Ramnath malhothra sat in the study of his farm house and sipped his tea thoughtfully. ..He had just returned from Antarctica...almost deciphered the wireless sound waves which he got from Aditya. ..He was right, he found the international terrorists leader. ..

  He waited for the solid proof against him. ..He knew the threat for his life that hung over his head. ..that's why, he chose to live alone in his old farm house which was highly secured. ..

  
   While drawing to the thoughts, his eyes voluntarily moved to the soft board next to his desk, to the news clippings that he had tacked. ..

  Various terrorists attacks ,all  over the world in last one year. ..

  Ramnath malhothra had been an undercover officer since one year. ..four men  from various departments were appointed as assistants for him. ..

As  it was highly a secret operation, he knew well that  his life is at stake. ..he wished to share his secret investigation with shravan. ..at second thought, he dropped his idea that it would only endanger Shravan's life as well. ..

   Ramnath swivelled around on his chair to gaze out of the large arched windows at the garden side. ..

   He stood up and stepped out to the windows to catch a glimpse of the sky. ..it was a moonless night. ..to his intent study, nothing  seemed important. ..He huffed and turned to leave. ..

Then, he saw it. ..two spot lights. ..moving up the mud road to the farmhouse. ..must be a car. ?

   Ramnath frowned. ..who could it be. .? He had very few friends,and none of them would arrive without prior notice. ..

For a while, he stood gazing at the point where the light was moving. ..Suddenly, the light disappeared. ..then, suddenly something struck him. ..He left the study with his loaded pistal. ..He opened the main door and found nothing abnormal. ..

 
    As he turned to go back, he froze to see the gate open with ease. ..

The main gate was secured by the highly sophisticated lock system. ..now, they swung  it open without much ado. ..

Ramnath noticed some eight men, walked stealthily to the entrance. ..

   A cold fear gripped him as he knew ...somehow, they had hacked the highly sophisticated security system. ..there was no time to wonder how. ..He had to pass the information. ..

 
  He hastened back and locked the front door. ..

He has come for him. ..

  Ignoring his age, he raced through the hallway and up the staircase, reached the study. ..His breath now came in gasps. ..

  He knew the intruders were behind him. ..He didn't had any securities or buddlers. ..hence, no one could help him. ..but, he wasn't worried about himself. ..

He double locked the study s room. ..atleast, it would bring some time for him from the intruders. ..which was more precious. ..

   He had to pass the secret informations. ..

There was only one person he could trust. ..He sat down at his desk,heavily breathing and mentally gathered the words carefully. ..

  Minutes ticked away , he furiously typed at his laptop. ..He heard the ascending footsteps. ..

Perspiration beaded his forehead as he read and reread the words he typed. ..He carefully checked the dots and dashes he left in between sentences. ..this would be his message indeed. ..

    He clicked on the mouse and satisfied to receive a soft ping sound. ..

  Abruptly, the door swung open and a man with pleasant look, clean shaven face and sharp eyes walked in. ..His men followed him. ..

 
    " good to see you. ..Mr. Ramnath malhothra. .."

The leader spoke. ..He settled into the chair with out waiting for ramnath s response. ..

" I was expecting you, vikram. .."

His voice was bold enough to convey his courage. ..

Vikram smiled broad. ..

" Mr. brigadier. ...then, what are we waiting for . .?Where are those proofs. .?hand over them to me. .."

  " why should I ..?"  His life time experience in Warfield gave all the courage. ..

 
  Vikram shook his head. ..

" Ramnath. ..you're forcing me to do what I exactly don't want to. .."

He said sarcastic. ..and gestured his men. ..

His men brought the shiny  gun  to vikram. ..

" officer, I know  your honesty and bloody patriotism ...you would see my benevolence and mercy if you do favour for me. .."

Vikram spoke to him, by unlocking the gun. ..

   Ramnath took a deep breath and exhaled. ..

" vikram. ..if I am not, someone will catch you red handed. ..you're a cancer to the country. ..don't think that you would be saved if I am not there. ..."

His words provoke vikram. ..He ordered his men to search the entire house. ..

    Vikram pulled ramnath s laptop towards himself. .. at a fraction of second , ramnath pointed his gun at him and yelled to bring his hands up. ..

 
" you are terribly making a mistake. ..officer. .."

Vikram told calm. ..in between, his men immediately pinned ramnath to his chair. ..He couldn't match the strong men and he gave up. .

" Ramnath. ..no one dared to touch me. ..you messed up with the monster. ..you will pay for it. ..."

Vikram smiled unpleasantly and glanced the gun he had  already unlocked. ..

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Shravan and suman were on their world, cuddling each other. . . sharing their important memories. ..

   " beep. ..beep..."

Shravan immediately took the call. ..

" shravan. ...SOS. ..(emergency ).The NSG team arrived Maitri. ..spotted  the suspect....we are on move. ..evacuate the place now. .."

It's Ranjith. ..

Shravan's nerves got alerted. ..He pulled suman close and started to move fastly towards Maitri. ..

Suman was new to this kind of  situation ...she closely moved with shravan without any word. ..

" Ranjith. ..stay on line. ..we're heading to Maitri. ..."

Shravan spoke while walking. ..

At a point, shravan and suman met the NSG team face to face. ..

   Ranjith huffed with relief after seeing shravan and suman. ..He gestured them to join. ..

  They both yet to step towards Ranjith. ..

  " THE TARGET "

The NSG leader pointed shravan and suman. ..

  For a second, shravan froze. ..without any question, he raised his arms and asked suman to do so. ...

    Because, if they fail to do so, the NSG has the power to shoot the target  without any orders. ..

    " sir. .?"

Ranjith looked the leader confused. ...

The leader showed his monitor that pointed the exact target. ..

  There were about hundred commandos. ..all loaded with lethal laser guns. ..Their every gun pointed at the target. ...

" SUMAN TIWARI "

  Shravan saw all the red dots pointed at suman. ...if they started to fire, she would be nothing. ..her body would be torn into fleshes. ..

   He couldn't get anything. ..first, he thought that they might have mistaken. ..now, he stood at extreme confusion. ..His hold on her hands was still there. ..infact, he held them tightly. ..

   " commando 1576. ..shravan malhothra. ..you're dangerously close to the target. ..get away. ..it's an order. .."

Shravan looked suman. ..His eyes were leveled with tears and nervousness equally. ..He could neither leave her hands nor obay the officer's order. ..

At second call, he left Suman's hands which was too painful. ..He stepped back from her and requested the leader. ..

" sir...you're mistaken I guess. ..may I know the reason why she had been targeted. ..?"

  Suman felt like fainting. ..even at the freezing temperature she sweated. .her throat parched to see the weird stuff she's encountering. ..

" shravan. ..she's equipped with a device that transmitted all the informations of ISRO. ..its equipped  with blue tooth connectivity, GPRS tracking system. ...and you won't believe that she is a self destruction programmed detonator. ...if she wish she could destroy the half Antarctica. .."

" what. .?"  Shravan couldn't believe his ears. ..

" no. ..no. .i don't know anything. ..shravan. ..don't leave me. ..i don't know anything. .." she pleaded shravan. ..She was on black holes    ,lost  ...after hearing them. ..

" Miss. Suman Tiwari. ..don't dare to move even. .."

The leader ordered and shravan paced the leader and had a look at the system. ..

The blue light was pointing at suman that described everything what the leader had told. ..

" sir. ..she is innocent. ..there must be a mistake. .."

Shravan told  him calmly . ..the leader had a quizzical look on shravan. ..

" Mr. Malhothra. .it's wired. ..a courage commando renounced for his deadly operations were not obeying the leader...."

  His brows arched up. ..

Shravan's heart thumped hard. ..His courage deserted him when it came to his love lady suman, yet he saluted the leader. ..

" sir. .."  He stood at attention at his side. ..the  tears rolled down his sides. ..

Suman saw shravan and his tears ...she read his inner turmoil. ..she recalled how she was secured at his embrace some seconds ago. ..for sure, she's alive just alive physically. ..she couldn't live a normal life, her love. ...her shravan  ...her family. ...

Too much of thoughts made her tired. ..she fell down unconscious. ...

     " sumo. ..."  she saw shravan running towards her followed by Ranjith and two lady commandos. ..

  
The lady commandos  cuffed Suman's hands and she was treated for her weakness. ...

Shravan could do nothing, his eyes constantly met with hers. ..repeatedly saying. ..

'Suman. ..I trust you. ...'

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   A hhh. ..a painful chapter. ..guys. ..hope you like a tiny twist in this thriller. ...

Here ,the phase 1  of this story ends. .. so, let's say goodbye to Maitri and Antarctica. ..and. ...I won't come up with wired creatures. ..i guess. ..😉😉😉

let's hook up for the second phase. ..

Have a happy read as always. ..let me know what you feel about this chapter. ..

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Arulpirai. ...