Chapter 2- Horrifying Hide and Seek

The Cars reached the children's park which was almost vacant...Shayra and Sayesha joyfully skipped over to the Swings and slides while Aishwarya just strolled in absolutely unamused...The guards spread out in different directions and stood by to Guard the girls

Shayra had a bright idea to play hide and seek...So she came around and suggested to play it with her sisters...Sayesha readily agreed as Aishwarya hesitated but nodded complying to her request...Soon it was decided Sayesha was going to seek and others were set to hide.... Sayesha counted to 50 and started looking for her sisters...but to no avail...She was getting frustrated....so Prithvi so saw the little girl's frustration pointed to the direction where Aishwarya was hiding...This way she was busted first...And Shayra Giggled telling Aishwarya to be the seeker...But the girls felt too thirsty so Aishwarya requested for some coconut water while Shayra and Sayesha wanted milkshakes...So prithvi took one of his guards with him and the other 4 guards took charge

Aishwarya was going to seek whilst Shayra and Sayesha decided to hide.
Shayra Giggled hiding inside the playhouse

while Sayesha wandered near the woods slipping out of the Guards sight who were busy amongst themselves thinking the Children were happily playing...That's when 2 cars came by as some goons open fired at the guards killing all 4 of them... Aishwarya luckily had located Shayra inside the playhouse and both of them hid together trembling in fear hearing all those gun shots

Sayesha who was alarmed by the same came back to the park mindlessly searching for her sisters when the goons captured the clueless child..who struggled and screamed in their hold...She bit the hands of one of the goons and sprinted off when his hold loosened but quickly blocked by 5 other goons...in a jiff one of those goons injected her with drug rendering her unconscious...as they all began their searches for the other two... near the woods believing They are hiding in the woods as the park was now seemingly empty except for the dead bodies of the guards

Aishwarya who peeked out through the window slightly gasped in fright seeing Unconscious Sayesha in the Goon's arms...She quickly retreated back in and Trembled in fear as her own kidnapping incident came to her mind
"Arya what happened?" Shayra whispered worriedly seeing her trembling state

"Shh! Ayra stay quiet otherwise those goons will catch us like they caught Sayesha! We need to wait till prithvi uncle comes here"Aishwarya warned as the little Shayra's eyes widened in disbelief and fear...she could not sit idle when her sister is in a big problem

Aishwarya on the other hand was stuck in a memory of her kidnapping that happened last month...it sends chills down her spine whenever she dared to think about it...She closed her ears and shut her eyes fearing she might on the verge of a panick attack...she couldn't even afford to cry.

While Little Shayra was determined to get her sister back from those ugly goons she sneaked away from her elder sister who was trying to overcome her fears...The pre-teen walked out with a big Stone in hand as she stood directly behind the goon that carried Unconscious Sayesha and threw the stone at him... hitting right at the back of his head.
.Shayra was always a good aimer given that her Father Raahil had given her training in archery and Gun shooting seeing that she struggled during her fencing practice...She wasn't so afraid because she had training in MMA and Karate with all her might she roundhouse kicked the injured man's shin as he dropped Sayesha from his hand because of the sudden move

Other alerted goons swarmed towards Little Shayra as she got scared by the amount of men that came towards at once... During her training she never had such experience in tackling so many guys at once...She always had one opponent...The pre-teen was reeling under confusion, fear and shock but pulled through  and struck the first guy with a punch and elbowed the next guy behind her but due to her short height all of her shots were not hitting where it should be... gradually she grew tired of beating around when a needle was stabbed in her neck making her wince in pain clutching her neck...Dark spots appeared in her vision and she slipped into deep sleep

The goons were quick to grab the two little girls and  Aishwarya had realised a little late that Shayra was missing...she frantically began looking around when her gaze Lands on what was going on outside...she watched in horror how they threw Shayra into the car and drove away...that's when Prithvi and the other guy cheerfully walked back with the milkshakes and coconut water for the girls...The scene in front of him made his blood run cold..

Aishwarya was relieved to find Prithvi there and hurriedly informed him about the entire fiasco while sobbing. He immediately took Aishwarya to his car..then called Viren and Raahil but none picked the call because they were all busy at offering prayers for their late mother on her death anniversary...He came to his car and drove off to the home where the Pooja still going on...and ran in

Raahil Singh Raizada had past trauma of his mother being burned alive in front of him...and this day always triggered his meltdowns...He never wanted his kids to witness it so every year he sends them out with some reason for few hours...This time he had not ate or slept from last two days..And his extreme crying made his condition worse that he fainted...so Viren had to perform the ritual in his stead... Seeing Prithvi running in Krishna Shergill calmly came forward to meet him

"Where huh...(*huffs*)- where's the King Raahil?" Prithvi panted hard

"He is not well, so he's resting... what's up with you? Where are other two little ones??" Krishna questioned,
"aishu baccha...why are you crying? Come here!" He hugged the teen who continued to sob without any words

"Someone has killed all the guards and kidnapped Miss.Sayesha and Princess Shayra" Prithvi answered

"WHAT!??" Krishna yelled loudly shocked by the revelation as the family's attention was completely on the duo

"Ji! What's happening over here? Please be quiet there's a Pooja going on" Ojaswini his wife came closer to him

"Ayu...AYRA.. they-theyre...they are kidnapped " Krishna stuttered with an anxious expression

"Jiju...?" Viren whispered in disbelief and sprinted to him in urgency leaving the prayers midea despite the priest's words

"What do you mean? Prithvi this is not a joke...my kids...where are-"

"This is not the time for such talks
..we need to find the kids viru! Get in the car" Krishna yelled as Divya fell to her knees crying hard...ojaswini stayed by her side supporting her

Raahil was unconscious and unaware of the plight of his children....they gave Aishwarya first aide and some glucose...once she calmed down..she explained the whole incident and described the car in which the goons drove away.... Viren alerted the police and a city wide search was started....when a car was spotted at the check point near the Highway...that car never stopped so the police began chasing it through the narrow by-pass road diverting from the city centre towards the forest area

After a long and exhausting Chase, the police car almost caught up to them and shot the tyres of the vehicle but it was missed twice...and before they could shoot another bullet, a truck collided with the car and quickly went up in violent flames...police car swerved away from those colliding vehicles and stopped at a safe distance... seeing the violent flames the officer contacted the fire brigade....as the other officers try to gauge the situation, trying to seeing if they could break the window or not...but to no avail...the flames had already engulfed the entire car and the bonnet was crushed...the car was disfigured and now burning... seeing no movements or screams...they knew the people inside have succumbed to the shock.

Back in the Palace Raahil woke up and was now frantically asking them to let him search for his children

"Aahil please calm down... you're weak right now...relax...the police are investigating...the city is under a strict lock down.... important roads are having checking points...I'm sure they will find the kids soon enough...you don't worry and worsen your condition " Krishna tried to console him worried by his worsening health

"Jiju how do I not worry? My kids they're so little - they-" the phone rang disrupting his words

"Greetings Chief Raizada...this is Inspector Dharmalingam speaking!" The person said

"Yes please tell me have you found my kids they're -"

"I am sorry sir...but you have to come to the by-pass road...near the Highway... about 10 kms straight... inside the forest area!" The inspector said

"Wha- why?" Raahil's heart was beating out of his chest

"Sir...The Car was found but-'

"But what?"

"There was big accident here...a truck collided with the speeding car and it went up in flames...the fire brigade has extinguished the fire and we found 5 bodies including 2 young children...the bodies were charred and we would like to have it DNA tested just to be sure if it's your-"

"NOOOO! NOO THAT'S NOT MY AYRA...MY AYU THEY'RE ALIVE... YOU'RE JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING!" Raahil suddenly screamed alarming everyone...even though the inspector tried to explain the reason raahil only grew hysterical each passing second
Krishna couldn't help it and snatched the phone off his hand and talked to the police officer...as Raahil stormed out in search of his daughters all by himself despite his weakness and completely disregarding his wife's words...he never wanted to believe that inspector...and he angrily stormed out with a zeal to find his kids as his sister pleaded with him to not go....Divya and Krishna along with Divya's mother drove the hospital, then viren reached there too, still afraid and praying that it isn't their children

Divya's mother Queen Shakuntala consoled her as Viren went ahead with the DNA testing...the results would be announced in the morning, so they all returned to the palace still hoping for the best as Raahil kept searching for the kids all night long without bothering to inform his family about his whereabouts....his hysteria and the madness in his behaviour was a big source of worry for his family...they were afraid he would do something drastic to himself.

The Morning came and the much dreaded results came back.... their worst fears were confirmed that One of the burned young child was Viren Malhotra's daughter Sayesha Malhotra....That sent him spiralling down in a path of absolute sorrow and depression while Divya was inconsolable...but Raahil he still never left hope...He clung to his beliefs and tried hard to investigate even when the police had given up on the case...it had been close to two months...The Raizada Palace had lost its charm, The King was no longer attending to the palace duties and all his attention was to search through the forests of Yercaud or go to the nearby remote villages, He had lost weight, lost his sleep and appetite but hasn't yet found a sign or some clue that could lead him to his children

Viren was living only because he had to, his life had become burden to him and he relapsed to his past self, his alcohol addiction which worried his sister Ojaswini and her husband who were trying their best to keep the family from falling apart as even the Queen of the household had given up on taking care of her duties or attending to her cases as the mighty lawyer she is...but she numbly sat in front of the photos of her children and cried looking at them forgetting that Aishwarya too needed solace at this time...Queen Shakuntala was the only one who took constant care of Aishwarya who was now preparing for NEET

Rishaan who was desolate after loosing his sisters to the awful accident had his companion Anaya to rely on....Zeeshaan had not been informed about the matter for because he was alone and studying in Madrid(Spain)...they didn't want to stress him out during his semester.. everyone was drowning in grief unaware of what the children were enduring was much more worse.

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