A storm was about to arrive. With every passing second, Zoe was losing the strength to keep herself calm and keep herself composed. She wasn't able to think straight.
In that scenario, There were only two options left. The first was, find Sasha and run away from there or call the security and report everything to them
Her choice between the first and second option was as clear as water: both she and Sasha would be gravely endangered. It could be a death-dealing action.
In contrast, if she chose the first option, every person in that mall would die. In short, she was standing between the devil and the blue sea.
Zoe was aware of her capabilities. She was trained to face this kind of situation but Sasha wasn't. Hence, She had to find her and scoop her out from here.
But if she chose her friend then many would die. A drop of sweat dripped down from her forehead. Her palms were also sweating. This situation is scaring her although She didn't want to admit it.
Abruptly Alicia's words buzzed inside of her mind.
'Troubles and arduous circumstances are similar to a muddy swamp. When you are in it then you can't make yourself anxious. Because If your mind becomes agitated then your body will turn restless as well. The swamp will start swallowing down once you begin flickering your hands and legs. You need to keep your mind calm and cool so that you can find a way to come out.'
She remembered how Alicia threw her in a swamp just to teach her to control her overwhelming emotions and fears. Yet what was she doing now? Getting panicked! This is attainable proof that Alicia has wasted her time and energy teaching her.
Zoe scolded herself for her cowardice.
She sighed and then closed her eyes and took a deep breath then she mumbled a few times 'Calm down'.
Later, She weighed both sides. To tell the truth, selecting the second option would be more appropriate. It was the biggest mall in the city. More than one thousand people come and go every single day. Moreover, Sasha wasn't there with her. If only she was with her, she would definitely take her out from there.
Eventually, She thought It's better to not waste her time and proceed with an immediate action. She had made up her mind. Now she was going to inform the security that a man who was equipped with a time bomb was wandering within the mall.
At the exact moment where she was running towards the security room, a piercing scream originating from a child made her legs freeze on the spot.
She raised her head. Her eyes opened wider as they captured the scene which was occurring above at the tenth floor.
Around a five-year-old boy was hanging down there. One of his legs was tied by the rope. His mother was crying from the tenth floor. There was a big guy who was standing right next to that lady. He was holding the rope while laughing maliciously.
Since she was standing in the center of the ground floor. The structure of the building was formed such that the periphery of each of the floors would be visible.
'This asshole..' After watching that man's conduct some glorious words came out from Zoe's mouth.
Though everyone's attention was on the child who was hopelessly hanging there while bawling miserably. Zoe found another suspicious activity.
Only one second passed yet her mind acquired another upcoming disaster.
Amidst the uproar, she turned and looked at the door.
She heard the sound of footsteps. She could assume there were around ten, no twelve men. They were loaded with arms.
Zoe was in the middle of Chaos. Honestly, She was unable to understand what's actually going on there
She sighed and prepared her body to move towards the door but before she could take a step. It opened all of sudden and one by one many men entered.
The crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit as they discerned that the mall was under attack.
It was funny, that they were the same people who were watching that little guy without doing anything, and now they were running for their lives.
However, Zoe, she was in a daze and her legs were static on the floor. Without getting agitated she was standing in the middle of the stampede. Calmly, She was calculating and analysing the men's strength and standard.
After examining them Zoe came to the conclusion that they were high ranking fighters. However they are not terrorists. They are definitely here to assassinate someone in particular. The target must belong to a family with a powerful background. Thus such high ranking fighters made their way here.
It seemed that they were trying to turn it to be seen by the people as if the mall was being attacked by the terrorists.
Counting how many men were there. Zoe grinned. Her anticipatory ability made her feel proud even in this situation. Her forecast was indeed spot-on.
Sadly Zoe's grin stayed too long. It disappeared as she perceived only ten men there. Where were the remaining two? She knew her ears could never betray her.
Before she could extend her limitless and unnecessary thoughts those men started firing continuously. They didn't even spare a second to blink.
'Tatatattaat.. tatattatatat.. tatatatatatata..tatatatata'
After the sound of guns, The floor becomes silent as if there wasn't a single living person there. Even sounds of breathing were hardly being heard.
Even that little boy stopped screaming.
Talking about people's reaction, it's the same as the snake. Like a snake who feels safe after hiding its head in its pit, but it forgot its whole body remains outside. Their reactions were also similar. Everyone was trying to hide their head, meanwhile their tails were remaining outside.
Later, A guy whose face was covered by a mask. Moreover His physical appearance was bigger than a normal human being. He walked forward then began to speak. "&&&&&&",
Though his language was unfamiliar and odd, it was as if he was talking a language which didn't belong to this planet. To our Earth.
Hence No one understood what he actually wanted to say.
Soon another guy came forward. He wasn't wearing a mask and his appearance was also similar to a normal human being. He negotiated. With that odd man. Then he took the place of the odd man. He scorned. "Kneel down, If you want to live."