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LOST HUDA
All the cadets were dispersed, busy in searching for clues. It was a test for them to use ?their own initiative and intelligence and each of them knew that they had to pass it. ?
Ali and Pooja browsed around the woods trying to find something but nothing was found. ??"Oi, Ali chal na thoree dair bethe hai".?
?"We must continue searching as every minute is precious to us". ?
?"I know but a few minutes resting are not going to harm anything. The trees and the ?wood is not going to run away anywhere". Both of them sit down and just chat about here ?and there. ?
Something very interesting was found by Alekh. He picked it up and went to show ?Abhimanyu who instantly recognized it to being Rajveer's watch. There was something ?special about the watch because he knew that Rajveer wore it all the time. "Something is ?special about this watch and I think we should hold on it very carefully. Cadet Alekh hum ?chahte hai ke aap ise sambhaal ke rakhe." ?
?"Sir, I've found something very interesting." Yudi came back with some bullets in his ?hand. "These were fired towards the North West of this area because I found them buried ?in the tree trunk." ?
Abhimanyu examined them and thought that it can't be certain whether these bullets were ?the ones fired on Rajveer until they got them sent to the lab and then found Rajveer's ?bullets. "Good work Cadet Yudi." ?
Naina just walked around and she reached the exact spot where Rajveer was shot and ?how she was brutally beaten up. She froze and everything came back to her as if it all was ?happening all over again in front of her. She found herself lying there helpless with blood ?flowing out of her head and nose. Then she saw herself trying to lift her head to see ?where Captain Rajveer was and finding him lying nearly dead under Dr. Ritu's tall frame. ?Ritu had towered on him and for the first time Naina comprehended something new. ?There was something that Dr. Ritu had told Rajveer which she also heard but because of ?the trauma she had forgotten it. Now her mind was getting clearer so she remembered ?Ritu telling Rajveer something about being a traitor and how crossing their lines hadn't ?given him any benefit. Ritu had also mentioned to Rajveer that when he couldn't fight ?the people in his own system how he would be able to fight the enemies of the country. ?Then there was a gun shot and Naina jumped with shock as if the gun shot had just ?happened. She came back to her senses and saw that there was no one there anymore. She ?broke down into tears and just dropped to the floor. She couldn't stop. ?
A hand came around her and hugged her. She leaned on the hand and wept her eyes out. ??"What has happened? I really can't forget it!" she continued crying. "I really love him ?Alekh! I really love him!" ?
The hand began getting loose on her and the person had begun backing off a bit. Naina ?became surprised and turned around and she froze as if a thunder bolt had just hit her. ?The person wasn't Alekh but it was Huda. After hearing her confession Huda was ?awestruck. He didn't know how to react; it was too much information for him. Even ?though he had come to terms with Naina not being in love with him, but her falling in ?love with Captain Rajveer was too much for him. He had reacted quite harshly before as ?well when Bharghav had instigated him about Rajveer and Naina's relationship even ?when both of them had denied it. But this time Naina had admitted it herself. ?
?"Huda, just listen to me." ?
He didn't listen to anything just got up and began walking off briskly. ?
She followed him desperately to stop him from doing anything stupid. "Rukja Huda! At ?least listen to me…Huda please…" ?
Alekh came and stopped Naina from running after Huda like that. "Kya hogoya tujhe?" ?
?"Alekh, Huda ko sab kuch pata chalgaya mere or Captain Rajveer ke bare me, or ab wo ?pata nahi kaha jaaraha hai." ?
?"Jaane de ose. Dekh abhi os ka dimag seedhee tarhase kaam nahi karaha so he won't be ?of any use to this mission. He needs to sort his differences out by himself." ?
Abhimanyu called all of them together and began training them again. He taught them ?some basic principles and then noticed that Huda was missing. "Where has Cadet Huda ?gone?" ?
?"Abhimnayu, he has decided to abandon this mission for some personal reasons." Naina ?hesitated to tell him but she had to save her friend. ?
?"This is not a game where you join and leave as you please. Hum aap sabko yaad dilade ?ke yeh ek bohat hee khatarnaak mission hai jo hame har halat me khatam karna hai. I've ?told you before but I'm reinforcing again that in this mission there is no guarantee of ?anything because we don't know who our enemy is. We can trust no one but ourselves to ?make the right move. Nobody knows who's going to stay alive and who is not. To faisla ?abhi hojaye. Jo bhi is mission ko chore ke jaana chahta hai wo abhi isee waqt jaasakta ?hai. Iske baad agar kisee ne aisa kiya to majboorun hame osko goli maarnee paregee." ?
All of them were shocked to hear that from him. The look in his eyes told them that he ?was serious. They were also serious and knew that they weren't there to play games. ?None of them moved an inch which gave Abhimanyu satisfaction that the cadets were ?still focused on their mission rather than other less valued things. However there still was ?regret that they had lost Huda. ?
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