Chapter 1
Part-1: Ralph wins a quiz contest and gets Annie Oakley to spend a vacation at a resort (Two hours away from the main city) for four days. In Elysium, he packs his bag with all suitable essentials and heads to the destination via a secluded highway.
Part-2: Travelling on a bike enthralls him but his spirits dampen when it conks out in the middle of the highway because of which he parks it aside, faute de mieux. He ganders sideways and front in search of help but finds none. After aimlessly wandering on road for 10 minutes, a van equipped with the flares at a good distance catches his sight and this reduces his toey to a considerable level.
Part-3: The person in charge of driving retards and brings his van to rest on seeing Ralph’s gesture of waving his hand for the want of a lift.
Ralph: Hello sir! My bike broke down unfortunately and also there’s no repair nearby, could you please drop me at the resort?
Driver: With pleasure, gentleman! Even though I am on the way to that scenic place, what about your vehicle and its stationing?
Ralph: Don’t worry; I have hidden it safely under the place where it deserves to be.
Driver: Fandabidozi! Now get in and relax in the backseat.
Ralph: Thank you very much!
The person at the helm of driving makes a Gadarene rush to the resort owing to the obscured visibility triggered by fog.
Part-4: A few minutes later, Ralph leaps out of the van and retraces his steps towards the bike spot. The dead of the night raises fidgetiness in him for the want of help from a veritable source. He keeps his mobile torch in working mode to ease his vision in the darkness. To his surprise, he sees fleeting glimpses of his doppelganger in the direction opposite him. Out of anxiety, he crosses the road in a couple of strides to catch sight of him but finds none.
“It is a chimera nothing else,” says Ralph to himself and waits for the arrival of the next vehicle.
Part-5: After 15 minutes, Ralph hears the footsteps of a person racing down the woods behind him and when he turns back and throws a flashlight on him, none other than his apparition is insight. This urges him to follow the latter surreptitiously and his entry into a small log house piques the formers' curiosity.
When he raps the door to catch his doppelganger, an old man opens the door.
Old man: Yes, What can I do for you?
Ralph: I have seen a person of my resemblance entering this house.
Old man: Smiled! No gentleman, I am the only person residing here for the last 15 years.
Ralph: I dare say that he might have hidden inside somewhere without your notice.
Old man: Oh common young man, you are mistaken. No one is inside and if you still have a soupcon of suspicion, get in and have a look.
Ralph: It’s okay! I just wanted to confirm, maybe you are right!
Old man: By the way, I am Daniel, and you?
Ralph: I am Ralph and a tourist guide by profession.
Old man: Good to hear! You seem to be knackered, why don’t you use some rest at my home tonight?
Ralph: Yes sure, I would like to use rest tonight and start towards my destination in the dawn.
Old man: Fine, that's better for now.
Ralph tells Daniel that his bike gave him trouble on his way to the resort, the reason why he got held up here beleaguered.
Part-6: Daniel tells Ralph that the entire route including the woods and its Mise-en-scene is haunted and his only presence at this sequestered location has put him into a state of surprise!
Daniel: How did you dare to travel along this way?
Ralph: Shudders! Now I understand why a sense of intolerable gloom pervading in my soul since the time I entered this route.
Daniel: But let me tell you one thing this route is forbidden for travelers!
Ralph: I understand! As soon as the shades of the morning draw on, I will shoot to my home.
Daniel: Anyway, I will go and get something for us to eat.
Ralph: Just a minute, how come you have been able to stay here when you know that this place is not conducive for humans?
Daniel: I will explain everything once I am back here.
As soon as Daniel steps out, Ralph bolts the door and glances across the entire house to ferret out the facts about his doppelganger.
Part-7: Ralph is taken back to descry a few weird things like human skeleton parts, a blood-filled glass tumbler, the severed head of an unknown person, and pieces of stale meat under his cot. He understands the situation and plunges headlong to exit from there. The moment he unbolts the door, Daniel shows up at the doorstep and with a broad smile holds the former's hand and takes him inside.
Part-8:
Daniel: How did you sense I have arrived?
Ralph: Nothing like that! I opened the door to let in some air.
Daniel: Strange! A good coincidence.
Ralph: Yes, you are right.
Daniel: Come gentleman, let’s have our meal.
Ralph: Sorry! I got to leave now.
Daniel: What happened?
Ralph: I have brushed up against a small problem!
Daniel: As you wish, the doors are open for you.
Ralph: Once again thank you for your hospitality and help!
Daniel: No mention, take care and travel safely.
Ralph: Sure, will be circumspect of impending doom!
As Ralph approaches closer to the main door, it closes by itself and he is pulled back.
Part-9: Daniel bursts into a laughing and tells him that he had entered this house at his own risk.
“I gave you beaucoup time to rescue from me but despite that, you remained here and waited like a fool,” says Daniel to Ralph in a sotto voce.
Daniel: You leaped out of the van freeing yourself from the clutches of mine?
Ralph: Yes, were you the person in charge of driving?
Daniel: Right! You have seen my image as a spook in the rear-view –mirror, isn’t that true?
Ralph: Yes, I got frightened! Then, undoubtedly, you are my apparition.
Daniel: Good guess! First of all, I am not a human and I have successfully trapped you to slay you in my place.
Ralph: Why me? What harm did I do to you?
Daniel: Your only mistake is to enter this route which is a haven of monsters like me!
Ralph: Fine, if that is the case, I will see your end and then step out from here.
Daniel: Just look at my image in the mirror beside you.
Ralph’s heart beats at a rapid rate and sweat slides down from his head on seeing Daniel transforming into a grotesque monster.
Part-10: The monster holds Ralph’s head and bangs it hard against the wall. The wounded Ralph runs hither and thither to rescue himself and at last with utmost difficulty manages to open the entrance door but witnesses a deep pothole next to it.
“All your attempts to save yourself from supernatural Armageddon have failed miserably, so better surrender yourself", says the monster to Ralph in a witty way.
Ralph decides not to kowtow to him in any situation and takes out a holy cross from his pocket and slashes the monster's throat due to which he dies on the spot. The pothole fixes and he set off home.
