Chapter:9 |The Forest|

"What is this place ?".

"oh! this is the center of secret matters, and we bought you here because we think that you might be the key to our secret".

"Mr. Oliver, you hurt me when I told you the truth and now you are shamelessly back for help"

"Zoe Fletcher, we both know that you were trying to protect her, you might know where your friend is which is why you tried to distract us "

" What nonsense is this! ", Zoe raised her voice while she was tied with a black rope on a black chair.

" We went to her house, searched for her, sat there for an hour but... no trace of her, so now stop with your lies miss!", he responded with a raised voice too.

Tears build up in Zoe's eyes as she heard such a deep and loud voice for the first time, she was not able to further defend herself. Her hands turned into a fist, her eyes were fixed on the ground and now she was trying to find some lies to defend her friend.

"Look... it is not that hard...", his voice turned soft, "... just tell me, where is she !", but again he raised his voice. He seemed like a psychopath while changing his tone of talking.

Zoe sighed, "what are my benefits in it?", she asked cleverly.

" you will be instructed by the best droid wights, how is it?", he offered after thinking for a while.

" umm, and?", she selfishly asked for more.

"And?", Oliver was shocked to see her selfishness.

she nodded and waited until he spoke again, "I might give you the top position of chief of intelligence".

"What!", she widened her eyes, " I mean that is cool, but I am not sure if she will be where I think she is". " Just tell us where she is likely to go, It will help a lot". Zoe thought for some seconds before demanding," first, let's sign a contract about all those offers... I can't really trust you Mr.Sinskey.

Oliver was going to hit her when his assistant stopped him, " sir she is our only hope, please gain her trust", the assistant advised. Oliver took a deep breath and then ordered one of his Droid Wight to prepare a contract.

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Ms. Julie got a call from Kevin, and as soon as she saw the caller ID she received it. " Yes, Kevin? any news?", she asked immediately. " No mom, have you checked everywhere?", he asked.

" Yes, but haven't got any trace of her"

" did you check at the cafe's backside, where we last met her"

"no"

" wait, wait, wait... mom ..."

" yes, darling?"

" the forest, she might have had went to the forest, the backside of the cafe leads there, and right now, that is the safest place for her"

" Thanks, honey take care", she immediately cut the call, " the Forest", she said while looking at her husband, and without wasting any second Mr. Lewis started the car's engine and drove there.

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Here sitting in the hacking room is an old man who just heard the conversation between Ms. Julie and Kevin. " dial, Prof. Oliver's number, Mia ", he ordered to his system, which was designed in the walls of the room. " sure!", a robotic female voice responded. The man heard the sound of dialing numbers and after a few seconds a familiar voice spoke," what is it, Robert?". " Professor... she might be in the forest, Julie and Lewis are heading there", he told Oliver, with that Oliver hung up the call.

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" Thanks miss Zoe for wasting our time, you are free now", the assistant said.

" Why? do you guys find out about her?", she asked.

"She is in the forest", he replied.

Just then Oliver entered the room with a contract and signed it with Zoe.

" Now Zoe Fletcher, what do you say where is she?", he asked.

Zoe glanced at his assistant and then at him and saw him already staring at her, " she might be in the forest or with her aunt who lives in AREA126 or AREA127 maybe", she said.

" Did you tell her, Brian?", Oliver asked his assistant while raising his eyebrow.

" No, why would I ?", he replied with his heart in his throat while giving a sharp glance to Zoe.

with that, they untied her and dropped Zoe at her house.

Zoe ran to her bedroom and called her friend Maria, after dialing her number a few times Maria picked up." Where are you !", Zoe shouted.

"At . my. house...Why?... Oh, so you called me for the division test, well it went well, I am an Ameliorate!"

" It doesn't matter, what matter is, that Hannah is not normal, and COD is after her, she escaped from the COD by literally burning the glass capsule she was trapped in. She also thinks that I have joined hands with Professor Oliver Sinskey, now she might be in the forest", Zoe explained.

" wait, wait, wait! what happened to Hannah? why is COD after her? who in the world is Professor Oliver blah blah? and what the hell is she doing in the forest?", Maria was so confused and shocked at the same time.

" come to my house I'll explain it all", Zoe said.

Maria hung up the call, took her handbag and stuffed her mobile, charger and some important things in it then left her room. " Mom I am going to Zoe's", she informed in a high-pitched voice. "Alright, but be back before eight Mariah". With that, she shut the door and headed towards Zoe's house.