chapter-3

Nicolas had reached the bank of a ditch running by holding his blood-stained arm. Where death surrounded him from both sides.

On one side there is an uncountable deep ditch and on the other side those unknown people who were behind Nicolas's grandfather's formula book.

Nicolas could neither take a step back nor move forward. Death was standing on both sides. The biggest problem was that he would have to choose one of the two. Either he will give that formula book to those people, after which still he cannot say with confidence that those people will leave Nicolas safe or else he will jump into the ditch with him to save that book. Both the routes were risky. Nicolas always knew that such a situation would definitely come sooner or later.

Suddenly there was a lot of change in the weather, the night full of bright stars was covered with dark clouds. Sky lightning was shining all around.

"Nicolas, now you have no other way, quietly give me this book", the man wearing a mask said while pointing a gun at Nicolas.

"Look, I will never let this book fall into any wrong hands, even if I have to give my life", Nicolas said holding that book even more tightly.

"Then die....you fool", a man said after listening to Nicolas words and he shooted him.

Due to the bullet, Nicolas's balance deteriorated and he suddenly fell into the ditch.

"You idiot, what have you done?", said the masked man running towards the ditch.

That masked man looks into the ditch but he doesn't see anything in the dark. He turned and shot the man who had shot Nicolas.

"Due to your stupidity, I lost the book for which I had to make so many efforts", the masked man shouted angrily.

"Ahh..... Nicolas was crying with half closed eyes falling from the ditch in pain.

The box of "Tik-Tik" that was kept in his pocket started vibrating loudly. That box started vibrating more loudly with passing time in Nicolas's pocket. Suddenly all the lightning that was shining in the sky focused on that watch. Nicolas was completely trapped in that lightning. Suddenly there was a strong jolt in his whole body.

"Aaaaa", Nicolas yelled in pain.

All the men standing on the ditch were seeing all this.

That scene looked very scary to watch. When all the lightning of the sky fell on Nicolas's body.

After a big blast, everything became calm again. Suddenly the whole sky became clear again and the night again started shining with stars. The storm also stopped.

"This... what was this?", the man in the mask said with wide eyes.

"How is this possible?", A random man Said with a surprise face.

"Please..... Boss please , let go from here so that this doesn't happen to us too", a man said in fear.

"Hmmm, you are right, he is dead now but i don't wanna lose my life,I'll find that book at how tomorrow", I'm going now but I'll return", the man wearing the mask said thoughtfully.

All those people who were behind the formula book left the jungle. While searching for book, those men had dropped a chemical in Nicolas's lab, due to which Nicolas's lab was also burning slowly, With the passing of time his lab was turning into Ash and smoke.

Slowly, in no time, the dark night passed and it became light.

::At police station::

"Sir please , you find him at any how, do anything, I want my son",a man's painfull voice was echoing in the police station.

It was the voice of nicolas's uncle, who had come to the police station to write Nicolas's missing report, As Nicolas suddenly disappeared without saying anything.

"You please calm down sir, we are trying our best to find him, a police officer says while offering a glass of water to Nicolas's uncle " Thomas Advin".

"How can I calm down.... How can I have even a single breath of relief , I have no one in this world except him, Arjun's uncle yelled while crying loudly.

" We will try our best, don't worry sir", said the officer while writing the report.

"Please officer, no matter how you find my son but i need him at any how, Nicolas's uncle said while wiping his tears.

"Yes sir ofcourse we will find him with best searching team of detectives and cops... when was the last time you spoke with Nicolas?", the officer asked the uncle.

"Just by yesterday evening, after that he got busy with his work, my son is always home in the morning, even if he is at work all night, but when I open my eyes, he is in front of me, In these  so many years this only this morning was without my son. ", Nicolas's uncle starts crying more and more remembering him.

"Please calm down sir, we will try our best", a man said putting his hand on uncle's shoulder.

"David, drop him home and come back", the inspector said one of his constables.

"Yes sir", the sergeant replies.

"What could be the reason behind the disappearance of a Scientist? I know Nicolas too, from his nature it does not appear that anyone could be his enemy", the Inspector said looking at the report kept on the table.

"Yes Sir.... I also feel the same way, then has Nicolas gone somewhere without informing?", said a police officer who wrote the report.

"I don't know now , i can't say anything right now only time will tell, Inspector said keeping his hands on the table.

"Ahh..... God, Nicolas opens his eyes with a voice full of pain.

Yes it's true, Nicolas was still alive.

Nicolas slowly opened his eyes, as soon as he regained a little consciousness he found himself in a strange big glass box.

"Oh god damn..... what happened? ",A girl said caming out while coughing from the smoke.

It seemed from the surrounding environment that it was also a research lab but much more advanced. As soon as the the somke was removed, the eyes of that girl fell on Nicolas.

"Oh damn… you… who are you?", the girl shouted with a shocked face.

Nicolas was also shocked to see that girl, looking at that girl it could not be told whether she was a human or a robot, her blue hair, robot-like suit and lensed eyes.

Nicolas again rolled his eyes all around, he could not understand the situation that what kind of place it was .

"I... Where am I?, my head is hurting too muuu...chhh", Nicolas fainted as soon as he said this, he said the word with trembling tongue as he is about to faint that time.

Who was that girl after all? which was the place where Nicolas had reached?, How could he escaped from that sky lightnings?