Chapter 4
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Then Kraven says "What do you mean we shouldn't know? What is that?" Honcho says "I mean you shouldn't follow that sound because that sound is of time running in this place". Alvis says laughingly, "Dude Honcho, I think you are probably sitting in your own world assuming anything. Is there any sound of the passage of time? Tell?" Then Honcho says "Leave it Alvis, we leave all this." Alvis says "No, I can't leave this thing. You tell me right now". Then Honcho says, "When you will not speak, what will be the use of telling?" Then Amelie says, "Not just Alvis, everyone here wants to know what that sound was about." On everyone's request, Conroy suddenly says, "He is a monster with a clock stuck behind him, he keeps running here and there." Then Honcho says "He keeps running in and out of this mall. It means it keeps going round and round and it seems to me that in this time we too keep repeating the same thing again and again after some time. Louis says "Like, what do you keep repeating?". Honcho replies, "Like when Conroy and I are inside this mall, he is our present and when we are going out of this mall he is our future and then when we are coming back towards this mall That is our past. Then all this keeps happening again and again. Then after hearing all this, Alvis says, "Looks like a script of a movie." Well, it is very well written". Then Craven shouts at Alvis and says, "First of all, you are the one who trapped us here, and then you have to run your own business all the time. Do you enjoy acting like a fake leader all the time?" No one said anything there for a while. Then Honcho says, "Now there is no use of all these things, let's just have one last game which is very famous, its name is football". Then none of them are happy and Honcho says "Hey! Friend, again you all have become sad. Then Alvis says, "This is all my fault, because of me you all are stuck here and I promise you all that I will get you out of here." Then Louis says "No Alvis, it's not just you, we all wanted to come here, don't take all the blame for coming here and let's go play football with Honcho, and you both Craven and Alvis stop fighting with each other". Hearing Louis' words, Alvis's worried face lights up again just as the water shines when the sun rays fall on it and he says, "Okay, let's go, let's go." Then they all agree to a football game to lift Alvis' mood. Then Honcho says, "We have to go a little distance from here where there is a thing made of trees in which the ball has to be hit. Then Amelie says "means goal post". Then Conroy says, "You probably all know the rules of this game." Then those people reach there. Then Amelie says "let's make a team". Then Louis says "Okay Alvis and I are the team captains and one by one we will choose our team. Then Alvis takes out a coin from his pocket and says "If the Hayes comes, I will ask first or you will". Then Alvis tosses the coin in the air and Louis takes a look at it but Alvis does not look up and directly holds it in his hand and shows it with open hands and says, "Look, Tails comes, I will ask first. So I ask Amelie". "I ask Kraven," says Louis. Then this is how a team is formed. One team consists of Alvis, and Honcho and the other team consists of Craven Lewis and Conroy. The game starts and everyone is filled with excitement. Conroy hits the ball very fast and it goes straight into the goal. Then slowly the gum starts moving forward and again Conroy hits the ball hard and there is a hole in one corner and the ball goes into it and falls. Craven says "I am a creeper". Then as soon as Craven puts his hand in the pit and the ball rises, someone catches his hand. Then Craven screams loudly and starts running away, leaving the ball there. Hearing his voice, everyone else also comes there. Amelie says "What happened, why are you screaming so loudly?". Kraven then says "Somebody grabbed my hand". Louis says "Hey! There must be some insect". Then a hand comes out of the pit and they all look at it and scream and cannot understand anything. Then Honcho says "quickly, run". They all start running and a demon is running behind them. There is a clock behind that demon. Then there comes a place from where three paths are breaking. Then Honcho says "Half from here come with me and half go there. Those people do exactly the same thing. And that demon walks away. After the demon leaves, they all come together and Kraven says in a low voice full of fear, "Brother, what was that?". Honcho says "This is the same monster I was telling Alvis about. If you don't come in its way then nothing will happen to you. This monster does not harm anyone but just keeps running away". Then Craven says, "Man, where are we stuck?" Alvis says, "Don't worry, I will find a way to get out of here in the morning." Louis lets out a long sigh and says, "Now the only hope is from you." Then Conroy says "It's already late, we should go to sleep now". Honcho says "You're right let's go now In the storage room". Then Amelie says "Shit, how can you sleep in the storage room". Then Honcho says "Hey! Don't worry, we have cleaned there and have also kept some mattresses of the people working in this mall there. "It means we'll sleep better," says Amelie. Honcho says "Yeah, that's right let's go back to the mall now". Then they all start going after Honcho. Through a small passage on the ground floor of the mall, they come in front of a room. That room is quite big. It is very dark inside and there is very little light coming from some windows upstairs. A cool breeze is coming from that window. Then they all go inside and there are some mattresses kept there. Craven says, "Just looking at these mattresses brought relief. Now sleep comfortably". Louis sighs and says, "Yes! you are right, I am really feeling very sleepy". Then they all go to those mattresses and sleep. There is a lot of peace in that room. Then suddenly Alvis wakes up because he feels that someone is pulling his hand. Then Kraven screams loudly and says, "There's a bug walking on my feet." Then Honcho says "Something strange is happening here. I feel like someone is holding my hand again and again. Then Alvis says "Yes, I also feel that someone is holding my hand". Louis says "Hey! Brother Alvis and Honcho, you both sleep, it's nothing and Craven, you also sleep, man." Then there is peace again and after some time Amelie screams loudly and says, "Ghost, ghost". They all wake up and Honcho says "Where is the ghost?". "I saw it near you, honcho," Amelie says. Honcho says "I don't have any ghost. I think we are all tired and there was a demon behind us too, maybe that is why we are seeing all this". Then a loud laughing sound is heard and they all wake up. Alvis says, "I don't think any of us are tired enough to hear such noises. It seems to me, Honcho and Conroy, you have been a little quiet from us". Conroy says "Don't know what's going on, Why is all this happening after your arrival? We sleep here happily every day, don't we honcho"? Honcho says I just saw the same demon laughing through the window. "Maybe something is happening because of him". Louis says, "If none of us can do anything right now, we should go to sleep." Then they all sleep peacefully. Then slowly that darkness starts disappearing and morning starts coming. Honcho wakes up and looks at the scary face staring at him and says, "Are you really that scary?" Then he laughs and walks out of the room. He meets Conroy outside, who says, "The faces of all of them were worth seeing." Saying this, both of them go somewhere. Then Alvis's eyes open and he says "What time is it?" Just then an angry, heavy voice comes and a woman comes and says to Alvis "Hey! Don't you have to get up? Do you know you have an exam today? So can't you get up early?" Alvis says, "But I was in that mall. Probably it was all just my dream, otherwise how can anyone get stuck in a time loop like this? Then his mother says, "Even now you are not getting up, come on, get up." Alvis says "yes, yes coming". Then Alvis is very happy and gets up and goes down the stairs and he is standing in front of a sink washing his hands and face when a small black insect comes out of the sink and grows big. His eyes are yellow in colour and shining. Seeing that insect, Alvis gets scared and starts running away, then the insect grabs Alvis's shirt with its big claws and says in a girlish voice, "Get up, Alvis, get up". Just then Alvis's eyes open and he says, "You black insects, leave me." Then Amelie says "You are calling me a black bug". Then Alvis says "Hey! Not telling you , a bug had caught me. Okay, tell me what time it is." Then Amelie says "It's nine o'clock". Then Kraven says, "Now let's find a way to get out of here." Then Alvis says "Hey! "Where did Honcho and Conroy go"? Then Louis says, "I don't know, maybe he has already gone somewhere else". Then Alvis says "Okay let's go quickly". Then Louis says, "But how will we go brother, is there any plan?" Last time we went by car, this time we went". Alvis says, "This time we will go to every route on foot and check, that is, every single person will go to every route and check to what extent the road leads from there". Then Amelie says "Yes, for the first time the car was driving only on one road". Then they all start following Alvis and they come out of the mall. Then Alvis says, "Now we have to go on the paths made in this forest, otherwise we will all be lost." Everyone understands what Alvis said. Then three paths appear in front of all of them. Alvis says, "Amelie and I go on this first path and you Craven and Louis follow these two paths and as soon as you find the path, you come out of this mall." Then both of them do the same. They follow both those paths. Then Alvis and Amelie also walk on the same path. Then after some time Amelie goes ahead and says "Now let's wait for a while". Alvis says, "Did you have only that much power, Doctor?" Then Amelie says with a light smile, "You make fun of me on purpose. I know you like me, right?" Then Alvis becomes silent. Then there is only the sound of birds for a while in that forest. Then breaking the silence Alvis lets out a shy laugh. Then Amelie comes to Alvis and looks into Alvis's eyes. As if she has found out the answer to her question. And she laughs and says "Yes, come on". Then Alvis also understands after seeing her. Then both of them start walking holding each other's hand. A little distance away they see Louis and both of them reach near him and see him. Amelie says "What happened, why aren't you going ahead?". Then Louis says "Look from here you can see a lot of lions ahead." Then Alvis says "Hey! Yes, there are a lot of lions from here." But they are all sleeping. I think we should leave secretly." Then Louis says, "Yes, then that lion will also eat you secretly." Then Craven also comes there and he says pantingly. "Hey! What happened, why are you all stuck here?" Then Alvis says "Hey! There are many lions waiting for us ahead". Kraven then says "So what now? You said you would find a way. Look Alvis I have to go home now. You yourself will have to do something". Then Amelie says "You listen to Alvis all the time. You just look at the problem all the time, why don't you find its solution? Then Craven says, "The one who created the problem will also provide its solution". Then Louis says "Now we should go to the same mall". Then Amelie says, "Yes, we can go to the mall, bring a car and go among these lions. Lewis says, "It is not only those lions who are stopping us, but look, the road ahead of those lions is at an end". Then they all get tired and start going towards the mall. As soon as they enter the mall, they see Honcho. Honcho says to them "What happened where are you all coming from"? Kraven then says "went to find a way out of this mall". Honcho would smile and say, "Then find the way?" Alvis says between both of them, "I didn't find it brother, why don't you tell me something". Then Honcho says "Let's eat some fruits first. Then we will talk later". Louis says, "Come on friend, I can't find a way out of here. Till then let's eat some fruits". Then they all go to the third floor. Then they all start eating the fruits together. Then Honcho puts his hand on Alvis' shoulder and says, "I'm still telling you. The time here does not stay in one place but keeps moving round and round. Look, that's why you people come back to this mall again and again and your car also used to go around and stop in front of this mall. Then Louis says, "Yes, you are right, I also think that the demon is the one who controls time here. That's why it doesn't stop and just keeps going round and round, just like time rotates here. Then Conroy says, "If you want, we can give you proof of this." Then Honcho says "Hey! Yes, it is in Art and Gallery. Yes, if you say so, you can show the proof". Then Alvis says "Yes, let's see what is your proof of this". Then they all start walking along a path on the third floor which is named Art Gallery. Then there comes a place where there are many rooms and in front of every room there is a door in which there is a square shaped hole. Honcho says "All of you go in front of each door and see what is going on in this room". Then they all go and stand in front of each door and start watching. so that one boy So they see a boy playing ball, a boy studying, and a man with his wife, and a man burning in the crematorium.