Shravan put his head at the glass top of the table desperately. ..after learning ramnath s mails, shravan strode to his study in search of bhagavat gita. ..He flipped each and every page to find them clear with no of clues. ..as it was mentioned ,every line of bhagavat gita had different disguised meanings. ..

   Shravan looked for any clues written. ..marked. ..or even a dot ...dash. ..He found nothing and fell tired. ..

    He clenched his eyes, cradled his head by his interlocked palms. ..

       'Papa. ..may be I am not intelligent to know your clue. ..Please help me. ..Please help me. ..'

   His mind requested. ..

Shravan saw the clock which was almost past midnight. ..

  He stood infront of the portrait that was hung from ceiling to the floor. ..

The portrayal  depicted the battlefield  where Lord krishna delivered the gita to arjuna, the archer. ..

   This was ramnath s favorite portrait though they had many other too. .. like, -death of karna, humiliation of Draupathi , Bhisma 's arrow bed and so on. ..all were mural paintings that hung at polished walls. ..

  Shravan sat at his knees, closing his eyes at the blue God, krishna ...remembering ramnath s words ..

'May thy  Lord krishna guide you to the knowledge of wisdom. ..'

   His eyes quivered unable to hold the overfilled emotions. ..it letdown a lone drop. ..

     Shravan felt a soothing comfort after the tear dropped down asif his chest heaviness drained off like a puff. ..

  'I am shravan malhothra and I am not weak as I think. ..now or then, I will find what you wanted papa. ...bestow your blessings. ..'

  Shravan  exhaled deeply. ..may be he needed rest mentally to unlock the mystery. .

    He headed to the room as his body and mind pleaded for rest. ..

   
    All his mysterious troubles vanished in a wink as he saw sumo sleeping like a little girl, curled to one side off the pillow. ..

   An  enthusiastic smile crept on his lips. shaking his head , he scooped her to lie at proper position. He placed the pillows aside to keep her warmth. ..He took her side to drift off. ..

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At present, Shravan's days have become longer and the nights deeper. ..

  He shut the alarm and pushed himself to get ready for workouts. ..

      'Good morning sweet heart. ..I am on work out. ..be ready to go to the bank. ..'

  He left a note at her side and rushed to gym , hoping that it would refresh him even more. ..

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  "What he wanted to say. .? "

Ranjith asked shravan , stretching his  spine at sides. ..

  Shravan huffed. ..and curled his lips. ..

" don't know Ranjith. ...but, it's much important message than I think, otherwise he may not send these kind of weird messages at his last breath. .."

   Ranjith touched him , assuring.

"Shravan. ..don't worry man...we will find it. .."

Shravan nodded determined. ..

" by the way, shravan. ..have you went through the tibia prosthesis images and details. .?"

" Ranjith. ..the foe is smarter than I think. ..the prosthesis looked exactly like the normal one except the portion they have fitted the electronic gadgets with. .."

" did you get any clue. .?"

Ranjith  looked him expectant. ..

Shravan clucked annoyed. ..

" Ranjith. ..I merely hit a dead end at my every turn. ..feeling disappointed man. .."

  Ranjith paused his treadmill and neared shravan. ..

" don't you dare to say that. ..Mr. malhothra. ..you're the driving force for so many young soldiers. ..how can you say that. ..cheer up. .."

    Ranjith thumped shravan 's biceps. ..

" shravan. ..I invoked a prosthesis manufacturer here. ..it wouldn't catch many eyes if we meet here. ..He may help us. .."

   It was the seventh round of jogging when they met the manufacturer. ...

   Shravan wiped the sweat and introduced himself. ..

   The manufacturer viewed the images and nodded negatively. ..

" sir. ..in my twenty years experience,i never came across like this. ..the metal itself is a bit different. ..and the curves are unique like handmade. ..we could find nothing with this. .."

   Shravan huffed frustrated. ..

" but, if i am right. ..this may help you. .."

  A glint of hope ray shone at shravan. ..

" tell me then. ..".

" sir. ..to melt the metal, we need machines. ..the manufacturer would emblonize their brand name at the machine itself, so that the product would come out with the same name. ..perhaps, if you look it keenly. ..you may get the manufacturers name or emblem. ..but, I am not sure. .."

  Shravan's eyes bloomed that he would find them by God's grace. ..

  They thanked the man for his timely help. ..

While leaving. ...

" shravan. .."

Ranjith stopped him. ..

" haan Ranjith. .."

" preethi wanted to meet suman. .."

Shravan sighed. ..He didn't publisized his wedding with the relatives for the reason to stay away from unnecessary talks. ..preethi, was like his friend and he couldn't deny her wish. ..

" let's meet at dinner..."

Saying good luck they parted. ..

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  Shravan was surprised to see suman ready with the breakfast. ..

   " Hey wifey. ..not bad. .."

He chuckled. ..

" shravan. ..take shower. ..it's getting late. ..let's check whether uncle had left  something important at the locker. ."

   Shravan pranced to upstairs and returned in twenty minutes. ..

  " shravan. ..i managed these sandwiches and coffee. ..let me learn by the time. ..okay. .?"

   Her voice was soft asif requesting. ..

" done madam. ..not a problem at all. .."

  While relishing the coffee, shravan told sumo about ramnath s mails. ..

   She's curious to know about the mystery. ..they discussed every line  and unable to find the clue. ..

    Now, their expectation on the locker, ramnath had hired rose high. ..

Shravan rode the car to 'city bank '

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   Shravan and sumo reached the bank after the long commute...

   Shravan was wondered to see the trucks that were parked at queue. ..

  Those were trailer trucks, huge dish antennas pointed at the sky from roofs. ..the bold letters showed the familiar news channels names. ..

   Shravan and sumo approached the entrance with confusion.

A huge crowd, the public was  surrounding the bank in protest against the bank officials. ..

   There were inumeral police personal to control the rogue mob. ..

  A news channel's reporter spoke to the live relay. ...

' yesterday night, city bank had been robbed by the anonymous group. ..the cctv footages were destroyed to disguise their identity. ..the security had been brutally murdered. ..the entrance cameras say that the group carried different and lethal weapons that crushed down the metal doors in a  minute. ..Surprisingly, there's no particular theft of money or material. ..it's a wonder why this happened. ..and what's exactly their motive...........'

   Shravan and sumo stared each other at unease. ..

    Showing his identity, they rushed to the manager. ..

   Shravan and sumo accompanied the manager down the stairs to the basement of the vault. ..

The lockers were in an underground vault accessed by a narrow staircase that was barred at the top by a solid steel door with two levels of security. ..an electronic password to open the first lock and a manual key to open the second one. ..

  The intruders had slammed down them into a metal crash. ...the place looked like not less than a   earthquake struck plot form. ..

" sir. ..they didn't stole anything. ..I don't understand why they barged in. .."

   As the manager spoke, a cold fear gripped in shravan. ..

'Was it to reach papa s locker. .?If it is, we are under surveillance. ...'

  Shravan's spine chilled nervously as they approach to the locker which was hired by ramnath. ..

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  So , here's the next chappy. ..hope you will like it. ..

. What do you think about this robbery. .?whether shraman would be able to find what ramnath had left for them at the locker. .?will shravan be able to get clues with the prosthesis. .?

Stay tuned to get answers. ..

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