Why me?

Ayesha sat flustered, unable to comprehend the situation. The man stared at her intently, hoping for an answer. His eyes still captivating, felt a little too intense at the moment.

" I really don't understand. How am I to know who you are?! I've never met you before"

Darkness surrounded the serene nature with distant interruptions by the crickets. The man sat stretched out further away from the girl. Ayesha sat towards the end of the man cave, puzzled beyond words.

" I...just know that you are in charge here" he glanced at her sideways. " Anyway I'm extremely tired. We'll talk tomorrow"

****

Ayi gazed at the cuddled up figure sleeping across from her. His rhythmic breathing was in harmony with the chirping birds of dawn. She sighed. The headache had not seized and the pain was really taking a toll on her. She quietly crouched down on both her knees and crawled her way out of the cave.

It was the early sunrise, the clouds still shrouded from the previous night's darkness. Ayesha closed her eyes and faced the sun. She was wrapped in warmth and that soothed her painful aches. As she stood daydreaming, her legs sank into the ground. Ayi kept her eyes closed and breathed steadily. She felt as if she had been standing in quick sand all this while. Faintly she could hear someone shouting but the words seemed indefinite. All she could concentrate on was herself. She felt her heart sink along with her body. The weightlessness brought an odd sense of relief. Just like that she disappeared leaving a rather frantic man in the cave.

***

Ayesha fell right through the sand and was now levitating in the air. Her hands and legs floating, she opened her eyes to find herself in space. Or at least that's what she could comprehend. Darkness loomed from every corner but Ayesha spotted colorful rays of light strewn among the dark matter. There were twinkling stars far far away sparkling so brightly that Ayesha flinched her eyes. She immediately felt a soft mattress underneath her . First her legs and then her abdomen and then her whole body slowly dropped on to the bed beneath her and she immediately fell into a deep slumber.