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Chapter 12
30th October- 08:00
Aakash was exhausted. Tiredness was taking over, but he still got up out of bed and got dressed hurriedly. He had spent all of yesterday searching for Ananya in Vishwakarma, to no avail. Since he had no back up, he had to search every possible location by himself. He had only gotten back to the hotel at around 4am. It was then he saw the missed calls from Shefali. Poor thing. She and Ananya's family were so worried for her, as any parent would be. He had been trying to keep them updated on the mission but he didn't want to scare them. Hence he had conveniently forgotten to tell them about Ananya's literally bloody message. He had been so tired that without even changing he just collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep. But even in his sleep Ananya haunted him. He could hear her voice, calling out to him. Her screams and shouts for help pierced his heart. He couldn't stand it and woke up at 8 drenched in sweat. He knew it was a dream, but her screams seemed so real.
He went for a shower and mentally made a checklist for what he had to do. There were only two more possible locations where Ananya could be. He would go and check them out as soon as possible. He left the hotel by 8:30am and skipped breakfast as usual. Lately he didn't seem to be very hungry. All he could think about was Ananya. He took out his car and went to the first location. As he pulled up near the building he felt a strange shiver running down his spine and his gut instinctively told him that there was something very wrong here. The building was triple storeyed and looked like it had been abandoned half way through construction. Aakash decided to start on the bottom floor. He went in; gun in hand and quietly started checking all the rooms. They seemed to be empty but that place seemed to still to be natural. He had checked around 6 rooms before he checked around a corner and saw guards standing outside one door. "That must be where Ananya is" he thought. He quietly sneaked up to the corner and grabbed one of them from behind and in a quick motion he hit a nerve that caused the guard to fall like a sack of potatoes. By that time the second guard had come up and was pointing the gun at Aakash. "Put down your gun now." Aakash could hear the fear in his voice. He seemed not any older than 20 and probably had never had to use his gun before. Aakash could use that to his advantage. "Hey, look I don't want to hurt you. And I now you don't want to use your gun either. If you just put it down then we can both be happy."
"I'm the one with the gun here."
"And so am I. If we keep going like this then we will never reach a compromise. Just put down your gun now. You know I'm more experienced than you are."
"I don't care. I could shoot you right now."
"I don't think you could. I don't think you have the courage."
"I do just you wait." And in that split second the boy was fumbling with the gun, Aakash struck and the young boy too went down. Aakash then crept to the door and listened to what was going on inside.
"Sir I do not think it is wise to stay any longer here. It is better if you go back to the safe house. You have already talked to the girl, and we do not know how long before Aakash comes here. As soon as he comes, we will inform you. But it will be foolish to stay here and wait."
"Did you just call me foolish?" Aakash recognised the voice of Mafatlal.
"No sir, I said it would be a foolish move to stay here any longer. Also, I forgot to tell you but the girl has refused to eat or drink anything."
"I honestly do not care if she is eating or breathing. As long as she stays alive till Aakash comes here. I want the pleasure of killing her right in front of him."
By this time Aakash had had enough. Their only motive for killing Ananya seemed to be to torture him. If it ever came to that, he would surrender himself before they could kill Ananya. But currently, all Aakash could think of was that the people who had taken his Ananya from him and tortured her were inside. And he would not let them go so easily.
In a split second, he made a decision. He kicked down the door. The first guard came for him. In went the first few punches to the gut and then the head and the guard dropped to the floor. The second guard came running at him. Aakash twisted his body so the guard missed and slammed into the wall behind him. One more punch to his head and he went down as well. The last guard came at Aakash with a long rod. Just before the guard brought down the rod on Aakash's head, Aakash ducked and caught the guard's leg and pulled him to the floor, where the used the rod to knock the guard unconscious.
Meanwhile, Rohit had been standing and watching the whole fight take place. And he was surprised. He knew Aakash was well trained, but he didn't know the extent of his skills. Rohit saw Aakash coming for him once the last guard was dealt with. He couldn't let Aakash win. He had to subdue him. But before Rohit could make a move Aakash was already running towards him. At the last moment, Rohit moved away from the wall and Aakash was going too fast to stop himself. He tried twisting his body but he still hit the wall and his side took most of the impact. Aakash was shaken from the impact and so he didn't realise when Rohit took out his gun. Before Aakash could say anything, Rohit shot.
Aakash dived to one side but he felt the gun hit him on his arm. Aakash winced but he tried not to show that he had been hit. Aakash ran towards Rohit and knocked the gun out of his hand before Rohit got a chance to shoot again. He spun Rohit around and punched him in the nose.
"You. You little." Before Rohit could say anymore, Aakash grabbed some rope which was lying on the ground and tied up Rohit's hands and feet.
"What do you think? You will get away with this. I will never leave you."
"I'm sorry sir but I don't think you are in a position to say that. But I can offer you freedom. Just release Ananya. Or even tell me where you have kept her and I will release you."
"Never. I will never tell you where she is. She will never reach you alive again." Rohit laughed with a crazy look in his eyes.
"What will you get from killing Ananya? Why are you doing all of this?"
"I'm doing this to get to you Aakash. You were always my main goal. I will not leave you alive Aakash Singhania."
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