Jealousy & Revenge

Chapter 10

A couple of days had passed since Riya's eventful birthday. Slowly the dimensions in the team were changing. Although Arjun had accepted that he slowly had started to nurture feelings for Riya, nothing between had changed specifically. She was still the timid, dimple smiled, innocent girl, while he was still the hot headed cop. The only thing that had changed was that now they had started to accept the little changes their hearts were bringing into their life. Arjun had started respecting Riya, whereas she had started understanding him more. However both of them were yet to cover miles in their journey of love and currently they were just at the beginning. After all they were really different from everyone else, their love ought to be different.

The day as usual was quite will the team doing their work while their bosses sat in their respective cabin's. When suddenly the landline to their office rang. Coming ahead Shree received the call and what he heard stunned him beyond his wits.

"Chotu jaldi Rathod Sir ko bulao, main Arjun Sir ko bulata hu."

"Par Shree hua kya hai yeh toh bata?"

"Time nahi hai Chotu, Jaldi sir ko bula."

Soon the entire time was in the conference room.

"Kya hua Shree?" Asked Rathod.

"Sir abhi abhi landline par call aaya tha joh maine receive kiya. Isse pehle ke main kuch kehta saamne se kisi ne kaha ki aaj shaam ko thik 5 baje poore sheher mei 5 bombs blast hone waale hai. Agar rok sake toh rok lo."

"What? Shree tumne dhyaan se toh suna tha na?" Arjun asked.

"Yes Sir."

"Ho sakta hai ki yeh koi mazzak ho?" Riya spoke up.

While they were busy trying to decode the meaning of the call, Chotu received a call. When he returned back from the call his face had lost all color.

"Sir mujhe abhi abhi mere informer ka phone aaya tha. Khabar hai ki Mumbai mei bomb blast ka plan hai. And yeh shayad underground ke kisi criminal ki planning hai."

"Agar phone call issi plan ke baare mei tha, toh blast 5 baje honge. Abhi 12 baj rahe hai. Hamare paas 5 ghante hai. Lets get moving team."

With that the Emergency Task Force sprung into action to save their city.

"Chotu apne informers ko activate karo, aur pata lagao unhe iss plan ke baare mei koi jaankari hai ya nahi. Agar hai toh woh seedha hum tak pahochni chahiye."

"Shree, Sheher ka map load karo. Hume yeh sochna hoga ki yeh bomb blasts kaha hone wale hai."

"Riya aaj ke din Sheher mei agar kahi bade functions hone waale hai toh unki details nikalo. Hume yeh dekhna hoga ki kis jagah par sabse jyaada bheed hogi?"

"Sir par aaj toh Ganesh Visarjan hai. Har jagah bheed hogi." Riya added.

"Dammit. Aaj toh visarjan hai."

"Rathod, aaj visarjan hai toh sabse jyaada bheed Girgaon aur juhu beach par hogi."

"Right. Ho sakta hai ki ek bomb indono mei se kisi ek beach par blast ho."

"Sir, aajke sabse zyaada important events hai, Ganesh Visarjan, Parliament ke kuch bade politicians ki meeting joh ki Taj Palace hotel mei hogi, American President ki Mumbai visit, woh kareeb 5 baje Mumbai International Airport par land karenge, and Jai Hind college ke baccho dwara CST Station par ek flashmob. Women infanticide par ek flashmob karne waale hai yeh bacche."

'Toh yaani ki hume 4 possible locations mil chuki hai. Juhu beach, Taj Palace Hotel, Mumbai International Airport, or CST Station. Par 5th location?"

"Rathod hamare paas 5th location dhundne ka time hai, but un bombs ko diffuse karne ke nahi. Yeh saari locations aapas mei bahut door hai. Plus in locations par bombs kaha hai yeh hum nahi jante. Hum mei se kisi ek ko yahaan rukhke 5th location dhundte hai tab tak baaki ke jaake in 4 locations par bomb ko dhundte hai."

"You're right Rawte. Ek kaam karo tum Riya, Chotu aur Shree in 4 locations par jao. Main aur Ayesha...... Ayesha kaha hai?"

"Pata nahi Sir. Ayesha aayi nahi hai. Humne uska phone try kiya tha par switched off aa raha hai."

"Dammit. Ayesha aisi laparwaahi kaise kar sakti hai. Anyways, Rawte, tum Riya and Chotu ko lekar jao. Main aur Shree last location dhundte hai. Hum sab aapas mei connected rahenge."

"Right Sir. Maine bomb squad ko bhi inform kar diya hai and yeh 4 locations unhe bhej di hai. Bomb squad ki ek ek team hume in locations par mil jayengi."

"Well done Riya. Let's go."

Taking one final look at each other The team left for their respective work.

"Shree jis number se landline par phone aaya tha, uss number ko trace karne ki koshish karo. Ho sakta hai ki usse kuch pata chale."

"Yes Sir, Try karta hu."

Jaldi karo Shree... Zyaada waqt nahi hai hamare paas. Tab tak main Ayesha ko contact karne ki koshish karta hu."

Rathod tries calling Ayesha quite a few times but he could not get through.

"Dammit. Pata nahi yeh Ayesha kaha chali gayi hai. Shree number trace hua?"

"Try kar raha hu Sir. But number band hai. Isiliye trace nahi ho pa raha hai."

"Koshish karo Shree. Hamare paas aur koi option nahi hai."

On the other side the second part of their team was frantically searching for the bombs in the 4 locations they had decided. However all their efforts merely went down the drain. The passing time was mounting fear in all of them.

"Arjun Sir. Hume kahi par bhi koi bomb nahi mila hai. Agar humne jaldi inn bombs ko nahi dhunda, toh bahut se log aoni jaan gawa baithenge."

"Janta hu Riya. Koshish kar rahe hai. Abhi 1 baj raha hai. Hume kisi bhi halat mei unn bombs ko dhundna hoga. Hum aise himmat nhai haar sakte."

The entire team was trying their level best to find a solution and save the lives of millions of people residing in the city when all 5 of them received a voice mail at the same second.

"Main jaanta hu ke tum ETF waale bomb dhundne lag gaye honge. Par abhi tak ek bhi bomb mila nahi hoga tumhe. Kyunki mere bombs abhi tayyar ho rahe hai. Zara shringaar toh kar le woh. Bahut jald woh tumhe sheher mei milenge sirf aur sirf tabahi machane ke irade se. Agar rok sako toh rok lo."