Twenty five
By the time Zoya and the rest of them had finished breakfast Asad and Ayaan had landed in Delhi.
'So what is the plan today?...We have two more days left, I think we should leave going to the Taj Mahal tomorrow and finish of sightseeing today, we can go further in town and visit the indoor markets' Aarav suggested Rhea and Humera who were quite the shopaholics agreed instantly leaving Rehan and Zoya rolling eyes. 'Name one thing that is girly about you...you don't like dressing up, you are not interested in boys or believe in love as such...and you hate shopping!' Zoya started laughing she crept up to Humera's ear and whispered something that left her wide eyes, and if her mouth had opened anymore it was sure to have hit the ground 'you...shameless woman...' She said looking all red and flushed with embarrassment 'what shameless...I have proof...you want to see?' Zoya Farooqui...you keep your things to yourself...Ya Allah, what is wrong with her' Humera said walking off leaving Zoya behind curling over in laughter.
Asad and Ayaan had booked into a suit on the third floor of Seven Oceans, one of the finest hotels in the whole of Delhi, they were sure that Victor and his men had booked in on the same floor further down. 'I need you to book the restaurant for around eight, even if Victor has booked one of the private rooms for his meeting he will need to walk through the restaurant' Ayaan nodded and called down to book a table for two.
At around six Asad and Ayaan stepped outside the hotel, Asad needed to meet with an officer from their Delhi team to update him on the latest intelligence received, the officer had appointed two extra officers that were going to stay with Ayaan and Asad. 'We have a team dispatched around the hotel vicinity and there will be four of you inside, hopefully not too many to arouse any kind of suspicion' Asad nodded and shook hands with the officer 'Ayaan we should head back inside'.
'Asad' Zoya said out aloud making Najma and Humera stop and look to her 'excuse me...did you just said Asad...' Zoya sighed at Najma and her overly animated eyebrows 'yes...but not because...I mean there I swear I just saw Asad walk into that hotel' Humera started laughing 'Zoya, Asad and Ayaan are in Goa, or on their way back to Mumbai how can they be here...you must be seeing things' 'I swear...why would I be seeing Akdu...it was definitely him...Humera call Ayaan and ask him' Humera took out her phone and called Ayaan, only to be met by his voice mail.
Ayaan, its Humera, can you please call me when you get this message. We are ok, just wanted to ask you something'
Zoya was sure that who she saw was Asad, and she couldn't let it go, as they stood outside a small caf waiting for their sandwiches Zoya's eyes travelled back to the entrance of the hotel 'if it is bothering you so much then why don't you call Bhaijaan and ask him yourself' Humera said as she noticed Zoya's eyes glued and say what, I don't have any reason to call him...and you forget we don't really see eye to eye...' Zoya gasped midst her sentence 'what happened now?' Humera asked 'Ya Allah, there those people, the ones who were on the bus with us, the girl and three boys' 'Zoya...what has gotten into you, so what?' 'No Humera, you don't understand...I need to go in there...please will you come with me' without waiting for a response Zoya grabbed hold of Humera's arm and started walking towards the hotel. 'Oye, where are you two going?' Rehan shouted out after them need the ladies be back in a minute' Zoya quickly said as she hurried towards the entrance.
Once inside Zoya scanned the whole lobby but there was no one to be seen 'damn, missed them' letting out a sigh of frustration 'Zoya, can we go back please...what are we doing here?' Not being able to voice her real concerns Zoya just nodded 'ok, let's go' as she turned back towards the main door something caught the corner of her eye, when she looked she saw the girl with one of the men by the lifts, the girl was trying to loosen his grasp on her hand 'Humera, look there...that girl is in some sort of trouble' before Zoya could leap forward Humera held on to her arm 'are you crazy, Zoya forget her we are going to end up in trouble, if you are that worried then call the police or something don't get involved' 'Humera, you sound just like Aarav, how can I stand back if I know someone needs help, she came to me on the bus and asked me to help her, she was so scared...I am telling you something is going on' not being able to convince her otherwise Humera just ended up following Zoya.
'Third floor, the lift stopped on the third floor, that where they must have gotten off...come on Humera' Zoya said as they jumped into the adjacent lift. Cautiously stepping out of the lift Zoya poked her head to the left then to the right. At the end of the corridor she saw the other two guys, but this time there were a lot more girls. Scurrying along the corridor Zoya and Humera hid behind an extended wall and listened in to what was going on.' Those five will be used as escorts and these three as our links...keep one for Victor, am sure he will want a little entertainment too' Zoya and Humera looked on in utter shock 'Ya Allah, what is going on?' Zoya whispered 'Zoya, we should call the police, let's go before we get into trouble or someone sees us...look there is a lift jus there lets go' Zoya had to agree, whatever was happening was way above their heads they needed to get help.
As Humera and Zoya turned around they came face to face with a guy who stood there smiling at them 'I see we have two more recruits' Humera grabbed on to Zoya's arm out of fear 'wh...who are you what do you want?' Zoya questioned him the guy let out a little laugh 'who I am that doesn't matter...and what do I want...well I want you...the both of you, so if you knew what was good for you, you will walk up and join in with the others' the guy lifted his hand towards Zoya's face only for her to push it away 'aaah a feisty one...I like ones that fight back...now let's move'. Zoya would have screamed out but had seen the gun in the rim of his jeans, the last thing she wanted was to put them in any more danger. As they turned around Zoya saw the lift door open and before anyone could understand what was going on she grabbed Humera's hand and pushed her into the lift 'you go...' Was all she got as the lift closed. The guy raised his hand and slapped Zoya with the back of his hand 'not a clever move...she may have got away but who will save you?' grabbing onto her arm the guy pulled Zoya and made her stand with the rest of the girls 'you...what is she doing here, where did you pick her up from?' the guy from the bus said as he recognised her 'I saw her sneaking around, though we could make use of her' rubbing his forehead in frustration the guy looked at Zoya and then to the man who had brought her 'fine...we will have to sort this out later'.
Humera reached the ground floor, she felt the whole lobby spin around her 'Ya Allah, what do I do, she ran out to where the others were standing 'Humera' Najma screamed out as she saw her collapse. The four of them ran to her 'Humera...wake up what happened...where is Zoya' Najma said holding her head in her hand and looking around 'we need to call an ambulance' Rehan said 'yes but where is Zoya?' Najma said in a panic 'Rhea go and get some water' Rehan instructed. Najma threw droplets of water on Humera's face hoping that she would come round and she did Humera, what happened...where is Zoya?' Humera sat up in a jolt 'Najma...' She started to cry worrying the hell out of everyone who was sat around her 'Humera, please stop crying tell us what happened' Humera told them what had happened, leaving them in a total state of shock and disbelief 'that Zoya, I am going to kill her...she always does this...we need to call the police or tell someone' Najma said becoming angry with worry.
Zoya found herself in a room with 8 other girls, who all looked scared as she did, the only difference was that they knew what they were doing there and Zoya had no idea of what was really going on. 'Ho...how did you get here' a small voice came from behind, Zoya turned around to see the girl from the bus 'you...what is going on...who are these people and why have they kept us here' the girl wiped away her tears they have brought us from different parts of the country, they abduct us or buy us from our families, who for money will do anything...then they use us to transport drugs or to sell us on as mistresses to their cliental' Zoya felt her body freeze over 'whose they?' Victor and his men, he is one of the biggest names in the underworld especially when it comes to drugs' Zoya knew exactly what was going on now, she was damn sure this was the same ring that was related to Priya Naik.
Outside the hotel Humera had managed to steady herself, 'I need to call Ayaan, Zoya was sure she saw Asad Bhaijaan here, may he is' Humera said, the others agreed and waited for her to call Ayaan. 'Hello Ayaan...where are you?' 'Humera...are you crying...what's wrong where are you?' Humera managed to tell Ayaan what had happened 'stand right there...don't you dare move' Ayaan grabbed Asad in a mad panic and ran downstairs 'are you going to tell me what the hell is going on Ayaan' Asad said racing after him. When Asad saw Humera and Zoya's friends he stopped, Ayaan ran and lifted Humera into his arms 'why did...didn't you tell me you were here...Ayaan...Zoya...please help her' Asad was now standing behind them, when Humera saw him she ran into his arms 'Bhaijaan...' shhh Humi, it's ok...' Every muscle in Asad's body was on the verge of exploding trying to keep his temper in check he called down two of the Delhi based officers down 'I want all five of them on the next flight out to Mumbai...' he saw Humera about to protest and held up his hand no arguments Humi...not from you or anyone else' he said looking at the other four faces 'Ayaan, I want them packed up and ready to go in the next fifteen minutes, I will get the inspector to have them escorted...Humi you call me as soon as you land and reach home safely' 'but Bhaijaan...what about Zoya...' You don't need to worry about Miss Farooqui, we will find her'.
As the officer started to walk the five of them towards his jeep Humera stopped 'Ayaan..' she called out as she ran up to him again 'Zoya was making a video of our trip, I am sure if she suspected something she would have made a video of them' Ayaan took the camcorder and tapes from Humera 'you look after yourself...I love you' Humera leaned into him one last time 'I love you too...please bring her back safely' Ayaan nodded and gently kissed her forehead before he turned around and walked off along with Asad.
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