Heart vs Brain - Chapter 20

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RECAP -
            Daya and Abhijeet made a plan to bring the location map of the bomb from Vikrant's house... In the process they found a painting in his safe and were sure that it ment something... Cracking down the code they found out that Vikrant with help of Akash was planning to ignite fire in a room where ACP sir would be present... They tried their best to stop it but couldn't reach the place on time...

                              Chapter 20

            The conference room seemed no more like a conference room! All furniture had turned to ashes... It was pitch dark in there due to no supply of electricity and absence of windows... In a corner silently lay a man... Eyes closed... Face pale... Slow breaths... And innumerable burns... ACP sir was lying unconscious in a corner fighting for life... His irregular breathing indicating the seriousness of his condition.
             Here outside, the hotel seemed a complete mess... People were running here and there... Freedy sir along with some other officers was busy in showing people the way out and managing the crowd... The ringing of the fire alarm had created the havoc... The hotel security was busy in identifying the location of the fire... When after going through all places they couldn't find any place burning they returned to inform this to Freedy sir

Sumit (hotel security head) - Sir pura hotel check kar liya hai... Kahi bhi agg nahi lagi!

Freedy - Toh phir yeh fire alarm kyu baja?

Sumit - Pata nahi sir! Pehle toh aisa kabhi kuch nahi hua!

Freedy - Ok... Mai ACP sir ko inform karta hu... (Saying this he looked around to find ACP sir and realized that he hadn't seen him from long, infact from the moment, he came out if the conference room) (talking to himself) yeh sir kaha gaye? Call karta hu!

             And thus he tried calling ACP sir but a electronic voice answered him saying that ACP sir's phone was unreachable...

Freedy - (to himself)  Yeh sir ka phone kyu nahi lag raha! Sir kahi conference room mai hi toh nahi hai! Dekhta hu!!

           Saying this he ran to the conference room and started calling out for ACP sir... Receiving no reply from inside he went close to the door when to his shock he felt warm near it... Touching it he felt it to be burning hot... And he was quick enough to conclude that it was conference room where the fire was burning!

Freedy - Sumit, Avantika ji ko bulao jaldi!!!

            And soon hotel manager avantika and freedy sir along with some other officers were standing in front of the steel door of the conference room... They were trying their best to open the door... But all their efforts in vain... The strong door won't budge irrespective of all their efforts. Purvi, Pankaj, Tarika and Dr. Salunkhe were already on their way to the hotel after being informed of the happenings by Freedy sir.
              On the other side, duo were standing on the main door of the hotel... Staring at the closed door which held their ACP sir captive in it... The very thought of ACP sir caught in between a room full of fire sent shivers down their spine... Their eyes glittering with tears of guilt and pain... They knew all that was going to happen but couldn't stop it from happening... They couldn't save their own ACP sir!

Daya - (in a low whisper and teary voice) Hum late ho gaye Abhijeet! Hum... Hum bohot late ho gaye!

Abhijeet - Sab meri galti hai yaar... Sab meri galti hai... Iss baar bhi fail hogaya mai... Uss din tujhe nahi bacha paya tha... Ajj ACP sir ko nahi bacha paya!

           (And a silent tear slipped from his eye which went unnoticed by all except Daya... Who patted his back silently as he knew no word could pacify his friend today)

             Team had arrived by then... Pushing duo aside they entered inside and ran towards Freedy who briefed them about the happenings... They were sacred, shocked, in pain and what not but composing themselves they started looking for a way to enter inside

Purvi - Nahi freedy sir... Sab taraf se check kar liya... Kahi koi rasta nahi hai andar jane ka

Pankaj - Haa sir... Sab kuch check kar liya lekin koi fayeda nahi... Pata nahi ACP sir kis halat mai...

Freedy - (turning to the hotel manager) Avantika ji koi toh tarika hoga na!!!

Avantika - Sir wahi toh sochne ki koshish kar rahi hu! Lekin kuch samjh hi nahi... Ha ha sir... Ek rasta hai... Rajesh!!!

Freedy - Yeh Rajesh kon hai?

Avantika - Sir Rajesh woh engineer hai jisne yeh conference room banaya hai... Shayad uske paas koi tarika ho!

Purvi - Uska number dijiye jaldi!!!

            Calling on the number hotel manager gave purvi called Rajesh and explained him the situation... Luckily he was in town and was ready to be there with all the equipments that he would need... He also told them that he would need to lazer cut the door and that would need time!

Purvi - Sir Rajesh aa raha hai... Lekin door ko lazer cut karna hoga aur waqt lagega... Jo humare paas bilkul bhi nahi hai!

Pankaj - Tab tak kuch toh karna hoga na sir! Kya kare!!!

Salunkhe - Almost 30 minute ho chuke hai!! Aur intezar kiya toh Prayduman ko hum nahi bacha payege!!!

              Duo had enough of this now... They couldn't sit idle in such a situation... No matter if it was risky for them but there was nothing more important at in this world then saving their ACP sir's life for them... They came forward and started with their task

Abhijeet (disguised) - Avantika ji... Please hume iss room mai present har ek chiz ki detail dijiye!

Pankaj - Ji app dono kon hai?

Daya (disguised) - Ji mai Prakash aur yeh Anand... Hum dono Delhi se aaye hai yaha ek meeting ke liye... And i think we will be able to help you out

Salunkhe - Lekin app humari help karna kyu chahte hai?

Abhijeet - Kyuki andar jo phase hai na... Woh humare liye bohot khaas hai (he said in a low tone and before anyone could ask any further question he turned to Avantika) Please jaldi batayiye iss room mai present har ek chiz ke bare mai!

Avantika - Sure sir... Yaha par ek conference table hai... Ek projector... Ek chota sa cabinet in a corner... Ek AC hai... Aur ek

Daya (cutting her in between) - Kya kaha appne AC hai!

Avantika - Yes sir... Andar ek AC hai! Actually iss room mai centralized air conditioning system nahi hai unlike the rest of the hotel... Again for security purpose

Abhijeet - Excellent!!!

Daya (to Freedy) - Appke paas koi chota sa camera hoga? Spy camera i would say?

Pankaj - Mere paas hai... Lekin app karne kya wale hai?

Abhijeet - Avantika ji please arrange for a metal wire!

Avantika - Sure sir!

Salunkhe - Lekin tum dono karne kya wale ho?

Daya - Sir dekhiye iss room mai ek split AC hai... Hum AC ka jo outdoor condenser hota hai usse nikal ke condenser ka pipe bhi nikal lenge... Jo hole pipe pass karne ke liye kiya jata hai usme se hum yeh camera andar dalege with the help of the wire... Hume andar ki exact situation toh pata chal jayegi na sir... And then we can take further actions!

Purvi - Great idea!!!

Pankaj - Purvi chalo hum tab tak condenser nikalte hai!

Salunkhe - Tarika ek ambulance ready rakho... Zarurat pade gi (he said in a teary voice)

Tarika - Yes sir...

              Till then duo were ready with the camera mounted on the metal wire... They quickly reached near the condenser and started with their work... Soon they could see the interiors of the conference room on Purvi's tablet... Ash everywhere was all they could find... They exhaled a sigh of relief  seeing the fire had subsided... They didn't know how but at the moment they had all their concentration on ACP sir... Moving the camera slowly they tried to locate ACP sir when in a corner they saw him... Tears slipped down from everyone's eye seeing him lying in a corner with painful expressions and closed eyes... Duo until now were busy with the camera and hadn't seen the screen... Better say hadn't seen ACP sir... And as soon as they saw him their heart skipped a beat... They had never seen him in such a helpless situation... This man had always found out a way to escape every situation no matter how deadly it was... He would save himself and his team too... But today was different... And they knew this would happen but couldn't save him... Their eyes were blank reflecting no emotions at all... Their father's closed eyes had taken away their power to respond... Just then the Salunkhe sir saw something that shocked him...

Salunkhe - Ek oxygen cylinder leke aao jaldi!!! Ek pipe ke saath!

Pankaj - Kyu sir?

Salunkhe - Kyu kya ka waqt nahi hai... Jo kaha hai woh karo!!!

Pankaj - Abhi lata hu sir!

              And when he was back with it Salunkhe sir attached it to the room through the hole with the help of the pipe and explained them that the oxygen level in the room had gone low due to some condition and that's why ACP sir couldn't breathe comfortably... Rajesh had arrived by then and had already started cutting the door of the conference room... It took him some time and the team waited as they did not have any other option... Duo were silently sitting in a corner of the lobby of the hotel... Both lost in their own thoughts... ACP sir's face rotating in their brain and reminding them that if they would have arrived earlier ACP sir would hav been absolutely fine! Their guilt taking back to the memory lane...

                              *Flaskback*
           Duo had gone to a club to collect some information from one of their informers... They took the information but on the way back somehow some goons drugged them and as a result they forgot whole of the happenings and also the information that the informer gave them... Next day the team found out that the informer was murdered outside the club... No one but duo knew that he was going to be in the club that time which resulted in duo becoming the prime suspect of the murder! ACP sir as always trusted his officers but couldn't show this and had to work according to the protocols...

*Beauro*

Abhijeet and Daya were standing in front of ACP sir with head down and ACP sir was looking at them with burning glare!

ACP - Mere sawal ka jawab chahiye mujhe!!! (He exclaimed in fury)

Abhijeet - Sir hume kuch yaad hi nahi hai toh kaise jawab de hum appko?

ACP - Yaad nahi hai!!! (Saying this he banged his hands on the table) Mai kuch bhi kahu... Kuch bhi puchu... Bas ek hi jawab hota hai tum dono ke paas ki yaad nahi hai!!!

Daya - Sir humne nahi usse mara sir... Humare paas toh koi wajh bhi nahi usse marne ki!

ACP - Toh sabit karo yeh ki nahi mara tum dono ne usko! Sirf tumahare kehne se mai iss baat par vishwas nahi kar sakta!

Abhijeet - Kyu nahi kar sakte sir? Kyu nahi kar sakte app humari baat pe vishwas? Ajj hi nahi sir... Ajj tak kabhi bhi appne humpe vishwas nahi kiya!? Jab bhi hum phaste hai app sirf hum par shak hi karte hai!

Daya - Abhijeet bilkul sahi keh raha hai sir! App par jitni bhi baar ilzam laga hai humne app par vishwas kiya hai! Lekin appne ajj tak kabhi bhi nahi kiya! Akhir kyu sir!?

Abhijeet - Rehne de Daya... Koi fayeda nahi hai... Vishwas pyar se hota hai... Aur pyar apno se... Hum sir ke kya lagte hai? Sirf do officers... Jo ajj hum hai kal koi aur hoga! Kya farq padta hai!

ACP - (Not reacting to a single thing duo said) Jab tak tum dono mere sawalo ka jawab nahi dhund lete beauro mai mat aana... You are suspended!

Duo looked at him in shock and seeing his eyes as determined aa always kept their gun and batch on ACP sir's table and left the beauro angrily... Team being a silent spectator in the whole!

After a while ACP sir got busy with higher officials regarding the case when Daya realized that he had forgotten his phone in beauro and so duo came back to take it... When on the door they heard ACP sir talking with higher officials...

Officer 1 - Prayduman mujhe toh yeh samjh nahi aa raha ki abtak tumne unhe arrest kyu nahi kiya... Abhijeet aur Daya ne hi mara hai usse yeh baat crystal clear hai!!!

Officer 2 - Exactly! Saare saboot un dono ke khilaf hai... Aur kya chahiye tumhe unhe arrest karne ke liye?

ACP - Sir mujhe nahi lagta ki Abhijeet aur Daya ne usse mara hoga... Sir unhe toh kuch yaad bhi nahi hai ki uss din hua kya tha... Hum in planted evidences ke basis par unhe arrest nahi kar sakte

Officer 1 - And how can you say with shear confidence ki yeh evidences planted hai? Kaise keh sakte ho yeh ki un dono usse nahi mara?

Officer 3 - Kyuki ACP Prayduman ke bete jo hai woh dono! Am i right? (He asked in a sarcastic tone to ACP sir)

ACP - Yes sir you are absolutely right... Woh dono bete hai mere... Sach kahu toh usse bhi badkar... Mere bete ne mujh par goliya chalayi thi aur dono ne mere liye apni chati par goliya khai hai... Apne app se zayada vishwas karta hu mai un dono par... Phir bhi protocols follow karke apni duty kar raha hu... Please sir thoda waqt dijiye mujhe mai yeh sabit kar dunga ki Abhijeet aur Daya ne kisi ko nahi mara!

                Duo heard it all from outside the beauro... They were guilty of their words... Although they hadn't said anything from heart and it was their anger speaking but they were guilty of hurting their father... The case was solved soon and duo were proved innocent... At last they apologized to ACP sir and being a father he couldn't stay angry at them and forgave his sons
                       *Flashback ends*

         This bitter sweet memory made them smile... Their ears ringing with 'Woh dono bete hai mere... Sach kahu toh usse bhi badkar'... Throwing his head back Daya whispered with closed eyes 'Am sorry sir... Am so sorry... Jab bhi mujhe zarurat thi app mere saath the... Lekin ajj jab appko meri zarurat hai mai late hogaya'

Abhijeet - Woh hume phir bhi maaf kar denge Daya... Jaise har bar karte aaye hai... Humari har galti ko nazarandaz kar dete hai... Haa hume apne appko maaf karne mai bohot waqt lagega!
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             After a while Rajesh called them saying that the door was cut open now... And soon they all rushed inside to find ACP sir lying unconscious...

Salunkhe - (checking his pulse) Heartbeat bohot slow hai... Jaldi hospital leke chalo isse!

              And soon a ambulance was running at full speed on the busy roads of Mumbai... Salunkhe sir and Freedy sitting in ambulance with ACP sir and others in their car... Duo were travelling in their own car towards the hospital... In few minutes they all reached Life line hospital and ACP sir was admitted in ICU seeing his serious condition... Doctors treating him with all their might and team prying to god to not test them anymore...

To be continued...

             The same nervousness... The same fear... The same hope and the same feeling all comes back after 3 long months... It again feels as if i am writing for the first time... No expectations but only hope... I know this chapter is not upto the mark... Am myself not satisfied... How do i expect you all to be satisfied? Am not expecting anything but only reviews... Please guys... You all have supported me all throughout this story... For these long 3 months... But today i need your support the most... So please review and tell me about my mistakes so that i can work up on them... Thank you...