Part 2
At the hospital
As Shivaani regained consciousness she found herself lying on a bed and noticed that a saline drip was attached to her left arm along with a bandage covering her head wound. She couldn't help but wonder what exactly happened and how she made it to the hospital alive.
As she tried to get up she felt a sharp head ache pull her back down. The throbbing pain made her feel like her head was about to explode causing her to cry out. On hearing her daughter cry, Shivanya who had just returned from the hospital pharmacy, rushed inside her room to see what was wrong.
"Shivaani! What's wrong beta?" Shivanya asked worried " My head is aching, I feel like my head is going to explode" Shivaani cried
"Wait here, I'll get the doctor right away!"and then Shivanya rushed out to get the doctor.
As Shivaani was left alone in her room, she began to struggle for breath, her skin began to manifest a reptilian appearance which began to go on and off after every few seconds. As Shivanya entered and was about to let the doctor in she took notice of Shivaani's condition upon which she was stunned. She then stopped the doctor from entering the room and asked him to wait outside and locked the room immediately!
"Mrs Singh what's wrong? Why have you locked the door?" The doctor asked growing suspicious.
" My daughter just vomited, and she wants to change as she doesn't like wearing soiled and dirty clothes, so I am helping her with that at the moment" she lied "so can you please wait outside for a few minutes?"
"OK, but see that you'll make it quick as I have to attend the other patients as well" the doctor agreed
Shivanya in a panic quickly contacted Mr. Kailash through phone and explained the whole situation to him, who then slithered inside the room in his serpent form through the window before assuming his human form.
As they didn't have much time to discuss what was happening Mr. Kailash quickly placed his hand of Shivaani's forehead and recited some mantra in his mind, shortly after which Shivaani's serpentine appearance ceased to manifest.
As the doctor was still waiting outside Shivanya asked Mr. Kailash to leave through the window to which he complied.
Once Mr. Kailash had left, Shivanya opened the door and let the doctor in who then began to examine Shivaani. The doctor then concluded that she was experiencing a post concussion headache for which he had already prescribed the painkilling medicines earlier. He advised her to rest and not exert herself much for at least a week's time.
As the doctor was done he left to attend the other patients before administering the painkillers on Shivaani.
Although the doctor had assured Shivanya that Shivaani would recover in a week's time, she was more worried and concerned about her daughter's sudden brief and partial serpentine transformation. She always believed that her daughter was a normal human being and also wished for her to remain that way, hence this unexpected transformation had her mind trying to figure out the reason for the sudden changes, and wanted to discuss the same with Mr. Kailash about the same.
While Shivanya's mind was occupied trying to figure out the reason, Shivaani laid on her bed staring at the ceiling as her migraine like headache had begun to subside thanks to the painkillers administered on her earlier. She began to wonder and recall about the events took place at the cafe and just as she was about fall asleep, a knock on her rooms door got her attention snapping her out of the sleep like trance.
"Who is it? " Shivanya asked without an answer the door just opened with Ruhi and Rocky entering the room.
"Sorry for barging in like this Mrs Singh.." Ruhi apologised and then nudged Rocky to do the same who complied and apologised as well.
"Its OK beta, how have the two of you been?" Shivanya asked
Although Rocky and Ruhi never visited Shivaani's house they had met her mother at the school cultural functions where the parents usually got interact with others. Many often wondered why Shivanya preferred to live in isolation and had barred visitors but then only ended up dismissing it as a part of her mild anti social nature.
"We've been doing well, we just came to visit Shivaani and see how she's doing" Ruhi answered
"Oh, in that case I'll leave for a while so you'll can spend some time together" Shivanya suggested
"Thank you very much" Ruhi agreed and then Shivanya left the room leaving the three of them alone
Ruhi then dragged a chair away from the bed towards it so she could sit close to Shivaani who was laying on the bed, who then sat upright leaning against its headboard. "Hey guys! How have you been?" She asked
"I can't believe you of all people are asking this" Rocky replied
"Huh?? Did I ask something wrong? Shivaani asked unsure of what he meant
" I mean we're here to ask you all that!" Rocky replied "Really Rocky, like she didn't know!!!" Ruhi scoffed nodding her head with disapproval at his silly question to which he gave her an annoyed look
"OK let's not argue any further with this!" Shivaani intervened to break the tension.
"Yeah I totally agree with her!" Rocky who was still standing exclaimed and then sat near Shivaani on her bed much to Ruhi's annoyance.
"So I have been wondering ever since I woke up... Can you tell me what exactly happened and how did we all make it here alive?" Shivaani asked
"Well it's almost been three days since the incident, plus you've been unconscious since then so it's normal for you to not remember anything" Ruhi answered her
" three days?? Seriously? No wonder I had that headache right after waking up!"
"Well yeah since the injury was pretty serious, I mean what sort of person actually slams another person's head against the table with full force over a phone?" Rocky scorned
"They are terrorists Rocky, so what they do doesn't really matter as long as they get what they want" Ruhi answered who received another look of annoyance from Rocky
"So how did we get out in the end? How did the ATS (Anti- terrorism Squad ) or the cops take them down?" Shivaani asked
"Neither the ATS or the Cops had a role in this, in fact they were just sitting ducks while we were left at the mercy of those people!" Rocky answered
"That's true in fact they were just engaged in a negotiation that was heading no where, since those terrorists wanted one of their men dead, so you can imagine what it meant for us and especially you" Ruhi added "I thought you were gonna die there as you were unconscious and deprived of medical treatment!"
"So what happened? How did we get out?" Shivaani asked once again to which Ruhi finally answered "I'm not sure about howmor why it happened but for some reason it seemed like some of their own men i.e. two to be precise suddenly turned against the rest of the group and then they began fighting amongst themselves.
Ruhi further went to narrate what happened
Flash back - Three days ago at the Cafe
Initially there were three men inside the cafe two of whom were monitoring the hostages while one person was negotiating with the cops.
The ATS men who were outside made several attempts to break in and take them down but then as it raised the risk of harming the hostages they retreated.
Then all of a sudden they heard a noise from the cafe backdoor which was being guarded by two other men to prevent any break ins from there or allowing any of the hostages to escape.
On hearing the sound two of the men left to check what had happened and returned back shortly only to to have one man fire against the person monitoring the hostages and later wrestle against then guy negotiating with the cops giving them the opportunity to escape.
During this time Rocky and Ruhi both tried to carry Shivaani out but they were once again blocked from leaving. On their way out they found four men unconscious of which one had regained his consciousness and caught on to Ruhi and threatened her with his hand gun placed close against her temple.
He then ordered Rocky to help move the unconscious Shivaani into a van and forced Ruhi along with him to move in along as well to carry on with his hostage plan. As he ensured they would all behave he started driving away.
As he kept driving all of a sudden one of the vans tires got punctured and flattened out. To replace the tire the terrorist moved out of the van to retrieve the replacement tire from the back and fix it in place of the flattened one. As he began to remove the flattened tire and later fix in the replacement he noticed a snake emerge from beneath the tire space. Before he could react and move away the snake had already bit him and released its venom in his bloodstream.
It didn't even take a minute for the venom to take its effect and put the wicked man to sleep. However his cries and panic was noticed by Ruhi who them saw a blue snake with a red head slither away allowing her to conclude that the man died due to a snake bite.
Once they confirmed they were no longer being pursued Rocky began to search the dead man for a cellphone which he took out to contact the police, who then came to collect them and later rushed Shivaani to the hospital.
To be continued in part 3
Edited by Rein123 - 7 years ago
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