IV

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"Krystle? Krystle!" A voice shouted her name but she couldn't respond even if she wanted to so much. She screamed at herself to open her eyes, to look at the person but the ringing inside her head intensified.

Something touched her cheek. It was warm and soft but at the same time rough but she couldn't tell what it was as the ringing grew loud and all her thoughts left her mind making her fall into an abyss.

Chapter IV

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(3 hours ago, before the incident at Krystle's house.)

K2 was in his apartment's bedroom, sitting on the study table to read information about his last mission. It was the next day after he agreed to protect the girl from the mafia leader upon his boss's request.

"Illegal work now huh?"

K2 mocked himself as he turned on his laptop.

He had promised himself that he would never do anything illegal but here he was. Truth to be told, it was the desperation of that businessman who wanted to protect the girl and that girl's innocence was what made him take on this mission. Also, he would be doing a good deed in catching that mafia boss and taking him to the police. Of course, K2 would also have to pay the penalty but at least he caught a criminal for the police.

He always thought that his last project should be a little more dramatic and his wish was granted. Now here he sat with a file in his hands, reading about the girl whom he had to protect. He was also, side by side, looking up for the mafia leader that wanted her and the businessman who wanted to protect her.

He looked at her picture. She had big grey green eyes, nubian shaped nose and full lips. Her hair were dark brown and straight which came to her waist. She stood tall at 5 foot 6 inches.

She's pretty.

K2 couldn't deny this fact and also the fact that her eyes were undoubtedly beautiful. Also he had a thing for long haired girls. Just his preference in terms girls he liked and want to date. He shook his head and looked at the information regarding her and read it before his mind could sway anywhere else.

Her name was Krystle Dsouza. She was 22 and a Catholic. Her father was unknown.

Suspicious.

Alerted K2's mind as he read about her.

Her mother was Gwen Dsouza. The father left her and her mother when she was just born and only her mother knew who the father was. She only had her mother growing up. Her mother worked as a cook all her life until she died two years ago from a cardiac arrest.

Krystle did her schooling from St. Xavier School.

Impressive.

She had done English honours from St Xavier college but before she could apply for a job for the same, her mother passed away. This forced her to accept any job available for pending bills, taxes and payments. So she started working at High Hopes History as a receptionist. Her duty is usually from 9 am to 9 pm but it could change depending upon the situation of the hospital.

"Sad life." K2 muttered as he finished reading about her. He looked at her address. Her house was close to the hospital but very far from his apartment.

Why are you even comparing that?

A voice spoke in the young agent's mind.

Puffing out a breath, he then looked at the information of the mafia leader who wanted her God knows for what.

Tony Kapoor. He was fifty five years old.

"Gross! She's the age of your grand daughter for God's sake." K2 spoke, disgusted. Nevertheless, he continued.

He owned a large shoe business company but people knew about his shady life too. He ran a mafia, smuggling illegal weapons, drugs, human trafficking, fake ids. Basically anything. You name it and he's doing it.

K2 was disgusted by this old man. How could someone sell a person was beyond him. He read all about Tony. Apparently, police knew about his illegal work but didn't have enough evidence to lock him up.

K2 sighed, rubbing his eyes before he read more about Tony on the internet. The articles told different stories about his dark life but all of them ended with one same thing

The police didn't have anything on him, so he's a free man.

K2 closed the tab on his laptop after reading almost every article about him. He didn't find anything important in them. Deciding he knew enough about Tony, he moved to the next, the businessman who wanted protection for Krystle. He opened a fresh tab and logged into his email.

"What could be his relation with her? Shall we find out..."

He wished to remain anonymous so he didn't gave them his name. K2 tried finding about him from the number he called but the number was switched off. After their initial talk, the man started writing mails to them. The mails were also encrypted but he didn't know he was working with K2.

After clicking a few keys here and there, a page containing all information regarding the man was loaded in front of K2.

"Nobody messes with me." K2 spoke smugly, a smirk on his face as he read about the man.

He was Dev Patel.

K2 snickered. His name was like a protagonist's father's name but only here it was not the name of female protagonist's father. He read on.

He was a employee in a company called 'Kapoor and Sons'. Surprisingly, this company belonged to none other than Tony Kapoor.

Again suspicious.

"Maybe that's how Dev knew that Tony was behind Krystle. But why does he care for her?" K2 asked aloud to no one in particular. He just couldn't understand why Dev wanted to protect Krystle.

"Is he her father?" K2 could only come up with this reason. He looked at Dev's picture. He was a average height man with a protuding belly. He couldn't find any resemblance between him and Krystle but still there was a chance. A person would not spend thousands on some sranger.

"This is getting confusing."

Dev didn't get married and his life was pretty normal.

"What you are hiding Mr. Dev Patel?" K2 spoke to the Dev's photo.

A ding was heard in the quiet room as K2 received a mail. It was from Dev. He opened it, finding a message from him.

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Hello agent.

I told you about Krystle. Someone is going to attack her tonight. I heard this from my sources and they never lie. Save her.

DL

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"Shit!" K2 cursed as he quickly logged out from his mail and shut down the laptop. He didn't fully believed him but he didn't want to take any chances with Krystle.

She was his responsibility now.

Grabbing his phone and bike keys, he locked the house behind him and rushed to his bike. He opened his garage with the remote and took out his bike before closing it.

Putting the key into ignition, he started the bike, revving it, and took off to Krystle's house. It was a good thing he learnt her address but it was far from his house. He hoped he could get there on time.

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After driving like a maniac and nearly having an accident, K2 stood in front of her house, 40 minutes later. It was situated inside a society and he easily fooled the guard.

So much for security...

He navigated inside the society and found her house in the third lane. Parking his bike under a tree where he was sure it was hidden, K2 walked to the front door. He tried opening the front door and not surprisingly it was locked. By now he could feel his heart thudding loudly in his chest. He couldn't break the front door so he ran to the back side of the house, hoping there would be a door but there was none. However, there were many windows and he could easily break them. Not even one light was turned on in the room which had the windows. He went to one in particular and peeked inside. What he saw inside made his heart drop.

A man was on top of a girl, apparently Krystle, who was lying still under him.

"Shit!"

K2 backed away from the window and looked for something to break the window. He found a plant pot not far from him and he rushed to pick it up.

He stood in front of the window again and smashed the window glass with pot. Soil, plants and trees rained on him and inside the house. Throwing the pot away, he jumped inside the house. He grabbed the man from behind, making him stand up before punching him straight in the face. His face was covered with a mask but that did not stop K2 from beating the hell out of him.

A few minutes later the man was unconscious and K2 sat next to him, breathing hard.

Suddenly he remembered about Krystle. He turned around and saw blood on her forehead while her eyes were closed and she laid still. He quickly got up and knelt beside her.

"Krystle? Krystle!" He shouted as touched her cheek to wake her up. But she was long gone in unconsciousness.

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