What, How, When, Will your plan succeed, From how long have you been planning to escape, What will they do if we get caught again. Kalya said all of this in one go with excitement visible in her eyes along with a glint of mischievousness hidden in them. And then suddenly she became sad and said, " I miss home. I miss my mom and dad."
Ahan mentally made a note that he should make this plan of his to succeed at any cost. And make sure Kalya reaches her parents. He wanted her to be happy and most of all safe. Kalya deserves better than this. She must be safe with her family he thought. And he did not miss the glint of mischievousness in Kalya's eyes when he told her that he was planning an escape. So she is naughty and adventurous he though and smiled.
Ahan then told Kayla about his plan and Kayla was excited about it. She told him that she would completely help him in his plan. So both of them were set to execute their plan. After an hour or so Tej came in to the room with food for both of them. Immediately Kalya grabbed the food along with water that Tej has brought. She gulped the whole bottle of water in one go. Both Ahan and Tej looked at her in shock. Kayla looked at both their shocked faces and said she was thirsty and shrugged her shoulders. She also asked Tej to get her more water, as she is feeling very thirsty and felt dehydrated with a small pout.
Tej always felt resemblance of Kayla to his deceased sister whom he loved a lot. So he couldn't say no to her. And which man can say no to a cute pout and puppy dog eyes. Ahan was looking at her with his mouth open. Tej nodded his head and left to get her more water. She then turned towards Ahan and winked at him. His already opened mouth touched the ground and Kalya smirked at his reaction. Feeling content about playing her part well she sat down chewing on the food that Tej has brought.
Ahan composed himself but something tugged his heart looking at Kalya pouting and looking cute. He rushed towards Kalya and asked her a bit frustrated, what was that act you played a few minutes ago he asked her. She just shrugged and said, " It was a part of the plan right. You asked me to do something and get more water. That is what I did." By now Ahan was furious I asked you to get water not flirt with him, and what the hell were those expression he asked her. Now Kalya was looking at him with her mouth open, is the great Ahan Chathurvedi jealous wow this is a progress she thought. Kayla wanted to tease him more and so she said, " What if I flirted with him, I can flirt with whom ever I wish to." This irked Ahan more but he couldn't say anything. He angrily grabbed his part of the food and started chewing it angrily.
Kalya smiled looking at him sulking. Just then Tej entered with a can of water and fixed it in the room. Placing the can he smiled at Kayla and asked her teasingly, is this quantity of water enough. To which Kayla giggled and nodded at him. Ahan was glaring at both of them. Kalya saw him glaring at Tej. He then left from there locking the door. Though he cares for Kalya like his sister he couldn't help them in running away because he cannot disobey his master. Kalya always reminded Tej of his little sister that he has lost due to his work. He can't risk it again by letting Kalya free.
Kalya turned towards Ahan and smirked at her victory. To which he just shook his head. They both sat and completed their food in silence. Once they were done eating they put their plan into action by setting up the things that were required to execute their plan. Once everything was done. They gave each other a hi-five and smiled. Now it was the time to execute their plan.
Kalya kicked the can of water that Tej has placed in the room, making the water to flow on the ground. Since there was no room for the water to flow out of that room, it got stagnated in the place forming a small pool. Ahan made sure that the water does not spread over the whole room but placing sacks of sand that were laying in the room. Once both of them were happy with their first step in their plan, Kalya and Ahan moved away from the water to a dry place just behind the door and Kalya started shouting very loudly in a panic stricken voice.
Tej came running into the room only to be greeted by silence, he couldn't see Ahan and Kayla as they were standing behind the door. Tej cautiously walked into the pool of water. Then Ahan came out from his hiding holding two electric wires in his hand while Kalya was standing near the electric box to connect these cables to generate power supply to the wires Ahan was holding. Ahan threatened Tej by putting the now non powered electric cables in the pool of water and told Tej not to move an inch or else he would power up the cables.
He immediately fled towards Kalya and asked her to get out of the room and wait for him outside. She looked at Ahan directly in the eye and he gave her a nod of agreement. She then left the room and patiently waited for him to come out. Once Kalya left the room, Tej tried to move out of the water but, Ahan was fast enough to find his movement and threaten him not move. Ahan slowly moved out of the room holding the wire carefully in his hands. Tej did not try to move a muscle as he understood that even if his hair moves Ahan would not think even for a moment to put the electric wire in the water.
Once Ahan left the room, he locked the door and threw the wire far away as it was still powered. Kalya was waiting for him at the far end of the hallway as a lookout, to see if there are no other people there. Ahan carefully walked towards Kalya so that he doesn't make a sound just in case some other people are around guarding them. He slowly walked towards her. Kalya was peeping through a wall and then she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. She shrieked in horror of being caught again. Ahan immediately closed her mouth with his palm and stood in front of her, calming her down by telling her that is was only him. Kayla instantly hugged him, she was frightened. Ahan was taken aback by her sudden gesture. He wanted to hug her back and calm her, but something inside was stopping him. His brain was telling him to get a grip on himself, and his heart was telling him that he needed her and she needed him. While his heart and mind were having a debate, Kalya moved back from him and looked down and softly said, " Sorry, I was afraid that it was some of the other men." To which Ahan just nodded.
He took her hand in his and told, " We have to get away from here, we don't have much time. It is only matter of time that Tej would take to reach out to his men to inform them that we escaped. Saying that he pulled her with him, trying get away from that place as soon as possible. There were only rooms that surrounded then any way they went. And it was pitch dark, making it even more difficult for them to find their way out. As Ahan way trying to find a way through the rooms, Kalya pulled him into another room. He hissed at her asking her why did she pull him here while he was finding a way out. Kayla whispered to him, " Stop hissing at me, even I am trying to do the same thing. She then pointed at something far away. Ahan looked at the direction that Kalya was pointing at, he could see some rays of sun creeping in from another room ahead. Kalya gave him a smirk and moved ahead towards that room, Ahan silently followed behind her, shaking his head. They followed the sun rays and entered a large room. It was filled with sacks on all sides. It looked like a granary, it smelled of dust and fresh grain. A small ray of light was penetrating into the room from a ventilation grill placed above the sacks. It was high up that either Kalya nor Ahan could reach.
They looked around the room to find something that might be useful for them. They could find nothing but sacks surrounding them. With no other option to find, Ahan told Kayla that he will climb up the sacks and he told Kalya to follow him. Kalya looked at the sacks aligned all the way till the roof, the though of being at such height made her dizzy. She gulped and nodded. Ahan started to climb up the sacks one by one all the while helping Kalya to climb up with him. Kalya didn't dare to leave Ahan's hand even once. She was acrophobic, she was never a fan of heights. So she concentrated on him, to move her attention away from her fears, she was observing the way his biceps flexed and every muscle that contracted, with his move.
Soon they reached the top of the sacks, with only the roof above them.
Ahan was pulling the ventilation grill so that they can escape, but Kalya was still in a daze. She observed him, the frown that formed when he tried to pull the grill, the anguish that he felt visible in his eyes, and his teeth clenched together. A metal scrapping sound pulled Kalya from her daze. It is when she realised she was about 30 feet high from the floor. This made her insides churn. She grabbed his shirt in her fists tightly with one hand and held his arm with the other for support. Ahan looked at Kayla to see her eyes closed with fear. And her grip tightening every second.
He removed her hand from his arm and held it in his. Ahan asked her if she was alright, she simply nodded without opening her eyes. Then Ahan whispered, "we need to get out if here, this is our only chance." He asked her if she is ready, she gulped and nodded slightly. Ahan gave one look out of the grill that he has removed. It was hight from the ground level. He gave one glance at Kalya, She was tensed, the excitement he saw in her eyes a few minutes ago was now replaced with fear. She was breathing heavily, and was holding his hand tightly. Ahan tightened his grip on her, which made her look at him.
His eyes gave her the comfort she needed, the assurance she wanted. She could feel her breathing coming back to normal. She was slowly drowning into his eyes. Ahan told her, we need to jump out of the grill to get away from here. She gulped with fear but nodded. Ahan gave her one final nod and pulled her towards the edge of the grill. And in one swift move, he pulled Kalya along with him and out the grill. Kalya tried very hard to shut her mouth and not make a sound which might give them away. They landed on the hard ground with a thud. They were not baldy hurt due to the moist grass that covered the ground. They has some scrapes on their palms and arms, due their forceful landing. Ahan looked at Kayla and asked her if she was fine, she nodded and huffed she said, " Finally we escaped." Ahan smirked and said, "Not Yet."