Arjun FF : Emergency Task Force - Chapter 41 on Page 104 - Page 28

Chapter 16: Mrs. Rathode??

Recap: SamJun moments, Team moments. 

He needs Arjun and Arjun needs him.

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The next day morning Sameer gets up early as usual and sees Arjun sleeping peacefully. He smiles and just caresses his hair. At last the Arjun Rawate who could not sleep because of his haunting past was sleeping. 

Not that he doesn't miss Roshni. He misses her every moment of his life but now he has his best friend by his side to make things better. Sameer's care is just very protective like that of a father and Arjun missed it for last 8 years. He missed his Sam who took care of him who annoyed him and who loved him.

Sameer goes to freshen up and comes back. He tries to wake Arjun up but Arjun doesn't listen. 

"Rawate uth" Sameer orders.

Arjun ignores it and covers his ears with pillow. Sameer sees that and gives him an unbelievable look.

"Arjun uth ja. Subah ho gayi hai." Sam orders once again but this time in a little sweet manner.

"Nahin na Sam. Thak gaya hun main. Kal raat der se soya tha na. Please sone de" Arjun requests him in a sleepy voice without opening his eyes.

"Toh kisne kaha tha raat ko itne der se sone ke liye. Ab uth" Sameer growls at him.

"Arjun! Arjun!" Sameer calls his name continuously which makes Arjun get up from his bed unwillingly. Sameer smiles at this.

"Fresh ho jaa aur uske baad hum breakfast karte hai. Chal fast" Sameer goes while giving orders.

"Hmmm." Arjun answers in a sleepy voice and goes to the washroom.

He comes out and sees that Sameer has prepared very good breakfast. Eggs and toast with orange juice. Just like how Arjun used to like previously. 

Arjun sees that and smiles. Sameer notices it "Itna kyun muskura raha hai?"

"Kuch nahin." Arjun replies while giving him a smile.

Sameer smiles back at him and both sit to have their breakfast.

At Ayesha's home

All get up and freshen up one by one. They then meet at the breakfast table. Their appetite is still not normal but better than the first day. 

All quietly have their breakfast. Shree tries talking to them just like before but they reply normally. Shree doesn't get disheartened as he knows that time and support are the two things he can provide them with. 

They then leave for therapy. Shree leaves them there and goes back to Ayesha's home. While returning they all visit SamJun and go back home. Sitting together and chit chatting makes them heal much faster. 

*After 1 month*

As Rathode had said, all come to Rathode's home for lunch. Sameer has prepared delicious Biryani for lunch and listening to that Chotu starts feeling hungry already. 

Sameer is in the kitchen giving a final touch to his dish when his phone rings. "Haan Mrs. Rathode boliye" Sameer answers the call.

All give Arjun a bewildered look. Did they really hear "Mrs Rathode". Arjun looked at their questioning eyes, but did not answer. 

All then look at Ayesha. Her face is normal maybe she expected that Sameer will be married by now. Arjun also looks at that, but her eyes show dejection. 

Ayesha then look at them "Aree aise kyun dekh rahe ho?"

They remove their glances from Ayesha and again look at Arjun. Sakshi breaks to conversation "Arjun Sameer ki shaadi ho gayi? Kab? Aur phir uss din aisa kyun kaha ki ladki ka koi yog nahin hai. Kya ho raha hai?"

Liza also hops in and asks "Haan sir. Rathode sir ki wife kahaan hai phir?" 

Liza and Sakshi are tensed for Ayesha. They feel she is heartbroken when she actually is. Hence they want to know more. Ayesha doesn't want to know more, hence she doesn't ask. She gets busy in pretending to read newspaper.

"Actually Mrs Rathode na Rajasthan mein rehti hai. Sameer se tang aake woh Rajasthan chali gayi. Woh yahaan pe Sameer ke workaholic attitude se pareshaan hone lagi. Issiliye woh family ke paas chali gayi." Arjun says. 

All look dejected, other than Ayesha. Either like her seniors she is very good at plastering emotions or actually she never felt anything for Rathode.

Arjun looks at others. All are still looking at him other than Ayesha. He winks at them and eyes towards Ayesha. All understand that Sameer is not married and Arjun is joking to get a reaction from Ayesha. But who is Mrs. Rathode?

"Sameer unse pyaar nahin karta kya?" Sakshi asks in order to continue Arjun's plan. Chotu, Shree, Liza look at the change in Ayesha's expression.

"Karta hai na. Had se zyaada pyaar karta hai. Unke bina toh woh apni life imagine bhi nahin kar sakta." saying so Arjun controls his smile.

"Really?" Sakshi also controls her smile. "Phir woh unhe manata kyun nahin? Itna bhi kya kaam important hai Sameer ke liye." Sakshi adds on.

"Woh Sameer Dhamsingh Rathode hai. Usse agar pyaar jatana bhi ho na toh bhi woh kaam ke zariye hi jataayega." Arjun mocks Sameer's workaholic nature. 

Sakshi also smiles back at him and he winks at her to continue the talk. Sakshi likes this attitude of Arjun. Though she knows he didn't mean to wink and he did it in a playful manner she still feels butterflies in her stomach. She mentally smacks herself for knowing everything and still thinking that way. 

Arjun also mentally smacks himself for letting himself lose. Hence he looks at Sakshi, she continues "Itna pyaar. Haaye!!" 

Sakshi assures him through eyes that she didn't take any other meaning of the wink and it is okay. His eyes also get a bit relaxed. Sakshi understands Arjun's silence and his apprehension. Hence she doesn't expect anything from him. It's all selfless for her.

Ayesha's expression change and all notice it. She starts getting restless and plays with paper. Maybe she couldn't plaster being normal anymore. All give each other a smile.

Sameer finishes his call and comes out from the kitchen with biryani and places it on the table. 

"Chalo lunch karlo." Sameer tells everyone to join. 

Arjun asks purposely "Kya kaha Mrs Rathode ne?"

Sameer breathes and says "Aree woh kya kahegi, Ghar bula rahi thi." All smile other than Ayesha.

"Tune kya kaha?" Arjun enquires further.

"Kya kehta? Yahi kaha ki kaam chodke nahin aa sakta. It's not possible." He says and looks at the rest "Inn logon ka kaam bhi toh set karana hai." pointing at Chotu, Liza, Sakshi, Ayesha, Shree. 

"Hmm." Arjun suppressing his laughter answer.

"Tum unse pyaar nahin karte?" Sakshi asks purposely and winks at Arjun.

"Pyaar karta hun. Bohot karta hun. Lekin kaam bhi toh important hai." Rathode replies.

"Sir agar aap unse itna hi pyaar karte hai toh milne kyun nahin jaate. Woh bhi toh aapka intezaar kar rahi hogi na?" Ayesha states abruptly. She did not want to hear more about Rathode's love for supposedly Mrs. Rathode. 

All smile and suppress their laugh whereas Rathode just gets shocked. Ayesha realizes what she just said and "Sorry sir mera matlab woh nahin tha. Actually mujhe laga ki woh aapko miss kar rahi hogi, toh aapko jaana chahiye." 

"Haan Ayesha it's okay. Maasa mere kaam ko samajhti hai. She will understand." Sameer states looking at everyone.

"Maasa?" Chotu, Shree, Liza, Sakshi and Ayesha ask in unison.

"Haan meri maa. Kyu? Kya laga tum logon ko?" Rathode asks raising his eyebrows.

"Sir muje laga aapki wife hogi. Aapne Mrs Rathode kehke greet kiya issiliye." Ayesha answers with a relaxed smile. 

"Kya?" Rathode asks shocked and then laughs a bit. He continues "Rawate tumne inka confusion clear nahin kiya?"

"Nahin." Arjun says with a smirk. 

"Tumne aisa kyun kiya Arjun?" Sameer questions him.

"Bas aise hi mazaa aa raha tha." saying so Arjun grins.

"Aur tum logon ne maan li?" Sameer looks at the rest and asks sternly.

"Hume pata tha ki Arjun tumhaari wife ki baat nahin kar raha hai." Sakshi says assuring Sameer.

"Haan sir unke chehre pe saaf saaf likha tha ki aapki koi wife nahin hai. Bas kisi ek ko hi nahin dikha." Liza says while looking at Ayesha. Sameer understands but pretends to have not understood.

"Haan kisi ko newspaper se fursat ho toh na samjhe." Shree joins in too.

"Haan re Shree. Pure desh mein kya chal raha hai yeh padhne se pehle, aas paas kya chal raha hai yeh jaan na zaroori hai." Chotu says in a teasing manner. Ayesha glares at all 4 of them and then stands embarrassed in front of Sameer and Arjun. 

Arjun tries to suppress his laugh. He at last understood what his officer feels for his best friend. "It's okay Ayesha. Kissi ko bhi confusion ho sakti thi." Sameer assures Ayesha. 

Sameer and Ayesha both don't know what they feel for each other. Whereas their feelings for each other are clearly seen by others.

"Sorry sir" Ayesha says with a smile. She doesn't know why she reacted that way. Arjun smiles as he knew something like this only would come from Sameer's mouth. He knows that his best friend and his officer are bondhu when it come to love.

Sakshi gets dejected. She felt that both would realize about their feelings. But no they didn't. They are just colleagues even now. 

"Ab khaana kha le?" Sameer asks. All nod in positive and proceed towards the table. 

Arjun seeing Sakshi's dejected face walks upto her "Sakshi pyaar ka ehsaas na dheere dheere hi hota hai. Pyaar koi superfast train nahin hota hai. Har kissi ko time lagta hai samajhne mein aur aage kadam badhaane mein. Time lagega unhe samjhne mein ki woh log jo mahsoos kar rahe hai woh pyaar hai. Toh dejected feel mat karna." saying so he walks towards the table.

Sakshi smiles and looks at him walking. Sakshi's POV "Mujhe toh samajh aa gaya hai Arjun. Bas pyaar ke maamle mein har koi lucky nahin hota. Jinse hum pyaar karte hai unhe na hum kabhi yeh baat keh sakenge aur naahi samjha sakenge. Timing perfect nahin hoti na." She smiles in her thoughts. 

Ayesha comes to her to call her "Sakshi kahaan khoi hai? Chal khaana kha lete hai."

"Haan chalo" Sakshi gives her a wide grin.

They all sit down at the table and serve themselves. 

"Waah Sameer kya biryani hai. Too good" Sakshi appreciates while relishing the biryani.

"Haan sir it's very good" Ayesha also appreciates his cooking skills.

"Haan sir. Aisa lag raha hai ki biryani khaata jaun aur sirf khaata jaun." Shree says. He adds "Chotu ko dekhiye khaana chodh hi nahin raha" 

Chotu and Liza enjoy the biryani quietly. SamJunRee are happy seeing improvement in them from last 35 days. Sameer even spoke to the doctor and the doctor had given a positive report. 

Then Liza thinks of appreciating Sameer in an unthinkable way "Sir aapko dekhkar lagta nahin kabhi ki aap kaam ke alaawa kissi aur baare mein soch sakte hai."

The reaction of others are as follows Sakshi and Shree were sipping water and they choke on it, Chotu stops eating and looks at Liza, while Ayesha stares at Liza first then she thinks of handling this better. Liza also realizes what she said and smacks her lips. Arjun scoffs to hide his laugh and Sameer just gives an surprised look to Liza. 

"Sir isska matlab yeh hai ki humein aapne kabhi bataya nahi ki aap itna acha khaana banate hai." Ayesha tries covering up for Liza.

"Lekin point toh hai Liza ki baat mein. Very good Liza" Arjun appreciates Liza's statement and smirks at Sameer. Liza gets embarrassed and stops eating. 

Sameer ignores Arjun's smirk and looks at Liza. He sees that she has stopped eating and is feeling very embarrassed. Hence he tries to ease the situation 

"Liza aur kya kya lagta hai mujhe dekhkar?." Sameer asks jokingly but with a strict voice. 

This makes Liza very scared and she says "Sir kuch nahin. I am really sorry. Main kuch bhi bol deti hoon. Aap please mujhe team se mat nikaliye na. I am sorry" and she cries. 

She got scared because she thought Sameer will remove her from the team. Since therapy is still going on all are now just emotional and Sameer didn't know that. 

He thinks he went to far and goes towards Liza "Liza kisne kaha main team se nikal dunga tumhe. Hey (and pats her cheek) agar aisi baaton ke liye main team members ko nikalne laga toh Shree ko pehle nikalna padega."

Arjun smiles at the way Rathode handled Liza and Liza too smiles a bit. Shree understands and to make things even lighter "Liza agli baar na please soch samajh ke bolna. Warna pehle main nikaala jaaunga aur uske baad tum."

"Nahin. Mera matlab hai itni choti si baat ke liye kon team se nikaalta hai?" Sameer casually says.

"Arjun." Sakshi replies immediately. She adds "Phir Home Minister ke paas jaana padata hai team mein waapas aane ke liye." and gives Arjun a smirk. 

This irritates him but even makes him happy. He thinks "Chalo achi baat hai normal ho gayi hai yeh. Lekin ab Arjun tu toh gaya. Isski baatein na dimaag ki dahi kar deti hai." But he hides his thoughts with a disappointing nod. 

Sakshi makes a cute face to Arjun's this reaction. Sameer notices this and says "Iss baar koi kissi ko nahin nikaalega." 

All give him a look full of confusion and questions. Arjun asks on everyone's behalf "Kya bolna chahta hai?"

To which Rathode replies "Kal IG sir Dustin Coelho ka mail aaya." 

"Acha. Call nahin kiya tumne phir unhe." Arjun interrupts and asks.

Sameer glares at him and then continues "Call kiya maine lekin unhone call nahin uthaya"

"Maine toh already yahan aane ka plan kiya tha, issiliye phone nahin uthaya. Kyun balance bigaadun" a known voice from behind.

I.G Dustin Coelho,

Previously chief of ETF. Now Inspector General of Maharashtra Police Department. Rathode and his way of working is same. More details in the story. Will not be an integral part but will have special appearances.

"Incomming free hota hai" Rathode says in a very frustrated tone. All juniors get up shocked. It was IG Dustin Coelho, their super senior, to whom they never spoke.

Rathode adds "Waise yahaan kaise aana hua?"

"Tumhe convince karne aaya hun." Coelho replies with full determination. Both look at each other.

The juniors look at the way Rathode sir is talking and are shocked beyond words. Arjun then explains "Tum logon ko Raghu sir yaad hai?" 

Shree Chotu nod in confirmation. As they were the ones present that time. The girls have a confused look.

Arjun to clear their confusion says "Woh abhi businessman hai lekin pehle woh aur Coelho sir mujhe aur Sameer ko train karte the. Hum ETF mein pehle se hi the lekin tum logon ki position pe." 

"Ohhh" all listen to that and nod.

"Haan phir Coelho sir ko humne promotion lene ke liye force kiya aur woh Commissioner ban gaye." Arjun adds further.

"Phir Raghu sir?" Ayesha asks.

Coelho and Rathode listen to the conversation. Rathode continues then to relieve Arjun of telling the story.

"Jiss din Roshni ki maut hui usske agle din Raghu sir ne apni family ki security ke liye Pre-mature retirement le li. Bina kissiko inform kiye. Tab woh chief the ETF ke. Unke sudden retirement ke baad main pehle ACB ka chief bana aur ETF ke liye training bhi dena start kar diya. Aur tab pure team ka transfer ho gaya with promotion aur unki jagah tum log aa gaye (looks at Shree and Chotu) training ke liye. Tum logon ke training khatam hone ke baad main ETF ka chief bana. Arjun pehle reality se bhaagta raha aur 4 mahine baad sikandar ko dhundne akele chal pada. Aur ETF ki puri zimmedari mujh pe aa gayi. Tum dono ki training (Chotu and Shree) se leke sab kuch." 

All pause and look at Arjun and Sameer. Sameer then continues "Phir ek saal baad dono mere saamne, woh bhi Sheen ki kidnapping ke samay. Already itna dara hua tha aur upar se Raghu sir ko mujhpe bharosa nahi, issiliye Arjun ko team mein daal diya unhone. Aur uske baad ka tum sab jaante ho."

"Unki wajah se yeh khauf sehna pada humein?" Shree questions. Arjun glares at him. Coelho and Sameer control their laugh. And the rest give him a 'Mar gaye' look.

And when he realizes what question he asked he smacks his lips and bites his tongue. He adds "Mera matlab hai uss case ke baad Arjun sir ETF join hue."

Arjun looks the other side to control his smile. He then turns to Rathode "Aise unhone nahin kaha hoga ki tumpe bharosa nahin hai." Arjun tries defending Raghu.

"Unhone aisa hi kaha." Sameer sticks firm to his statement.

"Raghu ne aisa nahi kaha tha. Usne kaha tha ki bharosa karna mushkil hai" Coelho tries to calm Rathode's frustration along with supporting Raghu.

"Bohot difference hai na sir?" Sameer asks sarcastically. 

"Lekin Raghu sir ne sirf Sheen ko dhundne ke liye ETF mein daala mujhe. Usske baad Coelho sir ne hi mujhe rehne ke liye bola. Hai na sir?" Arjun says.

Coelho looks at Sameer and Sameer looks at Coelho. Both have silent conversation through eyes which doesn't go unnoticed by Arjun. 

"Kya hua? Aankhon hi aankhon mein kya baatein ho rahi hai aap dono ke beech?" Arjun asks in full suspicion raising his eyebrows. Even the team notices it but don't ask. 

"Woh Coelho sir ko bhi mujhpe bharosa nahin tha." Sameer answers real quick.

"Really? Toh kya hai na Arjun.." Coelho is about to say something but gets interrupted by Sameer

"Mera matlab hai ki Coelho sir ko meri chinta thi issiliye kaam ka pressure kam karne ke liye tumhe rakha. Lekin kam nahin hua ulta zyada ho gaya" Sameer cuts Coelho and glares at him while talking to Arjun.

Coelho looks the other side to avoid any kind of eye contact. Arjun feels something is really wrong and when he is about to ask Sameer says

"Toh Coelho sir ne jo mail bheja hai uss mein do information hai. Pehli uss Home minister ko uske post se nikaal diya hai aur ab woh central jail mein phaansi ki sazaa ka intezaar kar raha hai. Dusri uss mein tum sab ke ETF join karne ke liye dates hai. Shree aur mera resignation approve nahin hua hai toh Shree tum bhi 1 mahine baad join karoge agar karna ho toh. 25th January ko sab ko ETF office report karna hai. Tumhara chief tum sabka intezaar karega."

The team can't even bear the thought of considering someone as chief. Even after Rathode took transfer to Delhi, they did not consider Arjun as chief. So considering someone else as chief was not even a question.

"Nahin Sameer hum tumhare bina ETF join nahin karenge. Hum sab honge, aur tum aur Arjun nahin. That's not possible." Sakshi says and all others agree with her.

"Guys.. Arjun ka pata nahin lekin main join nahin karne waala waapas." Sameer states his decision. All others just look at him with hope in their eyes. If they are joining all will be there or else no one. 

"Main bhi rejoin nahin karunga sir. It's not possible. Jo bhi mere saath aur team ke saath hua woh bhulana aasaan nahin hai" Arjun says stating his decision to Coelho.

Coelho knew that this would be their decision. Hence he was already prepared to convince them. "Arjun, Sikandar jaise bohot log abhi bhi chain ki saans lekar jee rahe hai. Unhe naahi kaanoon ka dar hai naahi kissi aur cheez ki. Toh agar unke victims ko hum justice dila sakte hai toh hum peeche nahin hatenge. Yahi shapath li thi na humne, jurm ko mitaane ki aur kaanoon ki raksha karne ki. Toh ab tum peeche mat hato." He explains Arjun so that he joins back

"Lekin sir department ke madad ke bina bhi maine apni duty nibhaayi hai" Arjun says this with a proud feeling.

"Haan jaanta hun, Karan aur Simran ke saath" Coelho says which shocks Arjun but he later realizes that it's Dustin Coelho whom he is talking to. Hence rolls his eyes.

The team crosses their fingers hoping that Arjun and Sameer will agree to join back.

Coelho continues "Lekin time bohot lagta tha. Hai na?"

"Hmm.. information gather karna problematic hota tha." Arjun answers without being affected.

"Toh issiliye. Ab ETF ko independent karaya jaayega. Home ministry ka order hai. Aur tumhe sirf mujhe jawaab dena hoga. Kissi aur ko nahin. Mujhpar bharosa hai na?" Coelho asks Arjun.

Arjun looks at him in the eyes and says "Hai sir. Aap par hai. Lekin department par nahin. Issiliye jab aapne kaha tha ki department ko jaldi Sikandar ka lead mil jaayega, I joined."

Coelho didn't know that Arjun would continue so much. Sameer glares at Coelho. "Really sir? Lead milne waala tha? Aisa kaha aapne?" Sameer asks Coelho.

"Haan aur mila bhi. Tumne diya na Arjun ko 2 saal baad." Coelho says leaving a sigh of relief.

"Haan woh mujhe mila tha. Issilye maine woh Arjun ko aakar de diya." Sameer answers.

"Hmmm.." Arjun nods in positive but not fully satisfied. He feels Sameer and Coelho are hiding something from him.

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Karu: Hey guyss!! How is the update? 

Sorry for the misleading title.😂

Rathode kya chupa raha hai? No idea. 

I hope we get an idea soon.😁😁

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Mrs Rathode kaisi lagi aap sab ko?!!

Bechare sayesha khud ki feelings se anjaan. Matlab pure team mein sirf chotu hi samajdaar hai ab ke liye..

Sameer kya chupa raha hai idea hai aap sabko??

Jaan ne ke liye padhte rahiye "Emergency Task Force"

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