Australia......

The flight has landed half an hour ago.....fab5 ( including maddy ) and manik were seated in the waiting area waiting for the manager of muse labels to send them to their hotel.....after finally having enough of the awkward silence he left to call the manager as he knew manik's patience was running thin and he will definitely catch the next flight to India if he had to see fab4 faces for even a second more.......

While here manik's condition was no different than what maddy expected.....surely the idiotic faces in front of him was getting on his nerves.....all four were looking like they wanted to say something....but what......are they going to apologize for what they did to him and his love......? I don't think so........as their faces held no traces of guilt......forget about feeling guilty they looked like they still haven't realized the sin they committed 5 years ago.......

These few days manik malhotra couldn't help but think back to where had it gone so wrong for these drastic changes to occur....because there has to be some slip up somewhere or the other......so he recollected every bit of his memory and tried to find where the hell it actually went wrong.......

And eventually, he was able to piece everything together...during the recollection all he could think was how blind was he to not notice his friends pretense.......

all along they never really accepted nandini....it was just wilful thinking on his part that the most important people of his life could get along.....

he should have seen it....from the start they tried to make differences between him and nandini........

all those subtle approaches were now beginning to unwind....and finally the last hit when they manipulated him to believe that nandini doesn't trust him....

call him a fool but he really failed to notice this.....whoever heard the past would eventually be more inclined to believe that manik was the wrong one......but was he really......?

nandini and manik......maybe neither of them were completely wrong nor were they both right.........it was all a matter of perspective......of how we look at the past...

look at the past from manik's perspective......manik's parents were in a loveless marriage....he was a child born out of need rather than love......from childhood he craved love......he learned to hide his emotions....before learning to fight with the world he had to learn to fight with his mother....he had no one to look after him....he had lived by himself all the while until he met fab5.....

fab5.....a band which was once a great example for true friendship....he found friends who were just like him...... broken, hungry for love and attention.....they trusted each other, found comfort in each other and fought by each other's side....he started seeing life in a new light....his life became colorful again......for the first time he found someone who would listen to him.......understand him and be by his side no matter what.....

for the world, he might have been a monster but he vowed to protect the people he cared for all his life as they stood by his side for the longest time....

and then when he though his life couldn't get any more better he found her.....nandini murthy his shining star.....his love , his life.....he was astounded when the heavily guarded walls of his heart crumbled and he found himself hopelessly falling in love with her.....

he tried to distance himself from her as he din't want to get hurt......but then it was very much impossible for him to let go of that seemingly innocent star.....he accepted his feeling and decided to pursue her......

it must have been the best day of his life when he realized that she too had the same feelings as him....he was excited that she too have felt the exact same way....that raised heartbeat.......the tingling nerves..nervousness , anticipation....butterflies in your stomach and the shivers..... all of it....

with those feeling also came fear....it has only been 6 months...what if everything he was experiencing was just temporary......? what if she will also leave him.......? after all it was love he was getting himself into and all the relationships he had seen dint have any love in it.......

although both of them were in love still neither of them knew the past of the other.....after all falling in love is easy......maintaining the relationship needs efforts from both the partners.......

they were still in the early stage where they needed to understand and build their trust.......but before it happens their love was eyed by the evil.......

and when the time came to finally choose between love and friendship.....he chose friendship....a mistake he was still regretting.....but at that time if felt the right thing to do...manik only knew nandini for a mere 6 months while his friends have been by his side since long before.... so he blindly trusted them.....he saw Nandini pleading in front of him but he still dint let her explain......

he wanted to question her.....let her explain.....but at that moment he just felt drained......tiered of all the recent happening.......he just felt numb.....may be he wanted to feel numb of all the pain that his heart was feeling.....he dint want to think that nandini dint trust him....

he left the place to collect his thoughts so that after sometime when he goes to her for an answer he would be less vulnerable...

but who would have thought that it would be too late by the time he reaches.....too late.......

was it really his fault that he chose to believe his friends more that his love.......?

was it his fault that he was inclined to trust the people that stood by his side rather than the person he knew for six months.........?

who would have though that his friends would be the hidden snakes in his life.......poisoning his mind......controlling it at their will...........

all he knew was that he trusted his best friends........ when did they change intoa bunch of manipulative selfish people he really had no idea.....

what was his mistake was that he let go of her at that time when all he wanted to do was hold her tight.......he didn't trust her enough, he didn't hear her out and he chose to stand still....

while nandini too was in the wrong.......she loved him but wasn't able to trust him fully.....she was insecure of his attachment with his friends.......and finally she walked away without turning back........

both were at fault and maybe that's why fate decided to give them another chance.....they separated from each other only to hold on to the other tighter this time....

now all manik wanted was to find her and then there will be no him and her.......there will only be manan....

Hyatt hotel......

room no 1020,

five men clad in business suits were having a very serious meeting....the atmosphere was thick with tension as people were sweating even in the fully air-conditioned room.....as the meeting drew to an end all finally became relaxed.......

as the door opened an ominous feeling rose in this heart....they gulped down their fear and took out their guns.....one of the men dialed the number of the guard standing at the door for security..........the ring went but none picked up......

" tch tch tch long time no see Mr.shen......" a vice-like voice was heard from the door and soon enough a black hooded figure came into their view......

this voice they knew it too well.....they knew no one had survived clashing with her till today...........

doomed.......they were all doomed.......

who were they even trying to fool......the mafia queen herself......now no one will be able to save them even if they beg for mercy......

" You should have known better than messing with me Mr.Shen ........." her voice was extremely cold to the point that it brought shivers down their spine....and not the pleasant ones........

she lazily took out her revolver and then BAM........

with a huge thud four bodies sprawled over the floor.....Mr.shen looked at them and widened his eyes......one-shot kill.......a perfect precise shot to the forehead.....his knees buckled and he fell to the ground begging for mercy.....

" N.M please......i beg of you........please dont kill me......it was a mistake......i will never go against you..........please........." he cried out desperately........

N.M looked at him with a smile...but it only made his more desperate as that was a smile that promised him a brutal and merciless death...........

she slowly made her way towards him just like a predator towards her prey.......she had been waiting for an hour outside to let them near the end of meeting.....there was immense satisfaction in knowing that the prey was within the grasp.....oh how much pleasure she felt to turn the tables when her prey felt that it was able to escape only to know that it has always been monitored right from the start.........

" one thing you should know about N.M is that.......she never......never gives a second chance " with that she shot him at point-blank.....

" Zach " she shouted and soon enough her subordinates were assembled in the room.....

" boss " they shouted in unison waiting for orders........

she turned towards them pointing her thumb backward " clear the mess......"

" yes, boss" they shouted.........

she nodded and left from there....she was not needed for this trivial matter but some times she needed distraction form the large issues and what better way than a hunt.......

after N.M left the subordinated shoulders visibly relaxed......after all these years they were still not accustomed to their boss's violent nature....she was truly vicious........

Zach looked at the bodies and couldn't help but shivers.......their faces looked like they were in some shock....... it looks like this time the boss dint even give them a chance to fight back.........

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how was it, guys......?

i hope now you understood the past.......

how was our mafia queen.......?

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Devil's_symphony