Arjun FF : Enigma (ch 24, pg57) - Page 25

CHAPTER 17

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It became a routine that every weekend there were two people with whom he used to speak, he usually called up Ayesha and Sakshi... however Sakshi being Sakshi the great once recorded a conversation with her and Arjun where Arjun was indirectly concerned about Rathore's well being... the conversation went like this

(It had been four months then, Sameer and Shree.. both were watching the conversation)

"Arjun...mujhe na ek khaas khabar mili hai..." Sakshi said jumping around

"Case se related hai?" Arjun asked

"Nahi" Sakshi said

"Toh phir tumhari baat sunakar mera time waste kyun kar rahi ho?" Arjun snapped back

(Shree started laughing and Sameer grinned)

"Theek hai mat suno... main kaunsa Arjun meri baat suno' campaign laga rahi hoon, chodo tumse baat karna hi bekaar hai... Ayesha ko batati hoon." Sakshi sneered back

"Sakshi, Ayesha ek lauti samajdaar insaan baaki hai iss team main, usse bhi bigaadna chahti ho?" Arjun sarcastically asked

(Sameer gloated in his Ayesha's praise while Shree hid a chukle)

"Matlab Arjun, kya maine tumhe bhi bigad diya?" Sakshi asked with a puppy face

"Bakwaas band karo Sakshi!" Arjun flared

"Band toh main waise hi ban javungi par tumne naa nahi kaha... main isse haan samajh loon?" she retorted

(Shree fell down from the sofa laughing! And Sameer too joined in)

"Actually you are right Miss. Sakshi Anand... agar tum yahan nahi hoti toh aaj tak jo bhadaas tum par dikhayi hoti uss energy main kam se kam pachaas criminals ko to pakkad hi chuka hota!" Arjun sarcastically said

"Seriously Arjun... tum much pe itni energy dete ho? Pachaas criminals ke kareeb? Thoda... kam ho gaya na? Main toh kam se 90 criminals ke kareeb hoon... bachpan se hi sabkuch 90's main... toh iss baat pe bhi!" Sakshi winked

"Don't worry Sakshi, waise Rathore ke jaane ke baad tum itni khaane lage ho ki soon tumhari weight bhi 90's ke kareeb hi jaayega!" Arjun smirked back

(Sameer and Shree's eyes started watering in controlling their laughter)

"Ya phir ek 90 saal ki budhdhe ke saath shaadi kar lena!" Chotu hit her head with a file then saw Arjun staring back at him...

"Aila...maine kuch kaha toh yeh sys Thakur banke mujhe Gabbar ke tarha dekh kyun raha hai? Private property hai kya Sakshi unki..." Chotu whispered silently to Liza...

(Both of them sent an I know it look to each other)

"Ab iska jawaab chahiye kya Chotu, main Shree jaise in sab baato main duffer nahi hoon..." she responded

(Shree glared at the screen)

"Par kaash hoti... toh kuch cheeze na samajthi... aur dil ka dard bhi kam hota... sabse zyaada dard tab hota hain ki jab ek insaan pyaar karta hain par dusra... pata nahi... jaise ki main..." she said

(Shree looked at the screen wide eyed... he spoke to Liza that day before leaving... he should have told her everything clearly)

"Main aur 11.30... ya Arjun sir aur Sakshi!" Chotu completed

(Both of them gave a half smile on the comment)

"Yeh ladkiyon ke tarha kya khusur pusur kar rahe ho Chotu?" Arjun asked

"Woh main Rathore sir ke bare main baat kar raha tha!" Chotu said

(Hein? Yeh kab mera baat kar raha tha... oh toh tum log yeh sab gossip karte the aur jabb main ya Rawte poochun tum log kuch aur hi jawaab dete the! Sammer told Shree... while he could just smile!)

Looking at the opportunity Sakshi said "Waise bhi kaash Sam bhai ab yaha hote! Damn it! Missing him a lot... though I hope he's not doing that mission"

Arjun immediately picked his ears up and coughed and said "Kaunsa mission Sakshi?"

"Woh kuch drugs ke silsile I guess... waha ke previous chief toh iss wajah se marr gaya!" Sakshi informed.

(Sakshi! U big mouth! Sameer glared while Shree just looked on)

"Kya? Rathore ne mujhe bataya kyun nahi?" Arjun enquired

"Tumne kabhi poocha Arjun? Main toh yahi kehne waali thi..." Sakshi said

"Waise woh operation kis type ka tha?" Arjun asked further... his cutting chai was there but momentarily he forgot it all together.

"Undercover operation..." Sakshi said

Arjun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief "Rathode ki speciality encounter main hai...woh yeh operation nahi karega... he'll be safe..." then as if hesitating "tumne usse baat ki?"

Feigning ignorance Sakshi asked "Kisse?"

"Abhi kya main Shahrukh Khan ke baare main baat kar raha tha?" Arjun flared back...

"Oh Sam bhai... haan.. har weekend pe.. kyun? Tumse abhi tak baat nahi ki?" Sakshi said... adding healthy oil on the fire.

"Tumse baat karne main fursat mile tab na! Aur waise mujhe kyun call karega? Main thodi na uski behen' lagti hoon...chaar mahine, do hafte aur 3 din hue hai...main toh uska kuch bhi nahi lagta" he softly muttered... no one except Sakshi and the recording captured the last line...

Then the screen turned blank.

Shree was about to leave when he said "Sir... sorry agar main apne hadh paar kar raha hoon... ek call agar aap..."

"Thanks Shree..." Sameer said and with that Shree left.

... unable to hold himself back any longer Sameer called up Arjun

"Rathore?" Arjun gaped at his phone which flashed Sam' - he never changed the name.

"Rathore, sab kuch theek hai?" Arjun asked concerned

"Haan... vo..voh..voh... sta..sta..status check karne... ab tak kitne cases solve hue? I hope none of them required any encounter..." Sameer mumbled out, he himself was confused at what he was saying...and also touched by Rawte's... nahi Arjun's concerned voice

"Raat ko 9 baje tumhe status chahiye? Seedhe seedhe bol na ke tu jaana chah raha hai ke main kaisa hoon, saale tu jhoot bhi nahi bol sakta.. bachhpan se hakla ta hai jhoot bolne ke samay!" Arjun's mind spoke

"Haan Rathore ab tak 50 cases solve ho chuke hai... 32 main undercover zaroori tha... par 2 main official encounter aur 4 main unofficial encounter...baaki normal cases tha" Arjun said sarcastically

"I see... good job...fine then" was all Sameer could say, though from the other ends Sam and RJ were fighting to speak to each other... all they could do is just be silent.

"Fine Rawte... good night." saying so Sameer cut the line and sighed "RJ, tujhe mere baare main kuch poochna nahi tha, tune encounter kiya...tu theek to hai na?"

Arjun kept the phone back and sighed "Encounter ke baare main sunna aur poocha bhi nahi?" "Anyways your voice assured me ke tu theek hai."

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At a palatial bunglow

"Well tum dono theek se kaam nahi kar sakte?" an old man wearing an expensive suit which definitely could burst out in any second barked at two smart young people...probably the helpers of the house.

"Tum dono ki salary half aaj se! Agar ek aur ghalti... goli maar donga!" that haughty man fired ab and went away...

"Yaar.. agar this was not your ghatia plan toh by now iss budha ko toh main *&%$" one of the two spoke.

"Control yaar... waise bhi iske BP se lagta hai apne aap chala jayega! Agar yeh Sikandar ke monetary back up yeh nhi hota toh do teen mai hi uda deta..." the other one spoke

"Sun na... uske baad tuhje bhi halaal kar deta! Aur tujhe yeh servant wala hi kaam mila! Kaha main rifle shooting.. track record checking... floor jumping... aur kaha yeh socks dhona, bartan majna!"

"Waise iske aankhein, ghatiya to the core... ladki agar kisi ki biwi ho ya kisiki beti... aise dekhta hai jaise ki pehli baar koi ladki ki in and out vision main aa raha hai! Arrey, yeh ladkon ke liye bhi aise hi hai! Yaar mujhe bhi khade khade lag raha hai ki yeh shaayad mujhe bhi in and out check kar raha tha!" the first one glared

"Shut up Kappy! Yeh ladkon ko aise dekhte hai taaki uske monetary status aur drug ke links dekh sake... aur ladkiyon ke liye ur thinking was right... lagta ladki uska kamzori hai... why not use one of our previous informers..." Verma smirked

"Kaun?" Kapoor asked

"Woh... jo kisko bhi apni per ke neeche kar de, drugs ke dealing se red light are sab handle kar sake... koi bhi aadmi... iske ada pe flat nahi hua toh woh aadmi hi nahi!" Verma's eyes were getting wide in excitement!

"Matlab ab tak Rathore aadmi nahi tha!" Kapoor chuckled

"Shayad! Waise airport pe toh apna aadmi hone ka naam aur nishaan bhi dikhaye dia! Gaye the hum dekhne ke liye ke woh actually ja rahe hai ki nahi.. par waha toh Emraan Hashmi nazar aaya!" Verma laughed... Kapoor joined in too

"Phir bhi yaar bas ek kiss... I can do much better than that... soch lo.. waise I don't require much time to impress!" Kapoor winked

"Waise what do you think... time to launch her... idhar agar woh budhe ke muh se saari baat nikal ke nahi rakh degi... toh my name is changed! Waise you are talking about her right" Kapoor added

"Oye tum dono... floor kaun saaf karega? Main!" that haughty man shouted

"Nahi sir" both mumbled

"Bohot jaldi tu khud saaf hone waala hai... waise this is so not our day... kaha se kaha le aaya..." Kapoor scowled while mopping the floor.

"Don't worry yaar... yaha se jo dhamaka hoga... phir dekhna uss Sikandar ke grounds nahi hile toh!" Verma completed holding the bucket of water.

"Kash there was no one in my life!" Kapoor sighed thinking about her

"Rathore se mukka khaana hai!" Verma said...

"Nahi! Waise ab to uski time aa gayi hai.. do your work..." Kapoor texted and sent a message..

The name read - Nadia

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Sakshi immediately called Arjun and told him that she was furious with Sameer as he cut her call sighting that he had to make a very urgent call, leaving Arjun puzzled (though she couldn't help laughing from the other side)

Similarly Ayesha called up Sameer telling him that how Arjun checks up on ETF Delhi's success regularly leaving Sameer puzzled!

Both the ladies happy with their work mentally hi-fived each other and went to sleep while their apparent' respective ones kept on smiling on the remaining care they have for each other.

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Ayesha's house

"Beep" her phone went... it meant there was a message...

She looked again at the message...

She was perplexed... "itni din baad ek unofficial undercover.. shoot main ETF ko bhi nahi bata sakti... fine just because it's KV... I'll do it.. Nadia is back." saying so she twirled her hair... wore a mini skirt with a tank-ish red top...

Every undercover knew that KV was one person.. just KV is all that they knew about... they never asked any details nor did they receive any... every honest undercover agent owed their life to KV... if KV ever asked for any help no one could refuse... after KV had come into existence barely had any undercover became a victim to the person they had targeted.. except one... well after all he targeted the Sikandar - chahe khud ex ETF chief kyun na ho...

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Guys... here's an important note to clear any impending confusions...

In short this photo waala gives money to Sikki for all of Sikki's major plans while Sikki provides back security, drug shipments, girls... and revenue...

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