"How was the surprise Thakurain!" (Surprise kaisa tha Thakurain!)

Kali winked as he had got seat on the empty booth, with his hands kept idly on its edges, and surrounded by his 6-7 men on either sides.

"We had seen your foolish smartness, of escape. Running away, behind this Omkara on his bike, outside that Hall!"
(Hum ne tumhari palayan ki bewaqoof himaqat dekh li thi. Is Omkara ke peeche baith kar bhag rahi thi na bike pe, Hall ke bahar!)

Kali cleared her confusion as he told her how they got her. First they had thought Om to be her lover, "You might not know but we were following you both...!" (Tumhein pata nahi hoga, laikin hum tum donon ka peecha karrahe the...!)

Omkara clenched his jaw, as he recalled what happened.

No! He was not aware of it ...not even slightly that someone had seen them and now following.

He was all gentleman when he had helped her escaping, till that moment when he had dropped her on the lonely bus stop and left her alone to go away.

It was after a few minutes that he was worried for her safety, when Kali's men had suddenly blocked him... from back and front.

He was so scared of his life. But then Kali had offered this proposal....

"The girl had disgraced me on front of my guests. And I wanted to crush her spirit...so much so that she could never trust anyone henceforth."
(Us ladki ne mujhe mere mehmaanon ke saamne be izzat kiya hai. Aur ab main uske hauslon ko kuchalna chahta hun....itna ke vo kabhi kisipe bharosa karne ki himmat na karsake.)

Kali had taken it on his ego as he had offered him to get Gauri in the Rajdhani Express for Delhi, and leave her in the reserved compartment. While Om would get some 25000 rupees for the work.

"Now who doesn't need money!" (Ab paisa kise nahi chahiye!)

Kali drawled while Gauri looked at Om, with the bitter realisation that for a few bucks he sold his humanity.

The soulful eyes, the warm embrace, and the protective presence.... all were just a mirage...an illusion created to catch her.....By the man whom she had considered her well-wisher.

While Omkara couldn't meet eyes with her. That time he had thought that this woman was already stuck. One or other way Kali would get her. And if he was getting money in the process, then no harm!!!

But he was wrong, utterly and completely! The money which was secured in his upper pocket was weighing a tonne to him, suffocating him...for what he did with her.

"How can you... cheat me!" (Aap humein...dhoka kaise de sakte hain!)

The mere whisper scaped Gauri's parted lips, just like the tears in her eyes... "You tricked me!"
(Aap ne humein phansaya!)
She was looking blankly.

Damn!!! She was feeling herself to be shaking, just like this moving train, as it got the speed ... leaving behind the premises of civilised area, now going through an arid lonely forest.

"Now you'll see the punishment of disgracing Kali Thakur!" (Ab tum bhugtogi saza Kali Thakur ki izzat se khelne ki!)

The perverse, sinister voice of Kallan reached her as she wiped her tears harshly, raising her eyes with determination only to surprise him.

"True Kallan Bhai. I am really a sinner, and deserve this punishment... for trusting this Jatadhari Nandi and cheating Thakur Sahab!"
(Sahi kaha Kallan Bhai. Hum sach me gunehgaar hain....aur is saza ke haqdaar bhi, is Jatadhari Nandi par bharosa karne aur Thakur Sahab ko dhoka dene ke liye!)

Gauri spat on Omkara whose guilty face, hung lowest with shame.... While Kali and his men were a bit astonished with her tone.

"No Thakur Sahab..don't be shocked. Just give me a second chance to correct me!" (Nahi Thakur Sahab..hairan mat hoiye. Bas humein ek dusra mauqa de dijiye sudharne ka!)

She was confident in her voice, "You were never wrong. I was already bewared that... that you are an uncivilized, crude, barbarous, wild and immoral man." (Aap kabhi galat nahi the. Humein to pehle hi aagah kr diya gaya tha...ke aap kitne a-sabhya, badtameez, ganwar, jangli aur badaqlaq insaan hain.)

Gauri spoke the matter of fact, "But this hippie... whom I considered a God, but he... a wolf in skin of lamb, a devil portrayed as angel, a KaliAsur in form of Lord Shankarji!!!"
(Laikin ye gendde jaisa insaan..jise hum ne bhagwan ka darja diya laikin ye to....bhedd ki khaal me bhediya, ek rakshas jo farishte jaisa ban kar aaya, Bhagwan Shankarji ke roop me Kaliasur!)

She screamed while Om felt his heart twitching with her words.

He really ruined this girl's life!

"Good you realized it birdie! Keep your smartness for tomorrow...we will get married in front of whole Delhi...!" (Accha hua jo tum samajh gayi Chiraiyya! Bas apni hoshiyari kal ke liye bacha kar rakhna....hum poori Delhi ke samne shaadi karenge...!)

Kali smirked, as his plan had got successful, while Omkara closed his eyes with frustration.

It was all suffocating him!

"No Thakur Sahab, I won't wait till we reach Delhi!" (Nahi Thakur Sahab, hum Delhi jane tak ka intezar nahi karsakte!)

Gauri looked piercingly at Om, "This marriage will happen now....at this very moment!" (Ye shaadi abhi hogi...isi waqt!)

Now it was something ground-slipping as Kali looked with astonishment...but the next words almost shook Omkara.

"But you won't fill my parting with vermilion, but this man's blood!" (Laikin aap hamari maang sindoor se nahi, balki is aadmi ke khoon se bharenge!)

Gauri beckoned towards Omkara, "I want to kill him with my own hands, only then my thirst will be quenched!" (Hum ise apne haathon se maardena chahte hain, tabhi jakar humari pyas bujhegi!)

She breathed out, in the painful expressions.

"Wh...what!" (K...kya!)
Omkara cracked as he looked at the dangerous gleam in her eyes.

Did she already take form of Ma Durga? What's she saying?

"Kallan Bhaiyya, Give me a sharp knife to slit his throat." (Kallan Bhaiyya, humein ek tez dhaar wala chura dijiye, taki hum iska gala chir saken.)

Gauri now moved towards Om, as if possessed by an evil spirit.

"GgGauri...what! What...are you speaking? How...can you... aye.. aww!" (GgGauri....kya! Tum kya... bol rahi ho? Tum aise kaise...aye..aww!)

Om kept both hands on his mouth, his eyes out of socket, as Kallan really removed his big knife for her..."Thakur Sahab...I did all this for you...how can you let me be killed!"
(Thakur Sahab...maine to ye sab aap ke liye kiya...aap mujhe marne kaise de sakte hain!) He now pleaded to the old man.

"Kkk...you did it for money...our deal is over, when you got your share of money!" (Kkk...tum ne se sab paison ke liye kya....humara sauda to oosi waqt qatm hogaya jab tumhein tumhare hisse ke paise mil gaye!)

Kali chuckled as Gauri lifted the dagger.

"No one will come between me and him tonight.." (Aaj raat hamare aur is ke beech koi nahi aayega..)

She recalled his name, "Om...ka...ra, you're doomed!" (Om...ka..ra, tera ant aagaya hai!)

Gauri closed in while he walked back, "Any last wish? After cheating me..." (Koi aaqiri qwahish? Humein dhokha dene ke baad..)

She asked him as she almost pounced on him but he held her hand ... pushing her back and ran outside the compartment, to the doorway, which was all silent due to late night.

Kali who was having fun with it...now followed Gauri who had run behind Om, to do what she had planned a few minutes ago.

Om reached the front door of train, as it ran at more than 100km/h speed...the dark forest everywhere, as his mane waved with the gushing air, while he clutched it for support.

"Gauri...please...no!" Omkara couldn't jump down for his life...and here this woman was behind his blood for her marriage, with the dangerous eyes which reminded him of a scene of some horror movie...

'Dulhan Bani Dayan!'

Om gulped as he shrank to the opened metal door of the coach, looking around for an TC or someone for help.

But seems his death was near...as he saw her marching towards him, the sharp edge towards his throat and behind her was Kali, all relaxed.

"Good Bye!" He heard her soft whisper, as he gulped looking into her eyes, but the next minute she pulled him away from the door and instead she jumped down the speedy train...

Omkara looked in horror in a slow motion, as she jumped the door, with her red dupatta flying behind, his lame attempt, trying to hold her but in the process he also lost the balance only to follow her down...only to fall on the stony ground....and rolling away in the valley.

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After a few minutes:

"Gauri....Gauri!"

Om hadn't hurt himself much, in his slipping down of the train incident, due to his thick leather jacket and trousers, except a few scratches here and there.

But Gauri had hit her forehead to a stone, her head and corner of lip bleeding, all sprawled, almost a few metres away, with her clothes dislodged, the skirt skidded up her knees, the veil half ripped and hair messed up...

He had never thought that she would do this stupidity to jump down. Instead she could have used the knife to slit Kali's throat, no?

Ok, it would have been too much dangerous and risky but the this riskiest jumping stunt??? Who knows how many bones she had got broken?

"Ummm....!" Gauri slowly groaned as she got the senses, opening her eyes only to see darkness.

Oh no! Did she lost eyesight!

But then her pupils got adjusted, she could see someone's silhouette hovering over her...

The night could never have been darkest!!!

"Gauri...are you fine?" (Gauri...kya tum theek ho?)

The familiar voice and everything made sense now. But what did this man was doing here...Hadn't she left him back in train?

"Move...you bas###d man!" (Hat jao, har*mi insaan!)

She pushed him away making him look at her with a scowl. What a vocabulary!

With another groan, she kept her hand against the ground to sit...as she felt a sharp pain in her leg, head and jaw.

The stunt was dangerous. But better than marrying to that demon!!!

"Are they following us?" (Kya vo hamara peecha kar rahe hain?) She asked but then pursed her lips.

She couldn't trust him now for any answer.

Om who was taken back by her cuss and her push, looked at her reserved form before answering.

"Don't know...if they would have pulled the chain... otherwise they'll have to come down the next station!" (Pata nahi....agar unhone train ki chain kheenchi hogi to... warna agle station pe utarna padega unhein!)

He told genuinely, seeing her standing up on her feet, with a few hisses and cries.

But when he tried to help she swatted him away.

"Don't touch me...I left you alive that time...but it doesn't mean I'll be generous in future too!"
(Chhoona mat humein...us waqt humne tumhein chhod diya tha....laikin iska matlab ye nahi ke aage bhi hum itne udaar hojayenge!)

She bit her each word while he gulped.

So she was serious that time about killing him!!!

"I am sorry Gauri! I am shameful for that act... But trust me... I promise you that I'll get you somewhere safe!" (Mujhe maaf kardo Gauri! Main sharminda hun us harkat ke liye....laikin mera yaqeen karo...main waada karta hun...ke main tumhein kahin safe lejaunga!)

He offered but she just got a stone from ground... raising it to her head level, ready to throw it on him.

Wild!!!

"Just run away you scoundrel! Safe and with you? It equals sun in midnight. Who knows you're doing it for some more money!" (Bhago yahan se luchche kahin ke! Tumhare saath aur safe? Ye to aadhi raat ke sooraj ke barabar hai. Kise pata ye sab tum kuch aur paison ke liye karrahe ho!)

While Om shook his head.

"No Gauri! I am not a criminal by profession to help Kali. Just a struggling singer.... and when he offered money I got swayed. Please believe me! In fact you take this money...I can't keep this burden anymore with me!"
(Nahi Gauri! Main peshe se criminal nahi hun ke main Kali ki madad karunga. Sirf ek pareshan gavaiyya ... aur jab usne paise offer kiye to main dagmaga gaya! Waise na tum mere paise bhi lelo...main ye bojh apne saath aur nahi rakh sakta!)

He reached his pocket to remove the bundle only to find it burdenless...I mean moneyless ...

"What the fu**!" (Dhat teri ki!) He looked at her in horror,

"Where did I drop it?" (Ye maine kahan gira diye?) He gave her a panicked face before quickly turning around to look for it,

"Oh no! My money!!!" (Are nahi! Mere paise!!!)

While Gauri made a face with a frustrated sigh!

Not even a minute had passed since he had told her that he didn't want that money, and now crying for it!

The biggest lier of the century!!

She really wanted to throw this stone on his head but then she threw it away somewhere, and walked ahead with her limped leg, covering her front body by hands as it had ripped off, from different sides.

She could some light on the left side...probably a village...from where she could get a bus or something.

On the other hand Omkara found that he had also lost this mobile phone along with the money...as he exasperatedly ran to the right side where he had rolled down the train, praying fervently,

'Bholenath, I am your ardent follower, please give me my money back! Got that money by playing with life!'
(Bholenath main to aapka param bhakt hun. Please mujhe mere paise wapas de dijiye. Jaan par khel kar paise kamaiye hain!)

Only if he knew what God had thought for him!!!!

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