Chapter 0: (Prologue)

 It was 5pm.

The first and foremost thing to do would be is to gather all the people who can explain this, at least that’s what he thought after seeing the vibrant light descending down as if it is from the heaven itself. It was rather a magnificent sight to behold than an ominous one. It was the Defense Minister of India, Mr. Nara Lokesh to notice it first.

“What is this feeling?”

He looked around to see a couple of people also frozen at the same spot as if spooked by a ghost.

He pointed towards the sky and asked his PA in a confused tone.

“what is it?”

She looked at the empty sky as it seemed to her and said.

“There’s nothing.”

She was confused as she couldn’t understand the DM's thought process.

But she wasn’t the only one who couldn’t see this, but a couple of people who were very confused after seeing their colleagues frozen stiff after seeing something very strange.

This phenomenon was not just happening in front of Defense Minister’s Office but everywhere around the globe.

“It appears to be a sphere.”

Everyone who could actually see it nodded to the DM's comment.

As everyone as looking at the sphere, it gradually descended. Loud noises could be heard all around the place as if it were colliding with the air. What appeared to be a giant sphere, gradually flattened as it inclined downwards. It started losing its light.

And thus it casted a huge shadow. There were screams all over the place. The most frightened were the ones who were underneath the shadow.

The defense minister who stood still because of the unfathomable situation finally said.

“Connect me to the Prime Minister and tell him that it’s Code Red.”

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Around the same time, somewhere in South-West part of the Delhi, Saransh Kher was walking his way back to hostel from his college. It was his 1st year at the college. Since he was from a middle class family, he couldn’t afford a bike for himself and for the worst part, he was already late and no one was there to give him a ride.

Saransh took out his phone.

“Oh...It’s 5pm already?”

‘Well, I do forget about time when I’m running errands’.

He thought to himself.

That’s when he saw the huge amount of light descending from the sky. And it was right above his head. He panicked and stopped to look for anyone else. But he was all alone on the road. He usually doesn't get bothered but now it was different.

He started running away from the spot, his body had already reacted to the phenomenon as if it’s some stimuli passes down from his ancestors.

As he was running he could already see the sphere flattening up and casting a huge shadow. This frightened him further and he ran as if his life was on the line.

He could see it now, the place where the shadow terminated. He thought, if he managed to cross that boundary, he would be free. He wasn’t an athletic person so the exhaustion was huge, but he didn’t wanna stop.

It was a straight road and he could finally see another person.

‘Thank God, I’m not the only one going through all of this.’, he thought.

“It was her.”

As he sprinted towards her, the sphere was almost at a distance of a two storey building from the ground.

And he finally crossed. As soon as he turned back, he could see the entire place which was earlier under the shadow enveloped by a huge black fog. He turned around and asked the girl.

“Did anyone else cross the boundary before you?”

“....”

She was still under a huge shock and couldn’t comprehend what’s going on. She came out of the hostel just for running some errands. But as soon as she saw the huge white sphere, her instincts told her to sprint as fast as she can.

“No, I didn’t see anyone. Do you know what’s going on?”

“No, I don’t”, he replied.

But as soon as he finished saying it, what happens to be turning point of his life was already at the door. It ran chills down his spine and he turned around towards the black mist in an absolute shock

*GGRRRR...**

It was a boisterous scream from a creature. Its figure was unclear because of the fog.

But something obviously inhuman was standing on two legs in front of them.