this is Chapter 3:

Chapter two in SJ's blog....www.jsridhar.blogspot.com..sorry i didnt go thru the trouble of linking it properly..but i can tell u its worth every bit of trouble:)..

WARNING: What you are about to read might not really be "nice" to you. Be warned!..I have ingenously decided to combine all genres of the scifi/horror/romance/porn/feel good versions so painstakingly put forth by SJ.


Something told me not to appear to inquisitve...What the hell..why would I listen to "Something"?..The man who had taken samples of the leaves was missing all of a sudden.I tried looking all around and found him lying on the ground, clutching his face. Something strange was happening. His face had started deteriorating , the skin had started peeling off..Strangely , no one seemed to notice.Had humanness really left this world for good? Strange thoughts started coming to my head. I was probably the only human being around? Was everyone turning into mechanically controlled devices?How could i save myself?........

Anyways, putting aside such thoughts i now turned to look at the plant. The scientist and Government agent looking men were not to be seen. Soon the only people around were the deteriorating man, a couple of passers by and myself. The flesh on his face was now falling fall and smelling putrid, like it had been burnt. At the very instant that the flesh started falling off, the plant started to go into the manhole. The plant was finally outta sight and the deteriorating man had been reduced to a pile of flesh and bones. I decided to go into the manhole.....

I slowly descended into the manhole....*plop*..tht was the sound of my lucky bracelet falling into the sewage below. I thought to myself that I shud, at tht moment, retreat. Despite my reluctance, I felt a strange force that almost propelled me into the man hole. Soon, images started flashing in my head...a penguin walking by...a live dummy...the plant....the flesh ...the Government agents....it was pure torture..I wanted to make all the images go away and pretend it was all a dream........

I must have been walking for around half an hour, All of a sudden,the sewage and the dirt was not there anymore. Instead, I found myself in an enclosure. A small door led me to a room where i found thousands of such plants. Wat had i stumbled upon? I really wished i were dreaming now..but what I was about to witness game me such a jolt, that even the worst nightmare would not have prepared me for it...

A huge door was right ahead of me. Intuition told me not to open it. The same strange force that had propelled me into this manhole made me open the door. I lost count of the number of hours that I had been in this place. I really wanted to have a nice hot pizza with loads of cheese.

I approached the door and touched the door knob. Almost as if it wanted me to open it, the door swung open....I could not belive my eyes when i saw what I saw...There were 10 people that looked like me!!....Had i been cloned? Was I the only one? Was I even me or a clone of me? Who was doing this? What did the plant have to do with this?.......................


Ok SJ Chapter 3 done!!...You can decide who has to do Chapter 4...or actually it would be good fun if X Dell did it coz he wud atkeast do a good job of it:)...Wud also like Arpita/Yogi/Iyer to do it.....SO guys pls be good sports and do so!!..