PART 9
Rahul and muskaan turned and they had the same expression on their faces. Rahul gulped and tried hiding behind muskaan as the other three were looking at the person confusingly.
"sir. There he is, arrest him.." the man wearing the black coat, standing at the door pointed at rahul who was hiding behind muskaan, trying his best to look innocent.
Policeman entered the room with a pair of handcuffs. Armaan looked at the policeman and then at rahul and watching his expressions knew that rahul is the culprit.
"sir..he is the one..arrest him and.." policeman brought his hand in front of his face, telling him to stop and let him handle the situation. Armaan turned and looked at policeman as he had no idea what the hell was happening.
"we are here to arrest Mr. Garewal for kidnapping him.." policeman said pointing at the man , showing the warrant that had been issued in his name.
"and who is this guy?" armaan asked looking at the guy who was standing beside the policeman, looking at rahul in anger.
"he is Mr. Sinha, the marriage registrar and he has reported a complained against Mr. Grewal for kidnapping him" police man said.
"and what proof you have that this guy is telling the truth." Armaan asked. The moment he looked at rahul , he knew that rahul was the culprit but being his friend he tried cross-questioning the police.
"We found him in the back seat of Mr. Grewal's car, tied with ropes, you need any more explanation"
Armaan slowly turned his face and looked at him angrily. He knew that sometimes rahul behaved immaturely but this was the limit, him kidnapping a man that too the marriage registrar was something even he had not imagined in his wildest dreams. He opened his mouth to speak but had to stop as he saw another policeman entering the room with another pair of handcuffs. Before he could react to what was happening or ask rahul, he saw his hands being handcuffed.
"and what did I do?" armaan asked. "Rahul was the culprit so arresting him made sense, but what's my fault that my hands are also being tied" He thought
"don't try to act smart Mr.Malik, we know that Mr. Grewal works for you and he kidnapped him coz you ordered him to." Policeman replied. Armaan turned and looked at rahul who was holding his ears muttering "I am sorry".
Rahul turned his face not wanting to see the look on his face. He looked at muskaan and riddhima who had the same "you-are-so-dead" expression on their faces.
The policemen took rahul and armaan to the police station and they were locked in the same cell. Rahul tried talking to armaan from the time they were arrested but armaan didn't even look at him once. Finally when he couldn't take this silence anymore, he stood up and walked towards armaan who was sitting at the extreme end of the cell.
"ab armaan bas bhi kar. Kitna bhav khayega. I said I am sorry" rahul winced.
"rahul just leave, I don't wanna talk to you..aaj to tune limit hi cross kar de. how could you? Just coz of you I can't spend time with riddhima and on top of that you told him that I told you to kidnap him and you work for me. Kidnap karna tha to kissi aur din karta, why today man, after so many days I got to see her and I can't spend time with her coz of your stupidity" armaan complained turning his face the other side.
"I am sorry man, but I had no other option left, the moment you took riddhima out of the church, he started running away from there and even the father was running away. Ab mein father ko to kidnap nahin kar sakta tha, that's why I kidnapped him. Everything was going smoothly but I forgot to take his mobile with me isliye yeh problem ho gayi" rahul said trying to justify his point. "and you know na, I did this for you. I really wanted to see you married today" he said as armaan glared at him. "accha thik hai, I did this so both of us can get married today. And don't worry I have called Papaji , he'll be here soon" rahul said as he saw a faint smile appearing on his face.
They made up and were waiting for papa ji to show up when the cell opened and entered the person they were least expected to see there.
"you!.." armaan said pointing his finger as he saw abhi entering the cell, looking at them in shock.
"Why am I not surprised." Abhi responded , chuckling at them. "you both cartoons landed in jail too. Ab kiske life mein problem create kiya hai tum dono ne'let me guess in your own life..you both " he mocked. Armaan made a fist to beat him right there, right now but rahul controlled him.
"control yourself armaan, we can't fight with him here." rahul silenced him keeping his hand on his shoulder.
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At the hospital, muskaan was sitting beside riddhima on the phone talking to his dad as riddhima was hearing their convo nervously. She was so mad at rahul for spoiling the day but just for the sake of muskaan , her mouth was sealed.
"don't worry riddhima , they'll be fine, papaji is going to the station and he'll bail them out" muskaan assured her holding her hand.
"I hope so." She replied. Her answer wasn't a satisfactorily one and muskaan knew about it, so she tried changing the topic.
"btw I don't think we have met before" muskaan said as riddhima nodded her head smiling weakly. "so let me introduce myself. Hi, my name is muskaan and you call me muski or smiley. Rahul calls me Muski and Smiley was given to me by armaan coz I always makes him smile" She said as riddhima smiled, hearing about armaan.
"and I am riddhima"
"I know riddhima, armaan always talks about you and the day you left us, it's like the only word comes out of his mouth is your name 'Riddhima'..riddhima hoti to yeh karti, woh karti...' muskaan said as the smile vanished from her face. "I am sorry muskaan. Just coz of my stupid mistake you all had to go through all this. " riddhima replied as she thought about was rahul told her few moments ago.
"don't worry riddhima, it wasn't your fault and don't him seriously. Uski to aadat hai baat to bada kar bolna." Muskaan said. She knew what rahul said was completely right. After riddhima left, armaan transformed himself into a non-alcoholic Devdas. His brain had stopped working during that period. Even though rahul had no fault coz no body knew about the reason, muskaan and armaan used to take out their frustrations on him treating him as their punching bag.
"but how did you guys found me" she asked as she saw a victorious smile on her face.
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Back at the station, rahul and armaan were still whispering something in their ears as abhi was looking at them suspiciously. He had a full ' on experience of what this means. In all of their previous encounters, he had seen them whispering in a corner before doing something to him. How can he forget the last time after the kidnapping episode when they both kidnapped him from the disco.
They kidnapped him just as he was about to sit in his car after a late night party and tying him properly took him to an unknown place. They tied him to the chair, with just a bulb over his head as he saw them doing the same thing- whispering something in their ears; they were doing few moments ago.
Slowly they walked towards him and stood in front of him as he was looking at their faces, hoping that they won't repeat the chilli episode again.
"are you a lefty or righty" armaan asked.
"huh" he said sounding confused at their question as he was thinking about what they are gonna do to him now.
"now they want to cut my hand" he thought as he looked at their faces as they were waiting impatiently for his answer
"lefty or righty?" rahul repeated getting frustrated at his no-reply.
"I won't let you cut my hand" abhi said putting a brave face in front of them as he felt his heart coming out of his mouth any minute. He had no idea what they are gonna do him this time. Even his so-called workers were not there to help him. Abhi had blasted them when he found out that Armaan took Riddhima with him and a woman came and took Rahul with her. He was so angry at them, throwing them out of the job and they left without any arguments as even they were frustrated with his behavior.
And today he was all alone , without any weapon praying for his life as according to him these two standing in front of him were no less then "psychos".
Hearing his reply, armaan and rahul looked at each other, asking the other what to do next through signals. Excusing themselves they walked to a corner and talked for few moments and rahul left the room leaving armaan and abhi alone in the dark room.
Picking up the chair that was lying at one corner, Armaan kept it right in front of abhi and sat on it. They both were looking at each other angrily. Armaan was so mad at him that if it wasn't for rahul, he would have beaten him by now as abhi was looking at him to know what they are gonna do to him. Their-eye-to-eye convo was interrupted as they heard the "creak" of the door and entered rahul holding a sword and a knife in both hands. He passed the knife to armaan as he held the sword in his hand. abhi gulped looking at the sword and at knife as he saw his soul leaving his body any moment.
"ye haath humko de de abhi" rahul said sounding like gabbar from sholay as armaan laughed looking at his scared facial expressions.
"naiiiiiiiii'." Abhi replied , fidgeting in his chair as he was trying to release himself.
"ye haath humko de de abhi" rahul repeated holding the sword in his hand.
"naiiiiiiii''.." abhi replied not knowing what they are gonna do him now.
"fine, it's either our way or the highway" armaan said looking at rahul as he nodded in yes.
"Rahul, should I chop his fingers first or you want to cut his arms first..zyada pain kisse hoga.." armaan asked in a serious tone as he slowly walked around abhi as abhi looked at them in shock- having no idea whether they are actually serious about this.
"hey both of you, are you out of your mind. Pagal ho gaye ho kya?" abhi asked as armaan moved and stood behind him. He gulped as he felt the knife moving around his fingers as he looked at rahul who kept the sword on his shoulder.
"please don't cut my hands, I beg you..please bhagwan ke liye..mujhe chood do' I'll do anything you want me to do,..just tell me '" abhi pleaded as tears rolled out of his eyes. Rahul took his cell phone out and captured his cry-baby photos as armaan was founding it hard to control his laugh. He was standing behind abhi, holding himself not to laugh in front of him as rahul was signaling through his eyes to control. When armaan couldn't take this anymore he ran out of the room and closing the door behind, laughing as hard as he could. After few seconds, rahul ran out of the room, holding his stomach as it was getting difficult for him to control too. He showed abhi's photos that he had clicked few seconds back as they rolled on the floor with laughter.
"armaan, I am keeping this for the personal collection" rahul said in between his laugh.
"just look at his face, he is looking so funny, he actually thought we are gonna cut his hand."
"Tell me, you have no idea how difficult it was to control myself in front of him. he is such a loser"
Armaan and rahul kidnapped him to make him sign to some papers which stated that "if he is found harassing riddhima or harming her in any way, legal action will be taken against him which consisted of taking all his property and serving jail for up to 10 years". But when they heard about him thinking that they are gonna cut his hands, they played with him to scare him.
"btw rahul are you sure, he is gonna believe those papers. I mean only we know those papers are fake and.."
"don't worry armaan, he won't find out and even if he finds out later, we are gonna handle him again. And as far as I know, he is not that brave, the way he pretends in front of everyone. Dekha nahin abhi kaise ro raha tha..just play along buddy.." rahul said patting his shoulder as they walked inside the room.
They made him sign those papers which he signed without even reading and tying him again left him in front of the disco from where they had kidnapped him.
Today, exactly the same way they were talking with each other as abhi was sitting at the other end. He mocked them coz he was not alone, surrounded with police man but now looking at their expressions, he told himself that it was a bad idea.
He stood up, looking around making sure the policemen were there as he saw them coming towards them and then''''aahaa agley part mein...
To be continue'
Okay so this is part 9 (A), I don't know how this has turned out to be, the sword part actually made me laugh when I was writing so i am hoping you'll enjoy too.
Again I took more then one month to come up with the update, what to do, this April month has started on such a bad note for me, everything is going wrong and on top of that my weak immune system 🤢 is not helping me at all and funny scenes are not coming out easily.
still I hope you enjoyed reading the part. And I just saw this fic being nominated in the comedy category. A big Jhappi 🤗 to everyone for nominating this fic, Thank you guys for liking my work.
Looking forward to your views
Loads of love
Mel..
Ps: Pms i have send but if i have missed out anyone then do let me know.
Edited by Caramel_21 - 15 years ago
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