Abhijeet - Shruti fanfic - Page 6

Shipra – "ya kahein ki aap mein se kisi ne khana nahi khaya…toh chaliye kha lijiye"

Abhi – "aapse behas mein koi nahi jeet sakta…"

Shipra – "thank you…main isse compliment ki tarah lungi…ab aap khana khane chalte hain ya kaki ko batun ki aapne jhooth bola tha?"

Abhi opened his mouth to speak something but he couldn't figure out what…but till then, Shipra had caught his hand and was pulling him into the room…

Shruti was climbing the stairs carrying milk for Abhijeet…as Shipra forgot the milk glass in the kitchen and she saw Shipra pull Abhi into the room and making him sit and eat… Abhi was laughing and applying least resistance… And then after having a few bites, he wanted water, and so Shipra got to get it and she remembered she had forgotten the milk in the kitchen too and then they saw Shruti standing on the door carrying the glass of milk…

Shipra – "leejiye dhoodh toh aa gaya, main paani lati hoon aap dono tab tak baatein kariye."

Shipra went pass Shruti saying so. Abhi had stopped laughing but didn't look at Shruti, Shruti was also silent. She walked in and placed the glass on the bedside table and then unexpectedly …

Abhi – "aapse ek baat poochoin Shruti?"

Shruti didn't expect Abhi to speak and she actually feared him asking her about her unusual behaviour on the day he went to Pune. Well, she knew that she was in trouble but inspite of wanting to get out of it, she couldn't and if Abhi would suspect her, things would get just worse. So she decided to face it. She nodded.

Abhi – "Aap aur Viren ek doosre ko kab se jaante the?"

Shruti – "7 saal se zyada ho gaye hain. Hum pehle Bhopal mein mile the."

Abhi – "aap Bhopal mein thi? Kya karti thi aap wahan?"

Shruti – "kya yeh bhi aapki investigation ka hissa hai?"

Abhi – "dekhiye Shruti ji main jaanta hoon aapko ajeeb lag raha hoga par ab mujhe yakeen hai ki Viren ka khoon hua hai jisse accident dikhaya gaya hai aur main apne dost ke liye kuch karna chahta hoon…jismein mujhe aapki madad chahiye hogi."

Shruti – "Viren ka kisi ne khoon nahi kiya hai, maine khud investigation dekhi hai. Accident tha, aap apne aap ko kyun pareshan kar rahe hain?"

Shipra had come by now…

Shipra – "kyunki CID officers ki toh yahi nishani hai…choti choti baatoin par pareshan ho jaate hain."

Abhi – "choti choti baatein hi aage chalke badi surkhiya jo banti hain."

Shipra – "acha ab aap pareshani chodo aur so jaayiye, warna kal subah aapko office mein der se pahunchne par pareshani hogi."

Abhi – "arre haan, main toh bhool hi gaya, kal subah ACP sir ne jaldi bulaya hai toh kaki se kehna mere liye naashta na banaye."

Shipra – "naasta kyun nahi karenge? Aap boliye aapko naasta kab chahiye, tab milega par naasta khaaye begair bahar jaana mana hai.."

Abhi – "par…"

Shipra – "subah 5 baje ke baad naasta tyaar milega, khabardaar bina khaaye gaye…good night."

She didn't wait to listen to anything. Saying so, she pulled Shruti out of the room. Poor dear Abhi couldn't do anything much than stare at her leave and smile… Meanwhile Shruti didn't liked being pulled out as she smelled something fishy about Shipra and she too guessed something messy between Shipra and Abhi which of course she didn't herself like. Well not out of jealousy, but if Shipra went close to Abhi, this could create problems for Shruti in future…which wouldn't be good. Shipra let go of her hand as soon as they were entering the room they shared. Shruti's daughter (Pinky) was already fast asleep in the middle and Shipra took a novel from her bag and began reading it while Shruti went down to wind up the kitchen.

Abhijeet couldn't sleep. It was a restless night for him…Viren was someone keeping him from everything else at the moment. Giving up the idea to get sleep this night, Abhi went to the study and opened his computer and searched about Viren in the CID records and all places that he thought of… tired, unknowingly, he fell asleep there on the table.

And suddenly he woke with a jerk…it was late in night and Abhi recalled that he slept here for pretty long…however some noise woke him…someone was moving in the house…he walked out into the hall, it was 2 in the night…he heard someone dialing a number of a cell phone but it was impossible to guess who?

Abhi – "kaun hai wahan?"

No reply…but as he turned to see the other way, there was some moment on his back side and some magazines kept on a table had fallen. He went to pick them up…and while doing so, the lights were switched on… Both Shruti and Shipra heard Abhi calling someone and they came to see the matter. Shruti seemed dizzy however Shipra was pretty awake and alert…

Shipra – "kya hua?"

Abhi – "Yahan koi tha…phone pe number mila raha tha…"

Shruti – "par yahan humare alawa koi nahi hai. Kaun milayega?"

Abhi – "wahi toh dekh raha hoon…"

Shipra moved ahead wanting to come to help Abhijeet…but he saw her and

Abhi – "rehene do…koi nahi dikhta…shayad mujhe aise hi laga…"

Shipra – "CID officers ko sapno mein jeene ki aadat nahi hoti"

Abhi – "par takte toh hain na…aap dono so jaayiye…kuch nahi hai…"

Saying so, Abhi went to his room…and Shruti and Shipra switched off the light and went to theirs…Abhi knew that he did hear someone but who…possibly Shruti…but it was all so confusing and he hated to leave the investigation and go off but he couldn't have done anything else either…

ACP Prithviraj was fast asleep in the CID restrooms when his cell phone rang. It was 3 in the night and there was no one in the world he expected him to be called from. He picked up the phone and no sooner than in 5 minutes, he was wide awake.

It was Gangu, the informer from Pune on line…He informed that Ayush, Rajeev's informant working in the resort was none other than Viren…and he is alive somewhere in Mumbai and also the master mind of the robbery is in Mumbai as his one of very important plans were failing… Gangu himself had come to Mumbai to seek shelter and help CID as the master mind somehow knew about him and came for him…

ACP Prithviraj dressed up quickly and went to meet Gangu in the CID office where ACP Prithviraj had asked Gangu to come as there Gangu would be safe.

In CID office,

ACP Prithviraj, Gangu and ACP Pradyuman were there…

ACP Prithviraj – "shuru se batao kya hua Gangu…"

Gangu – "saab unke giro mein kisi ko pata chal gaya ki apun aapki madad karela hai…ekdum ich subah subah meri basti mein bulldozer chalwa diya…hazaroin log beghar ho gaye…"

ACP – "par pata kaise chala kisi bahar wale ko?"

ACP Prithviraj – "sir wohh maine bataya tha na aapko ki landline mein ek speaker laga tha…"

ACP – "yani ki CID office ke andar ka hi koi hai…wohh mike toh itni power ka tha hi nahi ki zyada door tak kuch bhi sunaye…"

ACP Prithviraj – "tum aage bolo Gangu…"

Gangu – "saab phir kuch aur hua…apun ko sahich toh nahi maloom par koi ladki hai shayad jo ya toh khatre mein hai ya unke liye khatra ban rahi hai…aur wohh yahan Mumbai mein hai…isiliye uska kaam tamaam karne ko wohh master mind yahinch aayela hai…"

ACP – "par tumhe yeh kaise pata?"
Gangu – "saab jab humle badh gaye…toh apun socha ki main saab ko sab bata doon…maine wahan Puna ke CID office phone lagaya par wohh bola ki saab mumbai mein hain…main rukha kuch ghante par wahan toh log aate jaate khule goliyaan chala rahe hain…"

ACP – "daro mat Gangu…tum yahan surakshit ho…"

Gangu – "saab apni jaan ka khatra nahi hai…par wohh goliyaan apne liye apne bhai log kha rahe hain…aur apan ko bardast nahi hai ki kisi bhi masoom ka khoon bahe…isiliye apun ne soch liya ki saab ko dhoondke kaise bhi unki madad karni hai…jisne apne bhai – beheno pe goliyaan chaliye…usse chain se nahi baithne dena…"

ACP Prithviraj – "bahut ache Gangu…tum chinta mat karo…hum apni poori koshish karenge… acha par yeh batao ki tum Ayush ke bare mein kya keh rahe the?"

ACP – "Ayush wohh Rajeev ka informer jiski achanak road accident mein maut ho gayi??"

Gangu – "saab wohh marela nahi hai…uska kuch bada jhol hai…wohhich Viren hai…jisko Abhijeet saab dhoond rele hain…Wohh naam badal ke us resort mein kaam karta tha…par uska chakkar kuch aur tha…wohh bhi suna hai yahin dekha gaya hai…"

Just as Gangu was speaking this, Pratap and Vivek came in…both of them were called to go with Gangu to investigate…

ACP – "Gangu, ye Vivek aur Pratap, yeh tumhare saath jaayenge…tum bahut kuch jaante ho aur main chahta hoon ki tum sahi tareeke se humari madad karo…tabhi hum tumhari madad kar paayenge…"

Gangu – "kya saab kitna shaq karte ho Gangu pe"

ACP Prithviraj – "nahi aisi baat nahi hai Gangu…hume tumpar vishwas hai…par haan hoshyaar rehna…Vivek, Pratap…tum dono dhyaan rakhna…"

Vivek – "Yes sir"

Pratap – "par sir jaa kahan rahe hain?"
ACP – "jitne choro ko pakda hai is chori mein shamil hone ke liye…Gangu unse baat karega…unse shayad pata chale ki kaun ye sab karwa raha hai…"

Vivek and Pratap nodded and left with Gangu…

ACP – "koi hai…jo humare har kadam ko soongh sakta hai…humme se hi koi hai…"

ACP Prithviraj – "par sir hum mein se?"

ACP – "haan…hum mein se…sabko bulao yahan…fauran…"

An hour later,

Abhi, Daya and Freddie were standing outside ACP's cabin…discussing as to what could have happened that they were called at 5 in the morning…

Freddie – "zaroor kahin aag lagi hogi"

Daya – "Freddie agar aag lagi hai toh sir fire brigade ko bulayenge…hume kyun?"

Abhi – "aur sir pareshaan lag rahe hain…baat kuch aur hi hai"

Daya – "pareshan toh tum bhi lag rahe ho Abhijeet…"

Abhi walked a little distance away and Daya followed him…Abhi told Daya how he heard something and all about him being suspicious of some spy…

Daya – "kahin wohh Shruti…"

Abhi – "mujhe nahi pata Daya…samajh mein hi nahi aa raha hai ki ho kya raha hai"

Daya – "ACP sir se baat karke dekho…"

And just then ACP and ACP Prithviraj came out of ACP's office…along with Sheetal and Vaibhav.

Daya – "sir baat kya hai? Kya hua?"

ACP – "Daya samaan bandho…hume abhi nikalna hai."

Freddie – "Abhi? Par kahan ke liye?"

ACP – "Pune"

Freddie – "par sir abhi kaise jaa sakte hain…"

ACP – "Freddie sawal kam kaam zyada…dekho ab hum bahut der chup nahi reh sakte…jaldi kuch karna hoga.."

Daya – "sir par hua kya?"

ACP got angry and showed Daya a paper he was holding. It was a fax on which read 'Apne officers ko rok lo warna khoon ki holi manegi. Kyun kuch zewaroin ke liye kisi ki jaan gavate ho?' Below that was the picture of a small child all tied…Daya was shocked to read it.

ACP Prithviraj – "yeh head quarters se aaya hai. Ek choti bache ka apharan ho gaya hai…aur jisne bhi yeh kiya hai, wohh nahi chahta ki hum iss chori ke case ko suljhayein"

In Abhi's house,

Abhi entered like a storm…the air was still heavy and sleepy but he didn't have time to waste. Everyone had already left for Pune. He was to leave late as he had to take Shipra along and it would have had been bad to not give her time to pack properly and so he had told others to go while he shall catch up with them within an hour. ACP had asked him to hence drop at everyone's place and pick their things too…he had done that and now he was at his place to take his and pick Shipra.

Shipra was in the hall waiting for Abhi…Abhi had mysteriously called and asked her to pack her bags quickly…Shruti was in the kitchen.

Shipra – "kya hua?"

Abhi – "aapne abhi tak samaan nahi pack kiya?"

Shipra – "nahi…hua –"

Abhi – "humare paas time nahi hai…mujhe jald se jald Pune jaana hai aur aap saath chal rahi hain."

Shipra – "par hua kya?"

Abhi told her everything and showed her the fax copy.

Abhi – "ab chalein yaa abhi bhi behas karni hai?"

Shipra – "main abhi nahi chal rahi hoon."

Abhi – "kya matlab hai aapka?"

Shipra – "main yahan jis kaam ke liye aayi hoon wohh poora nahi hua hai…aur main usse kiye bagair nahi jaaungi…aur wahan kyun jaaun jab itna khatra hai aur mere upar already humle ho chuke hain"

Shipra took a long time to complete the sentence and it looked as though she was making it in the very minute. And it was very weird of her to say this but Abhi knew he couldn't stop regardless of anything…he had to go to Pune without delay…

Abhi – "par aap yaha…"

Shipra – "main yahan theek hoon…mujhe kya hoga…haan bas aapko toh koi problem nahi hai na mere yahan rukne se?"

Abhi – "nahi ruko…par mujhe jaana hoga."

Shipra – "aapka samaan thoda pack kiya hai…baaki aap dekh lijiye…"

Abhi smiled and left for his room. When he came down 5 minutes later with his bag and everything else, Shruti was too there in the drawing but very odd just like the last time Abhi had gone to Mumbai. She had a tiffin packed and handed it to him.

Shruti – "main aap par koi cheez lagoo toh nahi kar sakti par agar aap meri baat sunein toh yeh case chod dijiye…ismein sirf khatra hai aur kisi ka faayda nahi hoga"

Abhi – "Shruti aap agar kuch jaanti hain toh please bataiye…isse ho sakta hai Viren ke bare mein aur pata chale."

Shruti – "Viren mar chukka hai…aap is baat ko jitna jaldi maan lo utna acha hai"

Abhi – "Viren mara nahi hai…maine dekha hai usse"

Abhi actually shouted the last sentence without meaning to…Shruti was almost in tears…Abhi realised that he indeed was loud.

Abhi – "I…I am Sorry…par dekhiye Shruti Viren zinda hai…yeh sirf main nahi aur log bhi keh rahe hain."
Shruti – "mujhe kisi se matlab nahi hai..bahut mushkil se maine zindagi ko sameta hai…aap kyun isse bikherne pe lage hain?"

Abhi – "Viren kisi musibat mein hai..kya main dost ke naate madad bhi na karun?"

Shipra – "shayad mujhe aapko samjhane ki zaroorat nahi hai ki kaun kiska kaisa dost hai? Bewajah jaan daav pe lagana bewakoofi nahi hogi? Main sirf aapse kehna chahti hoon ki jo aap kar rahe hain…usse na karein…kisi ka faayda nahi hai usmein."

Just then before Abhi could reply, Shipra entered. She was waiting for Abhi besides the car and now when he didn't come out for long, she came to see…Shruti fell silent in front of her and just turned away from Abhi…wiping a few tears rolling down her cheek…

Shipra – "arre kya hua? Ab aapko jaldi nahi hai?"

Abhi didn't speak anything…he went out and away without another look backwards. Shipra saw him off and then went for a stroll…

In the car,

Abhi got a call from Daya.

Daya – "kahan ho boss?"

Abhi – "haan nikal gaya hoon…abhi abhi nikla hoon…zyada der nahi lagni chahiye…abhi toh subah hi hai…traffic nahi hoga zyada"

After a small conversation, Abhi cut the phone…he was very disturbed…there was certainly something important Shruti knew about this case and Viren as well (now that they seemed connected) and she was hiding it…which was something very peculiar…

A few hours later…

Abhi wasn't correct about the traffic…he was stuck in a jam for 3 hours and whereas he was just a few kilometers outside Mumbai. He was cursing this and worried about not being able to reach Pune on time…Daya and others had reached there and continued the investigation. Just then Abhi got a call on his phone…

It was Shipra on the phone. She said that Kaki had got a heart attack and was serious in the hospital and that Abhi should come back if he could…

Abhi banged his hands on the steering wheel…he had to reach Pune to help CID and also investigate about Viren but he couldn't leave Kaki to two strangers…whatever the fact maybe, Kaki had taken care of Abhi for years and now that she needed him, he should be there and it was a fact that however long Shruti and Shipra were in his house but they were ultimately strangers and he couldn't leave Kaki to them… so thinking it with heart…he took the next U turn and went back to Mumbai…he called ACP on the way and informed….ACP was not happy ofcourse but he did stick with Abhi's decision to attend Kaki first.

In the hospital,

Abhi rushes towards the reception, there Shipra is there depositing money.

Abhi – "kaki kahan hain?"

Shipra – "ICU mein…fauran ilaaj shuru kar rahe hain"

Abhi – "ruko main deta hoon…"

Shipra – "kya farak pad raha hai abhi…aap jao wahan doctor se Shruti baat kar rahi hain…"

Well there wasn't much to tell about hospital now…Kaki had just for a heart attack and had to be taken to ICU immediately but ultimately she was fine…

Same evening, in the hospital.

Shruti and her daughter have gone home…as a child shouldn't be at hospital…Abhi is tensed still…Shipra is now chilled as doctors have said nothing to worry…she gets them both some coffee…

Shipra – "coffee"

Abhi – "thanks"

Shipra – "maine nahi banayi…machine se lekar aayi hoon"

Abhi – "coffee lane ke liye bhi aur…kaki ko yahan lane ke liye."

Shipra – "toh kya sirf aapka haq hai doosroin ki madad karna…thodi maine bhi kar dee"

Abhi – "par hua kya?"

Shipra – "pata nahi…jab main jog karke wapis aayi…toh Shruti apne kamre mein thi…bahar sab kuch normal tha…aur kaki thodi der mein aayi bas…main newspaper padh rahi thi jab kitchen se aawaz aayi…dekha kaki dard ke mare gir gayi hain…Shruti ko bulaya…bas phir kaki ko yahan le aaye aur aapko phone kar diya."

Late night,

Abhi decided to stay in the hospital at night while Shipra would go home and rest…so for that Abhi decided to go home and collect a few things and in that time even Shipra was at home…

At home,

Abhi couldn't find his file that he had brought along which contained papers about the case…he remembered keeping them in the hall when he had come…they were important the thought of loosing them was dreadful…he thought probably Shruti kept them somewhere…so he went into her room to ask her…the door was closed…he knocked and then entered…Shruti was sitting on the bed with something in her hands that Abhi couldn't see and she looked as though she had been crying…Abhi felt awkward entering and so he left…just a few paces after, he met Shipra who was holding a file and trying to find out what it was…it was the same file Abhi was looking for…and seeing it with Shipra was weird…why would she want to look into the file?

Abhi – "ye file…"

Shipra – "pata nahi yahi table par rakhi thi…main dekh rahi thi ki kya hai…"

Abhi – "office ki hai…main isi ko toh dhoondh raha tha"

Shipra – "mil gayi na…ab jaldi se khana kha lijiye…phir aapko hospital bhi toh jaana hai"

Abhi took the file from Shipra and went with her to the dining table. Shipra went to the kitchen to serve him supper while Abhi saw that everything he needed was put in the bag including the file as it wasn't safe to leave it at home… and while doing so, he heard a scream from upstairs…it was Shruti…Abhi rushed to help… and he saw that there was a knife covered with blood lying in front of her and an apple was lying on a little distance. Shipra had also come to see the matter….

Shruti said that she put the knife inside the apple and when pulled it out, it was in blood and she got scared… The air got tensed. Abhi wanted to forget all this as soon as he could as now vague thoughts started capturing his mind.

In Pune,

CID had done quite a large amount work for a day. On reaching there, they found that Pune was seriously terrorized. There had been several attacks and small blasts in slums and several were injured. They all set to work immediately. Daya and Freddie went to the slum area. The people were very keen on helping as they knew that Gangu trusted the CID and so they too trusted them. With their help, Daya and Freddie along with a few local cops caught many small merchants and traders who were involved in the blasts or the stealing. They all said that they were given money to transfer either the jewellery or the money from one place to other and all the money was to be given to Birju or the jewellery was sent to them by Birju. On further investigation, they got to know that Birju was Gangu's cousin brother but the two weren't on talking terms as Birju had joined hands with the bad and he had sold some property belonging to poor to the rich and since then they were both rivals.

Laxmi, Gangu's wife told CID all about Birju… she was too in threat and so she was brought to the CID office.

In the interrogation room,

ACP Prithviraj – "Laxmi ek baar phir socho aur batao jo kuch bhi tum Birju ke bare mein bata sakti ho."

Laxmi – "saab main batayi na aap logoin ko jo bhi main jaanti thi"

ACP – "Laxmi dekho shayad yehi Birju Gangu ke upar humle karwa raha hai, isiliye socho ho sakta hai kuch ho jo tumhe abhi yaad naa aa raha ho"

Laxmi – "saab main Birju ko zyada nahi jaanti…sirf 2 –3 ich baar dekheli hai main usko. Wohh apne baap ke ghar mein rehta hai aur saare galat kaam karta hai par Police saab usse kuch nahi bolti…"

ACP Prithviraj – "aisa kyun?"
Laxmi – "saab uske paas bahut paisa hai…sab galat kaam karke kamaila hai wohh…ab jiske paas paisa hoinga, uska toh –"

Both the ACP's fell silent as they knew this was truth besides being disgusting.

Meanwhile, Freddie and Daya were on Birju's trail. Freddie had gone to check one part while Daya other… Daya was sure that he had got the correct address. He had a few CID Pune officers with them and together they slowly moved towards Birju's house. As they came in front of the house, Daya signaled the other men to take positions and himself broke the door. All of them had their guns ready as they entered the house. It was empty. Birju had escaped already… Daya and Freddie checked for anything they could find but nothing much. It was small, untidy house. The cupboards had nothing more than a few clothes.

Daya – "lagta hai bhaag gaya."

Freddie – "par sir kahan gaya hoga?"

Daya – "pata nahi. Par usse dhoondhna hoga Freddie."

Daya asks the Pune CID officers to check everything thoroughly in the house and get anything they think as evidence to the bureau. Fredddie and Daya left to report to ACP.

In the Pune office,

ACP – "bahut bada jhol hai Daya…bahut bada."

ACP Prithviraj – "sir ab kya karein?"

ACP – "maar do sabko."

Daya – "kya sir?"

ACP – "haan Daya…maar do sabko."

Daya, Freddie, Vaibhav, Sheetal and ACP Prithviraj, all had disguised themselves and started living in slums. ACP had ordered them to shoot anyone causing any kind of terror. They were there for the whole night.

Things had gone from bad to worse. Daya, Sheetal and ACP Prithviraj were in Gangu's area to protect the people there along with a 4 – 5 more people while Vaibhav, Freddie and ACP were keeping an eye on Birju's house. There was no violence that night but late after midnight, a car stopped outside Birju's flat and two people wearing masks, entered his house. ACP and Freddie entered the house with guns raised while Vaibhav covered for them.

The two men carried 50,000 rs with them and were placing it in the cupboard. They had guns as well. They fought hard but in the end, were injured. Daya, Sheetal and ACP Prithviraj also had come here.

One of the two men, was scared but the other still refused to speak anything. So CID made them both sit away, inorder to get confession out of atleast one.

With the scared one,

ACP – "bolo kya kar rahe the Birju ke ghar?"

Man 1 – "bola na paise rekhne aaye the"

Daya – "kisne diye paise?"

Man 1 – "mujhe nahi pata."

Daya – "toh unhe Birju ke ghar kyun rakhne aaye?"

He doesn't reply anything. He is just joing hands and crying.

ACP – "Daya lagta hai isne suna nahi…sunao toh zara isse"

Meanwhile, with the other man ->

Vaibhav – "dekho tumhe saza se hum bacha sakte hain agar tum humari madad karo."

ACP Prithviraj – "CID tumhara bhala hi chahti hai."

Man 2 – "CID…" thoo (spits of the floor)

Vaibhav gets real angry and slaps this person and this person starts fighting back.

With man 1,

Daya – "bologe ab bhi ya nahi?"

Man 1 – "rukho saab batata hoon…"

ACP – "haan ab kuch acha sunai aa raha hai"

Man 1 – "who paise Birju ke hain. Usne humse kaha unhe uske ghar mein rakhne ko"

Daya and ACP look at each other.

Daya – "par Birju hai kahan?"

Man 1 – "Biru bade saab ke saath Bambai gaya hai…wahan usse kuch kaam karne ko bola hai. Ye ussi ke paise hain"

ACP – "ye bade saab kaun hain?"

Before this man could say anything, they hear the fighting between the other man and Vaibhav. ACP Prithviraj was trying to stop the fight as much as he could but Vaibhav and the man were too hard on each other. Daya immediately ran there to help Vaibhav but before he reached the other man, had snatched Vaibhav's gun. He was now holding it, pointing it towards ACP Prithviraj.

Man 2 – "hat jao warna tumhare ACP ki khopdi khol ke rakh dunga"

Daya – "Dekho gun niche rakh do…tum yahan se bhaag nahi sakte"

Man 2 – "bhaagna chahta kyun hai? Humare khool mein wafaadari ka namak hai. Ya Khuda"

Saying so, he fired first Man 1 right on forehead and then killed himself as well. Both of them were dead on the spot.

ACP – "Mumbai mein zaroor kuch gadbad hai. Daya Vivek ko fauran phone karo. Lagta hai is kahani ka ant wahan hi hoga."

Abhijeet was really tensed as he drove to Pune the next morning. Kaki was fine now and her daughter Krishna had come and right now she was with her. What really tensed Abhi was the two Shruti at his house. Shruti. Viren's wife, seemed to be knowing something that scared her to life but she wont tell and Shruti, Viren's sister, Abhi didn't trust her anymore. He had been very much mistaken to bring her to his house. She certainly had her plans but now he didn't have time to know them, there was something of much more importance for him. However, he couldn't forget how suddenly she met him and she was the one whom they were searching. She readily agreed to come to Mumbai and agreed even to stay in his own house when he was a stranger. Then in the night when he heard some noises, Shruti was again out of bed. In the morning, she was checking his file… All this was odd. The file – he thought. He hadn't seen if there was anything missing. He took it and checked…and indeed he was correct. The fax from the headquarters was missing.

Abhi banged his fists and said "shit" … Shipra was indeed a spy then. He had to inform ACP sir anyhow. He dialed but the number was not answering. What should he do? He decided to go to Pune and try to call ACP after sometime.

He tried everything, but tension won't go off hid brain. How could he have failed to recognize a spy. More importantly, where was this going? He intended to only trace Viren and now all this. Where had he ended up…? There certainly was some connection between the two cases and his house was certainly a target. He thought to dial to ACP but just as he picked his phone to dial, he got a call. He picked up…

Krishna – "Hello. Abhijeet sir?"

Abhi – "haan main bol raha hoon"

Krishna – "sir main Krishna bol rahi hoon. Aap jahan bhi hain fauran ghar chale aayiye"

Abhi got real tensed. Why would Krishna (Kaki's daughter) call him. She sounded rather serious. He stopped the car on side and then talked.

Abhi – "Krishna, kya baat hai? Kaki theek toh hai na? Tum itni gabhrayi hui kyun ho?"

Krishna – "sir, maa bilkul theek hain."

Abhi – "toh phir baat kya hai?"

Somewhere deep inside he had an instinct that what was coming was somehow related to Shruti and Shipra… something had happened. He just knew it.

Krishna – "sir main aapke ghar aayi thi, maa ki kuch dawai lene aur maine dekha ki andar Shipra didi ne Shruti didi par gun tan rakhi hai. Mujhe bahut darr lag raha hai."

Hell! Abhi thought. He was so right. Shipra wasn't Viren's sister. She was just an imposter – a spy. He didn't know how to react.

Abhi – "suno, Krishna. Tum wahan se chali jao. Main kuch karta hoon aur haan kisi ko iske bare mein kuch nahi kehna"

He hung up saying so. Blunder…how could he have done it? And just then he got another call from a private number.

Voice – "Kyun Senior Inspector Abhijeet…kya haal – chaal hain aapke?"

Abhi – "maaf kijiye par kya main aapko jaanta hoon?"

Voice – "aap hum jaise chote logoin ko chahe na jaane ya na pehchaane par aapko kaun nahi jaanta?"

Abhi – "dekhiye mujhe zaroori kaam hai. Agar koi baat hai toh batayi warna –"

Voice – "kaam toh bahut hai aapke paas par shayad ye sunkar aap humare liye thoda waqt nikaal sake…"

And then Abhi hears a child scream in pain. Then a woman pleading to leave her daughter. It was Shruti and Pinky.

Abhi – "pinky???"

Voice – "arre wah…bahut kam dino mein bahut zyada jaan pehchaan nahi ho gayi hai?"

Abhi – "saaf saaf bolo kya chahte ho?"

Voice – "haan ab jaakar thode pate ki baat ki hai aapne. Main chahta hoon ki aapke baaki saathi fauran se Pune chod de. Wahan jo jaisa hai, usse ussi haal mein chod aaye. Yahan wohh us chori ka aur aap apne dost Viren ka case band kar de."

Abhi – "isse tumhe kya milega? Kaun ho tum?"

Voice – "jab koi bol raha ho…toh beech mein nahi bolte…itna bhi nahi pata aapko…meri baat abhi khatam nahi hui hai…uske baad main chahta hoon ki tum akele Mumbai – Pune Highway par Bhatia constructions ki building mein aa jao. Building under construction hai…par haan akele hi aana, bina kisi gun ya kisi saathi ke…agar tum inko zinda dekhna chahte ho…"

Abhi – "hello?? Hello??"

The man hung up. Abhi tried calling back, but the number was now switched off. He called ACP and this time ACP picked up… Abhi told ACP all about his suspicions, Krishna's call and then this call…

ACP – "Abhijeet, main Vivek ko phone kar deta hoon. Wohh jaakar fauran tumhare ghar mein chaan been shuru kar dega. Hum log bhi Pune se chal rahe hain, tum humse Mumbai – Pune highway par Pune resort par milo."

Abhijeet was just five minutes drive away from the place ACP had called him to. He waited there impatiently, thinking over and over about the things. How couldn't he figure out that a girl who met him a day, agreed to stay in his house after knowing him for just two days. He always thought that there was something fake about her but he never took it seriously… actually it was how friendly she was that he never doubted her but he should have had been careful… he was already once betrayed by a friend. Was really Viren a fraud? Maybe Shipra had planned it all…and now Shruti and Pinky were in danger… he had to help them what so ever…

It was for not another 40 minutes when the CID team finally arrived. Abhijeet recited the whole story to all of them.

ACP Prithviraj – "sir par mujhe nahi lagta ki Shruti, Viren ki behen ne ye kiya hai"

ACP – "Prithviraj jo kuch hua hai us sab ke hisaab se toh shaq ussi par jaata hai par Abhijeet, tumhe kya ho gaya tha? Tum usse apne ghar mein rakhne ke liye maan kaise gaye?"

Abhi was quiet. He knew he was at fault here.

Just then ACP gets a call from Pratap. He tells that they had properly scanned Abhijeet's house. It was in perfectly nice condition except some struggle marks in the hall. They also found the fax of the kidnapped child from Shruti's room and it was wet.

Daya – "sir ab kya karna hai?"

ACP – "karna kya hai…Abhijeet ko us under construction building mein jana hoga"

ACP Prithviraj – "par sir Abhijeet akele…"

ACP – "hum sab chalenge Prithviraj."

Abhijeet was standing in front of the under construction building. It was just a little after noon. He was trying to calm himself as he entered. He had left his gun with Daya safely but carried small transmitters in his batch and shoes as well. The others would be nearby and it was planned that when Abhijeet felt it fine, he would throw one transmitter away. When the two transmitters would go far from one another, it was the signal for when the others were to join in… Till then, ACP had called Freddie, Pratap, Vivek and more CID officers from both Pune and Mumbai.

Abhijeet turned back, he could see Daya across the road, disguised wishing him luck. It took Abhi some courage to accept the truth and then he entered. There was a watchman outside the building, who asked Abhijeet to show his batch. The watchman searched Abhi for any weapon and only then allowed him inside.

The building was divided into 3 phases and was also several storied. As he entered the first phase, he stood in a verandah type of place with walls all around. There were four men with guns.

Abhijeet said his name and just then walkie – talkie of one of the men rang.

Man – "Yes Boss?"

Voice – "Abhijeet sahab ko ba-izzat lekar aana. Dekhna unhe koi takleef na ho"

Man – "ji boss"

It was the same voice who had called Abhijeet…

Voice – "aur haan Abhijeet sir ke jhoote utarwa lena. Itni der se unhe pehne pehne wohh thak gaye honge. Main unhe takleef nahi dena chahta aur na chahta hoon ki jhoote mein chupe transmitter se CID hum tak pahunch sake"

How could this man know about the transmitter? Abhi thought. Who was this man who had almost all the knowledge about CID. And if the transmitter went far away from the other, ACP and the others outside will think it's the signal to enter. It will ruin everything…but to his surprise, the man took off the shoes but carried them along.

Daya outside saw the two transmitters were no longer in one line but they were almost together.

Vaibhav – "sir lagta hai ye signal tha"

ACP – "par Abhijeet ne joote ko door kyun nahi kiya…yeh toh lagta hai uske haath mein hai"

Daya – "sir zaroor unhe pata hoga transmitter ke bare mein. Jo insaan CID ki har khabar rakhta hai, usko shayad pata ho"

ACP Prithviraj – "haan par ab kya karein?"

ACP – "thoda intezaar karte hain. Abhijeet ko apna kaam bakhub hi aata hai"

Inside, Abhijeet was now alone with this man who took him up the stairs into a room where two men were there. They checked Abhijeet first and then allowed him ahead. Just then, the man's walkie – talkie rang again. It was a lady this time.

Lady – "Abhijeet ko abhi kisi kamre mein band kar do. Tum uske saath wahin rehna. Yahan aane ki zaroorat nahi hai. Aur dekhna wohh koi awaz na kare"

Next thing Abhijeet knew was that his head was hit with something hard. The pain was unbearable and a person forcefully tied his hands behind his band. Another person closed his mouth with a tape. He remembered falling on the cold floor… wishing there was a way of contacting his team outside…and then all blackness surrounded him and he lost conscious

Where was he? Abhi thought…this was a complete dark room. He couldn't see anything either. Was it dark outside? For how many hours was he unconscious? He checked for his badge, thank God, it was there. CID can still trace him… he tried to get up… ouch it hurt. His leg… he touched it… it had been bleeding and his head still ached. He was however no longer tied and neither his mouth was closed. Abhi found a wall and sat with support. After a few minutes when he thought he could now bear the pain, he got up and searched for any kind of exit. He found a flap…yes… he opened the bolts and then the flap… It was a window… too small for even a child to pass through and was also barred but at least now he could see something.

He was lying in a room with no furniture. Indeed the walls didn't even have paint on them… they were dirty. The door was in the opposite side but it would be shut, he assumed. He could see the road outside. The window was facing a road… it had to be a city as the traffic was on. How could Abhi call to anyone to help… and then he remembered… these people had held hostages… he needed to rescue them. So Abhi, took his badge and threw it out of the window, in hope the others can find it. Then he turned towards the door, he needed to escape.

Meanwhile,

Daya – "sir Abhijeet ke transmitter se signals mil rahe hain…"

ACP – "kahan hai Abhijeet…dekho zara Vivek"

Vivek took the computer at once and started trying to locate it…

Vivek – "Yahin paas mein sir. Zyada door nahi hai… par…nahi"

ACP – "kya hua Vivek?"

Vivek – "sir ab signals nahi mil rahe"

Daya – "Lagta hai Abhijeet kisi aisi building mein hai jis mein se signals transmit hone mein mushkil hoti hogi…thodi der ko hi wohh bahar aaya hoga…"

ACP Prithviraj – "kya tum us jagah ko dhoondh sakte ho?"

Vivek – "ji sir…isme wohh location record ho gayi hai…main bas ek minute mein batata hoon"

ACP – "jaldi chalo Daya" He then whispered to himself "bas Abhijeet theek ho!"

Abhijeet tried all he could to open the door but it wont open. He even tried banging it but none came to help him neither was there any sound coming from outside. Maybe they locked him someone isolated and ran away. But where exactly was he? This wasn't certainly the building he had come to… Abhi ran to the window to see if he can figure something out from the road…

Abhi was staring at the road, when he heard some noise outside the door… there was a click, a door was being opened… and then the door was unbolt and then it opened… he couldn't make out who was it… the figure was in complete shadows. There was no light outside the door as well…

Abhi stepped a little forward…

Abhi – "kaun hai…kaun ho tum? Aur main kaha hoon?"

The figure didn't say anything but quickly came inside and shut the door behind. For probably the first time in Abhi's whole career, Abhi felt a little nervous. He had no clue where he was… he had no weapon… his friends didn't know where he was... he has someone to protect and whereas he himself was in danger… for a moment, he felt miserable… Once before, only once before, Abhi had felt the same… when he was found by the CID team in a car, hurt. He then had no clue of anything. The time when he had lost his memory but that time, his friends were there for him. Today, once again he was totally clueless and this time even alone…

Abhi – "Kaun ho tum? Kya chahte ho… bolte kyun nahi?"

No reply, but then 2 hands searched him and closed his mouth. This was a girl…

Girl – "shhh…shor mat kijiye…koi aa jaayega"

Abhi knew this voice… it was Shruti – Viren's sister. She struggled in darkness to find something…

Abhi – "tum?…main jaanta hoon tum koi journalist nahi ho…"

Abhi's statement broke off as suddenly something clicked and light spread in the room. Shruti was there behind him holding a torch in one hand and a gun in other…

Shruti – "haan main par –"

Shruti couldn't complete her statement as Abhi snatched her gun by then and was now pointing it on her.

Shruti – "Abhijeet, ye aap kya kar rahe hain?"

Abhi – "chalo…naatak band…batao Shruti ji aur Pinky kahan hain?"

Shruti – "Abhijeet, baat suniye…ye aap-"

Abhi – "tumne Shruti aur Pinky ko kidnap kiya na."

Shruti – "main aisa kyun karungi?"

Abhi – "kyunki tum in sab se mili hui ho… achanak se tumhara mujhse milna, tumpar hamle, Mumbai aana…sab naatak tha… ye sab kis liye? Batao…"

Shruti – "haan ye sab naatak tha…mera aapse milna zaroori tha isiliye hum mile…par main in logoin ke saath nahi hoon"

Abhi – "mujhe tumpar bharosa nahi… mujhe dosti par hi bharosa nahi"

Just then the door opened and Shruti (Viren's wife) came in.

Shruti – "aisa mat kahiye Abhijeet ji. Shruti sach keh rahi hain."

Abhi – "aap theek toh hain na Shruti ji…aur Pinky kaisi hai? Aur…aapko kaise pata ki ye Shipra nahi Shruti hain?"

Shruti – "yahan se chaliye…main aapko sab batati hoon…par yahan nahi."

Shruti led them through a series of dark corridors. This was an unoccupied building which seemed to be built for a series of offices as there were several corridors and several rooms branched to each corridor. Eventually they had to hide from some patrolling people. After some five minutes, they reached a room in the far end. Shruti gestured them inside and went after them herself.

Abhi still had his gun pointing towards Shruti (Viren's sister) but she seemed relaxed. Shruti entered inside and ->

Shruti – "mera naam Shruti nahi hai. Main Anjali hoon… CID inspector Rajeev ki patni"

Abhijeet's hand was now down and so was his jaw in amazement.

Anjali – "main aapko sab pehle bata dena chahti thi par mera beta Ajay, in logoin ke paas hai. Meri behen, Kanya aur uska pati, un dono ne ye chori kari. Jab Rajeev is case ki investigation kar rahe the, toh Kanya unki assistant thi. Kanya ka pati, Rajeev ka informer ban gaya aur kahin se wohh aisi khabarein deta jo sab sach nikalti. Ek din Rajeev ne Kanya ko usse baat karte dekha aur unhe shaq ho gaya. Unhone inka peecha kiya aur unhe pata chala ki saari chori in dono ne hi ki hai. Rajeev ne case ki file mein sab likh diya aur file mere paas ghar chod gaye aur khud agle din unhone in dono ko pakadne ka socha… par wahan in logoin ne Rajeev ko maar diya"

Abhi was in total shock. What exactly was happening? He must be dreaming…

Anjali – "us raat Kanya humare ghar aayi aur Ajay, Pinky aur mujhe apne saath le gayi. In logoin ne Rajeev ko baandh rakha tha ki wohh file band karne ko maan jaaye warna ye hume maar denge. Rajeev nahi maane, isiliye in logoin ne Rajeev ko maar diya. Baad mein, in logoin ne Ajay ko agwa kar liya. Unhone mujhse bola ki agar main Ajay ko Rajeev ki tarah khona nahi chahti toh main wohh file inhe de doon aur khud Viren ki patni banker aapke ghar chali jaun. In logoin ne hi mujhe kaha ki main aapse kahun ki Viren mar chuka hai."

So indeed Viren was somewhere related to this case…but Abhi still couldn't see where? But it was like Shruti (Viren's sister) understood his brain

Shruti – "Viren hi Kanya ka pati yani ki is sab ke peeche hai."

Abhi – "ye nahi ho sakta"

Anjali – "ye sach hai Abhijeet ji. Viren aapka dost kabhi nahi tha. Wohh sirf aapse matlab nikaal raha tha."

Shruti – "aaj aapke jaane ke baad, jab main upar kamre mein gayi toh Anjali us fax ko pakde ro rahi thi. Us fax par Ajay ki tasveer hai."

Abhijeet hadn't really come up a shock but he knew better not to fall into another trap.

Abhi – "tum kaun ho?"

Shruti – "main?"

He again had his gun towards her…

Abhi – "haan tum…is sab mein tum kaisi aayi?"

Shruti – "Abhijeet main aapko nahi bata sakti. Aap sirf kuch der ke liye maan lijiye ki main dost hoon. Main aapke saath hoon"

Abhi – "kaun ho tum?"

Anjali – "Abhijeet ji, ye Viren ki behen hai. Sach mein, par ye humare saath hai. Viren ne toh inhe aapke ghar se agwa kiya tha"

Abhi – "wohh sab naatak tha hai na?"

Anjali – "Main wahin thi. Maine hi toh inhe chupke se khola…par mere dono bacche abhi bhi wahin hain. Unhe bacha lijiye Abhijeet."

Abhi – "aap fikar mat karo…Pinky aur Ajay dono aapke paas sahi salamat honge par ab tum muh khologi ya goli maar doon?"

Shruti opened her mouth to speak but just then they heard firing. CID or the Police had come…great! However Shruti had escaped. Abhi asked Anjali to evacuate the building and handed her the gun as well. He ran out to chase Shruti but then met Daya.

Daya – "Abhijeet? Tum theek ho?"

Abhi – "Daya…"

Daya took out Abhi's gun…

Daya – "tumhari bandook"

Abhi told Daya everything Anjali told him on the way and trust me when Daya got to know who was behind all this – his face was worth watching. Daya stopped on the way thinking how was Abhi even walking… Abhi knew what was in Daya's mind…

Abhi – "nahi yaar…abhi waqt nahi hai."

They both rushed upstairs… now it was Daya's turn to tell the tale… he told that right now they were in Pune. They waited for a long time outside the building for signal but none came. Only after a few minutes, a car drove the watchman away. Another few minutes later the transmitter signals were moving. One was in the building and another was going away, so, they decided to check the building and found it empty. Then they followed the signal but after sometime it was untraceable. A few minutes back (when Abhijeet threw his batch out) they got it again for a few moments but they traced the location and so came here with a good amount of force to back up. At this very moment, wherever they looked, there were bullets firing. They too fired some on their way to get rid of anyone coming.

ACP was also there in the fight… he saw Abhijeet and Daya coming running from a distance and was indeed very glad to see Abhijeet back. Abhi told the whole story again and ACP was as well shocked…however he too like Abhi knew this wasn't time to react to the story…

ACP – "Kanya shayad top floor par hai…chalo"

The 3 rushed towards the top floor. Most fights were now over. Many dead bodies lay on the floor like carpets and screams and shouts were in the air. They were searching Kanya when Abhi thought that he saw someone with two children…must be Shruti with Pinky and Ajay… he went towards her to stop her but when he reached there, it was Kanya…

Kanya – "hat jaaiye Inspector warna ye do masoom bacche mar jaayenge"

Shruti – "itni jaldi nahi bhabhi"

Shruti had come from behind and now she too had a gun. She fired on Kanya's leg who fell down. Abhi snatched her gun and took charge while Shruti took the children away but then Abhi took his own gun as well and pointed one each – on Kanya and Shruti.

Abhi – "ruk jao Shruti…yahan se bhaag nahi paogi…Chod do bacchoin ko"

Just then ACP and Daya come running…

ACP – "Abhijeet, ye kya kar rahe ho? Ye ek CID officer hai"

Abhi couldn't believe his ears. ACP pointed towards Shruti and said she is a CID officer. He took his gun down. ACP turned towards Shruti

ACP – "Shruti kaisi ho beta? Aur tum yahan? Ek minute, kahin yahi toh Viren ki behen nahi?"

Shruti – "sir main sach mein Viren ki behen ho"

ACP – "isiliye toh…isiliye toh isne Abhijeet se kaha ki ye CID bureau nahi aayegi…samjhe Daya"

Shruti – "I am sorry sir par mujhe orders the ki main apni identity kisi ko bhi na disclose karun…bureau mein bhi nahi"

ACP – "par ye sab kya hai?"

Shruti – "sir, headquarters mein Viren ke khilaf already report thi. Unhone mujhse kaha ki main Viren par nazar rakhun. Ek din maine Viren ko Kanya se Abhijeet ke bare mein baat karte hue suna. Tab maine headquarters mein Abhijeet ji ke bare mein report bheji. Wahan un logoin ne investigation karke pata kiya ki shayad Viren Abhijeet par attack kare kyunki koi Viren ki wife bankar inke ghar par thi. Main Kanya ko pehchanti thi isiliye ek din main Mumbai aayi dekhne ki kya Kanya inke ghar mein hai… par nahi…wohh koi aur thi. Jab maine ye report bheji toh headquarters ne mujhe kaha ki kisi bhi tarah mujhe Abhijeet ke saath rehna hoga, taki main inki help kar sakun aur inke ghar mein kaun hai, ye bhi pata kar sakun."

Only ACP and Shruti were smiling as though they knew each other for long… Abhi and Daya stared each other…knowing nothing about this… ACP saw this…

ACP – "arre tum dono abhi bhi nahi samjhe? Ye CID officer hai aur koi aisi waisi officer nahi, apne batch ki sabse achi. Maine khud training dee hai isse"

Shruti – "Senior Inspector Shruti, headquarters."

Shruti said so and held out a hand to Abhijeet who shook it firmly and then Daya.

Daya – "par aap phir saare time…"

Shruti – "ji…main hi is case ki aakhiri kadi hoon. Abhijeet ji ki jaan ko khatra tha…isiliye mujhe Abhijeet ki security ke liye rakha gaya."

Daya – "aur hume laga Abhijeet aapko security de raha hai"

Kanya who was lying on the floor listening to all this…laughed loud…

Kanya – "mil lo…jab tak mil sakte ho…bahut jald Viren tumse ye mauka cheen lega"

ACP – "kya Viren bhaag gaya?"

Shruti looked at Kanya's fingers… they were oddly familiar… She took her hand and rubbed it…

Shruti – "make up!"

Daya – "kya?"

Shruti – "sir bureau mein kaun hai?"

ACP – "Freddie, Gangu aur 2 aur officers…kyun?"

Shruti called ACP aside and told him something. ACP was utterly shocked… he called someone and then they all decided to leave. Kanya was taken care of by the several officers who had already arrested the others… Ambulance was clearing the dead bodies.

Anjali came running to see her kids safely with Shruti and Abhijeet. While Daya and ACP met others, Shruti and Abhijeet took Pinky and Ajay to Anjali. Anjali hugged her children and then Shruti.

Anjali – "Thank You. Thank You very much. Agar aaj aap dono na hote toh main apne bacchoin se kabhi nahi mil pati."

Shruti – "koi baat nahi"

Anjali – "I am sorry Abhijeet ji. Maine aapke saath bhi theek nahi kiya. Par main Ajay ko nahi khona chahti thi. Har roz lagta tha ki Rajeev jahan bhi honge, wahan se sochte honge ki CID officer ki patni hone ke baad bhi main aisa kaise kar sakti hoon?"

Abhijeet – "koi baat nahi. Aapne jo kiya, koi bhi maa karti"

Then Pratap came. ACP had asked him to drop Anjali and the kids safely to their homes and to be with them till everything ends.

Abhijeet was now really emabarassed. He thought so bad of Shruti… Shruti seemed to have read this as well…

Shruti – "Kya hua Abhijeet ji?"

Abhi – "I am sorry…maine aapse bahut kharab tareeke se baat ki"

Shruti – "kee toh.."

Abhi was amazed to listen to this…he was apologizing and she here was pulling his leg… however he had some questions unanswered and he wanted to know the answers…

Abhi – "par phir aap yahan kaise aayi?"

Shruti – "jab maine Anjali ko fax pakad ke rote hue dekha toh mera shaq yakeen mein badal gaya ki ye Anjali hain. Maine Rajeev sir ke saath inki aur Ajay ki ek tasveer dekhi thi. Isiliye toh main wohh fax lekar gayi, taki main compare kar sakun"

Abhi – "toh aapko sab pehle se pata tha?"

Shruti – "nahi…thoda time laga…aapke ghar mein raat mein cheezein hilani padi"

Abhi – "toh wohh aap hi thi?"

Shruti laughed…

Shruti – "haan par humesha nahi. Jis din aapne pakda us din nahi. Us din Anjali ko mujh par shaq ho gaya tha aur wohh mere samaan ki talaashi le rahi thi."

Abhi was really shocked…what all was had happened right under his nose and he hadn't noticed at all!

Shruti – "main neeche headquarters call kar rahi thi…itne mein Anjali ne mere upar gun taan lee… aadat se majboor hoon toh gun cheenkar unpar aim kiya toh unhone sab bata diya… wohh toh khud ye sab nahi karna chahti thi"

Abhi – "phir aap yahan?"

Shruti – "itne mein Viren wahan apne kuch aadmiyoin ke saath aa gaya… aur bas hume yahan le aaya… Anjali ji ne meri yahan bahut madad ki. Unhone hi mujhe kamre se bahar nikala…"

Just then ACP called out…

ACP – "chale Shruti…maine phone kar diya hai…kahin der na ho jaaye."

Shruti turned to Abhi

Shruti – "aapki saza baad mein tay Karen?"

Abhi – "saza? Maine kya kiya?"

Shruti – "mere saath kharab vyavhar"

Saying so she laughed and then left…and told ACP "Kanya ko bhi saath le chalte hain.. shayad wahan inki zaroorat pad jaaye"

In the office…

Freddie was really nervous. ACP had called and told him that the person portraying as Rampal chacha is no one else but the villain of the story. He was blabbering to himself…

Freddie – "arre yeh main kahan fas gaya…wife ko pata chalega toh na jaane kya kahegi… par Freddie yahi tera chance hai, agar abhi isse akele pakad liya, toh ACP sir kabhi nahi keh paayenge ki Freddie mein akal nahi hai… aur socho toh wife kitni khush hogi… aur wohh Vivek… tab usse bataunga ki CID officer hona kya hota hai…"

When, ACP, Shruti, Abhi, Daya and all others reached the bureau Freddie was sitting silent on a chair…shocked… eyes wide in surprise and the two officers along with Gangu, were trying to calm him down.

ACP – "kya hua Freddie ko?"

Officer 1 – "sir Freddie sir ne na jaane achanak Rampal Chacha ko maara, Rajeev sir ke office mein lock kiya par ye sab itna achanak hua ki Freddie sir shock mein hain"

Daya – "kya Freddie ne Rampal chacha ko maara…par kyun?"

Shruti didn't wait to listen to another word, she went to see. The man was lying on the floor on his chest… possibly dead as blood was there all around his head. Shruti quietly unlocked the door and went in… slowly she approached the body. Abhi was the only one who saw her leave and followed her.

There as soon as Shruti held the man's hand to turn him to see his face, the man got up and snatched Shruti's gun… Abhi saw this and ran there to help… the others too had seen this and now went near but the man now had gun pointed on Shruti's head.

Rampal Chacha – "ruk jao…sab jahan ho wahin ruk jao warna isse maar dunga"

Abhi – "Viren…Shruti ko chod do"

Viren – "arre wah…Abhijeet tumne mujhe kaise pehchana? Chalo wohh chodo pehle jao darwaza band kar do… do dost itne dino baad mile hain…main nahi chahta ki tumhare office wale hume tang kare"

Abhi didn't move…

Viren – "jao warna isse maar dunga aur apni bandook bahar hi chod kar aana"

Abhi went and did as he was asked to. The room was sound proof and bullet proof…means that once the door is closed, one cant listen to any talks that go on inside. However he did so and then returned nearer to Viren.

Viren – "meri behen ki jaan tumhare liye itni kimati kab se ho gayi Abhijeet?"

Abhi – "sabki jaan kimati hoti hai Viren…agar tum ye samajhte toh shayad aaj wahan na hote"

Viren – "haan shayad agar main ye samajhta toh tumhari tarah hi sarkari naukari karta? Kya mila tumhe desh desh chilla kar? Jaan ki baazi ke badle kuch hazar rupye? Aaj mere paas itna hai ki main agar kabhi na kamaun toh bhi koi farak nahi padega"

Abhi – "ye daulat kis kimat par?"

Shruti sought chance and tried to escape..

Viren – "itni jaldi nahi behna…pehle batao toh ki mujh tak kaise pahunchi?"

Shruti – "tumhare haath…jab pehli baar dekha tha toh laga tha ki make up hai… aaj jab bhabhi ko arrest kiya, toh unke haath par bhi make up tha"

Viren – "hoshiyaar ho…par itni nahi… batao Kanya kahan hai?"

Neither of them spoke… Abhi was near the table and he saw the paper weight lying there. Good chance, he could possibly defend… he picked it up but Viren saw it and fired a bullet at Abhi's already hurt leg…

Abhi fell in pain and Shruti too screamed…

Shruti – "Viren chodo mujhe…kya kar rahe ho tum? Itni insaaniyat bhi nahi bachi tum mein? Dost hai wohh tumhara"

Viren – "Tumhe phir itni parwah kyun hai?"

Shruti – "abhi tak insaan hoon main"

Viren was very angry… he let Shruti free but pointed his gun towards her… she didn't care and helped Abhi get up…

Viren – "kya milta hai insaan ban kar? Baba ke kehne par apna sapna chod diya… Abhijeet ko dekh kar khoon jalta tha… wohh apna sapna jee raha tha… phir Bhopal mein dost bankar hi un 4 logoin ki madad ki hi na…kya hua? Sab kuch lekar bhaag gaye… Ek din mujhe mauka mila…wohh 4 ek doosre se lad rahe the… tabhi kisi ne un par humla kiya… wohh Kanya thi… in logoin ne uske saath bhi dokha kiya tha…milkar humne unhe maar diya. Kanya aur maine phir tay kiya ki ab hum kisi bhi tarah jald hi sabse ameer ban jaayenge. Ek doosre ko jaana, pechana…aur phir pasand karne lage… shaadi kar lee. Ek din us exhibition ke bare mein aaya…toh plan kiya ki wahan se saare gehne le lenge. Phir Kanya ne hi kaha main Abhijeet se dosti dobara kar loon…taki jab hum chori karein toh Abhijeet ke yahan chup sake…par kahin se wohh Rajeev beech mein aa gaya.."

Viren had ended his talks… He took them both on gunpoint and asked them to walk out of the room with him…when they walked out of the cabin, Kanya was tied to a chair and was unconscious. Sheetal was holding a gun on her head.

Viren – "aye…kya ho gaya Kanya ko?"

ACP – "Kanya bilkul theek hai Viren. Paagal mat bano…Shruti aur Abhijeet ko jaane do"

Viren – "ACP…tumhara officer meri gun point pe hai. Sharate main decide karunga"

ACP – "Viren dekho…tum yahan se bhaag nahi sakte"

Viren – "tumhe aisa lagta hai ACP…"

Saying so, he fired towards Sheetal… the bullet hit her right on shoulder and she fell down in an instant…and a lot of things happened simultaneously… a lot of people scream… few fired towards Viren… few ran to help Sheetal… and someone fired at Kanya… it was Vaibhav who shot Kanya in the moment right when he saw Viren shoot Sheetal…

Viren – "Kanya…"

ACP – "jaldi…dono ko hospital lekar jao"

Freddie and Vivek picked up the two with help from Lavanya and Kaveri and hurried them out… Viren however didn't move… he help Shruti by her neck and Abhi was right on his gun point…

Viren – "main kisi ko bhi nahi chodunga…tum logoin ne meri Kanya ko mujh se cheen liya…"

Viren let Shruti go but caught Abhijeet by neck…

ACP – "Viren chodo Abhijeet ko"

Viren – "tumhara officer zaroor marega ACP"

Vaibhav tried to cover Viren from behind but Viren already noticed this and blindly shot in Vaibhav's direction. The bullet hit Vaibhav right in chest and he was dead on the spot. Vivek rushed inside listening to the fire and helped Vaibhav's body outside…

ACP – "Vaibhav…"

Viren – "aur kisi ko hilna hai? Koi humare peeche bahar na aaye"

Viren took Abhi outside…and then threw him… Abhi was really hurt and injured…Then Viren pointed his gun towards Abhijeet. He closed his eyes and shot…

When he opened his eyes – Shruti was there in front of Abhi and she was struck by the bullet.

Viren and Abhi together – "Shruti…" as Shruti fell down in front of Abhi holding his hand.

Just then, there was another fire… when everyone came out and saw… Anjali was also standing there holding a gun. She had fired at Viren.

ACP didn't know what to say except – "Ambulance bulao jaldi"

Abhi was helping Shruti… ACP came forward to help her…

Shruti – "sir…"

ACP – "Shruti… ye kya kiya?"
Shruti – "duty sir… mujhe ek minute Viren se baat karni hai…"

ACP – "thodi der ruko…fauran tum hospital mein theek hogi"

Shruti – "ek minute sir…please"

Daya who was holding Viren and with getting a blink from ACP, got his body closer to Shruti…

Shruti – "bhai…"

She didn't speak anything else…but he understood.

Viren – "sorry behen… shayad main kabhi apne faisle sahi nahi le paaya…bachpan mein humesha tujhse jalta raha… phir Abhijeet se… usse phir chot pahuchayi"

Abhi too looked at Viren's face…

Viren – "maaf nahi karega kya?"

Before Abhi could say anything else, the Ambulance came and all the injured were rushed inside… Last what Abhi remembered seeing was all standing around him… staring blankly as two pair of hands carried him on a stretcher into the ambulance…

Abhi opened his eyes in the hospital to see Kaki and Daya standing beside his bed.

Daya – "ab kaisa lag raha hai boss? Char din se behosh ho…ab kaisa lag raha hai?"

Abhi smiled and tried to recall all that happened and then remembered…

Abhi – "Vaibhav aur Sheetal kaise hain? Aur Viren? Aur Shruti?"

Daya was silent for sometime… and then

Daya – "Vaibhav aur Viren nahi rahe"

Abhi was silent for sometime… it was a blow… he had really lost a friend…

Daya – "Viren ka bahut khoon beh gaya tha… doctors ne bahut koshish ki par usse nahi bacha paaye. Marne se pehle usne bataya ki saara paisa kahan milega… Kanya ko arrest kar liya gaya hai aur saara paisa le liya hai"

Daya was really upset to see a tear in Abhi's eyes.

Kaki – "Abhijeet beta…tumhe aaram ki zaroorat hai"

Abhi – "kaki aap kaise ho?"

Kaki – "main bilkul theek hoon…par tu bata…kahin dard hai kya abhi?"

Abhi – "theek ho jaayega"

Daya – "boss Viren ye chithi tumhare liye de gaya…wohh aaya tha tumhe us din dekhne"

Daya held out a letter which Abhi took and opened… it was very badly written as Abhi guessed Viren was in a lot of pain when he wrote this. However, Abhi recognized his friend's handwriting immediately.

"Abhijeet…

I am sorry friend. I wasn't ever that strong and your presence made me feel even weaker… I just wished I had known. Take care of Kanya and Shruti for me…

Regards

Viren"

For a moment of two, Abhi stared back at the letter. He didn't know what to say. He missed his friend too much… but he didn't feel like showing his emotions aloud. The letter reminded him of Shruti…

Abhi – "aur Shruti?"

Kaki – "Shruti theek hai, thodi weakness hai…aur kuch nahi"

Abhi – "Doctor ne kya kaha?"

Daya took a serious expression on his face…and gave a long sigh…

Abhi – "kya baat hai Daya…batao"

Daya – "nahi Abhijeet…tum abhi aaram karo… doctor ne kaha hai ki tumhe zyada stress nahi dena"

Abhi – "Kaki…?"

Kaki's expressions hardened suddenly…

Abhi – "aap dono kuch bata kyun nahi rahe ho? Hato…main khud jaa kar dekhta hoon…"

Daya – "par ruko Abhijeet…tum abhi beemar ho"

However, Abhi didn't stop…and rushed outside his room. There he met a nurse who told her the Shruti was in the next room. As Abhi entered…he was surprised to see the view – Shruti was perfectly all right. He saw inside the room, the curtains still drawn. She was sitting on her bed laughing and playing with Pinky and Ajay. Anjali had come to visit Shruti. Freddie was also there with Kaveri and Lavanya.

Abhi turned back and Kaki and Daya were standing there laughing at Abhi's haalat.

Daya – "kaki lagta hai ab Abhijeet kahin aur ki hi duty karega…"

Kaki comes to Abhi…

Kaki – "tu khud baat karega ya main karun?"

Abhi – "Kaki…kya aap…aisi koi baat nahi hai…"

Kaki – "nahi Kaki…kya kar rahi ho?"
Daya – "Abhijeet…tumhare muh pe saaf dikh raha hai…bolo bhabhi ko ghar kab laa rahe ho?"

Abhi is silent…

Kaki – "Abhijeet, dekh beta, apne liye nahi, par meri zimmedari hi kam karne ke liye. Khud baat kar lena aaj warna kal main kar lungi"

In the evening, Abhi was in his room sitting on his bed, reading a magazine. Shruti entered the room… Abhi saw her and suddenly got up…

Abhi – "Shruti…aap?"

Shruti – "haan…main…ab aap kaise hain?"

Abhi – "bilkul theek"

Abhi was taking a step back to his bed as he said so and his plastered foot hurt in doing so as he was careless…Shruti helped him sit…

Abhi – "aap theek hain?"

Shruti – "mujhe kya hona tha?"

No one answered for sometime but they both looked at each other silently. Then Shruti searched her pocket and took out something wallet like. When Abhi saw it carefully, it was his CID batch.

Shruti – "aapne jab neeche faika tha, toh maine utha liya"

Abhi – "thanks. Mujhe thanks kehna ka mauka bhi nahi mila"

Shruti – "arre itni si baat ke liye?"

Abhi – "nahi mujhe bachane ke liye"

Shruti – "koi baat nahi…meri duty thi. Aur waise bhi ab toh shayad main aapko dost keh sakti hoon…aur dost ke liye itna toh banta hai"

Abhi – "aap itne din yahan?"
Shruti – "bullet se intestine ka kafi hissa damage ho gaya tha. Isiliye under observation hoon"

Abhi – "toh aapko aaram nahi karna?"

Shruti – "main bilkul theek hoon…aap batao… suna aaj aapko Daya aur Kaki april fool bana gaye?"

Abhi couldn't think of anything of say… he just blushed a little…

Shruti – "waise baat kya hui?"

And just then Abhi remembered there indeed was something for Shruti to see… he handed her Viren's letter… Shruti read it and she got really upset… almost was crying…

Shruti – "pata nahi usne aisa kyun kiya? Sab kuch toh tha humare paas… Viren sach mein bura nahi tha"

Abhi – "mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha ki pichle kuch dino se mere saath kya ho raha hai?"

Shruti saw that Abhi was also tensed and so … she decided to lighten the atmosphere…

Shruti – "ab kya samajh nahi aaya? Sab kuch toh pata hai… Viren aur Kanya ne ye sab kiya… Rajeev sir ko pata tha… main secret mission par… aur I am sure fighting sequence toh aapko yaad hi hoga. Wohh bhulane jaisa tha nahi"

Abhi still didn't laugh… he was still upset…

Abhi – "par meri wajah se… kya ho gaya"

Shruti – "kuch nahi hua… jo hua…wohh likha tha. Vaibhav sir ke liye sab upset hai par aap sochiye aapke karan kitne log ab khush hain."

Abhi gave it a thought…

Shruti – "anyways…ab bataiye…aage ke kya plans hain?"

And Abhi suddenly remembered what Kaki had told him in the morning…

Shruti – "kuch toh hai na?"

Abhi – "Shruti…aaj kaki ne kuch kaha…"

Shruti – "kya?"

ACP Prithviraj, Daya, Abhijeet, Vivek, Lavanya, Kaveri, Sheetal, Pratap, Freddie and Freddie's wife were all seated in the dining table in Abhi's house. Abhi and Shruti had invited them for lunch after their wedding. Shruti was indeed a great cook and she loved cooking as well. Kaki was serving them all food.

Daya – "kya Abhijeet…itni jaldi kya thi…abhi tumhari umar hi kya hai?"

Kaki – "meri maano Daya toh ab tum bhi koi dhoondh lo…"

Daya – "arre nahi Kaki…mujhe maaf karo"

ACP Prithviraj – "kyun Daya, Abhijeet se poocho..itna bura toh nahi ho sakta anubhav"

Vivek – "kya hua Freddie sir…aaj aap kuch nahi bol rahe?"

ACP Prithviraj – "ye galat hai Vivek. Tum sab Freddie ko itna kyun chedte ho…"

Freddie looked at his wife and just shook his head…

Abhi – "kya bhabhiji…aaj toh bolne do Freddie ko"

Just then Shruti came with some dish.

Daya – "Bhabhi ab aap bhi aa jao…itna sab hum akele thodi na khayenge"

Kaveri – "nahi khana itna acha hai…khatam toh ho hi jaayega sir."

Lavanya – "haan khana hai bahut acha"

Shruti – "haan bas main aati hoon…koi aane wala hai…wohh aa jaaye, toh aa jaaungi"

Abhi didn't know who was more to come… he quietly went after Shruti to the kitchen to investigate…

Abhi – "ab kaun aane wala hai Shruti?"

Shruti – "aap jaakar baithiye toh…jab wohh aayenge…toh aap dekh hi lenge"

Abhi looked at her…and felt how pleased he was…just one decision had made everything seem so pleasant…

Abhi – "main madad karwaun?"

Shruti – "aap? Aap kya karwayenge?"

No one was cooking now…but the two of them were looking into each other's eyes deeply in love with each other…

Abhi – "jo aap karwaye…"

Shruti – "acha?"

Abhi – "arre hadh hai… aazma kar dekh lo"

Shruti – "kya – kya kar sakte hain?"

Abhi – "baat toh waise ye hai…ki jab instructor itna talented ho toh students bhi acha kaam kar dete hain… isiliye agar aap sikhayein toh hum kar denge"

Abhi and Shruti were looking just too cute together… they held each other's hand as they talked…

Just then, Daya calls from outside…

Daya – "kya hua Abhijeet…aaj kya tum khana pakaoge?"

Vivek – "lagta hai Abhijeet sir bhi ab apni wife ke aas paas hi milenge"

Freddie – "teri patni nahi hai na Vivek..isiliye tu kya jaane…ab Abhijeet sir se poocho…"

Shruti and Abhijeet too laughed on the conversation…

Shruti – "ab aap jaakar baithiye…"

Abhi – "tum bhi chalo na…"

Abhi held Shruti's hand and was pulling her out to join them…and just then the bell rang…

Shruti – "jaayiye…dekhiye…aapki curiosity ka jawaab aa gaya"

Abhi looked at Shruti suspiciously and then went to open the door. All eyes were on the door indeed…who would be this so much awaited guest…

Very dramatically…Abhijeet moves towards and door and opens it… it was…none other than ACP Pradyuman. ACP was smiling… he carried a gift which he gave it to Abhijeet…

ACP – "andar nahi bulaoge Abhijeet?"

All the guests in shock had stood up seeing ACP there…

Shruti was the only one who seemed to be carefree and welcomed ACP inside. She walked passed the shocked Abhi very gracefully…

Shruti – "sir…aayiye na…"

ACP gave her the gift and hugged her…

ACP – "umeed hai…tum dono humesha khush raho"

Shruti – "sir baithiye…khana"

As ACP sat at the dining table, everyone was still standing…

ACP – "aap sab bhi baith sakte hain"

Everyone laughed. ACP was definitely family but it was just no one had ever seen him like this… but they were glad that he was there with them… celebrating…

Abhijeet was still standing at the door. Shruti whispered into his ears while closing the door – "ab ye family complete hai"

Abhi smiled at her… he was glad that he had a friend for life who understood him so well…

Abhi – "humari family…thanks to you!"

Both of the smiled at each other and then joined the others on the table for lunch.

Hey people... please please please lemme know how did u all like this cause trust me I am really scared