But Cheetah—on screen—didn't move. He was frozen in shock, his body tensed, helpless.

And then—Karishma appeared.

The Mysterious Woman materialized beside her.

"Peeche hat jaayiye. Yeh aapka mauka hai."

Karishma didn't even blink.

In one swift motion, she lunged forward and shoved Cheetah aside—

CRACK.

The shot rang out like thunder.

MPT flinched as the bullet tore through Karishma's chest. Blood spattered onto the dusty warehouse floor as she stumbled back, her knees giving way.

She collapsed.

Her mouth opened, as if to say something—but no words came. Only a wet, gurgling breath before her body stilled.

Cheetah—both on screen and in the present—gasped, eyes wide with horror.

"Nahi... yeh nahi ho sakta..." his voice shook, a broken whisper.

His hands curled into fists at his sides. "Yeh sab band karo..." His tone was different this time. Angrier. "Bas karo!"

But the screen had already shifted.

A new setting.

An abandoned bridge. The wind howled, cold and merciless. The wood beneath them creaked, old and rotting.

Cheetah dangled from the edge, his fingers barely clinging to a frayed rope that threatened to snap any second.

MPT members sucked in sharp breaths as they watched, unable to tear their eyes away.

Karishma appeared again, running to the edge. She didn't hesitate, grabbing his wrist just as—

Snap.

The rope broke.

MPT tensed.

The Mysterious Woman's voice echoed.

"Agar aap haath chhod dein, toh aap bach sakti hain."

Karishma scoffed, tightening her grip on Cheetah.

"Humein chhodna nahi aata."

With a fierce tug, she used all her strength to push Cheetah up, onto solid ground—

But in doing so, she lost her own balance.

Her body tilted backward.

Cheetah's hands shot out to grab her—too late.

She fell.

The camera followed her descent, her hair whipping in the wind, eyes wide—

Then—impact.

She hit the water below.

The ripples faded.

She never resurfaced.

Santu screamed.

"Koi toh... koi toh wapas le aao unhe!"

Her sobs echoed in the room, raw and desperate.

The screen shifted again.

Another scene began playing.

A tense hostage situation.

Haseena stood in front of a dangerous criminal, her hands raised in a calming gesture.

"Apna hathiyaar neeche kar dijiye," she said firmly. "Hinsa kisi samasya ka hal nahi hai."

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