Ruhana wakes up with a jerk in the midnight, taking Bulbul's name. She's sweating badly. She rubs off the sweat from her forehead and tries to calm down. While, her parents barge into the room hearing her scream. Abhijeet cups her face.

"Kya hua bache? Tum thik ho na?" he asks in concern.

"Haan chillayi kyun? Phir se bura sapna dekha kya?" Tarika asks worriedly, as she can't see her daughter worried and teary eyed.

Ruhana hugs her father tightly.

"papa, vo Bulbul..." she says but pauses.

Tarika and abhijeet share glances. They ask her to speak. Ruhana breaks the hug and looks at her parents.

"Papa, I think.... I think Bulbul kisi preshani mein hai. I can feel it, aur aap jaante ho Bulbul ko lekar mere intuitions hamesha sahi hote hain. Please kuch kijiye papa." Ruhana says worriedly, she's worried for her little sister, who's more like the light of her life.

" Beta tumne zarur koi bura spna dekha hoga. Bulbul thik hai. Kuch nahi hua usey.." Tarika tries to convince her daughter.

" Nahi mumma! I can feel it. Meri Bulbul kisi pareshani mein hai. And I know kuch toh zaroor hua hai." Ruhana says.

Abhijeet looks at Tarika. They know Ruhana has a soul connection with Bulbul. And when she's saying, it might be true. But they want to convince their daughter at the moment. He smears her head.

" Hum jaante hai beta tumhara aur Bulbul ka special bond, lekin beta, abhi dekho kitni raat hai, sab so rahe honge vahan. Asha ji bhi toh khas khayal rakhti hain na. Kuch nahi hoga Bulbul ko" Abhijeet says.

"Haan beta! Tumhe toh pata hai na ab wahan police officers bhi hain. Toh kyun pareshan ho rahi ho? Sab thik hoga wahan. Pichle dinon jo kuch hua usse tum ghabra gayi ho isliye tumhe aisa lag raha hai, beta. Aur fir bhi, hum kal subah hi Asha ji ko call karke puch lenge.. Tum Bulbul se bhi baat karlena. " Tarika tries to comfort Ruhana.

Ruhaan looks at her parents. She's not fully satisfied but she knows she can't call them at the moment. She has to wait until morning. She nods affirmatively looking at her parents, deciding to call Asha Ma and Bulbul in the morning.

*****

At the same time in the orphanage, some activity is going on. Bulbul is trying to save herself but it's all in vain.

One fine day, despite all the safety, one of Makhija's goons succeed in taking the place of a cook by killing him and mixes Sleeping pills in the milk which is to be served after dinner. Unfortunately, that night, Bulbul and her punters didn't have the milk as they were not willing to have it and poured it in the sink to drain it. At midnight when everyone dozed off including the undercover cops, the goon thought that till now the girl also must had dozed off under the effect of sleeping pills.

He moves to her room to kidnap her along with his other men who are called by him. Bulbul is not under the effect and punters too, so they shout for help but as all others are under effect of pills, nobody comes to help them. Bulbul tries her best to save herself but could not do so and Punters who did their best to save her also, are left helpless in the end. They could only see as the goons take Bulbul with them.

*****

UJWAL SAVERA ANATHALYA

Punters are scared because of Bulbul's abduction and they rush to Asha maa's room to inform her about the same. But as she too, is under effects of sleeping pills, she didn't respond. Punters try to wake up other staff members but it all went in vain. They are so scared and confused first but then Chetan comes up with an idea. They then sneak into the office and dial police helpline number and asks operator to connect the call to ACP Vineet. Vineet checks the time and when he finds the number of Asha Ma, he worriedly picks up the call.

"Hello! Asha ji!! Wahan sab thik toh hai na! is waqt apka call!?" he asks worriedly.

"Acp uncle, main chetan bol raha hoon." he says scaredly.

"Kya hua beta! Kya hua vaha?" Vineet asks as he sensed that something is wrong with the boy.

Chetan explains to Vineet how some people abducted Bulbul. Though they tried to save her, but they could not. Now they are hell scared. Vineet is shocked to learn it all and then calming Chetan, he hangs the call. Within no time he gets ready and leaves for the orphanage.

*****

Makhija's hide out

Goons tied her with ropes and one of the goon moves to his boss to inform about it..

" Boss hum log ladki ko le aaye hain.. ap bolo toh tapka dein!" he asks.

"Nahi!! Koi us ladki ko koi kuch nai karega ..usey toh main khud dekh lunga.." Makhija growls in anger.

"Thik hai boss vaise bhi ab vo hmare kabze mein hai ap aram se us chiriya ki garden ghuma dalna..." The goon smirks.

"Han Bilkul... usne jo usdin anathalya mein sabke samne meri beizzati ki thi uska khamiaza toh main usse lekar rahunga." he says and moves towards Bulbul but his phone rings and he has to leave the place for a while.

*****

Ujwal Savera Anathalya

Vineet reaches there and examines the situation. He calls for some medical help for the people who are still under the effect of sleepers. It is 6 am by now, and slowly, everyone is gaining consciousness. Vineet has already appointed a search team for Makhija and his hideoit to find out the poor girl before Makhija hurts her. Also, by now Ruhana and Abhirika also reached there as Ruhana called Asha maa because she was worried last night for Bulbul and so came to know about the whole situation. Tarika and Ruhana are with Asha maa while Abhijeet is with Vinay as the news channels are broadcasting the news on channels so by now the news has gone viral. Vineet is angry at his men.

"Mujhe toh yakin nai hota ki tum dono k rehte vo log Bulbul ko kaise kidnap kar sakte hain?" he shouts at the two officers.

"Sorry sir, humlog toh puri tarah chaukanne they fir ye sab pta nai kaise ho gya!" one of the cops replies, his head hung down.

" Kya matlab pata nai han! Tumhari naak ke niche ek khoon ho gaya aur us victim k jagah lekar kitni asaani se vo gundey is anathalya mein ghus gye aur tum dono ko pata hi nai chala! Kyun rakha tha maine tumhe yaha? Ek choti si ladki ko mehfooz nai rakh paye tum dono!"Vineet shouts angrily.

" Sorry sir par hum to apni duty bahut ache se hi kar rahe they..."another cop replies.

Vineet shakes his head.

" Han itne ache se jiska sabut mere samne hai. Iske baad tum logo ki naukri ka toh pata nai par agar us bachi ko kuch bhi hua toh tum dono ka kya hashar karunga main voh main bhi nai janta.. so you better prove yourself helpful..." he shouts and the two officers move to find the girl.

Ins. Shindey and Madan share glances while the former murmurs in the latter's ears.

" Yar Madan... agar us ladki ko kuch bhi ho gaya toh ye angry young man pata nai kya kar dega..." he says scaredly.

Insp. Madan nods his head in agreement.

"Han yar!! main toh bas bappa se yahi mangta hun k us ladki ko kuch na ho varna in dono cops k sath kahin hamara bhi patta na kat jaye." Madan says scaredly.

****

Makhija's Hide out

Though goons have tied Bulbul with a rope but it is loosely tied so she tries her best to untie them along with chatting with the goons, with which they are irritated by now.

" Abey yar kab se bak bak kar rahi hai ye ladki. koi patti bandho iske muh pe... bol bol k dimag ka dahi kar dala..." one goon says to another.

" Shukar manao k abhi main yahan bandhi hui hun varna batati tumlogo ko, ab jaldi se mujhe kholo aur jane do, varna jo dahi bana hai na tumhare dimag ka, agar nai chahte k uska rayta ya lassi bane toh jane do mujhe.....kholo...."Bulbul smirks at them.

" Chup chap baithi reh ladki ... ab khulegi toh seedha upper hi jayegi. Nas boss ko aa jane de ek baar. Ab marne se pehle hamein toh chain se jiney de..." another goon snaps at her.

" Boss han! Us chachunder Makhija ko us din gober mein hi nai gerna chahiye tha, usey toh gober se nehla dena chahiye tha aur uski car k bajaye usko todna chahiye tha...."Bulbul smirks.

" Ae ladki hamare boss k barey mein boli na toh!" the first goon threatens her.

" Toh kya karega? " Bulbul asks glaring at him.

The goon stammers while Bulbul finishes untying her ropes and frees herself.

" Tum kya karoge kuch! Mujhse pnga lekr tum logo ki pungi main bjaungi..." saying so she kicks between the goon's legs.

The goon holds his groin area and falls down screaming in pain. Bulbul smirks while the other goons are shocked. The other goon asks the others to catch Bulbul while she throws a chair at him which hits him badly. The goons run behind her and she is trying to run from the hide out. She hides herself behind some cartons. Goons divide themselves in different places to find her out. A goon heads towards where Bulbul is hiding. She gets scared and looks here and there. She finds petrol cans lying there a barrel too. She throws the petrol on the floor to make it slippery and as she senses the goon coming to that side, she stuck her leg in his way and he falls down in barrel, upside down and when he shouts for help another goons come to rescue him. As the goon moves to help the other one, when Bulbul tilts it horizontally with great force and pushes it towards him. He falls on the floor and other goons too, march towards her, they too fell down slipping on the petrol and again rest of goons started chasing her. She runs and grabs a large iron hook which was hanging on the wall. The goons till then had reached behind her. They ask her to put her hands up. Bulbul warns them but they don't listen. Bulbul leaves the hook which hit the goons and she laughed.

" Told you... ab lo aur krvao mere hath upper. Bola tha na mujhse pnga lekar bahut galat kar rahe ho... lo main toh chali.... Byeeee....."

She giggles and turns to see something and gets scared.

*****

Ujjwal savera Orphanage

Acp Vineet just hangs a call as he has appointed a search team to find Makhija and the girl. Asha maa and Abhirika family are worried seriously. Asha maa moves to him and shouts at him.

" Ho gye khush ! mil gai apko tassali!" she shouts at which Vineet looks at her in disbelief.

" Bilkul thik keh rahi hun main. Aaj jo kuch bhi hua hai uski wajah aap hai ACP sahab..sirf aap! Main toh pehle se hi nahi chahti thi k Bulbul us Makhija k khilaf gwahi dekar kisi problem mein phasey. Dekh liya na aapne aaj kya hua! Aaj vo bachi kitni badi problem mein hai. pta nai kya haal hoga uska... ab toh khush hain na ap!" asha ma shouts at him.

" Asha ji please shant ho jaiye. Police apna kam thik se kar rhi hai. Humein bhi himmat rakhni chahiye... kuch nai hoga hmari Bulbul ko..." Tarika tries to comfort Ashaji.

" Nahi mumma, asha Ma bilkul thik keh rahi hain! Ye sab inki hi galti hai." she glares at Vineet.

" Kitni baar humlogon ne mana kiya k hamein Bulbul k liye koi musibat nahi chahiye. Humein nahi bnana usey koi gawah, lekin nai Acp sahab ko toh bas apni aur apne siney pe ek aur maedal lagvane ki padi hai ... Arey Acp uncle hain aap uske... kitna manti hai vo apko ...kitna bharosa karti hai.... Aur apney us bachi ko is musibat mein dal diya!" Ruhana blurts out her anger at him.

" Nahi Ruhana ji!! yakin maniye main bhi us bachi se utna hi pyar karta hun jitna k ap log. Aur maine uski safety k liye apney 2 undercover cops yahan appoint kiye they. Pata nai vo log itni badi laparvahi kaise kar gaye." Vineet says trying to prove his point.

" Toh kya rok payi apki ye so called safety Bulbul ko kidnap honey se! Kya rok payi un gundo ko apne maksad mein kamyab honey se! Kya ukhad liya apney! Ya apki police force ne! ab tak Bulbul ka kuch pta nai laga payi... sahi samjha hai maine aapko, kisi ki kadar nahi hai na aapko!! Ek masoom bachchi ki bhi nahi. " she shouts at him.

Vinay looks at her and moves to calm her. He is pained to see her crying. He keeps his hand on her shoulder.

"Calm down Ruhana... Police jald hi hmari Bulbul ko dhoondh nikalegi... aap please shant ho jaiye..." he says softly.

Ruhana looks at him with teary eyes.

"Kaise shant ho jau Vinay ji? Aaj vo bachi us Makhija k paas hai aur ye police valey! Kya pata hai inko abhi tak !? Makhija kahan hai! Pata nai... Uska thikana kahan hai! Pata nai! Bulbul ko vo log kahan le gye! Pata nai... Vo zinda bhi hogi k..." she pauses as her voice chokes in her throat.

" Roo beta shant ho jao. Kuch nai hoga hmari Bulbul ko. Vo bahut bahadur bachi hai. Usne pichli bar bhi Makhija ko dhool chatai thi aur dekhna is baar bar bhi yahi hoga... dekhna police jald hi Bulbul ko hmare paas le aygi bilkul sahi salamat..hmm..." Abhijeet calms his daughter though he is still worried.

" Uncle thik keh rahe hain Ruhana. Aap hi kehti hai na wo shaitan hai toh sensible bhi hain. Kuch nahi hoga usey. Please calm down." vinay says holding her hands in her while Abhijeet smears her head.

Vineet looks at Ruhana. Her tears are affecting him, and as he moves towards her when Ruhana stops him.

" stay where you are, ACP Vineet. Aapko apna kaam karna chahiye
Jaakar dhundhiye Bulbul ko. Agar usko kuch bhi hua na, ACP sahab, toh uske zimmedar aap honge, aur main aapko kabhi maaf nahi karungi. Kabhi nahi." She says firmly and angrily.

"Kuch nahi hoga Ruhana! Us din bhi ACP sahab ne Bulbul ko bachaya tha aur is baar bhi bacha lenge. Kuch nahi hoga hamari nanhi dost ko. Bharosa rakhiye." Vinay says.

"bharosa hi toh nahi hai, Vinayji. Na khud par na in  ACP Vineet par aur na hi apni kismat par." she says eyeing Vineet.

"Main bas bardasht nai kar paungi agar Bulbul ko kuch bhi hua toh...Kyunki ek baar toh main apna sab kuch kho chuki hun ab dobara vo sab seh nai paungi" She says and breaks into tears.

Abhijeet sighs. Her words remind him of those incidences which shattered them, especially Ruhana. He tries to calm Ruhana while Tarika is handling Asha maa.

Vineet is hurt badly for two reasons. Firstly, he is worried for Bulbul equally but Ruhana's words pinched him. He knows she has a special bonding with the girl , but she's hurt and that pains him. Secondly, he can't see her crying. Ever since he has met her at the picnic spot, he always wants to see her smile, but her tears are creating tornados inside him, and the worst part is that he didn't know why!? Why he's so much attracted towards her. He knows Ruhana is going to marry Vinay, one day, but seeing her with Vinay makes him feel more uncomfortable. He casts a look at them and finds Vinay hugging her, trying to calm her. He sighs and leaves the place silently to search for Bulbul.

To Be Continued.

Will Vineet and his team will be able to Find Bulbul?

Will Ruhana forgive Vineet?

What did she lose in the past that makes her so vulnerable?

Stay tuned.