Liza stirred up to find her body aching... at several parts... she remembered last was... "Jesus... kya mera.." she started shivering when she looked at her surroundings.. it was a decent room... sparsely furnished but seemingly comfortable...
She becomes confused... especially when she sees a warm blanket over her... a crape bandage around her left wrist... she touches herself to find a bandage strip near her waist...
One thing was sure - she wasn't violated...
She saw a note before a covered dish...
She read the note first...
Dear Miss. D'cruz...
Pehle yeh baat that we are friends... humne aapko samein main bachaliya... aapke saare ghav ko medicines laga diye... aapke side main spaghetti hain - I hope apko acha lage... there's water as well as some tablets - painkillers...
We wish ki aap jaldi theek ho jaye...
We are out at the moment...
We'll soon send you back to Shree ;)
Best rgds,
KV
Liza stared at the note pondering as to what to do... she found her cheeks damp... she realized that out of happiness of being saved... tears had rolled out of her eyes... she gently picked up the fork and literally gobbled down the spaghetti - it was delicious...
Taking the medicine (she read the name - it was indeed a pain killer) she rested her head at the headrest of the couch an dozed off... not before noticing the time... it was around 5.30...
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"Mujhe ab bhi kuch samaj.." Kapoor started off.. "Waise jaana kaha hai?"
"Soya Factory..." Verma replied...
"Ab listen to me carefully... pehli baat Liza is no one to Rawte or even Sameer in that matter of fact... usse kyun attack kiya gaya? Doosra.. the attackers were hired people - not the ones working for Sikandar... yeh Sikandar ka style nahi hai..." Verma said
"Toh inn sab baaton se kya matlab?" Kapoor asked... "How does he know we exist?"
"Iska matlab yeh hai ki Liza pe attack was solely because woh hume divert karne chaa raha tha... he knew that since he couldn't find us... iska matlab ki hum exist karte hai.. aur usse pata bhi hain ki hum shaatir hain" Verma cracked
"Yaani yeh attack sirf hume bahar nikaalne ka aur asli attack kahi aur?" Kapoor said
"Exactly aur woh insaan hai..." Verma said leaving the sentence incomplete...
Kapoor rode as if it was the last day of their lives... they reached within a few minutes...
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Arjun thought as to how to apologise to Sakshi...
Her formal tone was hitting him... he knew now that no matter what he wouldn't ever be able to get her back... sh*t!
Ayesha... how would he apologize to her?
Sakshi is truly a gem of a person... maybe that's why she doesn't deserve him... but now he will do whatever to get their apology... each and every word of her felt like a slap on his cheek... and last main the sms of Sakshi felt like as if he was punched...
Noticing the silence he gained his speed to stop short at the scene in front of him... he stopped breathing..
"WHAT!" His mind blazed...
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"So we have Sakshi with us right..." Kapoor asked...
"Yeah." Verma replied fitting the magazine in the gun...
"Under any circumstances Sakshi ko bahar nahi aana chahiye - you get that Verma" Kapoor ordered...
"Hmm" Verma replied back tucking the gun on waist...
"Fine.. Verma... please scan the area.." Kapoor asked...
"Kaps... holy..." Verma asked wide eyed...
"Kya hua?" Kapoor asked worried...
"Yeh Sikandar ka plan tha.." Verma said horrified...
"Kya?" Kapoor asked tensed...
Verma said something to Kapoor... Kapoor's eyes widened in shock...
"What the *** are we doing here... chal!" Kapoor barked and ran towards the warehouse...
Verma prayed to one above and hoped - "Iss baar woh ghalti nahi hona chahiye..."
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"WHAT" his mind blazed...
"No... no yeh nahi ho sakta" Arjun's mind ranted...
He immediately ran to them... his blood threatening to burst out of his temples...
Not them... not her...
"Agar yeh marr bhi jaaye toh mujhe farak nahi padta..." this sentence stabbed him in the heart...
"Farak padta hai..." his mind roared and he sprinted faster...
To see Ayesha, Sakshi and Chotu tied to a... bomb...
His heart pumping... his pulse feeling weak... his throat seemed parched...
His ears fell deaf to Sakshi, Ayesha and Chotu's voice of telling him to leave...
While his hands worked on the bomb... experience told him it was a time bomb... fitted with a different mechanism... surely not made in India... as he looked at the red, green and yellow wires...
"Pehle yellow... phir red..." He mumbled while trying to deactivate it...
He heard Sakshi's voice tell him "Arjun... jao yaha se... tumhari jaan ko khatra hain..." she pleaded...
He looked up for a split of a second and said "Meri jaan already khatre main hai..."
As Arjun managed to remove the bomb belt and ran to the corner... taking the belt with him... trying to deactivate it when Sakshi screamed at him... "Leave us Arjun... leave me.. jaao yaha se..." she begged...
"NEVER... I am never leaving you Sakshi..." he retorted back... then finally he cut the green wire - and the bomb got deactivated...
Their breath whooshed out of their lungs in relief...
Ayesha had a tear of joy from her eye... not only for being saved... but also for Arjun's reaction... for her...
Sakshi looked around... she seemed numb...
Chotu smiled in relief...
Arjun had tears of happiness... yes... he accepted... the close brush with death.. it shook him from the core... he just realized what they mean for him...
What she means for him...
He wanted to run to her and hug her, keep her in his arms tightly.. never to part again... ever...
From Ayesha's eyes it looked like maybe she had forgiven him...
But his eyes were only glued to Sakshi... she was the beat of his heart - just that he didn't know it before...
He put his hand on the ground to support him from breaking down in happiness...
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5 minutes before
"Fine Verma... leave to neutral the bomb ok?" Kapoor said and moved ahead...
"Yes Kappy... par I still don't know that how Sikandar got to reach Arjun... there is only one thing - Sikandar shayad Arjun ke kisi informer ko track kiya hoga... par kaun... pehle waala toh betrayer tha - jiske wajah se Roshni mari... dusra - no, he's too good... aur listens to me... it's been close to a year since deactivation... iska matlab Sikandar might have caught the 3rd informer... par who is it?" Verma contemplated..
Kapoor was slightly uncomfortable "Yeh chod Verma.. just try to neutralize the bomb ok? Aur haan again.. kissi bhi haalat main Sakshi ko yaha nahi hona chahiye..."
Verma nodded and left...
Kapoor reached section 3 and was shocked... Ayesha, Sakshi and Chotu tied on a bomb...
"WHAT THE"
Then Kapoor noticed someone trying to go through... Kapoor caught that person...
Just then Arjun had deactivated the bomb...
"Whew!" Kapoor thought with panted breath... but something was amiss... the person aside too breathed in relief... but the next sentence from there took their breath away...
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Ayesha smiled when something hit her... "Wait... agar bomb deactivate ho gaya toh yeh awaaz kaisi?" She thought aloud...
Sakshi and Chotu seemed confuse...
"Ayesha's right!" Arjun thought perplexed...
Then his eyes widened in fear...
There was another bomb!
"Oh no..." he cursed as he tried to run towards them again...
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"*&$%*" Kapoor swore hearing the tick of the bomb... the person in hold tried to wriggle out...
Damn this one is strong..
Kapoor knew better... at this moment there's nothing to be done... they were late... for the first time... they had erred...
"I have to be practical... there's nothing I can do..." Kapoor controlled the tears threatening to spill out...
The person kicked hard and Kapoor tightened the grip... not letting the person go...
All these happened on a fraction of 4 seconds... and then before their eyes... the pillar that the 3 of them were tied to...
Blew up...
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SAKSHI!!!!!" his mind screamed as he fell himself thrown in the air and fall hard on the surface below...
"NO... NO ... PLEASE.. NAHI" his mind screamed looking at the blast in front of him...
His pulse burst in tension and blood spurted out...
Hot silent tears fell from his eyes... glistening in rage...
He ran towards the blast site... looking at the molten bangles...
He immediately picked them up... oblivious of the heat and burns he was suffering...
"Nahi... Sakshi... main yaha hoon.. tum yaha hoge... tum mari nahi.." he ranted while looking here and there till his foot hit a burning piece of something...
It was her hand...
His vision convoluted at that and he fell on the ground in a thud...
Blood oozed from the injury on his forehead...
He mumbled something before loosing consciousness...
The name that once meant nothing in the world...
And now his world seems nothing without it...
Sakshi...
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Kapoor hit the person unconscious... hot tears fell down... dragging the person to their headquarters... hands swollen as the person had bit on them in an attempt to flee and run towards the blast site...
Reaching the hq... Checking on Liza - fast asleep like a baby...
It was 7 in the morning...
Throwing the person in the third room Kapoor retired to the first room... extremely fatigued but sleep was the last thing on mind... cursing furiously when someone barged into the room...
It was Verma...
The clothes had burn marks... hands injured and a small bruise on forehead...
Eyes red with rage...
Tears falling down from them...
Slapping Kapoor and grabbing the collar "Why the hell did you do this? Huh? Tune Sakshi ke saath aisa kaise kar sakta hai!" Verma howled then threw Kapoor aside...
Kapoor fell right on the floor...
Facing back towards Kapoor, "And KAPOOR how did you dare to do this against me?" Verma said in a cold steeled voice...
Kapoor looked at Verma in fear...
Verma's calm yet deathly voice... the back posture and KAPOOR...
Kapoor knew that everything was blown...
Verma knew everything...
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Precap :
"Kyunki jab mujhe chot pohochti hai toh tumhe bhi kuch na kuch hota hai, it's vice versa... apne aap ko theek rakho main bhi theek rahoongi!" He stared at the ceiling.. blankly recalling her words...
"Sakshi... main zinda hoon... tum kaha ho?" fresh tears found it way out as he crushed to glass of cutting chai in his hand...
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Somewhere a person stirred...
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