THE INTRUDER - 1 THE HUNT!

RAGINI

I gazed at the building which is a three storeyed apartment. I was told that HE lives in the second floor of this building.

I looked at my watch. It showed 10:30 p.m. Good. He will not be in his apartment now. I know that he has gone for a party and he has left his house just half an hour ago. And I know that he wouldn't return before 12:30 a.m. Such a party animal he is. Well, that's good in a way. So, I can execute my plan now. Two hours is pretty much enough for my work.

I looked at the window, which was at the right corner in the second floor. I held the pipe which led to that window and slowly started to clamber. All thanks to my trekking and rock climbing experiences. I swiftly climbed over it and reached my destination - the window in the second floor. Thank heavens, the window was kept open. I jumped inside.

Hmm. The house was clean and tidy.

I started to check the whole flat. First, I checked the hall to see whether IT was there. It wasn't. Then, I tiptoed to the study room and checked there as well. Now, I indulged in the work for which I had come for.

Sasha is my longtime bestie. From kindergarten to college, she has been there with me in all walks of my life. Opposites attract not only in love, but in friendship as well.

Sasha is an exact opposite to me. Shy, intimidate and most importantly, believes in love!!

I am bold, daring, love adventures, talkative and DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE.

I love being adventurous. That's more fun and risky. Life isn't complete without risks and adventures. I am often known for being way too bold enough for a girl according to the society.

More than that, risks love me. Last week, I had caught the man who tried to molest a small girl by trying to force her. Handing him over to the police was tough as he was a criminal and as he held the child at the gunpoint. I quickly shoved the gun away before he could react and hence the child was saved.

Alright. Coming back, Sasha believes strongly in love that she doesn't even know that she is being cheated.

Three days back, I saw her boyfriend along with a girl riding in a bike too close with each other. Again yesterday, I saw him with the same girl. That idiot is using naive sasha. And I won't allow that to happen.

Sasha, being a typical Indian girl, will never believe my words. These girls, when in love, don't even believe their best friend's words. I need to have an evidence before I open about this to her. Even if I show her the pic, she won't believe me. Gah. How annoying is this? But sasha means a lot to me and I won't let her be unhappy because of some random guy.

And hence, here I am, in this apartment.

I opened the drawers and searched, but in vain. Gosh! Nothing was there to prove him wrong. How is this possible? Okay fine!

As I tiptoed to the final region of my search in the house, the bedroom, I was welcomed by a loud snore.

Oh my goodness!! HE IS HERE!! God!! My plan is gonna fail. And am going to get caught red-handed. But, I will not let it fail. Never. Ragini can never fail! 
I saw HIM covered himself in a duvet, from top to bottom and sleeping peacefully.

I slowly opened the drawer which was next to him. While my left hand opened the drawer, my right hand pulled out something else which I didn't realise. I took out something with my left hand and my right hand took out something else too. Before I could realise, I felt the thing which I was holding in my right hand was being pulled from me and in reflex, I pulled it hard, resulting the whole thing coming to me. All this happened within a fraction of second without my knowledge.

"What the hell?!" A loud yell made me realise that I was holding the duvet of this guy, whose house I had entered.

My eyes widened in shock and I knew that IT'S OVER!!

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THE INTRUDER – THE MYSTERY BEGAN! 

RAGINI’S POV!

As I pulled the thing more towards myself something or rather say someone fell on me. And I got a mini heart attack as I heard a shout and realised the owner of the house, that man was on top of me.

With all the strength I had, I pushed him aside and stood up. He too got up and started shouting at me.

“ how dare you enter my house? I’ll call the police and make sure that you are put behind the bars for robbery ...”

“ robbery” I thought. “ do you think I’m scared of police or you?? And you better not talk about police otherwise you’ll be in great trouble”

“ what non sense ??? why will I be in trouble ?? you are here to rob me??” he said while searching for his phone.

“ ragini .. this is your chance.. I’m sure all the photos and videos will be in his phone.. grab the phone and run..”

RAGINI’S POV ENDS

She saw him getting his phone and before he could sense what was going on, she grabbed his phone and ran out of the room.

“ catch me if you can”

She shouted and ran from there followed by him in the whole house. They played hide and seek for a while and at last he switched on the lights to have a full view of the intruder. He was lost in the only part of her face which was visible, her eyes but soon came baack into reality as she again tried to run.

“ stop right there you.....” he shouted and ran behind her. And luckily this time he got hold of her right hand and twisted it behind her back with his right hand.

“ ahhh” she screamed. “ leave my hand you bastard”

“ return my phone”

“ no ways... you can fool Sasha.. not me... I’m not going to come in your trap”

“ what trap ?? what are you saying and who’s Sasha??”

This only question was enough to boil Ragini’s blood. She gritted her teeth and she held his right wrist with her right hand, turned around and in fraction of seconds, ragini was behind him, twisting his arm.

“ don’t you know who’s Sasha??”

“  no I don’t ... and leave my hand”

“ Ranvir... accept your mistakes and give me all the photos and videos otherwise I know how to take them....”

“ what photos and what videos are you talking about?? And wait a second who’s this Ranvir now??”

He asked releasing himself from her hold.

She glared at him and started pushing him towards the wall while interrogating him. He being clueless about all things gets frustrated and pins her to the wall and keeps his hand on her mouth to make her quiet, removing her scarf as well. As a result of all this he came really close to her and they had a deep eye lock for a few seconds broken by his shout.

“ ahh... why did you bit me ??”

“ look I’m telling you last time.. give me all the photos and videos and .... and I wont tell anything to police...”

“ god.. this insane girl will make me mad.... look I don’t know you nor sasha and nor ranvir...”

 Ragini looks at him closely and then makes a puppy face with a pout.

Ragini ( cutely ) : you are not ranvir??

Man : no ... I’m Sanskaar ... Sanskaar Vohra!!

Ragini bites her tongue and holds her ears asking for forgiveness.

Ragini : voh... actually I thought you are ranvir...

Sanskaar : whatever you thought.... but who gets into someone’s house like this... it seems you belong to a good family but....

Ragini : what but haan?? I am from a good family....

Sanskaar : but girls from good family don’t barge into stranger’s house at this time...

Ragini rubs her hair feeling embarrassed. Sanskaar smiles seeing her. But his smiles fades seeing her red wrists. He comes closer to her and holds her hand. Ragini, shocked by his sudden move moves backwards.

Ragini : what??

Sanskaar :  woh... your wrists.. it seems I held them so tightly.. sorry ...

Ragini ( rubbing them ) : thats okay..

Sanskaar : come I’ll apply some balm on it...

He makes her sit on the couch and applies medicine on her wrists while she stares at him.

Sanskaar : so what name did you told??

Ragini ( smirking ) : I didn’t told you my name yet...

Sanskaar just looks down, embarrassed. Ragini laughs at his cuteness.

Ragini : you are so cute... well my name is ragini.

Sanskaar : so Ms. Ragini I’m sure you are not here to camp tonight..

Ragini : of course not... for camping I prefer dark and lonely forests with some good food and friends...

Sanskaar looks at her with a “ wow ” look. Ragini gives a nervous smile.

Ragini ( thinks ): should I tell him or not? Will it be right? What if he’s also like ranvir?   But I think he’s pretty good... but he’s a stranger and why would he help me..

Sanskaar ( clicking his fingers in front of her ) : hey.. where are you lost??

Ragini : nothing... actually.. < she takes a deep breathe > look its personal...

Sanskaar ; its okay if you don’t want to share...

He smiles. Ragini thinks.

Ragini : okay I’ll tell you but please keep it to yourself only..

Sanskaar : sure. You can trust me.

Ragini : so the thing is.............................. < and she tells the whole story to him >

Sanskaar : hmm.. it’s indeed a serious problem… why don’t you go to police? Im sure they will help you..

Ragini : no ways… we can’t go … I just want to open sasha’s eyes by showing Ranvir’s truth to her…

Sanskaar : you know its rightly said that it’s so difficult to understand girls

Ragini : and why do you feel that?/

Sanskaar : of course you want to help your friend but don’t want to involve police …

Ragini pouts and glares at him.

Ragini : and what you guys do ,is it correct ??

Sanskaar : but not all boys are same. There are some good and innocent boys like me whom girls like you don’t even look. You just want good looking boys and don’t care about their nature.

Ragini : o hello hold on… I don’t care about boys and all. I don’t believe in all this love and all…

Sanskaar : why?

Ragini : sab abhi hi bata dun ??? ( should I tell you everything now only ? )

Sanskaar : no… I mean its okay…

Ragini ( getting up ) : okay so I’ll leave now and sorry for all the nuisance ..

Sanskaar : its late how will you go ?? let me drop you

Ragini: I have my car.. thank you..

Sanskaar : great. If you need any help do tell me..

Ragini : sure…

Ragini leaves from there while sanskaar too goes to see her off. And when he again came back he saw her scarf on the couch. He took it in his hand and smiled.

As he went back to his room to continue his power nap, his phone beeped indicating a message.

He unlocked his phone and as soon as he saw the picture his eyes grew big in shock and his hands went numb. He looked at the scarf on the side table and sat on the bed with a thud. The episode ends on shocked face of sanskaar.

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