Chapter 18

*Motel room*

             (Abhijeet and Daya were preparing to go somewhere... Both in disguise)

Abhijeet - Daya sambhal ke rehna! (Worriedly)

Daya - Haa Abhijeet... Tum chinta mat karo kuch nahi hoga... Chale?

Abhijeet - Hmm

*In a car (different from the one that Abhijeet owned)*

Daya (seeing Abhijeet is still worried) - Kyu tension le rahe ho?! Pehli baar thodi na jaa raha hu aisa kuch karne!

Abhijeet - Janta hu... Lekin woh admi bohot katharnak hai yaar!

Daya - Dekh lenge usse bhi... Acha gaana sunoge!?

Abhijeet - (glaring him) Plan ek baar phirse discuss karle? Jayada fayeda hoga!

Daya - Okay!

Abhijeet - Toh hum Vikrant (right hand of terrorist organization) ke bungalow par jayege aur mai gadi se uske ghar ke gate ko crash karuga... Woh aawaj sunkar bahar aayega aur mujhse argument karega

Daya - Tab tak mai kitchen window se uske ghar mai jauga...

Abhijeet - Yaad rakhna Daya CCTV cameras ki range mai mat aana... Ghar ki 3 entrance hai... Ek front door, ek backdoor and terrace... Teeno par CCTVs lage hue hai... Sirf woh ek kitchen window hai jo kisi bhi camera ki range mai nahi aati

Daya - Yeh baat pakki hai na?

Abhijeet - Haa haa... Jab mai ek baar uske bungalow par gaya tha un terrorists ke saath toh yeh sab dekha tha maine

Daya - Ok... So andar jane ke baad mai uss basement mai situated secret room mai jauga jaha Vikrant apni sari planning karta hai... Door fingerprint se khulta hai jiska fake finger model mere paas bhi hai... Thanks to the file he gave you! Phir mai andar jauga aur uss safe ke password ko crack karne ki koshish karuga

Abhijeet - Yehi se toh humari test shuru hoti hai! Daya as you know ki uss safe ke aas paas lazer beams hai... Jaise hi koi bhi un beams ke bich ayega ek siren baj jayega... Vikrant will know ki koi uske secret room mai hai... Bungalow ke main gate se andar secret room tak pauchne mai usse kareban 1:45 minutes lagege! Bas utna hi waqt hai tumhare paas password crack karke... Woh bomb ka location map leke waha se wapas aane ke liye! Agar thoda bhi zayada waqt hota toh uss safe ko kaat sakte the lekin itne kam time mai uss security vault ko cut nahi kar payege!

Daya - Ek minute paitalis second... Agar password pata hota toh bhi aaram se hojata... Koi nahi! Probable password ki list ki list hai mere paas... Woh try karta hu mai

Abhijeet - Daya agar woh passwords dalne ke baad bhi safe nahi khula toh tum wapas aa jaoge! Aur koi password try nahi karna hai... Usme time lagega aur woh humare paas nahi hai! Ek second bhi waha nahi rukoge... Samaj gaye!?

Daya - (thinking) Woh bomb ka location map toh mai lekar hi aauga Abhijeet... Password kya hai, mujhe nahi pata... Lekin woh map liye bina mai wapas nahi aauga... Sorry for lying to you boss... Lekin sach bol diya toh tum manoge nahi! (Loudly, to Abhijeet) Haa woh passwords try karke aa jauga!

*Bungalow*

Abhijeet - All the best Daya! Take care...

Daya - You too!

            Putting on their bluetooth, both of them took their positions... Abhijeet inside the car ready to accelerate and Daya swiftly ran behind the bungalow, ready to go inside through the kitchen window

Abhijeet - Daya ready?

Daya - Haa Abhijeet... Go on!

             And then there was a huge crashing sound on the main gate, as Abhijeet had banged his car onto the gate... Soon a tall, muscular well built man came out of the bungalow... Skin tone fair, eyes deep black, hair properly set... He was wearing blue faded jeans, grey T shirt and brown leather jacket... Seeing him no one could say that he was such a dangerous and cruel man! He and Abhijeet started arguing and meanwhile daya started with his plan               He broke the glass of the kitchen window and jumped inside... Carefully enough so as not to be seen in the CCTV... Slowly he sneaked into the basement and came to the secret room... Opening the door with the fake finger print model he went inside... The room was not very huge... Had no windows and had only one door from which he entered... The only source of light present there was a small table lamp that was kept on the table... As he looked at the lamp he noticed 4 computers and 3 laptops kept there... There were too many files in the cabinet hanging on the wall and all around some papers were scattered... Some blueprints of different places kept on a slab in the corner and photos of some random people pinned on a board... Some uncommon electric or battery operated devices were kept on a shelf and some guns and knifes were lyingly in a corner... But away from the whole mess there was a isolated corner where a huge safe was kept... Lazar beams were focused on it from all directions... Taking a deep breath Daya stepped inside the range of lazar beams and instantly a siren started ringing... But Daya was least affected by it and he started trying all the passwords they thought could be correct...

Abhijeet - Woh yaha se nikal chuka hai! Tum bas 3 passwords try karna! Nahi khula toh nikal jana!

Daya - Hmm...

              Daya kept on trying his passwords until they all were declared wrong by the vault! When he heard Abhijeet say...

Abhijeet - Daya enough! Bahar niklo! Sirf 20 second bache hai!

Daya - Abhi nahi Abhijeet! Bina location map ke nahi!

Abhijeet - Daya humne kya decide kiya tha!? Woh tumhe maar dega Daya (Abhijeet shouted with a shiver in his voice... A shiver which he hid well from the world but couldn't hide from the one he was fearing for)

            Here Daya was staring at the picture pined on the board... It was Abhijeet's photo with a cross mark over it... There was a bullet hole on the forehead of the picture... Clearly showing man's hate towards Abhijeet... He imagined how this man Vikrant would have ordered his men to kill Abhijeet and how his brother would have been struggling to open his eyes that day in the car... He remembered the pain in Abhijeet's eyes that he saw the day when Abhijeet fired on him... This man was the reason why his brother hadn't looked into his eyes from last three months... Abhijeet's teary voice, guilty words, broken hopes and lost eyes were roaming in his mind... His brain told him to go back! It wasn't logical to stay here when he didn't even know if it would prove fruitful or not! But his heart denied to run away when there was only this that he could do to help his brother in his plan! Knowing the location was very very important for them if Abhijeet's plan backfired at any stage... It could take 9000 lives and life of his brother too... He decided not to go back without the location map!              Here on the other side Abhijeet was so restless! He was worried for Daya... He regretted the moment when he allowed Daya to ho ahead with this plan... He had seen the sample of this man's cruelty... He would have chosen death for himself a thousand times than letting Daya be in Vikrant's hands for a minute! And today his brother was inside with Vikrant running to him and he couldn't do anything to help him out!

Abhijeet - Daya please bahar aa jao! 1 minute 30 second already ho chuke hai Daya! Pleaasseeee!!! (But Daya didn't reply to him as he was busy trying different passwords)

             Vikrant was so near to the room that Daya could hear his footsteps now! Daya knew that if he would come inside there would be no chance that he would be able to get the location map... Daya tried with his luck one last time and silently prayed in his heart for success... A second later he heard a clicking sound... And looking at the safe he realized that it had finally opened! He quickly opened it and searched for the required map... Finding it he quickly kept in in his bag and just when he was about to escape from there his eyes caught a glimpse of a painting kept inside the vault... He found it to be weird to see a painting kept inside a safe! He grabbed it and kept it in his bag for further analysis... He turned back to the door only to find Vikrant standing at the door with his gun aiming at him

Vikrant - Hilne ki bhi koshish mat karna! Nahi toh sari ki sari goliya adar daal dunga

          Daya stood there silently without any moment... His fearless eyes making note of all the chances he could take and his sharp mind making up a escape plan

Vikrant - Kon ho tum aur kyu aaye the yaha?

Daya - Kon hu yeh mai tumhe batana zaroori nahi samjhta... Aur kyu aaya tha yeh tumhe abtak samjh jana chahiye tha!

Vikrant - You!!! (And in anger he fired a bullet at Daya's leg who on time moved aside to escape it) Pakke khiladi ho! (He said gritting his teeth)

Daya - Waise ab jo sari goliya tu mujhe marne wala tha unme se ek kam hogayi! Goliya sambhal kar rakh Vikrant... Kaam ayegi

           Vikrant pressed the trigger again but this time Daya was already prepared... Daya put his hand in front of himself and in between the path of the bullet... The bullet hit Daya's watch as he had planned and changed it path... This made Vikarnt to loose his attention over Daya and this gave Daya enough time to pick up the table lamp and throw it at him... Just as Daya picked up the table lamp the room turned into pitch black and before Vikrant could understand anything Daya was already out of the secret room             Here outside the bungalow Abhijeet was hearing everything... Hoping for Daya's wellbeing and ready for every action that maybe required             As Vikrant came out of the secret room he ran towards the kitchen as he expected Daya to run out from the way he came in... But Daya had already guessed it and so ran towards the terrace... By the time Vikrant reached terrace Daya had already reached the edge of the terrace

Vikrant - Ab kaha jayega!?

Daya - Jaha tu pauch hi nahi sakta!

           Saying this Daya jumped down the terrace wall! There were 3 floors below it... But then Sr. Insp Daya never knew the meaning of word fear! Down on the ground Abhijeet was already waiting for Daya in the car... The moment he landed down he pulled him in the car and drove away!

*Motel room*

Abhijeet - Daya yaar yeh tumne bilkul theek nahi kiya!

Daya - 29!

Abhijeet - What?

Daya - Yeh baat tum mujhe pichle ek ghante mai 29 times bol chuke ho!

Abhijeet - (Sighing) Tumhe yeh sab mazak lagta hai! Pata hai jaan nikal gayi thi meri jab tumne kaha abhi nahi... Agar kuch ho jata toh!?

Daya - Kuch hua toh nahi na! Boss location map milna kitna important tha yeh baat tum bhi jante ho

Abhijeet - Haa janta hu... Lekin iss duniya mai aur koi bhi chiz mere liye tujhse zayada kimti nahi hai yaar! Tum samjhte kyu nahi iss baat ko?

Daya - Mai toh samjhta hu boss... Tumhi nahi samjhte! (He said meaningfully) Tabhi toh apne app ko guilty mante ho mujhe goli marne ke liye... Ajj pure 3 mahine baad tumne mujhse kaam ke alawa koi baat ki hai! Tum nahi jante Abhijeet tum mujhse kitna pyar karte ho... Magar mai janta hu dost... Tumhari koi galti nahi hai!

Abhijeet - Woh map dena! Mujhe dekhna hai

Daya - Hmm... (And he removed the map from the bag and gave it to Abhijeet)

             Both of them studied the map together and discussed all the possibilities and plans... After an hour of discussion they were tired and having some snacks when Daya remembered about the painting he got in Vikrant's safe... He took it out and kept it on the table

Abhijeet - Yeh kya hai?

Daya - Pata nahi kya hai lekin mujhe yeh Vikrant ke safe mai mila... Uss safe mai iss painting ka hona bohat ajeeb tha isliye mai le aaya... Dekhte hai kya milta hai isme

Abhijeet - Hmm... Koi terrorist safe mai painting kyu rakhega! Kuch toh gadbad pakki hai!

           They both started started analyzing the painting and came to a conclusion that it had some kind of a meaning hidden in it... They opened its frame and checked if it had something hidden but found nothing

Abhijeet - Generally koi bhi painter apni painting par signature karta hai... But iss par toh koi signature bhi nahi hai... Bas kuch hai toh woh hai yeh date!

Daya - 4/12/17!!!

Abhijeet - Yeh toh kal ki date hai! Aisa kaise ho sakta hai! Agar painting par koi date likhta bhi hai toh wahi honi chahiye na jis din woh painting start hui ho ya phir complete... Unlike this!

Daya - Ab toh saaf hai hai Abhijeet ki yeh koi aam painting nahi hai! Koi message chupa hai iss painting mai... Kya!? Woh hume dhudna hoga!

To be continued...

          So what do you think is the mystery of this painting??? Tello everyone! I knw it was a very boring chapter... Sorry... This was all i could manage! Don't forget to review friends... Bye