The Jinns Amongst Us

Chapter 13

"I mean.. you, again.. as in the computer, yes, the computer, I found the hacker." said Tim. "You did what?" asked Khayun. "You did?" asked Afreen. "Yes.. uhmm.. yes, I did, clever one, he is, used.. way more encryption than I thought." said Tim while randomly pressing on buttons. "Why would... oh, I see." said Afreen as she then coughs awkwardly coming off to a conclusion of her own.

"That human beside you, there's something off about her." said Khayun. "What do you mean?" asked Tim unknowingly. "I didn't mean anything, it's just.. what about the hacker, did you find him?" asked Afreen. "I cannot sense her at all, it's like she never exists, keep your distance off her, do not let her harm my body." said Khayun as he pulls Tim away from her to which Tim tries to get a grip on while smiling. "What's wrong?" asked Afreen.

"Nothing's wrong, just.. uhmm.. I need some equipments for this, hold on, I'll be back." said Tim as he walks away, forcibly turned by Khayun which he tries to contain. Tim heads upstairs and heads directly to his room and shuts it so loudly everybody hears.

Soon, Dr. Shaw approaches in to the living room seconds after he shuts it, then looks upon Afreen. "What happened?" asked Dr. Shaw. "Nothing, I swear, it's.. he went to get some equipment." said Afreen. "Oh.. okay, have some cookies." said Dr. Shaw as he heads upstairs. Meanwhile inside Tim's Room. "Dude what the heck are you doing?" asked Tim.

"I'm trying to keep our body safe, you should get rid of her right now!" yells Khayun. "Keep your wits down, okay, she isn't dangerous, we can handle her." said Tim whisperingly as Dr. Shaw who hears it as well, thinks to a different conclusion to which he smiles. "Tim?" asked Dr. Shaw knocking the door.

"Uh.. yeah, sup?" asked Tim. "We shouldn't risk ourselves to danger, stay inside." said Khayun. "Nothing, I wanted to make sure you're okay, you alright?" asked Dr. Shaw. "I'm okay.. just.. looking for some stuffs." said Tim. "Tim, I can understand what you're going through, if you'd just let me in." said Dr. Shaw whisperingly to which Tim shouts.

"No! I mean, no, it's okay, I can look by it, alone." said Tim. "Alright, let me know if you need anything." said Dr. Shaw as he leaves to his room. "You must stay, it is a order." said Khayun. "What? why?" asked Tim. "She'll do something to you, I can feel it." said Khayun. "God, you too? what is it with you people, I'm not into her, do I have to say it from the mountains?" asked Tim.

"I'm into you i***t, I literally live inside your head, and you are a human, you can't be into someone, you'll kill them, unless that's what you're planning.." said Khayun before getting interrupted by Tim. "No! I'm not going to kill her, I meant.. wait, who am I kidding, you're a cold blooded killer, you probably have no idea what into means, do you?" asked Tim.

"Explain." replied Khayun. "Okay, into means.. wait, if you don't know what it is, why am I explaining you, just.. let me go outside, and be myself, alright, that's what we agreed upon." said Tim. "But.. this girl, she isn't human." said Khayun. "Look, you're over reacting, it's not, wait what? did you say not human." said Tim.

"Yes, I was fine with how you interacted with humans, but the moment you approached her, it's like anything I've ever seen more, it cannot be a human." said Khayun. "If she isn't human, then what the hell is she?" asked Tim. "I do not know." replied Khayun. "Don't you want to?" asked Tim. "Last time I talked with a thing I didn't know, I lost all my powers and almost died." said Khayun.

"Well, I don't have any powers, wait, who did you meet?" asked Tim. "Follome." said Khayun. "Follow you where? you're inside my head." said Tim. "That's her name, Follome." said Khayun. "That's a weird name, but uhmm listen we can talk about this later, right now, we have to find out who she is right, could be like your Follome, but, if she's one of the good guys, maybe she could help us." said Tim.

"Urgh.. fine, wouldn't want to arose suspicion either, carry on with your duties, but the minute I sense she possess a threat." said Khayun. "You'll kill her, got it, now, I have to carry something, what do I carry?" asked Tim. Soon, Tim comes out of the room and heads downstairs to see Afreen had left, leaving her laptop with a note.

Tim approaches the laptop and just then Maggy approaches. "She.. uhmm she left?" asked Maggy as Tim reads the note, which reads "Sorry, had a emergency call, I have to leave, I've left my number so you can inform me when you're done instead of f*******: messenger, hope you can fix it soon, bye." reads Tim silently.

"She left you a note?" asked Maggy. "And her number." said Tim. "Progress.. wait, if you didn't have her number, how did you send her to come here?" asked Maggy. "I've messaged her, on Facebook." said Tim as he saves her number. "You went through her social media profile? that's a little creepy." said Maggy.

"I didn't, she messaged me first, I replied." said Tim. "Oh, she went through yours, that's fine, wait, you're on f*******:?" asked Maggy. "Yeah, why?" asked Tim. "I thought you didn't like social media accounts, exposing boundaries or something?" asked Maggy.

"It was a training programme exercise during the lockdown, they made us interact with our classmates on f*******:, it went terrible and they shut it down." said Tim.

"I see, well..good luck then, don't skip school tomorrow." said Maggy. "I won't.." said Tim as he sits by her laptop and begins to check on network properties but accidentally presses a pop up button which opens her messenger.

"You're in Tim's house, damm...girl.. you're way ahead of Selina now, good luck." texted Irene through her messenger to which Afreen starts typing through her phone as well. "Just left now, went a bit rusty, but I think I have a chance, thank you sooo much." texted Afreen.

"What the hell is going on here?" asked Tim. "Told you something's off, we better kill her now." said Khayun to which Tim sighs, and lowers down her laptop.

Meanwhile, a few blocks away from Tim's school, Mark, who arrives at his part time work place, Phone Doctor for his shift. As he enters, Emily Blunt who had been waiting till Mark arrives finally becomes relived upon seeing him.

"Finally, you arrived, I've been waiting here for hours! where the hell were you?" asked Emily. "Sorry, really sorry about delay, was busy working at the shed this morning." said Mark. "It's not my fault you're working on multiple jobs, and you even went training somewhere, didn't you?" asked Emily.

"Don't bother asking about it, I left that place, and working in the shed isn't my job, it's helping out my dad." said Mark. "Helping out your dad? that's touching, you know what else is touching? missing out groceries before my daughter gets home, if I do that, mother of the year, aren't I?" asked Emily.

"Yeah, I get your point, I'm sorry, it won't happen again." said Mark. "It better not, okay, I'm down to home, you can take care of it, right? you need any help?" asked Emily. "No, I'll be fine, thanks anyway, and take care." said Mark as Emily begins to leave.

"You too, sorry about the shout, see you at the ridge." said Emily as he leaves out of the shop as Mark takes over. An hour passes as Mark continues playing games on his phone since he has no customer to attend to, as he continues for another five minutes, suddenly, the same cop who borrowed the tree in the crime scene arrives by his shop.

"Welcome sir, how may I help you?" asked Mark. "Huh? I recongize you, you work at the shed, don't you?" asked the cop. "Yes sir, the shed is run by my dad, I tend out to help sometimes." said Mark. "Huh, what are you doing here then?" asked the cop.

"I work here, sir." said Mark. "Huh, this is what it turned to, (looks around the ship) isn't there anyone else I can talk to?" asked the cop. "No sir, my co worker's shift just ended, if you wait till nightfall, another will take over my shift sir." said Mark.

"I can't wait till that, looks like it's going to be just you who's fixing this damm thing." said the cop as he drops down the same phone he picked up. Mark takes it and observes, taking a closer look.

"What seems to be the problem, sir?" asked Mark. "You got no eyes (lights up a cigarette) it ain't working, fix it." said the cop. "I'm sorry sir, you can't smoke here." said Mark. "Shut up and get to it, I'm already pissed off." said the cop. "Sir, I mean it, you can't smoke inside, it's against the rules." said Mark.

"Don't talk to me about rules, I'm a cop." said the cop. "Yes sir, you are, I have nothing but respect for you, but you can't smoke in here." said Mark. "Or what? you're gonna call the police, please." said the cop as he smirks. Mark gets furious over the cop's behaviour, but controls it within himself and fakes a smile as he pushes away the phone.

"Without following the rules, I'm afraid, I cannot do anything for you sir, I'm sorry." said Mark to which the cop approaches him furiously and pounds on the table.

"You listen here! I will smoke, c***k pot, do whatever the hell I want, cuz I'm a cop, and you don't wanna mess with a cop jackass." said the cop.