Originally posted by: ValleryRose
CHAPTER 12
12:50AM
Enemybase:
The guards had the
ETF officers cornered.
Riya was too shocked
to comprehend anything. How could a father play with his own daughter's life?
Sameera was going to get married; she was going to start a new life. Sameera
wasn't definitely in this. She had been living in USA until now. What will happen to her if she
comes to know about her father?
"Riya!" she snapped
back to reality by Arjun's voice, "Woh cartons ko dekho. That's the only way."
They were only a few
feet away from the cartons. But the firing had already started. Riya nodded at
Arjun. She covered for him while he took to hiding. They were continuously
shooting the guards but how long would they be able to sustain? When both of
them finally hid themselves, everything became calm again. Riya tried to take a
peak at the scenario, but immediately there was a gun shot. "Shit!" she cursed.
Arjun's wound could
no longer be ignored now. He had lost a lot of blood already.
Riya estimated that
there were about eight guards left alive.
"Sir, aap theek
hain?"
Arjun only nodded and
Riya got her answer; he was definitely not fine. She didn't even have anything
on her, like a scarf with which she could stop the blood flow!
"Riya, lets finish
them!" Arjun said as he gathered all the strength he could and started
shooting.
Riya was taken by
surprise, "Bloody hell!"
She started shooting
along with him.
About fifteen minutes
later, it was finally over! Riya didn't have the strength to even hold the gun
anymore. The gun slipped from her hand and she collapsed on the floor.
Arjun's vision seemed
blurred now. He felt dizzy. Riya saw it, and was about to get up when Arjun
lost his balance. He collapsed and Riya caught him in her arms.
"Sir!" she cried out
while her knees buckled under her, due to his weight. She knelt down with Arjun
in her arms, his head resting on her shoulder. He seemed unconscious.
Riya shook him
slightly, "Sir? Sir?" He wasn't responding.
His presence, so
close to her was intoxicating. Yet, seeing him in her arms like that,
unconscious was a completely different feeling. It felt so peaceful; she was
ready to spend the rest of her life like that; caring for him and soothing his
pain. She wanted to support him, no
matter what happened. She wanted live for him, live with him! She would cherish
every second she would spend with him. Only if she could!
As these thoughts
numbed her senses, she unconsciously moved her hand towards his face. She
rubbed the blood off his face, near his eyebrow.
Poor Riya, her
moments with Arjun hardly lasted for long. It was like God had showered enough
grace on her for the day. Arjun coughed and she came back to her senses. He was
slowly regaining his consciousness.
"Sir, aap theek
hain?" she asked as Arjun slowly opened his eyes.
He could feel the
warmth of her arms supporting him. He felt at peace again, he felt at home
again. He just wanted remain like that, in her arms, in Roshni's arms. But the reality dawned upon him..how is that
possible? It was Riya, not Roshni who was supporting him. Then why did he still
want to remain like that? Why did he feel so weak all of a sudden? It wasn't
just his body, but his resolve seemed to weaken too..he suddenly felt he needed
her, he needed Riya to support him. He immediately jerked away from her. Riya
didn't seem to be offended by it as she was more worried about his wounds.
Arjun immediately
winced. Riya moved towards him concerned. He said, "Hamein yahaan se kisi bhi
tarah nikalna hoga. Unhe rokna hoga."
"Lekin kya aap chal
paayenge?" Riya asked. Arjun didn't say a word but started getting up. Riya
ventured to help him but he signaled her not to. Riya nodded and got up picking
up her gun. She then grabbed Arjun's gun and handed it over to him.
He felt better now.
The pain was still there. But he was able to walk atleast. He felt weak because
of the blood loss, but he wasn't going to give up that easily.
They went in the
direction in which the criminals left. Riya walked right beside him. Ready to
help him whenever he needed her help. The tunnel they were going through had
lights, but they were flickering.
They reached a
junction, where the path split up in two directions. Both the paths were lit
up. The lights were flickering more rapidly now. Arjun observed the floor for
the foot prints and found them. They took that particular path. At the end of
the path they found a ladder leading to a trap door.
"Sir, shaayad ye
vahin trap door hain!" Riya said.
"Nahin Riya. Hum cave
ke bahut anadar aa chuke hain shaayad yeh uss building mein open hoti hain jo
iss base ke upar hain. Matlab woh log issi se bahar gaye honge," Arjun said,
"Isse kholne ki koshish karo."
Riya climbed the
ladder and tried to open the door, but in vain.
"Koi faida nahin
hain! May be they blocked it," Arjun said, "Hamein iss base ke entrance ke paas
vaapas jana hoga. Back up aati hi hogi."
"Yes, sir." Riya got
down the ladder.
01:30AM
The shore:
The back up had
reached the shore. Rathore also joined them. Chotu was monitoring the activity
at the docks. Just then they saw Rafeeq coming out with his gun aimed at
Trivedi and Vanraj with his gun aimed at Abhay's wife, who was gagged.
Unfortunately, Rathore had parked the SUV right infront of the security
building. He was walking towards the other officers when heard the noise behind
him.
Rathore was stunned.
He was expecting them to be under captivity, in fact dead.
Then what about Riya
and Arjun? "Nahin unhe kuch nahin hua hoga," he mentally assured himself. The
entire back up's attention was diverted now. Their priority were the hostages
now.
"ACP!" Rafeeq called
out, "Gadi ki chabiyaan do! Vrana ise goli maardunga!"
Rathore knew Rafeeq
wouldn't be able to escape. He was making all these attempts in vain. But right
now, Trivedi and the woman's life were more important. They had no idea that
Trivedi was involved! Rathore was also concerned about Arjun and Riya's safety.
He hurled the keys at them; they fell near the SUV.
Rafeeq pushed Trivedi
forward and asked him to pick up the keys. Trivedi faking fear took the keys
and handed them over to Rafeeq. He unlocked the car. The hostages were pushed
in. Trivedi was made to sit in the passenger seat in the front, while Vanraj
was with the woman in the back.
Rathore felt
something was wrong with Trivedi. Except for looking scared Trivedi wasn't
making any attempts to escape while the woman was continuously protesting.
"Tho kya Trivedi bhi
inn logon ke saath mila hua hain?" he wondered, "Shaayad. Haalat tho aise hain
ki hum kisi pe bhi bharosa nahin kar sakte."
Rafeeq had now
started the SUV and sped towards the docks.
Rathore looked
around. He saw two police SUVs stationed there. "Immediately base tak pahuncho!
Maybe Arjun and Riya are hurt!" he passed the orders to the back up force and
got into one of the SUVs to follow the one Rafeeq was using.
Rafeeq took a remote
out of his phone and a pressed a button; the next moment the cave's roof
collapsed blocking it's entrance and at the same time cutting all the power
supply in the base underground.
01:25 AM
The main base
entrance:
Arjun settled down on
the floor beside the oxygen tanks while Riya checked the oxygen levels in the
tanks. He turned towards her. There were still traces of Sindoor in her maang.
The water hadn't washed it away completely. Her hands were adorned with
mehendi, that looked absolutely beautiful. He remembered how she looked that morning,
in that white dress. She looked beautiful, he couldn't deny that. Even more
beautiful with the Sindoor, the nuptial thread and those bangles on her hands.
She was somebody's wife that morning, a certain Mrs. Desai. She was pretending
that morning; but one day she would, in reality be somebody else's wife. The
thought itself irked him. He hated it!
"Ye main kya soch
raha hoon?" Arjun mentally kicked himself and returned to the present.
He was going crazy
that day; something seriously went wrong with him.
At that very moment,
Shree officially won his bet with Chotu.
"Ye Riya
hain. Tho kuch gadbad kaise nahin hoga?" Shree pointed out to Chotu in the
ETF office early in the morning on the very same day. He was proven right yet
again. When Riya is around how can nothing go wrong? In fact, something can go
horribly wrong even with the 'great' ACP Arjun Suryakanth Rawte. He had begun
to realize his feelings for Riya. Isn't that the most unexpected 'gadbad' of all?
"Sir! Dono tanks
khali hain!" Riya said as she collapsed on the floor in front of him.
She was exhausted, "I
only hope the back up comes as fast as possible."
Suddenly they heard
an explosion, followed by a complete blackout!
Riya was scared out
of her wits and she screamed.
"Riya, calm down!"
Arjun yelled at her.
"Sorry sir. Mujhe
laga ki ham tho gaye kaam se!" she said. They couldn't even see each other, but
only hear each other. It was pitch black. "Lekin woh explosion kya ho sakti
hain?" Riya asked.
"Kise pata? Wait
karne ke alava hamare paas koi choice nahin hain," Arjun said casually. He
realized that Rathore would be able to deal with Rafeeq, Vanraj and Trivedi.
Yet, he couldn't just leave it him like that. Anything could happen.
"Aap sahi keh rahe
hain. Lekin pata nahin backup ko itni der kyun lag rahi hain? Shaayd uss
explosion ki vajeh se. Sir, I hope woh log torches aur medical kit bhi
laayenge. Aapko tho bahut chot lagi hain..." she continued to blabber when..
"Riya, shut up!"
Arjun said losing his patience, "Tum abhi tak thaki nahin Riya? Kuch der chup
nahin reh sakti ho?"
"Thak gayi hoon sir. Mujhse tho haath uthaya
bhi nahin jaa raha hain. Lekin itna andhera aur aap tho dikh bhi nahin rahe
hain. Agar baat karte rahenge tho thodi tassali hogi ki mein yahaan akeli nahin
hun. Varnaa'" she just stopped talking.
Arjun smiled.
"Mujhe lagta hain
cave ki entrance bandh hogayi hain. Woh usika sound ho sakta hain. Agar koi
explosion hota tho ab tak aag phail chuki hoti," Arjun started talking.
"Shaayad," Riya
paused, "Sir, aap movies dekhte hain?"
"Kya?" Arjun was
surprised. That question was so random.
"Nothing. Kuch nahin
kahaan maine. Aap bas bhul jayiye," she said and
mentally kicked herself. "Woh Arjun sir hain! Shree ya Chotu nahin, ki tum kuch
bhi bakwaas bologi, aur woh sunenge!" she said to herself. Just then they heard
some noise and became alert. Slowly light started falling on them. The back up
had arrived!
Riya almost jumped in
joy, but controlled herself. Arjun shook his head giving her the 'unbelievable'
look.
The officers and
paramedics had come through the water as the cave entrance was blocked.
Arjun immediately
asked them, "Koi transmission device laaye ho apne saath?"
"Yes sir," one of
them said and removed a kit from the waterproof bags they carried with them. The
officer gave Arjun the wireless transmitter/microphone and connected it to
Rathore's device and on the other line it was connected to the officers on the
shore.
Arjun first spoke to
the officers on the shore and instructed them to search for the trapdoor in the
security building immediately and open it. That was their only route of escape.
Meanwhile the paramedics helped Arjun remove the Etf protection gear and then
his shirt, so that his wound could be dressed. Until then Riya didn't move an
inch, but as Arjun removed his shirt to get his wounds on him dressed, she
turned scarlet and turned away quickly. Arjun hadn't fortunately seen that
reaction, as he he was busy talking to Rathore about the developments at the
docks. Riya diverted her attention towards her wounds that were being dressed. Her
hands were hurt the most.
"Woh log docks ke
paas aa gaye hain. Lekin abhi tak gaadi se baahar nahin nikle hain," Rathore
said to Arjun.
"Obviously Rathore.
Unke paas koi plan nahin hain. Aur haan, Trivedi bhi unke saath mila hua hain."
"Mujhe shak hogaya
tha, Rawte. Sameera aur Alex bhi yahaan pahunch gaye hain.Hamne Sameera ko mana
kiya tha. Lekin woh maani hi nahin. Bahut shock mein hain ye jaanke ki uske
pita bhi iss sab mein shaamil hain," Rathore said.
"Rehne do. Apni beti
ko dekhar shaayad Trivedi ko ehsaas ho ki woh kya karne jaa raha hain," Arjun
said, "Dekthe hain woh log kis had tak jaate hain. Woh kuch nahin kar paayenge
Rathore."
Once his wounds were
dressed, he put on his shirt and the ETF gear. In another five minutes the trap
door was discovered and in another twenty minutes all of them were out of the
cave, safe on the shore. Arjun and Riya took the other SUV and sped towards the
docks.
15 minutes later...
Arjun and Riya
reached the docks and got out of the SUV. Shree was there sitting in the back
of another SUV with his laptop. Rathore and Chotu were just standing behind the
Commissioner. Rathore turned around to see Arjun and Riya walking towards them.
Rathore just smirked and pointed at the trio trying to escape along with
Sultan. They were boarding the ship. They weren't shot because of the only
reason that Abhay's wife was still with them.
A helicopter was
already hovering over the ship. Another helicopter was waiting for take off at
a little distance away from them.
By now, Rafeeq and his team reched the Captain's cabin along with the woman.
"Rafeeq meri beti ko
bulvav. Main uske bina kahin nahin jaane waala. Tumne mujhe assure kiya hain ki
meri beti ko kuch nahin hoga," Trivedi said and snatched the phone from the
Captain of the ship, "Manager yahin pe hain. Rafeeq usse phone lagao aur demand
karo meri beti ki. Right now."
"Pagal ho gaye ho
hain kya Trivedi?" Rafeeq snatched the phone and smashed it on the floor.
Trivedi just broke down. "Hamara khel khatam ho gaya Rafeeq!" he said.
Meanwhile..
Arjun turned towards
the other helicopter and then looked at Rathore. Rathore nodded. "Riya, Chotu,
chalo hamare saath," he added.
"Yes, sir!" Riya and
Chotu said in unison.
They quickly got into
the helicopter.
"Rafeeq! Woh dekh!
ETF!" Vanraj exclaimed as he saw the ETF get down onto the ship from the
helicopter.
Vanraj and Rafeeq
began to shoot simultaneously. They panicked and let off Abhay's wife. Trivedi
immediately pointed the gun at her to make sure she didn't escape. Sultan who
was already wounded by Chotu was incapable of doing anything.
Rafeeq realized he
was fighting a lost battle. That's when his bullets gave up on him too. He was
done. And he was going to pay for it!
Rathore and Chotu
caught hold of Rafeeq and Vanraj and arrested them. Anrjun and Riya went into
the Captain's cabin where Trivedi still had his gun aimed at the woman. Sultan
sat helpless to a side. Riya aimed her gun at Sultan, while he glared at her.
Riya then turned towards Arjun. Arjun had his gun aimed at Trivedi, "Tumhara
khel khatam Trivedi. Ab tho haar manjao."
Trivedi then tried to
shoot himself in despair. But Arjun shot his hand and the gun fell from his
hands. The other officers joined them and the four criminals were taken into
custody. Abhay's wife was taken to safety.
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HELLO! Back with an update!
I hope you guys liked it... I kept the ending of the case rather peaceful... my poor babies Arjun and Riya were rather tired after all that running and shooting. LOLπ
Now jokes apart.. I hope you guys liked it... and I didn't disappoint you... *fingers crossed*
The case isn't done yet. The explanations for all the stuff that happened, Trivedi's confession, some ETF- team time, all are still left! I'll be updating all that pretty soon, if possible by today evening...π
Thanks a lot for all your comments! π
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