The Restraurant Raid...

"Ok! As all of us agreed to the proposal, then,... where should we go now? "he asked this question by keeping his hand on his chin and by looking down. Then turned towards the others and continued, "Does anyone have any good place coming in mind?". All of them now began to put stress on their memory to search for a place where they could all have dinner. Everyone seemed to be trying really hard to remember a place. Suddenly, two voices came from the crowd, "We have a place in mind." said the twins by lifting up their right hands in the air. The first one asked without wasting any more time, "Where is it?" Both of them replied, "Aa.... I currently don't remember the name of that place," with a doubting expression and continued by looking at him, "But I can take you all there!" with a happy one. Nonetheless, they didn't seem to be convinced by that answer. However, as none of them had come up with a place ready in their mind, all of them ultimately agreed to both after some thoughts. "Ok, then take us all there," said Robin by keeping his hand on the backside of his head. "OK! Follow me, "both of the two said, and they began to lead them the way. All began to follow her without standing there anymore, but a question still remained in their minds---"Does she really know it?"

After some time, it was seen that the distance between the twins and the rest of the gang had increased. It seemed that everyone was following her at arms-length as her march past on the way to their destination made them feel some embarrassment. Since everyone on the road was looking at them, smiling and talking about the twins, it made them feel awful as they are along with the two. However, "Does she know the place correctly?" Rohan whispered to Robin in a low voice and with a worried face or better to say doubtful face. He replied with the same loudness, "Ah.... I don't know either....Let's see what happens next! I think that we should believe her... at least just for now, "with a doubting face too and by keeping his both hands on the rear of his head.

Nevertheless, they continued walking for a very long time but didn't reach their destination till now. Rohan was nearly exhausted by the journey but gathered himself somehow on the walk. He whispered again, but now with a much lower voice as his energy was almost depleted, "Does... they... really know... the place?" as if he was trying to take deep breaths through his mouth. Robin was exhausted as well but not as like Rohan, but he replied with the rest of his energy, "I don't think so now." while walking. Rohan gave a surprised and tiresome appearance, "Aahh!..." and finally sighed. He didn't seem to have much energy left as he was walking by bending down and with a little support from Simon. The rest were not exhausted as much as Rohan, especially the twins. It seemed that the two had much more energy left with them till now even after visiting the mall alone.

However, for Rohan's exhaustion, there were two main reasons. Firstly, the mall trip which he had with his friends after school, and secondly, the paths. Yes, the paths! The twins had been taking them through different possible paths through which they didn't need to travel if they knew there was another option available. The two had been taking them through the narrow lanes, across compound walls, across the construction site, from one roof to another, and finally across the bulldog owner. All these paths have made everyone exhausted, especially Rohan. However, it seemed that his hard day was continuing till now.

While crossing the walls, he fell twice to the ground. In the private construction area, he was nearly killed by a big iron that had fallen from above. It had landed just beside his leg. Crossing the roof, he nearly fell off thrice unless his friends Robin, Simon and his sister saved him alternately. Even, when they were crossing the bulldog area, he had committed a grave mistake by standing on its curled tail which made it cry out of pain. As a result, the dog chased him and ultimately bit him on his back before he could leave the premises. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! OUCH!!!!

Wimon spoke up, "You are still having a tough day..." with a caring voice.

Rohan thought, "Stop it.... Ahhh!" with his eyes closed and with exhausting thought. Ultimately he sighed at his fate. Suddenly, the twins came to a halt in front of them. The first one asked, with an exhausted voice, "Have we finally reached our destination?" The girls turned back towards them and said, "Yeah! We have! See! " while pointing to their right direction with their right hands. Suddenly, something happened unexpectedly. Everyone was severely shocked to see him in front of a restaurant, wearing a waiter's clothes and smiling at them. All of them cried, "Hordon!" with surprised faces. Although he replied without any hesitation, "Hi! Everyone!! " by giving a smiley face.

Everyone was severely shocked to see him there. However, his unusual dressing type had increased their shock exponentially. SIma asked without wasting any more seconds, "What are you doing here? And why are you wearing these clothes of a waiter? How did you get here? "as her mind was popping up with many questions to ask him. He replied by moving his two hands to and fro in front of himself towards Sima, "Wait! Wait! Wait! I know that you all have many questions in your mind right now, but first of all, come inside the restaurant, ". Then, he opened one of the glass doors, showed them the way and began to go inside through that door in that structure. The twins followed him with happy faces at his back without any thought or any astonishment. Even, they didn't seem to be bothered by his unusual appearance. However, the rest were in deep waters and couldn't think of anything else except asking him questions. Notwithstanding, without any other opinion, they carried out his words.

All of them opened the door and when they went inside, they saw a very beautiful sight. They were amazed at the sight. The restaurant was very beautiful from the inside. The tables and chairs were in proper order. The floor was made entirely of marble and the air inside it was cool due to the air conditioners. There was also sufficient lighting and an insect lamp was placed beside the door to repeal any insect. The counter had a bulky man standing in it and a woman was sitting on a chair in front of the counter. They were looking at the arrived guests. Everything was clean and tidy without any dust and webs. However, before entering the building, none of them saw that gigantic board that bore the name - Larench's Restaurant. The name was listed by small scale light bulbs and the borders of the board had a white fluorescence light. However, Rohan was currently thinking about whether he would have money to pay the bill or not as the restaurant looked quite a bit expensive to him. Currently, everyone's eyes were surveying the restaurant from one corner to the other with surprise and amazement. Suddenly a voice caught all of their eyes at a shot.

"Welcome, everyone! To the Larench's Restaurant. "as he closed his eyes and bent a little forward to greet them with a white towel in his right folded hand. Everyone was surprised by his hospitality too. He straightened back to his initial posture and continued to show them the way to a table, "Come with me, this way..." pointing towards his left direction and leading them the way. Everyone followed him again without giving a second thought but they hadn't forgotten about their questions. He took them to two big six-seater tables joined together along their margins.

He asked each of them to get a seat and said, "Just wait for a little more. As I fetch some water for you all. "and immediately left the place. Instantly, the lady from the first came to them carrying with her thirteen glasses. She came near the table, arranged the glasses in their respective positions, and said, "Hello everyone." with a soft voice. However, Everyone replied with some hesitation, "Hello." The lady continued, "I have heard that you are Hordon's friends" as she immediately glanced at him and returned to them and continued without any break, "For that, I want to thank you all heartily for being his friends. AH! I forgot!... Take!... These are the menus you can choose any food that you like. Don't hesitate to feel like being at home. "as she gave them twelve menus and continued, "You can all have any item at a 50% discount for being our first customers." Suddenly, everyone was shocked by the last phrase. It was unbelievable to them that they were the first customers in this wonderful-looking restaurant. All of a sudden, Hordan appeared at the same time and then began to fill the glasses arranged by his mother. "Mother, you can go and take your seat now. I am with them for now... "

She smiled and said with closed eyes to Hordon, "OK! Take good care of your friends! Do get them whatever they say." She turned to her friends and said, "So I will be off for now. If you require anything, please tell Hordon. He will get it for you." After that, she turned back and left the place as she moved towards her previous seat.

Hordon opened his small notebook from his pocket and as he braced himself to write their orders in it, "So what do you all like to have for dinner?"

Sima replied, "Answer!" in a rough voice.

"Answer?! Ah!... Sorry, we currently don't have it on our menu. Anything else? " He looked as if he was taunting her and gave a small smile.

However, "I am telling you that first, you need to answer our questions before getting anything else for us!" with an angry face.

"OK! OK! Tell me what you all want to know? " and sat on an empty chair beside the first one.

"First of all, is this your family restaurant?"

"Yeah!"

"I see," she said and continued, "Why are you working here?"

"Because... I want to?"

"I see. Why are you wearing a waiter's uniform? "

"Because... it is one of the parts of my job."

"I see."

"Why are you carrying this notebook" by pointing towards his belonging.

"To write the orders..." with a fading sound and confused face.

Suddenly, the first one spoke up, "Hey! Cut it out! What is the meaning of these questions? "

It seemed that she was a detective and was investigating a criminal who had committed a severe crime.

"I had a dream of becoming a detective in my near future and had even read many stories regarding detectives and the cases that they had solved. Even my cousin is a good detective, he has inspired me a lot with his detective skills. So I wanted to test the skills that I had gotten till now, "she said with glittering eyes. While everyone was puzzled by her actions and behaviour. Sumana asked Sumina," Do she need to be checked up?"

"I don't think so..." Sumina replied.

Then the first one turned towards Hordon and said, "Anyway, first of all, we want to apologize to you that we had forgotten about you and went to the mall without noticing that there were three members short in our group." Hordon waved his left before his face and said, "AH... Forget it." and by keeping his same hand on the backside of his head. He continued, "However, to be true, I had gone to the mall with these twins. They took me along with them through a shortcut to that place before you all. We played games, brought clothes and did many more things." everyone got shocked since they were feeling guilty about it all this time. He continued, "But I couldn't stay there for long as I got an urgent message from my mother that said a special person was going to attend our restaurant today for publicity. As a result, I left earlier. But before leaving, I had informed them about the cause and, out of nowhere, they promised me that they would pursue you all here for dinner tonight."

"I see... AH! Your mother said that we were the first customer."

"Yeah, you are..."

"But the restaurant looks wonderful, so why didn't people come here by?"

"You see... there are many reasons that keep customers away from this place. Firstly, we didn't have any parking space for their vehicles. Secondly, our restaurant had opened recently and no one knew about it. And last of all, the way. I think that you noticed that to reach this place you have to pass through a narrow street where cars can't enter. "

"Hmmm...." the first one said by keeping his hand on his chin. Suddenly, the glass door opened and a man came in through it. However, he looked really odd to them. He had a long black beard, a brown hat on his head, dusty clothes which included a coffee-coloured colour coat and a black inner, black spectacles, and was keeping his hand in the sac of his coat. Sima said, "Hey! You have got a customer. Go get him!... " Hordon replied, "Don't worry, my mother will attend to him." At the same time, his mother went near the guest and greeted, "Welcome Sir." just like her kid and showed him the direction towards a table, "Please follow me this way..." as she pointed towards her right direction with her right hand. She directed the guests towards a four-seated table as there was no other table with seats less than that. He went near the table, pushed a chair out and sat down on it as he pulled it towards while sitting. She gave him the menu and asked, "Sir, this is the menu of our restaurant.You can go through it and give me your order? "

He opened it, went through and ordered, "One plate of fried rice and one plate of Shahi Panner please..." while turning the pages of the menu though he didn't turn to the waiter.

"Ok Sir, on the way." She then turned towards the counter and said, "Honey! Please get one plate of Fired Rica and Shahi Paneer. " The bulky man gave a thumbs up and went inside to prepare the dishes. She turned back to the guest and asked, "Anything more, Sir?" with a smiling face.

He replied, "Nothing more for now..." yet he still remained wondering about the menu.

"Ok sir, if you need anything more, just give me a call and I will attend to you shortly."

"Ok." the man said and she turned back and left the place. However, the man was still wondering within that menu.

Hordon said, "See!"

"Hmm..." everyone replied.

Suddenly, four people entered the shop through the front door in the body. But this time things were different as something unprecedented happened just then.

One of the four cried with a big gun in his hand, "Listen! Everyone! Give us every one of your belongings without any word. Otherwise, we will shoot you! " Looking at Hordon's father, " Hey you there, empty all of your money on us! Otherwise, we will shoot you at first. " They were carrying four guns and some grenades which were hanging on the back of their pockets.

Every one of them was horrified and their body became numb with fear. They had never thought that they would have to face a gang of terrorists' raid after a wonderful day in the mall. They are now really in really very deep waters.