A known stranger | Ft. Abhyutami

Chapter 28

Recap - Tej has ordered abhi to come back to India now.

(Re read nai kiya maine, chala lena ❤)

Abhi's pov.

I've just been informed that I've to leave for India day after tomorrow. This is one very overwhelming feeling, I'm of course very happy to be back to my motherland,my country..but i cant help but feel extremely sorrowful because I have to leave behind my soulmate, my love... Wait.. How am I supposed to tell naaz that I'm leaving?? Due to work stress I completely forgot to think about that... But before doing all this, there's one thing I need to do, I have to help my nation, one last time..

Pov ends.

Abhi goes to work, and immediately shuts off all the CCTV cameras. He then waits for the time, the army general, Zainab Bashar is out of his cabin.. As soon as he does so, he secretly enters the cabin and looks for the official indian map with stops and places marked in a manner that shows - where are the weapon factories in India, where are the most crucial places to attack, where would it be beneficial to attack, where not to attack etc. Aalim quickly takes that map and puts it inside his bag, he continuously makes sure that nobody notices or suspects anything. He then replaces that map, with a map he brought in which all the places are incorrectly labelled, even the names of the places are incorrect.. If Pak follows this map, their research would immediately fail and thus failing to attack.. This would bring chaos to the country's attacking plans. Aalim doesn't want to harm the country, he just makes sure that it is not able to attack his country, India after he's gone.

As soon as he finishes replacing the map, zainab walks in.

Zainab - uhm, Mr. Ali, aap yahan??

Abhi - Pak zindabaad Sir, darasal aapse kuch bohot important kaam tha isiliye yahan aakar aapka intezaar kar raha tha..

Zainab - han han, boliye, anything to worry about??

Abhi - yes sir, vo darasal,  hamare itne zyada fauji maare gaye hain, ki faujiyon ki strength bohot zyada kam ho gai hai, hame kai zyada log chahiye honge ab army me, i think we should start recruiting more people..And i think, usko shuruaat hamse honi chahiye..

Zainab - aap kehna kya chah rahe hain ali sahab?

Abhi - sir as the head of army analyst, I want my team and I to be recruited in the Pak army.

Zainab - ye aap kya keh rahe hain?

Abhi - Sir, chahe ham analysts hi kyu na ho, ham army mai to hain hi na.. To kyuki ab hamare soldiers itne kam ho rahe hain, so we have to take the trouble in our hands.. Aakhir hame army ki hi puri training mili hai na?

Zainab - lekin agar aap army me aa gaye, to analysis department kaun sambhalega??

Abhi - sir jo analysis department ke log army me rehne ke unfit honge, vo team sambhal lenge.. I've trained my team the best I can and I trust tem. We've served this nation mentally,but now, please give us the chance to physically serve this country.

Zainab - I love to see your love for our country Mr. Ali, aap sabhi, kal se hi army join karenge.. Magar aap area kaunsa lena chahenge??

Abhi - sir ham jab tak perfectly active nai ho jaate, tabtak we should play safe, so we'll take the villages, Potli, pimpur,arja and arang Kel.

Zainab - got it. Ham abhi hamare faujiyon ko inform kar denge.
Khuda hafiz.

Abhi - khuda hafiz.

Aalim left the room with a smirk on his face as his plan worked. You might be wondering, how would this help?? As abhi did not even mention the name of the village Tej asked him to come in.

Well, lemme explain.
Remember when abhi replaced the maps? Jo map usne wahan rakha tha, the wrong map, over there he switched the name "Mirpur" (The village tej wants him to come in) With Arja.. Mirpur was a place where many soldiers were easily killed everyday, so Zainab wouldn't allow abhi to go there for duty, that's why he did this, and when he gets lost, the soldiers (who have the villages learnt by heart and won't need map to locate) would look for him in arja) because that's what he would tell them his duty is. And even after they'd realise the wrong map, and look for him in mirpur,he would be gone by then. So people would just think that he got lost or probably died and eventually move on from him and they don't have enough soldiers to look for someone missing.

(Master plan, I know)

Aalim then goes back home, and realises that this night would be the last night he would ever spend with her.
He reaches home and both of them then have dinner, he adores naaz while eating. After they finish their dinner, they sit on the couch and naaz discussed whatever happened with her on that day. Now it's abhi turn to tell her thr harsh truth.

Aalim - naaz, aapko kuch batana tha..

Gulnaaz - haan boliye na..

Aalim - naaz, vo darasal, army me fauji kam hone ki wajah se mujhe bhi army join karni padegi, as a soldier.. It's an order..

Gulnaaz - kya???

Aalim - haan, and kal hi mujhe nikalna hai, azad kashmir ke liye, 3-4 mahinon ki duty hai, yane me tabtak ghar nahi aa paunga, phones allowed nahi hain, to bas aapko chitthi hi likh paaunga..

Gulnaaz - aalim aap mazak kar rahe hain na??

Aalim - nahi naaz.. Ek aur cheez batani thi..

Gulnaaz - kya?? (While shaking)

Aalim - jahan par meri duty lagi hai, yaane jis gaanv me.. Vo ek bohot crucial area hai, jahan se mushkil se hi koi bachkar aa pata hai.. To agar meri koi chitthi nahi aa pai to samajh lijiyega ki aapke shauhar apne mulk par qurbaan ho gaye..

Gulnaaz (starts shaking)- nahi nahi, aap jhuth bol rahe hain, aise mazak mujhe nahi pasand hai aalim, bilkul nahi..

Aalim just goes and hugs her and both breakdown in tears.

Naaz (while crying) - aapne ye sab pehle kyu nahi bataya??

Abhi (also crying) - aaj hi pata chala, aur aapke saath ek aakhiri dinner karna chahta tha, ek aakhiri aam din guzarana chahta tha.. Agar maine aapko galti se kabhi bhi hurt kara ho to mujhe maaf kar dijiyega..

Gulnaaz - nahi aalim, aap diniye ke sabse ache shauhar rahe hain, you were the best thing that happened to me.. I love you 💔

Abhi - I love you too 💔

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