part 1 - the train chugged and slowed to a stop. the station was quiet and it was quite late. not many people were moving about . the porters were sleeping on the platform in some places. all in all a silence was throbbing and the night wind was taking a turn for the worst. it was about to rain. the girl got out of the train hesitantly. she peeped out and looked left and right and slowly descended from the train. she was slightly dark with sharp features , lovely eyes and dark hair. she wore a printed pink salwar that looked beautiful on her. she wore no makeup and had simple accessories. she carried a small bag on one shoulder and a heavier one on the other shoulder. she looked around and her eyes paused on the sign "morena" .she looked at it a long time and then sighed. she pulled out her mobile and called someone . but the call did not connect. frustration etched across her features she looked around . one of the porters opened a bleary eye and started to get up but she gestured that she had no need of a porter and he went back to sleep. she stood there for a few minutes contemplating and then resigned and resolved she started moving and she stepped out of the station. as she came out her eyes were watchful her manner alert and apprehensive and that was only natural as she was right now alone with noone 4 company but the 2 bags she was carrying which contained all her life literally and she was in a town she had only heard of and never entered before. this was the place she never wanted to come . morena would not have been her choice to live in if she had a choice and she did not have the choice so she is here. the place could have been as beautiful as paris and still she would have hated it. but it served one purpose , the most imp. of all purposes and that was this place held no memories for her and that was what she wanted- not to have memories , as they are painful. she noted that she was getting melancholic in the middle of a road so she controlled herself and stopped by a streetlight. here she took out a slip of paper from her bag and looked at the directions and looked around for something that would make sense of those directions. as she found no such thing, she sighed again and called on her phone again. still no answer. all through the journey she had been trying to contact him but due to weather she couldnt connect . she got frustrated . she had told him time and again that he needed a new phone but her father never listened. and now she was for the first time in "his town", as he called it and he didnt even know . she was supposed to have come 2 days later but she couldnot stay in mumbai anymore- too many memories. she once again pulled herself out of her thoughts and thats when she noticed them. two heavily built men, looking every bit the ruffians that they were , watched her closely, monitoring her moves. one of them leered at her. she ducked her head scared and thinking" yeah! this is sooo not what i need right now! bas isi ki kami thi!" she slowly moved forward watching out of the corner of her eyes . they moved along with her. she tried to ignore them , look confident as if she knew what she was doing and began a brisk walk. they followed her . she began to walk faster. they too fastened their pace. finally one of them tired of the game broke forward as if to catch her betraying his intentions. that was enough for her. she broke in to a run, dropping her bags in her haste and she ran for her life with the men in pursuit. the rain drops started falling as she ran. ************************************************ the car speeded through the roads of morena with unjustifiable speed. "virat! sambhalke! hum sab yahaan jaan hatheli mein leke baithe hain! pls slow karo na!" jeevika pleaded. her crystal earrings dangled in the dimlights and her blue top and skirt shimmered . virat smiled and increased speed another notch and said"meri hone wali bhabhi ! bhai ke saath rehte rehte tum life ka majaa lena bhool rahi ho! kuch nahi hoga! chill!" shlok and sonam smirked and smiled as they too were enjoying the speed. viren smiled briefly at his brothers jest but said "mere bhai! dar lag raha hai use! thoda speed kam kar! aur waise bhi bahar itni jor ki baarish hai itni tej chalayega toh kuch dikhega nahi tumhe aur accident kardoge tum! jeevika ko honewali bhabhi se official bhabhi nahi ban ne dega kya? dheere chlaana yaar!" jeevika scowled at all of them for laughing on her expense and continued"pls virat! meri baat..." and suddenly jeevika screamed. virat applied the brakes and the car screeched to a halt . virat looked back at jeevika and asked "kyun cheekhi tum jeevika? kya hua?" and then as jeevika pointed he spotted in front of them , the cause of jeevikas concern. two men were rounding up on a girl their intent obvious. the girl was fighting but failing slowly. they were actually quite invisible in the downpour but somehow jeevika spotted them as always with that knack of hers . jeevika was always known to notice things that others would barely register . virat believed the word was "intuitive" it helped her a lot in the classes especially when they were discussing hypothetical cases. now that they spotted the reason of jeevikas concern, viren , virat and shlok got out of the car imdtly and rushed to the girls rescue. she was fighting . she had ran as long as she could but now her strength if she had any at all left was failing . the only determination of wanting to go down fighting was holding her now. may be this was better her mind thought morbidly. may be death may bring her the peace she craved. even though she knew it was ridiculous to think so she couldnt stop herself. but another part of her mind spoke in a firmer voice that she needed to fight. as she struggled with the men, suddenly they were hauled off her and she slumped down in relief. she could hear some shouts and some other noise of people being hit as she slowly composed herself. she looked up and saw three young men fighting of those two leeches and gaining on them. as one of the two thugs tried to escape from one of her three rescuers she shouted"jaane mat do unhe!" the one from whom the thug was attempting escape looked for a second at her and then caught the thug more firmly. it was over in a matter of minutes. both the baddies were caught . the three rescuers looked at her. one of them , who looked eldest came to her and asked in concern"tum theek ho?" she nodded and got up . the other two looked at her apprehensively and she checked herself to see if she was looking decent enough. it would not be a good idea to look dishevelled , not after her first experience of morena. as if she needed another reason to dislike the place. the men noticed her discomfort and the one who talked to her called out"jeevika!" the moment he uttered the name a million thunderbolts shot through her body as she heard him. she looked blindly in the direction he called and spotted two pretty girls rushing towards her. one of them looking older "viren! is she alright?" then she spotted her and came to her and said "tum theek ho?" viren reassured her"jeevika! she is fine! dont worry!" and then turning to her he said"she was the one who spotted you and alerted us or else we might have passed obliviously." she looked at this jeevika closely.no, she wasnt her but somehow she felt a connection to this jeevika just like as if... she got out of her thoughts and said in a low voice "thank you" one of the other guys , the one she shouted at to not let the thugs escape looked at her and said"tum yahaan nayi lagti ho. kisi ko jaanti ho yahaan? and in donon ke saath kya karna chahti ho?" viren said incredulously"virat! kaisa sawaal hai? ofcorse hum inhe police ke hawale karenge! they deserve it!" virat replied"bhai! nayi lagti hai morena mein! aate hi kisi par kya complaint karegi! chod dete hai inko bhi aur is ladki ko bhi jaane dete hai aur sab ghar chalte hai!" the mockery in his voice stiffened her spine. this guy was rude and arrogant unlike his brother. well! its time to answer him. it was not in her nature to let an insult, any insult at all , to let go unanswered. she turned to viren and said in a clear voice" aapke paas phone hai? mera phone aur samaan bhaagte hue choot gaya ." when viren nodded and gave her his phone she thought with wry humour why she did not think of this before? it was one sure shot way to contact her father! she dialled the police station no. 100 and when they lifted and asked to state her problem she said "kya aap mere liye acp madan choudary ko contact kar sakte hai? unka phone laga nahi mujhse!" the voice asked her who she was and she replied looking at virat in front of her, who was watching her with surprise like the rest of them and said in a clear voice" main unki beti hoon. manvi. manvi choudary" one of the thugs who was tied up there looked at her in dismay and said" well! i will be damned!" ************************************************** hope u all liked it . i will not be able to updt this ff as quickly as i did with my previous ff but hopefully u will bear with me if and when i get late😊😆 skcp