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___"Dear customer,the number you are trying to call does not exist".His phone gave him an unwanted reply after dailing his father's number.He then dail his mother's number and it gave him the same result.
___"How come the number does not exist?",he asked rhetorically upset with the strange event.

___"I already told you.I think it time you should forget anything relate to escaping from here".
___"So we shall grow old and die here?",he asked with a blank face.
___"I guess yes",She answered moving towards the hostel's door."Just let go"

___He looked at his phone again and sighed heavily.He stared at the parcentage-bar which indicated '81%' for some seconds and then put it back in his pocket.

___He lead the way out of the hostel and walked to the path leading to 'Duty store'.He looked up to the sky for some moment on their way and for the first time,he realized there was no sun in the sky.It was a blank sky with only small shape cloud.

___Where is the sun?,he questioned himself wonder how come there is light everywhere.He saw no bulb,lamp nor touchlight.The day was clear and bright but the sun was absent.

___He looked at different building on the way and he realized none of the building was built with a blocks or wood but with a metallic object.

___When they reached the Duty store,the French-boy was already standing in front of the building and he made a worried-face when he sighted Ola.

___"What took you so long?".He questioned him and then realized that the girl standing beside Ola had followed him.

___"Oh it you Nicolas".The girl said smiling when she saw the french-boy".

___Ola quickly pulled him aside and explained why he let her follow him.
___"But wouldn't it be dangerous to bring her along.Elle est une fille ...a fille!".He said silently in against to his suggestion.

___"Please Nicolas,I can't send her away now.It going to be fun having her around".He replied in a pleading tone not understanding the meaning of
'Elle est une fille' but know for sure that he is against the idea.

___"Alright,but if anything happen to her it you fault not mine.You are responsible for her life.Dieu!".Nicolas replied agreeing finally.

___"Yes.That shouldn't be a problem".Ola said with a smile and then faced Lara who was standing six feets away from them.

___"Are you guys done?",She said staring at them.
___"Yes,let enter the store now".Nicolas replied.

___They entered the store with Nicolas leading the way.He walked to the male attendant who stood behind a high metal table.

___ "OMZN1045",Nicolas said facing the attendant.

___The attendant scanned through the sheet of paper he is holding and nodded negatively.

___"You are already late for young age job",he said in a sorry tone."Come back next week".
___"Any available adult job?".Nicolas replied.
___"Yes,one left",the attendant answered.
___"input us for it then"
___"If you wish".The attendant then wrote something on the sheet of paper he was holding.

___"Two cup of daimond for 50 omozono",He said giving him a small card."It will expire after two days".

___Nicolas collected the card and leave the attendant to join Ola and Lara who were busy discussing.

___"We are going to Souless Lake",He said when he join them.

___"Souless?",Lara asked in amazement.

___"Yes,no other job available till next week and I am out of money ",he replied giving her the card the attendant gave him and she scan through it.

___"Let me explain Ola.This lake is located in a wild jungle filled with dangerous flesh eating animals.Our job is to fetch two cup of daimond in that lake.We are giving two days".He explained to the confused Ola.

___"What is our surviving percentage?".He asked dismayed.

___"00.5",Nicolas answered with a dead smile.

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