Sumo. ..!!!

Shravan's  heart skipped a beat in a feeling that why she herself got into the trap like a  sitting duck...

   'And. ..why vikram didn't recognise her. .?'

...He carefully peeped out of his hiding place, in a thought to analyse the situation. .He could only  see her back...and, got terrified with the lustful eyes of Steve at sumo. ....

        Vikram smirked at Steve , he dismissed the waitress  as he himself dislike the idea of being with girls. ..He believed that being fond of beautiful girls would be a sign of weakness. ..

     The waitress collected the used mugs and tissues. ..she turned to the dust bin that was kept beside  the table where shravan was hiding. ..

    Now, shravan could see her face. ..her face was beautiful but not as Sumo's ..a scar over her left cheek that ran from chin to the eye almost ruined her charm. ..her skin was tan not fair as Sumo's. ..

'Intelligent malhothra. ..you've been under the skinny mask. ..that's why vikram didn't get you. ..'

  Shravan appreciated Sumo's act. ..While sumo was heading towards the corner,he squeezed himself into the dark, that there may be chances of getting  by red handed.

     Sumo pulled out the lid on the dustbin to throw the used tissues. ..at a wink, she wrapped a minute button like device with the tissues that she already had hid at the side of her shoes. ..

   She sighed satisfactorily, turning to them. with a polite smile, wishing 'a good day '  she moved  to the exit. ..

   It was only when shravan could breath. ..He wiped out the beaded sweat. ..and focused , oblivious that what sumo had dropped in the dustbin. ..

      Steve s yearning eyes followed suman until she vanish from his sight. ..

  " Indian girls are beautiful. ..aren't they. ?"

Vikram laughed sarcastic, "ofcourse, why they don't. .."

" vikram. ..I thought you don't like girls and now I guess I am wrong. ..who's she. ? A lady waitress at your castle. .?"

Vikram looked straight. .."Steve. ..you're right. ..I am not in the game. ..she must be from the catering unit that we had arranged for the commandos only for today. .."

  " huuh. .."  Steve huffed. ..

" if you remember shall we go to see the weapons. .?"

" yea. ..sure. ..why not. .?"

   While they're conversing, shravan got back  his connection with Ranjith. ..

" shravan. ..I can hear you. ..but, the signal is fluctuating. ..keep going man. ..sumo is safe. ..I can see her coming out of the palace. .."

Shravan's burden went  lesser. ..He was right. ..sumo dropped the dejammer, to get the gadgets working. ..

   'My girl. .. '

  For a second his heart overfilled with love for her, that urged him to see her at once. ...

     As he was drawning into the world of his love, the lights in the room went off. ..

  For few minutes, shravan sat immobile like a statue. ..He extricated from his hiding place and looked at the door. ..He could hear the voices coming from outside right at the corridor. ..they must have gone into the locked room that was adjacent to the conference room where shravan stays at present. ..

  He pawed at the corridor silently and peeped inside the room that was unlocked now. ..Surprisingly, there were no one. ..the voices had also fallen silent. ...

Shravan slipped into the room and looked around. ..it was haunted as though vikram and Steve had vanished into thin air. ..

  " impressive vikram. ..I haven't seen anything like this before,ever. ..it's damn cool. .."

Suddenly, Steve s voice broke the silence. ..

   " you must be. ..and, this technology is out for order now which is almost out of stock in markets. .."

Vikram s tone reverberated his pride. ..

   Shravan stood stupified at the place as the voices came beneath the floor. ..

'My goodness. ..there must be a hidden level ,below the basement. ..'

   Shravan couldn't fathom how they had reached it. ..there's no any way out in that room, other than the door through which shravan had entered now. ..

     As their foot steps approach louder, shravan understood that they must be returning to this room. ..

He hurriedly searched a place to hide. ..unluckily, there was no such place. ..He found the conference room to be safe. ..anyway, he hoped that they won't be back to the conference room again. ..

   He hesitated, torn between the need to leave to hide himself and desire to know how they went down the basement. ..

  But, he had to nail vikram with solid evidence. ..if not, no one would believe about what he had overheard. ..so, obviously he had to retreat to the conference room taking up his previous position behind the desk. ..

   He heard vikram and Steve talking as they move...Their voices faded away since they were going back to the upstairs. ..shravan waited for a while to ensure that they were gone. ..

     He ventured into the corridor again which was dark again. ..He tried the adjacent door that was unlocked surprisingly. ..

  Shravan took his mobile flashlight on, studying  the walls  closely looking for anything that might be a switch or a lever to activate mechanisms to open the door  if any. ..

But, the wall was blank. ..

'How had they reached the hidden chamber. .?'

   Out of his inspection, shravan found nothing. ..in a flash, his mind reminded him about ramnath s map ...His brain hopped in hope. ..He could be guided by Ranjith. ..

  
  " Ranjith ....Ranjith. ...man. ..are you there. .?"

Shravan's patience declined as there wasn't any response...

'Must be signal fluctuation again. ..'

  Shravan  put his mind calm and imagined the map that he had a mental note to some extent. ..

   To his memory, there wasn't any below level chamber in the map. ..

'Papa must be unaware of this thing. ..'

  Shravan couldn't decide what to do next. ..at this point he could easily slip away and mingle with the security team, yet his mind repeatedly pointed him that he won't get this opportunity again. ..today is the day that there's no way he could leave without knowing the chamber. ..

  As an intuition, shravan dialled sukla s number ,in a thought that may be he could help him. ..

   The call diverted to voice mail box.Annoyed , he dropped a voice message to call him back which was an emergency. ..

   He connected the phone to the tiny blue tooth and wore it in ear. ..He also connected the microphone which would enable to hear even the minute whispers. ..

Finally, he set the phone at auto connect to sukla s call. .and slid the mobile inside his pocket. ..

  Once again, he viewed into the wall with a hope to get a  chance. ..

  " are you looking for the way to below level. .?Shravan. ...!!!"

Shravan turned swiftly and found vikram grinning at him. ...

   
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