章節 2: I think I've known you before

Forested area, foothills of Mt. Everest

Help! Help! Help!

His screams only got louder and louder but none to hear him.

Ronnie Roy had come on a Mountaineering Expedition to the Himalayas. But that afternoon since it was very cloudy his guide asked him to rest due to the unfavourable weather conditions.

Ronnie felt very bored staying at his Base Camp. He got up and took his backup and left to explore the surrounding forest area.

Unfortunately that day it started raining very heavily. Before he could get back to the Base Camp the rain got heavier. He was all alone in the forest.

He tried running for cover. And in that hurry he lost his way back. Instead he went deeper into the forest. He was only surrounded by trees and mountains. He even saw the mountain collapsing at certain points. He wanted to somehow get out from here. But, the rain made the visibility very low. The umbrella he carried in his backpack couldn't be used. He instead wore his jacket and started walking aimlessly.

A few metres from there he suddenly saw something fall from above near a mountain. He was shocked at first. He thought, "Did I actually see something fall from above? What was that? Or is it my imagination?"

Then he walked closer in its direction.

When he reached there, he got the shock of his life. He realised that it was actually a human being who fell from above. It's body was covered with a red cloth. He was petrified to see that. Then he reconciled to the situation.

He moved his hands over the body to uncover the cloth over the face. He was even more shocked now. He saw an extremely beautiful girl mostly in her twenties whose head was heavily bleeding since she fell from above and she'd lost her consciousness.

In spite of her injury she looked very calm, ordinarily attractive. The nose ring on her nose was highlighting her face. He momentarily got lost looking at her. He immediately took her in his arms. He felt strange. He felt like his soul was ripping apart to see her in pain.

He thought,

I don't know why I feel that you are so familiar

I feel like this is not the first time I've met you

I think I've known you before

In some other time, in another existence..

He then thought, "There's absolutely no time to lose. I've to save her. I've to take her out of this forest to the nearest hospital. I shouldn't delay. Come on Ronnie. Don't give up! Act now! Act fast!," he was constantly telling himself.

He immediately removed his jacket and made her to wear it. Then, he picked her up into his arms and brought her closer to his body. Her long fleeting skirt had now got drenched in the mud and rain. He started running simultaneously shouting for help.

Somehow amidst all this, he felt a strange sense of 'You complete me' on having her in his arms.