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Tricia sat in the hall as the lectures went on. The lectures had begun a long while ago yet there was no sign of Valerie. She sighs and focuses at the lecturer a brunette in her forties who didn't bother speaking loudly and was giving her last lessons and talking about revisions for the forth coming exams as after the Halloween celebration, most students would begin skipping classes and rather find places to settle and read for the exams.

The class lasted for two hours and Tricia kept making notes for Valerie and herself.She wondered where she was but at the same time didn't want her to miss out and thereby decided to write for two. She had to write fast as the lady wasn't talking loud but seemed like she was hurrying to catch a trophy and thereby squeezing her words together making them sound jumbled. she was still writing when her mobile phone beeps causing her to pause and pick it up thinking that Valerie had finally seen her calls and decided to reply. She clicks on the message and it read.

"Meet me at the Recreation center ASAP;Aquarium. " By Xavier.

"Huh, Recreation center; Aquarium!"

She stares at the message with paused lips.

Why would Xavier want to meet her at the Aquarium?, what happened to the black block. wasn't he supposed to be attending his last classes for the year and what's with the 'by Xavier' caption. wouldn't she it was him from his number. she glasses at the number on the screen and realizes it to be and unknown one.

"maybe he got a new sim and realizing I wouldn't know it was from him decided to do that."

Many questions and thought pass through her mind and she tries convincing herself with that explanation.

"And maybe he needs my help with something his doing there."

She checks the time on the mobile.

"the class should end in the next thirty minutes!"

She consoled herself and forcefully put all her tension at the lady in front of the hall.

Just as she predicted, thirty minutes later the class ended and the lady exited the hall.

Tricia quickly gathers her belongings stuffing them into her bag and letting a sigh of relief. she glances at wristwatch the mutters.

"not bad!"

She straightens the back of her dress that had crumbled due to sitting for a long time. She picks up her bag and throws a quick glance around the place just in case she had left anything behind, finding nothing there she finally walks out of the hall.

on her way to the Aquarium, she thought to give Xavier a call and make sure that he was still there and wasn't joking as she wouldn't want to just walk to the recreation center then walk back again for fun. she dial his number but the line was disconnected, she tries again and still got the same answer. Recalling the unknown number he used in sending the message to her, and wonder what was wrong with his other lines. Extracting the digit that were kind of confusing, she successful but oddly the number was unreachable. She stares at the number and repeatedly dials it but still got the same result. Heaving in frustration, she stuff the mobile into her bag and hastens her steps towards the Recreation center.

"How unusual!"

she thought to herself.she had been there in the morning and now she was making her way there again.

Arriving at the Recreation center, stepped in through the revolving door and hurries to the Aquarium without noticing the figure that stood outside on the pavement with one hand stuffed in his pocket and the other holding a mobile, his gaze directed intensely at her.

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Ellen quickly scrambles to his feet and looks around the room he had fallen into. To his surprise, it was another room filled with books but not as large as the library he had stumbled out from.

"What is it with me stumbling into libraries?"

he utters with an unexplainable look on his face as he cleans the dust from his clothes.

As he stood there dilly dallying, he hears footsteps approaching from behind him and he quickly snaps out of his haze hurries towards the rows of shelves and stacks of books to shade himself. Standing at a corner, he peeked at the passage which look like a normal door from the inside. He wondered why the door had to be hidden.

"To prevent unwanted visitors, idiot!"

A little voice scolds in his head.

"Unwanted visitors!, that means this could be a private library hidden from peoples view."

He concludes and finally two figures emerge from the passage walking into the room. he realizes it to be the red head guy that he had seen earlier and followed only to be lost in passage way and fall into this room. he was accompany by another figure, a male with black hairs that fell to his face. He look on and notices the man to be close to his sixties but still looking straight and in health.He spoke something and the red head guy nodded then bowed before stepping back and trailing behind the man who was also dressed a long black cloak.

seeing them head towards the far end of the room amidst the rows of books, Ellen his curious to listen to their and slips out from behind the shelves and trails after them leaping from one row to another. His about slipping out towards the next row when his body hit a shelf and some books spew out of it dropping to the floor causing the men in the room to halt and turn their attention to the books on the floor.

"Why are the books suddenly dropping on their own Johya?"

The elderly man questions and his ever constrict expression hardens causing the young man to bow at him again.

"my lord, the book were stacked recently by Oscar. I think he placed to many books on one shelf at a time I will go and clarify it"

The man just pauses his lips in displeasure then turns away facing the shelf in front of him and the red haired guy immediately walked towards the shelf of the fallen books.