ok! Let me fulfill your last wish of your death."

Suddenly fire started burning on floor. The dark room lights up with the flame of the fire. Ranjan can see now the whole room. What he saw in he surroundings made him introduce with reality. He felt he was really wrong. Fear of death is really much more painful than anything. The real horror what he saw infront of his make him shake till core of his body. He saw 5 living body just like him hanging sounding his body. They all wrapped in white clothes but blood from those bodies making those white cloth bloody red. Those bodies are shaking as they don't want to die. They can't see but still they know the fire 🔥 on ground trying to burn their bodies. They can feel the death coming towards him step by step. Their bodies slowly going down towards the burning flame. Those bodies one by one fell in the burning flame 🔥. Fire slowly burn those living bodies and delivering them to the gate of death . Ranjan saw these with his own eye. Those five bodies hanging around him slowly turned into ashes. Now it's his turn. His body slowly going down and falling in fire. He stil away from fire but the hotness of fire. His body melting just as ice meltdown in summer.

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Ranjan shout " stop!". I don't want to die. Please, stop. His body stop from falling down.

"Ha ha..." the sound came again. "You realised too soon" ! That's good. So, you want to live. Let's play a game. Game of life and death.

Ranjan- what game?

"Wait! I will explain you. The little girl you saw out of room is going to be your opponent. One chance One rule and one death. One of you is going die."

Ranjan- she! She is just a small child. Why you want to kill her. Let her go.

" you want to save that girl. Life pay for a life. I am not saying it's your choice you will decide who will die. You or that girl. So, you want to die in her place. "

Ranjan- No. I don't want to die.

"So. You don't want to die for her. Ok! I can help you. Your game will be a support game. You have to support your partner. You can choose yourself to save your partner or let her die. Same rule for your partner. The game starts now."

Ranjan saw same surroundings the same fire. The hanging iron chain slowly running down. Ranjan saw the same little girl standing at the door way. Suddenly hanging ⛓ chain broke. Ranjan thought it his end but that little girl run as hell towards him to save him. She tried her best to pull the broken chains. She played keeping her life on edge just to save an unknown stranger. At the end Ranjan body stop, just before falling into the flame.

First round of this game ends here. Ranjan don't know what going to happen next. Next he found himself in just opposite position. Fire is burning. That little girl is hanging invertedly with the same chains ⛓ above the fire. Her body is injured. She is crying in pain. Chains ⛓ slowly going down with her body.

Ranjan trying to run towards the girl to save her but his legs are feeling like paralysed he can't run even after trying. He saw Suddenly that chain broke and that girl body fall in to burning flame. Ranjan could do nothing. He is just standing there.

Ranjan- No! Please.

He shout loud. He fall on his knees and started to hit his head on floor.

"Game ends here. Well done." "You choose that girls death"

Ranjan- no. Don't say that I didn't want to kill that girl. I want to save her but a my legs paralysed I can't run.

"That's your fear of death, what paralysed you from running. Because you knew if that girl you wouldn't have to die. You couldn't fight with your fear.That because Your will power was weak or you actually want her to die!" Sound announced

Ranjan stay silent.

"Tell me the truth now. Did you really wouldn't able to move a little your foot. Do you really tried keeping your life on edge to save that girl. tell me! Tell me winner " Sound ordered him.

Ranjan remember that his legs was not totally paralysed maybe he didn't able to run but he can atleast creep or crawl towards that little girl but he didn't do that because his mind really hesitate a little some where.

"Wow. Winner! I never seen such a selfish human as you. You didn't try save little girl who just save you from die. Our game has one death rule, but it was a game of support and help. It’s a game of humanity over the life. Do you know that girl saved you keeping her life on edge even after knowing you are his opponent. She knew she is going to die for you. She still choose to save you because she don't fear death. But you cheat her. You broke rule of this support game. Let her die."

Ranjan crying aloud.

"You deserve the death not she. She is the winner. Now you go to hell." The sound announce and then everything gone dark again.

Suddenly a sharp knife came from the dark bark into Ranjan chest. His heart teared apart. Finally it's his end.

At last Ranjan body again wrapped in white clothes which coloured red in blood slowly falling inside fire 🔥.

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