All That Matters
They had been walking for three hours .All they could see were trees ,ferns limitless woods. Saras had heard the Vijaynagar forests were thick and if u loose ur way in it .Only a local could take u out .He did had Kumud by his side but surely she knew no way out of jungles.
He had been saving charge of his cell phone by keeping it switched off. Though he had to switch it on every hour so that they could tracked . He had messaged Alak that they were alive though not safe and she had thankfully replied. She had people who were trying to track his location .But he knew the help wont come soon as signal tracking in thick jungle was always difficult .
He tried to look at the sky through tall trees ,it was cloudy .It would rain soon .Good so now he was in mid of a forest with a wounded ,screechy woman by his side and rain God was going to make his journey even hell.
Handling Kumud Sundari had never been a easy task for him right since day one .She was the one who always challenged complained and now Blamed. For her he was the root cause of everything .Be it her happiness or now her suffering .He was used to her blame game and now it did not affect him much. Surely she would come up with a reason to blame him for the coming rain too .
His arms ached as he cut through the bushes. The knife of the goons was good enough. He had picked one when he got rid of them on the roadside. Kumud had been treading at quit a distance and he had to often stop to make her catch up. He knew not when they would ever find the way and if Kumud had such speed they would never.
Suddenly he heard a shriek and he turned back .Kumud was nowhere to be seen .He ran towards the voice and found kumud on verge of falling in steep trench .She was clutching the stamp of a tree working hard from falling .he reached the edge and gave his hands in help and she successfully grabbed him. He pulled her up but his own legs slipped through the muddy edge and so they both went rolling in the deep trench like some Jack and Jill .
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For a moment all he could see was darkness and then heard somebody speak .It was Kumud who had started with her non stop blame game. She left no stones unturned to blame him for their present condition in the ditch!.
And once again he felt she was right .She was right he should have had let her go .He should have let her hang by that tree stamp and watch her twisting her arms and legs around it
Why Why did he give her his hand. At least by not giving, he must have been out of the ditch and she in it. But now it was worst they both were in it .The best part was still to come .
Rain!!
Saras stood silently their was no way to come out of the ditch without external help .It was quit deep .Certainly it was a trap for animals .Kumud bawled at him
"Mr. Naveen Chandra ji .Has ur Howard educated mind any way out or we both r going die in this ditch."
Saras raised his eye brow as he heard her call him Naveen Chandra .he could feel her anger to limits .
'Well don't worry tribals will come searching for trapped animals and they will find us'
'What !!! Tribal' , Kumud was always afraid of tribals as she had heard in some story that many tribals were cannibals too
Saras nodded with a smirk amused to see her go white in face.
Kumud understood Saras would do nothing unless she lowered down her barbs and say please. She did realize she had been harsh and complaining all way while he had been quit and bearing throughout. Surely he was no blame for anything .He did save her from goons while her husband vanished instead of saving her. He had been hurt in by bullet yet he kept cutting the bushes and thorny twigs that came in way so that she may not be hurt by them. What else she could expect from a man she had once loved and still somewhere had same feelings left.
'Saras please lets try please .Tribals are equally as dangerous as jungle animals .Her voice was soft and came with whirl of emotions .
No he did not want this at all.By no means, he wanted her softer side. She was better hard as he feared her love, her care. Coz that always made him weak and would surely melt the barbs he had erected against her and vows he had made
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He looked away from her , took a quick breath and looked up .
' I think ur saree can take us out .'
'What ?' Kumud was confused but then looked where Saras pointed and understood. A tree stump was their good way out and her Sarre could be a good rope to hang around it.
Kumud looked apprehensively at Saras who had taken out his shirt for her to wear .
She silently took the shirt while Saras turned away , the best thing he could do in a steep trench while she changed .
He collected some stones and tied them in her Sarre and threw it like an anchor around the stump. It took few throws and at last they did get a rope to climb up the ditch.
It had started raining heavily and they were already drenched up while they came out of the ditch.
Saras knew there must be sure some place around the trench as such traps often had hunters around. His guess was right he did see the hut. But they needed to be careful. He had his knife intact as he approached to the hut while Kumud followed him like some frightened kitten .
It was locked .Kumud sighed in relief .
At least now they had a place to sit. She thought as she looked at the porch in the shade of the hut.
Saras switched on his phone, he had minimum charge left .But he needed to so that Alak and her team could track them down.
'Did u get any new message', asked Kumud
'No but I think now they can track our latest location as I have switched on the phone. May this place is more reachable', the phone beeped the discharge signal and he immediately switched it off. He needed to save some charge till morning.
His arms irked and he saw blood oozing out.
Kumud rushed to re bandage it while he winced. She had been strong enough to help him take out the bullet from his arms but now the wound seemed to have gone sceptic as it made him feel dizzy. He shivered .The rain made him cold while wound made him weak .She could see how hard he tried to be normal. She knew he needed rest The porch they had been seating was quit drenched too as rain was quit heavy.
She needed to find some way to give him enough rest and all she could think was just one way. She took the heavy knife Saras had been carrying and smashed the lock. The old rusted lock gave in on two three sharp blows.
Kumud banged open the door .Saras looked at her but was not at all in state to resist , his body shivered out of cold. the wound had weakened his body enough and all he could do was to follow her in .
She helped him in and closed the doors .She dragged everything she could found in the house to the door to block it hard. Let those tribal come in morning I will see them .She muttered. Right now only thing she cared was Saras .He was in bad state. .
She made the fire and changed his clothes. She found some blankets by the bed and wrapped them around Saras . His hands clung to hers while his half conscious body tried to warm itself in the blanket. Tears filled her eyes while she prayed somebody to turn up in morning as soon as possible coz she knew Saras needed doctor.
Her fears aggravated as she felt his body going cold .She desperately rubbed his hands and legs to keep him warm .
'I am fine Kumud', he blabbered 'I am fine'. While she could see his body shiver .She had always known Saras as a savior and even in his worst health he was trying to be strong enough. She smiled as she brushed the black flicks of hairs that had been trying to hide his anguish.
'U r not fine Saras ',she sobbed .
She felt his hands making way in her lap for warmth. Kumud stopped his hands and looked at his face ,his eyes were closed his lips murmuring. She was suddenly caught , perplexed ! .Saras was not her man but then he was the only man who cared for her .She was not his wife by social vows but strangely she had always ended up being the one .
She knew not what she was going to do was right or wrong but all she knew was that she was doing it for the man she had always loved and whose life mattered to her more than anything in her life. She let his hands go and slowly slid near him while his hands made their place around her .
She touched his face and murmured ' Everything will be fine Saras and u will be fine too' .
She heard the fire crackle and felt his body go calm while warmth made its place in him through her and fire around.
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These comfortable suits always makes me lazy muffled Saras as he rose up. But a sudden jarring pain in his arms brought him to reality .He was in no posh suite of Dubai but in a hut in some distant jungles of Gujrat. He tried to move and realized the hairs in which he had been mistakenly muffling as some silky suite pillow. He was shocked to see Kumud beside ! Awed by the serenity of her beautiful face and closed eyes and then it all came whirling. Suddenly he remembered it all .
'I Love u Kumud ',he said softly ' but I will never let my dark shadow destroy ur present '.
He took a deep sigh while he watched her sleeping peacefully .He needed to find the way out now.Quickly!
He dressed in all he could find. His jeans still damp thankfully vest was dry enough . He winced his way to the door and stumbled .Kumud had blocked the door with wooden logs .He was surprised how she had managed to have such heavy blocks by the door.
He heard a distant voice of some motor vehicle. He walked his way the noise and discovered the road which they could not find in night . The vehicle belonged to the forest rangers and to his surprise he found Alak with them.
Alak gave a sigh of relief as she saw Saras . She had been working with teckincians and rangers non stop in tracking out the signals and at last they did succeed in finding Saras .She looked around for Kumud .
I know we r quit late Naveen ji but '''.. her voice trailed away as she looked carefully at him.
'Is everything all right .Where is Kumud '
'She is in the hut, there', Saras signaled .
Alak rushed to the hut ad was surprised to see Kumud unconscious . She felt her hands they were cold ,she gave a cry and Saras rushed in .
Naveen ji Kumud needs a Doctor now ..She is all cold.!!!!
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