Chapter 54
Mono asked that the 25 Orbs lead the way to the jail and the rest of the Orbs gave them their cover of light.
The distance to the Town L was about 10-15 minutes of walking. The 25 Orbs who had just been released from the shriveled brain were leading the way and as they walked ahead of the group they conveyed the information to the Orbs of Mono's father and grandfather. The telepathic talk went on for quite a while. This could be seen as sometimes one or two Orbs approached the two Orbs of Mono's Grandfather and father, then a few more approached and so on.
The rest of the Orbs followed behind covering the group and Mono. There were now a total of 175 Orbs. They kept humming among themselves. Mono figured out that they were exchanging information among themselves. A number of times he had to telepathically convey to them to talk slowly.
The 25 Orbs knew this Town like the back of their hand as they belonged to this town and knew their way around the Town. They also knew the shortest route to the Jail of Town L were the innocent scientists could still be held. They soon reached and the prison had similar compounds and jails for scientists and the political prisoners who had protested against the wrong policies of the Administrator and his cronies. Town L had a local government which was similar to that at Town M but on a lower scale just like it was at Town I and Town J and K. The local Administration had been dissolved after that incident with the scientist at Town L. As no one lived in this Town so an Administrator and his aides were not needed here.
However, though they knew the Town was abandoned, they needed to check out just in case the jails were still maintained as the tunnel and launching pads were still operational.
They soon reached the Jail and the Orbs surrounded the gate. There was a lock at the gate. Obviously, a lock was not needed if there were no prisoners. This meant that there were prisoners here, information of whom had been hidden from the rest of the Towns.
As soon as the Orbs surrounded the locks of the gate, the locks opened as if by magic. It seemed as if they caused some vibrations for the locks to open. Apparently, the Orbs had done something to the lock with their laser-like light. Upon entering the jail, they first went to the reception area and found
The Orbs split into five groups. One group remained to surround them, another group floated to the compound of the 15 scientists. The third group moved to the compound that lodged the 15 political prisoners. The fourth group remained at the reception and the fifth bigger group moved to the local administrator's building which earlier had housed the local administrator and his cronies.
All the 15 scientists were frozen like statues/ practically immobile in their respective positions. The Orbs hypnotized with their lit torch that looked like the one that was carried by the 'Men in Black' in the same movie by that name. The prisoners were hypnotized and made to walk out of the jail and wait at the entrance of the Jail. In the same manner, they took action as they had taken action to transfer the scientists out of the jail at Town I, Town J and Town K. They did the same for the 15 political prisoners. They went in front of the prisoners and waved a thin lit torch like apparatus in front of the prisoners.
The Orb of Mono's Dad was holding this thin lit torch stick like apparatus in front of the scientists and his grandfather's...o...b..was holding a similar lit torch like apparatus in front of the political prisoners. Both of them asked the prisoners to slowly move out of jail to wait at the entrance of the jail.
They had not yet been told to go to their homes as the Orbs had no idea whether their families were there at their homes.
Meanwhile, the fifth group made their way to the local Administrator's office. But there was no one there. All the tables and chairs were covered in dust as if no one had visited this place for a number of years. They went to the Administrator's office and took a memory picture of the wall where the names of all the Administrators were indicated. The name of the last one along with date was also there indicating when he took charge. But nothing was there about when he relinquished charge. They found a few papers on his table with the date. It was a letter from the Administrator of Town M stating that he was removed of his duties and was to remain confined to his house, like house arrest. This meant that there were people in the Town.
The fifth group of Orbs had managed to get the list of the names of the Administrator and his aides along with the addresses. The fourth group of Orbs had the addresses of the 15 scientists and 15 political prisoners. The second and third group had brought the released prisoners to the front of the jail and stood outside the jail to await further directions.
The Orbs split into a number of groups, the largest one of 75 remain with the group and the rest went off to locate the address to see if anyone was living there.
In 40 minutes they were back and informed Mono telepathically that there were people living in this Town. The families of the 15 scientists and the 15 political prisoners, a total of 30 families were residing in the Town. Then there was the family of the 25 scientists who had died in harness who were still residing here as they had not left the town. The family of the scientist who had been thrown into the Time Machine was also living in their own home.
So the 15 scientists and the 15 political prisoners were asked to walk home as their families were waiting for them. They were instructed telepathically to remain in their homes till someone by the name of Mono contacted them. They were not to go anywhere or have any contact with anyone for a week. Since their benefactors had their names and addressed as well as phone numbers, they would be contacted shortly.
Thereafter the scientists left for their respective homes. As they had been hypnotized they managed to walk but became statues as soon as they entered their homes. The same thing happened with the political prisoners. They also became statues upon reaching their homes.
The Orbs who had seen the Administrator and his aides under house arrest with guards outside the homes went off again and hypnotized them with a thin lit torch like apparatus by holding them up against the statues. There were 5 persons including the Administrator. They were hypnotized to walk into the jail cells vacated by the political prisoners. Once inside, they became statues. The gates closed behind the new prisoners. New records with names and other details were created by the fourth group of Orbs at the reception and these were kept in the reception area as the new records.
There were no CCTV cameras as this Town had ceased to function 10 years back. No one lived here except for the families of the 15 political prisoners, 15 scientists who were in jail, 25 families of the scientists who had died in harness. Then there were the families of the 5 persons from the Administration side who were under house arrest. Then there was the family of the scientist who had been thrown into the Time Machine. Thus there were a total of 71 families living here. The rest of the town was deserted. Yes, a few attendants were there in the jail as well as the 5 prisoners of Administration. The 4 attendants had families too and the receptionist also. The guards guarding those under house arrest were @ 2 per house so a total of 10. So, 15 more families were there. Thus, the total number of families living in this dead town was 86 families.
"We have accomplished our work successfully in Town L also," Mono said. "We need to head back now."
"Once we reach Town K we will rest in the residential hostel of the scientists there. Tomorrow morning we can proceed to Town M."
"Everyone, now proceed to the tunnel," saying this Mono and the group, accompanied by the Orbs, headed to the entry tunnel.