Hisss... How long have we been walking (Hisss... I'm not though, hisss...) Since that unexpected and horrifying news which is sending chills down the spines of human world was announced we have been walking on road with no destination. NO one is allowing strangers into their vehicle's, hisss...

"It's— Been— 2' Day's— and— 11'— Hours— Since— We— Have— Be— En— Walking—" His sentences were broken into multiple pieces.

"Hisss... Nishin Anna! Do not you waste your energy by talking anymore, hisss..." All that he got was eggs with the remaining money left after donating to some one and he given them to me only having a few for himself.

"I— Can't— Walk— Any — More— Can— We— Take— Some— Rest— Wow— So— This— How— Hu— Mans— Feel— Hun— Ger— Is— Like— Huh— Ve— Rey—"

"Hisss... Anna? You could have at least saved some money for yourself. Hisss... How are we going survive this hurdle and why do you have to do that' hisss... Anyway just take some rest I will find something, hisss..."

"I—?" I crawled down just when he tried to open his mouth to say something turning back I saw that before he could do he slightly leaning forward from the platform on to the road.

"Hisss... Nishin Anna!??... Hisss... What am I to do? Hisss... This is all because of those worthless scums, hisss..."

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2 DAY'S 11 HOURS BACK...

"Hisss... Sir Modi has announced the beginning of the 'LOCKDOWN', hisss..." I said with heaviness.

"LOCKDOWN!?!?..." I repeated again as my mind may not processes it well.

"Lockdown!? What is that?" He asked.

"Hisss... Lockdown means all citizens are not to step out of their homes which means no jobs, no traveling, no site seeing, no working, no earning money, hisss..." I said explaining things.

"Which means like hoe G.O.H or closed' in that kind of sense 'Lockdown'!?" He said again hinting that he somehow got what I meant.

"Hisss... That's what lockdown means. It's been long time since I saw one of which I totally forgotten that it's time for another pandemic virus to rise. Hisss... I wonder how humans are going to deal with it this time, they barely managed to survive the previous one's though, hisss..." I said.

"Yeah... Those 'Spanish Flu's' and 'plague' people kept bustling like floods which kept us on our heels day and nights" He said reminiscing of those days.

Hisss... Both of us were silently watching TV news with great interest. But as time passed the colors on Anna face begin to change in an interesting way.

"Hisss... What is it Anna, hisss...?" I asked him with a question mark on my face.

"Did— Did you— Did you just said— Did you just said no traveling!? No— NO site seeing!?" His voice was filled with sinisterness and anger.

"Hisss... Yes Anna, hisss... I did said no tra...vel...ing...!? hisss... Yup! We can not go site seeing too, hisss..." I tired to hold my laugh back and said again "Hisss... You have!? Hisss... Great timing Anna, hisss..." I said which intensified his anger even more.

"You— You just keep quiet. Nothing going to stop me from traveling around. Not my father, not this government, not any 'Lockdown' if I want to go somewhere I will go!" He stomped his feet on to the ground which he regretted immediately kneeling down and asked for the forgiveness of mother earth.

"I am sorry Mother earth I'm not angry with you, you know. Rather in truth I;m more of amazed at how patient you are with these humans in 'Kaliyoogh'  I do know how human race have lost their grounds, forgetting their culture and glorifying history and going on rampage destroying anything and everything in their way to have false illusion's called 'luxury life' no one will ever know what you are going through but I do, I do know... Yet still I hurt you. I AM SORRY..."

Hisss... He said while still kneeling and touching his forehead to the soil, hisss... Maybe mother earth have heard him she slightly trembled as soon he finished his say, hisss... As if? As if she forgiven him for stomping his feet at her.

Hisss... Seeing that he has been forgiven Nishin Anna got up and walked to a near by tree and sat their lost in thoughts, hisss... Who knows what he is thinking? As for me who observing all of this from within crook of the inner coat, hisss...

Hisss... My Anna is in deep thought ,hisss... Now what we are going to do if this pandemic virus evolve into a epidemics? What if it will last for a long time, hisss... And even though they put a 'Lockdown' I do not think it's going to last long. Hisss... Knowing these humans, hisss... They may go into a death scare in the beginning but eventually get used to this and totally ignore the rules. Hisss... Forget about 'after sometime' even now they might ignore this 'Lockdown', to which I will not be surprised, hisss...

"Hisss... So...? What are we going to do, Nishin Anna, hisss."

"What else can we do? The only thing we can do now is first finding some food. I am hungry... It been a day I have not eaten anything. I'm starving...!"

"Hisss...? What?" Hisss... I was initially taken a back but than recovered rather quickly from it. Hisss... Nishin Anna is a human too so he will now feel everything that a normal human does, anger, pain and hunger too.

"Hisss... Nishin Anna you got money right? Let's use them to buy something to eat for now, hisss..."

"Money? O yeah! I have some money with me. Why we need money for food?"

"Hisss... Nishin Anna!? Have your brother's said nothing? When was the last one visited earth? Hisss..."

"It's in 1920 time. Why?"

"Hisss... I get it now at that time they have given food to people in charity but not in this 21st century which they call, hisss... We have to pay money for anything we want to have, hisss... Whether it's food or some clothes? Hisss... Just name it the price will go from earth right into the space, hisss..."

"Wow! So these humans have lost their minds in this illusions huh?"

"Hisss... They totally did, hisss... I guess with this virus the prices will skyrocket once again, hisss..."

"Which means we have to find a way to fill our empty stomachs... Ok we will. First lets eat something. What do you want Raju?"

"Hisss... Just some eggs will do, hisss..."

I said he went near small food vending vehicle and order the food. Hisss... Before he could pay the money I had my doubts and looked through them, hisss... "I knew it they hundred years old currency no one will accepts them anymore, hisss... And worst thing is that they dollars!!! Hisss..." I literally jumped out from my hiding spot and wished to scream at him, hisss...

"Why are you screaming like that, huh!? Here I bought some eggs for you to eat and you have no respect as I am eating..." He said with a little itch in his voice.

"Hisss... It would be a wonder if I don't scream or cry at all, hisss... What are you doing in 2020 with 1920's currency no one is going to accept them you know, hisss..."

"Oh! They won't!?" He asked so innocently with pout touch that almost melted my rock hard heart, hisss... Even though I was bend on giving him rough lecture it backfired at me, hisss...

"Hisss... Well, any way use this instead of those old one's, hisss..." Hisss... I handed or hinted him to the I changed with magic, hisss... And informing him about the right price of the food.

"It's— It's — Cold—" Anna said just then I remembered, hisss... He no longer a Death God!! Hisss...

Hisss... After I and Anna done with our dinner nowhere to go, hisss... It quiet and the red sky shied away from the light. Hisss... Yeah it's night time and it's clod out their, hisss... What do you except this Is a hill station, hisss...

Hisss... I can not let him in cold the worst case scenario he may caught the virus? Hisss... Hold on!? Hisss... Will he able to catch the virus? Or just like he's fine when I bit him, will he be alright now as well? Or will my venom may work on him now compared to this morning? Hisss... It's a lot confusing, hisss...

"Do you want bit me again to conform your hypothesis?" Said a voice.

"Hisss... Shall I do that to be easy my mind then? Hisss..." I said without thinking who asked that question, hisss...

"Go ahead. No one is going to stop you" Said that voice encouragingly, hisss...

"Hisss... Well I don't think it's appropriate to do, hisss..." I was hesitant.

"You are a snake who is going to stop you" It was tempting, hisss...

"Hisss... That's true, Shall I give it a try? Hisss..." I was totally tempting to the urge to bit, hisss...

"Then why don't you proceed!" Said the voice once again, hisss... Suddenly I felt that my gravity forces shifting from it's original phase and my dark vision greeted with a pair of crystal blue orbs as clearly as you can see a reflection of your own, hisss...

Hisss... I was confused for few seconds and then the same voice spoke again, hisss...

"Go on!? What are you waiting for, now? Take another bite as much as or how ever many times you want..." Hisss... I totally for gotten that Nishin Anna can hear me through mind, hisss...