Heart vs Brain - Chapter 19

               Hey... So am back again with another chapter... Won't talk much today as a long chapter awaits you all... So go on and read... And yes, please do go through the information below... 'Why?' Will be answered by the chapter...

The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) is a research institute based in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and it started functioning from 20 October 1965.

History and establishment

The building that houses the institute was originally built as a home for Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India from 1884–1888 and was called the Viceregal Lodge. It housed all the subsequent viceroys and governors general of India.

Many historic decisions have been taken in the building during the Indian independence movement. The Simla Conference was held here in 1945. The decision to carve out Pakistan and East Pakistan from India was also taken here in 1947.

After India gained independence, the building was renamed Rashtrapati Niwas and was used as a summer retreat for the president of India. However, due to its neglect, Dr. S Radhakrishnan decided to turn it into a centre of higher learning. 

                             Chapter 19

*Motel room (continued from the previous chapter)*

Abhijeet - Net pe picture search karke dekhte hai, kuch pata chalta hai kya

Daya - Hmm... (After searching the picture of the painting on his laptop) Yeh painting shimla ki hai... Matlab iss mai jo jagh paint ki gayi hai woh Shimla hai... Advanced study naam hai iss jagah ka...

Abhijeet - Uss jagh ka number hoga na net pe... Waha call karke dekhte hai woh koi help kar sakte hai kya humari!?

Daya - Haa mai call karta hu (after dialing the number and keeping the phone on speaker) Hello...

Operater - Yes? Advanced study, Shimla!

Daya - Dekhiye mai Sr. Insp Daya bol raha hu CID Mumbai se... Mujhe appki kuch help chahiye...

Operater - CID mumbai! Sir mai appki kya help kar sakta hu!?

Daya - Dekhiye Mr.?

Operater - Sir Mahesh

Daya - Yes toh Mr. Mahesh... Hume yaha Mumbai mai ek painting mili hai... Aur hume shak hai ki yeh koi aam painting nahi hai aur iske piche koi raaz chupa hai... Painting mai jo jagh hai woh appka institution hai... Ab iss painting mai appka institution painted hone ki koi toh wajh hogi!

Mahesh - Sir kya mai woh painting dekh sakta hu?

Daya - Sure... Ek minute rukiye mai appko video call karta hu... Baat samajne mai aasani hogi

(On video call)

Daya - (Showing Mahesh the painting)

Mahesh - Ek... Ek minute sir! (Saying this he quickly ran up to the another huge room... There on a huge wall a big black and white photo was hanging) Sir! Appne jo painting abhi mujhe bejhi hai aur yeh photo bilkul same hai sir!!! Matlab woh painting iss photo ko dekh kar paint ki gayi hai!

Daya - Kya app hume iss photo ke baare mai kuch information de sakte hai?

Mahesh - Sure sir... Sir yeh jo photo hai (indicating to the photo on the wall) woh 1916 mai li gayi thi... Tab India ke British Viceroy Lord Chelmsford the... Sir appke paas jo painting hai woh issi photo ka coloured version hai... Bas kuch alag hai toh woh hai date!

Abhijeet - Lekin iska kya matlab ho sakta hai!? 1916 ki photo aur 2017 ki painting! 100 saal ka difference hai... In dono ka kya connection ho sakta hai? (After thinking a bit) Maheshji kya iss painting ke ass paas koi harkat hui thi? Haal hi mai... Matlab aisa kuch bhi hua ho appke institution mai jo appko ajeeb laga ho?

Mahesh - Nahi sir... Aisa toh kuch nahi hua! (After a while) Sir! Ek ladki hai jo appki help kar sakti hai!

Daya - Kon?

Mahesh - Sir as you know ki ab yeh building students ko di gayi hai for higher studies yaha ek ladki hai Aarti jo paintings aur paintings ki history pe research work kar rahi hai... Shayad woh appki kuch help kar sake... App bole toh mai appki usse baat kara sakta hu

Abhijeet - Please karayiye!

(After getting conformation from Abhijeet Mahesh went to a room on 1st floor and explained the girl, Aarti, about the matter)

Abhijeet - Kya app kuch bata sakti hai iss painting ke baare mai?

Aarti - Sir mere hisab se iss painting ka uss photo ke saath milna koi coincidence nahi ho sakta! Agar app kehte hai ki iss painting ka koi raaz hai toh phir toh gureenty se hai!

Daya - Aartiji painting ke piche koi code zaroor hai lekin mujhe nahi lagta ki uss code ka sau saal purani photo se koi relation hai

Aarti - Bilkul sir! You must be correct! Code ka koi lena dena na ho lekin coding language ka toh ho sakta hai na!? Sir you must be knowing ki koi bhi code crack karne ke liye uske piche use kiya gaya coding pattern samjhna zaruri hota hai... Bas shayad ussi ka koi relation ho!

Abhijeet - Hmm... Lekin kya?

Aarti - The only thing i can think about right now is picture objects!

Daya - Picture objects?

Aarti - Ji haa sir! Sir yeh bohot purani technique hai coding ki... In which a picture depicts some meaning that is understandable only to the person its ment for! Yeh technique raja - maharajao ke zamane mai bhi use hoti thi jab phones aur internet nahi the... Uss time agar koi raja apne kisi khaas admi ko for example, senapati ko koi secret message dena chahta ho, jo kisi admi ke zariye jane se leak ho sakta hai, toh woh iss technique ka use karte the... And as Maheshji said ki woh photo 1916 mai kichi gayi thi it means in the era when European countries were ruling almost the whole world, uss waqt bhi iss technique ka istamal hota tha... Istamal hota tha First World War mai! Sir appko pata hoga ki England and Germany ki traditional dushmani thi... First world war mai bhi woh ek dusre ke against the... Sir history says ki England uss waqt bhi iss technique ka istamal karta tha... For interacting with their informers in Germany... Ek artist ko koi photo di jati thi... Woh uski painting banata tha... Aur woh painting uss country ke secret informers jo enemy nations mai hote the unhe bejh di jati thi... Informers ko pehle hi pata hota tha ki iske piche chupe message tak kaise puchna hai and unka kaam ho jata tha... Is technique ka sabse bada fayeda yeh hai ki if any chance the painting is caught by the police or army of the enemy nation, naa toh unhe shak hota tha aur agar ho bhi jaye toh they couldn't crack the code behind it!

Daya - Yeh technique hai kya?

Aarti - Sir badi simple si technique hai... Painting me visible har ek object... Object matlab... River, mountains, trees, clouds or it can even be the place painted ko list down kiya jata hai... Ab har ek chiz ka ek matlab hota hai... Har group ka ek alag pattern hota hai jise code decryption karne wale ko koi confusion nahi hota... Ab agar appko us code ko crack karna hai without knowing the pattern it will take a lot a time and efforts sir!

Abhijeet - Koi problem nahi hai Miss Aarti... Code toh crack karke hi rahege... Thanks for all the information that you gave us... Isse humari bohot help hogi... And thanks to you too Mr. Mahesh

Mahesh - Koi nahi sir... Our pleasure...

Aarti - Ji sir agar hum bhi apne desh ke kuch kaam aa sakte hai toh kyu nahi sir... Humara bhi toh farz hai app logo ki help karna

Daya - Thanks again and bye!

            (After putting down the phone duo once again got busy with the painting)

Abhijeet - Yeh sab kuch itna simple nahi hai jitna dikh raha hai! Koi itni purani technique iss tarah se use karke koi choti moti baat toh nahi code karega na... Aur woh Vikrant waise bhi kuch chota plan kar hi nahi sakta... Yeh kuch bohot katharnak hai

Daya - Hmm... Lekin hum isse iske maqsad mai kamayab hone nahi denge... Chalo start karte hai! Decoding... List banane se start karte hai

Abhijeet - Hmm... Toh sabse pehle toh its Shimla and so mountains! Then yeh kuch trees nazar aa rahe hai...

Daya - Yeh sunrise bhi toh hai!

Abhijeet - Hmm... Mai likh leta hu (saying this he quickly grabbed a paper and started to list down the points)
1) Mountains
2) Trees
3) Sunrise

Daya - Boss mujhe lagta hai ki yeh trees Deodhar ke hai... Shimla mai jungles aur valleys hai puri ki puri Deodhar ki!

Abhijeet - Oh ok... Jhad toh hogaye... Ab yeh sunrise dekhte hai! Iska kya matlab ho sakta hai?

Daya - Wahi toh samjh nahi aa raha!

Abhijeet - Ek... Ek minute! Sunrise time bhi toh indicate karta hai! Jab ghadi nahi hoti thi toh sun ki movement hi toh time batati thi... And animals ke liye toh ajj bhi ghadi sun hi hota hai!

Daya - Great boss! Mai check karta hu ki kal Shimla mai sunrise kitne baje hoga... (After checking) 7:13 it says!

Abhijeet - Ab yeh mountains ka kya matlab ho sakta hai!!!

Daya - Agar usse sirf pahad hi chahiye the toh phir Shimla hi kyu? Koi aur hill station bhi toh choose kar sakta tha na!

Abhijeet - Tum kehna kya chahte ho?

Daya - Boss yeh ki raaz word 'mountains' 

mai nahi... Shayad word 'Shivalik' mai chupa hoga... Kyuki Shimla Himalaya ki Shivalik range mai located hai!

Abhijeet - Sahi hai! But Shivalik ka kya meaning ho sakta hai? Shivalik... Shiva... Daya shiva!!!

Daya - Shiva!!! U mean Shivaji marg?

Abhijeet - Haa Daya Shivaji marg!!!

Daya - Oh no! Boss Shivaji marg par toh beauro bhi hai!!! Pata nahi kya plan kar raha hai yeh Vikrant?!

              (But after a while Daya noticed that Abhijeet was lost looking at the painting and wasn't listening to him)

Daya - Abhijeet! (Shaking him when he still didn't listen)

Abhijeet - Haa?

Daya - Kya dekh rahe ho?

Abhijeet - Haa... Daya mai yeh soch raha tha ki jaise 'Shivalik range' means 'Shivaji marg' yeh Deodhar trees ka meaning kahi 'deo' matlab 'deodorant' toh nahi hai?

Daya - Lekin deo ka kya lena dena in sab se?

Abhijeet - Pata nahi! Lekin aur ho bhi kya sakta hai?

Daya - Internet zindabad!!! Check karte hai!

             After surfing on the net for an hour... Making some assumptions... Finding out some new things Daya finally found out something that shook him to the core!

Daya - Abhijeet!!!

Abhijeet - Kya hua?

Daya - Boss, bohat badi problem hai! Aise toh sabhi deodorants ki chemical composition alag hoti hai lekin kuch deo mai aresole bhi hota hai!!! Abhijeet aresole is a highly inflammable substance... Bas ek chingari and it will catch fire!!! Samjhlo ki deodorant ek tarah a petrol hai agar aag se contact mai aaya toh! Kuch popular deo brands bhi aresole ka use karti hai unke products mai aur uska bohot bulk mai stock milna mushkil nahi hai... Petrol yaa kerosene buy karne par shak hota hai... Deo kharidne par toh woh bhi nahi hoga!

Abhijeet - Kahi Vikrant beauro mai agg toh nahi lagana chahta!!!??? (Uttered Abhijeet in anger) Kal subah 7:13 pe!!!

Daya - Kal subah nahi Abhijeet! Ajj subah!!! Raat ke 1:20 baj rahe hai! Lekin subah 7:13 pe beauro mai toh koi hoga hi nahi! Usse agg laga kar milega kya?

Abhijeet - Hmm... Yeh baat bhi sahi hai! Phir Vikrant yeh sab karna kyu chahta hai?

Daya - Shayad iss jawab bhi painting mai hi ho...

Abhijeet - Ho sakta hai! Dekhte hai...

(After 3 hours)

Abhijeet - Damn it!!! (In anger he banged the pen which he was holding in his hand moments ago)

             At the voice of it, Daya looked up from the paper he was staring at but chose to stay quiet as even he was disgusted with uncountable failed attempts that they made in the past few hours... The ticking time making it worse for them as it threatened to strike 7:13... The fear of something bad going to happen in their very own beauro wasn't letting them be at peace even after they had a tiring day and sleepless night! Daya grabbed a glass of water and gulped it down in a single breath... Offered Abhijeet one, who accepted it to calm himself down as he knew it was necessary if he wanted to crack the code...

Daya - Abb kya kare yaar! Kitni time hogaya... 4:35 ho chuke hai!!! Hume ab tak yeh bhi pata nahi chala ki beauro mai agg lagana kyu chahta hai... Hum usse rokege kaise?

Abhijeet - Pata nahi Daya... Mujhe toh kuch samajh nahi aa raha!

Daya - Naa jane kyu mujhe aisa lag raha hai jaise sab kuch humari aakho ke samne hai par hume nazar nahi aa raha... Yeh Shimla ki painting...

Abhijeet - (cutting him in between) Shimla!!! Daya Shimla! Iss painting mai maujood har word ke piche raaz chupa hai toh phir Shimla ke piche kyu nahi!?

Daya - Absolutely correct boss!

           After working out for another 45 minutes duo discovered that the word 'Shimla' ment 'S89ML1'... Considering A as 1 and B as 2... Also leaving the letters with value greater than 9 as letters only...

Abhijeet - Yeh toh...

Daya - Haa Abhijeet yeh toh ACP sir ki service revolver ka serial number hai!

Abhijeet - Matlab saaf hai... Vikrant beauro mai 7:13 pe agg lagane wala hai deodorant use karke... Aur uss waqt waha ACP sir bhi honge!!!

Daya - Sir ko itne subah subah beauro mai kya kaam aa gaya yaar! (Running hand in his hair frustration)

Abhijeet - Ajj tak kabhi sir ne ghadi dekhi hai kaam karte waqt?! Kaam aaya nahi ki pauchah jate hai! Ab chalo jaldi! Pure 2 ghante bhi nahi humare pass!

              Grabbing their guns, changing their disguise quickly and running to car they started their journey towards CID beauro... Somewhere they went everyday but were never so tensed about reaching there... They cursed their fate! The motel they were living in was in another part of this huge city... It would take them one and a half hour to reach beauro! Thanks to the traffic filled roods of this city of dreams... But there was nothing that could come in between ACP sir and his two bravest cops... They had no plan and no time but who cares! All they could think about at the moment was that their ACP sir was in danger and they had to save him at any cost! Covering the journey in the least time that they could they reached the beauro building... Gaurd at the gate stopped them to ask the reason for their visit

*7:00 am*

Gaurd - Kaha jana hai app logo ko?

Abhijeet (disguised) - Woh ACP sir se milna tha... Ek complain karni hai

Gaurd - Toh phir app 9 baje ke baad aayega... Woh tabhi beauro aate hai... Abhi toh ACP sir beauro mai nahi hai

             Looking at each other Abhijeet and Daya exchanged a confused glance... Now what does this mean!?

Daya - Dekhiye humara unse milna bohot zaruri hai... App bata sakte hai kaha honge woh?

Gaurd - Woh 1 ghante pehle beauro aaye the... Aur phir freedy sir ke saath chale gaye... Freedy sir keh rahe the ki woh dono Hotel Grand Palace jaa rahe hai

               Now the Duo realized that the Hotel Grand Palace was also present on the same Shivaji marg... They hadn't thought that ACP sir could be going somewhere else on the same road but not beauro... They weren't late in making reflexes and quickly sat in the car and sped away...
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*Hotel Grand Palace (7:00 am)*

             Here ACP sir along with Freedy and hotel manager was busy in making some security arrangements... Today at 10 there was going to be a highly confidential, higher officials meeting here in this hotel's conference room... The heads of army, navy and air force were going to attend it... Even the Defense minister and the state Chief minister were going to be present... Present to discuss national security... ACP sir was in charge of the security arrangements

*Hotel conference room*

               The room was more like a closed chamber with no windows and only one door present... It was well lighted and had a good air conditioning system to make people feel comfortable in it... There was a huge table in middle of the room with a notepad, pen and a water bottle kept on it for each person... Also a projector with a screen was present... Away in a corner there was a cabinet with other necessary things kept in it... The brick walls had a think sheet of steel behind it for security purposes... The only door present was made up of steel and was a electronic one which opened with a password... The room was sound proof... Leave sound even air couldn't go outside if the door was closed... Makes it obvious that air couldn't even come inside... Arrangements were made through a pipe to provide in air for breathing... Jammers were present which made it impossible to hear the inside talks through a transmitter or something else... Jammer also blocked the mobile networks

Avantika (Hotel manager) - Sir agar app chahe toh mai aisi arrangement kar deti hu jisse door sirf andar se hi khulega... Bahar se usse kholna would not be possible

ACP - Please go ahead

Freedy - (just coming from in) Avantika ji yeh jo niche ek tempo aaya hai, usme kya hai?

Avantika - Kuch nahi sir, woh bas hotel ke rooms mai provide karne ke liye deo ka consignment aaya hai

Freedy - Oh ok... (To ACP) Sir maine niche sab kuch recheck kar liya hai... Kuch gadbad nahi hai... Inspector Rohit niche nigrani rakh rahe hai... Hotel ke saare rooms bhi check kar liye hai... Kuch bhi suspicious nazar nahi aaya
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Aakash - (on bluetooth) Boss sab check kar liya hai... Sab kuch ekdum perfect hai apne plan ke mutabik

Vikrant - Great... Dekho Aakash kuch bhi hojaye... ACP uss conference room se zinda bahar nahi aana chahiye! Understand!?

Aakash - Kaise bachega boss! Conference room mai maine ek lighter rakha hai, cabinet ke paas... Uske paas cigarette bhi hai... Dono ko aise rakha hai ki kisi ko aasani se nazar nahi aayege... Jo hotel ka deo ka consignment aaya hai maine usse pani ki tank mai pani ki jagah daal diya hai... Cabinet ke andar ek timer hai jo exactly 7:13 pe ek awaz karega... Jo sunkar ACP ussi waqt uss cabinet ko kholega...  woh lighter girega cigarette ke upar... Room mai dhua hoga... Fire alarm bajega aur water sprinklers automatically start ho jayege... Sprinklers mai pani ki jagh deo hoga jo agg bujhayega nahi... Agg lagayega! As expected ACP ne hotel manager ko keh diya hai ki door ko bahar se kholne ka system band kardo! Woh tadap tadap kar mar jayega aur koi usse bachane andar bhi nahi jaa payega!!!

Vikrant - Plan toh acha hai lekin successful hona hi chahiye!

Aakash - Ho jayega boss... ACP ko koi nahi bacha sakta... Aur woh freedy aur hotel manager avantika uss room mai hote hai yaa nahi yeh unki kismat par depend karta hai boss! Lekin acp ki kismat mere haat mai hai! (Saying this he gave a evil smile and moved ahead to see if his evil plan was going correct)
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Avantika - Sir maine setting kardi hai... Ab yeh darwaza sirf andar se hi khulega... Bahar se nahi!

ACP - Okk... Phir bhi app ek baar check karlijiye

Avantika - Sure sir... Ab password sirf appko pata hai toh appko andar rehna hoga... Mai bahar jati hu

ACP - Hmm... Freedy tum bhi jao Avantika ji ke saath... Aur 2/3 baar check karna ki door bahar se khulta hai yaa nahi

Freedy - Yes sir

             Saying this Freedy moved out with Avantika not knowing which danger he was leaving his beloved ACP sir in! Here inside the room ACP sir was waiting near the door when he heard a click sound from near the cabinet... Slowly he moved towards the cabinet and opened its door... There it was a timer kept in it... Smelling something fishy about it ACP sir started looking around... He was quick enough to locate the burning cigarette and the lighter beside it... But even in the few seconds the harm was done... The fire alarm started ringing and water sprinklers strated with it's work... Water sprinklers with highly inflammable deo in it!!! In a fraction of a second the whole room started burning with huge flames of fire rising... ACP sir stood in a corner shocked to see the room set ablaze in a second... He didn't know how!!! He used his coat to protect himself from the flames... But how long would it prove fruitful? He had to get out of here! But it seemed like a task impossible to do... There was fire all around the door and the electronic circuit was already turned to ashes... How on earth to open the door now! He had to find another way! 'What?!' He was quick enough to find out... Fire needs oxygen to burn... The basic that is taught to every child in school... The only way for air to come inside this room was through a pipe... If he could stop the air fire would automatically stop burning... But as fire needed oxygen to burn, he needed oxygen to breathe!

ACP - Oxygen supply toh cut karna hi hoga! Aur koi option nahi hai! (He told himself coughing heavily)

              Getting to the pipe he put in his handkerchief in pipe's mouth... Slowly the fire started getting lowered in intensity... The fire had already used all the oxygen present in the room!!! ACP sir had already started struggling to breathe... He fell down in a corner as he couldn't stand anymore... He still couldn't remove the cloth from pipe's mouth or else the fire would once again create the same havoc... ACP sir had already burned his hand... Some light and some severe burns every where on his body... He had heard it somewhere that the deadliest pain that could be given to a man is to be burnt alive... He had almost gone through it today... And over all of it now he was struggling to take even a single breath... His lungs were craving for oxygen, eyes threatening to close any moment... Burns aching so much that couldn't even understand which one was the most painful... Lying with closed eyes he waited... Waited for what? He didn't know... Maybe for the fire to subside or maybe for death! For whatever came first to him... For whatever destiny had chosen for him!

To be continued...

           So this was the longest chapter i had ever written... About the last part... I have no words to say but sorry... Had a hard time writing this big chappy... Please don't forget to leave your precious review...

Heart vs Brain - Chapter 18

            So your least favorite writer is back to trouble you all with next chapter! Am already telling you all that this chapter is a very very boring one... So sorry in advance... Happy reading...

                              Chapter 18

*Motel room*

             (Abhijeet and Daya were preparing to go somewhere... Both in disguise)

Abhijeet - Daya sambhal ke rehna! (Worriedly)

Daya - Haa Abhijeet... Tum chinta mat karo kuch nahi hoga... Chale?

Abhijeet - Hmm

*In a car (different from the one that Abhijeet owned)*

Daya (seeing Abhijeet is still worried) - Kyu tension le rahe ho?! Pehli baar thodi na jaa raha hu aisa kuch karne!

Abhijeet - Janta hu... Lekin woh admi bohot katharnak hai yaar!

Daya - Dekh lenge usse bhi... Acha gaana sunoge!?

Abhijeet - (glaring him) Plan ek baar phirse discuss karle? Jayada fayeda hoga!

Daya - Okay!

Abhijeet - Toh hum Vikrant (right hand of terrorist organization) ke bungalow par jayege aur mai gadi se uske ghar ke gate ko crash karuga... Woh aawaj sunkar bahar aayega aur mujhse argument karega

Daya - Tab tak mai kitchen window se uske ghar mai jauga...

Abhijeet - Yaad rakhna Daya CCTV cameras ki range mai mat aana... Ghar ki 3 entrance hai... Ek front door, ek backdoor and terrace... Teeno par CCTVs lage hue hai... Sirf woh ek kitchen window hai jo kisi bhi camera ki range mai nahi aati

Daya - Yeh baat pakki hai na?

Abhijeet - Haa haa... Jab mai ek baar uske bungalow par gaya tha un terrorists ke saath toh yeh sab dekha tha maine

Daya - Ok... So andar jane ke baad mai uss basement mai situated secret room mai jauga jaha Vikrant apni sari planning karta hai... Door fingerprint se khulta hai jiska fake finger model mere paas bhi hai... Thanks to the file he gave you! Phir mai andar jauga aur uss safe ke password ko crack karne ki koshish karuga

Abhijeet - Yehi se toh humari test shuru hoti hai! Daya as you know ki uss safe ke aas paas lazer beams hai... Jaise hi koi bhi un beams ke bich ayega ek siren baj jayega... Vikrant will know ki koi uske secret room mai hai... Bungalow ke main gate se andar secret room tak pauchne mai usse kareban 1:45 minutes lagege! Bas utna hi waqt hai tumhare paas password crack karke... Woh bomb ka location map leke waha se wapas aane ke liye! Agar thoda bhi zayada waqt hota toh uss safe ko kaat sakte the lekin itne kam time mai uss security vault ko cut nahi kar payege!

Daya - Ek minute paitalis second... Agar password pata hota toh bhi aaram se hojata... Koi nahi! Probable password ki list ki list hai mere paas... Woh try karta hu mai

Abhijeet - Daya agar woh passwords dalne ke baad bhi safe nahi khula toh tum wapas aa jaoge! Aur koi password try nahi karna hai... Usme time lagega aur woh humare paas nahi hai! Ek second bhi waha nahi rukoge... Samaj gaye!?

Daya - (thinking) Woh bomb ka location map toh mai lekar hi aauga Abhijeet... Password kya hai, mujhe nahi pata... Lekin woh map liye bina mai wapas nahi aauga... Sorry for lying to you boss... Lekin sach bol diya toh tum manoge nahi! (Loudly, to Abhijeet) Haa woh passwords try karke aa jauga!

*Bungalow*

Abhijeet - All the best Daya! Take care...

Daya - You too!

            Putting on their bluetooth, both of them took their positions... Abhijeet inside the car ready to accelerate and Daya swiftly ran behind the bungalow, ready to go inside through the kitchen window

Abhijeet - Daya ready?

Daya - Haa Abhijeet... Go on!

             And then there was a huge crashing sound on the main gate, as Abhijeet had banged his car onto the gate... Soon a tall, muscular well built man came out of the bungalow... Skin tone fair, eyes deep black, hair properly set... He was wearing blue faded jeans, grey T shirt and brown leather jacket... Seeing him no one could say that he was such a dangerous and cruel man! He and Abhijeet started arguing and meanwhile daya started with his plan
               He broke the glass of the kitchen window and jumped inside... Carefully enough so as not to be seen in the CCTV... Slowly he sneaked into the basement and came to the secret room... Opening the door with the fake finger print model he went inside... The room was not very huge... Had no windows and had only one door from which he entered... The only source of light present there was a small table lamp that was kept on the table... As he looked at the lamp he noticed 4 computers and 3 laptops kept there... There were too many files in the cabinet hanging on the wall and all around some papers were scattered... Some blueprints of different places kept on a slab in the corner and photos of some random people pinned on a board... Some uncommon electric or battery operated devices were kept on a shelf and some guns and knifes were lyingly in a corner... But away from the whole mess there was a isolated corner where a huge safe was kept... Lazar beams were focused on it from all directions... Taking a deep breath Daya stepped inside the range of lazar beams and instantly a siren started ringing... But Daya was least affected by it and he started trying all the passwords they thought could be correct...

Abhijeet - Woh yaha se nikal chuka hai! Tum bas 3 passwords try karna! Nahi khula toh nikal jana!

Daya - Hmm...

              Daya kept on trying his passwords until they all were declared wrong by the vault! When he heard Abhijeet say...

Abhijeet - Daya enough! Bahar niklo! Sirf 20 second bache hai!

Daya - Abhi nahi Abhijeet! Bina location map ke nahi!

Abhijeet - Daya humne kya decide kiya tha!? Woh tumhe maar dega Daya (Abhijeet shouted with a shiver in his voice... A shiver which he hid well from the world but couldn't hide from the one he was fearing for)

            Here Daya was staring at the picture pined on the board... It was Abhijeet's photo with a cross mark over it... There was a bullet hole on the forehead of the picture... Clearly showing man's hate towards Abhijeet... He imagined how this man Vikrant would have ordered his men to kill Abhijeet and how his brother would have been struggling to open his eyes that day in the car... He remembered the pain in Abhijeet's eyes that he saw the day when Abhijeet fired on him... This man was the reason why his brother hadn't looked into his eyes from last three months... Abhijeet's teary voice, guilty words, broken hopes and lost eyes were roaming in his mind... His brain told him to go back! It wasn't logical to stay here when he didn't even know if it would prove fruitful or not! But his heart denied to run away when there was only this that he could do to help his brother in his plan! Knowing the location was very very important for them if Abhijeet's plan backfired at any stage... It could take 9000 lives and life of his brother too... He decided not to go back without the location map!
              Here on the other side Abhijeet was so restless! He was worried for Daya... He regretted the moment when he allowed Daya to ho ahead with this plan... He had seen the sample of this man's cruelty... He would have chosen death for himself a thousand times than letting Daya be in Vikrant's hands for a minute! And today his brother was inside with Vikrant running to him and he couldn't do anything to help him out!

Abhijeet - Daya please bahar aa jao! 1 minute 30 second already ho chuke hai Daya! Pleaasseeee!!! (But Daya didn't reply to him as he was busy trying different passwords)

             Vikrant was so near to the room that Daya could hear his footsteps now! Daya knew that if he would come inside there would be no chance that he would be able to get the location map... Daya tried with his luck one last time and silently prayed in his heart for success... A second later he heard a clicking sound... And looking at the safe he realized that it had finally opened! He quickly opened it and searched for the required map... Finding it he quickly kept in in his bag and just when he was about to escape from there his eyes caught a glimpse of a painting kept inside the vault... He found it to be weird to see a painting kept inside a safe! He grabbed it and kept it in his bag for further analysis... He turned back to the door only to find Vikrant standing at the door with his gun aiming at him

Vikrant - Hilne ki bhi koshish mat karna! Nahi toh sari ki sari goliya adar daal dunga

          Daya stood there silently without any moment... His fearless eyes making note of all the chances he could take and his sharp mind making up a escape plan

Vikrant - Kon ho tum aur kyu aaye the yaha?

Daya - Kon hu yeh mai tumhe batana zaroori nahi samjhta... Aur kyu aaya tha yeh tumhe abtak samjh jana chahiye tha!

Vikrant - You!!! (And in anger he fired a bullet at Daya's leg who on time moved aside to escape it) Pakke khiladi ho! (He said gritting his teeth)

Daya - Waise ab jo sari goliya tu mujhe marne wala tha unme se ek kam hogayi! Goliya sambhal kar rakh Vikrant... Kaam ayegi

           Vikrant pressed the trigger again but this time Daya was already prepared... Daya put his hand in front of himself and in between the path of the bullet... The bullet hit Daya's watch as he had planned and changed it path... This made Vikarnt to loose his attention over Daya and this gave Daya enough time to pick up the table lamp and throw it at him... Just as Daya picked up the table lamp the room turned into pitch black and before Vikrant could understand anything Daya was already out of the secret room
             Here outside the bungalow Abhijeet was hearing everything... Hoping for Daya's wellbeing and ready for every action that maybe required
             As Vikrant came out of the secret room he ran towards the kitchen as he expected Daya to run out from the way he came in... But Daya had already guessed it and so ran towards the terrace... By the time Vikrant reached terrace Daya had already reached the edge of the terrace

Vikrant - Ab kaha jayega!?

Daya - Jaha tu pauch hi nahi sakta!

           Saying this Daya jumped down the terrace wall! There were 3 floors below it... But then Sr. Insp Daya never knew the meaning of word fear! Down on the ground Abhijeet was already waiting for Daya in the car... The moment he landed down he pulled him in the car and drove away!

*Motel room*

Abhijeet - Daya yaar yeh tumne bilkul theek nahi kiya!

Daya - 29!

Abhijeet - What?

Daya - Yeh baat tum mujhe pichle ek ghante mai 29 times bol chuke ho!

Abhijeet - (Sighing) Tumhe yeh sab mazak lagta hai! Pata hai jaan nikal gayi thi meri jab tumne kaha abhi nahi... Agar kuch ho jata toh!?

Daya - Kuch hua toh nahi na! Boss location map milna kitna important tha yeh baat tum bhi jante ho

Abhijeet - Haa janta hu... Lekin iss duniya mai aur koi bhi chiz mere liye tujhse zayada kimti nahi hai yaar! Tum samjhte kyu nahi iss baat ko?

Daya - Mai toh samjhta hu boss... Tumhi nahi samjhte! (He said meaningfully) Tabhi toh apne app ko guilty mante ho mujhe goli marne ke liye... Ajj pure 3 mahine baad tumne mujhse kaam ke alawa koi baat ki hai! Tum nahi jante Abhijeet tum mujhse kitna pyar karte ho... Magar mai janta hu dost... Tumhari koi galti nahi hai!

Abhijeet - Woh map dena! Mujhe dekhna hai

Daya - Hmm... (And he removed the map from the bag and gave it to Abhijeet)

             Both of them studied the map together and discussed all the possibilities and plans... After an hour of discussion they were tired and having some snacks when Daya remembered about the painting he got in Vikrant's safe... He took it out and kept it on the table

Abhijeet - Yeh kya hai?

Daya - Pata nahi kya hai lekin mujhe yeh Vikrant ke safe mai mila... Uss safe mai iss painting ka hona bohat ajeeb tha isliye mai le aaya... Dekhte hai kya milta hai isme

Abhijeet - Hmm... Koi terrorist safe mai painting kyu rakhega! Kuch toh gadbad pakki hai!

           They both started started analyzing the painting and came to a conclusion that it had some kind of a meaning hidden in it... They opened its frame and checked if it had something hidden but found nothing

Abhijeet - Generally koi bhi painter apni painting par signature karta hai... But iss par toh koi signature bhi nahi hai... Bas kuch hai toh woh hai yeh date!

Daya - 4/12/17!!!

Abhijeet - Yeh toh kal ki date hai! Aisa kaise ho sakta hai! Agar painting par koi date likhta bhi hai toh wahi honi chahiye na jis din woh painting start hui ho ya phir complete... Unlike this!

Daya - Ab toh saaf hai hai Abhijeet ki yeh koi aam painting nahi hai! Koi message chupa hai iss painting mai... Kya!? Woh hume dhudna hoga!

To be continued...

          So what do you think is the mystery of this painting??? Tello everyone! I knw it was a very boring chapter... Sorry... This was all i could manage! Don't forget to review friends... Bye

Heart vs Brain - Chapter 17

              Am back... On time this time... So happy? Or sad to see your least favorite writer back to trouble you? Jo kuch bhi ho chapter toh padna padega *evil smirk* ... So go on and read...

                             Chapter 17

*Beauro*

           ACP sir walked in through the beauro door looking very angry... Freedy was about to ask him questions in his mind but looking into ACP sir's angry red eyes he forgot his questions itself! Purvi and pankaj also realized that it was safe not to say anything at the moment

Freedy - (in a low voice) Kya hua sir? Koi problem hai kya?

ACP - Nahi kuch nahi... Tum loyg apna kaam karo...

           Saying this he went in his cabin and sat on his chair with his head rested backwards... Taking deep breaths he relaxed for a while, calming himself down... After few minutes he drank few sips of water from the glass and looked much more better than before... Looking at his desk he realized that it wasn't the same as he left and checking it out he found out that the DNA report was missing from there... He well understood that the team must have got it and would be knowing the truth by now

ACP - (coming out from the cabin) Woh DNA report kaha hai?

Purvi - Yeh hai sir (and gave him the report)

ACP - Janta hu bohat sawal honge tum logo ke zehan mai... Lekin mere paas bhi ek wajh thi tum logo ko sach na batane ki

Freedy - Aur woh kya thi sir? Aisi konsi wajh thi ki appne hume yeh tak nahi bataya ki Abhijeet sir zinda hai?!

ACP - Kyuki agar mai tum logo ko yeh bata deta ki Abhijeet zinda hai toh mujhe yeh bhi batana padta ki Daya ko Abhijeet ne kidnap kiya hai

Freedy - Kya! Sir yeh app kya bol rahe hai!

Aakash - Sir aisa kaise ho sakta hai? Abhijeet toh mar chuka hai na! Daya ko Abhijeet kidnap kaise kar sakta hai?

ACP - Aakash Abhijeet zinda hai!!! Tum yeh sab chodo aur ek kaam karo... Forensic lab jao aur Salunkhe se pichle case ki postmortem report lekar aao... Case file mai attach karke court bejhni hai

Aakash - Yes sir

Freedy - Sir app yeh kya bol rahe hai! Abhijeet sir Daya sir ko kyu kidnap karege?

ACP - Yeh sab baad mai pata karege... Iss waqt Aakash se satark rehna zaruri hai

Pankaj - Aakash se? Kyu sir? Woh toh Daya sir ka dost hai na!

ACP - Woh koi Daya ka dost nahi hai! Haa police officer zaroor hai... Uska ID fake nahi hai... Usne kaha tha ki woh police training mai Daya ke saath tha... Maine pata kiya... Daya ki batch mai koi Aakash naam ka admi tha hi nahi

Purvi - Sir appko uspar shak kab hua?

ACP - Ajj hi... Jab mai Abhijeet se mila... (Seeing them about to ask about Abhijeet) Sab batauga... Lekin abhi nahi... Jab mai Abhijeet se mila tha tab Aakash mere piche tha! Mai Abhijeet ka picha kar raha tha aur woh mera... Usse yeh bhi pata hai ki Abhijeet zinda hai... Lekin abhi jab maine tum logo ke samne yeh kaha ki Daya ko Abhijeet ne kidnap kiya hai usne aisa pretend kiya ki usse kuch nahi pata! Chalak hai... Lekin itna nahi ki usse yeh samajh jaye ki mujhe uska sach pata hai

Freedy - Toh phir sir abhi uske wapas aane par pakate hai usse!

ACP - Abhi nahi! Agar abhi usse pakda toh uska maksad pata nahi chalega... Usse apna kaam karne do, hum apna karege... Lekin usse baat wahi pata chalni chahiye jo hum chahte hai... Abhi waqt nahi hai... Ajj sham ko tum sab mere ghar dinner pe aana... Salunkhe aur Tarika ko bhi le kar aana... Mai sab batauga... Mere ghar mai Aakash bina meri permission ke nahi aa sakta

           In the evening CID team joined ACP sir at his home for dinner... There ACP sir told them all that he knew... Team was still unable to believe that Abhijeet fired on Daya but now their first priority was to find Abhijeet and Daya... They could look into other matters later... So they joined hands with ACP in finding duo...
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            Here... Duo reached a small motel wherein they could easily get room even with Abhijeet's fake ID of Karan... They had to find a new place to stay as they could not go back in the chawl as ACP sir knew about that place

*Room balcony*

           Abhijeet and Daya were sitting on cane chairs with a coffee mug in their hand...

Daya - Abhijeet yaha rehne mai thoda risk nahi hai? Tum toh disguise mai ho... Agar kisi ne mujhe pehchan liya toh?

Abhijeet - Nahi pehchanaga koi... Bas 4 din ki baat hai... Phir yeh sab karne ki zarurat hi nahi hogi

Daya - Matlab? 4 din baad kya hone wala hai?

Abhijeet - Bomb blast... Jo mai hone nahi dunga

Daya - Abhijeet in terrorists ka plan kya hai? Aur tum karne kya wale ho?

Abhijeet - Plan... Hmm... Terrorists ka plan yeh hai ki 4 din baad woh ek bomb blast karege... IT park mai... Uss IT park mai sari multinational companies ke offices aur headquarters hai... Sab companies ka apna apna alag complex hai jisme uss company ki kam se kam 20 se 25 multi storied towers hai... Yeh bomb blast aise hi ek IT consultation service provide karne wali company ke complex mai hoga... Company ki main building mai... Bomb ki range bohot zayada hai... Pura complex udd jayega... Includes 21 buildings each 18 storied... Waha par 9,000 log kaam karte hai...

Daya - What!!! 9,000 log! Boss iss blast ko rokna hoga kisi bhi halat mai!

Abhijeet - Blast ko rokne ka sirf ek tarika hai... Aur woh yeh ki bomb ko activate hi na hone diya jaye... Woh bomb ek remote se activate hota hai... Aur woh remote un terrorists ke paas hai

Daya - Toh phir kuch bhi karke hume uss remote tak pauchna hoga!

Abhijeet - Abhi nahi pauchah sakte... Kyuki bomb ka remote uss group ke paas nahi hai jiske saath mai abhi hu...

Daya - Matlab?

Abhijeet - Matlab yeh ki yeh terrorist organization ek company ki tarah kaam karti hai... Jisme alag alag departments hai magar woh dono ek dusre se mix up nahi hote... Haa woh ek dusre se linked zaroor hai lekin ek dusre ke kaam se koi lena dena nahi... Ek group ka kaam bomb banana hai... Dusre ka kaam bomb banane ke liye jo resources chahiye usse smuggle karna... Ek group paiso ki arrangement karta hai jo inke plan ko anjam dene ke liye chahiye... Mai abhi jis group mai hu, uss group ka kaam police, intelligence agencies, CBI, CID pe nazar rakhna hai... Agar kisi ko inke plan ke baare mai pata chala yaa phir koi bhi officer agar iss case ko investigate karne lage toh usse maar dalo... Inka yahi kaam hai... Har group mai 5/6 log aur ek unka head... This is how they work... In sab ke piche mastermind kon hai yeh toh inhe kudh bhi nahi pata... Bas upar se jo order aata hai, usse pura kar dete hai

Daya - Toh boss, inn sab ko pakadege kaise? Pakadna toh ek saath hi padega... Agar kisi ek group pakad liya toh bhi koi fayeda nahi hoga... Woh baki log apne plan ko phir anjam denge!

Abhijeet - Sahi bol rahe ho... Pakad na sab ko saath mai hi padega... Aur uska sirf ek tarika hai... Jab 4 din baad woh uss bomb ko plant karege tab woh saare log uss ek jagah honge... Sab ka apna apna ek role hai... Kisi ko security crack karni hai, toh kisiko kisi admi ka dhyan bhatkana hai... Toh kisi ko sirf aas paas nazar rakhni hai... Bomb plant karne ke baad woh sab waha se nikal jayege... Alag alag gadiyo se alag rasto par... Par milege ek hi jagah... Waha pauchkar remote se woh uss bomb ko activate karege... Uss jagah par pauchne mai unhe exact 32 minutes lagege... Yeh unhone hi calculate kiya hai... Uss jagah hume unhe pakadna hai... Bomb activate karne se pehle... Agar woh bomb activate nahi hua toh bomb lagane ka kuch matlab hi nahi hai... Bomb phatega hi nahi

Daya - Lekin abhijeet hum do milkar... Mai bhi abhi abhi add hua hu... Nahi toh tum akele unhe pakadte kaise?

Abhijeet - Kisne kaha mai akela hu? Mere saath toh puri Mumbai police hogi!

Daya - Kya?! Lekin kaise? Abhijeet duniya ke liye tum mar chuke ho... Police tumhari help kyu karegi?

Abhijeet - ACP sir hai na! Woh karege meri help!

Daya - Abhijeet please saaf saaf bolo... Tum karne kya wale ho

Abhijeet - Mai kuch nahi karuga... Jo karna hai sir karege... Daya, Abhijeet ne Daya ko goli mari hai... Daya ko kidnap bhi kiya hai... Abhi jab hum ACP sir ke samne se bhage tab sir ne humari gadi ka number toh note kar hi liya hoga... Maine woh number chupaya nahi tha... Isiliye nahi chupaya tha ki sir woh number dekh sake... Ab sir meri gadi dhundege... Har jagah naka bandi hogi... Har toll naka... Har police station... Har patrolling van mai yeh kabhar pauchegi ki jaha bhi meri gadi dikhe pakad lo... Woh gadi parso IT park ke paas dikhegi, phir gayab ho jayegi... Jisse ki waha par patrolling badadi jayegi... Phir woh gadi sidha 4 din baad dikhegi... Tab, jab mai aur kuch 3/4 terrorists uss gadi mai IT park se niklege... Police ko pata hoga ki uss gadi ko pakad na hai... Woh kisi bhi reason se pakad na chahe, pakde toh terrorists hi jayege... Waha se toh i will escape the police lekin jab woh sari gadi ek raste par hogi aur meri gadi ke piche police hogi, toh bas... Mai pakadwa dunga unhe!

Daya - Superb plan Abhijeet... Excellent!

Abhijeet - Hmm... Koi loophole toh nazar nahi aa raha plan mai lekin ek problem zaroor hai

Daya - Kya?

Abhijeet - Woh bomb kaha rakha jayega yeh mujhe nahi pata... Matlab yeh toh pata hai ki kis building mai hoga lekin kis floor par aur kaha iss baat ka koi idea nahi hai mujhe... Agar kisi bhi situation mai plan backfire karta hai, toh bomb ki location pata hona bohat zaruri hai

Daya - Haa Abhijeet baat toh sahi hai tumhari... Bomb ki exact location kise pata hai?

Abhijeet - Kisi ko nahi... Sirf ek admi ko chod ke... Aur woh hai iss sab ke mastermind ka right hand

Daya - Tum mile ho usse? Pata hai kon hai woh?

Abhijeet - Hmm mila hu... Par mujhe nahi lagta usse koi baat nikalwa sakte hai... Uske upar koi tactics kaam nahi karegi

Daya - Ek tarika hai!

Abhijeet - Kya?

Daya - Unhe Daya chahiye na?! Dedo!!!

Abhijeet - Kehna kya chahte ho tum?

Daya - Tum hi ne kaha tha na ki mai unke liye kathra hu aur woh mujhe marna chahte hai! Toh agar mai unke samne aa jau toh woh mujhe chodege nahi... Woh right hand kaha milega tum yeh pata karo... Jab bhi woh kisi public place mai hoga mai uske samne jauga... Woh mujhe public place mai maar nahi sakta... Ab terrorist organization ka second in command hai... Kidnap toh kar hi sakta hai na! Woh mujhe gureenty se kidnap karega... Aur mai jo micro transmitter laga kar jauga usse tumhe uski baate sunayi dengi... Kabhi na kabhi toh bolega na bomb ki location ke baare mai... Tumhe pata chal jayega...

Abhijeet - Aur tumhe lagta hai ki mai tumhe yeh sab karne dunga! Tum kahi nahi jaoge... Woh log kisi ko goli marne se pehle ek baar sochte bhi nahi hai... Mai tumhe nahi jane dunga

Daya - Lekin Abhijeet..

Abhijeet - (Cutting him in between) Lekin wekin kuch nahi... Uss insan ke paas jana matlab maut ko gale lagana!

Daya - Toh kya hua boss... Kuch nahi hoga mujhe!

Abhijeet - Kaise kuch nahi hoga! Daya tumhari jaan ko kathra hai

Daya - Meri jaan ko kab kathra nahi hota Abhijeet!!!

Abhijeet - Mujhe kuch nahi pata... Nahi matlab nahi... Mai tumhe aisa kuch nahi karne dunga

Daya - Theek hai nahi jata mai... Tum batao kaise uss bomb ki exact location pata karoge tum? Batao mujhe! Aur koi tarika nahi hai Abhijeet! 9,000 masoom jaano ka sawal hai... 9,000 zindagio ke samne meri jaan ki koi kemat nahi hai!

Abhijeet - Tumhe nahi hai! Mujhe hai!!!

Daya - Aur unn logo ka kya? Jinko toh yeh bhi nahi pata ki unki jaan ko kitna bada kathra hai! Abhijeet mai tumahara bhai hu... Lekin ek CID officer bhi hu... Un logo ki jaan bachana mera bhi farz hai! (Sitting down on his knee near Abhijeet) Kuch nahi hoga mujhe boss! Mai wapas laut kar aauga...

Abhijeet - Hmm (he said yes, with a heavy heart... After all he knew that he was letting his brother go into the clutches of death)

To be continued...

             A revealing chapter this was... Interesting or boring i don't know! But this chapter must have cleared many of the doubts in your mind. The story is nearing its end now... Few more chapters to go... But for now... What do you think will happen next? Daya sir is himself going in front of death! Am afraid!!! But there's only one way to know what will happen next and that is reading and reviewing... So go on and tell me if you liked the chapter or not

Heart vs Brain - Chapter 16

             Am back! Today i don't have any time to talk... So see you all at the end!!! Go on and enjoy the chapter...

                             Chapter 16

*CID beauro*

Pankaj - (Entering the beauro with a file in hand) ACP sir woh... (To Freedy not finding ACP sir in beauro) Sir ACP sir kaha gaye?

Freedy - Pata nahi... Keh kar gaye the ki kisi kabhri ko milne jaa rahe hai... Bohat time ho gaya abhi tak aaye nahi!

Purvi - Haa sir ab tak toh aa jana chahiye tha sir ko

Freedy - Mai unhe phone karta hu ( He called ACP sir but a the mechanical voice replied him) Sir ka phone toh band aa raha hai

Pankaj - Lekin ACP sir toh kabhi apna phone band nahi rakhte... Kya kare sir... Ab toh mujhe unki tension ho rahi hai

Freedy - Thodi der intezar karte hai... Phir dekhte hai kya karna hai

Pankaj - Achaa... Theek hai phir mai yeh file unke desk pe rakh deta hu

            And he kept the file on ACP sir's desk in his cabin... In the process another file fell from the desk... Pankaj picked it up and just when he was about to keep it back his eyes caught something which shocked him to the core

Pankaj (coming out from the cabin) - Freedy sir, Purvi idhar aao... Jaldi

Freedy - Kya hua?! Aise kyu chila raha hai

Pankaj - Sir yeh... Yeh... App kudh hi dekh lijiye sir! (And he showed them the file)

Freedy - Aisa kaise ho sakta hai!

Purvi - Haa sir! Yeh DNA report ke hisaab se woh laash jo hume 3 mahine pehle mili thi woh Abhijeet sir ki nahi thi!!!

Freedy (teary eyed) - Haa purvi... Matlab Abhijeet sir zinda hai

Pankaj - Yes sir... Humare Abhijeet sir zinda hai!!! (Exclaiming out of happiness)

Purvi - Lekin phir woh hai kaha? Hume mile kyu nahi woh!!!

Pankaj - Yeh sab baad mai dekhte hai! Mere liye toh itna hi kafi hai ki Abhijeet sir ko kuch nahi hua! ACP sir kitne kush honge na jab hum unhe yeh batayege!

Freedy - Tumhe yeh file kaha mili?

Pankaj - ACP sir ke desk pe... Kyu sir?  (Understanding) Matlab sir ACP sir yeh baat jante hai!

Freedy - Haa... Aur sirf ACP sir hi nahi Salunkhe sir bhi yeh baat jante hai... Yeh report pe Salunkhe sir ki sign hai... Yeh test unhone hi kiya hai

Purvi - Toh phir ACP sir aur Salunkhe sir ne hume kyu nahi bataya? Itni badi baat kyu chupai humse?

Freedy - Iss sawal ka jawab Salunkhe sir hi denge!

              Dr. Salunkhe was almost interrogated by Freedy, Pankaj and Purvi until he spoke the truth... Yes obviously after some denial but then how could he escape the three brave cops of CID who were in their fiercest avatar after coming to know that their beloved Abhijeet sir was alive and their seniors knew this but didn't tell them... After they came to know the reason and all that happened until now they calmed down a bit but hadn't completely forgiven ACP sir... All these years later, they had the right to be angry on him! So what if he was a senior, a ACP?! They were his own family... After all the love that ACP sir bestowed them with, they had all rights to be 'naraz' with him... About Dr. Salunkhe? After a rare sorry from him they had forgiven him... When they came to know about ACP suspecting that it was Abhijeet who fired on Daya they were shocked and denied to believe it!

*Chawl*

             Daya's words were enough to make Abhijeet realize that Daya was adamant and would not hear to him now... The dripping blood made him realize that he had no other option but to tell him the truth

Abhijeet - Mai batata hu... Sab kuch batata hu... Pehle tum churi chodo aur dressing karwao

           Daya dropped down the knife and let Abhijeet do his dressing... Soon they were done and Abhijeet started with his part as promised

Abhijeet - Yeh sab 3 mahine pehle shuru hua tha... Jab mujhe Rajeev ne ek letter likh kar kuch terrorists ke bare mai bataya jo mumbai par attack plan kar rahe the (And he told Daya everything that happened after that... About his accident, Dr. Avinash and his plan to pretend dead)... Sab kuch theek chal raha tha lekin tumne meri maut par vishwas nahi kiya... Tumne dimag ki chod apni dil ki sunni chahi aur mujhe dhundna shuru kar diya... Tum chawl tak bhi pauchah gaye aur phir cliff par bhi jaha ek drug deal ho rahi thi... Mera disguise bhi tumhe gumrah nahi kar paya aur tumne mujhe pehchan liya... Mera plan fail hojata aur un hazaro logo ki jaan chali jati agar yeh baat kisi ko pata chal jati... Tumhari jaan ko bhi kathra tha aur sach kahu toh abhi bhi hai! Haa in sab ka solution tumpar goli chalana nahi tha... Lekin mere paas uss waqt aur koi rasta nahi tha... Galti tumhari nahi thi... Galti meri thi... Plan mera... Problem meri... Aur saza tumhe mili! (Teary eyed) Meri galti... Nahi galti nahi gunah, mera gunah mafi ke layak nahi hai... Mai chahta bhi nahi tum mujhe maaf karo... Bas ek baar yeh case solve ho jaye mai surrender kar dunga... Duniya ka sabse bada gunah kiya hai maine... Tumhara vishwas tod kar... Tumhe itna dard dekar mujhe jine ka koi haq nahi hai... ACP sir, Salunkhe sir, team, sab ka vishwas toda hai maine... Sab ko itni taklif di... Iss baat ki saza milni chahiye mujhe... Mere liye toh maut ki saza bhi kam hai... Lekin badkismati se usse badi koi saza nahi hoti kanoon ki kitab mai...

            Daya was too shocked to react until now... Abhijeet's words made his heart cry... His physical and as well as mental pain was undoubtedly too much but Abhijeet was in a situation worse than him... He was troubled by some unanswered questions but Abhijeet was troubled by the answers he knew... He was broken cause the world told him that Abhijeet was dead but Abhijeet was broken cause he considered himself the reason behind Daya's 'almost' death... Last time Daya had seen Abhijeet in such miserable condition was when he used to consider himself guilty for his mother's death... Today was something similar! Daya was frightened with the pain in Abhijeet's voice... His friend was standing strong in front of him but he knew that this was only until the case wasn't solved... The day his duty will be fulfilled his BOSS will be broken down into fragments... So many, that he won't even be able to collect them! He was afraid! Afraid to loose Abhijeet... Afraid to loose his most precious relation... Afraid to loose his Boss... He was bleeding on outside but Abhijeet was bleeding on inside... They say time heals all wounds! They lie!!! He exclaimed... Time had made his brother's wounds deeper... The loneliness in these four walls had made Abhijeet think about nothing else but his guilt... The lonely nights at the beaches had made Abhijeet's condition terrible... Two long months, there was no one around him who could make him forget what was wrong even for a millisecond... Smiling face of his buddy came in front of his eyes and he realized that maybe he would never see this smile again... His brother had forgotten to smile!!! A tear fell from Daya's eye... And he decided that he will not let Abhijeet surrender... He won't let him be broken... He will bring him back as he was... The strongest of all! The one who could tackle every situation graciously... One who could go through everything and anything but still be strong as always! He had a mission in hand... Mission to bring back his brother!
              When his vocal cords denied to vibrate he went to Abhijeet and hugged him with all his strength... If this would have been normal situation Abhijeet would have told him 'Abe kitni haddiya todne ka irada hai?!' and then he would leave him with a cute angry face and Abhijeet would once again tease him with 'balloon ka face phug gaya'... Hearing this he would have been grumpy until Abhijeet did his 'manao' session with him! But today was different... There was no cheerful Abhijeet in front of him... This was a broken Abhijeet who wouldn't utter a word irrespective of what Daya does
            Abhijeet felt better... Instantly!!! He understood that there was still this 'someone' of his who could make him better with these 'nothings' of his... Just then he heard a teary whisper in his ear which said 'mai tumhe kahi nahi jane dunga boss... Kabhi bhi nahi'... He knew his brother loved him... But this much!!! He chose duty over friendship but his friend chose friendship over truth
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            Here ACP sir came to the chawl... He enquired from Hiren's brother about Abhijeet... About where he lived and all... He went to the room and knocked on the door... When he didn't get any reply after knocking twice he broke in only to find the room empty... He came near the window and found someone running away from there by jumping over the fence... The man got into the car and drove away... ACP sir could only see a glimpse of a man sitting behind in the car... Happenings were too fast to recognize either of the two but ACP sir was fast enough to run to his car and to get behind chasing them

*Duo's car*

Daya - Abhijeet tumhe nahi lagta hum bekar hi bhag rahe hai? (Seeing behind to locate ACP sir's car) ACP sir bas thodi duri par hai... Abhi nahi toh tohdi der mai woh hume pakad hi lange!

Abhijeet - Janta hu! Lekin mujhe iss bheed mai nahi pakde jana... Bas kisi sunsan jahag par car rok ke baat karte hai sir se

Daya - Baat karte hai!?! Tum kya plan kar rahe ho? ACP sir jane thodi na denge hume baat karne ke baad!

Abhijeet - Toh bina baat kare bhi toh unke haat se nahi nikal sakte na! Aur koi option nahi hai humare paas

Daya - Sunsan jahag chahiye na! Aage se left lena... Phir second right... Jaldi pauchege!

Abhijeet - Hmm... Piche seat pe ek mask pada hai do mujhe

Daya - Mask? ACP sir tumhe mask mai bhi pehchan lenge Abhijeet!

Abhijeet - Janta hu... ACP sir ke piche un terrorists ka ek admi hai... Mai uske samne nahi aa sakta... ACP sir mujhe as Abhijeet pehchanege aur woh mujhe as Karan janta hai... Agar un dono ke samne ek saath aa gaya toh plan toh wahi fail ho jayega! Uss kabhari se bach sakta hu mai, ACP sir se nahi... Ajj sir ko Abhijeet bankar hi milta hu

Daya - Sahi hai... (And he gave Abhijeet the mask) (After a while) Boss mera tumhare saath hone ka kya reason bataoge? ACP sir ke liye mai kidnap hua hu!

Abhijeet - Haa toh tum kidnap hi toh hue ho! Maine kidnap kiya hai tumhe!!! Kuch ropes padi hai seat ke niche... Nikal ke rakho... Tumhare haat bandta hu

Daya - Hmm... Boss ek kaam kar sakte hai! Gun hai na tumhare paas! Tum mujhe kidnap toh batane hi wale ho... Mere upar gun rakh ke nikal jana! ACP sir nahi rok payege!

Abhijeet - Nahi! Mai aisa kuch nahi karuga!

Daya - Abhijeet!!! Kya farak padta hai?! Gun hi toh rakhni hai... Goli thodi na marni hai... Bas yehi ek tarika hai ACP sir se bachne ka!

Abhijeet - Hmm... Theek hai

               Until then they reached the secluded place they wanted to... ACP sir was almost behind them, giving them no chance to escape... Abhijeet quickly tied Daya's hands and got ready to face ACP sir... He had already worn the mask... ACP sir reached there to get a shock! There he was standing in front of him! Those eyes! The sharpest he had ever seen... Those eyes which never missed a single detail even in a wild glance... Those eyes which showed different shades of love, care, concern and as well as of anger, determination and courage! As expressive as always but a charm that distinguished his eyes from others was missing... ACP sir wondered why! But no this wasn't the time for emotions he told himself... Today he was here in front of Daya's enemy! Abhijeet as Daya's enemy! His heart failed to believe... But then it was Abhijeet who fired on Daya...

ACP - Abhijeet apne app ko surrender kar do! Tum jante ho tumne gunah kiya hai

Abhijeet - Please sir mujhe jane dijiye!

ACP - Tum bhi jante ho yeh possible nahi hai! Iske pehle ki mai tumhe zabardasti arrest karu surrender kar do

Abhijeet - Nahi sir... Itna aasan nahi hai mujhe pakad na (he quickly brought Daya in front of him and kept gun on his head)

(Until then ACP sir removed his gun to prepare for the worst circumstances)

ACP - Abhijeet kya kar rahe ho! Chodo Daya ko! (Aiming at Abhijeet)

Abhijeet - Mujhe jane dijiye sir nahi toh mai goli maar dunga!

ACP - Abhijeet yeh kaisa pagalpan hai?

Abhijeet - Apni gun niche rakhiye sir! (Waiting for a while but when ACP sir did not give up he launched his gun and showed as if he was going to fire on Daya)

ACP - Rakhta hu... Rakhta hu... Daya ko kuch mat karna!

Abhijeet - Agar appne mera picha kiya toh mai Daya ko maar dunga sir! Mere piche aane ki galti mat kijiyega

            Warning ACP sir Abhijeet sat in his car... Pushed Daya in backseat and drove away... Leaving ACP sir in frustration and anger!

ACP - Damn it!!! (With red angry eyes) Abhijeet! Just wait and watch... Iss khel ko tumne shuru kiya hai... Katham mai karuga!!!

To be continued...

             OMG! Am getting tensed now!!! What will happen after this? Team knows everything now... They are angry with ACP sir... Daya knows the exact truth... Abhijeet broken on inside but still strong on outside! He is struck between the goons and ACP sir! How to escape? And ACP sir determined against Abhijeet!!! Ab kya hoga??? Pata karna hai toh revieewww!!!

Heart vs Brain - Chapter 15

           So am back... Once again before time... Waise maine ek chapter mai duo scene nahi dala toh sab bolne lage! Hahaahaha... I know guys you all love reading duo... Even i enjoy writing... So here's a update with a long duo part... Enjoy

                               Chapter 15

            Leaving Avinash in Kaki's room Abhijeet started going towards his own... Today he was waiting to be there unlike last 3 months... Why? He couldn't answer it but he didn't even care to know the answer... All he wanted was, to be his brother! He knew he won't be normal around him... He still won't be talking to him but yes he couldn't deny that still he wanted to be around him... Opening the door he entered in... Daya was sleeping in an awkward position... Maybe he was sitting with nothing to do and slipped into slumber... Not wanting to disturb him Abhijeet started cooking lunch... He had to, for Daya... As Daya needed proper care and couldn't be given outside food... The unavoidable noise of utensils caused Daya to wake up... Looking around he found Abhijeet busy with his cooking and so he went there in order to help him

Daya - Boss mai help karta hu

            Abhijeet's hands stopped working but he said nothing... Receiving no answer Daya decided for himself...

Daya - Mai veggies cut karta hu

          Picking up veggies, knife and a cutting board he sat in a corner doing his work... His thoughts roaming around Abhijeet and his behavior... He was trying to figure out the reasons behind all the happenings... His unanswered questions, troubling him... He wanted to ask about it all but then he knew that it will hurt Abhijeet... He didn't want to... Abhijeet's unbearable ignorance towards him was killing him inside... 2 long months of distance and not even 20 sentences after it... They weren't like this! They never were! Without his acknowledgement he drifted into a past memory... A sweet one... A beautiful one...

                             *Flashback*
              Abhijeet was in a jolly mood today... Humming a song he entered the beauro... Wished everyone morning and switched on his laptop... Quickly he started working... He wanted to finish off his work as soon as possible... Everyone smiled looking at him... They knew the reason behind his happiness...

Freedy - (whispering to pankaj sitting beside him) Abhijeet sir ajj kitne kush hai na! Ho bhi kyu na Daya sir wapis jo aa rahe hai pure dhai mahine baad

Pankaj - Haa sir... Finally unka mission successfully katham ho gaya! Kitna miss kiya unko inn dhai mahino mai humne unko... Especially Abhijeet sir ne

Freedy - Hmm... Akhir inn dono ka din nikalta hi kaha hai jab tak ek dusre ke saath masti naa karle!

Pankaj - Ab sir inn dono ki dosti hai hi aisi! Ek dusre ke liye jaan tak dene mai ek baar bhi nahi sochte!

Freedy - Ajj bhi dekho... Daya sir wapas aa rahe hai toh Abhijeet sir ne already half day le liya... Daya sir ki chutti jo hai... Sirf report submit karne aayege!

*After 2 hours*

             Daya arrived in the beauro with a big smile on his face... Finally he was back home... Not exactly home but somewhere, where he spent more time compared to his home!

Daya - Hi everyone!

Freedy, Pankaj, Purvi - Hello sir!

Abhijeet - Aa gaye! Aur batao kaisa tha mission?

Daya - Achaa tha... Successful raha... And the best part humare kisi officer ko koi serious injury bhi nahi hui

Abhijeet - That's good

Daya - (Seeing ACP sir coming out of his cabin) Good morning sir

ACP - Morning Daya... Kaisa raha tumhara mission?

Daya - Achaa tha sir... Aur sir yaha beauro mai? Koi khaas case sir?

ACP - Wahi sab normal chize... Kuch khaas nahi... Aur on going cases ke bare mai tum kal jab duty join karoge tab case files mai se pad lena

Daya - Yes sir... (Taking out a file from his backpack) Yeh report sir

ACP - (quickly glancing through it) Okay

Abhijeet - Sir hum log jaaye?

ACP - Hum log matlab? Mission se toh Daya wapis aaya hai na! Tumhe kaha jana hai?

Abhijeet - Sir maine kal pucha tha na appse half day ke baare mai! Appne haa bhi toh kaha tha

ACP - Kab pucha tha tumne mujhse? Mujhe toh aisa kuch yaad nahi hai!

Abhijeet - Aree sir!!! App aise kaise bhul sakte ho!

ACP - Jab pucha hi nahi toh yaad kaha se rahega? Chalo no more arguments! Daya tum ghar jao and everyone else back to work!

Abhijeet - (angrily murmuring while going to his desk) Aise kaise bhul sakte hai sir! Pure plan ka popat kar diya! Roz toh kaam pe aata hu... Sunday tak ko aane ko kabhi mana nahi karta... Ek din! Ek din bhi kaha half day ki chutti mangi thi... Woh bhi cancel kardi! Sir sach mai Hitler hi hai!

ACP - (from behind) Daya apne iss dost ko bhi le jao bhai! Isne toh ek half day ke chakkar mai mujhe Hitler bana diya!

Abhijeet - (bitting his tongue when he realized that he was loud enough to be heard) Sorry sir!

ACP - (laughing at his cute expressions) Mujhe bhulne ki bimari nahi hai... Mazak kar raha tha mai! Jao... Enjoy your day both of you... Aur kal time pe aa jana

Abhijeet & Daya - Yes sir

Abhijeet - (to daya) Ab chal jaldi... Nahi toh sir phir se chutti cancel kar denge!

            Ignoring all the giggles behind them they left to enjoy their day... Enjoying their not so often break no one could say that these were senior inspectors in CID... They looked like college going besties who bunked their lectures and were carefree about the surroundings and tension free about the happenings
                       *Flashback ends*

            Watching a horror movie although they never believed in ghosts... Shopping around... Fighting over whose favorite restaurant to visit and then eating food in some new place and at last having a peaceful evening at the beach... Daya remembered how they enjoyed that day... Gazing at Abhijeet he realized how much these 3 months had changed them... Today there were no friendly fights... No leg pulling... No laughs... No complaints... If something was there then it was silence... They were so close but distance apart
              Suddenly he cut his hand with the knife... In his thoughts he had forgotten about the instrument in his hand

Daya - Aah

           Came out a small scream from his mouth as a reaction which gained him Abhijeet's attention

Abhijeet - (Coming towards Daya) Kya hua?

Daya - Nahi... Kuch nahi

          But it's not easy to escape CID's sharp shine's sharp gaze... He noticed a deep cut on Daya's finger and he quickly brought a first aid box and started dressing Daya's wound... It was bleeding profusely making Abhijeet uncomfortable

Daya - Jab mere haat se behta itna khoon nahi dekh sakte toh uss din mujhe khoon mai latpat chod kar kyu gaye the?

             Abhijeet had expected this question from that very day... But at the moment he wasn't... He once again replied Daya with silence which made Daya frustrated and angry

Daya - Abhijeet mujhe mere sawal ka jawab chahiye!

Abhijeet - Daya mai abhi tumhe kuch nahi bata...

Daya (cutting him in between) - Abhijeet mujhe sirf jawab chahiye

             He said with anger clearly visible in his eyes... But Abhijeet was again back in his silent mode which added fuel to the fire... He was looking at the floor as if admiring its design... Daya still had the knife in his hand... This time with the sharp edge in his palm... In anger Daya pressed it hard... So hard that it bruised all his palm... Looking down Abhijeet noticed blood dripping from somewhere and seeing Daya's hand he got shocked to see its condition

Abhijeet - Daya yeh... Knife chodo tum pehle

           And he quickly rushed to him to take the knife when Daya moved back still having a strong grip on the sharp edge

Abhijeet - Daya kitna khoon beh raha hai! Please knife chodo (he said worriedly)

Daya - Ab bhi uss din se kam hai (he said deeply)... Iss duniya koi zakham mujhe itna dard nahi de sakta jitna uss din tumhe mujh par goli chalate dekh hua tha! Jab tak tum mujhe puri sachayi nahi batate mai iss knife ko nahi choduga!!!

Abhijeet - Daya yeh bekar ki zid mat karo (he finally raised his voice)

Daya - Zid, dhamki, pagalpan jo kehna hai kehlo lekin yeh wada hai mera tumse ki ajj tumse sach jane bina nahi rahuga!!!
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*On a deserted road*

Ratan - Salam sahab... Yeh mera dost Hiren

ACP - Jante ho Raghav ko?

Hiren - Janta hu na sahab... Apna khaas dost hai woh... Meri kholi (room) ke samne pani puri bechta hai woh

ACP - Abhi kaha milega?

Hiren - Udhar hi milega sahab... Uske thele pe

ACP - Chalo phir

*Raghav's pani puri stall*

ACP - Tumahara naam Raghav hai?

Raghav - Ji sahab

ACP - (taking him to an isolated corner) Daya ko kya khabar di thi 2 mahine pehle?

Raghav - Kon Daya sahab? App kon hai? Aur kya bol rahe ho?

ACP - Dekh natak mat kar... Mera dimag ghuma hua hai... Mujhe achi tarah se pata hai ki tu mujhe bhi janta hai aur Daya ko bhi

Raghav - Nahi sahab... Mai app logo ko kaise januga?

ACP - Acha toh tu Daya ka kabhri hai aur tu mujhe nahi janta! Aur toh aur tu Daya ko bhi nahi janta! Iske pehle ki mai tere sath kuch karu, sach sach bol kya kabhar di thi tune Daya ko?

Raghav - Appko jo karna hai karlo sahab... Mai apni jaan de dunga lekin nahi batauga... Daya sahab ne mujhe kisi ko bhi batane se mana kiya tha... Ek chor ko imandari ki jindagi di hai sahab unhone... Jisko iss duniya mai puchne wala bhi koi nahi sahab uska ajj ek apna pariwar hai... Unki wajh se... Mujhe unki wafadari apni jaan se jayada pyari hai

ACP - Aur uski jan payari hai ki nahi? Kabhri hai na... Itna toh pata chal hi gaya hoga tujhe ki Daya kidnap ho gaya hai! Use dhundne ke liye mera sach janna zaruri hai

Raghav - (after thinking for a while) Theek hai sahab batata hu mai... Daya sahab ne do mahine pehle mujhe phone kiya tha... Unko Abhijeet sahab ke bare mai pata karne ka tha... Unko lagta tha ki woh zinda hai... Maine bohot koshish ki sahab lekin kuch pata nahi chala... Phir ek din mai Hiren ke saath Kalayani chawl mai gaya... Uske bhai ke ghar... Udhar maine ek admi ko dekha jo thoda thoda Abhijeet sahab jaisa dikhta tha... Kuch confirm nahi tha toh mai uss admi ke pass nahi gaya... Hiren par mujhe pura vishwas hai isliye maine usse sach bataya aur uske bhai se puchne ko bola uss admi ke baare mai... Uske bhai ne bataya ki woh udhar hi ek kholi mai rehta hai... Bol raha tha ki jayada kisi se baat nahi karta isliye kuch khaas pata nahi uske baare mai... Bas yehi bataya tha maine Daya sahab ko... Uske baad kya hua yeh mujhe nahi pata

ACP - Theek hai... Ab tune mujhe kya bataya yeh kisi aur ko mat batana

Raghav - Sahab Daya sahab mil jayege na?

ACP - Ab bohot jald...

To be continued...

               Done with it... A long full of duo update... So what will happen next? ACP sir is close to chawl? Daya sir making Abhijeet sir say the truth? Will Abhijeet sir tell Daya sir about it? Aage kya hoga? Wait and watch! Until then review

Heart vs Brain - Chapter 14

            Hi everyone! Am back with a another chapter... Once again before time... This one is a long one... Happy!? Now go on and read will see you at the end... Enjoy...

                              Chapter 14

*Criminal hideout*

Man 2 - Boss yeh raha uss jagah ka blueprint

Boss - Theek hai, kon kaha se andar jayega, kya karega sab barabar plan karo aur mujhe batao

Man 1 - Yes boss

(Just then Raghu's phone started ringing)

Raghu - Boss kabhri ka phone hai

Man 2 - Speaker pe daal

Raghu (switching on the speaker) - Bol kya hua

Kabhri - Wahi woh ACP dimag ka dahi kar raha hai! Kitna mushkil hai uspar nazar rakhna iss baat ka andaza bhi nahi laga sakte tum log

Boss - Pata hai yaar... Kuch pata chala ki nahi tu yeh bata!

Kabhri - Pata toh chala hai... ACP ne uss din ke phone records nikalwaye the... Jis din Abhijeet mara tha

Raghu - Acha hua yeh humne pehle hi socha tha ki woh aisa kar sakta hai aur isliye phones lekar nahi gaye the

Abhijeet - Kuch mila kya ACP ko phone records mai?

Kabhri - Records ke hisab se uss din Dr. Avinash bhi waha par tha... ACP ko ab uss par shak hai

Man 1 - Yeh Avinash wahi hai na jo Daya ka ilaj kar raha hai?

Kabhri - Haa wahi hai

Raghu - Ab iss Avinash ka Abhijeet se kya lena dena!

Kabhri - Mujhe kya pata!

Boss - Sawal toh ye hai ki Avinash uss din uss raste par kar kya raha tha?

Abhijeet - Dekho ab ACP ko uss par shak toh ho hi gaya hai... Intezar karte hai ACP ke Avinash ko pakad ne ka... Woh ek baar usse pakad le apne app pata chal jayega ki uska in sab se kya lena dena hai

Kabhri - Mujhe bhi lagta hai aisa hi karna chahiye... Aur ek baat... Bich mai ACP ko ek phone aaya tha... Kisi cafe mai gaya tha woh salunkhe se milne... Uske piche gaya toh tha mai lekin kuch sun nahi paya

Boss - Theek hai... Tu ACP pe nazar rakhta rah... Aur woh jo kuch bhi karta hai bata hume

Kabhri - Theek hai... Bye

           When they cut the call they noticed that Abhijeet was looking a but distracted

Man 1 - Karan kya hua tujhe?

Abhijeet - Nahi kuch nahi... Woh bas thode chakkar aa rahe hai

Boss - Woh sab chodo! Pehle Daya ko kaise dhudna hai woh socho

             They started discussing further when Abhijeet was about to fall when just in time he held the table

Man 2 - Boss iski halat jayada kharab lag rahi hai

Boss - Hmm... Aise toh yeh kuch kaam bhi nahi karega aur naa hum kuch kar payege! Tu jaa... Tere ghar jaa!

Abhijeet - Theek hai boss... Mai jata hu! Mai kal tak aa jayega!

             Coming out of the hideout he walked some distance and made a call... Deciding to meet the person at some place he quickly rode his bike to that place

Abhijeet - Yeh abhi tak aaye kyu nahi! Ek toh inki wajhse waha se aana pada, bahana bana kar ki tabayat kharab hai, nahi toh unhe shak ho jata... Pata nahi kya plan kar rahe honge woh log!

Avinash - (just arriving to the place) Boliye sir? Appne mujhe yaha kyu bulaya?

Abhijeet - Dekhiye Dr. Avinash mujhe appse bohat zaruri baat karni hai

Avinash - Ji sir boliye!

Abhijeet - ACP sir ko yeh pata chal chuka hai ki mai zinda hu... Unhone uss din ke phone records nikalwaye hai aur ab unhe yeh bhi pata hai ki uss din, uss raste par app bhi the... Unhe app par shak ho gaya hai!

Avinash - ACP sir ko shak ho gaya hai! Ab mai kya karu? (getting nervous)

Abhijeet - Appko darne ki koi zarurat nahi hai... Appne kuch galat nahi kiya! Meri jaan bachana gunah nahi hai! Problem yeh hai ki agar ACP sir ne app se puch tach ki toh sir ko sach pata chal jayega... Unke samne toh mai nahi bach sakta... App kaise bachege!

Avinash - Toh ab kya karu sir mai?

Abhijeet - Bachne ka sirf ek tarika hai... App unke haat hi na lage... Ab jab tak yeh case solve nahi ho jata app ko underground rehna hoga

Avinash - Lekin kaha sir? Mai Mumbai se bahar chala jau?

Abhijeet - App Mumbai se bahar jaa hi nahi payege! App ghar aur hospital mai nahi hai toh ab tak toh ACP sir ne sare check posts par inform kar diya hoga ki appko jaha dekhe custody mai lele

Avinash - Toh ab kya kare sir?

Abhijeet - App mere saath chaliye... Mai appke rehne ka intezam karta hu... App bas itna yaad rakhiye ki app bimar hai

Avinash - Mai bimar hu!?

Abhijeet - Haa app bimar hai!

Avinash - Lekin mai bimar nahi hu!

Abhijeet - Maine kaha na app bimar hai... Matlab app bimar hai! Aayiye bike pe baithiye

Avinash - Hmm (murmuring) Ek doctor ko zabardasti bimar kar diya woh bhi pata nahi kyu!
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*Chawl*

             Abhijeet was tapping on a door when Kaki opened it... Dr. Avinash was standing beside him looking like a most confused person on the planet

Kaki - Aree Karan beta aao... Itne dino baad yaad aayi kaki ki! (with a angry expression)

            (Dr. Avinash was even more confused hearing the name Karan... But then he chose to keep quiet as he knew Abhijeet would be having some plan behind it)

Abhijeet - Sorry na kaki... Woh thoda busy tha... Isse miliye... Yeh mera dost hai Ravi

Kaki - Namaste Ravi beta... Aao na andar aao

Abhijeet - Kaki mai na Ravi ko andar hi chodne aaya hu

Kaki & Avinash (together) - Matlab?

Abhijeet - Matlab yeh ki kaki actually Ravi Mumbai mai akela rehta hai... Woh ek plumber hai

Avinash (exclaiming in between) - Plumber!!!

Abhijeet (with a stern expression) - Haa, plumber! Haa toh kaki mai yeh bol raha tha ki iski tabayat thodi kharab hai... Thodi nahi bohot kharab hai! Aur khayal rakhne wala koi hai nahi toh mai isse apne saath le aaya... Ab mai toh kudh ghar mai nahi rehta matlab ghar se jayada bahar rehta hu toh mai iska khayal kaise rakhuga! Isliye kya yeh appke ghar mai... Matlab agar appko koi pareshani nahi ho toh...

Kaki - Pareshani toh hai... Magar isse nahi (indicating towards Avinash) pareshani mujhe tere is 'appko koi pareshani toh nahi hai' se hai!

Abhijeet - Kya kaki app bhi! Thank you so much! Appko nahi pata appne mera kitna bada tension dur kar diya... Once again thank you so much!

Kaki - Aur ek baar tune thank you bola na toh mai Ravi ko toh ghar mai rakh lungi lekin tujhe bahar nikal dungi (angrily she said)! Beta yeh ghar jitna mera hai utna hi tera bhi hai... Yeh 'thank you' ki zarurat nahi hai!

Abhijeet - Thank you toh mai boluga... Ravi ko ghar mai rehne dene ke liye nahi toh, mera saath dene ke liye... Uss waqt jab mujhe appki sabse jayada zarurat thi (remembering the day when he came home after firing on Daya... The way kaki supported him that day was something that gave him sooth like nothing else) Chalo kaki... Chalta hu... Aur Ravi agar koi bhi zarurat ho toh mujhe bolna... Ghar ke bahar mat jana aur koi bhi problem ho toh mujhe phone karna... Bye
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*CID beauro*

ACP - Yeh Dr. Avinash gayab kidhar ho gaye! Ab toh mujhe pura vishwas hai unka inn sab mai koi toh involvement hai! Jab se gayab hue hai kisi ko nazar nahi aaye... Kab tak chupe rahege! Kabhi na kabhi toh bahar aana hi padega na... Tab tak mai yeh pata karta hu Daya akhir uss din uss cliff par gaya kyu tha? (Thinking for a while) Ratan help kar sakta meri iss sawal ka jawab dhudne mai

            (Deciding he picked up his phone and called Ratan, his trusted informer)

ACP - Sun ek kaam hai tere liye

Ratan - Bolo na sahab... Kya hua?

ACP - Kuch pata karna hai mujhe... Lekin itna yaad rakhna ki yeh baat kisi ko pata nahi chalni chahiye ki maine tujhe aisa koi kaam diya hai... Meri team ko bhi nahi pata... Agar kisi ko pata chala na toh...

Ratan - Aree sahab! App kyu tension lere ho! Ajj tak kabhi apun ne appka koi bhi secret leak hone diya hai kya?! Nahi pata chalega sahab... App bas bolo kya karne ka hai

ACP - Tujhe yeh pata karna hai ki Daya 2 mahine pehle uss din uss cliff par gaya kyu tha! Samjha tu? Matlab Daya ko kisi ne koi kabhar di thi yaa phir kisi ne milne bulaya ho... Jo kuch bhi tha pata karo... Waise maine uske phone records nikalwaye the... Usme toh kuch bhi ajeeb nahi mila mujhe

Ratan - Ho jayega sahab... Mai pata karta hai kyu gaye the Daya sahab udhar

*After an 3/4 hours*

Ratan - Sahab maine pata karne ki koshish ki... Yeh toh pata nahi chal raha ki Daya sahab cliff par kyu gaye the... Lekin yeh zaroor pata chala hai ki cliff par jane se pehle Daya sahab kisi chawl mai gate the... Unko, unke kisi informer ne kabhar di thi... Uss informer ka naam Raghav hai... Kya bola tha woh Daya sahab ko yeh apun ko nahi pata... Apun ko lagta hai ki uss chawl mai hi Daya sahab ko aisa kuch mila hoga jiski wajh se woh cliff par gaye

ACP - Theek hai... Kaam ki kabhar di hai tune... Iss Raghav ka naam to tha Daya ke phone records mai... Mujhe ajeeb nahi laga toh maine socha nahi... Raghav ko janta hai? Hai kya tere network mai?

Ratan - Mai toh nahi janta sahab... Lekin mera ek dost hai... Woh janta hai usko... Uski ki hi help se pata lagaya tha Raghav ke bare mai... Bolo toh baat karta hai mai usse?

ACP - Kar tu usse baat... Tu aur tera dost dono milna mujhe 1 ghante mai... Wahi apni humesha ki jagh pe

Ratan - Theek hai sahab... Aata hai apun apne dost ke saath... Rakhta hai sahab

ACP - Hmm... Bye

(After cutting the call)

ACP - Raghav... Ab tum hi pauchaoge mujhe Daya aur Abhijeet tak

To be continued...

            Hash... Finally done... So now ACP sir knows about the informer of Daya who informed Daya about the chawl... ACP sir is very near to reaching the chawl! Abhijeet sir's plan is in danger... Ab kya hoga?! Wait and watch... For now I have given a long update... Now its your turn to review.

Heart vs Brain - Chapter 13

             Hey! Am back! Earlier than my time!!! Happy now? First of all i would like to thank all of you for the wonderful response that you gave me for the previous chapter! Thank you so much for all the reviews and thanks to the silent readers as well... After all the praise you all showered me with i finally don't think of that chapter as boring one... Thank you... Chalo i won't waste much of your time talking... First read the chapter

                             Chapter 13

*CID beauro*

          All the cops were busy in one or the other tasks... Pankaj and purvi were talking to informers... Freedy was contacting all the police stations of Mumbai and telling them to spread the word that Daya was missing and everyone should keep looking for him... ACP sir was going through the CCTV footages only in case they missed out something while looking at it for the first time...

Freedy (after putting down the phone) - Sir kahi se bhi koi lead nahi mil rahi sir! Kya kare? Kaise dhunde Daya sir ko?

Aakash - Sir mujhe toh yeh samaj nahi aa raha ki Daya ko kidnap kiya kyu hai? Matlab woh chahta kya hai! Agar koi badla lena chahta hai toh hospital se kidnap karne ki kya zarurat thi! Agar woh baad me bhar se karta toh zayada aasan hota uske liye

ACP - Dekho Aakash, Daya ko 2 mahine pehle goli lagna... Uska coma mai jana aur hosh mai aate hi uska kidnap hojana yeh saaf batata hai ki uss kidnapper ko Daya se koi toh kathra hai

Freedy - Sir hume ab tak nahi pata ki Daya sir uss din uss hill par gaye kyu the! Shayad unhe aisa kuch pata ho jo mujrim ke liye problem kadhi karde

ACP - Bilkul sahi freedy... Daya ko lagi 2 mahine pehle ki goli aur daya ki ab ki kidnapping interconnected hai

Pankaj - Toh phir sir woh 2 mahine shant kyu baitha raha? Daya sir ke hosh mai aane par hi kyu?

Aakash - Jab tak Daya coma mai tha usse Daya se koi kathra mahsus nahi hua... Lekin Daya jab achanak hosh mai aagaya toh uske kathra ban gaya

(Just then ACP sir's phone started ringing... It was Salunkhe sir's phone)

ACP - Haa bol?

Salunkhe - Boss mujhe tumhe abhi ke abhi milna hai... Akele mai... Beauro ke niche jo cafe hai waha mile?

ACP - Theek hai... Mai aata hu... Bye

ACP (to everyone) - Mujhe ek kaam hai mai aata hu... Tum log kaam chalu rakho... Daya ke bare mai koi bhi lead mile toh mujhe turant inform karna

Freedy - Yes sir

*Cafe*

(ACP sir grabbed a corner table safe enough so that no one could easily hear their talks when Dr. Salunkhe arrived)

ACP - Bol salunkhe? Kya hua?

Salunkhe - DNA test ki report aa gayi hai... Tumhara shak sahi nikla boss... Mai abhijeet ke ghar se jo uska comb laya tha uska aur uss lash ka DNA match nahi karta! Woh lash abhijeet ki nahi hai. Humara abhijeet zinda hai boss!!! (He exclaimed with happiness clearly evident from his voice)

ACP - Yeh tune mujhe sunayi ajj tak ki best khabar hai salunkhe... Thank you so much!!!

Salunkhe - I know yaar... Lekin agar abhijeet zinda hai toh phir hai kaha? Woh hume mila kyu nahi? Aur toh aur woh lash kiski thi?

ACP - Abhi inme se ek bhi sawal ka jawab nahi hai mere pass... Par jald hi pata kar lunga

Salunkhe - Theek hai tum apni investigation chalu rakho aur mujhe updates dete rahna

ACP - Hmm

Salunkhe - Daya ka kuch pata chala?

ACP - Abhi abhi ek lead mili hai

Salunkhe - Kya mila hai?

ACP - Tune hi toh lead di hai! Mujhse kyu puch raha hai!

Salunkhe - Maine konsi lead di? Tum kehna kya chahte ho?

ACP - Abhi toh tune mujhe DNA report batayi... Jiska matlab yeh hai ki abhijeet zinda hai!

Salunkhe - Aree uska Daya ki kidnapping se kya lena dena! Ae... Ek minute... Tum kahi yeh toh nahi kehna chahte ki Daya ki kidnapping ka Abhijeet se koi relation hai

ACP - Ab samjha tu!

Salunkhe - Aisa kaise ho sakta hai! Boss Abhijeet toh zinda hokar bhi hume nahi mila aur tum bol rahe ho ki Daya ki kidnapping se uska koi toh connection hai!

ACP - Yaad hai salunkhe daya jab hosh mai aaya tha, maine usse pucha tha ki usse goli kisne mari... Usne Abhijeet ka naam liya aur phir apni hi baat se mukar gaya... Tab hum iss baat ko lekar confused the, kyuki humare hisab se abhijeet 3 mahine pehle mar chuka tha... Lekin ab jab Abhijeet zinda hai toh iska matlab saaf hai ki Daya par goli Abhijeet ne chalayi thi... Aur iska matlab yeh hai ki abhijeet ne daya ko kidnap kiya ho yaa na kiya ho Abhijeet ka inn sab se koi toh lena dena hai

Salunkhe - Yeh tum kya bol rahe ho! Abhijeet Daya par goli kyu chalaye ga?! Nahi yaar mai nahi maan sakta ki Abhijeet Daya ki jaan lene ki koshish karega! I cannot believe this... Jis insan ne apni chati par goli khayi hai Daya ki jan bachane tumhe lagta hai woh Daya par goli chala sakta hai?

ACP - Mere dil se puche toh naa... Lekin agar dimag se puche toh haa

Salunkhe - Nahi boss... Mai iss baat par vishwas hi nahi kar sakta... Daya ko musibat se bacha ne ke liye Abhijeet kis had tak jaa sakta hai yeh maine bhi dekha hai aur tumne bhi! Mujhse, tumse, team se, puri duniya se aur yaha tak ki apne app se bhi lada hai woh Daya ke liye! Tum kehte ho usne Daya par goli chalayi!

ACP - Janta hai salunkhe... Ajj tak kitni baar Abhijeet Daya ke liye aur Daya Abhijeet ke liye mere khilaf kadhe hue hai... Pata hai mai kabhi naraz kyu nahi hota? ACP Prayduman ko toh bohat gussa aata hai yeh dekh kar ki woh ek dusre ke liye sabooto ko nazarandaz kar dete hai lekin ek baap kush hota hai yeh dekh kar ki uska ek beta uske dusre bete ke liye kis had tak jaa sakta hai

Salunkhe - Ek baat bolu? Hum sab kahi na kahi ek insan mai do insan hai... Ek woh jo hum puri duniya ko dikhate hai as a CID officer... Strong, sirf duty se matlab rakhne wala, pathar dil aur ek aisa insan jo sirf dimag se sochta hai. Aur dusra woh jise sirf hum jante hai as our own self... Caring, jise apno ki parwa ho, jise puri duniya ko chod kabhi toh bas apno ke liye jine ka dil karta ho aur jo dil se sochta ho... Hum inn dono ko mix nahi hone dena chahte... Kabhi hone bhi nahi dete par kabhi kabhi aisi situation aati hai jab humare hi dil aur dimag mai ek jung shuru ho jati hai... Humare dono roop ek dusre ke khilaf kadhe ho jate hai... Us waqt humara behaviour hume kudh samjh nahi aata! Tumhare saath aisa kyu nahi hota?

ACP - Kisne kaha nahi hota?! Bas farq itna hai ki dil aur dimag ke bich ki jung mai dil ko kabhi jitne nahi deta... Chal chalta hu... Abhijeet ko dhudna hai... Daya apne app mil jayega

Salunkhe - Ek baat bata kar jao... Agar tum jo keh rahe ho woh sahi hai toh Abhijeet ke saath kya karoge tum?

ACP - Pata nahi... Iss waqt mujhe pata nahi! Agar mujhe kuch pata hai toh woh bas yeh hai ki once again my Brain will be the winner in the battle of Heart vs Brain
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*Chawl*

             There was silence all around in the room... Abhijeet was working on something that looked like a chart and Daya was lying in the corner still tied up... Daya badly wanted to start a conversation as this silence between them was so unusual... So thinking about what to say he came to the easiest conclusion...

Daya - Abhijeet pani do na... Pyas lagi hai

          Abhijeet got up from his place, filled a glass of water and kept it near him... In the whole process not a single word came out of his mouth and neither did he look at Daya

Daya - Haat toh kholo! Piuga kaise?

           Abhijeet looked confused about if he should actually open his hands or not... A part of him told him that Daya won't run away! He won't do it and the other part told him that he was a CID officer and it would be very silly to let go of him this way... Daya understood Abhijeet's confusion from his expressions...

Daya - Chinta mat karo boss... Bhaguga nahi (he said as if telling a secret)

           And Abhijeet quickly opened his hands without any further thought... Grabbing the glass Daya started drinking water in slow motion... As slow as he could... He had to find some other way of making Abhijeet talk to him... When he couldn't find any other topic to talk he left the idea dejected.... Once he kept down the glass Abhijeet once again picked up the rope which shocked Daya

Daya - Boss phir se bandho ge? Mat bandho na its so uncomfortable! Mai nahi jauga na kahi... Promise!

           The word 'promise' made Abhijeet believe Daya that he won't escape and the way he said that, just like a two year old, trying to convince his parents that he won't eat the chocolate now and so they can buy him one, brought a small smile on his face. Seeing Abhijeet smile, finally, Daya was satisfied with his efforts when Abhijeet started going back to his previous position... When Daya asked...

Daya - Pair khol lu?

Abhijeet - Hmm (he said nodding his head in yes)

             And finally Daya got to hear his voice! Going back to his place Abhijeet was feeling far more better now... It was after days or maybe even months that he smiled genuinely... Although a small one it was a real one... The uncomfort he felt with Daya had suddenly disappeared... He wondered how Daya could make him feel better even without doing anything... He felt his tensions leaving him and peace taking its place... The last time he was so peaceful was 3 months ago... The guilt was obviously there that didn't let him face Daya normally but Daya's gestures where some how trying to pull him out of all his pains! FRIENDSHIP they say VERY PRECIOUS he said...
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          ACP sir was sitting alone in his cabin... With one hand on his chin and another one rotating the paper weight... The typical ACP Prayduman style.

ACP (in his thoughts) - Abhijeet ne apni gadi jhaad se thoki... Lekin phir bhi uska accident toh hua hi hai na... Usse chot toh lagi hi hogi! Aur gadi ki halat dekh kar saaf pata chalta hai ki chot zayda hogi... Theek toh hoga na woh (he worried). Iilaj karwane kisi toh hospital yaa clinic gaya hoga woh! Nahi hospital nahi... Mujhe ache se yaad hai uss din hospitals ki strike thi... Aur mujhe nahi lagta woh iss halat mai hoga ki kudh kahi jaa sake... Toh sirf ek hi tarika hai... Kisi ne usko kisi personal clinic yaa kisi doctor ke paas pauchaya hoga! Agar mujhe woh admi mil jaye toh bohat kuch pata chal sakta hai... Aur uss admi ke bare mobile company batayege!

           Picking up his phone he quickly dialed a number

Operater - Yes, how can we help you?

ACP - Mai CID se ACP Prayduman bol raha hu... Mujhe yeh pata karna hai ki March 4th ko raat 11 se 2 ke bich Tilak road (forest road) kitne mobile phones active the?

Operater - Sure sir... Abhi batata hu sir (after a while) Sir 4th March ko raat 11 se 2 ke bich Tilak road par 18 phones active the sir... Mai unke numbers aur details appko mail karta hu sir

ACP - Okk

            Checking the mail he went through the list and one name shocked ACP sir!

ACP - Dr. Avinash!!!

To be continued...

             ACP sir now knows that Dr. Avinash was present there that day! Now what? Lets see... Everything will be revealed slowly! Am done with my part and its your turn now... You all know what to do review!!!