Cannon Fodder

"So you wanted to say I am just a cannon fodder? You wanted to say my boss is the villain. Did you want to say that my life only means one page? You mean that bitch is the female lead, and I am just here to compare with her?" Ridhima can't help but ask questions.

She now really started to doubt everything. This voice gives her a page to read, which might be from some shirty b grade novel.

She doesn't know the whole plot. But her boss Vikramaditya is the villain of the story. He starts to like Samira because one day, to make her boyfriend jealous, she kisses Vikram, and then she throws money in his face in the end, which makes her boss very interested in this Samira. This is too ridiculous.

But what is more ridiculous is that this book describes her as a cunning selfish, and characterless girl.

"Woman..." The voice corrected her.

"You worried about the word girl? But can you not see that they are calling me cunning and selfish? Also, characterless.....How can I be that...I am still a virgin?" Ridhima can't help but complain.

"Calm down...This is just the story from the perspective of the female and the male lead. And I am here because I know we need to change this. And that's why I chose you," The voice said.

"yes...Anyway, I am going die, so let go and kill whoever wrote this," Ridhima said while standing up.

"No, no, we can't do that. Can you please not be so impulsive? And listen to me?" The voice tells her.

"How can I not be impulsive? Whoever writes this doesn't know anything. He said I am selfish and cunning. Doesn't that person know how much I suffer? I have been working since the age of 18. I work nearly 18 hours a day, only taking one day off. Sometimes, I don't even get that... I don't even take many holidays...I don't do anything in life.

People drink, smoke....that Samira.. she drinks. But you guys don't choose to kill her but me....how should I not be impulsive. You are taking my life away and saying bad things about me?" Ridhima said while crying.

"See, you are not right state of mind right now. And I understand that this is all too much for you. But please, you should think carefully about all of this. And then you should decide about helping me. I can't tell you this much right now & you are also tired. But if you decide to help me, which you can also refuse, I will not mind. " The voice wanted to say more, but again, Rdihima interrupted it.

"What is the meaning of helping you? What will I get by helping you?" Ridhima questions.

"Nothing, but anyway, you are going to die. So why not help me? Maybe you can help a few people and get good karma in your next life," The voice said to her.

"You don't need to hurry. I am giving you 24 hours. I already show you as much as I can about the future. It would help if you calmly thought about it. And if you are ready to help me, then you can contact me through your brain," The voice replied and again vanished.

Ridhima was still daze and didn't understand what to do. She right now feels too much injustice, so she doesn't want to help anyone. In her whole life, she has struggled so much, working so much, but in the end, she doesn't even get anything. So why does she help others? While she is still in her thoughts, her phone rings.

"Hello...how are you? are your injuries all right?" Ridhima hears the voice of her best friend, Ram.

She remembered the line she read about Ram.....he is also cannon fodder who lost his job due to this fl and villain love triangle. There whole company get bankrupt, and all of them lost there jobs.

Maybe for that writer, making a company bankrupt is nothing much. But as a white collar, she feels pain in her chest. Your job affect your life very much. And loosing that & seeing the place you work for going in dust is really terrible.

She feels terrible for complaining right now. Ram, who has his struggles, often helps her. And talking about the villain....shit, why she is calling her boss's villain.

Talking about her boss....he is someone who can't be a villain. He is the person who saves and helps her. He is kind person. How can he be a villain, and how can they kill him for that, Samira...Everything is insane.

"Ridhima....." Ram shouted her name, which brought her out of her thoughts.

"Oh yes....I am all okay... Thank you for asking,' She said.

"What is there to thank, huh? Anyway, I am going on a business trip. If my department needs some help, please help them, okay?' Ram said, to which Ridhima agreed, and then they chatted for a few minutes and hung up.

Maybe for the writer, they all are NPC, but for her, this is her world, and all these people are real. She at least tries to stop the destruction of her people. Anyway, what the voice said is true. If she is going to die, then why not do something different? Thinking this, she decided to have a chat with that voice tomorrow. For right now, she will take a rest. Today is too much for her to handle.