The nurse was about to walk out of the room, when a sudden earth shattering sound made her turn around in horror.
The blackness that surrounded him made him feel suffocated, Fannah tried to run somewhere, but there was not even a speck of light no matter how far he ran, he felt like he ended up in the same spot again and again.
"Where am I?", he asked himself in a doubtful voice, his hands still shaking from earlier.
At this time, sounds of someone's footsteps started ringing in his ears, someone was slowly walking towards him, he slowly turned around to see who it was, only to be shocked when he saw his cousin.
Walking towards him with a bitter expression on her face, the lantern in her hand shaking violently, like threatening to fall and shatter on the ground and forever take the few days of light again, leaving them in utter darkness and misery.
Fannah walked towards her, but his face was frowning, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
"Fannah", she called, her voice full of pain.
"Sumaira, Are not you dead?", Fannah asked, his expressions.
Sumaira's face twisted in an ugly expression and she became upset.
"Yes, I am dead and so is Sufiyan, just because of you", Sumaira answered in unveiled hatred.
"What?", Fannah asked taken aback by the sudden accusation.
"Yes because of you, because you went there when he was in a sensitive state, it's all because of you, I can still hear him cry in pain". Sumaira added, making Fannah who had somehow composed himself somehow again fell in a guilty state.
"But I___", Fannah wanted to defend himself but he could not, his voice broke and he started shaking uncontrollably once again.
"Fannah, no matter what you say, you know deep down you are the culprit of all this, didn't he fall in your arms before dying, why are you trying to avoid it, you are the reason for all this". Sumaira accused, but at this time, her hand under the light of lantern seemed to be transparent, like on the verge of disappearing forever.
"I didn't mean to, it was just a mistake, I didn't know he will die, i___", Fannah said falling to the ground, he felt a chill down his spine.
"It's not time to be weak, I am here to give you a chance to correct your mistakes", Sumaira said looking at Fannah with a degrading glare.
"What do you mean?", Fannah asked wiping his tears away.
"You know sufiyan is not completely dead yet, he might be able to come to life again but only if you want", Sumaira explained impatiently, her voice showing signs of anger and irritation.
"I want to, I want him to live, is there really a way?",Fannah asked trying to hold her hand,which she immediately jerked off.
"There is a place where souls of newly dead people are kept for some time, you need to go there and bring sufiyan back with you", Sumaira explained in a soft voice.
"But, I am just an ordinary person, how can I do that?", Fannah asked, looking at himself and at this time he realised that he was floating and his body was exactly like Sumaira, light could pass through him.
"Trust me you can do it, and most importantly it was you who killed Sufiyan so it's your responsibility to bring him back or you wanted him to die in the first place". Sumaira asked in an upset voice.
"No, I want him to live, take me there, take me to place where sufiyan is, I will bring him back". Fannah begged uncermoniously.
"I can't go there with you, you need to go alone, time is ticking for me", Sumaira said looking at her other disappearing arm and put the lantern down.
"How am I supposed to go there alone, I don't even know what I have to do there?", Fannah questioned, looking at her like a lost puppy.
"I know you are not capable enough to do anything on your own, so I begged God for you, there will be a divine being sent by God, and it will help you find Sufiyan, remember it's all knowing and great so don't do anything that will upset it and listen to everything it says, it can destruct everything with its power of you make a mistake or upset it". sumaira said in great appreciation, praising the divine being up and beyond.
"Where is the divine being then?", Fannah asked looking around.
"You can't see it, the divine being will talk to you in your mind, remember to respect him and remember that you have to bring back Sufiyan no matter what, otherwise you will have the blood of an innocent soul on your hands", Sumaira said and a strong gust of air blew in front of Fannah and everything changed.
Fannah was swirling in air, his head dizzy, his body seemed to be out of his control as his arms flailed around like toys, his eyes full of tears, his brain had stopped working and he felt completely number, he felt like he had taken some kind of drug and now he was helucinating all this, after sometime the swirling finally came to an end and Fannah immediately fell to the ground with a thud, his arms and legs trembling as he covered his eyes with his right hand, trying to block out the blinding bright light.
After a few minutes of disorientation and lack of control over his body, Fannah finally opened his eyes again, blinking rapidly as he tried to adjust his eyes to the sudden attack of light and saw a huge door In front of himself, laiden with gold and jade, the door had an intricate line of rubies on the other side of the door.
"Fascinating, isn't it?",a voice asked making Fannah suddenly turned his body to see who was talking.
"Who?", he asked in shock as he didn't find anyone around the area.
"Foolish human, I am the divine being, all powerful and knowledgeable sent by God to help you", the Voice replied and Fannah immediately remembered what Sumaira had told him before.
"Oh, I am sorry, I am sorry I forgot for a moment", Fannah replied, his eyes a bit wider then before as he realised what was happening.
"Forget it,.get up and go through the door", the divine being instructed with a hint of arrogance in its voice.
"Okay", Fannah complied with the orders obediently and walked to the door, he slowly pushed the door open and walked in from a small crack.
As soon as he looked ahead his eyes widened and his mouth fell open in disbleif, this place was___unreal.
Above him, the sky shimmered with the waves of gold, the turquoise blending deep with the red of one side, the mermaids swimming elegantly in it, there were no starts or moon, but gems hanging by the sea sky, going perfectly with the shining celestial meteors that swam in the sky like fishes, some glowed like the orbs of Satan while others shining like there was a mix of colours in them, painting the sky in a marvelous show of miracles.
The ground below him was not made of soil and mud but it was made of rose petals that expanded with every step, the shimmering green colour painting on them every now and then, clearly reflecting the person who walked on them, blushing if the person was pretty and throwing thorns if the person was ugly or stepped too harshly on the delicate surface.
The trees were small, a few inches tall, but the flowers were taller then the mountains, shielding the people below them gently, there were strange animals flying down the sky and there were enormous shops and buildings on the street, made out of beautiful lights and colours.
In the distance there was a waterfall floating between the land and sky, but instead of blue water, it was full of blush pink liquid, adorned with pearls of unexisting colours and orbs of strange light that seemed like magical fireflies, and the whole world was filled with a mix of scents and the air didn't exist, the scents mixed and seemed to have life, just like a fairy tale.
"This is.... impossible, did I do drugs or something?", Fannah asked himself, looking around with amazement.
"No, you are not drugs, this is the kingdom of Al-samash". The voice replied, but this time with a tone of amazement and wonder.
"This place is truly magnificent", Fannah said without realising that he had walked too far and was now standing in the middle of the market.
"That's a resturant?", Fannah asked the divine being.
"Who are you?", a voice asked, breaking Fannah out of his fantasy as he turned around.
"I have not seen you before, give me your id" the soul said, it twirled around Fannah in a surprised manner, checking him, but Fannah was more surprised then the creature.
This voice was not of a man but of a... Fannah didn't know how to explain it, sparrow or cockroach?, half Sparrow since it had the head and body of a sparrow but six legs like a cockroach with cockroach wings on its back and this, whatever this was,.... was actually talking and it had a uniform and hat on.
"I said give me your id", the strange creature asked, making Fannah come out of his reverie and look at it in confusion.
After a few seconds Fannah finally composed himself back and started touching his pant pockets and shirt.
"Sorry,.I forgot my Adhaar card", Fannah exclaimed in shock.