i am Dead
When I was little, there was a ruined building at the bottom of our street. All the kids in the area stayed away from it, as it was rumored to be haunted. The concrete walls of the old two-story building were falling apart. The windows were broken and pieces of glass were scattered on the floor inside.
One evening, as a test of courage, my best friend Vinod and I decided to explore that spooky old place. We both had a strange mix of excitement and fear.
We climbed in through the window at the back of the building. The whole place was dirty and there was a layer of mud on the wooden floor. When we dusted ourselves off, we looked up and were shocked to see that someone had written the words ‘i am Dead‘ on the wall near the ceiling.
I said.
“Maybe someone is trying to scare the kids,”
“Yeah, probably…”, Vinod replied nervously.
We checked more rooms on the ground floor. In one room that was once the kitchen, we found more writing on the wall. It said, “I am in the room upstairs.”
We climbed the creaking stairs to the second floor. I walked ahead and Vinod followed me. I wasn’t scared, but he was a little nervous.
When we reached the top of the stairs, we turned left and cautiously started walking down the narrow corridor. At the end of the corridor was a closed door with some more ominous writing on it. “You will find me in this room.”
By now Vinod was shaking with fear. I was also quite scared, but I didn’t want to show it. He told me he didn’t want to go any further, but I insisted there was nothing to be afraid of.
I turned the handle and the door creaked open. We entered the room and found it empty. There were two closed doors on either side. There was more creepy writing on the wall. It said, “My head is on the left and my body is on the right.”
As soon as Vinod saw this, he completely panicked. He screamed and turned to run away. I grabbed his hand, but he shook me off and ran out the open door. I heard his footsteps disappear down the hallway.
I stuck to my word. I decided to be brave and overcome my fear. Mustering all my courage, I opened the door on the right and walked in. I went to the other side of the room and on the wall was written in small letters “My body is below.”
I looked down at the floor. I was standing on some more writing on the floor. I stepped back and saw “My head is coming from the room behind you. Turn around.”
I heard the door creak behind me and turned around quickly. A shadow was moving behind the door. Suddenly something rolled into the room and stopped after hitting the wall. It was Vinod’s severed head. His dead, sightless eyes stared at me. I fell out of the open window screaming in fear and fell to the ground two floors below.
I fell to one side, breaking my arm. In terrible pain, I ran home crying and calling my parents.
The police were called and they searched the old ruined building. At first, they found nothing. There was no writing on the wall either. They searched the house from top to bottom, but found no trace of Vinod.
Then they pulled up the floorboards. His body was lying underneath. They could not find his head.
For many months, I could not recover from that incident. One night, I had a strange dream. I found myself in front of the same ruined building. There was a blurred image, which slowly became clear. It was Vinod, his eyes staring at me. He said to me, “You left me alone. Now you are in my place.”
Suddenly, I felt something rustling under my feet. I looked down and saw that there was writing on the ground, “Now you are dead.”
Just then, I felt some invisible force pulling me. I screamed, but my voice was lost somewhere. And then, darkness engulfed me.
In the morning, when my parents found me dead in my room, I had the same look of horror on my face that I had seen in Vinod’s eyes.
Many years later, a new generation of children started playing near the ruined building. One of those children, a little girl, Reena, was always drawn to the ruined building. One day, her curiosity forced her to take a dangerous step.
“I’ll go inside and see,” she told her friends.
“You’re crazy! There are ghosts in there,” her friends said in fear.
“I’m not scared,” Reena replied and sneaked in through the window.
As soon as she took the first step, she felt a gust of cold wind. Everything started looking strange and terrifying. She saw new writings on the old walls. “I warned you.”
Reena’s heart started beating fast, but she suppressed her fear. She kept moving forward, upwards, and the writing kept changing with every step. “I am here. You can see me.”
When she reached the top of the stairs, she found a door with the words, “You are my next victim.”
She shivered with fear, but opened the door. She could not see anything inside the room, but she felt someone was moving towards her.
Suddenly, she looked back and there were two shadows – one of Vinod and one of mine.
Vinod’s voice echoed, “You left me alone, now it is not possible to leave this place.”
I stared at her and said, “Now there will be three of us.”
Reena screamed, but her voice too got absorbed in the walls of the same ruined building. Now she too was trapped with us, in this dark and terrifying world, forever.
The story does not end here. After Reena disappeared, one of her friends, Rohan, decides to go to the same ruined building to find out the truth about her. On a cold night, when the whole city was sleeping, Rohan approached the building.
As soon as he went inside, he immediately heard Reena screaming. The writing on the walls came alive again. “You let her come here. Now you too are her partner.”
Rohan kept walking up the steps, scared. He looked at the wall, “You tried to save her, but now you too will be trapped like us.”
When he reached the last door, he saw the shadows of Vinod, Reena, and me. There was a creepy gleam in our eyes.
“Now no one can save us,” we said together.
Rohan let out a final scream, but it was too late. His soul was now trapped in the same dark and terrifying world.
The ruined building has become even scarier now. The screams of four souls echo there and every night the search for a new victim continues.
It is said that if you choose the path of that ruined building, then do not expect to come back from there.
After Rohan disappeared, the people of the area became even more scared. Now no one had the courage to go near that ruined building. Every night strange sounds and screams were heard from there. It had become a haunted place, which pulled everyone inside it.
After some time, a TV channel decided to send a team to investigate the ghost stories of that building. This team was very excited to know the truth of those mysterious disappearances. They entered the ruined building prepared with cameras, microphones and other equipment.
The team started setting up their equipment inside the building. As they moved in, their eyes grew with fear and excitement. The team leader, Vikram, said, “There is definitely something strange here. We will find out the truth.”
As they stepped on the first floor, the same writing was seen on the walls again. ‘i am Dead’ “I am dead.” But this time the writing looked fresh and glowing, as if it had just been written.
The team members turned on the cameras and started investigating every corner. One member, Suman, asked, “Is this a joke?”
Vikram replied, “Maybe, but we have to find out the truth.”
As they climbed to the second floor, they found more writings. “I am in the room upstairs.” Suman said, “This is all very scary.”
Vikram calmed her down and signaled her to proceed. At the end of the corridor was a closed door on which was written, “You will find me in this room.”
All the team members were now trembling with fear, but they gathered courage and opened the door. Inside the room, there were more terrifying things written on the walls. “My head is on the left and my body is on the right.”
Suman screamed as soon as she saw this and tried to run out. Vikram stopped her and said, “We have to know the truth.”
They looked at the two doors in the room and opened the door on the right. As they entered the room, on the wall was written in small letters, “My body is downstairs.”
As they looked at the floor, they found another writing. “My head is coming from the room behind you. Turn around.”
All the team members started trembling with fear. Vikram opened the door and saw the ghostly shadows of Mary, Vinod, Reena, and Rohan standing there. Their eyes were shining and they said in unison, “You are with us now.”
All the team members ran out screaming, but as soon as they came out of the building, the doors suddenly closed and the building was engulfed in mist.
As the morning dawned, all the members of the TV channel’s team disappeared. Their screams echoed in the walls of the ruined building. No one ever saw them again.
The ruined building had now become a mysterious and terrifying place. Everyone started staying away from it, but its story could never be forgotten. Whoever went into that building never returned. Now the screams of many souls echo there and every night the search for a new victim continues.
If you chose the path of that ruined building, then do not expect to come back from there. The walls there will write your story too in the same way as they have written the other victims.
In the darkness, the ruined building still stands, waiting for its next victim.
