Back to KMA! (Interlude 2 on pg.14)

Contents:

Chapter 1:Page 1

Chapter 2:Page 1

Chapter 3:Page 2

Chapter 4:Page 4

Chapter 5:Page 5

Chapter 6:Page 6

Chapter 7:Page 7

Chapter 8: Page 8

Author's note: Page 9

Chapter 9: Page 9

Chapter 10: Page 11

Interlude 1: Page 12

Interlude 2: Page 14

(Shall be updated with every new chapter)

Synopsis:After graduating from KMA, Naina, Huda, Ali, Alekh, Pooja and Yudi lose touch as they are assigned posts far away from each other. None of them ever imagined meeting each other, but fate had other plans... Each of them turns up at the academy two years later, only to find another spy in their midst.

Genre:Suspense, slight romance/comedy
Status:In-progress
Era:Post-KMA
Pairings:AH/NSA,RSS/NSA,AS/NS,AB/PG

Chapter 1:Reflections

Army Intelligence HQ, Mumbai

A tall, lean man sat impatiently on a wooden bench waiting for his name to be called. He picked up a magazine from the glass table in front of him. He paged through it for a minute or so and then irritatedly put it down.

"Captain Amardeep Huda," the receptionist called out. "Finally!" he muttered standing up. Captain Amardeep Huda had everything a patriot could wish for. He had the pleasure of serving his motherland,had participated and succeeded in several important missions along with highly respected army officers and he was a very rich man, which one could not be being in the army.

His late parents had left him a vast fortune and numerous factories in different parts of India. In addition to those, his late uncle had also left him a famous software company in U.S.A. However, Captain Huda hardly spent any of the wealth he had aquired. He had left his bungalow in Haryana and shifted to an appartment in Bombay. He had wanted to distance himself from anything that reminded him of his parents.

He had also gifted his farmer friend his most prized possessions, his faithful buffaloes. He no longer spoke in a Haryanvi accent, he did not make bets nor did he flirt with girls anymore. He was no longer the fun-loving cadet of KMA, he had completely changed.

Presently, he limped across to the reception desk and waited for the receptionist to speak. "The head needs to speak with you. The Colonel's office is on the third floor, second door to your left. Here's your id-card," the receptionist droned in a bored, monotonous voice.
He put the id-card around his neck, grunted thanks and proceeded towards the elevator.

His eyes darted from the polished wooden floor towards the creamy-white walls. One wall showcased pictures of various martyrs, officers chatting, playing chess etc. whereas the other had quotes by great men and women who had fought terrible wars for their motherland.

Thoughts raced in his mind,"Oh no!I have to face General Chandra. With that man you really don't know what's coming, praise or a reprimand! Always screws up that face at me, narrows those bulging eyes of his and scares the daylights out of me!"

"But wait!" he thought cunningly, "did the receptionist just say Colonel? Whoo hoo, that means Tau's been demoted!" He suddenly realized he had used the word 'tau'.He frowned at the thought at pressed the elevator button.

The golden door opened to reveal a wooden-faced Oderly staring at him with a blank expression on his face. The Captain got in and pressed the button '2'. The Orderly looked at him and thought, "He looks more like a gangster than an officer."

Huda had been on the Ladakh border for the past one month. The intense cold and his lack of personal hygiene had made him lose the charm he had. His longish black hair fell on his forehead and covered a part of his bloodshot, tired eyes. His once-handsome face was now masked by a beard.

And a recent gun-shot on his left leg had made him temporarily disabled, because of which he needed to carry a walking-stick. The elevator reached the second floor. Captain Huda stepped out, leaving the dumb orderly still staring at him.

"A change in rank, a change in room," he muttered to himself as he raised his hand to knock at the mahogany door. But before he could knock, the door was opened by two Orderlies carrying a wooden crate. He stepped inside a beautiful room and thought to himself, "He's done a good job with this one. His previous office was such a glum-looking place!"

He began to examine a small glass dolphin on the his senior's table as a hand tapped his shoulder. "May I help you?" a soft voice asked. Captain Huda turned around to see a man smiling at him.

His expressions changed from fright to amazement and finally to ecstasy as he almost yelled, "You!"

It's really good.
Cont 😊

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Chapter 2:The Captain meets the Colonel

(Colonel Rajveer Singh Shekhavat's POV)

"Yes Captain Huda,it is me!" Colonel Rajveer smiled, "Please be seated!" Rajveer sat in his seat and so did Huda. "What happened to General Chandra, sir?" Huda asked curiously. "Ah, he has retired!" said the Colonel closing his eyes.

"What? But BC's older than him and he's still on the job!" "Voluntary retirement, Huda. General Chandra was badly wounded in a battle and was permanently paralyzed." "Oh, I see," Huda remarked, "It's good in a way because I'll be under you now!"

"Hmm, I heard you were at Ladakh for the past one month," Rajveer said. "Yes sir, most terrible weather conditions. I still don't know how I managed it! "You're a good soldier, that's how you did it," Rajveer said with a satisfactory smile on his face, "All my cadets are good soldiers now and they've all done me proud!"

"You were in the north-east for quite a while right? I'd read Naina was posted there, did you meet her by any chance?" Huda asked eagerly,leaning forward. Rajveer was silent. His eyes filled with tears as he recalled a certain event.
***
Rajveer felt himself being rushed into a room as he clutched the right side of his chest in agony. He was laid down on a soft bed as he heard a young woman's screams. "Nurse hand me some bandages. Major Kulkarni's wound seems deep," the woman commanded.

Rajveer heard the sounds of a bandage being ripped as he tried desperately to breathe. The scene in front of him was blurred. He saw a woman of average height wearing a doctor's coat dashing to and fro between his two partners. He saw a few nurses walking to him every once in a while, but they were all called back by the doctor.

"What is going on Doctor Ahluwalia?" a voice asked. It was a woman's voice, but it was old and gentle, unlike the former's cold voice. "Oh, good afternoon Dr. Shalini," Doctor Ahluwalia replied. "Are you blind Naina?" Dr. Shalini asked irritatedly. Naina remained silent as she bandaged Major Kulkarni's right arm.

"Naina answer me! Colonel Rajveer has a much more serious wound and he hasn't been attended to, you haven't even put an oxygen mask over him!" Dr. Shalini shrieked. Naina muttered something that sounded like 'the wound is not serious'. "God damn it!" Shalini yelled and walked towards Rajveer.

The last thing Rajveer remembered before fainting was an aged and tired Dr. Shalini bending over him and a shooting pain in his arm as she gave him an injection. When Colonel Rajveer gained consciousness, he felt an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose. He was dressed in the blue clothes worn by patients.

Dr. Ahluwalia walked towards him. She changed the flowers on his bedside table. She slowly turned and looked down at him. Rajveer looked up to see the face of the woman he loved more than his life. Her flushed face showed apprehension, concern and gratefulness. She was his Cadet Naina 'Ah' Singh once again.

But in a few minutes, the expression on her face was of pure loathing. She bent down towards him and whispered, "If it had not been for Dr. Singhal, you would be dead now. You made me and my parents suffer. It was because of you that we lost all happiness. One day, you too shall suffer the same. I promise you that!"

Even when angry, Naina looked beautiful, Rajveer thought. Glaring one last time at him Naina stalked off towards the patient beside him. "How are you doing Abhimanyu?" were the last words Rajveer heard Naina speak.
***
"Sir, are you OK?" Huda asked snapping his fingers twice before Rajveer's eyes. "Yes, Captain.I'm absolutely fine." "So, did you meet Naina?" "No," Rajveer lied,"right now there are more important matters to discuss. For starters, why you were summoned here."

"Don't tell me you're sending me to another border, Sir!" Captain Huda whined. "No,Captain. I'm sending you to your second home, or rather what was your second home." "And where's that, Sir?" "KMA, my dear cadetHuda, KMA!"

tht was toooo cool.pls continue soon. hey dont mind but one thing how can shalini appear so old only after 2 yrs.it was jst a query.

pls continue soon.waiting for it impatiently.

I don't mind you asking at all, Tas! Shalini has faced great sorrow in the past two years that will be mentioned in the next chapter.It was because of battling this sorrow that she looks tired and old.

Originally posted by: poetess13

I don't mind you asking at all, Tas! Shalini has faced great sorrow in the past two years that will be mentioned in the next chapter.It was because of battling this sorrow that she looks tired and old.

ok.i got it now.thx for replying and pls update ur ff soon.

Chapter 3:Wanted-A Doctor!

Dr.Captn.Naina Singh Ahluwalia sipped some hot tea from a porcelain cup as she surveyed the beautiful city of Nainital from her balcony. Keeping the cup on a nearby stool, she snuggled back in her armchair and resumed re-reading her favorite novel.

Dr. Naina was on a four-week vacation after three gruelling months at a base camp in Arunachal Pradesh. She had returned home, much to the joy of her proud parents. Proud for two reasons-firstly, because their daughter was the Best Cadet pass-out of her batch, she was a well-known army doctor and secondly, because their late son Naveen, had finally been proved innocent.

The army had printed an article in the newspaper apologizing for arresting Naveen (Naina had wanted to frame the article, but her parents were against it), Brigadier Chandok would never forget to include Naveen's name in the list of martyrs who were KMA graduates on every Republic Day and Naveen's photo had once again been hung on the KMA wall of fame.

Naina had been alone at home for two days now. Her parents had flown to Punjab for a wedding. They were rather apprehensive about leaving their daughter alone at home, but Naina managed to convince them saying that she was a grown-up and responsible army officer.

Naina had her full concentration on the book she was reading, until the phone rang. Naina picked up the receiver and spoke into it, "Hello! May I know who's speaking please?" "This is Dr. Shalini, Naina."

"Good evening, ma'am. What can I do for you?"

"Naina, I know you're on vacation, but this is really urgent. KMA needs a doctor! Dr. Sheetal is on maternity leave and I can't find a replacement. So could you...?"

"Could I fill in for her, right? Of course,ma'am! You know I would love to be posted at KMA."

"Excellent! I'll mail you the flight tickets by Friday, your flight to Bombay is on Sunday evening and you take a flight from there to Ambala that night."

"OK. Good day, ma'am," Naina said placing down the receiver. Naina had great respect for Dr.Major Shalini Singhal. She had tried to reform her drunkard, abusive husband till he had died recently. She had faced so much pain and trauma but still put on a smiling face, like she always did when Naina was a cadet at KMA.

"I better call Baba and inform him I'm leaving," Naina thought. She dialled her father's cell number and informed him of her departure. He was unwilling to let her go at first, but she soothed him saying that she would call twice everyday.

"Hmm...KMA," Naina thought, "Pooja's in-charge of teaching hockey there I've heard and Abhimanyu has been re-appointed to teach the students music. Guess I'll have a re-union with my old friend, but what about the other four and especially one of those four."

As Naina was lost in her thoughts her laptop screen glowed. It was someone's e-mail, that someone whose mail she had been waiting for days!

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