AFIRE: fight for the Earth begins✓

20.2 ZURI

The story so far:

---- Aija is a Volunteer at the Pristine School at Innermost. She works along with Zuri and Ze, who are her friends. Aija witnesses a strange event one night – light emanating from Rez's body. The kidnapper is after her soul, next, but he leaves her alive and goes away. Another man finds her, he wants to take her somewhere else - Aija though wary of him agrees. Aija learns of the existence of the aliens – the Ytai. Also, about the R'ies and H'eon, Harvesting and Àvo from Etrie. Etrie tells her that the man, who Harvested Rez (Thieron), will now go after her. He tells her that the spy/kidnapper's name is Luka. Etrie asks her to work along with him. Aija agrees to work along with Etrie on Harvest Stopping Missions.

---- Aija and Zuri join Kuna on a Harvest Stopping Mission. They go to the hospital. Aija, at the hospital, stumbles upon Luka's satchel and goes after it, instead. She finds a kitten that has escaped from the hospital. When she is out of the hospital, releasing all the collected souls from Luka's satchel, Thieron comes.

---- Thieron kidnaps Aija. She finds out that Nala works for Thieron. Ze, who was following her to rescue her, gets captured along with her. Thieron binds Aija to himself.

---- Zuri is worried about Aija and Ze, who were taken by Thieron. 

---- Etrie kisses Zuri; she slaps him.

---- Ahi and Zuri patch up and agree to remain friends. 

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****20.2 - Zuri****

Her vibrating Scroll woke her up. Alex shifted beside her. At some point in the night, she had fallen asleep, and at some point, Alex had crawled into bed next to her, again.

She took her Scroll from the table. The auto-saved number showed the name as 'Innermost Secures Headquarters.'

Zuri stiffened. Kuna had warned her, but she was still terrified. She answered the call; avoiding it was the worst thing she could do.

"Yes?"

"Zuri King?" a woman's voice asked.

"Yes,"

"I'm Ms. Walker from the Secures Headquarters of Innermost, Pristine City One. I would like to talk to you."

"Go ahead." Zuri tried her best to not sound nervous.

"You volunteer at Pristine School One. Correct?"

"Yes, Ms. Walker."

"Do you know Ms. Aija Niyarah Rao-Oshiro?"

Zuri's heart clenched. "Yes, I know Aija."

"When was the last time you saw her?"

"Why?" she asked. "Is everything alright?"

"Please, Ms. King, answer my question."

"I saw her last on Friday night. We played at the Virtual Game Centre and went home."

"She was at your place, according to the Secure Cams in your building."

"Yes, for dinner. Then she left. What's going on, Ms. Walker?"

"Ms. King, Ms. Oshiro has been reported missing."

"What?" Zuri tried her best to sound surprised. "How?"

"When was the last time you spoke to her?"

"Friday night. I called her to say goodnight."

"Okay, Ms. King. Thank you for your answers. You are requested to report at the Headquarters by five this evening. You are allowed to bring a guardian with you since you are not twenty-one yet. Please be on time."