Place - India.
Year - 2047.
It was a normal quiet Monday of Mumbai, whole city was shining with different colours of tall digital bill boards, lots of buildings and maglev trains in the air.
Beside this busy place there were also streets which were totally empty like the sky was with out stars but alot of clouds and complete darkness.
And here a girl appeared wearing a white shirt with yellow skirt and tie with closed collar; which appeared to be her school uniform. She looked to be a young teenager. Her hairs were short and tied with two pig tails on each sides. As she came below one street light, she stopped.
Due to lights her white skin tone could be seen in the dark easily. Her deep orange colour hair frizz and her round deep yellow baby doll eyes could be seen too.
Her expression were silent but her eyes were shouting and expressing sad and tiredness. Later she bited her lower lip while lowering here one eyebrow with sadness.
She thought in hopeless voice - early, people used to be shy, kind and good-hearted. But now, they have alot of confidence in them selves that they started showing their rude and selfish side., also this is how they came up and almost took all jobs. Like, if everyone becomes actor., who watches the show?
[SUDDENLY THE LIGHT FLICKERED THRICE AND DIMS]
This made the girl to get out of her thoughts and come into reality. But as soon as she snapped out of her thoughts, suddenly she remembered the moment happened some hours ago.
Where she was in the waiting room with many other people. She was fixing her toe and hair as the next turn was of her. When a staff came out to call her she stood up, breathe slowly and then entered the main office room.
The room was completely with different atmosphere. It smelled like entering a wedding hall with full of AC or of a hospital. She was but scared. She stepped towards the chair which was in front of the main managers of the company.
She said herself., they are three but the poster showed one only!
Then she looked them twice and said with a relief atleast they aren't young and handsome. Orelse i would have been more worried for my first impression.
And then one of the interviewer asked for her resume. She showed it to him by introducing herself.
"I am shikha. A 14 years young girl. I have completed my 10th already from AHC School. I can handle alot of work and also I am good at digital working. I even ca...."
Before shikha could complete the another one of three with freckles on face, round belly and grey mustach one argued ; but your age is top young for work. Also I can easily see and say that your fluffy white cheeks, soft-pink lips and curvy body indicates that you should be beside someone's bed.
[He turns his head towards the another old man sitting next to him and says ]
What do you think, nikhil? Who that person should be?
Hearing all this nonsense for herself. Shikha's confidence disappeared and turned into a disappointment.Nikhil continued saying- look girl, here everyone are there for their own benefit. And if you think that your skills are enought for us to hire you for work then what the hell the people came from foreign do? You are 14. And I guess that you are mature enough to understand that you are a girl and we are male. So, if you are really interested it's good. Rest is up to you.
Saying this nikhilthrows theresume and her other documents on the table harshly.Shikha's eyes were stuck at the floor with scare and anger emotions.
Back in presentshikha continued walking. Here, to she was facing towards the groundwith deep thoughts and sorrows.
In herhead there were thoughts continuosly roaming - when i talked about confident. I meant by people who are ready to do anything to get money.Lately, people have learnt that money is everything but never they have known what is self-respect. But, this is what the problem is. I am poor! I don't have money! But too i don't want to sell myself to buy happiness for myself....
While walking she reached a place full of crowd. The crowd seemed to cheersomeone. They say - don't worry khwahish!! We all are with you.
You just start, we will support you!!
You are my star!! Come'on shine on stage. Khwahish!!!
And much more. The crowd was gathered in front of a very tall building. While atmosphere was postive and overwhelming.
Hearing all the cheerfull lines shikha smiled. She suddenly gained alot of confidence in her. The energy she was posseing right now is undefinable. She without wasting any second started running. Remembering,her childhood incident. Where she was at her audition for a rolein a drama. But she got rejected. The small shikha got upset after getting rejected and never ever dreamt of becoming an actor. She already had tried alot of times before it but this time her hope broke. Also later, many times she got rejected for her interview for different reasons. Today also she got rejected for a tech company employee job.
Till that time shikha reached a construction site building. There was no worker at that time so shikha managed to enter the half built building and reached theroof of it.
Now she was standing at the edge of the whole building's roof which was of 13th floor.
The wind was so high at this time. Even a small disbalance can take her life away in seconds.
Her front messed hair and skirtwere waving with the direction of wind.
From her view the whole sky was dark and full of clouds while people were small in sizeand rest of the whole mumbai was full of tall buildings and lights.
Her face still had a confident smile and eyes had hopeto achieve something.
After looking at the environment she said in mind -
This wasn't meant to be my life. Right? But how did it came to thispath?. I guess it was me only.
Well. Do I want to change it ?
I guess so!
Why? Don't you have any good thing in this life?
Yes,I have but no... I don't....
Why no? And why yes?
Because.....i wanted to be an actor, idol, model. Just someone whom everyone knows. I don't want a life like a normal people. I want like a top person who is favourite of all !! But I know that I can't... I have already tried and now ..... I just can't...
But still my life isn't bad too... Cause..cause..i..have... something that can ultimately make me famous..gives me what I wanted..I dream of...but ...this path from which everyone can know me ... It can't be tell to others....
Her eyes got sad and slowly closed. The smile she had was faded by an unseen burden. She pushed herself a little ahead towards the end of roof.
Her body wasn't stable and the wind also pushed her.
With a flat posture she leaned towards the edge and started falling from the roof.
She was near to the ground within a second. And something unexpected happened. As she was falling with her head down and legs up. Her chin was just 3 cmsaway from her death. Butshe didn't touched the ground. Instead, she was leavitating in the air.
And after that her clothes changed. And suddenly appeared around her whole body. And then her school uniform turned into a suit.
The suit seemed to be shiny and of white but at same time of rainbow colours if we look it from different angles.
The suit covered her whole body from neck to her toes. Even her whole palm and fingers. Except her face. Even her hair were exposed.
After sometime shikha opened her eyes slowly and saw the ground closely. She said - so this time too?
Then she pulled her neck upwards and fly upwards towards the sky. Also she looked at the ring which she was wearing in her right hands index finger.
And then she got a mask on her face covering her eyes, nose and her hair. Like a helmet of bike.
At that moment her ring vibrated and she got a message - [where are you all? We had a meeting right? Then why am I able to see myself only here?]
Reading it shikha remembered that the whole team was going to conduct a meeting and she without wasting a moment flew towards the the direction where meeting was meant to happen.
Without knowing that her all actions were already seen by a person still standing on the roof.
While shikha vanshied from that place within minute because of her speed.
And soon she reached the meeting place which was on the top of another building.
Where already four more people with same suit but different colour of it like her were present....
~ to be continued ~