Abhishek  woke up, had a shower and went to the kitchen to have breakfast. He had a banana while going through his Instagram feed. He finished and opened the bin to put the banana peel in it. There were some paper chits in the bin: why was paper waste in household waste when there was a recycle bin right next to the household waste bin, he wondered.

"Yeh DCP to usoolo ka itna pakka hai ke ek chota sa paper bhi na daale household waste me, to itni saari chits kisne daal di?" He asked himself. He made a face before picking the chits, he placed them on the kitchen counter.

He started to assemble them, "ohh" he said reading the address written on the chits. He took a picture and sent it to Sameeksha and then called her.

"I think we should go there" He said, "we? Correction. Me" Sameeksha replied. "No, me bhi aaunga" He said. "Shaadi hai?" She asked, he rolled his eyes.

"Please?" He said, "Abhishek, no" She finished. He sighed and hummed. "Good. Me abhi nikal rhi hu" She said, he hummed again, "me wait karunga" He said. A smile covered her face, "abhi geyi aur abhi aai" She said and hung up.

She took a deep breath, "Sumedh! Aarushi!!" She called them. "We have to go" She said loading her gun, "jeep nikalo aur ek back up team ko ready rehne ko kaho" She said as she put extra magazines in her pockets.

They immediately left.

"Ma'am jaana kaha hai?" Sumedh asked as they left headquarters. "Bhatte Wadi" Sameeksha replied, "waha kyu?" Aarushi asked, "kucch mila hai" She replied.

"Bhatte Wadi me kaha?" Sumedb questioned, "yaar tum waha to pohncho. Fir bata dungi waha se kaha jaana hai" She said tired of their questions.

They reached Bhatte Wadi, which was about two kilometers from Madh Island, where the crime scene for the murder case was.

"Guys, mujhe information mili hai ke Bhatte Wadi aur Madh Mangroves ke aas paas iss case se related kucch hai" Sameeksha said as Sumedh stopped the jeep.

"Lekin yeh to boht badi jagah hai, yaha kaha dhoondhenge Ma'am?" Aarushi asked looking around.

"Maps pe check karo yaha aas paas kya hai" Sameeksha said, "Marve Road check karte hai, wahi Bhatte Wadi aur Madh Mangroves ke beech padhta hai" Sumedh said.

"Abhi to villas aur restaurents hi aa rahe hai" Aarushi said, "woh ladki konsa course kar rahi thi?" Sameeksha asked, "film studies, kyu?" Aarushi replied.

"Madh Mangroves ke ek dam pass Bhatia Island hai, which is a film studio. Woh ladki bhi film studies parh rhi thi...kucch ajeeb nhi lag raha?" Sameeksha asked. Sumedh and Aarushi looked at each other.

"Waha jaake dekhte hai" She said, Sumedh nodded and the trio left the jeep to go to Bhatia Island.

The film studio was a place where no one would go after sunset. It was quiet and not in a condition to live in.

The khaki officers held their guns in their hands and placed their index fingers on the triggers. Sameeksha nodded looking at the other two and the group splitted up: Sumedh and Aarushi went to the back side of the building and Sameeksha tried to enter from the front.

Sumedh tapped on Aarushi's shoulder, she looked at him. He signalled towards a window's broken glass. She nodded and carefully looked inside. It was clear.

She opened the window and went in, he followed her. The inside was dark, the place looked empty. They went to the main door and opened it for Sameeksha.

"Kucch mila?" She whispered, they shook their heads. She looked here and there, "upar check kia?" She asked looking at the staircase. They shook their heads.

"Let's go" She said and went upstairs. She immediately stopped when she heard someone talking.

"Tumhara kaam hua ya nhi hua usse hame koi matlab nhi. Hame hamara hissa do, bas" A man said. Nobody replied, which meant he was on a call.

"Theek hai fir, ham police ko sab bata denge" He said, Sameeksha climbed one more step to check the number of people on the first floor.

Surprisingly, there was just one man. The floor was clean, with a bed, a small kitchen and a bathroom.

Sameeksha looked at Sumedh and Aarushi and signalled them that they were good to go.

The man hung up and threw the phone on the bed. Sameeksha slowly went to him and pointed her gun at him. "Police khud tumhare pass aa geyi, bataoge nhi jo tumhe pata hai?" She asked.

He turned, "a...aap log?" He asked as his face went pale. "Me batati hu jo aapko jaan'na hai" someone said, Sameeksha turned and found a girl standing in front of her, with a gun pointed at Aarushi.

"Tum to...vahi ho" Sameeksha said recognising the girl's face, it matched with the sketch of the girl that was raped.

"Ji, me vahi hu" She smiled, Sameeksha understood that the girl was not the victim, but the culprit. She was about to shoot her when she herself got shot by a bullet.

She looked down, at her lower right leg. It started bleeding, the pain was getting worse and worse, she shouted loudly. The man standing next to her, hit her with a vase. Her forehead started bleeding and she fainted on the floor.

*******

Abhishek was impatiently walking back and forth. "Ese karne se woh jaldi nhi aa jaegi" Manjot said, "tum chup raho na! Ab to mujhe bhi fikar ho rhi hai" Bandana said.

They were sitting in Bandana's house's living room.

"Yaar kitna time ho gaya hai...abhi takk nhi aai woh" Abhishek said as he sat on the couch. Bandana was nervously tapping her foot on the ground.

Her phone rang and she picked up without even looking at the caller's ID. Manjot and Abhishek were looking at her, hoping it was a call from Sameeksha.

Tears started forming in Bandana's eyes, "I'm coming" She said controlling herself. "Kya hua? Kon tha?" Abhishek asked kneeling down in front of her.

"Sameeksha ko goli lagi hai, hospital me hai woh" She said breaking down.  "Fuck. We've gotta go" Manjot said and they left.