THE STRANGER

Episode 8

You don't know a thick forest for a day, live in it first"

When people were jumping around the hall, suddenly a big stone fell from the sky, puuuuuuu! People ran carelessly to the right and left, forward and backward. Those who were outside fled to the inside and those who were inside fled to the outside, those who were in the sea fled to land and those on land fled to the sea.

Those inside the cars jumped and ran outside and those outside the cars ran inside their cars. James was also among those people who ran away not knowing where he was going. There was no known young or old, they all managed the race well; drunkards who seemed to be drunk also managed the marathon, the alcohol came out of their heads.

The sound of the stone broke some buildings in the city. Fear and doubt became his place. People grabbed their waists while others grabbed their chests in fear. They seemed stunned while others were heard saying, "There is no death, only shock, the City of Wonders is an eternal abode, how do you die here?"

Chaos spread, and the stone remained covering part of the sea and a piece of land, making it occupy a size of no less than three square kilometers. Beneath it there was a sea, the sea drank the blood and the earth slowly absorbed the blood that dripped from the crushed bodies. The big and small houses that were broken with a bang and even covered by that stone on the beach did not start the survivors.

Cars, boats, and ships that were destroyed and crushed under them continued to bleed; It was a heavy sigh.

A few saw what happened, they were in the sea and on the beach and they tried to approach the stone to save the injured and even bring out the dead. When they approached the stone, a bright light like thunder appeared and blinded them, they saw a deep darkness in their eyes. A strong wind blew them suddenly and then disappeared with them. There was no longer anyone who felt or saw the disaster who was safe, all who saw what happened suddenly disappeared. James's distance from the scene of the incident saved his life, that is, he was one of those who heard the sound without seeing the incident, he might have been in that area and he would have been swept away and lost.

You heard a loud noise again! Buuuuu! Buuuuu! For three minutes in a row that made a terrible sound and made people run while covering their ears. When they were on the road, they drove cars and ran away while those who were walking on foot ran, not knowing where they were going. There are those who fell but got up and continued their race, where they ran they found others running towards where they came from. It was a frenzy of death, people ran as fast as they could until their feet felt on fire.

It was safe for James because these people didn't seem to ignore him anymore, some of them apologized to him as they did to each other for the long run they drove in the city and made them sweat and loose their limbs, others when he met them told him how they struggled to run to save their lives. They had already run tens of kilometers without resting. They had never run a race before. James also found strength and asked his colleagues who he was running with while they were panting, at that time the loud sound of the bomb was silenced.

"Where are we here?" he asked sweating profusely.

And he was asked by a sister of Italian origin who was sighing, "Where did you come from?" He looked at them in fear, panting and answering, "I'm from the Caribbean islands and where is this?"

"Ha! How did you manage to come here when you didn't know? You seem to have brought yourself because you don't seem to have a host, so tell us how you came? Even the environment is not enough. It seems you haven't been walked around like others do. This is a place where humans cannot come easily without an agreement! And all those you see are here, know that they are there by agreement, to be written and stamped with fire! It is the power of the mileIe contract to live in this place. Besides, this city is thousands of kilometers away from the Caribbean. They are here for many years.

James remained silent looking at the girl who was saying those words. The girl hesitated a little and continued to speak, "Those people who came from the Caribbean here are very rich. Here there is no trouble, it is entertainment, but if you don't follow the law, you will end up as a slave. Again, a slave, especially poor in body and soul. But if you are born here, there is absolutely no problem, for us foreigners, we enjoy also as you see us as long as we don't break the law." the young lady wearing a black shirt and pants spoke and stared at James while opening her lips as if she was scolding her debtor. Accompanied by the capsule of a man wearing pants and his black t-shirt written with words that read, "ETERNAL HAPPINESS IN THE CITY OF WONDER" there were three other men and two ladies who were about five meters away watching them. They seemed to be nodding to every word that came out of the girl's mouth.