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"no!"
Khushi leapt automatically toward arnav to pull him out of the way.
Arnav wasn't hurt . but a pool of blood slowly began seeping out where their bodies were plastered against each other. Nk watched in horror as khushi slowly sank to the ground clutching her shoulder. The police meanwhile nabbed a struggling and enraged shyam.
Arnav felt bewildered. Shocked beyond the ability to react. What was khushi doing? She helped shyam ? no, she brought the police and nk here. What was the bullshit shyam told him? And dammit what had happened to her? Blood...? was she shot then? She ...took the bullet meant for him.
Khushi was wincing in pain and nk knelt by her. "don't worry khushiji, we'll get you out and our plan succeeded. Shyam cant hurt you anymore or nannav. Come on lets get you out".
Khushi and arnav through this entire conversation had not taken their eyes off each other. As nk made to pull khushi to her feet and support her arnav woke up out of the daze. He gently cradled khushi and scooped her up in his arms and all but sprinted to the police cars outside without even sparing a glance at the now howling shyam, nk at his wake.
The police inspector immediately ordered a police car and driver to be at their disposal to take the injured to the hospital. He watched sympathetic as the mighty arnav singh raizada clad in a vest deliriously lurched into the car and settled into the back seat his eyes streaming tears but never leaving his wife clasped in his arms. Nk sat in the front seat and the car rushed to the nearest hospital.
"khushi i'm sorr---"
"yo---u are--- not--- hurt?"
"no, i've got you now ok, nothing will happen to you... just relax ok, we'll,... we'll soon be at the hospital . drive faster drive faster please, where is the goddamn hospital?"
"nannav, you had been held in the middle of the woods, hospital is a bit far...the city is a good 50 kms at least from here."
"DRIVE FASTER DAMMIT! She is losing a lot of blood!"
Khushi was clenching her teeth trying not to scream as the car went at max speed and her body jolted in arnav's arms.
"NO DRIVE CAREFULLY CANT YOU SEE SHE IS HURT."
"calm down sir , im driving carefully..."
Khushi could not even feel her arm any more due to the pain. She tried to fight the heavy blackness slowly eating at her consciousness reluctant to look away from arnavji's eyes which were swimming with tears occasionally splashing onto her when the car bumped. Her eyes closed.
"no, khushi open your eyes plz open them...we're nearly here...the blackness didn't let her hear any more of that voice which she craved to hear even when it was spewing forth insults, throbbing now with the love concern and pain for her which she longed to hear in it.
They reached the hospital and arnav rushed into the emergency gate like a madman, his unconscious wife lolling in his arms his whole form covered in her blood.the people all around astonishedly looked on as an insane person garbed in a vest dirtier than had ever entered the hospital portals barged in like a bull with a bloodied figure in his arms.
"DOCTOR!"
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