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Chapter 9 - zombies

As Rohit and Mr Roy were trying to escape from the place ,the door of the basement flung open . The workers had turned crazy and were running behind them using both their hands and legs .

Rohit cried " what are they ! are they zombies ! they want our brains , wahahaaa"

Mr Roy :- "shut up kid its not a movie show , the workers have lost their senses .You go ahead and start the bike , i will be closing the door "

Mr Roy handled the control panel , the door was coming down slowly . Rohit started the bike and Mr Roy sat behind him . As they drove off the bike two to three of the workers chased them , they have passed through the gate . Rohit changed gears and drove as fast as he could , slowly they left them behind .

After gaining a Safe distance Mr Roy and Rohit began talking .

Rohit :- " thank God we are saved "

Mr Roy :- " no we aren't , the problem is going to increase . Our company needs to take the responsibility . The CEO has to take charge of this whole messed up thing ".

Rohit:-" So what are you going to do . Are they going to lock you up in jail ?"

Mr Roy:- " Hey kid you are forgetting that you are in my body and you have to handle this as the CEO "

Rohit :- " Whaaaaaaa , how can i handle that , I'm just a kid ."

Mr Roy :- " well of course you can't handle it on your own that's why i will be training you " .

Mr Roy and Rohit reached their respective places and took reset for the day the next morning the incedent of the mishap in fertilizer company was already in news channels .

Mr Roy called and woke up Rohit " hey kid are you listening , the case is already in news , we got to think of a plan soon "

" I'm coming right now ,lets meet at school playground "

Hearing this Rohit felt as if he got a shock of 1000 volts . Rohit jumped from the bed and quickly got dressed up .

They met in the ground .

Mr Roy :- " Remember kid when they will ask whether you had prior knowledge of the incedent , you have to reply that the fertilizer corporation had kept it secret from you ".

Mr Roy continuously gave advice to him

" when they will ask about the future action tell that you are going to take take care of the victims although your company wasn't at fault . And as per the power supply of fertilizer company is questioned , tell them that you are going to give them another chance but you will ensure safety first ".

Rohit listened to them carefully and then questioned " so our company is going to treat the victims and we will give fertilizer company a chance to improvise ".

Mr Roy spoke in a sarcastic manner " well for media information we are going to do that ,

although we can't bear the cost of all the victims . We can't lose the partnership with fertilizer corporation ,they pay us handsomely "

Rohit spoke in curious manner " isn't that cheating ? , we are not going to do what we say "

Mr Roy :- " Listen kid we have to save our company and ourselves , it's not the time to think about others " .

Rohit nodded his head with sadness , his eyes seems much duller now.

Mr Roy :- " After this stuff is over , i will teach you the business basics and then we will focus on retrieving our bodies "

Their discussion ended , Rohit went back to his office . His office was silent even if contained hundreds of employees .

Everyone knew that the words of CEO will decide the survival and drowning of the company .

If the company will be penalised a lot will lose their jobs . The fertilizer company was doomed already . The government will take its license at worst case . At the best case the head and chairman of the company will go to jail , although it will bear huge loss but it will get another chance .

The time for media report and confrontation came . Rohit headed towards the stage his heart was banging " dhuk dhuk , dhuk dhuk " .

His breathing was abnormal and sweats were falling like rainfall from his head . The room has centralised A.C . but everyone was able to feel the heat . Rohit's mind was full of confusion .He revised the probable question and their answers in his head and tried to hide his nervousness .

Rohit and chairman of fertilizer corporation sat on the stage , with media filling the rest of the room . The conference began .

The question started barging in

Media person 1:- " my question to fertilizer corporation . Did you know that the chemicals were harmful for human health but still continued working ? "

Chairman (fertilizer):- " no we didn't had prior ideas about that ."

Media person 1 :- " so you are saying that it happened due to ignorance of your company . You were using chemical without knowing about their hazardous nature ?"

This question shut the mouth of chairman , the questions kept coming , none of them were answered .

Now it was Rohit's turn, his head was full of questions and their replies . But as he heard the first question his head became blank .

Media person 2:- " was your company aware about this fact that people were suffering due to the toxic chemicals ?"

Rohit :- " ummm , well ....uh ....aaaaaaĆ a"

Rohit couldn't decide , according to Mr Roy he should have said "no" but then again media will sue him saying it was his ignorance and irresponsibility .

Rohit took a deep breath and at last opened his mouth " yes i knew.... " .

With this answer the whole media's attention was towards him .The room became completely silent . Everyone was staring at him. Nobody expected this answer to be coming . The video was broadcasting live and the people watching the TV froze in their place . The situation was like a movie whose end was predictable but turned something else . Even the chairman of fertilizer company was staring at Rohit after his answer .