"May I have a word with my superior. ? "

  Shravan asked the young man who seemed to be the leader of the team. ..

 
   He smiled gently ,forwarding his hands towards shravan as a formal gesture. ..

   " sir, Mr. sukla is on the way. ..infact, we seized your office infront of him ...Please, go with the situation. .."

   He shook Shravan's  palms  with more intense, that easily conveyed  a secrecy to shravan. ..

    There was a glint of hope at shravan. ..He nodded slightly and forwarded with the NCB team. ..

   Suman wordlessly left her grasp at Shravan's arms. ..her mind swirled like a vine at strom. ..apparently, her face was dim and her eyes were ready to shed tears instantly. ..her lips quivered , it parted with much effort to speak. ..she felt as though she's going to faint at any time. ..

  " shravan. .."

She called him at feeble voice. ..

Shravan turned to sumo. ..He held her hands supportively. ..

" sumo. ..don't worry. ..by dawn,I will be returning. .."

It was a mere wishper that passed a new surge of energy within her  that washed away all her heart burden. ..

   She nodded with a teary smile, her eyes exhibited  the expectation how much she wanted him to be back so soon. ...

    " Ranjith. ..take care ...I will be back. .."

He pointed ramnath ' s  study before leaving with the NCB team. ..

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      " how dare he to touch shravan malhothra. .?If I ever get a chance, I swear I will kill vikram cold blooded. .."

Ranjith bellowed while driving the jeep to the 'Narcotics offences  wing'....

  His anger soared by time to time while sumo opted to be silent. ..ofcourse, she too had a feeling of killing vikram yet she controlled her emotions. ..Shravan's words were somehow assured her hope that he would be back. ..even then, her mind frantically pleaded for his comeback. ..

  She didn't know the reason behind Shravan's hope. ..may be he had  a loop hole or something like that in accordance with Mr. sukla. ..continuous thoughts made her to be exhausted at a point. ..

     Meanwhile, they reached the destination. ..

    For their surprise, the NCB team hadn't reached until then. Instead, vikram was waiting at the lobby, pacing the floor asif he's too concerned. ...

   Ranjith's palms fisted with rage. ..His whole body got stretched at the sight of vikram. ..He brought the vehicle into halt and got down swiftly. ..He forgot him to be a commando who should pay  respect to  vikram, the politician at higher in charge. ..His only goal was to knock him down and punch him heavily not less than tons of weight. ..

   Sumo learnt Ranjith's turmoil as he was prancing the steps. ..she had to stop him at this point, otherwise. ..vikram may suspect   and sumo didn't want to hint him  about ramnath s study. ...in addition, Shravan's hard work would go vain. ..and undoubtedly, their life would be at stake. ..

" Ranjith. ..stop ..I said to stop .."

  Ranjith paused for a second, understanding Sumo's point of view. ..

     While sumo ascended fast, vikram headed towards them. ..

" hello mrs. shravan. .."

Ranjith's face turned flat. ..sumo responded him with a hello. ..

"  it's so sad ...and I am sorry for what had happened. ..I am helpless that the drugs were seized at his personal room infront of everyone. ..my hands are tied in this situation. ..hope you will understand. .."

His tone echoed his concern that's originally fake. ..

  Sumo couldn't reply as she herself felt to slap him tightly. .she simply stood silent. ..

  Vikram ' s  lips curved into a secret smile. ..He let out a satisfied sigh. ..ramnath had been a hurdle at his path and he removed him effortless. ..still, his duties had taken forward by shravan. ..it's not much easy to handle him, who had been known as a thunderbolt in his missions. ..

    Although vikram strove to get away from shravan, he crossed vikram  in every possible  way that shravan grew a huge annoyance for him. ..this time, he didn't want to kill, instead he fabricated a drug trafficking charge at shravan where he couldn't get through ...

' Shravan malhothra, the thunderbolt commando. ...dealing with drugs. ..not bad vikram. ..now, he would have little time to think beyond this case. ..all his responsibilities would be taken back. ..probably, he  would end up in Prison. ..who knows. .?'

  Vikram s mind leapt in over joy. ..

   The morning gleam began to rise at the east. ...it was the dawn of the day, the first sunray. As the daylight appeared around, Ranjith and sumo felt something odd. ..it won't take much time to reach and already it had been a long time since they wait for shravan. ..

  Where he is. .?

" Ranjith. ..why it's taking too much time. .?where's shravan. .?could you please call anyone for help. .?"

Her tension passed to Ranjith. ..He hurriedly dialled sukla s number that went to not reachable mode. ..Ranjith's silence was harrowing. ..

   Sumo had heard  stories about the encounters that were done on the way. ...her face blanched white. ..she turned to vikram, with a overflowed eyes that were deadly like a  serpent. ..

   'Vikram. ..you must not live to see the sunrise another day. ...'

   She stepped towards vikram with a determination. ..

        " shravan. ..!"

Ranjith's voice stopped sumo. ..she turned to see him like a wind. ..her deadly aguinsh eyes veiled the happiness  to see shravan, getting down ...

  It didn't take time for sumo to reach him and buried her to his chest, weeping at heart. ..

  shravan shrunk his eyes at her weird behaviour. ..He braced her closer and whispered. ..

" sumo. ..it's okay. ..it's okay. .."

  It took some time for sumo to console herself. .she parted from shravan only after reconfirming that he's fine. ...

    " so, Mr. shravan. ...sorry for the inconvenience. .."

The NCB  team leader grinned and gave a hand shake. ..

  
    Sumo and Ranjith exchanged their look confused. ..

  Meanwhile, vikram too reached them and baffled to see shravan at relaxed state. ..

  Mr. sukla patted shravan in appreciation. ...

  " Ranjith. ..NCB  team approached our cadre  with a search warrant that they got a reliable information about the drug trafficking at Shravan's office. ..."

" I knew that it must be fake or blank accusation. ..but, on search they found drugs and I have seen it. ..In that situation, I had to go with rules. ..so, I duly sighed and accepted to arrest shravan. .."

" it was a known fact that shravan didn't used the office until now. ..He went to the  commando training school after the room was alloted for him. ..straight away, he went to Antarctica. ..so, the room was not Shravan's till now. .."

" again, we have so many secret cameras in our campus. ..after issuing the orders to arrest shravan, I checked the footages and found a  sweeper kept those drugs at Shravan's room a day before. ..it's clearly  a fabricated issue. ..i don't want shravan to step into this office unnecessarily. ..so, I made it while he's travelling. ..as per my instructions, NCB leader took time to reach here deliberately. .."

  Ranjith sighed deeply. .."thankyou sir..."

" no Ranjith. ..it's my duty. ..whoever it may be, how dare he thought to touch the Indian army that too a gentle man like shravan. ..He will pay for it. ..i took the custody of the sweeper. ..by evening, we will reach the culprit. .."

   " at any cost. .."

Ranjith  said sternly , turning his eyes at vikram coldly. ..

Vikram stood shocked by hearing all this. ..He couldn't make it when it came to shravan malhothra. ..fighting with him  was like self_dessecting  , torn with a scalpel inch by inch. ..vikram s heart flinched with sharp pain. ..literally he hit the blank wall every time he draw a plan to trap shravan. ..

   Vikram was a man of Oscar in hiding what he exactly feel inside. ..but, his talents failed him now to curtain his anger, rage, and failure. ..

His eyes were bloodshot with the hatred he had with shravan. ..it soared high as shravan was approaching him with a loathsome grim. ..

" hello sir. ...sorry. ..you're disturbed because of me. ..I felt proud that you are so much concerned for me. ..thank you. ..thankyou so much for everything you did for me. .."

Shravan grasped his hands and spoke truly. ..

   His words were simple to a normal person s eye. ..but it held uncountable  meanings for both of them. ...how  irony . ...! !!

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