holi OS challenge: Ek Holi ETF ke saath...

hi amigos...
me back...
(when was i not to say this!!!!😉)
i mean officially... i got my dear pc back...

well, this is my little koshish to write an episodic kinda story.
all of you know i am quiet poor at writing stuffs relating to cases. but i have tried my hand here.
hope you like it. if not...well m sorry...i know this wont be anywhere near the stories written by others here... but i ll just try...so pls bear me...
and characters i ll go with the present story itself. no pairs, no riya. just few flashbacks and cases.
pasand aaye to like and comment zarror kijiye...

here i go...

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It was the auspicious occasion of holi festival.

Colours were all around, masti, muskaan, hasi mazaak... har taraf khushiyaan lehra raha tha...

Par har kahin aisa ho, ye zaroori to nahin!!!!!

******

06:00 am

The maid opened the bedroom door after calling god knows how many times. After all it was a couple's room and the previous day was their 1^st anniversary!!!

The scene she saw made her scream her lungs out...

All she saw was blood...blood...and only blood...

******

Somewhere else...

06:00 am

He sat there on ground, holding her photo close to his heart, recalling every moment he had spent with her...

Holi... one amongst her favorite festival. well which festival did she not like!!! He smiled at the memories...

How she woke him up on the holi morning, oil his hair hands and take him outside to the common place where they all celebrated the festival of colours... happy days, colorful days... but now... he sighed and tears welled up in his eyes.

******

ETF

06:30 am

"team, a new case. Lets go... liza, tum saare equipments le lo.. and be prepared to see the worst."

"par sir..."

"kya hai shree?"

"Arjun sir... I mean Aap unhe case mein involve nahin karenge kya?"

"ye mat bhoolo ki he was suspended for a month for his irrational behavior. And we have solved cases before he came as a team member. To aaj kya hua? Lets go"

They reach the crime scene. It was a posh penthouse, where daughter and son in law of a minister lived.

The scene was quiet horrible to look at. Entire bedroom had blood. Things were strewn everywhere. Two bullets were in the walls. Liza and Aisha were lead o the attached bathroom by the maid.

The body they saw there made both hearts constrict in pain. A lady of about 25 was in the tub which had water almost red, had a bullet wound in her chest region and one on temple.

Liza went for close inspection and saw a knife in her lower abdomen.

"Aisha mam, lagta hai she was tortured before her death. Look at this, there are finger impressions on her hands and throat. Also slap marks. And ha, she was stabbed first allowing blood to drain then shot twice. As much as I guess, last bullet is the one on her temple."

"pata nahin aisa koi kaise kar sakta hai... "

"mam, for further tests I need to take body to lab."

"ya sure... I ll tell sir"

Outside at the same time.

"dekhiye sir, I can understand your feelings now. But agar aap humara saath nahin denge to we cannot find the culprit. To please co operate with us... aap ko kisi pe koi shaq?"

"humaara damaad ka kuch ata pata nahin hai sir... uska phone bhi band hai."

"zaroor ussi ne kiya hoga. Maine mana kiya than a aapse ki uss ladke se meri beti ki shaadi mat karwao.. dekha nateeja...,. haaye meri phool si beti..." victim's mom started crying.

At the same time Aisha came out and started consoling her. They took the body and gathered info about the couple.

They all reached office and jotted down the points and clues.

But that was leading to no where. Vishesh, victim ananya's husband was still not found.

Suddenly, rathod's phone rang.

******

06:45 am

*ting tong*

Arjun wiped his eyes and unlocked the door. He saw the person who would bring his cutting chai with an envelop.

"ye lo beta ye tumhare liye hai."

"kisne bheja hai kaka?"

"pata nahin beta. Wo dekho uss gaadi mein jo baitha hai, ye usne diya hai..."

Arjun opened the envelop and read the contents. He fumed and rushed outside to grab the person. But unfortunately all he could do was just note the car number.

He immediately locked the door and called shree while reaching his SUV.

******

07:00 am

"hello, ACP Sameer Rathod."

"Rathod, Arjun bol raha hun. Jaldi city hospital aa jao. Yahan minister ka damaad is admitted in a very serious condition."

"oki m coming."

He leaves to the hospital and soon reaches there. He meets Arjun

"kahan mila ye tumhe raute? We were searching for him.."

"I was coming to meet you Rathod. I saw him in pool of blood on the road. Dekhna se lagta hai ki koi isse gaadi se phenk ke gaya hai. He was beaten badly and also his tongue is cut."

"he is our main suspect in ananya's murder."

"I don't think he is. I want to see the crime seen Rathod."

"ye mat bhulo raute ki tum abhi bhi suspended ho..."

"kya tum mujhe tab bhi waapas nahin laoge jab tum ye dekhoge Rathod??"

Arjun hand him a paper.

Rathod opens and reads it.

'ACP ARJUN... kaise ho dost.???!!!!

Kya hua? Hairaan ho ki how I know you are at your home?? I mean, not the Ravi lodge. But YOUR home...

HAHAHA... tum shayad ye bhul gaye hoge ki main kaun hun...

Don't worry. I am here to remind you Arjun... so I am back. Your dear friend and foe... SIKANDER... kuch yaad aaya??!

Aayega kaise nahin... aaj tum iss ghar mein ho ye bhi yaad hoga ki maine roshni ke saath kya kiya tha?

Tum aaye to the ye sochkar ki roshni and sameer ke saath bitaaye holi ke lamhon ko yaad kar sako. But I challenge you.

Aaj dopahar 3 baje tak, agar tum apne logon ko bacha sakte ho to bachao. Uss din holi naa hote hue bhi maine khoon ki holi kheli thi tumhari zindagi se. aaj holi ke din hi, I wanna repeat history.

Bus ek jahah Raute... ek jagah hi bomb planted hai... pata laga sakte ho to lagao...

SIKANDER'

Sameer balled the letter and glanced at Arjun.

"Rathod, vishesh khooni nahin hai. The person who handed me the letter was in the same car in which vishesh was earlier. To samjhe ya... samjhau???"

"oki.. I ll speak to comm.., sir. Ye lo address. Shayad wahan shree abhi bhi hai."

Arjun did not respond to him but just put on is glares and walked off. Rathod shook his head and slowly took out another letter from his pocket.

"Arjun, aaj phir se humara past saamne aaya hai... sikander ke roop mein. I thought this was a prank by someone, but..."

He pocketed both letters and went to see vishesh.

next post. ll update soon...

next part... there ll be one more part which i ll update soon...

pls give me your reviews.

Arjun went to crime scene

He started investigating each and every thing.

He went to the bed room and called shree.

"sir, aapko kya lagta hai? Kya vishesh ne iska khoon kiya hai?"

"pata nahin. But I highly doubt. Murder time kya hai?"

"sir about 5:30-5:45 today morning."

"then I doubt its him."

"but kyun sir?"

"kyunki vishesh kI gaadi rudra ki gaadi ke saath kareeb subah ke 6 baje tak tha.

Uski taxi and vishesh ki car dono pune se almost saath hi aa rahi thi. Phir rudra ek dhabe pe ruk gaya and vishesh moved ahead. Ab sochne ki baaat ye hai ki iska murder kisne kiya and kyun? And who was the person who hurt vishesh so badly."

He sat on the sofa and he inhaled a faint smell of lavender.

He went to the dressing table and saw no lavender perfume over there. He came back and found few hair tendrils.

"shree, send these to liza. Check karwao."

He then went to bathroom where body was found. He saw few marks of shoes.

"sir, his looks like shoes worn by a woman."

"yeah. Iska size kya hai dekho and match them with family members and her friends"

"yes sir." Then shree start his work.

Arjun came out and spotted a file on the coffee table. He opened it and saw pregnancy report and a letter.

'TO MAMMA TO BE... CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SUCH A HAPPINESS... PROUD TO BE A DAD LOVE...

-VISHESH.'

After reading Arjun drifted back to memories.

*fb*

'thank you thank you thank you soo much roshni... umhe pata nahin hai ki tumne mujhe kitni badi khushi di hai.. I cant believe I am gonna be dad...wow...'

"main bhi bohut khush hun Arjun... aap papa ban ne waale ho and main maa..."

*fb ends*

A lone tear escaped from his eye. He quickly wiped it. His mind again reeled back to the holi he had celebrated with roshni after marriage.

*fb*

Whole day he, roshni and sameer had enjoyed a lot.

Colours, flowers, sweets and thandayi. They had taken special care not to include bhang in any items as it would be harmful for roshni and baby.

"sam, Arjun... aap dono rangbirange Bandar lag rahe ho... " roshni giggled sitting on the sofa.

"roshni, maa to sam ko nehla rahi hai wahan. U cum and help me na... scrub my back please..."

"chal hat badmash. Maa yahin hai..."

"maa hai to kya hua... MAA.. holi ke baad papa bhi aapki madat lete the na rang saaf karne ke liye...?!"

"hat natkhat."

But soon their little happiness turned into grief.

roshni clutched her abdomen and let out painful cry.

She was soon shifted to hospital and had lost her child.

All were in grief, they had lost their child. Arjun and roshni their little nanhi pari.

*fb ends*

Arjun was brought out of his memories by calls from shree.

"sir... kaam hogaya. Lekin ek shocking khabar hai sir. Mujhe last 5 min se kisi unknown number se message aa raha hai ki yahan kisi holi party mein bomb plant kiya hai. The same message is being sent to other team members other than you and sameer sir.

"number trce hua?"

"no sir. Koshish kar raha hun, but I think its being sent from a secure line."

"what does it say?"

"just a sentence. 'from where it started..."

"just that?"

"yes sir."

"oki. Inform Rathod and you ll follow the threat. I ll be with liza here. I need her help. Send her soon."

"yes sir."

Shree went till the door but just came back, gave a quick hug to Arjun and said

"nice to see you back after a week sir.."

With that he stromed out.

"paagal" Arjun said and shook his head.

******

Liza: sir, wo baal...

"ladki ke hai."

"wow sir aap ko kaise??!"

"utne lambe baal mere ya shree ke to nahin ho sakte na?!"

"sorry sir and ek aur baat sir. Ananya was..."

"pregnant"

"ye aapko..."

"ghar pe uske reports hai liza. Koi nayi chees?!"

She start briefing the details.

Soon they wrapped the case.

The culprit was a college friend of vishesh, nandini, who was also daughter of ananya's mom's best friend.

She liked him from college days but was heart broken when he married ananya and furious when all her plans to get vishesh back failed. it turned worse when ananya declared she was pregnant to her. Only way to get her love was to remove ananya from her way and she did that in the cruelest way she could.

Arjun spoke to her after the case,

"agar tum sachme vishesh se pyaar karti thi uski khushi dekh ke khush hoti. You would be happy. But its just obsession. Pyaar sirf pane ka naam nahin hai nandini. Pyaar kurbaani ka naam hai. but you who claim to love him, ruined his life. Pyaar ka matlab tak tum nahin jaanti. Constable le jao isse."

But no one had an idea who hurt vishesh, and why was he out of town on their anniversary.

******

Arjun and liza were coming out of the house, suddenly arjun's phone rang.

"Arjun. Kya hua? Supercop ko ek case solve karne mein itna tym lag gaya?!!! Agar ek baar mujhse poochte to I would have told you. Oki. Even now it is not late. Lemme tell you the other culprit's name."

"I don't need your help sik. Tum jaise ghatiya insaan se mujhe koi kaam nahin hai. And jis din tum mere haath aaoge na, uss din antim sanskaar ke liye bhi tumhara body nahin milega. Samjhe ya samjhau?"

"calm down calm down Arjun sahaab. I wont waste more time. Agar tumhe phone aaye ki your mom is unwell and is in hospital, which son will not go? Vishesh bhi gaya. But for change, hospital se phone maine kiya tha. Bechara. He cant speak now. Uski car maine police station ke samne park kiya hai Arjun... and you have just 2 more hours... alwida..."

"sikander... dammit!!!"

He immediately called Rathod.

"Rathod. Sikander ne already bomb plant kiya hai. Dunno where. But ha. Bohut badi tabaahi hogi. Un messages ka kya hua?"

"not able to trace it raute..."

"oki. I am coming to hq. we ll speak there."

******

"Rathod,sikander ko humari hare k move pe nazar hai. Hum kya karte hai, kahan jaa rahe hai, kya kar rahe hai, sab kuch. Esp mere upar.. what ever we do we have to split and do. I don't want lives of people in danger because of me."

He sat on his chair and closed his eyes. A sigh escaped from him.

Rathod went to him and kept a hand on his shoulder.

Arjun opened his eyes.

"Arjun, aisa kuch nahin hoga. No one will be hurt. I promise"

"last time hospital mein bhi tumne yahin kaha tha sam. But she was left hurt. Kyun sam kyun??"

His eyes held un shed tears. Loads and pain, hurt and anger.

Rathod averted his gaze from him and composed himself. Those memories haunted him too. But not as much they haunted Arjun and he knew that.

"uss din na mere haath mein kuch tha, naa tumhaare haath mein Arjun. Us din ke baad jo hua, usse badalna bhi hamare haath mein nahin tha. But aaj...aaj hum pehle waale sameer and arjun nahin hai. We will save people. Trust me Arjun.. we will"

He went to his cabin and Arjun sat there with his eyes closed.

ll continue soon...

Unres
me first yay
congo n welcum back my dear
wat a bang on start
ekdum jhatka!!
holi par khoon ki holi omg
arjun pain aww..
jaldi kro me eagerly waiting..!

Yay...
Bang On start.
Loved the whole concept of the story.
And welcome back,Pari.
Waiting for the next part.

lat part of this story...
i know this is not that good... but do give a try.

*fb* (both sameer and Arjun)

"Arjun...ARJUN... kahan ho yaar?! Dekh maine kaha than a ki I ll bring my friend for dinner! Ab hum aaye hai to darwaaza kyun nahin khol raha hai tu?!"

"ek minute sam... aa raha hun..."

Came voice from inside followed by a loud clink and few curses. Soon door was opened and sam and his friend started laughing at the person.

"haso sam. Aur haso. Pehle to wo hadbadaahat mein spoons sabhi gir gaye atta ka box bhi. Tumhe kya?" he mock frowned.

Sam draped his hands around his shoulder and said

"arre baba...gussa kyun hote ho? Dekho ye roshni hai. Meri bohut acchi friend hai. Yahin ek school mein padhati hai. I wanted my two besties meet each other..."

"hi roshni... welcome..." he turned to her and stood mesmerized by her simple beauty.

She seemed like an angel to him...

They all went in and had a great time at dinner. Even before he knew, he was in love with her.

One year of dating, their 1^st holi together before their marriage...

It was where everything began...

*fb ends*

"mera ghar"

"arjun's house.."

"sam... mera ghar. Where it all began"

"haan Arjun. Your house. Lets move..."

They all leave to arjun's house.

The lock was broken and they went inside.

They searched everywhere and Rathod finally found a letter below roshni's photo.

He opened it and read.

'hi ETF. I know ki iss baar Arjun akela nahin aayega. You wont leave hi alone sameer. Khair, bomb yahan nahin hai. Tabaahi hogi. Zaroor hogi. Yakeen nahin aata? Pata hai? Aaj roshni ke school mein holi ka ek bohut bada party hai? Dher saare bacche honge... agar wahan bomb blast hua to????

SIKANDER.'

"no... wahan to aaj bohut badi party hai... bacche... Arjun lets move."

******

They reached the school grounds and saw children of all ages playing with colours.

Colours were everywhere.

It would be very difficult to find the bomb there...

Suddenly they were surrounded by group of children and one small girl tugged Arjun's hand.

"aap Arjun uncle ho na, roshni mam ke husband ?!"

Arjun bent down on his knees and spoke to the girl.

"haan... lekin aap kaun?"

"happy holi Arjun uncle... roshni mam ke jaane ke baad aap waapas yahan aaye hi nahin..."

She smeared colour on his cheeks.

Arjun took some colour and applied on cheeks of the girl.

"haapy holi beta... aapne apna naam nahin bataya...?"

"mera naam seema hai. Mam ki favourite student. Main mere bhai ke saath aap ke ghar bhi aayi thin a uncle!"

"oh ya... aap rangon mein dooob gaye ho ki pehchan bhi nahin saka..."

She applied colours on every ETF member.

Sameer asked her

"did you see any unknown guy coming to the campus?? Koi bhi jispe shaq ho?"

"haan uncle. Ek aadmi ek suitcase ke saath aaya tha and went to common staff room. Waapas aaya and chala gaya..."

"sam. Common staff room..."

They all rush there and find the suitcase below the table. They carefully open the suitcase

And find no bomb inside. But just a letter.

'kya hua? Yahan bhi bomb nahin hai. After this you ll just have 45 minutes Arjun. Exact location batata hun. Tumhare saare seniors, jabaaz force wahan holi celebrate kar rahi hai. Bacha sakte ho to bacha lo. Bomb exactly 3 o clock ko blast hoga.

SIKANDER'

"DAMMIT!!!!! Wahan pahunchne mein we ll need atleast half n hour. And wo ground bohut bada hai. Lets go guys. We don have tym. Shree wahan bomb diffusers ko bulao jaldi and chotu commandos ko search ke liye orders do quick'

******

They reach the venue and saw comm.., smeared in colors welcoming them.

"Welcome ETF. I had left a message at your office. Thank god you made it."

"sorry sir. We dot have time. We have just about 15 min and a bomb to find in this ground. So please vacate this ground sir. Warna bohut saare officers marenge sir"

"but its impossible Rathod"

"sir please. Raute...samjhao inhe..." he turned and saw Arjun running inside and saw chotu, aisha and shree at his back.

"DAMMIT!! Ye kabhi kisi ki nahin sunega." He too ran in with liza.

They searched everywhere but could not spot the bomb.

Arjun stood there in the middle, helpless and saw everywhere around him.

People were soo happy, unaware of the dangers impending. He knew it was impossible to send all of them out as there was only one door open and also most people were high on bhang.

He closed his eyes and every thing from morning came infront of his eyes.

'tabaahi hogi...zaroor hogi' words from sik echoed in his ears.

"tabaahi wahi ho sakti hai jahan zyada log ho. Yahan to ek hi jagah hai jahan zyada log hai..."

He opened his eyes and started running towards the area where food and drinks were kept.

He rushed and on the way he saw Rathod and signaled him towards the stalls.

Both reached there and spotted the bomb below one of the dish container.

Timer showed just 5 min remaining.

They ran out with all their might. Bomb was in arjun's hand.

They were out of the ground and sat on ground inspecting the bomb.

Aisha came out and sat with them.

"Aisha. Jao yahan se. sam usse le jao. Don't put any life in danger."

"no Arjun. I ll not leave you alone here. I ll stay. Aisha go back"

"sir, main arms ke saath deal karti hun iska matlab ye nahin hai ki I don't know about bombs. I can help you here"

"Aisha orders maano and go inside"

"aap ye red and yellow wire saath mein cut kijiye. Bomb diffuse hoga"

"Aisha..."

"sam isse cut karo. We have just 30 sec in our hand. Jaldi"

"but ye galat hua to?"

"do we have any other option now? Dhamaka hoga then just we 3. cut it sam"

"cut kijiye sir..."

Sameer cut the wires just in time and timer stopped.

Hey sighed in relief. They went inside and reported to comm.. he congratulated them.

Arjun received a call.

"aaj tum jeet gaye Arjun. Maan na padega tumhari kaabiliyat ko. Main aaj laut ke jaa raha hun. Waapas zaroor aunga."

"jab waapas aaoge to marne ke liye taiyaar raho."

"dekhenge Arjun... abhi ke liye, alvida"

Shree; sir aaj to humne do do cases solve kiye. Kya hum ab yahan holi khele?! Please...

Comm.: haan. You all join us. And team thanks for saving our lives...

Rathod: iski koi zaroorat nahin hai sir. It was our duty. And we ll join you.

Arjun: I ll not. I don't want to.

Rathod: Arjun... aaj ek din to puraane dino ki tarah jee lo... mere liye...

Arjun turned towards him and saw glimpse of his old friend.

He went to him, hugged him tight and said

"happy holi sam" a lone tear escaped from his eye.

Sameer took some colour and applied on his cheeks –"haapy holi Arjun"

Arjun also took some colour and applied on him. he went to each team member and wished them holi.

He then turned away from them, went out, leaving them behind.

'mujhko ye zindagi...lagti hai ajnabee...

Chav bhi... dhoop bhi...

Har naye pal hai nayi...'

the end...
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welcome back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arjun suspended
sikander ki toh😡
Wow..i love d ending..aww arjun😭
amazing pari...!
Case investigation superb.!
Thank u soo much for wrtiting🤗

emotional,thrilling and awesome os!!!!

Beautiful OS yar... emotional one... loved it

The last part was so emotional one