The Ring of Infinite powers

Just a short story . I was too bored , so thought of writing this ......and yes ! its quite childish ...

Karthik was on his way home after a tiring day in college. The classes that he had were absolutely horrible. But now he was happy , listening to his favorite movie soundtracks and enjoying the view from  the bus  47-A . The bus was slowly pacing over the bridge that runs across the brightly lit shopping malls of T. Nagar, gorgeously decorated to attract the crowd.

It was just then, everything started to change. The lights flickered and went out, leaving the whole area dark .  The bridge which was heavily crowded a few moments back, was now left stranded with only the 47-A moving very slowly. Everyone in the bus looked frozen and it was dead silent .He could not even listen to the roaring of the bus engine.  Everything around was strange.

“Get Ready “, came a voice out of the darkness.  He turned towards the window, straining his eyes to find out where it came from. There was nothing.

“There is no time - they are coming”, came the voice again but this time with more seriousness .

“Get Ready for what ?”, mumbled karthik .

He had no time to think , when the bus jolted .  It turned freezing cold, the chillness running through his spin . The hairs at the back of his neck stood up. Something dark was creeping around .He didn’t know what to do.

“You are in danger Karthik, you should be careful .You are different from others and they will come for you”, his friend Nithya and Kishore had told him this morning. He just ignored, thinking that they were trying to make fun of him. He remember that.

Another jolt and he heard the rear window shattering to pieces. Something lurched in and he saw bony white fingers reaching inside to get a hold on something.

He was so scared, his body was trembling with fear. Being strong willed and stubborn, something inside him wanted to fight. He got hold of that feeling and tried to chase away the darkness. He started to feel more and more warm. Then he opened his eyes and saw something unbelievable. Blue glistening flames emerged from his fingers and running through the upper arch of the front seat he was holding.  Very soon , the whole bus was covered in a blue flame providing a barrier.

Something let out a huge scream. He turned back and saw a shadow of a woman outside the rear window. He figured it to be a woman from the long hair that was floating in the air upright. Its dark blood red eyes made him shiver. It tried to break in through the barrier, but in vain.

“ Finally! I’ve found you. You are as powerful as told .The fun begins now!” - cackled the shadow. Then, it let out a huge laughter as though it had found what it had been searching for years, and vanished.

“Well Done!”, came the voice. A hooded dark figure came near and gave him a ring and ordered him to wear it. There was something in the voice that made him obey. He did as said, and the hooded figure moved into the darkness.

There was a streak of lightning and there she was, staring at him in rage. It was his friend Nithya. Karthik ran towards her but an arrow came straight to his head from her. He dodged and the arrow went above him tearing the air around.

“Why did you do that? I thought u loved me. “, exclaimed karthik , his voice breaking in shock  and sorrow .She let out a bellow of laughter .

“Why would I love you ? All that had happened between us was for the ring . The ring that will guide its owner to the epitome of power ” , she said and let out another arrow . A gleaming  arrow came towards him .

Struck down by betrayal, he stood there, tears running down his cheek. He could not bear the truth. The arrow pierced his chest and he fell to the ground uttering his last words, “I still love you .”

She then removed the ring from his finger and vanished from that place in another streak of lightning.

Nithya was in her house, studying . It was then she heard someone knocking at the door. She went down and opened to see Karthik standing there with his hands glowing. But he looked different. His eyes were burning in rage. Then came a green flash, leaving her no time to react, it hit her hard and she fell down in pain and shock.

“I knew what you were…I have got the ring and I don’t want you to share the power that I am going to get…so DIE ” - roared Karthik .

Her face turned red in anger, “I loved you but you..…Curse you …curse you, you pathetic animal ”.

Another flash and she laid there motion less.

Karthik stood there watching her die. Then something misty creeped around and engulfed him. A bulky huge figure stepped out of the mist and gave out a cruel laughter. It was Kishore .

“Both of you under estimated me. None of you knew I could shape shift. My powers are far more stronger than yours. I have tricked you both and your souls will remain clutched in the eternal fires of anger and hatred. With both of now dead, I shall be the master of all powers   “, bawled Kishore .

Something then hit kishore in his head and he roared in pain closing his eyes.

He opened his eyes to find himself in a bus. His head ached.

“Oh! GOD . I was dreaming again, Its those audiobooks I have been listening to”

Karthik , then smiled , but his head still ached on hitting the front seat - hard , when the driver had pressed the brakes . He then got down and walked to his house smiling .