Dr Mystique Short Stories

He cornered me in the elevator and kept his hands on the elevator walls on either side of my head. He was yelling at me. His eyes, as black as the devil's, were piercing into me. His red face blazing at a finger distance to mine. "Answer me. I have been asking you since so many days and you don't answer." The elevator was still crossing the 13th floor and I had to get out at 17th. I was counting the floor numbers but time seemed to have slowed down. Every floor seemed like an hour. I was scared and he was getting louder and louder. I tried to move my eyes away from his face to not show that I was getting weak. The only thing in my mind was “How do I get out of the elevator?” I tried to avoid bursting into tears. All I could do was call for help. "Help, help, somebody please help”, but he continued yelling. At the 17th floor, when the elevator stopped, he got conscious and moved away. I tried to calm myself down, but couldn't hide my discomposure. When t

Coach Sam and Captain Sonia were discussing the team for national cricket championship. They were evaluating each player for an inter-club tournament. After deciding 4 main batsmen, a wicketkeeper and 3 main bowlers, they had to select 3 more players. Sam was taking player's name and Sonia was describing the role and past contribution of the player. Nikita - She is an all-rounder and comes handy when pitch is good for spin - In Ahana - She is an inconsistent bowler - Yes, in the last match she gave 35 runs in 2 overs; Out Yasmeen - She is a decent medium pacer and an inconsistent batsman but a very good fielder - Yes; In Chitra - She is an allrounder too like Nikita but her past performance is not as good - Out Gayatri - She is not in form - Out Ria - She is a good batsman; never attempts boundaries but is very fast in running between wickets; we had 3 50+ partnerships in last 10 matches - She drops too many catches, which had cost us 2 potential wins; Out Mary -