Calling

By this point Shraddha was annoyed with her colleagues. Once or twice it was funny but calling her name again and again then disappearing was no longer funny but was irritating.

She heard her name again, "Shraddha come to us". This was certainly strange. The voice was coming very close to her at the same time it felt as if it was coming from afar. It was almost pleading. It was getting difficult for Shraddha to ignore those calls.

"Shraddha, come to us" this time she heard a woman and man both voice together but nobody was around. It made her scared. Then there was a pin drop silence for a minute.

"Shraddha, Shraddha, Shraddha, Shraddha," she heard multiple voices together as if they were chanting her name.
"Shraddha, I am hungry," Now this voice appeared as if it was a child. It was impossible to have a child around in the corporate facility. No workers were around hence it was out of scope that their child would be around.
"Shraddha, I am hungry," this voice was heard from an old woman - Woman old enough to be on her death bed.
"Shraddha, please I need food," this time it was and old man.

Shraddha sensed something was wrong. Either her mind was playing tricks with her or something unusual and terrifying was occurring with her. She could not understand why she was hearing those voices. She knew it was not possible for hearing voices of a child, an old lady and an old man. But her mind was not ready to accept that it could be beyond her imagination.

The security guard had cleared the security check for her container. The permission to carry it inside the building was granted. Shraddha decided to forget the incident and move towards the office building. The voices were not leaving her alone while she walked.

"Shraddha, Shraddha, Shraddha, Shraddha," with each passing minute the voices were getting louder and closer. She felt like hundreds of people were calling her and asking her to give them the food. The voices had become so loud that she felt uneasy. They were giving her a splitting headache. She was not able to understand what she should do next hence she continued marching towards her office building.

The loud of voices were making her feel dizzy. Shraddha had a difficulty to breath. She felt suffocated as if someone was trying to choke her, block her airways. Suddenly Shraddha felt as if she was going to faint.

The next moment Shraddha saw that she was on the terrace of her office building. She got terrified. She had no recollection of going to the office terrace. Moreover the office terrace was a restricted area and only the head of security had the keys to it. She could not understand how she could have come to the terrace all alone. She looked around but nobody was with her. But the voices were still continuing.

"Shraddha, we are hungry, give us the food," she heard the voices in a unison clearly. Despite being all alone those voices were loud and clear as if she was surrounded by all the scavengers.

This was the moment when Shraddha realised what she would need to do next.