"Shit !! Dude look at the time"
Mohit stood up on his feet and woke us up. We were fast asleep in a fast moving locomotive on our way home from an amazing and tiring weekend in Goa. Our train was running behind schedule.
"We wont be able to make it in time for the last train ... and I am in no mood to spend the night on the railway platform"
We started looking for options. Reaching home and crash landing on the bed was our first and only priority. Mohit came up with and idea.
"So what we can do is... we get down at Thane .. take a cab and go home !"
Ronak, Karan and I agreed. I continued by adding weight to the plan.
"Yea.. we would reach home in an hour. And anyways all of us stay in the same locality so one cab should be enough !"
We got down at Thane with humongous amount of baggage. We asked around but didn't get a reasonable cab rate. So we decided to call a local cab service. We asked him to meet us at the taxi stand. Few of the local cab drivers started creating a scene. We decided to move out as they warned us that they wouldn't allow us to board the cab.
"Now what do we do ?"
Karan didn't know what to do. We moved out of the taxi stand and started walking. We called up the cab service and told them to change the pick up location. We didn't know the place, so we couldn't really figure out which side to go. Most of the lanes were one way.. so picking a spot for the pick up was quite difficult.
"Guys ! What happened ? Why are you walking so fast ? Where do you want to go ?"
We heard a voice from behind. Everyone turned around in a flash as if they heard a ghost. A dark guy riding a scooter was following us. He was casually dressed. His white shirt was so bright that his face seemed darker than the actual shade. His feet barely reached the ground. He was partially walking.. partially riding .. so as to keep pace with us.
We were taken aback. We were not used to talking to random people so late in the night. We decided to ignore him as we thought he was some random drunk guy roaming around so late at night.
"Where do you want to go ?"
He said in a hoarse voice. I thought I'll take a chance and ask him if he can guide us to a good place where we can ask the cab driver to pick us from.
"Ohh you can tell him to come near Ashok Hotel. Its very famous ! Everyone asks the cab to pick them up from there! Come I will guide you to the place"
He started riding a bit ahead of us.
"What did those guys say ? Why didn't you just ask the cab to come to the station ? You should not listen to these guys. You should take pick up from where ever you want. Dont let these guys do such things."
We told him that we didnt want any mess at this hour and we just wanted to go home.
"Okay ! I get your point. But these guys should be punished. Nevertheless that is Ashok Hotel"
He had successfully guided us to the pick up spot. We thanked the guy and quickly got into the cab. We couldn't find him when we tried to look out of the car window. Maybe he left... but we were left with many questions unanswered....
Who was that guy ? Where did he suddenly appear from ? How did he know about the scene at the taxi stand ? Where did he just disappear once we got into the cab ? Was he some kind of help from above ?
Mohit stood up on his feet and woke us up. We were fast asleep in a fast moving locomotive on our way home from an amazing and tiring weekend in Goa. Our train was running behind schedule.
"We wont be able to make it in time for the last train ... and I am in no mood to spend the night on the railway platform"
We started looking for options. Reaching home and crash landing on the bed was our first and only priority. Mohit came up with and idea.
"So what we can do is... we get down at Thane .. take a cab and go home !"
Ronak, Karan and I agreed. I continued by adding weight to the plan.
"Yea.. we would reach home in an hour. And anyways all of us stay in the same locality so one cab should be enough !"
We got down at Thane with humongous amount of baggage. We asked around but didn't get a reasonable cab rate. So we decided to call a local cab service. We asked him to meet us at the taxi stand. Few of the local cab drivers started creating a scene. We decided to move out as they warned us that they wouldn't allow us to board the cab.
"Now what do we do ?"
Karan didn't know what to do. We moved out of the taxi stand and started walking. We called up the cab service and told them to change the pick up location. We didn't know the place, so we couldn't really figure out which side to go. Most of the lanes were one way.. so picking a spot for the pick up was quite difficult.
"Guys ! What happened ? Why are you walking so fast ? Where do you want to go ?"
We heard a voice from behind. Everyone turned around in a flash as if they heard a ghost. A dark guy riding a scooter was following us. He was casually dressed. His white shirt was so bright that his face seemed darker than the actual shade. His feet barely reached the ground. He was partially walking.. partially riding .. so as to keep pace with us.
We were taken aback. We were not used to talking to random people so late in the night. We decided to ignore him as we thought he was some random drunk guy roaming around so late at night.
"Where do you want to go ?"
He said in a hoarse voice. I thought I'll take a chance and ask him if he can guide us to a good place where we can ask the cab driver to pick us from.
"Ohh you can tell him to come near Ashok Hotel. Its very famous ! Everyone asks the cab to pick them up from there! Come I will guide you to the place"
He started riding a bit ahead of us.
"What did those guys say ? Why didn't you just ask the cab to come to the station ? You should not listen to these guys. You should take pick up from where ever you want. Dont let these guys do such things."
We told him that we didnt want any mess at this hour and we just wanted to go home.
"Okay ! I get your point. But these guys should be punished. Nevertheless that is Ashok Hotel"
He had successfully guided us to the pick up spot. We thanked the guy and quickly got into the cab. We couldn't find him when we tried to look out of the car window. Maybe he left... but we were left with many questions unanswered....
Who was that guy ? Where did he suddenly appear from ? How did he know about the scene at the taxi stand ? Where did he just disappear once we got into the cab ? Was he some kind of help from above ?
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