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"kitne dukh ki baat hai!....
apne doston par se bhi vishwaas uth gaya
hai tera....fikar mat kar...
in mein se koi bhi nahin hai....!
kyonki...woh..traitor..
aur koi..nahi....tera..pati..
major rajveer singh shekhaawat hai!!"
a shot was fired!
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!...."
salim screamed.....rolling in pain...
and before anyone blinked..he lay dead!
there was a big hole on his forehead..
..the bullet had gone right through his head!
"shit!! naina!...
why d hell did u do that??
ab hum kya karenge?"
huda jilted her sharply...
shaking her shoulders....
naina was fuming in anger...
a maddening fury in her eyes...
how dare he!...
bhaai ko maar diya..
aur ab raj ke baare mein bakwaas...
then..all of a sudden...
she began trembling ...
shocked at what she'd just done...
although she knew that this is wat she'd
always wanted...but today..wen she....
the gun dropped off her hand...
and she slumped down on the floor....
closing her eyes tightly....
raj's words echoed in her mind...
& her reply did too...
we'll do it together....
yahi kaha tha maine....
but i killed him....alone...
i killed my brother's murderer...!
there was nothing wrong with it...
nothing....
"naina...tu theek to hai?"
abhi sat down next to her..
while huda was thinking of ways
to remove the body out of sight.....
she came out of her trance...
"hmm..maine...maar..diya ..
i..murdered..him.."
abhi realised wat she was goin through...
"haven't you done this before??
i mean interpol mein...
tumne kya pehle kabhi kisi ki
shoot nahi kiya kya?"
she shook her head.....
"i...shot...him...."
she pointed at salim...
"maine..khoon.."
"naina!!..calm down!...
he deserved it!...DON tha woh..
na jaane kitne logon ko usne tabaah kiya tha..
navin ki maut bhi iski wajaah se hui thi...
iski maut sirf tere haathon likhi thi yaar!..."
naina sighed...controlling herself a bit....
& finally nodded...
"shaayad tum..theek keh rahe ho...
bas..main thoda..darr..."
"meri biwi ..aur kisi se darr jaaye?..
how's dat possible jaan?"
raj stood there..smiling....
"raj!!.."
she got up..
and threw her arms around him....
tears flowing down her eyes....
"shhhhh...tum nahi karti..
to yeh main karta jaan....
and we're one aren't me?"
he whispered in her ears...
removing the tendrils off her face...
his fists were clenched tightly..
as she thrust herself on to him...
naina was unaware...of the fact..
that she was actually
crushing herself against his wound..
but her dear husband..didn't utter a sound..
inspite of the pain he experienced...
he was lost in the times they'd spent together..
drowned in love...
Dard main bhi yeh labb
muskura jaate hai..
beete lamhe hume jab bhi
yaad aate hai...
Channd lamhaat ke waaste hi sahi..
muskura ker mili thi mujhe zindagi...
teri agossh main din the mere kaate...
teri bahoon main thi meri raatein kaati...
aaj bhi jab woh pal mujhko yaad aate hai...
dil se saare gumon ko bhula jaate hai...
then..it struck her!
"shit!...tum..tum theek to ho?"
he nodded...
"tumse bada duffer nahi dekha maine..
i'm hurting you..aur tumne uff tak nahi kari...!
paagal ho kya raj?"
she was genuinely tensed...
and he grinned in turn...
"chilaana to band karo!...
aur jahaan tak paagalpan ki baat hai...
woh tumhe mujhse shaadi karne se
pehle sochna chaahiye tha...
it's too late to make amends!"
he winked...
"phir nautanki!..."
she smiled...and he quickly wiped
off her tears....
abhi & huda had been watching everything...
oscillating their expressions from grim ones...to
warm ..loving ones..
ooooh...aah...sooooo sweeeet....
"ab tum dono bandar humme
ghoorna band karoge??
and will u guys tell me..
wat made naina shoot salim?"
"ek remark!"
abhi raised his eyebrow...
"kya?"
he didn't get it....
"bechaare DON ji ne ek galti kardi...
aapki overly trusting ...
loyal loving biwi ke saamne..
usne tujhe gaddar bol diya!..."
huda shook his head..
"aur automatically..madam ke reflexive actions
jaag gaye...and she shot him dead...."
he finally smiled...
raj looked at her lovingly....
glad that her priorities were right this time....
"kyon..woh sahi nahi ho sakta tha kya?"
naina stared at him hard..
as if she'd knock him down any second..
"i don't find dat funny!"
grinning again..
he enveloped her in her arms....
"tum itni jaldi kaise waapis aa gaye raj?"
abhi asked...
"goli bas chookar chali gayi..
all i needed was a dressing..."
"ab ek baat sach-sach bataana..
tum dono miya-biwi kya khichdi
pakka rahe ho?...
salim ko delhi se faraar karwaane ki wajaah kya
hai?..
aur ..aur..aalekh ko aatank ki
raah par le gaya...
kya matlab hai is baat ka?"
huda eyed them strangely....
naina gazed into raj's eyes...
and raj gave a silent nod...
it was going to be a long night..
"ready for a lethal story guys??"
it took the couple 4 hours
to completely define wat a roller-coaster
ride their life had been...
"MY GOD!!..
itna kuch ho gaya aur tum dono...
and all the while..
naina!..u didn't trust me?"
huda was shocked...hurt...
"huda..samajhne ki koshish..."
naina tried explaining...
"hang on!...
do you trust us enough now??!!"
abhi asked...
"kyon bataate tum yeh sab...
if we didn't!"
raj sighed...
"kya tum kabhi maante aalekh gaddar hai?
nahi na...
hum kisi par vishwaas nahi kar sakte guys...
we were helpless!"
raj yawned...
"bahut gup-shup ho gayi...
raat ke 3 baj rahe hai...
raj..u better rest...tumhaari haalat
ab bhi theek nahi hai.."
she pulled him down to her lap...
as abhi & huda retired to
another small room in the godown..
taking kabir with them...
resting her back on the wall....
she stroked his hair...
till he was fast asleep in her lap...
gently clutching her waist...
and slowly..she too drifted off to sleep...
...........
"aaaaah!!"
raj's scream woke naina up....
"wat d hell??!!...kabir!..stop it!"
she screamed..
kabir was kicking raj...
and his wound hurt again...
bleeding....
furious..naina stood up...
placing raj's head carefully
on the floor..while he pressed his wound...
trying to stop the blood....
"himmat kaise hui raj ko ..."
she was holding kabir's collar...
WHACK!
he slapped her hard across her face...
and continued doing so till her lip bled..
and her cheeks grew red...
as hard as she tried..he thrust himself on her..
and continued beating her around...
raj meanwhile...
feeling ridiculously helpless...
managed standing on his feet..
taking the help of the wall to balance...
"maar diya baba ko..
tum dono ko main zinda nahi chodoonga!!"
he yelled at them...and shoved naina
against the wall...grasping her neck...
"aah..ch..chodo...leave..me.."
his grasp was too tight for her to do anything...
and she felt herself choking to death...
"ladki se kya lad raha hai kabir...
himmat hai to mujhse bhid na!..
yaan phir haath mein choodiyaan
pehen rakhi hain tune?"
raj knew..perfectly well..
ki kabir ko uksaana usse
haraane ka sabse bada tareeka tha,...
the man was too short-tempered
to handle insults...
"saale..teri..."
he banged naina's head hard on the wall..
and she almost felt it crack...
a pain shot through her skull..
and she was down on the floor..
"nia!"
he would've rushed next to her...
but kabir loomed in front of him...
"jail mein jo maar khaayi thi..
lagta hai woh bhool gaya tu.."
he boxed him on his face....
raj grinned...staring directly at him...
wiping away the blood from his lip...
"tujhe lagta hai tu aasaani se ek indian soldier ko
do ghoose maarega..
aur woh haar maanlega...
abbey saale...
meri training itni bekaar nahi hai..
ki tujh jaise keede mujh kuch kar sake....
try touching me once...."
raj winked...
"overconfidence major...!..."
but it wasn't...
..for raj was perfectly aware of his capabilities..
his strengths...and most importantly..
his spirit...
navin ki maut ...
tazz ki maut..
aalekh ki tabaahi...
ek junoon sawaar tha uske sar par...
which no one..no one could stop....
and so it happened...
wen kabir hit left..raj moved right..
wen kabir punched right..raj moved left...
and throughout..kabir found himself..
banging his head ...or breaking his
knuckles due to the wall in which his fist
often collided...
after 15 minutes of futile exercise...
kabir felt exhaustion claiming him...
"thak gaya kya ?"
raj smiled....
"nikal gaya saara dum!"
"saale...!"
kabir pushed him strongly against the wall..
managing a contact with raj's body for the first time....
rushing to the floor..where naina's gun lay
he picked it up..
and forced it at raj's temple...
"ab kya karega??,..
isi gun se baba ko tune khatam kiya
tha na..."
"maine nahi..naina ne..."
he was buying time....
trying his level best to divert kabir's attention...
"isne?!..to phir..pehle yeh maregi..!"
wat kabir didn't know..was d fact..that naina was
completely in her senses...
and the moment he approached her..
she shoved her foot in front..and he tripped down..
falling on his head...
"wen will you learn to play fair kabir?"
she smiled sarcastically..
the gun..now in her hand...
"naina..are u alright?"
she nodded...thrusting the gun in his
rock solid hands...
wen she found herself going off-balance...
"raj..kill him...!"
her eyes had a fire in them again..
and her words lit it in his eyes too....
but this time..
kabir had absolutely no remorse ...
in his heart..he came across as a cold-blooded animal...
who was waiting to attack..
he moved forward like a snake..
clutching naina's leg...
and jilting her down....
"u kill me..and i kill her.."
he held her neck ..ready to twist it any second..
"tere dono dost to waise bhi nikamme...
behosh pade hain..."
"yeh galat-faimi mein tum
na hi raho to accha hai.."
huda was pointing his gun directly at him...
and finally shot his leg...
kabir let go off naina..who quickly got away..
while the goon held his leg...
"that one..was for ruining our lives..
and for being a constant pain in the ass.."
huda passed the gun to abhi..
who shot his other leg..
"this one's for blackmailing..
and shoving aalekh in the wrong direction.."
the gun was passed to naina...
"yeh..nanoo ke liye.."
she shot him on his chest..
although in severe pain..he was still alive..
raj took the gun from her....
"yeh...mere doston ki zindagi tabaah karne ke liye..
meri biwi ko tang karne ke liye...
usse maarne ke liye...
humme alag karne ke liye.."
he shot the man thrice on his arms...
kis kadar tez raftaar thi zindagi...
kehkahe harr taraf thi khushi hi khushi...
aaj bhi jab woh din mujhko yaad aate hai...
guzre lamhe zehan main ubhar aate hai...
"aur yeh.."
naina and raj held the gun together...
"sabse important...
humaare desh ke youth ko..
future ko..tabaah karne ki naakaam koshish ke liye!"
they shot him on his head...
and that was his end..........
..
sometimes everyone does little mistakes...
and they did too this time...
no one remembered asking....
just who the hell that bloody traitor was..
who still remained amongst them??!!!
she nodded...thrusting the gun in his
rock solid hands...
wen she found herself going off-balance...
"raj..kill him...!"
her eyes had a fire in them again..
and her words lit it in his eyes too....
but this time..
kabir had absolutely no remorse ...
in his heart..he came across as a cold-blooded animal...
who was waiting to attack..
he moved forward like a snake..
clutching naina's leg...
and jilting her down....
"u kill me..and i kill her.."
he held her neck ..ready to twist it any second..
"tere dono dost to waise bhi nikamme...
behosh pade hain..."
"yeh galat-faimi mein tum
na hi raho to accha hai.."
huda was pointing his gun directly at him...
and finally shot his leg...
kabir let go off naina..who quickly got away..
while the goon held his leg...
"that one..was for ruining our lives..
and for being a constant pain in the ass.."
huda passed the gun to abhi..
who shot his other leg..
"this one's for blackmailing..
and shoving aalekh in the wrong direction.."
the gun was passed to naina...
"yeh..nanoo ke liye.."
she shot him on his chest..
although in severe pain..he was still alive..
raj took the gun from her....
"yeh...mere doston ki zindagi tabaah karne ke liye..
meri biwi ko tang karne ke liye...
usse maarne ke liye...
humme alag karne ke liye.."
he shot the man thrice on his arms...
kis kadar tez raftaar thi zindagi...
kehkahe harr taraf thi khushi hi khushi...
aaj bhi jab woh din mujhko yaad aate hai...
guzre lamhe zehan main ubhar aate hai...
"aur yeh.."
naina and raj held the gun together...
"sabse important...
humaare desh ke youth ko..
future ko..tabaah karne ki naakaam koshish ke liye!"
they shot him on his head...
and that was his end..........
..
sometimes everyone does little mistakes...
and they did too this time...
no one remembered asking....
just who the hell that bloody traitor was..
who still remained amongst them??!!!
exhausted...in pain..
all four of them finally landed themselves
on the couch in
raj's cottage...
the moment she sat down...
she recieved a phone call....
"hmmmm....abhi...par..
theek hai..aati hoon..."
"kaun tha?.kahaan jaana hai tumhe?..
haalat dekh rahi ho apni jaan..
you're not leaving!"
"raj!..saans to lo!...
yudi tha...i have to go to delhi
right now...
tickets woh pehle hi buk kara chuka hai..
some final formalities...it's imp."
she kissed his cheek and stood up.....
"naina!!...tum...."
"please jaan.."
she winked at him...
..................................
he dropped her off to the airport with a
growing feeling of uncertainity...
something wasn't right........
Ae jaate hue lamhon zara thehro, zara thehro ...
Main bhi to chalta hoon, zara unse milta hoon...
Jo ek baat dil mein hai, unse kahoon...
Unke chehre ki yeh narmiyaan..
Unki zulfon ki yeh badliyaan..
Unki aankhon ke roshan diye...
Unke honton ki yeh surkhiyaan...
"don't go naina...kuch gadbad hai..."
"kuch nahi hai raj...
just remember..i love you.."
Sab unke hain jalwe, main chalne se pehle..
Saanson mein, aankhon mein,
khwaabon mein, yaadon mein
Aur is dil mein unko chhupaake rakhoon...
Main kahin bhi rahoon ae sanam..
Mujhko hai zindagi ki kasam..
Faaslein aate jaate rahe..
Pyaar lekin nahin hoga kam....
"i love you too...."
Jinhe chaahoon, jinhe poojoon,
unhe dekhoon, unhe chhoo loon...
Zara baatein to kar loon,
zara baahon mein bhar loon...
Main is chaand se maathe ko choom loon....
but this little wish remained unfulfilled..........
did it signify a deeper meaning..????
all four of them finally landed themselves
on the couch in
raj's cottage...
the moment she sat down...
she recieved a phone call....
"hmmmm....abhi...par..
theek hai..aati hoon..."
"kaun tha?.kahaan jaana hai tumhe?..
haalat dekh rahi ho apni jaan..
you're not leaving!"
"raj!..saans to lo!...
yudi tha...i have to go to delhi
right now...
tickets woh pehle hi buk kara chuka hai..
some final formalities...it's imp."
she kissed his cheek and stood up.....
"naina!!...tum...."
"please jaan.."
she winked at him...
..................................
he dropped her off to the airport with a
growing feeling of uncertainity...
something wasn't right........
Ae jaate hue lamhon zara thehro, zara thehro ...
Main bhi to chalta hoon, zara unse milta hoon...
Jo ek baat dil mein hai, unse kahoon...
Unke chehre ki yeh narmiyaan..
Unki zulfon ki yeh badliyaan..
Unki aankhon ke roshan diye...
Unke honton ki yeh surkhiyaan...
"don't go naina...kuch gadbad hai..."
"kuch nahi hai raj...
just remember..i love you.."
Sab unke hain jalwe, main chalne se pehle..
Saanson mein, aankhon mein,
khwaabon mein, yaadon mein
Aur is dil mein unko chhupaake rakhoon...
Main kahin bhi rahoon ae sanam..
Mujhko hai zindagi ki kasam..
Faaslein aate jaate rahe..
Pyaar lekin nahin hoga kam....
"i love you too...."
Jinhe chaahoon, jinhe poojoon,
unhe dekhoon, unhe chhoo loon...
Zara baatein to kar loon,
zara baahon mein bhar loon...
Main is chaand se maathe ko choom loon....
but this little wish remained unfulfilled..........
did it signify a deeper meaning..????
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