Arjun-Anjali FF-Man on Fire-A SEQUEL pg 10 - Page 4

Part 8

Rathore and the entire ETF team was at the hospital. They flew to Delhi,the moment they heard about Arjun being fatally injured. The team was worried, but Rathore knew that Arjun would fight. He was not among those who would let death defeat him so easily. And so after an intense two day long battle-Arjun regained consciousness.

He looked around and saw the anxious faces of his team members. It took some time for him to be fully aware of his bearings and then he got restless- "Rathore,they have taken her...".

" I know..Arjun..calm down.."

"CALM DOWN!!...Rathore do you get me??...She has been taken..what happened..ransom??

"Yes"

"How much?"

"10 plus withdrawing his name from the elections".

"OK..and..is ETF investigating?"

"It is too late,Arjun."

They both looked at each other in the eye. A silence which said a lot.

Rathore was hesitating and Arjun understood.

"So,she is...dead?"he said with disbelief.

"Yes"

The ETF team expected an uproar. But silence was all they could get. Arjun just stared at the ceiling for long and slowly closed his eyes.

"The ransom was ready but the politicians messed up. They sent a police force at the drop-point and one of the kidnapper's got shot. In rage we got a call from the kingpin and he said we will have to pay for the mistake and ...shot her"

Arjun did not respond.

"Arjun we need the details. We will come back later. OH..and we got this from the crime site. We were wondering if this is a clue dropped by the kidnapper's or what?"

Arjun opened his eyes and stared at the plastic wrapped evidence- It was the cross she gave him.

"The police was wondering if this was yours...I told them that no chance of this being yours..so just want to confirm if this was Kiara's?"

He took the cross in his hand and felt it through his fingers-

"This is mine" he said at last. The gift was finally accepted.

Rahore gave him surprised look..but he asked his team to leave him as he was- Alone.

They walked away from the room and Rathore quietly requested the Doctor to put Arjun on some sedatives to ease his pain.

But he was not in pain. He was burning. He was on fire.

Originally posted by: kunchu

Hi
lately i have been only following some regular works that i love n npthing new.
But the tuttle increased my curiosity
n here i am.
Read all the chapters together.
Loved it a lot
no over emotional scenes.no ultra high masala
just flowing as it is
plain n simple yet so touching
thats what I loved in it
keep up the good work n yes its really a good job done
congrads

Thank you.I am glad this interested you😊

Guys!

part 7 & 8 :

all the parts were just brilliant... not a word more nor less...

i m just loving this work of urs...its totally different...havnt read any such story in this forum as this one...

tme for arjun's revenge
cotinue soon... so u do i know...😊👏👏

Part 9

Two weeks had passed. The nation was shaken by the blatant display of oragnised crime. There was not much of clues around,the ETF had to go back handing the case to the CBI. Arjun had gone back to Rupantar Mansion to collect his belongings.

An eerie silence haunted that place. The weeds had grown in the gardens,the lights were dim. Mr Roy was locked up in his room. He met Maria on his way up. He could see her eyes swollen up. He chose to go past her but she stopped him. He though she would hurl accuses at him,at his inability to do his job. But she looked at him very kindly- "Do not punish yourself. God will punish them."

"Yes,I know forgiving or punishing his God's job. But arranging a meeting between them and God is my job. I promise anyone who was involved in this would reach up there".

/later/

"Arjun,don't be foolish. The case is out of our hands."

"But justice is not. For two weeks we reacted emotionally,now let us think about this practically. Did we get her body? I think she is alive"

"That is your heart speaking Arjun".

"No,it is still my mind. They did not get the money,nor did they manage to get Mr Roy out of the contest. Killing her would do them no good."

"Arjun, Mr Roy had a lot of enemies. Killing her was a way to punish him"

"The punishment is in seeing your loved one's dead body. That causes more pain than the thought. Why did the kidnapper spare him the pain?"

"What are you getting at?"

"That there is more to this than what meets the eye".

"Who are your suspects?"

"People who were not yours-Mr Roy and his party".

"You mean sympathy votes?"

"Yes,a sure shot way of winning the elections"

"OK. I will get the team on this. We will track his party office and his top ministers"

Rathore was about to leave,when he turned and said-"I hope you are right about this."

"I hope so too".

part 9: yaaay!!! so there is some hope😊

Part 10:

The ETF worked day and night. Tracking,following,sting operations..anything to get a clue. Arjun had a parallel unconventional approach to his investigation. Violence,gun and gore-he went at any length to get to the truth. And finally the cracks opened up.

The breakthrough was achieved-Mr Roy's secretory organized the whole thing at the instructions of the party vice president. They kept Mr Roy in the dark, hoping to exploit his tragedy. But something went wrong in the plan. The kidnapper's double crossed and asked for the money. They still kept on threatening the vice president to reveal the truth. And this threat call was what got traced by Shree.

So Arjun's conjecture was correct-they managed to reach the middle men of the kidnapping. It was a man called Billa whom Arjun picked up from a dingy bar. He beat the daylights out of him and finally gave him a chance to speak.

"Mujhe kuch nahin pata,sahab.Mujhe to bas maal collect karna aur chupa kar rakna tha..woh maal"

"Kiara.."Arjun said with clenched teeth.

"Ah..wahi..Kiara,,baby.."

"Woh zinda hain?"

"Haam-par kaha hain woh nahin pata"

"Accha..Arjun took his gun out"..

Just then he got a call. A very heavy voice pierced through the receiver.

"Good job,Mr Rawte. But don't waste your time with such fools..he has no information. But I have,in fact more that just information- I have her.

"Who are you?"

"Mr Roy's old enemy,but your latest enemy too. Last year you killed my brother in an encounter. Now time for some payback"

"Is she alive?"

"Oh yes! I have kept her well..its not everyday that you get such VIP victims!

"I want to speak to her"

"Sorry,this is not a call center Mr Rawte".

"How will I know that you are not lying? Ask her what did she gift me the evening she was taken?

Arjun waited for the answer with bated breath.

"She says a cross".

Arjun sighed with relief-"So what do you want?"

"Your life in exchange of hers".

Done-I will be there.

Part 11-THE END.

OK,finally the end of my spams😉

It was 5 in the evening. It was an isolated field far, far away from the city. Arjun drove there alone. He did not call the ETF for he did not want to involve everyone in this dangerous move of his. He knew that the guy would kill Kiara the instant things went out of hand.

Arjun parked his car and waited. He saw another car park on the other side of the hill. He was surprised to see just one car. He though the man would come with a lot of henchmen.

A man in a hood got down. Arjun did not recognize his face,but he could tell that this looked like a mad man.

"So,officer..disappointed that I came alone. Yor ego got hurt?...I am enough for you...Drop your gun at least 10 meters away.

"Where is she?"Arjun asked as he flung his gun

"Right here-come down girl"

And there she was-pale,dirty and slightly hurt. She stared at Arjun and he could see a familiar spark in her eyes. Her hope was back.

"I am here.Now leave her."

"Not so soon officer. I am not here to kill you. That will be like showing mercy.

I want to torture you. Not your body but your soul. You know what is the hardest thing in life-choices. And today I present to you the choice of the millennium- her or him."

"Him who?"

"SIKANDER".

Arjun froze on the spot and felt his blood boiling.

"I know his hideout and I know the codes you need to get to him. You will have to trust my word for it. But the twist is-If you let me kill her I shall be in your custody and you shall have Sikander. Else you can kill me and save her but be miles away from the purpose of your life.She is rigged with a bomb,officer..in case you are wondering...and I have the trigger. You shoot me anywhere else and the trigger goes off. Shoot me in the head-get her and lose him".And he laughed a menacing laughter.

A lot of things were racing through Arjun's mind. There was a selfish interest of inching closer to his nemesis-but standing before him was someone who made him live again. He looked at her innocent eyes which were filled with faith-she knew he would not let anything happen. And she was right.

"Nice set-up. But poor set of choices. This was not as tough as you thought".Arjun sarcastically shouted.

He did not waste time and in a split second-shot him on the head.

Kiara came running to him. He knelt down and hugged her.

He kept on asking-"Are you fine?...they didn't do anything?" and she kept to repeating-"I knew you would come".

Arjun was just trying to live the moment. He had never felt such relief,satisfaction and gratitude.

/Next day/

Mr Roy-Thank you officer. For getting her back and for showing me the true face of my ambitions. I am leaving for US tonight with Kiara.

He then went ahead to shake hands with the rest of the ETF.

Kiara came up to Arjun and held his hand saying-"I will miss you".

Arjun just patted her head- "Try and forget whatever happened here and win your battle every-night"

She smiled and said-"Can I ask you something?. What was the choice which he gave you that day?"

Everyone turned towards Arjun. He bent down and put his hands on her shoulder-"You will not understand.."

"Well,you can try.."

"Just know that I made a sacrifice. I gave away an opportunity more precious than my life."

"For me?"

"Yes,just grow up to be someone worthy of that sacrifice".

She smiled and said-"I will,I promise".

-THE END-