Aarav dheere-dheere us hidden staircase par niche utarne laga. Har step par dhool jami hui thi, jaise yahan saalon se koi nahi aaya ho. Uske mobile ki torch ki roshni sirf kuch hi feet tak ja rahi thi.
Neeche jaate hi hawa aur thandi ho gayi. Deewar par ajeeb purane symbols bane hue the, bilkul waise hi jaise usne upar wale room me parchments par dekhe the.
Aarav ne ek symbol par haath phiraya. Jaise hi usne touch kiya, symbol halki si neeli roshni se chamakne laga.
"Yeh jagah kya hai…?" Aarav ne dheere se khud se kaha.
Tabhi usne peeche ek halki si awaaz suni.
"Tap… tap… tap…"
Aarav turant mud gaya. Torch ki roshni me usne dekha ki shadow phir se uske peeche khada tha. Lekin is baar shadow us par attack nahi kar raha tha, bas chup-chaap dekh raha tha. Aarav ka dil tez dhadakne laga, lekin usne himmat nahi haari.
Staircase ke niche ek lambi dark tunnel thi. Tunnel ke beech me zameen par kuch chamak raha tha.
Aarav dheere-dheere uske paas gaya.
Wahan ek chhota sa glowing map fragment pada hua tha. Map ka tukda purana lag raha tha, lekin us par bana raasta bilkul clear tha.
"Shayad yeh mujhe bahar nikalne ka rasta bata sakta hai…" Aarav ne socha.
Usne map uthaya aur torch ki roshni me dhyan se dekha. Map ek maze jaisa tunnel system dikha raha tha.
Lekin ek jagah par laal nishan bana hua tha. Achanak tunnel ke andar se ek tez hawa ka jhonka aaya aur deewar ke symbols phir se chamakne lage.
Shadow ne dheere se apna haath uthaya aur tunnel ke ek corner ki taraf ishara kiya.
Aarav ne us direction me torch ki roshni ki.
Wahan zameen par patli si line bani hui thi… jaise koi hidden trap ho.
Aarav ko turant samajh aa gaya —
map ka raasta ek khatarnak trap ke beech se ja raha tha।
Usne gehri saans li aur dheere se bola:
"Lagta hai asli test ab shuru hua hai…". Aarav ne ek kadam aage badhaya…
Aur achanak zameen zor se hilne lagi!
Tunnel ke upar se tez dhaar wale blades neeche girne lage.
Aarav ki aankhen shock se khul gayi.
"Trap activate ho gaya!"
(To be continued…) 😈
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