FF: Safe in his arms! Link to thread 2 added - Page 94

His mom spoke again between her sobs, "Itna sab hogaya aur tumne hume bataya nahi? Arjun….Arjun kaise hone diya tumne yeh sab? Anu tumhari zimedaari thi…kaise hogaya yeh sab Arjun???"

Arjun's hands shook as he looked at the phone held in front of him with guilt and shock.

"Bas karo! Kya keh rahi ho tum?" Arjun's dad spoke sternly to his wife before speaking to Arjun again, "Beta, hum waha aa rahe hain…tum apna khayaal rakhna. Aur Arjun, iss baar ussko math chodna. Promise karro ab jab mujhe dikhoge…usse khatam karke hi dikhoge…"

"I promise papa…" Arjun whispered.

He looked up at Riya who nodded silently with tears rolling down her own face, promising him her support.

Arjun wiped the tears and sighed heavily. His fingers ran through his hair before he closed his eyes. Riya watched him silently for a few moments before she slowly walked around him and hugged him from behind. Her arms snaked up from his stomach to his chest as she rested her head on his back. They stayed like that for a few minutes, trying to find some sort of normalcy in the wrecked day.

Arjun finally parted from her and slowly turned around. His eyes were somehow different, the emotions of a brother and a son that were there only a few moments back were wiped off. His eyes now showed the shrewdness and authority of the ACP Rawte that every person in that building and around the city have come to respect and admire.

His sole mission now was to rescue his fellow team member and kill a notorious criminal.

"Tell everyone to assemble at the briefing point. I'll be there shortly…" Arjun said, the command back in his voice.

Riya nodded, "Yes Sir!"

Then, after a moment's hesitation she added, "Sir, but what about Rathore sir?"

With a slight frown he said, "I'll need to talk to him, keep him informed about what is happening here. He'll join us soon…"

"Yes, sir…" Riya said, and immediately left the room to follow his orders.

In the next half hour everyone was gathered, briefed and geared up for their mission on hand. Arjun explained to Shinde what to do and Chotu wired him.

"Few hours Sikander, aur tumhara yeh khel khatam karoonga…" Arjun thought as the whole battalion of officers and Shinde set out to Rajjan's hideout.

~oOo~

Two black SUVs slowly came to a stop some distance away from a damaged warehouse. From where they could see it, it looked like the building could fall at any moment. Arjun turned to Shinde and gave him a nod, his cue to start his role.

As Shinde was walking past, Arjun stopped him,

"Remember Shinde, koi chelaki nahi…agar mujhe laga ki kuch bhi gadbad hain, then I won't think for a second before crushing that building down to the ground…with every single one of you inside it"

The seriousness with which Arjun said it, even Riya felt a chill pass through her and from the look Shinde was giving Arjun at the moment she knew that he would think a million times before trying anything other than what is expected of him.

Shinde gave Arjun a nervous nod and headed towards the warehouse. Arjun, Chotu, Riya and Vicky were in one SUV, another was right next to them. The rest of the officers were a few meters further away standing down for Arjun's orders.

Few minutes later their headphones rang with Shinde and Rajjan's conversation. Shinde was doing well so far and exactly what Ajrun has asked him to do. They waited patiently listening to their conversation,

"Do tapad khaane ke baad sab kuch bata diya ussne…yeha rukh ke aur bhi discuss karna hain ya yeha se bhaage??" Shinde said.

"Haan…haan main abhi Sikander bhai ko call kartha hoon. Unse pooch…" Rajjan's worried voice started to say and everyone is the SUV tensed. Calling Sikander would be disastrous right now. Arjun hoped Shinde would handle the situation, and soon enough they heard him speak.

"Paagal math bano. Tum Sikander ko jaante ho na? Mana kar dega aur agar sach patha chela toh maar dega. Chup chaap yeha se nikhlo aur Sikander ke paas chele jaao…waha jaake koi bahana bana dena…"

They could almost hear Rajjan's frantic thinking about what to do next.

"Jaldi karo Rajjan…time nahi hain humare paas…" Shinde urged him.

"Haan…haan main…main…" Rajjan still stalled.

Arjun shook his head getting annoyed.

"Maybe he needs a little nudge to make up his mind…in our favour…" Riya said and trailed off.

"What do you mean??" Chotu asked her. But, in reply he only got a slight mischievous smile as she dialled a number on her phone and waited.

"Haan Karthik, ek, do SUVs ke sirens on kardo…" She said into the phone.

[Quick Note: Karthik is one of the team members, I mentioned him before as well and he is with the 'others' some distance away from the SUV Arjun and Riya are in…]

"Sirens??" Karthik asked confused.

"Haan abhi…" Riya ordered.

"Yes, ma'am"

"Please, that is not going to work…" Chotu challenged Riya.

Couple of seconds' later loud sirens were heard from not too far behind them.

Chotu turned to the front again and waited, and soon enough Rajjan, Shinde and some of their goons fled out of the warehouse at top speed.

Chotu's mouth hung open as he looked back at Riya, who had an I-can't-believe-it-worked look on her own face.

"Sikander jaisa criminal iss pe depend karr raha hain, that's a bit hard to believe!" Chotu said.

"Desperation Chotu, people tend to do stupid things in desperation, and though it is hard to believe, Sikander still comes under the category of 'people'…" he paused then ordered, "…let's go"

~oOo~

They drove for nearly two hours, following Rajjan's car with the help of the tracker set up by ETF on Shinde. Rajjan led them to a remote area with a huge abandoned building, surrounded by thick forest reserve.

Stopping some distance away, all the officers gathered where Arjun ordered some to surround the area covering the reserve and the rest he divided into three groups. He divided the building into North Wing, East Wing and West Wing and sent the three groups into each wing of the building.

"Ab humaare paas waqt bahut kam hain…Sikander alert ho jaane se pehle hume attack karna padega. ALRIGHT TEAM THIS IS IT…" Arjun screamed and everyone slowly crept towards the building in groups of three to four in a well-trained routine.

And so began what seemed like an endless battle. Bodies dropped dead at every corner, blood splattered every wall of the ruined building. Gun shots echoed throughout. Quickly making their way through the many layers of the building, the ETF cleared each room one after the other.

~oOo~

In a dark room, Shree's eyes opened ever so lightly. His breath made the dust he was lying on fly off the ground before it settled back down. He tried turning around onto his back but gave up on the effort as every inch of his body hurt at the slightest movement. He was about to close his eyes again, give into the darkness when a series of loud gun shots coming from outside forced him to give up on that thought.

A smile crept up his lips, he knew his team was already there and fighting their way towards him. He tried to turn around again, this time with much more determination. Though it felt like every inch of him was being pricked by a hundred needles, he finally rolled onto his back and heavily sighed of relief. Feeling much more comfortable on his back he lay there, waiting and listening to the commotion from outside.

A door on the far end of the room opened with a bang and a few seconds later, a dark, tall figure loomed before him. Though his eyes could barely open, Shree knew – from the bushy, messed up hair, the crude smirk, the dirt filled fingers and not to forget the evilness that was literally radiating off of him – that it was Sikander.

"And so begins the fun" his chilling voice screeched into Shree's bloodied ear.

Sikander's nails dug into Shree's already sore flesh as he was harshly lifted off the ground. Shree struggled against his grip but soon found it was no use, he was exhausted and did not have an ounce of energy left in him. He was dragged to a door on the opposite end of the room and Shree soon realised that they headed towards the thick forest reserve that surrounded the building.

As they neared the reserve Sikander ruthlessly killed any officer that came in their way. If they went deep enough into the forest reserve, finding them would become very difficult for the team especially with the darkness that surrounded them.

Thinking quickly, Shree started to smear his blood on as many trees as he could without Sikander noticing him.

This was his best hope now.

~oOo~

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