Dark Night

Ankit and Subhash sat in the car. "What was the location?" Ankit asked.

Subhash replied, "Hemmer Club."

The car moved in silence. Around 10 PM, they arrived outside Hemmer Club, where a large crowd, mostly youngsters, had gathered. "We need to go inside the club," Ankit said. Subhash and Ankit paid for entry and walked in.

Inside, some people were dancing, while others were enjoying cold drinks and whisky on the side. A few middle-aged people were also present, enjoying the party. Ankit and Subhash spent around 30 minutes observing the crowd. Ankit looked around but couldn't find anyone he was searching for.

Afterward, Ankit and Subhash left the club. Subhash asked, "Sir, who are you looking for? Maybe I can help."

"I need to be part of the biggest celebration tonight," Ankit replied, his eyes gleaming.

They noticed four people smoking outside, all wearing black t-shirts. Ankit focused on them and instructed Subhash to bring the car out of the parking lot. The four smokers got into their car and drove away.

Ankit suddenly heard a woman's voice from their car. He quickly got into his car and said, "Follow that car!"

"Yes, sir," Subhash responded.

Subhash followed the suspicious car for about 30 minutes until it entered an industrial warehouse area. Subhash stopped their car 100 meters away from the warehouse.

"Why are we stopping here?" Ankit asked.

"Sir, entering the warehouse might be dangerous," Subhash cautioned.

"You wait here; I'll handle it," Ankit said and climbed over a wall to move closer to the suspects.

Inside the warehouse, one man was holding a pistol, while three others had sticks. With them was a woman whose hands and mouth were tied.

Ankit burst into the warehouse, kicking one man and lifting another to throw him to the ground. He delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to the third man. The fourth man fired a bullet at Ankit, hitting him in the chest. Ankit responded with a deadly punch, and the sound of breaking bones echoed. All four men were incapacitated.

Ankit picked up the woman and ran toward the car.

"Sir, are you okay?" Subhash asked.

"I'm fine. Drive toward the hotel," Ankit instructed.

The car started moving. While inside, Ankit untied the woman's hands and removed the tape from her mouth. She was Kanika.

"Are you okay?" Kanika asked Ankit.

The bullet had lodged in the hard muscles of Ankit's chest, visible from the surface.

"Subhash, please take him to the hospital," Kanika pleaded.

"Going to a hospital might make this situation public," Ankit replied.

"Sir, I know someone trustworthy; we can take you there," Subhash suggested.

After a while, Subhash stops the car at a dimly lit place in Delhi.

There were fewer streetlights, and the area was somewhat dark. Subhash meets his friend and asks him to look at the injured person.

Ankit and Kanika step out of the car.

"He's been shot. You need to treat him quickly," Subhash says.

The man lays Ankit on a bed and takes out a box of medical tools. He cleans the wound, uses a tool to extract the bullet, and applies medicine to the injury. After dressing the wound, he says, "This is all I can do. If it worsens, you'll have to go to the hospital."

Ankit thanks him and gives Subhash a signal.

"We came to you. Don't even joke about this to anyone," Subhash warns the man.

The three of them get back in the car and head toward the hotel.

In the car, Ankit turns to Kanika and asks, "What connection do you have with the Black Man Gang?"

Kanika looks startled.

"It's not what it seems…" she hesitates.

"Don't be scared. Speak openly," Ankit reassures her.

Kanika finally admits, "Actually, I am a secret member of the Black Man Gang. Tarun Sir was angry with me over something, so I was held captive for two days by those men. When I joined your college, my mission was to kill you. But after the picnic incident, I changed my mind. Tarun Sir was furious about this."

Ankit is shocked to hear this. He asks with hope, "Do you know anything about Parveen? Is there a senior member in the Black Man Gang named Parveen?"

"No, I don't know any senior members by that name. I only have information about lower-level members," Kanika replies.

"No, I'm talking about my friend," Ankit says with disappointment.

"What's your friend's connection to the Black Man Gang?" Kanika asks.

"He came here to spy on Tony Flower," Ankit replies.

"I've heard rumors that some Nigam Gang members captured him at their hideout in Karol Bagh," Kanika says.

"That's them!" Ankit says loudly.

Subhash immediately turns the car toward Karol Bagh.

Kanika warns, "We can't enter directly. There will be around 40–50 people there."

"I don't care," Ankit says angrily, looking terrifying.

"Don't lose your temper. I have a plan," Kanika says and explains it to Ankit.

Subhash asks, "Where in Karol Bagh?"

"Gali (lane) number 2, house number 8," Kanika replies.

The car stops in front of a large house.

Ankit and Kanika step out. Ankit is wearing a mask.

Both of them enter the house. Inside, a few people are drinking. From a corner, a voice calls out, "Kanika ji, what brings you here so late at night?"

Ankit looks in the direction of the voice and recognizes a familiar face.

"I've come to take the Nigam Gang members for questioning," Kanika says.

Pointing at Ankit, the man asks, "Who is he?"

"He's my associate," Kanika replies.

"We already finished them and threw them in the sewer," one of the men said.

Kanika, pointing to a bound man, asked,

"Then who is he?"

"We'll give him the same fate," the man replied.

Two individuals came downstairs-Tihan and Aryan Malik.

The first man, Tihan, noticed Ankit, immediately removed his mask, and shouted, "This is Ankit!"

Ankit smirked and delivered a powerful kick to Tihan, sending him flying 15 feet away.

The atmosphere inside the house turned tense.

Sopen and Aryan Malik quickly took their fighting stances.

All the gang members surrounded Ankit-26 in total. Kanika was visibly scared.

Suddenly, a fierce fight broke out.

The gang members were attacking Ankit relentlessly, leaving him no room to kick. So, he began punching. Ankit's strength was incredible.

The extent of his power became evident when one of his punches missed a person and hit the wall, leaving deep cracks.

After five minutes of intense combat, only three people stood in front of him- Sopen, Tihan, and Aryan Malik.

The three of them devised a strategy and surrounded Ankit from three sides, launching coordinated attacks. Their strategy worked, and they managed to trouble Ankit.

Ankit had no training to handle simultaneous attacks from three professional fighters. This was a new challenge for him.

Ankit made a decision.

He would target one of them and neutralize attacks from two sides, making it seem like no one was attacking him from multiple directions.

Ankit moved toward Aryan Malik.

Aryan took three steps back and found himself against a wall.

In that moment, Ankit delivered a kick to Aryan's face so powerful that his shoe tore apart. Aryan's face turned red with blood.

Ankit then turned to Sopen, landed a punch, followed by a spinning back kick, sending Sopen flying.

Seeing this, Tihan started retreating.

Kanika called out, "Ankit, pick up this man and let's go!"

Ankit noticed that the man was Parveen.

He picked him up and headed toward the car.