(Cmptd with a note on pg.33)Arakshi Mini FF: Mode-1, Mode-2! - Page 15

Mode-1, Mode-2!

Chapter-6:

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Oscar Wilde

Over to theater:

Once we arrived, a man came running out of the theater and blinked at seeing us.

He seemed undecided -not about what to talk, but about to whom to talk!

I tried to communicate with him through eyes, but he did not get my clue.

I signaled him to tell it to Arjun, but he did not notice it.

I said finally, "Tell him what happened?", as Ayesha moved beside me.

Then he got the message, all right!

"Sir! He called and said there is a bomb in the theater!"

"I see," I said worriedly.

"Anyone can threaten so!"

Arjun said curtly.

"I see!"- I exclaimed.

He looked at me. This time I was the one who blinked.

"Sir!-"

"Sir, it came from a reliance source!"

Ayesha came to help me.

"Can you tell me what this reliance source is?"

"Sir, my informer said, when me met last week, that there might be some missions inside the city for some demands!"

"Some missions, some demands, What's this Ayesha?"

"Sir, maybe he will call after sometimes for the demands!"

She hinted us.

"He'd better do that! I'd like to hear from him!"

"Then he won't!" I murmured.

A van stopped at the entrance and four of the bomb squad staff came out.

"Sir! We shall start searching!"

I volunteered; I did not know whether it was my eagerness or not, but he budged in, fortunately then.

We spread out and started searching. At least acted like one.

I went near Chottu while acting - no searching and asked him casually, in a whisper, "Where's it?"

"Surprise!" He said with a smile.

I just wanted to kill him, right away.

"Oh, Where's the bomb?"

"That's what we are searching, Shree!"

I turned toward the voice and shocked to know that Arjun was behind us.

I moved away as though I was busy in searching, at once.

Then I started searching sincerely.

I knew I had to, for if Arjun got a head start in this, the game would be over soon.

And if we got a new case now, the situation would change from here to worse. Anyway, this game should be over one way or the other, soon.

If I was searching the table tops and screens before, I started searching under the counters and inside the tables now.

I got that Ayesha was searching more sincerely than me, for some reason.

Note: Sakshi did not follow us when we started from the office and Ayesha signaled her secretly to be ready for something, for some reason.

We were searching inside while Chottu joined the bomb squad staff outside.

Suddenly we heard a phone started ringing.

I jumped at the lone sound, behind me.

The supposed owner of the theater attended the call after putting the phone in loudspeakers, as I was ready to trace the call and prayed for the first time in my life, for the call should be less than a minute as Arjun was sitting beside me and never took his eyes away from the screen.

"Hello!"

"You are doing well there! I think its time to stop the search!"

"Don't you get him?"

Arjun came close to me and whispered.

I looked him as though I was seeing a devil in naked eyes.

++^^^^^^^ + + +_ _^^^ _ ^ ^ __ _ _ { Just Ayesha and my pulse rate!}

How was it gals? Do tell me!!