"Sir, I hear some noises..." Aalekh whispered as the three carefully climbed the small but stiff hill. They froze holding their breaths at hearing voices nearby. They were going in the opposite direction as the three, but the rough, loud voice coming from Abhimanyu's walkie talkie was enough to have them running towards where the three were. Abhimanyu signalled them to run, and they unintentionally split. Aalekh pulled Yudi as he ran up the hill while Abhimanyu went to another direction around it.

"s**t s**t s**t..." Yudi repeatedly muttered under his breath. Aalekh hit him on the back of his head to shut him up, and looked for something to help defend themselves. He realised that they both had their guns and was about to take his one out when a gunshot followed by tremendous pain delayed him. Two of the goons were standing there with their rifles; the short one had shot his hand to stop him from raising the gun. His gun now lay at the edge of the cliff, not very far from where they were.

"I'll distract them, you get my gun and yours." Aalekh muttered so that only Yudi could hear him. He ignored his friend shaking his head vigorously and ran towards the goons, managing to get one of their rifles after punching him on the face. The other one was about to shoot when he was shot himself on the arm. We see Yudi standing confidently, pointing both guns forward. "Good job Nautan-"

Aalekh was hit on the side of his head by one of the goons. He wobbled backwards, seeing black after a brain freeze. Yudi shot again, this time successfully getting the other one right on the chest. Aalekh on the other hand was fumbling with trying to hit the goon; he had been hit on a very sensitive spot, so he couldn't see or generate properly. Another blow came to him on the stomach, and Yudi came forward to hit the goon on the head with his gun. The goon fell unconscious. When he turned around to exchange a hi-five with Aalekh though, his grin slipped.    

"Aaleeeeekh!!!!!!" He yelled, holding his hand out. Aalekh was hanging onto the edge of a cliff. Yudi's hand was only a few inches away, but Aalekh was in no shape to get hold of it. He tried to reach out for it nonetheless, but lost grip on the edge he was holding onto. The last thing Yudi saw before falling unconscious from the blow on his head by a rifle was Aalekh's body falling, an image that would be painted in his mind forever.

~*~*~

"KMA? Come on damnit!" Abhimanyu exclamied as quietly as he could. He jumped up at getting a reply.

"Captain Abhimanyu? Hello? Are you there? Over and out."

"Yes yes, I'm here. Listen carefully, there are terr-" He stopped when he heard a gunshot.

"Captain?? Hello? What's going on? Over and out."

"I don't know! Terrorists have managed to damage our bus, and we had taken shelter in a clearing a few kilometers away from where it stands now. The position of it is..." Abhimanyu explained the position, trying to get the horror out of his mind; his cadets were in danger, but he had to make sure help was coming before checking up on them. They were future soldiers, they knew how to defend and attack. The blood drained from his face once again though, after hearing a very clear scream of 'Aaleeeeekh!!!!!!'. "Make sure the help in on its way ASAP, got it? I have to go, over and out. I'll try to contact KMA or the Headquarters later." He ended the conversation.

"I'm afraid you won't need to Captain. I doubt you'll live long enough to do so." A familiar voice came from behind. He turned around, facing the owner of the voice. "I doubt your precious cadets or your best friend will either, unless of course they're willing to help us." Abhimanyu stood frozen with shock and horror as he heard the last sentence, barely acknowledging the gun pointed right at his face.

Precap - Rajveer is walking through a jungle, looking wornout and dirty. He holds his hand out to someone, and she accepts.

Aalekh is sitting and Yudi (head bleeding) is pacing in a small room.