Chaos

*Chaos*

That was the only word fitting to describe the scene before them. Everything was in complete chaos. People were running about in a hurried manner whilst holding water extinguishers. They were running towards a familiar house. Currently, the house was on fire. Moreover the people with the water extinguishers were all running toward the house. That house was Jim's home.

"Michael, what happened?", Jim's father asked one of the people holding the extinguishers.

"Oh, it's you!", Michael said while sighing.

"Yes it's me, just answer me, what happened to our house?!", Jim's father asked again.

"I don't know!! We just heard a loud boom in your house about twenty minutes ago. When we came out to check what was happening, we saw your house on fire!!", Michael explained.

After saying that Michael hurriedly ran towards their house as if it was his own house that was on fire.

Seeing that, Jim's father said, " Rose, stay here with Him and Brianna. I am going to inquire about what happened".

Mrs Rose simply nodded her head. Jim's father then ran towards their house to help put out the fire and also inquire about what happened. Seeing her father disappearing into the horrible flames with an extinguisher in his hand, Brianna asked with a worried look,

"Mom, do you think dad will be alright?". "Yes! He will be alright! Nothing will happen to him!", Mrs Rose said in a soothing voice whilst nodding her head firmly.

After a while, Jim's father returned. "What happened?", seeing him return He was the first person to ask. He had a bad feeling about what happened.

"The house is fine, nothing got destroyed. Only a small number of irrelevant things for burned. We won't have problems replacing them.", Jim's father said in a solemn voice.

Although he was trying his best to hide it, Jim knew that they must have lost some important things or else his father wouldn't be speaking in such away. "Then how did the house suddenly catch fire?", Jim asked again.

"According to the witnesses, there was a loud explosion and when they came out they saw our house on fire. However, all the witnesses said they don't know how our house caught fire", Mr Benjamin said helplessly.

Seeing his father's helpless look, Jim was more certain that they have lost some precious things this time. Jim was very sure that this incident was definitely not simple as it looked on the surface. Because with careful thinking,

'How could a house just catch fire after a huge explosion?. He was sure it was done by someone, But who will do such a thing? He also didn't remember his family having quarrels with other families, So then who will do such a thing to them?'. However, after thinking for some time and still not finding the culprit, Jim decided to think about it later.

"Ben, I think we should move to your mom's place", Mrs Rose suddenly suggested. "Hmm", Mr Benjamin nodded his head, he was thinking about the same thing. "Wait! Why isn't the water mage city team not here, I thought they were responsible for controlling and preventing fire outbreaks?", Jim asked with confusion written all over his face.

"They will be here soon, Michael said he called them after seeing the fire.", Mr Benjamin said. "Hmm" Jim nodded his head quietly. Jim knew there was definitely something fishy about the delay of the water mage city team but he still decided to ignore it.

A few minutes later, a large van that could contain about ten people appeared. A banner well-designed was placed on top of the travelling van with imposing words which were 'THE WATER MAGE CITY TEAM'. Following the arrival of the van, five people with imposing auras and physiques stepped out of the van. After they got out, they immediately rushed towards the house and began checking it.

After a few minutes, one of the men seemingly their leader shouted in a loud voice, "WHOSE HOUSE IS THIS?". "It's mine", Mr Benjamin said immediately.

The man then walked up to Mr Benjamin and said with an apologetic face," We are sorry for the inconvenience, therefore in order to compensate you, we will give you a temporary testing place, then we will find some earth mages to fix your house for you".

"If you want to fix our house for us, then I will not be humble either, however you don't need to find a temporary resting place for us, we already have one", Mr Benjamin said with a smile on his face. "Oh?, If that is the case then it's okay.", the man replied.

After the fire settled down, they went into the house and removed all the undamaged items. It seemed that their father's house office was the one which got caught on fire, so other than that room every room was intact. That explained why his father had a gloomy face the entire afternoon.

****

Later that day, Jim and his family moved to their grandparents' house. Their grandparents were very happy to see them, especially the grandmother, their visit was a visit from the heavens.

After they settled, their grandmother, old Mrs Jones, asked them why they had come to visit her. "Well mom, it's like this..." Mr Benjamin explained to her.

After hearing the whole story, Mrs Jones sighed and said, " I don't think this was an accident. ".

"Mom, what do you mean?", Mr Benjamin asked with a confused face. "I think this whole thing was planned by someone to take revenge or something like that.", Mrs Jones replied in a solemn voice. "But I don't understand! Why will someone do such a thing?", Mr Benjamin asked still confused.

"You will never know what people think", Mrs Jones shrugged her shoulders indifferently. "Ah well, let's not talk about bad things that will spoil anyone's mood. This is a joyous occasion, let's celebrate!!", Mrs Jones said in an excited tone.

That night they had a big dinner. After dinner, they all returned to their own rooms which were chosen for them by their grandparents. As for Jim, he was thinking about how he will face what will happen tomorrow at school after the incident that occurred.