General POV

         Dean left Acton and Adrika alone. The moment he was out of hearing range he said

"What the hell guys.. He knows."

"He does. But do plant that bug Dean. Because their conversation indicates Acton wants us to find something out. He won't mislead us. But he can't say either. Maybe he too is on surveillance of Juro." Mads said. Thinking about asking Krishn about him later because Adrika wasn't the only one who got this feeling that she knows Acton.

"Ok.. Where?"

        They guide Dean how to plant the bug. After he finished everyone could see each and every part of Acton's house.

"It's done Dean. Good job." Leo said.

"Really? You can see me?" Dean asked waving to the camera.

"Yes Dean. Now get out of there." Mads said.

"Yah..yah.. Let me enjoy my moment of success here..." He said still waving at the camera.

"Dean.. Go to Adrika now. Her microphone is off. We can't hear anything."

       Sam said in panic. Dean ran to the place where he left them. When he reached the living room Acton was hugging Adrika like a Father got his daughter back after a long while searching for her. He knew this look. He had seen this look on father's faces when he return their missing child to them. But why Acton had this look was beyond him. Adrika wasn't showing any emotion. She was stunned. Only her eyes were expressing a change. They were shedding tears like waterfall. Dean felt a pang of hurt seeing her like this but he didn't interrupt. Acton hold her face and turned it in his palms like examining a doll.

"You haven't changed a bit, do you girl..?"

"What he is doing to her.. Dean.. Do something.." Sky said. Dean coughed.

"Dean.. Here you are. Sorry your tea is cold Son." Acton said. "But we will have this chance again I presume."

"Sure sir..." Dean replied. "Mam.. Are you ready to go?"

"Yes. We should take leave now." Adrika said.

"Thank you Mr. Acton." Dean said holding Adrika by shoulders to hurry her away.

"Adrike.." Acton said when they were at door. It stopped them. They turned back. "Don't let this old man slip into nothingness again. Give me an opportunity to hang onto something of this world. You."

"I will visit you as often as I can.. I promise." Adrika said.

"I will wait for you my dear girl." Acton said.

       Dean somehow kept his cool untill they were in car and out of Acton's facility. He drove as fast as he could and when he was sure they were safe he just blew up.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT.. I MEAN
. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT.... HOW THE FUNKING WAY HE KNEW WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO DO.. WHAT THE FUCK...."

"Dean you are yelling..." All of them said together including Adrika.

"Worse. Dean you are yelling profanities." Sam said.

"Sorry.. But how he knows? And what he said to you Adrika?" He said.

"He knows everything. He is someone I know.. Someone from that era. I don't know why he is here. How he is here. But he is.. He said what happened after I died.. He said what happened to my children.." Adrika said. She was clearly still disturbed.

"Rika control yourself. You are the strongest woman I know. You have to. You already know what you will find if you dig deeper. Krishn told you. Now it's happening.. You can't loose concentration. We don't know who he is. Or what he wants.. For all we know he could have said all those to mess with your head. You can't let him get in your head you hear me." Sky said in her earpiece. Adrika sighed.

"You are right.. Keep an eye on Acton.. This is crucial time. He will lead us to clues. I don't want to miss anything. We are about to reach you." Adrika said.

"He already got in your head Adrika.. That's why you failed to notice you have something stuck in your shoe." Sam said.

"We are being followed?" Dean said looking at the rear view screen.

"It's not a car. It's someone. On the sky scrapers. He is moving like wind." Sam said. Adrika looked at the buildings they were passing and said

"It's him. Its Moon... That's it. I don't like everyone knows things more than me. This has to stop. Mads set a trap. Now. I want to catch the Moon before its New moon again."

"I'm sure he is working for Juro. As we are sure he has to do something. Marcus can keep an eye on Acton. Let's catch this Moon." Emma said.

"Ok.. Dean I have send you a location. It's one of our factory base. Take Adrika to there. I have notify them to clear the top floor. Leave her and take to the elevator to the lower floor. Adrika.. I want you to behave like you are very agitated and be at a risk of hurting yourself." Mads said.

"Why?" Dean asked.

"Because whoever set Moon up to Adrika don't want her hurt. We don't know his motives but Moon has this tendency to keep Adrika safe." Mads said.

"The only time he let his presence being known when I was in danger. He will come close if he thinks I'm in danger." Adrika said.

"Yes.. Then we can catch him." Mads said.

            Everything went according to plan. Mads secured the place before Dean and Adrika reached. Dean took a long route to keep Moon glued to them. He was following them. Everything was good except Adrika. For some reason she was feeling a knot in her stomach. Clearly Moon was just a pair of eye some of her enemy put on her. Just another puppet. Then why she was feeling like that. Like she was on to something big. The closer they reached the feeling just increased. She tried to convince herself that Moon was on her tail for so long, that's why she was feeling this what she was feeling but yet she was failed to calm down. But the crazier part was she wasn't sure it was s good feeling or bad. They reached the room in question. Mads confirmed Moon was on the roof keeping an eye on her. Dean and Adrika started their work. Adrika behaved like she was having a panic attack, and Dean yelled he was going to call Sky to come as soon as possible and left the room to join everyone in the lower floor. Adrika kept pacing the room. But nothing happened.

"Rika he isn't moving." Sky said.

"Yes. He wired himself with the building next to us. Any indication someone going to the roof, he will just jump to that building will be vanished. We need to bring him into the room." Mads said.

"How I'm supposed to do everything?" Adrika yelled making it sound like she was talking to herself. Then she saw the computer and thought an idea.. "I need to tell him... I need to tell him everything... I need to tell Juro..." She said in a panicky voice and started typing.

"What.. What are you talking about? What are you typing for?" Sky said.

"She is trapping him. Moon is following her from Acton's place. So as taking Juro's name she is making sure Moon will want to know what Acton said about Juro. In case Adrika changed her mind about telling Juro." Sam said.

"Brilliant!" Leo said.

"Remind me never to cross path with her." Dean said.

"Guys.. What he is doing?" Emma said mentioning towards Moon.

"Stripping?" Dean asked.

"What..?" Adrika very softly said.

"He is changing clothes. He is planning to go in." Mads said his voice softening.

"Maddy you ok buddy?" Dean asked.

"Yah.. Yah.. I'm fine. He just took off his mask." Mads said.

"Wooohhhh... Honey.. No disrespect but that is one fine looking man.. Just.. Dreamy. Oh.. I so wish I'm single right now." Emma said in a dreamy voice.

"What is this guy.. A fucking Norse God or something.. How can he be so handsome.." Dean said.

"Yah.. With Sky and Juro I thought it's impossible to beat the mark these two set for being handsome and sexy.. But that is.. Just not humanly possible.." Emma said.

"Alright now.. Stop fantasizing about him Emms.. He may be can literally feel you eye raping him. Don't forget he can be an assassin for all you know." Leo said. Leo wasn't jealous because he knows aside from this occasional joking around Emma was impossibly loyal to him.

"Hat.. Still trying to hide his identity I see." Sam said.

"Rika.. Give us one minute and walk into the bathroom.. Let's give our Moon the window he is waiting for.." Sky said.

           Moon was waiting for this opportunity Dean wasn't there. Adrika was in bathroom. If he act fast he could see what she wrote and slip out before anyone noticing. If anyone did comes in he could say he work there as he was now wearing a suit appropriate for it. It could give him enough distraction to get out. He slowly and very quietly walked into the room. He listened to the bathroom... There was shower on. He could imagine Adrika crying in there. He closed his fist to control himself and sat in front of the computer. He tried to retrieve the file which was just deleted. He was so emerged in it to realised everyone entered the room. When he finally opened the file only one line was written in it.

"There is no Clouds in the Sky tonight... We will see the Moon."

He knew he was caught. To make things certain he heard Mads voice.

"You are trapped son."

       Moon hung his head low and put his hand up in a surrender manner. Sam knocked on the bathroom door. Moon could see the feet of the woman he was watching from far for so long was approaching him. Adrika somehow hide her expression of the knot in her stomach again, when she layed her eyes on Moon. She could not see his face because of the hat but watching the man who has been following ever since she woke up here in front of her was something she never thought about how she would feel. There was no neon dark of retro here. Moon was finally in front of her on broad light. One small move of him rise his head up and she would finally put a face to those watchful eyes she felt on her all this time. She leaned on the table close to Moon and said

"I'm tired Moon. I'm tired of looking over my shoulders. And today I will know you. I will know who you are and why have you not left me alone all this time. There is no place for you to run away. So tell me... Tell me.. Who are you?"

      For a second there was no movement at all. No one dared to take a breath as well. Then slowly Moon took his hat off smiling.

       When he looked up to her eyes, world for Adrika just stopped. Her hands fall from the table. She took a shaking step back then another. Her eyes were full of tears but the emotions on her face was screaming that she was having a strom inside her.

Everyone were confused but could not take a step. Moon stood up and walked around the table towards Adrika. Sky made an attempt to stop him but Mads just hold him back. Mads shook his head at Sky to indicate him to wait. Moon stood directly in front of Adrika.. Adrika was a mess by then. Her shaky hand tried to touch Moon but she feared may be it would be a dream. She feared the second she touched him, he would just vanished. Moon smiled at her. The beautiful smile was surely came to his face after a long time. His lips quiver like he was trying to talk after a long time too. In a very hoax tone he said

"Hi Mumma!"

         There was again pin drop silence. In that silent Adrika gave a audible breath that she was holding.

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     With all her force Adrika throw herself into Moon's strong arms and broke down crying. She cried like a little girl. She cried like she did while iravan died. Like when Abhi's surgery was a success. Like when Dristadyumn died in her arms. And why wouldn't she. The son she thought she would never see again was in front of her. In her arms. Her Aadi was back. She couldn't believe herself to be this lucky to see a son beyond death. She was crying but Aadi was just mesmerized. For the first time he didn't complain about his mother hugging him, kissing him and crying over him. He had been craving this for so long. Most of Adrika's words which she was saying in between kissing her precious little son was inaudible. But all they could hear was...

"Oh my god.. Oh my.. Aadi... My baby.. Oh my god.. Mera baccha.. Mera baccha... I missed you my baby.. Ohhh.. Mera beta.. Mera bachha... I can't.. How could I think of living with out you mera baccha... Oh my Aadi... Oh.. My. My baby.."

         Everyone were confused but surly were emotional too. Emma was crying. Dean too.. Sam tried to hide his tears. Brothers must have remembered their mother. Mads on the other hand.. Only a drop of tear fell from his eyes. It was of relief and happiness. He sure as hell loved the boy. It didn't matter Aadi wasn't his but he did loved him like his own. The boy being an excellent warrior was a reason of it but not the whole of it. Because to him Aadi felt like his own. He could not imagine if he married Adrika instead of Nakul, their son would have been any different than Aadi. Sky was just stunned. Her son? The Adhrith? How that can be possible... But he needed to keep his question to himself. A mother had her son back. A son was meeting his mother beyond death. His questions were negligible in front of the sea of emotions of that was in that room.

           Aadi hold his mother in his iron grip that kept her on her feet. If it would up to him, he would have never let his arm loosen from around his mother. Several minutes went by. When Adrika was slightly calmed down she rose from the rock hard chest of her son and looked at him. Clearly her teenager son was now looking like a young man. Just the same age as his eldest brother. Her own Prithvi. His rudy manes are chopped in a very attractive haircut. Face has some indication of facial hair. But those eyes. Still beautiful and soul piercing. His lips quiver again.

"You taught me a lot of things Mumma but living without you is not one of them. How could you leave me in that world alone. When you know you are my world." He said. His voice was like honey in Adrika's ears. Now it was Aadi who kissed his mother's forehead. Finally he was old enough for her to accept his protection. It didn't matter he had to leave time and space behind to achieve this.

"Umhmmm..." Leo was brave enough to broke this trance those two were in. Aadi's eyes went straight to Sky.

"Baba.. " He said and tried to advanced towards him Sky took a step back in fear and shock. Adrika hold Aadi's arms to stop him. He looked at her shaking her head.

"What's.. What.. Who... What...?" Dean struggled to ask the question.

"He is my strength, my courage, my life... My son... Adhrith..." Adrika said still touching her son's arms trying to believe he was there.

"He is really..!" Leo said in awe. Aadi innocently nodded to him. He wasn't aware that these people known him as a legend.

"History really don't make justice to both of you while describing your looks." Dean said smiling. He had seen his fare share of weird to be shocked for long. Aadi smiled at him.

"How.." Sky asked.

"I don't want to ask this question just yet. I want to make up for the pain of leaving him behind.." Adrika said. Aadi looked down as he knew his mother gonna be pissed when she will know.

"So your son?.... That's amazing... Wait.. Your son. My best friend's son.. My godson.. I was fantasizing about my Godson.... Ewwww..." Emma made a disgusting face.

"Emms you are ok?" Adrika asked.

"Yah.. Yah.. I just puked in my mouth... And I'm going to hell. Hy Dean you have been there. Mind giving me some survival tips?" She said.

"You got it sister." Dean said to her. Emma came to Aadi.

"Adhrith I'm your god mother. Doesn't matter what your mother says. She doesn't have a say in it. Because it's final." She said to him before hugging him. Emma didn't know Aadi's phobia of touch but Adrika was happy to see he didn't step back. Clearly more mature.

"Hi Maa.." He said. Emma looked at him.

"Did you just called me Maa.. Or I'm hearing things.." Aadi smiled and said

"I called you Maa..." Emma was bobbing up and down like a helium balloon. She looked at everyone and said

"He call me Maa.. Did you hear that honey... He called me Maa.. I have a son.. Leo look I have a son. Wait it's better.. Get out of the way.. I have a badass son.." Aadi smiled Shyly.

No one fussed about him so openly before. Emma was literally jumping up and down when she again hugged him. Leo came to them and hold Adrika's hand in a manner that he is happy for her.

"I'm Leonard.. Your mother's best friend.. You can call me anything." He introduced himself.

"Hi Uncle Leonard.." Aadi said. Leo's eyes glittered.

"Those are Sam and Dean." Adrika said. Aadi gave the elf greetings to the Winchester brothers. People of island were leaned towards elf culture. Adrika herself taught both culture to her children but they took upon elves.

"So I take this is not Juro's spy after all." Sam said.

"Juro's spy. He doesn't have spies. He has assassins. I have killed plenty of them. Crazy, that man is Mumma." Aadi said. "One day he would kill any one who touches you, the next day he want you dead."

"You have been following him?" Adrika asked her son.

"Only when I'm certain that you are safe.

"Why hide at all Aadi?"

      Adrika asked with so much love in her voice that it shocked everyone in the room. They knew how much her sons were mean to her. They knew how much he loved them. They knew at what length she went for them. But seeing it in front of them was something magical.

"I didn't want to. The second I came here, I searched for you. I couldn't believe how easily I found you. One of the first person I interact was your employee. A healer. He was treating my wounds. He said you will come to visit the facility. I was waiting for you. I was waiting for you to pull me into your embrace.. You came.. I was in front of you waiting.. But you didn't stop.. You walked right cross me. You didn't looked twice.. I was broke Mumma. My whole world shattered." Aadi said. No one thought of that scenario. No one thought that maybe Aadi came before Adrika woke up.

"I'm sorry my baby.." Adrika said.

"No... Mumma.. I wasn't thinking. When tears dried out and brain started to work, I realized the lady I met wasn't you at all. How could she know me. Then I knew I have to wait for you. And survive here. I did what I was best at. Surveillance and collection of herbs. I became her shadow. The day when I finally realised you were back, you got attacked by those hunters. I knew there was much more I could do from far. I could save you. Those were not only people who tried to kill you. Most of them you didn't even know about. I already spend a lot of time away that now the main problem for me was how will I come forward.. Now.. You know.." He explained.

"You know right.. One of these days I will ask you how and why it happened?" Adrika asked.

"Yes Mumma.. One of these days."

            Moon showed his face and stars were a little brighter that night. The union mother and son made the nature a little more Devine.

An
Han ji.. How was the surprise..

Now it will get more and more interesting.. Aadi joined his mother's quest. Nothing can't be more perfect.

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Idiom bucket

Something stuck on shoe : being watched or followed.

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Pragyna