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"Tushar and Arya's Reunion"]
Day 1
My name is Tushar Vasant Dukhi. I am a student of PWS College, pursuing my 6th semester of BCom. I reside at Tekanaka, Kamptee Road, Nagpur, Shende Nagar.
**About Me**
I am an ordinary boy with no friends, and I prefer it that way. My college classmates don't particularly like me, and frankly, I don't care about what's going on around me either. In their eyes, I am just a boy who passes with average marks, but in reality, I am intelligent. I deliberately downplay my abilities in front of others so they won't approach me, as I prefer solitude.
**My Daily Routine**
My daily life consists of attending college, tuition classes, doing small chores, and managing my own tasks since I live away from home. After completing these tasks, I would often take a walk on a deserted street lined with trees, under a starry sky. This routine helped me relax.
**The Turning Point**
Then, one day, a new teacher joined our college. She quickly connected with all my classmates. In her first class, she gave us a puzzle to solve. Everyone struggled with it, but no one could crack it. That's when her attention turned to me - I was sitting alone, lost in thought. She asked me to solve the puzzle, but I declined. She requested again, pretending to be friendly, asking me to at least try. But I refused again. My classmates belittled me, telling the teacher to ignore me.
This incident didn't affect me, and I continued my routine. While walking on the deserted street that evening, I felt an eerie sensation. I wandered into the nearby jungle, but everything seemed normal. I returned home and slept.
Next Day...
Day 2
This day was not particularly unusual. In college, the teacher suddenly announced a physical examination and assigned some tasks. Everyone obeyed her instructions, but I refused to participate.
The teacher pretended to understand my refusal, but the classmates said, "If he doesn't want to do it, that's okay. We don't want to see him unhappy, so we'll cooperate."
I stuck to my routine, went for a walk, and returned home to sleep.
Day 3
Today, I didn't attend college due to slight ill health. However, I still followed my routine and went for a walk. Afterward, I returned home and slept.
Day 4
Today, when I reached college, my classmates started teasing and bullying me - a behavior unlike any other day.
I investigated and found out that yesterday, the teacher was gathering information about me.
When classmates asked her why she was doing so, she replied, "I want to see him like the rest of you. He's always alone."
I refused to share my information with her, which angered my classmates. They said, "Nobody pays attention to you anyway, and this kind teacher is concerned about you, yet you're refusing her?"
I replied, "If you think she's so great, you be friends with her. I prefer not to share my personal information with anyone."
This incident sparked college-wide criticism of me, but I remained unaffected. I stuck to my routine and went for a walk.
Again, I heard a strange noise in the jungle. I entered the jungle and found a mark on a tree. I thought it might be from a wild animal and returned home to sleep.
Day 5
Today, when I reached college, classmates continued teasing and bullying me - mocking, insulting, and threatening me.
After the last class, which was taught by that teacher, I felt she was staring at me intensely, as if thinking something about me.
When college ended, I headed home but sensed someone following me.
I turned around to see my classmates rushing towards me, threatening me. I remained calm, which they misinterpreted as ignorance, and they attacked me.
I thought maybe classmates were following me, but actually, someone else was stalking me - unaware to me at that time.
I returned home, finished my routine tasks, and went for a walk.
The mark on the tree crossed my mind, so I visited that spot again but found no mark. I searched elsewhere but couldn't find it.
While leaving the jungle, I heard a faint voice - seemingly someone talking from a distance. I assumed it was a picnic group and headed home.
Then, a car sped past me - possibly the teacher's vehicle, but I wasn't sure due to its high speed.
I returned home and slept, still unaware of the eerie events unfolding around me.
Day 6
I woke up at 5:00 AM and received a work message requiring me to pass through my usual walking street at 6:00 AM.
I completed the task and headed to college, which started at 9:00 AM. I reached college quickly and noticed the teacher's car parked outside.
As I approached the car to investigate, classmates accused me of trying to harm the teacher.
The entire college turned against me, but I remained unaffected.
After a class, the college principal summoned everyone to the hall and called me on stage, announcing my punishment and warning me that further misconduct would lead to expulsion.
Everyone demanded my immediate expulsion.
I wondered what I had done to deserve this treatment.
College ended with my punishment, and classmates headed home. Only the teacher and I remained on campus.
As I left, the teacher offered to drop me home, but I declined and walked a short distance before turning back – she had vanished within 2 minutes of us both exiting college together!
I didn't think much of it and headed home, then followed my routine by walking in the jungle before sleeping.
Day 7
I woke up, finished my work quickly, and relaxed in the courtyard before heading to college.
The principal scolded me again, then I attended classes where classmates glared at me.
After classes ended, I returned home to find my house in disarray.
I was stunned - who could do this and why?
I cleaned up and went for a walk, wondering about the vandalism, but couldn't think of anyone.
Returned home and slept.
Day 8
Today was a holiday from college and work.
I slept in, did some chores, and took a nap.
In the evening, I received a mysterious message asking me to meet at a location.
I arrived cautiously but found no one and nothing suspicious.
Assuming it was a prank, I decided to walk along the seaside instead.
Returned home to find my house vandalized again - I was furious!
Cleaned up angrily and slept.
Day 9
I stormed into college, confronting everyone - including the teacher - about the break-ins at my house.
Classmates turned against me, and the principal expelled me from college.
The teacher even declared me mentally unstable in front of everyone!
Furious, I returned home and slept - skipping my usual walk tonight.
At midnight, I woke up and suddenly fell unconscious.
Day 10
I slowly regained consciousness, my eyes closed, surrounded by darkness.
I thought someone wanted to kill me and considered dying since I had no one and nothing to live for.
But I kept my eyes closed, listening to the conversations around me.
I discovered they didn't want to kill me, but rather conduct research on me by sending me to the future.
I heard the teacher's voice saying, "Ensure Tushar remains unharmed, we need to research him carefully."
I slowly opened my eyes to memorize my surroundings and identify my enemies.
I overheard that enemies surrounded me within a 1-kilometer radius.
I devised a plan to escape quietly.
I spotted a small hole near me and crawled out, reaching ½ kilometer without detection.
Then they discovered my escape and started searching for me.
Knowing they likely knew my home address, I tried to sneak away but was caught again.
Approximately 1000-2000 people surrounded me, with possibly more nearby.
I noticed the same tree with the suspicious mark near me, increasing my suspicion.
Again, they locked me in a room and teleported me somewhere.
A bright light flashed before my eyes.....
Day 11
After the light flashed, colorful rays passed around me, and my body faced immense pressure -
if it increased by even 0.000000000001%, my body would have turned to powder.
I heard my bones cracking, but felt no pain, and screamed loudly as I endured this torture.
Then another light flashed, and I lost consciousness again.
When I regained consciousness, my eyes remained closed, but I heard all sounds clearly.
I heard that female teacher's voice saying,
"Put him in the container immediately and prepare for the experiment quickly."
Later, I felt saline solution and tapes with wires attached all over my body.
The teacher's urgent tone suggested a massive catastrophe would unfold if the experiment didn't start soon.
Then, I sensed a room around me with pipes leaking a liquid-like substance...
And then, I was submerged in a liquid-like environment.
My eyes snapped open suddenly...
Day 12
I kept asking them what they were doing to me and why,
when suddenly noises came from outside and that female teacher stood up.
She went outside after hearing the noise and ordered her soldiers to counter-attack.
I heard multiple gunshots and thought the lab was under attack.
At that moment, I was wondering what was happening,
when the teacher's voice came -
"We need more soldiers, all ours have been killed."
A short while later, their reinforcements arrived,
but it seemed like those soldiers were also getting killed.
The scientists fled to save their lives,
and I started screaming -
"Save me too! Get me out of here!"
Just then, a bullet grazed my shoulder and hit the spot between my eyebrows,
but the glass in front saved my life.
I escaped from the lab and
was stunned as soon as I stepped out -
flying cars, bikes, buildings left me utterly amazed!
But this wasn't the time to be amazed,
so I quickly looked for a hiding place to escape from the chaos...
Day 13
I took a deep breath and thought to myself -
"Thankfully, I escaped from there,
but what kind of place is this? It looks like a jungle,
yet the trees and grass are made of plastic!"
There were two holes in the trees emitting oxygen and carbon dioxide.
I had been trapped here for two days, and night had fallen.
I needed to escape quickly and seek help to return home.
Just as I thought this,
the army launched an attack from above.
I managed to escape while dodging bullets,
but suffered gunshot wounds in my leg and right hand.
The helicopter was firing at me indiscriminately,
yet somehow I escaped and put some distance between us.
When I looked back,
a massive light illuminated the sky above.
As the light struck,
the entire army was reduced to ashes.
I collapsed from exhaustion...
Day 14
I had just sat down, exhausted, but lost consciousness due to heavy blood loss.
I remained unconscious throughout the night,
and when my eyes opened, I was astonished -
I wondered how I was still alive after losing so much blood.
I thanked God for saving my life.
Then, I used plastic leaves and grass to dress my wounds
and resumed searching for a safe place.
Three days passed while searching, but I found none.
While walking, I stumbled upon a place filled with junk -
scrap metal pieces, damaged electronic wires,
old electronic items, and blueprints for robots, all scattered everywhere.
I believed this must be a dumping ground for the world's waste.
There was a small, makeshift shelter-like structure -
two tin sheets, one standing upright and the other leaning sideways,
held together by a wooden plank.
I entered and found a old fridge lying on the ground.
I sat on it, and suddenly felt something touch my foot.
Looking down, I saw a robotic hand touching my foot!
I quickly got up to leave, but couldn't abandon the place -
the army was still searching for me.
So, I returned inside, fearful,
lifted the fridge cautiously,
and found a robot underneath, saying -
"Heal me, please..."
Day 15
I was shocked and confused by the robot's request
and wondered whether I should repair it
or think about returning home.
This thought made me sit in a corner, deep in contemplation.
A whole day passed while I pondered.
My mind was racing with questions -
If I repair it, how can I be sure it won't harm me?
But another part of my mind urged me
to help the robot out of kindness.
If it harms me, I thought,
I'll surrender and let it do as it wishes.
I mustered the courage to seat the robot properly -
many of its parts were damaged or missing.
I wondered how to repair it,
then remembered the robot blueprints outside.
As I approached the door to exit,
I heard a noise coming from outside.
I peeked out to see
a unit of the searching army talking to a cleaning robot,
instructing it to knock me unconscious
and inform the army if it spotted me -
they even had my photo!
Day 16
I woke up,
washed my face with the dirty water available
and looked outside -
the cleaning robot had already left.
I gathered some electronic items, iron, blueprints,
electronic wires, and solar panels.
Then, I saw a time table on the wall -
which I thought belonged to the cleaning robot.
According to the time table,
it cleaned every day,
but since I arrived here,
I had only seen it once.
I thought it was not diligent in its work -
which was good news for me.
So, I fearlessly started repairing the robot.
I first worked on its head
and fixed it after facing some difficulties.
However, I made some changes
that would be useful when needed.
I modified all its parts
and also installed some machines I invented
that would help me in the future.
When I was about to complete the robot,
I found something green attached to my left hand
with many words written below.
I thought maybe the scientists
who experimented on me had implanted it.
I tried to remove it,
but it didn't come off,
and blood started oozing out around it.
I bandaged the area with plastic again
and fixed the robot.
Now, all that was left
was to charge and activate the robot,
but I failed to charge it
as it required a lot of heat and energy,
possibly from the sun,
but it was raining outside.
I had two options:
either lightning could strike it,
which was more likely,
or the clouds could clear,
and the sun could come out.
I was waiting
when lightning struck the robot,
and it heated up.
I thought it might explode,
so I hid.
The lightning strike alerted the army
that a fully functional robot was here,
which was impossible.
The female commander sent
an army squad to the location.
Their squad didn't have
a device to communicate with others,
which I overheard,
and also that
they were the most powerful squad in the world.
They saw the robot,
spat on it, kicked it,
and made fun of it.
After this, they started searching for me.
I thought of escaping,
but the robots and people caught me.
Just then, the robot started
and began to save me.
**I, Arya*
I used my powers to attack the army squad and started fighting to save Tushar.
Laser beams emitted from my hands, and I pushed the soldiers back.
Tushar saw me and was filled with surprise, "You... you're alive!"
He exclaimed.
I pulled Tushar close and said, "Yes, I'm alive and will protect you."
The army squad attacked again, but I stopped them.
I told Tushar, "We need to get out of here, fast."
Tushar nodded, and we both ran away from there.
The army squad followed us, but I used my powers to stop them.
We entered an old building and then into a tunnel from there.
Tushar asked me, "Where does this tunnel lead?"
I replied, "I don't know, but it can save us from the army."
Tushar nodded, and we both moved forward into the tunnel.