Arakshi FF : The Purgatory MasqueradeChapter : Dos
"Fool me once"
[Day before]
Inhaling the dust, he pushed up from the ground with his powerful muscular arms. Lowering again, he repeated the exercise process..over and over again. His biceps flexed with each and every push up he took. Glistened in sweat, he changed his position and stretched out his legs in a frontier split, increasing his flexibility whilst leaning his forehead onto his thigh. He stopped as he heard a sound of someone coming in.
He opened his eyes and exhaled his breaths, focusing his gaze upon his dark surroundings. Dark and isolated,devoid of any light except a dim light, hanging from the roof. Just the way he preferred.
Without even glancing back, he asked, "Did you find anyone yet?"
Another well-built, gratuitously tall man came out from the shadow and handed him a towel and water bottle as he stood up.
"Yes Sir." The other man replied. Taking a sip, he asked, "Who?"
"Her name is Saakshi Anand. She works in AR, sir." The man replied, hesitantly.
"A girl?" he asked, surprised; draping the towel around his neck, hiding a little of his naked broad chest.
"I don't need any liability, you know that!" he snarled at the man.
Stammering a little at his tone, the man said,"But she is the best sir. Perfect for the job."
"No" he cut him short.
"Sir, please have a look at her file before you take your decision." The man said with urgency, handing him a blue file.
He stared at the file for a moment or so before taking it. He switched on the lamplight and slumped in a chair in front of the computer.
The other man, dressed in a tucked fitted v neck t-shirt, stood behind him in a stern cop like position.
He slowly opened the file and the first thing that hit his face is her smile... smiling widely at the camera, there she was' Saakshi Anand. Beautiful.
Get a grip dude!
Smacking him mentally, he started to read. The more he read about her, the more he got impressed. Graduated from MIT with a full free scholarship and she was merely 24! Wow.
Orphan at age 7, raised by a foster family till 15, then she made a living by her own. She was indeed remarkable in everything.
"She was a junior to Shree and now she is actually better at handling techy stuffs than him. Last month, he and Miss Anand worked in a case for the company. For the first time, I saw Shree getting outnumbered." The tall man said, interrupting his thoughts. He just let a small "hmmm" out.
Closing the file, grasping onto the info he got about her, he pondered, was it worth to put her life into danger?
She was brilliant and had a promising lifel. How could he drag her into this mess?
"Don't we have any other choice? Come on, there must be thousands of IT specialist out there." He finally asked, but in a low voice.
"No sir." Sensing the hesitation in his boss, the man added, "We can protect her, Sir."
Could they really? They had no other choice too. The task's getting tougher and the informations are getting harder to retrieve. Without a brilliant IT, he would not stand a chance.
"fine." He said, staring emptily at nothing.
"so do you want me to talk to her?" the man asked.
He snorted, "do you really think she'd agree that way?"
The man scratched his forehead, his boss was right. Why would anyone in their right mind agree to help them without knowing the full truth?
"Are you going to intimidate her?" the tall man asked his boss, watching him pulling on a vest. He looked at him and gave a lop-sided smirk.
"Well, I have one of those faces."
~*~*~*~
[Present]
Saakshi waited and waited..finally a deep, hoarse voice purred in."ACP Arjun Rawte. Emergency Task Force. How may I help you?"
Saakshi sucked her breath in. The voice seemed ridiculously familiar. She had heard it before. But where?
Of course! How could she possibly forget about him? She again heard a hello from the other side, getting her out from her trance.
"umm..Hello." She purred in unsure.
"ACP Arjun here. I thought you had some information to give." The voice spoke in.
ACP Arjun? Thank God, he's not the vigilante lurking in the ETF office. People can have similar sexy masculine voice, no?
"Yes, I do... actually." Saakshi took a deep breath in and narrated the whole thing to him. How she had been almost abducted, vigilante asking for help and about the threat he had left her with.
She babbled for long 15 minutes and surprisingly enough, ACP Rawte did listen to her ranting without interrupting her. Great listener, her subconscious mind ticked one mark on her Perfect-man list, Saakshi rolled her eyes at her.
"umm..did you listen to me at all?" She asked.
"Oh yes, Miss Anand, I did." his reassuring voice came in. "tell you what? I myself will handle this situation." Saakshi was about to say something but he cut her in, "Don't worry, I will protect you."
"Thank you..umm.. Officer." Saakshi mumbled, hearing the firmness in his voice. Odd but she felt a breath of relief gushing inside her.
"Stay in a crowded place, he wouldn't expose himself in front of people." He added. Of course! He was a dark knight as some people would call him. Kill for fun after the sun has set.
"I'll be in my office I think." She said. "Very well. I'll meet you at 5, Don't worry miss Anand. He won't hurt you." He murmured with such assurance Saakshi felt as he's the black hood, telling her he was harmless. Hmmm.
With a formal bye, she cut the call and switched off her phone immediately. Glancing at the sticky note one more time, she walked into her bathroom.
It's already 5pm but Saakshi being too engrossed in her work, totally forgot to check the time. She had been super tensed thus took up projects to keep her occupied. And she regretted it!
She didn't even had her lunch and her tummy growled. Technically, she was starving from last 24 hours. She never reached home last night, all thanks to the vigilante! and then she woke up at lunch time in her bed, again thanks to the vigilante.
She was already too late by the time she had finished talking with ACP Arjun, so she rushed to her office without giving her poor stomach anything to play with.
Walking upto the pentry, she poured herself a glass of water and walked back to her seat.
She heard a knock on her door. "Come in" She said, taking a sip.
And she spitted out the water, as Adonis himself had walked into her cabin.
Oh my!
Edited by despicable_me - 12 years ago
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