EPISODE 74
The gun shot had widened Raghu's eyes. He broke the hug and let out a loud gasp..
"ANTARA !!!"he shouted... The accident prone girl was again enveloped in danger.. Her left shoulder had been pierced by a bullet.
But the thing was that the bullet was aimed towards him. He clearly saw rehan pointing the gun towards him. But antara pushed him from side letting him out from the firing range and took his bullet on her own arm. The thing devastated him most.
Antara let out a painful moan. That moan brought back her sense. Raghu rushed and supported her limp powerless feature screaming in frustrated voice.
"YEE KYA THA?!! KYUN KIYA TUNE AISA..." His eyes were mad and also worried like hell. Her blood drifted left arm was enough to chock his breath.
"R-Raghu... Chinta mmat kkkaro... Goli shoulder pe lagi hain.. Seene par nahi.. Kkkuch nahi hhoga mujhe..."Antara somehow managed to say stammering. In spite of being in immense pain, she took up the courage to say these words to console Raghu. Looking at his frusstrated and worried eyes she understood that what was going in him seeing her in that state.
Raghu immediately looked towards Rehan and his men in rage who immediately fled away !! "Raghu.. woo pendrive. Woo rehan ke kabje mein hain!! Agar woo ussey Daya mai kee hatho de de too sab khatam hoo jayega!!"Antara said in shaky voice holding his rms.
Raghu looked towards antara with unbelievable eyes,"S**a... tere hatho see khoon nikal raha hain aur tuu abhi bhi uss pendrive ke chakaar mein pari hain... Woo sab apun dekh lega... Pahele tere koo hospital lee kee jana parega!! Goli nikalni paregi.." he said checking her bleeding hand worriedly. He quickly let out his scarf ting the wound to stop the blood flow. He was getting mad seeing her in that state. his eyes were getting furious with every passing time.
"Uss Rehan ki toh.. S**la bhaag gaya.." He said with utter disgust tying her wound securely.
Agar bhagna hi tha , toh goli kyun maari... Agar uska nishaana tujhe kahi aur lagta toh?"said Raghu with worried eyes.His grip was getting tighter on antara's hand due to his immense anger.
"Raghu, dard ho raha hain.. Itna tight mat bandho... Thora dhila kardo..." Antara instructed.
"Sorry!!" Raghu said in apology and quickly loosed the bandage a bit.
"Raghu... Tum samajh nahin rahe hoo..." Antara said worriedly, "Rehan nee Daya Naik kee sath deal ki hain.. woo paise ke badle mein woo pendrive aur mujhe Daya Naik kee hatho saup dena chahta tha... Main to bhag ayi... par woo pendrive..." her voice were interrupted by some men who were knocking at the door. both of them looked towards the door with alarmed eyes. Raghu saw his gang men were standing near the door.
"Arey s**a.. kahan the tum sab ke sab itni der?!! Tum log too yaar himdi film kee police see bhi bekar hoo... woo too kam se kam last mein aa taa hain... tum log too movie khtam hine kee baad bhi nahin ate hoo.." he scolded them.
"Sorry bhai... woo rehan kee admion nee raste mein rok diya.." they informed.
"S**a... acha dimag chalaya... udhar tum logon koo uljha diya aur idhar khud kaam tamam kar kee bhag gaya..." raghu said in annoyance.
"Bhai, Rehan kee sare admio koo humne pakar liya hain!!.." ome of them said.
"Par s**a woo rehan bhag gaya.. dhoond nikal ussey kissi bhi tarah se... 24 ghante mein Daya Naik aur uske admi kashmir mein kadam rakhne wale hain... uss sey pahele woo rehan mere koo chahiye...Woo pen drive Daya Naik kee hatho kissi bhi halat mein nahin parna chahiye." He ordered his men and they went.
Om the other hand antara was surprised seeing those men. She was unaware that raghu also had a huge group of his own in kashmir. "Raghu yee log kaun hain?!" Antara asked in surprise. "Baad mein samjhata hoon.. abhi chalna hain yahan se..." saying that Raghu immediately scooped her up in his arms.
"Raghu, haat mein goli lagi hain, pao mein nahi.."said Antara not wanting Raghu to take all the tension.
"Abey mooh bandh rakh apna misscall..." Raghu began walking faster. "Tera mujhe patah hain.. Mere saamne , zakhmi haalat mein bhi mujhse itna baat kar rahi hain.. Aise dikhayegi , ki tu bilkul theek hain..." he almost scolded her but controled himself seeing her painful face. His eyes turned gentle. " Bas Antara, thoda aur chalna parega. Udhar apun kaa jeep khara hain. Himmat rakh.. Mujhe patah hain tujhe bahut dard ho raha hain"said Raghu.
Antara said his shattered expression and smiled a little bit to console him,"Halat dekho apni... aisa lag raha hain kii chot mujhe nahin tumhe lagi hain.." her painful voice taunted.
"Ek hi too baat hain... Humesha see lagta hain.. Tujhe chot lagti hain too dard mujhe hota hain... Nahin dekh sakta tujhe aisi halat mein.. Jab se tere se pyar huya hain.. tb se kasam khaya tha kii tujhe ek kharoch nahin ane dega.. aur aaj dekh.. apun ki wajah see tujhe chot lag gaya..." He said with frustration and shattered face rushing faster holding her in secured hold. The wound was not in good condition and antara was almost loosing her sense due to pain. Raghu reached near the jeep and placed antara securely on the seat tying the seat belt on her. He jumped on the driving seat and drove the car faster as possible. He wa checking in antara every time so that the jerking and bends of hill roads didn't makee her condition worst. Antara was almost seating lifelessly at her side. Her eyes were closed and her expression was so tired. her chicks and lips were almost pale.
He almost had tears in his eyes seeing Antara like that. Her soft painful painful moans were making his anger burst which was he holding for the moment. "Pehle tere peet pe usne woh keel maara.. Aur aaj goli.." He thought in frustration clutching the steering wheel tightly. His mad eyes were fixed on road. "Fir uss kam**ey ne tujhe kidnap bhi kiya... APUN SE DOOR RAKHA... Aur ab woh s**a bhaag gaya.. Bhag ke jayega kidhar? S**a agar zamen kee niche bhi jake chup gaya naa too nikal kee launga.. Nahin chorunga tujhe!!.. S**a agar apun pee goli maarta naa for bhi tujhpe thora raham khata.. par tune jisse goli maara woo mera sabkuch hain... Abb too tujhe koi nahin bacha sakta!!"said Raghu blabbering angrily while driving. Antara was wide awake at his side but didn't had the power to speak at that moment.Her hand was paining very badly and taking her all strength away. She was feeling worried. She knew about his mad anger which was enough to destroy anyone. He didn't care for anyone when he was angry, not even himself. She didn;t want him to get into any trouble due to this anger.
Raghu was driving for almost an hour but still no hope. Pahelgam was not at all a place where all facilities were availble. He asked the people but everyone said that the nearest hospital was in anatanag city which was quite far from there. There was not even a doctor's place nearby. On the other side, he was worried about the bullet which was still in antara's body. He had to let that out anyhow before the condition get worse. So he decided to stop at nearby place availabble and looked everywhere.
After searching for a while raghu noticed a cottage nearby and ab surrounded by an old man was pouring water on little plants of his small premise. He quickly moved his jeep towards the cottage. The old man saw him and got confused.. "Uncle, aap please hamari madad ki jiye.. Isse goli lagi hain."said Raghu showing antara at her side almost fainted. The old man understood the situation. "Beta , yaha aas paas koi aspatal nahi hain.. Naa hii koi doctor milega."said the old man worriedly checking antara's bllod stained wound. "Patah hain kaka.. Goli apun nikal deta hain aap bas humari thori madad kar do..." Raghu said scooping up antara in his hand.
The old man lead him inside the cottage and gestured them inside a room. Raghu gently placed Antara down the blanket which was spread on the floor. Her entire cloth now was stained with blood. He had to immediately treat her and remove the bullet or it would be very harmful for her.. The man gave him the essential things he needed to take out the bullet. "Beta main bahar jaat hoon. Tum goli nikaal dena...Kuch chahiye toh awaaz dena" said the man. The man stepped out of the room.Rghu looked towards antara's unconcious face for a while and said slowly, "Sorry misscall.. bura mat maar naa... par teri goli nikalni hain.. too..." Untying his scarf from her arm he touched the chain of her kurti and pulled that down. then he removed the cover of clothes from her left shoulder and arm where the bleeding injury had turn worse. The deep red blood on her creamy pitch skin look horrible. Raghu somehow managed to calm down himself as he felt his anger was rising again. He took the knief in his hand and gently tried taking out the bullet.. Antara winced in pain even in the unconscious state. "Antara.. bas thora saa aur... abhi dard kam hoo jayega..." He caressed her face as she was panting heavilyin his unconscious state. Raghu again tried to let out her bullet. Antara's hand grabbed his cloth tightly as she couldn;t take the pain.After some moment, Raghu managed to take it out.. He was literally having tears crying as he didn't want to hurt her.He quickly cleaned her wound and applied some essential medicines. Then he gently splashed water on her face. Antara whizzed and opened her eyes at last. She found Raghu seating at her side staring at her with worried face. His hands were caressing her chicks. She noticed the moist in his eyes. Antara smiled a little and touched his chicks assuring him that she was fine. Raghu grabbed her palm in his hold and looked deep in his hazel eyes. They both spend the little moment silently after the huge storm.
By DDEJ team ( We all wrote it together..)