"Now, let's zoom in, shall we?", the guy said, giving us a phantasm of a feeling that yes, we are allowing him to zoom in while we were the ones helpless.
As we zoomed in, we could now hear the woman ordering burger and fries at the counter. After ordering, she took a seat and sat down with a token in her hand which read '512', probably for the order. She began scrolling through her phone when a guy and two girls joined her.
She got up and hugged them.
"After such a long time, Andrea!", one of the two girls proclaimed.
"We bet you don't even remember our names", the boy said.
"What the hell are you talking about, Andre? How can I forget my lovely Lily and Rose?"
She pinched their cheeks and they both took their seats and began talking.
"We should decide to go somewhere. It's been a long time after all! What do you say, Andrea?"
"Of course. Let's plan".
"Why are we even seeing this?", I enquired.
"To tell you that everything's pre decided", the guy said,"Now see, the limb through her head goes to the kid's section. So no matter whatever they decide, her immediate next destination would be the kids section. You see, the thin tentacle passing through her neck, if you notice, that goes to the women's toilet. She will just act as a puppet, even though she will have an illusion that it's her taking the decisions".
Sam and I kept staring at the screen. We didn't look at the women or the crowd in the food mart gorging on cholesterol, we were lost in thoughts and didn't know where to look at or what to say.
"Now," the guy cleared his throat,"You have to find the limb that has materialised and kill it and can be seen with the physical eyes. And maybe some other tasks that I give you."
"But how do we kill it?"
Sam and I look at each other, no emotion was accurate enough to communicate the chaos created in our hearts and minds.
"Just a cut is enough for it to demetamorphosise into complete transparency. And if you try to get out of Zuschter", the guy said,"Let me just say you can't. Best of luck".
He said the following and then collapsed on the floor. And then all the office members closed their eyes and collapsed on the ground as well.
As we looked at them with our brows furrowed, all began to slowly wake up, completely oblivious of what their body has said and done. As if they woke from a deep slumber.
"Let's get out here", we ran and got into the lift, as we heard the shrieks of the people, as some of them stepped on the broken flower vases.
"Where do we go now?", I asked.
Heard a ting bell from Sam's phone. Sam looks at it.
"He's telling us to go to the same mart to find the blood limb", Sam said.
"A mall? How could a ducking gigantic blood jeely limb be in a MART?!"
"Logic doesn't have any place now", he said and gravely looked at me.
We rushed down to the main road an then took a cab to the mall which was already specified in the message form Mr. XY.
"Does he want us to go towards the receptionist in the mall?", I asked.
"I have no idea. Maybe, he will message us once we reach there".
We reached the mall. Upon entering, we looked here and there, as if it will just be there normally.
"Okay, if it's here, where can it hide itself?"
Then suddenly we heard a bursting sound with people getting going 'OHHHH!!!!'. An old man's head had bursted with the severed bones, skin and hair floating in the air. The air around the old man was suddenly filled with blood moisture. And what could have been worse?
The limb through his head had come alive and was confused where to go. People ran in directions away from the jelly limb partially filled with blood. It began swinging away, crashing through the whole of the food mart. The tables, chairs and some eatables flew in the air mixing the delicious aroma with the blood moisture.