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Misconceptions create rumors , rumors create conflicts and conflicts leads to unrest in the society . The unrest ultimately leads to violence .
"Yeah ! These houses are beautiful" exclaims Kabir .
6 months later Erica and Ayra's houses get rebuild with government's monetary aid .
"These vacations are going to be awesome" excitedly spoke out Jheel .
"We will have a lot of fun together " added Erica .
"Guys we are going there to do project for our college so we need to focus on that first" stated Ayra .
"Yes Miss Ayra we all know that " smirked Kabir .
"Oh really Mr Kabir , I thought you are going on a vacation" Ayra shot back sarcastically.
"Any trip with you becomes a vacation for me " spoke out Kabir and winked at Ayra .
"What do you mean KB !" Ayra yelled and she ran behind Kabir .
"Tom and Jerry again started" chuckled Erica.
"Kids now sleep on time , so that you people don't miss your flight tomorrow" advised Husna .
Next morning a Taxi honked it's horn at the main intersection of the street and four excited youngsters slide inside that taxi .
"Bye Amma " Ayra waved at Husna .
" Bye Mom" said Erica ."
Bye Mummy "spoke out Kabir .
"Bye bye Mummyji " chirped Jheel .
Ayra , Erica, Kabir and Jheel said good bye to their parents and specially to their mothers who were getting extra emotional .
" Hip Hip Hurray! " exclaimed Jheel and others in the cab laughed at her excitement .
"Jheel we are not going on a school trip" sniggered Kabir . Arya , Erica giggled hearing Kabir while Jheel replied "KB yes we are going on a college trip , thanks a lot for correcting me buddy " .
This remark of Jheel made the other three burst into laughter while Jheel looked at them with confusion .
"Jheel we are going there to do our college project not for a college trip" Ayra explained Jheel .
"Passengers fasten your seatbelts flight Z602 British Airways is ready to take off to Prague " an announcement was heard .
"May I help you Ma'am" asked an air hostess politely to Jheel who seemed struggling with the seatbelt.
"No thanks , I will help her out" replied Erica .
Erica clutched Jheel's seatbelt .
Erica and Jheel sat adjacent to each other while Ayra and Kabir sat next to each other .
The plane jet off into clouds and Jheel due to her Aviophobia (fear of flying ) gripped Erica's hand tightly .
A turbulence hit the plane and the aircraft jerked violently , Jheel shrieked at the top of her lungs out of fear and panic .
Ayra , Kabir and Erica tried to compose Jheel but she freaked out and she exclaimed " There are just clouds all around . How is the path visible to the pilot what if the plane crashes !".
Few air hostesses and flying stewards came towards Jheel to clam her down but Jheel was panicking with teary eyes .
When a minutes went by and Jheel was still restless and panicking ,the pilot of the plane came to see what chaos was going on inside the plane .
The captain of the plane gave assurance to Jheel," Don't worry Miss,I am the captain of this flight and I assure you that this airplane is in safe hands ".
Jheel looked at the pilot for a second then she spoke out,"If you are the pilot then omg! now who is flying the plane !".
Pilot immediately uttered, "The plane is on auto pilot mode.Secondly I have a co pilot who is looking after the flying system. I assure you that we will make you all land safely to your destination".
Jheel after hearing this calmed down instantly .
After 11 hours finally the airplane landed in Prague the capital city of Czech Republic (also known as Czechia ) .
Czech has around 2000 castles and Prague the capital city too has many castles and historical places to explore.
In the 20 next days Ayra , Kabir, Erica and Jheel visited the world's largest Prague castle, Charles Bridge , World oldest working Astronomical clock, narrowest street of the world with a width of only 50 cm , TV Tower of Prague , Dancing House of Prague to make their documentary project on the city of Prague.
"Common , let's eat something" Kabir spoke out irritated and tired .
"KB just two minutes " replied back Ayra .
"You are girls roaming in the market since last 3 hours! Are you all planning to buy the whole place!" Kabir short back at the girls .
The girls ignored Kabir and they ran towards a market where a sale was going on .
"What the heck! Is that stupid sale more important than me" Kabir muttered under his breath.
"Finally I am still alive, I survived !"Kabir yelled as soon as he stepped inside his hotel room .
"KB finally after 2 days we going back home so you can shop anything for your parents and relatives" Ayra advised him .
"My parents don't want anything , secondly I will buy something for relatives from IGI airport duty free because 1 Czech equals to 3.40 Indian Rupees , why to spend more and waste money?" Kabir stated his facts and calculated logic with a straight face .
"Miser! " the three girls spoke out together .
"Hey why is it pouring so hard all of a sudden ?I hope the weather gets better because we have to leave for India tomorrow" Ayra stated to Kabir .
"The weather has turned ugly without any warning ! The government has issued an advisory . The heavy downpour has resulted into flooding in many parts of the country with severely effecting the capital Prague leading to cancellations of all international and domestic flights for a while " the news anchor spoke out hastily with a plain face .
"So we are struck here great!" Jheel exclaimed in distress.
"Jheel everything will be fine , we will get back home soon" Ayra assured Jheel .
"Argh the water is seeping inside the room!"yelled Erica.
"Hey protect the suitcases " Jheel yelled in panic .
The hotel rooms situated on the ground floor got filled with water so Ayra , Jheel and Erica are sitting on the bed with their luggage held in their hands carefully.
Kabir comes inside the room sulked and annoyed . "The hotel management has 1asked me to vacant the room since I was alone in that room and some girls needed that room for shelter" Kabir spoke out anger dripping from his voice.
"It's ok KB , we all are friends so we can adjust together " Ayra tried to pacify Kabir who was sulking internally about the bitter truth that he got thrown out of his room due to a few girls and now he had to bear 3 crazy girls together who are treating the penetrating water of the flood as concentrated Sulphuric Acid and not stepping down from their bed .
"Two days have passed , now we don't have enough pantry for hotel guests so you all need to leave the hotel now . I suggest you all can seek help from a flood shelter camp" the hotel manger said to Kabir and his friends with pity on his face .
"How far is the nearby shelter place? " Kabir enquired the manager .
"20 kilometers away sir" the manager replied.
"Can we get a boat to go there ?" Jheel blurted out trying to crack a brilliant joke but it sounded more like a sarcasm and she failed miserably in sounding funny making the situation awkward.
"She meant how will we reach there as the streets have now flooded badly"Erica covered up for Jheel's poorly executed joke.
"Sorry but we can't help you people further " the manager stated and he left quickly .
The Next moment Ayra , Jheel , Erica and Kabir were standing out on the flooded street with luggage on their heads .
"We don't have google map since our mobiles died few hours ago due to low battery thanks to the electricity outage, how will we be able to reach shelter" irked Jheel questioned Kabir.
"Jheel I don't know , only God can help us now" Kabir blurted out and all the 3 girls felt a chill running down their spines .
They walked for a while but then they saw a car drowning in the water with it's occupant crying for help .
Kabir reached out to that car , he gave his suitcase to Ayra . Then he tried to break the window and after a few attempts it broke .
The man and woman inside the car were alive but their 3 month old twin babies were already dead due to suffocation from being trapped in the car for nearly 4 hours .
Jheel puked seeing the dead infants in terror and frenzy . Ayra now lost her balance because of churning emotions in her heart and heavy luggage on her head and she started drowning immediately.
Kabir somehow saved Ayra .
"KB our luggage went away in the water, it had our passports too!" Ayra screamed in panic .
"It's okay , nothing is more important than your life " Kabir replied .
Every minute is crucial because by each passing second the hope for survival is getting drenched alike the physical bodies of Ayra, Kabir, Erica and Jheel which are completely drenched by flood water outwardly and fear from within .
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