In a building the van stopped long ago.

Darkness

Aavya sits inside a room Hands free no blindfold

Her heart was racing but her spine straight

A small cut in her lips by which blood is flowing

She is scared

But

Not broken

Because she understand

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚎..

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢.

She remembered her brothers face

Feel her father calmness

The door opened again

A man entered in the room

She looked towards him fear in her eyes calmness in her face

"You know na... Why did I slap you before?" he spoke by taking steps her

Silence

She neither answer nor moved her eyes away from him

He greented his teeth and spoke by grabbing her throat

" Kis baat ka gamand hai tujhe? Haa? Koi nahi aayega tujhe bachne "

( What are you so proud of? Haa? No one is coming to save you)

She try to remove his hand from her throat but it's getting more tighten

Silent tears falling from her eyes

He smirkes

He whispered near her ear

"Do youu know... Who are you? "

She laughed bitterly

" Yes...

I know who I am..you fucking bastard.. Cough.. Cough... Leaveee... Cough.. Otherwise.. Or ... Anyway my family will.... Coughhh... Kill you. "

His anger can be seen from his face

His grip on her throat tighten and he slapped her so hardly..

That she stumbled backwards and her head hit the wall badly and she fall onto the floor and blood start flowing from her head

The man scoffed

" You deserve it "

Not knowing that his death his near

--

--

A man stumbled stumbled into the warehouse just before dawn -

Shaking, swasting, desperate.

He blurted " I'll talk,

I'll tell you everything-just keep them away from me. "

Tiger's expression didn't change

Rahul folded his arms

"You should've talked earlier. "

The man swallowed hard

" It wasn't outsiders" He said

" It was an insider. He cleared the timing . Cameras on the highway looped by him "

Silence

Tiger's eyes sharpened

"Name "

Rahul leaned forward slightly

"Say it. This is your last chance"

A whspered escaped from the trembling lip

" Security head "

Tiger signalled one guard

And the man dragged into the basement

And the name

It echoed like a gunshot in every rathore mind

Somewhere

Rudra closed his eyes for a 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍.

Abhimanyu didn't blink

Tiger continue on the line

"He rerouted the patrols"

Rahul voice tight

" He delayed response time. The van passed clean "

Lakshya bloody hand, clenched slow

" Why? "

Rudra's voice was cold

" Money. Protection. May be leverage "

Abhimanyu finally spoke

" He didn't just betray " He said quietly

"He endangered her. "

That was it

The single sentence shifted the air

Just finality

Abhimanyu continue

" A 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 bites a child -"

Rudra complete the sentence

" - doesn't get a second chance "

Lakshya on call

" Bring him in the warehouse.

NOW. "

In 2 minutes

The security head dragged in the warehouse

Hands shaking

Breath uneven

He didn't hear the door open

Didn't feel the presence behind him

Only a voice - steady , terrifying polite.

"You forget something"

He turned slowly

Abhimanyu stood there

Behind him - rudra

No weapons drawn

No need

Rudra said

" You were trusted.

You choose profit . "

The man collapsed to his knees

" I didn't know it was her " He cried

" I swear -- "

Abhimanyu crouched to his level

"That " He said softly

" is what makes it unforgivable "

He spoke again terrified

" I know the location of the miss aavya "

Abhimanyu pulled his hair too roughly and yanked him to the pillar

" YOU FUCKING BASTARD. IT HAS BEEN 28 MINUTES SINCE MY SISTER KIDNAPPED. "

He roared

Rudra pulled out his gun and pointed towards his head

" Speak "

He spoke.. Blood Spiliting from his mouth

" A single turn after the main road. Under Construction a building. "

Abhimanyu leave him roughly in the marble floor.

That man cough through the blood

And when he saw his other side he found they are already leave..

--

--

Far away from the country

A private room

Multiple screens paused on one frozen frame

Aavya with puppy

That smile that had lit the world hours ago.. Was gone

A deep silence filled the room

The father stood still, one hand clenched behind his back.

And another tighten on the phone

His voice is calm.. Toocalm

" Confirm "

The mysterious boy jaw clenched so hard it hurts

"Are they? "

His best friend nodded

Father spoke

"𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙩...

𝙎𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚"

Boy 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴

𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳...... 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦...

He didn't complete the sentence

And didn't need to

--

--

The location was wrong

Then it wasn't

A single turn off the main road

An under construction abandoned structure hidden behind silence

Abhimanyu didn't wait for anything

He moved first

Then behind him his team moved

Rudra was already beside him

Lakshya adjusted his cuff silently

The night doesn't hear them coming

Security system fails

Phones die

Door unlocked themselves

The men who slapped her and standing the place realize too late

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐

Guns firing...

And all are finished except the one the same man who slapped her a little time ago... Is now in his knees

Blood dripping from his mouth

He cried

"Please.... Please... Leave me"

Lakshya crouched towards his level and spoke in a whisper

" Before touching her you should remember this "

He signalled one guard and he take away

They saw a metal door

Abhimanyu move first

He opens it himself

And then -

Silence

Aavya lies on the floor

Still

Unmoving

Blood dripping from her head

For a half second

Their world stops.

And

𝙏𝘼𝙆

Rudra gun slipped from his hand

Lakshya clenched his fist

Abhimanyu breath shatters

And another second they are on his knees in front of her

" AAVYA " Lakshya shouted

Abhimanyu hand tremble for the first time in his life

She is unconscious

But breathing

Alive

Abhimanyu lifts her gently

Careful

Like she is made of glass

That is the moment

[ Mercy leaves him completely ]

--

--

As the convoy speed towards hospital

Aavya stirs

Just slightly

Her head rested on lakshya chest he covered her head through his handkerchief to stop her blood

Her fingers curl around lakshya jacket

Unconscious

But reaching

Abhimanyu tighten his grip on the wheel

Rudra closses his eyes

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠