When Lightning Strikes..[3]

Ajay stood by the door side, with his eyes closed, enjoying the cool breeze from outside that vapourized the drops of sweat from his face and arms. After some more time of relaxing, he slowly went inside the compartment. So many people were sitting and lying in the floor spaced in between the seats. Almost all the seats were occupied with people. Some of them sleeping ; some others staring outside with an expression clearly asking "what next?" to themselves ; little babies crying for food, and likely events. The somewhat relaxed and peaceful mind which Ajay had in him a few moments ago standing by the doorside, evaporated from him seeing those tense emotions of the various passengers as he was moving forward looking for a seat. Suddenly, a loud cry of a woman startled him. He quickly moved to the place from which the cry came. There, he saw a woman hugging tightly a man(probably her husband) who had a child of about age 4 in his arms. He soon understood the situation there. The wife was separated from her husband and child during the commotion. Luckily, the husband and child was also brought into the same train. And then the husband was on the search for his wife and now he had found her. It was the cry of happiness from that woman who, a few minutes ago, may have undergone many emotional traumas of being separated from her husband and kid and now realizing she hadnt lost them! The happy couple (eventhough happy the three of them were crying so much that the nearby people, including him, also had tears in their eyes) moved to the next compartment. Ajay found a seat for himself by the window side where the woman was sitting earlier.
Annie was startled to see the man, who she had seen struggling to catch the train a few hours ago, sit in her opposite seat where the lady was sitting a while ago. The lady had been eccentric from the beginning of this journey. She was crying, saying things to herself and hitting her head in the window panes frantically.. And now when she was found out by her beloveds, Annie desperately wanted herself to be in a similar situation..her papa searching for her and then finding her here. The thought itself had brought a kind of positive energy to her. Just then this man had entered into the scene where she was expecting her family. She hated him for that and she closed her eyes to continue to imagine the situation where her papa coming in and finding her.
Ajay was busy talking to the old man near him. The old chap was asking all sorts of questions to him like what had actually happened up in the valley, where was the train going, will they provide accomodation etc etc. Ajay was patiently answering to him with all the little knowledge he too had about the whole situation there. Only after the old man seemed to have been satisfied with the answers he provided, Ajay had been able to sit straight in his seat. Just then he saw the person who was seated opposite to him. She seemed to have been lost in her thoughts. There was clearly a blank expression in her face. The white dress that she wore was almost blackish brown with mud and dust stains. Still she looked very attractive with large dark brown eyes with thick lashes and the shiny-fair complexion. Her hair was also dark brown and she was struggling to tie up some strands of her hair that were flying in the air and her face due to the wind. She looked cute and adorable to Ajay. Just then she looked into his eyes which felt like two sharp needles piercing into his eyes...
.................[...TBC...]...........