Edge of the world

Niamat – "Ah! I know this sign. It means that, we have to climb on their hand and they would take us up

Robert – "Are you sure about it?"

Niamat – "Yeah! I know what I am saying."

Tom – "But Niamat, Robert what if it eats us, or, what if it throws us down from up?"

Robert – "Yeah Niamat! If these monkeys throw Tom from up, then... then" (Niamat stays confused) "I don't think so, he will still die coz for dying, brain is required. which Tom don't have!"

Niamat – "Robert! Stop pulling his leg!"

Tom – "You know what you guys are very lucky that I, the great archaeologist Tom is with you both, to guide you guys."

Robert – "Wow! So, great archaeologist Mr. Tom, how have you been guiding us?"

Tom – "Ah! Well Remember, I fought for your book!"

Robert (Thinks for a while) – "So how did you guided us through this?"

Tom – "Oh! You know nothing! If we wouldn't have fought for it, then Niamat wouldn't have taken that book. Neither, would have she opened it and we wouldn't have got that map!"

Robert – "Map?"

Niamat – "You decoded it?"

Tom – "I guess yes... you can say me thank you. Actually you all are welcome, in advance..."

Robert – "Can you now say, what you had found?"

Tom – "Hm! Sure! I was trying to decode that map, from India. But, when I came here, I realized that, this is that place!"

Robert and Niamat – "What?"

Tom – "Yes! But..."

Niamat – "...But what?"

Tom – "Look at this" (Showing the map to Niamat and Robert). "Till this place, where we are standing right now, the map is exactly same, but from this tree, the map is completely different."

Robert – "It might be a map of a different place."

Tom – "No, it's not possible!"

Robert – "Why?"

Tom – (Pointing on the map) "Look here! Do you remember this name?"

Robert – (Reads) "Invisible! I knew something is wrong with this hotel."

Tom – "I don't know about anything wrong. But... I still can't understand, this half of the map!"

Niamat – "You will get to know Tom! We all will get to know."

Tom – "How?"

Niamat – "On the top of this tree, there is a way... invisible way."

Tom and Robert – "What?"

Niamat – "Yes! Let's climb there and see, if this is related with that map."

Robert – "She is right! Let's go!"

Tom – "Well! Saw? I guided you both!"

Robert – (Gives a sarcastic smile). "You could have directly said it, instead of saying. (Mimics Tom) "Remember, we fought for a book blah blah blah and wasting our time. Well! Technically, it's Niamat, who found this place!"

Niamat – "Robert!"

Tom – "It's ok Niamat! He is saying this, because, he also thinks that I had guided you both, but, he is Robert, and he can't praise anyone!"

Robert – "Are you done?"

Tom – "See! I said know!"

Robert gets on the hand of one of the three monkeys. Tom climbs on another one and keeps teasing him the whole way. While Niamat, gives a relief smile and climbs on the 3rd monkey's hand.

Tom – "Oh! See this Robert!"

Tom and Robert were startled to look around themselves, after they reached the top of the tree. Except clouds, they were not able to see anything.

While they were busy seeing around themselves, Niamat started walking.

Tom – "Robert! Look!"

Robert and Tom – "Niamat, no..." (Closes their eyes.)

Niamat – "Don't worry! Just keep walking. Trust me! Nothing will happen."

Tom – "How come you didn't fall? Have you got some super power?"

Robert – "Well! Yeah... walking in air is against the laws of gravitation. So, how are you able to walk in air?"

Tom noticed, that every time Niamat stepped, a black circle splashed around her feet.

Tom – "And... what is that black circle?"

Niamat – "Guys! I seriously have no idea, about whatever is happening here. I just felt that, it can be adventurous, so I wanted to discover this place."

Tom – "Yeah! Adventurous... right!"

Niamat – "Let's go!"

Robert – "Hm!"

Tom – "Wait for me. I am coming too."

Niamat kept walking, and then, even Robert and Tom came behind, frightening and calling their God's name.

After walking few hours, they were left astonished, to look at a two-way path.

Tom – "What is this? If we choose, this path, we will die, and so will happen, if we choose another one."

You all might be thinking, why is Tom saying this? What was that two-way path? Well! That path was a clear death! One of which was of fire and another of water. Robert by seeing fire, gets panicked.

Robert – "I will swim and go to the next end. I don't want to die."

Tom tried to stop Robert. But he didn't listened to him. He was about to fall from there. Meanwhile, Niamat and Tom came and lifted him up. As soon as they lifted him... Niamat scolded Robert for his behavior.

Niamat – "Are you mad? Can't you have some patience? This place itself is so mysterious and you are behaving like this! How can you behave so foolishly? We have to think logically...!"

Tom stops Niamat and whispers to her.

Tom – "Niamat! Calm down! Don't forget that his dad died due to a failure in an experiment, due to which, everything got exploded, and there was fire all around. This incident have had a strong impact on him. So only, we didn't took him, even to the place of acci... accident of my dad!"

Niamat – "Its ok Tom. I am sorry Robert. I was just worried about you!"

Robert - "Hm..." (Smiles at Niamat). "But, you have to promise, that, we will not be taking the fire way!"

Niamat - "Well! Easy, warm looking and beautiful ways, often leads to harmful circumstances..."

Tom – "Ah...! Sorry for interrupting, but... are you planning to go through fire. If yes, then, how can we walk on fire?"

Niamat – (Stares at Tom in anger). "Let me complete my sentence first."

Tom – "Ok."

Meanwhile, Robert stands anxiously and keep looking at the fire path.

Niamat – "Easy... "(Looks at Tom and Robert, as if to check that no one is interrupting). Easy, warm looking and beautiful ways, often leads to harmful circumstances, but dangerous and difficult roads often lead to desired destinations."

She looked at the fire, and by her look, it was obvious that she wanted to go through the fire way.

Robert – [In anger] (Aside) "Good, very good, I knew that she wants to go through this way only and die."

Niamat took the end of her dupatta, tore it into half and put on the fire. As soon as she did this, it turned into ashes. This incident made it obvious, that none of the ways were correct. All three of them felt disappointed.

Meanwhile, the flames of the fire started to increase with the dupatta turning into ashes. These increased flames were turning into something...

It was a sign!

Robert – "Thank God! Now I don't have to walk on fire. It's not even possible to walk on it for so long." (Aside)

The sign was...

Tom started looking here and there as though he knew the meaning of that sign.

Tom – "I know this! (With expirement). "It's hieroglyphic language, which is the language

written on the walls of pyramids. It's also known as pictographic language, and it..."

Robert – "Enough Tom! Stop giving us information regarding the language and say the meaning of it, if you have really understood what's written!"

Tom – (Gives a grin look) "I was about to say that only, but you interfered as usual... it means - Go Upstairs!"

While Robert was going near the end of the path way to see the path, he felt the presence of something at the height of his knee, in the middle of the two pathways. He started looking for its end.

Robert – "Hey guys! Check this out! I feel the presence of something here." (He touches it) "It's something horizontal and then vertical and again horizontal!"

Niamat had an extra scarf.

Niamat – (Showing the scarf) "See I have an extra one. I'll be spreading across it to see what it is. Alright?"

Robert and Tom – "Hm!"

As Niamat spread the scarf, they got to know... that it was a staircase. A very long staircase.

Tom – "Oh no! Just now we climbed so high, now how long are they expecting us to climb? Would'nt we reach the universe in this way?"

Robert – "Ah Tom! How far I remember we didn't climbed anything. Those monkeys got us here!"

Tom – "Whatever! Now we have to go. Isn't it?"

Niamat – "Alright guys! Stop fighting now! We will go and check what the matter is."

Tom and Robert – (Reluctantly) "Ok!"

They found that it was a long staircase.

Tom – "Just how long is this. It is so tiring! What if there is a monster standing at the end of this staircase, or, probably a mummy. Since that code was written in heiroglyphic language."

Robert – "Oh please! Can you not shut your mouth for once? It's already so confusing."

Tom – "What confusing? It is so clear, that, we will be dying! There obviously is no place at such a height. Whoever had made this, probably is getting ready for lunch. I am sure, you are going to be his lunch, Niamat will be his snacks and I will be his dinner. Or he might be eating all of us together."

Niamat – "Why this order though?"

Robert – "Coz he isn't delicious enough, so that monster will be eating him at the very last and sleep off, in order to digest him. A brainless man, is hard to digest you know."

Tom – "I am tasty, that is why he will me eating me at last!"

Niamat – "Seriously! You guys are now argueing on this! You guys are unbelievable!"

Robert – "We are just trying to ease the situation."

Tom – "But whatever I told, I mean it!"

Robert – "Tom, I really don't have any energy left to argue with you, so just keep queit."

Tom – "I was just saying some facts. Moreover you think I have the energy to speak."

Robert – "Then keep quiet. Besides! No one is interested in knowing the facts."

Tom looks at Robert with a grumpy face.

Niamat – "Please stop qarreling!"

At last, the trio reached a black door.

Tom – "Look! I told you. This might be the main gate of that human flesh eating monster."

Niamat and Robert both stares at him.

Tom – "Everyone behaves like this with me."

When Niamat opened the door, there was full of darkness. Their one step lit the entire place with thousands of stars.

Robert – "It seems to be a galaxy. A very big and beautiful galaxy! But, how is that even possible?"

Tom – "It's not real... it's not real. Have we really reached the universe, then how are we breathing. Are we dead? No no no... this can't be real. It's a mere dream. Yeah it's a dream" (Aside)

Robert – "God knows, how on Earth, he became an archaeologist, if he is this timid?"

Tom – "What?"

Robert – "Nothing, you carry on with whatever you were doing."

Tom – "Can someone just explain him the duties of an archaelogist, as it definately don't include going to space or anything as such."

Robert – "I thought... ah! Leave it! Just do whatever you were doing."

Tom gulps and looks other side.

Meanwhile, Niamat was observing everything over there.

Niamat – "Look! Isn't that a white hole?"

Robert – "Which one?"

Niamat – " The one moving in a clockwise direction!"

Robert observed carefully and said...