"just as she says...
he was shot...
.5mm bullet...right through the chest...
nothing special except......"
"except what??"
dey asked curiously...
"except the very weird fact dat no
drugs were found in his system....
unlike naina's..."
"kya??...par yeh kaise ho sakta hai??
i mean...he...i...oh god!!"
"kya hua nia??"
"i should've noticed!!....
rohan mujhe to drugs de raha tha..
par khud...
khud he wasn't consuming the same thing....
it could've been nything...
koi bhi powder..."
"great!...dekha madam..
dat's called common sense...
tumne to bas apni jaan lene ki thaan hi li thi!"
raj shook his head....
"ali was damn sensible!"
"yeah..guess you're right...
par unhi ke beech reh kar ...
i doubt i could've carried the act!"
"anyway...u guys can discuss all this later....
filhaal yahaan se jaao...
i need to get some
final tests done.."
ziya bade them a goodbye...
naina had recovered from her shock....
as dey rode back...
all plans of raj's surprise taking
a massive back seat...
...............................................
"tum dono samajh kyon nahi rahe ho??
we tried talkin to her..."
aalekh looked disturbed
"woh nahi maan rahi thi sis..
she banged the door on my nose..."
"par bhaai...kuch to kaha hoga...
did u offend her ??"
"offend?!...
hum aisa kyon karenge?
we just asked her about anything she knew...
if she could help us...
but she simply glared back..."
aalekh explained...
"i guess i know why!...
have you guys thought ki pata nahin kitne logon ne
usse yeh poochne ki koshish kari hogi...
her husband's just died...
she's got kids...i think she needs a..."
raj figured out...
"a woman's sympathy!"
naina concluded...
"exactly!" raj agreed....
"to phir ab kya karein??"
navin asked...
"main jaaoongi..."
"tum??...but why would she meet you?"
navin questioned ...
"she will...i know she will..."
..........................................
she was dying to tell dem wat had happened at
ali's place...
she'd finally found a link between their cases...
a link dat scared her....
it was pretty dark & she wondered why she'd risk
stepping out at night again...
her eyes always went to the rear-view mirror...
fearing an attack...
suddenly her heart thumped...
& then relaxed...
"oh god raj!...u scared d hell out of me!"
the phone had rung...
"pichle do ghante se tum bhi kuch
aisa hi kar rahi ho!
where have you been nia??!!..."
he was furious....
"ek phone nahi kar sakti thi kya?"
"nahi..i mean i was at ali's residence..
talkin to his wife...."
"iss time??"
he looked at his watch..it was 10 p.m.
"haan yaar..kab jaati phir??
office se seeda wahin chali gayi..."
"tumhe darr nahi lagta??
u know wat happened to you the other day...
& you're very well aware ki woh accident nahi tha nia!"
he shouted...
"to kya chaahte ho raj...
darr se ghar mein baithi rahoon?"
she taunted back...t
hough she knew very well dat
he was right...she was scared....
"maine yeh kab kahaa??!!!!
par atleast keep us informed...
navin aur aalekh are absolutely furious wid you..."
"woh to unki puraani aadat hai!"
"nia!!...talk sense for once!...
they're right!...
anyway...kuch mila?"
"haan..i'm driving..
ghar aake bataati hoon..
bye..."
& she kept down the phone...
a bit angry....
"hadh ho gayi!!...
gussa to bas maharaani ke naak par chada rehta hai!
kya beta raj...tujhe bhi yahi mili thi....!"
he smiled at himself...
he knew he loved her immensely...
& she was d best he could've asked for...
.............................................
he moved around uncomfortably in his bed...
a small moan escaped from his lips
as a fire raged in his brain...
he didn't awaken ,though...
it was no nightmare that was assaulting him..
his body was being drained of the
ability to absorb oxygen...
he was being slowly & quietly put to death...
& finally he was motionless....
.........................................
her heartbeats fastened....
"itne saare motorcycles??"
she raised d speed of her car....
but to no avail...
they seemed intent on following her...
"i hope all dey want to do is follow me...
kyon ki agar yeh mere paas aaye..
to meri band baj
jaayegi.."
she licked her lips nervously....
there were about 10 of these...
she quickly counted...
& there was absolutely no way she could tackle
even a single one...
they approached her....&
were quickly on either side of her car,..
"damn!...phone ki battery ko bhi abhi down hona tha!"
she tried to zig-zag out of their way...
but they were smart riders...
she wondered wat they wanted from her...
& then laughed at her stupidity...
"wat do guys want out of women!!"
but wen her car started getting
knocked out from everywhere...
she realised she was so wrong!!
they didn't want her...
they wanted her life....!
in one nerve-wrecking moment....
4 of them swerved forward & stopped....
naina was forced to apply brakes from the fear
of running over them....
& wen she did she realised her mistake...
"ooooh!!...i should've run them over!!"
her car got surrounded in less than a minute......
& ruthless..ugly..scary men...knocked on her
windowscreen....staring hard down at her...
she began to shake in fear....
there wasn't a way out ...
her mind seemed to have blanked out....
koi ideas nahi aa rahe the...
& anyway it was too late for anything now...!
the door was pulled out...& so was she...
by hard & rough hands...
who had no respect for her..
or her modesty...
as she felt her shirt tearing...
"stop it!...chodo mujhe!"
she screamed...
"leave me alone!"
why was it dat whenever she got stuck...
it was on a lonely highway....!!
one of the men brushed against her...
while someone else pulled her hair...
she could do nothing but scream....
her fear mounting like anything
with every breath of hers.....
she was panicky...
"kya chaahte ho tum log??"
her voice quivered...
"apni investigation chodne ka tumhe
ek mauka mila tha...
par doosra hum nahi denge jaan.."
one of them scowled...
as two held her tightly...
a third took out a big butcher knife...
her hands were badly scratched already...,
& she'd been slapped hard too...
her nose & arms already bled..
but this blew her mind to pieces...
with a gleam in his eye...the man
took the knife &
would have slaughtered her like a pig
if they hadn't heard the police siren...
or seen the jeep...
with their attention diverted....
naina struggled herself free of their grasp...
& screamed yet agian..
with all the force she managed...
the bikers realising dey'd lost...
climbed on their bikes & fled...
the last one almost managing the knife through her...
lucky dat she moved...or else....
as dey all ran away...
a jeep halted in front of her...
& a man got out...
"samir....tum?"
she stood confused...
"oh god!! are you alright naina??"
she nodded...
"par sam...tum ...police..siren..."
"fake hai...yahaan se guzar raha tha...saw
these bikers...surrounding your car...aur..."
"thank god!...thanks a ton sam..."
"c'mon naina..yahaan kaun hai??
atleast call me by my real name here!"
"right!..thanks ...'YUDI!'"
it was den dat she felt a staggering pain
on the right side of her belly..
& the world blacked out...
the attacks had finally begun!
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