Appraisal

There was a contest in to write a fictional story for 500 words max whichwud start with the line "On a dark and foggy night, a small figure layhuddled on the railway tracks leading to the Bangalore station"This is the award winning story !!!!!
On a dark and foggy night, a small figure lay huddled on the railway tracksleading to the Bangalore station. At once I was held back to see someone inthat position during midnight with no one around. With curiosity taking thefront seat, I went near the body and tried to investigate it. There wasblood all over the body which was lying face down. It seemed that a ruthlessblow by the last train could have caused the end of this body which seemedto be that of a guy of around my age. Amidst the gory blood flow, I couldsee a folded white envelope which was fluttering in the midnight wind.Carefully I took the blood stained envelope and was surprised to see thephrase "appraisal letter" on it. With curiosity rising every moment, Iwasted no time in opening the envelope to see if I can find some detailsabout the dead guy. The tag around the body's neck and the jazzy appraisalcover gave me the hint that he might be a software engineer. I opened theenvelope to find a shining paper on which the appraisal details where typedin flying colours. Thunders broke into my ears and lightening struck myheart when I saw the appraisal amount of the dead guy!!!!!
My God, it wasnot even, as much as the cost of the letter on which the appraisal detailswere printed.... My heart poured out for the guy and huge calls were heardinside my mind saying "no wonder, this guy died such a miserable death"...As a fellow worker in the same industry , I thought I should mourn for himfor the sake of respect and stood there with a heavy heart thinking of theshock that he would have experienced when his manager had placed theappraisal letter in his hand. I am sure his heart would have stopped andeyes would have gone blank for few seconds looking at the near to nothingincrement in his salary.
While I mourned for him, for a second my hands froze to see the employee'sname in the appraisal letter... hey, what a strange co-incidence, this guy'sname is same as mine, including the initials. This was interesting. Withsome mental strength, I turned the body upside down and found myself faintedfor a second. The guy not only had my name, but also looked exactly like me.Same looks, same built, same name.... it was me who was dead there!!!!!!!!While I was lost in that shock, I felt someone patting on my shoulders. Myheart stopped completely, I could not breathe and sprung in fear to see whowas behind......... splash!!!
Went the glass of water on my laptop screen asI came out of my wild dream to see my manager standing behind my chairpatting on my shoulder saying, "wake up man. Come to meeting room numbertwo. I have your appraisal letter ready"