Rudran's instincts told him that he knew the woman who was coming towards him but the black burkha that covered the woman from top to bottom was doing its job pretty well and he stood slightly irritated for he knew the woman who was walking towards him was going to strike up a conversation.
He folded his hands across his chest and waited as the woman came to a halt before him and stared at him searchingly as if she was trying to make sure if he was the person she thought he was and then confirming it slowly lifted the small veil that covered her eyes and gently placed it on her head.
Rudran stood calmly,patiently and waited for the woman to make a move or speak and she did ' you don't remember me but i remember you pretty well' and rudran ' i am sorry ma'am,my memory that usually serves me pretty well seems to have deserted me at this moment.I am at a loss trying to place your face and my thoughts are filled with other things.Anyway,i am Rudran and you are?'
The woman lifted the entire veil from her face and Rudran's memory now linked her face to that night in the airport but his eyes did not miss the fading black eyes and slightly swollen left cheek and the way she spoke for it must be hurting her badly.
Rudran knew immediately that only a real hard blow to the face would have caused such an injury and his protective instincts screamed into an awakening.
flashback chapter 117-Posted-12 June 2016
Rudran watched as renuka's car sped away and even though he felt bad leaving her even if it meant a break of two or more days,he was happy that Buddha was with her for he knew she was safe and protected.Rudran picked up his small suitcase and was about to move forwards when a white lexus sped past him,nearly touching him and parked at the far end of the parking lot where it was slightly dark.
If he had been an average joe,rudran would have sent a few exotic curses towards the vehicle and the driver and would have gone his way but then he was a police officer and his first instinct was that the driver might be drunk and not aware that he nearly ran a person down.Rudran thought he would advise the driver and be on his way before the check in counter closed and walked quickly towards the white lexus.
Even from a few feet away,rudran could hear the loud voices and screamings coming from inside the car which had dark windows shrouding it from the outside world and outsiders eyes.His instincts and anger roused,rudran knocked on the window of the drivers side and it opened with a quiet hiss.
A young,good looking guy and also very drunk stared angrily at rudran " what.what is your f**king problem.?"
Rudran looked at the man who must have been a few years younger than him " you nearly ran over me.So please drive carefully and reach home safely."
The young man's face changed from anger to irritation " hey asshole.Who do you think you are and who do you think you are talking to? Don't tell me how to drive and why don't you walk where you pedestrians are supposed to walk,rather than stand in the middle of the parking lot."
Rudran smiled and contrary to his nature,bent down and looked into the car and saw a young woman sitting in the passengers side and took in her red bruised cheeks and also a swelling near her left eye.He recognised the nature of the wounds and knew she had been physically abused.
Rudran looked at her and very gently " ma'am,are you all right.Are you hurt and do you require medical assistance or protection?"
The young woman shook her head indicating to him that she was okay.
But the driver started abusing rudran " hey a...e,who the f..k do you think you are talking to? Do you know who i am?"
Rudran calmly looked at him and then in lightning speed grabbed the keys and stepped back " i am sorry but who are you?"
The young driver totally enraged stumbled out of the car and charged towards rudran who just stood his ground and then in the last minute gave him a slap that echoed around the car parking lot.Rudran then bent down and taking the wallet from the man's shirt,took out his licence and using his mobile took a photo and then took a photo of the mans face and the car and its registration number.
The young woman ran out of the car and pleaded with rudran and requested him not to hurt him anymore.Rudran calmed her down and told her that he was not going to hurt the young man and using his right arm pulled the man up to his feet and stared into his eyes.
" I am not from chennai so forgive me for not knowing who you are.But take this as a warning for if you abuse the lady again,i will come back and slap you silly and i will do that before everybody.Do you understand what i am saying?"
Rudran let him go and then gave the keys to the lady " ma'am,i think it is better that you drive for he is too drunk to walk,let alone drive."
She looked at him with fear and tears in her eyes " i am catching a flight to mumbai so i cannot drive and have to get going or i will miss my flight."
Saying that she opened the back door of the car and taking out two pieces of luggage walked away towards the terminal.
Rudran looked at the keys to the lexus and at the young man and then suddenly threw the keys into the darkness and facing him " by the time you go search for the keys and come back to your car,i am sure you would have sobered up and come to your senses ."
The young man stared daggers and cursed rudran with words that would have found it difficult to find a place even in the devil's dictionary.
Right here and right now in delhi
' ma'am,you are the lady from that white lexus who was traveling to mumbai ' and seeing her facial injuries ' looks like nothing much has changed in your situtation.I am sorry for your pain.'
The woman smiled and Rudran looked closely at her beautiful face ' ma'am,forgive me but i mean no offence.But you look very familiar and i wonder why that is.'
Hearing a few tourists coming closer to them,the woman hurriedly placed the veil and covered her face ' It is such a relief for not being recognised and i can see that you genuinely don't and that means you are a person who does not see too many hindi movies.'
Rudran instantly connected the dots between her beauty and movies,but did not say anything.Then sensing her situation ' why are you stuck in this situation that you are in? and why can't you just walk away from and that person who is obviously harming you?'
The woman turned away and rudran heard her tears and then his anger rose even more,when he saw the difficulty with which she raised her right arm and without even a thought,gently lifted the veil from her body and saw that the arm was in a cast.
He looked at her ' why,you are obviously some kind of famous actress in films or television and you must have enough money to fend for yourself and yet here you are all broken and beaten up.'
The woman looked into his eyes searchingly ' if only it was that easy but it isn't and the reason is that the man you saw is a minsiter's son and he has not only money but immense power.You look like some kind of cop or an army man but even you cannot help me for that animal is beyond your reach.'
Rudran nodded ' i understand ma'am but you have yet to tell me why you are still stuck with this brute when you have a choice to walk away from this crap life.'
She waited until the few tourists passed them and then lifted her veil and looked at him ' it all started with my first film which was a hit and i met him for the first time in the celebration party at Hyatt hotel,Mumbai.I did not know that the producer of my film was just a front,a benami for the minister's son who was laundering his dads black money.All i remember was having a drink and then i went up to my room to sleep it off and there he was,waiting for me.He raped me many times and recorded everything including me going down on him and left me there.I was too shocked,terrified and numb with pain to do anything about it.But next day i gathered courage and decided that i would go to the police station and file a complaint and that is when i received a video on my whats app and it showed me naked on my knees in front of that bas***d.'
She looked at him sadly ' that was the beginning and that was nearly three years ago.Nowadays he uses me only when he is in a bad mood and otherwise it is men from his party,old men who are the same age as my grand dad and all i can do is just lay there and pretend that i am their dream girl.'
Rudran cursed under his breath ' what are you doing here,in the museum and all alone?'
The woman smiled ' i am not alone,i am never alone and am always under the watch of his men,private security men and they are armed and will not hesitate to shoot if i try to run away.They follow me where ever i go,from shootings,press meets and to my house.Most of my film people know it but will not say or do anything for they know who is behind my painful life.But i come here sometimes because it is so peaceful and i think of my dad who lost his life in the kargil war.'
The moment Rudran heard dad,died,kargil war,a rage of anger erupted in his soul and he looked at her ' do you want me to help you? do you sincerely want to get out of this situation?'
The woman helplessly ' i want to but i don't want you to get into any kind of danger for my sake.But yes,if there was a chance for me to get out of this bas***d's clutches,then i will get out.'
Rudran'a mobile alerted him and he answered and it was one of the men who had come as his protection and they informed him that three men were entering the museum and asked him if he was okay and rudran asked them to stay back near the vehicle and that he was coming out.
Rudran looked at her ' ma'am' and she smiled ' priyanka,not ma'am just priyanka ' and he nodded ' stay calm and stay out of it and do nothing' and turned in the direction that her three security men were coming.
The three security guys had waited for priyanka to come out and then entered the museum to see where she was and spotting her standing closely with a man,got frustrated for they knew what their boss would do to each of them if he found that hsi wh**e was chatting with strangers.
This fear turned into anger and they walked quickly and one raised his hand and swung it at rudrans head,who calmly lifted his left hand and blocking it,straightened his fingers and jabbed at the throat of the man who collapsed on the ground,dead or dying.
Before the other two could react Rudran balanced his weight on the toes of his right foot and delivered a side kick to the chest region of the man who stood next to him on his left and then swiftly brought his right arm and swatted away the third mans roundhouse punch and grabbing his shirt collar pulled him close and head butted him and felt nice hearing the man's nose crack with the impact of his forehead.
All three offensive moves were made effortlessly and without any hesitation and yet without any pre planning for he was just a reaction to the three actions and it all happened in a blink of an eye and to priyanka,it seemed that rudran was moving like a ballet dancer and as a tai chi master.
He looked at priyanka ' your belongings' and she gave an address which was not far off and they hurried to his jeep and they took off towards her house.
Rudran then quickly called renuka and asked her to give the phone to her dad and asked him if his private jet was still in the hangar and Kandaswamy mudaliyar said yes and that it was waiting for his arrival,when ever he was ready.
Rudran told him that he was going to be late and that he was going to use the jet to send someone else to chennai and asked kandaswamy to put her up in one of his guest houses.Kandasawmy mudaliyar said ok for he knew that rudran never did anything without a purpose.
The jeep took rudran and priyanka to her house and from there they sped to the private jet that lay in the delhi hangar and rudran told the pilot that he was going back to chennai without him but with another passenger and the pilot told him that he had already gotten the orders from the big boss and that the jet was warmed,ready and the flight plans had already been filed with the air traffic control and they could leave immediately.
Rudran looked at priyanka who still wore the burkha but without the veil for the face ' ma'am,i am doing this not only for you but for your dad who is a fellow comrade and will be even though he is dead.You are going to be in safe hands and i will sort out theses issues with the minister's son for you and then you can go back to your old life.Do you trust me to do all these things that i have just said?'
Priyanka looked at him with tears in her eyes and then stood on her toes and placed a kiss on his lips and looking into his face ' who are you sir? really,who are you?'
Rudran's eye flared a greenish ember deep in his soul ' i am just an ordinary human being doing his duty and a soldier protecting the life that he swore an oath to protect even at the cost of his life.'
Priyanka smiled ' will i see you again? will i ever see you again? and how am i going to thank you for helping me?'
Rudran smiled ' just give me the mobile number of this animal and whatever information you have on him and that will do.Here take down my number' and told priyanka his private number.
Rudran stood watching as the sleek metal eagle of a jet slowly began to crawl out of the hangar and in the window,priyanka touched her fingers to her lips and blew it towards rudran who waved back and got into the vehicle.
He called Major param ' param,i want everything we know about this mobile and i want it hacked in right now and download all the stuff that is there on this mobiles data card.Please keep everything ready and don't share it with anybody else.It is only for my eyes.I will see you there.'
Major param knew the tone of the voice and knew that Ruran meant business and usually that meant dead bodies or broken bones and whispered ' god help the men he is after' and entered the number rudran had just given him into the super computer that was at the disposal of the team of Chakravyuh.
Determination that is incorruptible
From the other side, a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around while you're alive
I'm indestructible
I am the Master of war
Indestructible song lyrics by DISTURBED
We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.Jai hind
I am first a citizen of this planet and only secondly am i a human being and only in the end am i an Indian and only after all that then i am somebody's husband,brother and friend.