So, the spy told the scientist that his female boss Ju was searching for Thomas.
The scientist became so happy to hear that. He informed the spy that he didn't know the exact location where he lived but would find him soon and inform him again.
When he discussed that with his fellows, they decided to take revenge on Thomas and get the reward to equally divide that among them and fulfill their loss. So, they made a plan to get Thomas caught.
They called Thomas and informed him that they were guilty of their fault, and that was why they wanted to fulfill his loss. So, they wanted to meet him in his house as that could be risky to meet in the lab. It was under notice because the time machine was found outside that.
Thomas was so surprised as he couldn't ever expect such a quick positive response from his scientists. So, he happily agreed to meet them at any time.
The next day, all scientists came to his home. Thomas was so excitedly waiting for his amount and for scientists to be embarrassed about their fault.
Thomas welcomed all of them and asked for his amount.
"Sir, we'll fulfill your loss, and definitely we should. But before that, we wanna say sorry for our faults. Hope you'll accept that".
"Sir, we're so embarrassed that we talked to you like that. We can't even have eye contact with you due to that".
Thomas was enjoying their words while the scientists were watching time. They had to divert Thomas's attention to another side for 15-20 minutes. They had planned everything to return successfully.
After 20 minutes, one scientist received a call. He calmly responded.
"Hello, how are you?"
Just after saying that, his emotions got uncontrolled.
"What! Who are you?... Hey!...Hello!"
Everyone in the room was staring at him. He couldn't even tell what had happened. When all scientists and Thomas asked multiple times, he challengingly told them that someone had shooted their loving fellow scientists. Finally, all scientists got upset and ran towards the door in an emergency.
That was not the situation that Thomas could ask for his amount. Nevertheless, he was satisfied thinking that scientists had accepted their fault, so they would send him the money he deserved.
Just as the scientists reached a little away from Thomas's house, they began laughing.
"Hahaha! What acting you did! You should be a professional actor. Leave this boring scientific profession".
"Guys, Thomas was so inspired by our acting. Means he was taking it emotionally. Otherwise, that greedy person couldn't allow us to leave without giving his amount".
"Seriously, guys, acting was very important. Now, we have the authentic address of Thomas's house".
All scientists fully enjoyed their success. Then, they called the spy and told him the complete address. The spy informed scientists that they would only be paid when Thomas was caught because they had been deceived.
Spies reached that address and confirmed that Thomas was living there. They were so pleased to see their task fulfilled. Then, they went towards Ju to give her the good news.
"Congratulations Mam, Your task has been fulfilled. We have found Thomas' address, and it's authentic. You can check it on your own. Moreover, here's Thomas' phone number. So you can also contact him on your own".
Ju was so surprised to hear that. He paid the spies and wished them good luck in their other upcoming task.
Finding Thomas was not only a task for Ju. She had to get her amount back from Thomas and give him a dreadful lesson of deceiving her.
However, she was disappointed in Thomas. She had accepted that he would never return her amount. Just for self-satisfaction, she wanted to give Thomas the last chance.
So, she sent a message to Thomas to threaten him first and last time.
"Thomas, I don't wanna hear your explanations. You have deceived me. Just because of you, the time machine has been sent to Mars. So, I can't forgive you. By the way, being sympathetic, I'll give you a chance. Return my amount so I will reduce your punishment to half".
Due to the big incident and being admitted to the hospital for a long time, Thomas had forgotten Ju's matter. So he wasn't expecting a sudden message from her side. But he didn't take it seriously.
He thought he would escape to the future just after getting the time machine back. He was going to build a special controller for that. With that, he could control the location of the time machine just like Mr. John had the controller of his previous machine.
So, Thomas responded unusually.
"Ok, I'm waiting. But please be fast to punish me because my good luck is waiting for me in the future".
He just sent that for fun and wrote whatever came to his mind. He didn't think that Ju would take that too seriously.
Ju became so upset to read the message. But she was so proud of her status. She realized that she shouldn't give up in front of Thomas just after reading his unusual message.
"How dare you, Thomas, to talk to me like that. You have made a big mistake by taking me seriously. Now, nothing can save you from mine".
The next day Ju called Thomas.
"Thomas, why did you deceive me? How cheap a person you're!"
Thomas was still taking Ju unseriously, so he enjoyed that call.
"Yes, I'm so cheap. That was why I was doing illegal work in this country for a long time. No one can beat me in the cheapness".
"Don't you feel guilty about your activities? Ju smilingly asked.
"Why guilty? Hurting yourself is a crime. My heart burns too much for anything I love. So, it's my right to forcefully get it; just to eliminate my pain". Thomas added
"How did you create the time machine? You made that with my money, so it's my right to know that. Even though you're not fulfilling my loss. At least tell me this". Ju asked
"I hired scientists for that. I worked illegally in my secret lab so no one could notice that and cause the problem later". Thomas calmly responded.
After listening to that, Ju intentionally disconnected the call. However, she was still smiling like his goal had been fulfilled.
The next day, Thomas's house door was forcefully knocked. He got worried, thinking about if there was an emergency outside. But he was shocked when he opened the door. There were police standing outside.
He then thought they might be the fellows of the spy in whose house he lived. He moved backward to tell him that the police officer had grabbed him. His body froze at once in fear. He looked forward challengingly to face the police.
"Why are you treating me like that? I'm innocent. Please allow me to go."
The police officer showed him the arrest warrant and confirmed that he was under arrest. He had committed too many crimes that he didn't know for which one they were arresting him.
That could also be an evil trick of his foes. When he overviewed everything, no one came to his mind except Ju. He couldn't doubt scientists as they had committed their fault in front of him and were satisfied from his side.
Thomas was arguing with the police officers that his spy had come to the door. He was surprised to see that matter outside his house.
He also got feared. He thought the police might be there to arrest him for illegally searching Quinn. He wanted to escape instantly, but he couldn't leave Thomas alone in the challenging situation.
So, he confidently began an inquiry.
"How can you arrest my friend like that without any proof? Leave him and return with proves to not be embarrassed. Now you can go".
"Who are you to interrupt us in that way? Are you his…" The police officer suddenly paused while responding.
When the spy was talking, the police officer was observing his face. Eventually, he identified that he worked as a senior with himself in the same police station. That spy was so famous because of his smartness and bravery. So, he doubted seeing himself living with a criminal.
He placed his hand on the spy's shoulder and said: "Sir, you have remained an honorable policeman. It's against your status to support a criminal".
The spy didn't remember that police officer because that was not so famous, and many other people were working on that status. He was worried if he got in trouble because of Thomas. He thought people would notice that case more because he had remained a police officer.
Moreover, Quinn's case was famous worldwide. His reputation and career would be devastated, and he was sent to jail for many years.
He was extremely threatened. He couldn't take such a big risk just for the greed of some money. So, he didn't only stay apart from that matter but decided to help the police making Thomas's case more severe so he would be saved from any trouble.
So, he smoothly held the police officer's shoulder and said: "Yes, you're right. I don't deserve to support any criminal. Please take him to the police station so my house would be kept apart from evilness".
Thomas got shocked and extremely upset to hear that. He was satisfied that he had big support. He thought the spy would fight against him. The spy had many relations with top police officers. So, there was not any task for him to resolve that matter.
The police officer became pleased about the spy's reaction. Thomas was forcefully thrown into the van and was taken into the police station. On the whole way, Thomas kept on thinking who could do that to him and why.
"May, Ju did that as I ignored her threat. No! She can't do this so openly. She should fear that I can expose her secret".
"I left my previous house. May someone reach there and find the Prime Minister's dead body".
"How can I forget! It can also be due to Mr. John. He could keep a constant eye on my activities. May he was trapping me".
As he reached there, he was instantly sent behind bars without any investigation. Thomas became completely helpless. No one in that world was to help him. His last hope, a spy, had left him alone in such circumstances just for his benefit.
Everything was happening like a suspenseful story. The criminal didn't even know what he had done. Moreover, nobody was telling him. Finally, he called the jailor standing outside his cell.
"Why am I here? I'm alone in the whole world. No one would come for my bail".
The jailor didn't feel sorry for him. Instead, he began laughing while making fun of his words.
"You're not a single one who is alone in this police station. Here everyone is helpless. Even no one comes to meet prisoners imprisoned there for more than ten years".
Thomas became more upset. He couldn't tell anyone about his condition. He was not alone in the world but in that century. Only his forefathers were there, but they didn't know him.
He became a bit happy and hopeful when the Police officer called him to investigate. He thought he would even now know why he was there.