Shravan  couldn't stop himself being wonder how long vikram had been standing there. ..and how he did know about his barge in. ..

Involuntarily, his training sessions took over and he  automatically reached for his personal gun that rests at his waist. ..barely had his fingers touched the weapon, he felt a jolt run through his hand like a mild electric shock. ..immediately,he jerked his hands away. ..

  
  " wrong move. ...Mr. malhothra. .."

   Vikram nodded with a victorious grin. ..shravan was unable to find what had happened actually. ..

Simultaneously, he felt his mobile phone vibrate and sukla s voice spoke into his ear through the hidden ear piece. ..

" shravan. ..did you call for me. ? "

Shravan stiffened. ..

" shravan. ..can you hear me. .? "

Sukla repeated. ...

Shravan kept quite as vikram began to speak. ..

" shravan. ..I won't take this much risk. ..if I were you. .."

He said calmly, toying with the ring he had worn at his ring finger. ..

   " shravan. ..what you experienced is just a demonstration. ...I have set their lethality to the lowest level. .hope you will get me. .."

Shravan recalled their conversation some minutes ago. ..

'So , the ring. ..it's the weapon .somehow, it is capable of delivering an electric charge across the distance. ..though their full performance was unknown, it's sure that they could deliver a powerful punch if necessary. ..'

   Shravan baffled with the kind of technology. .He clasped his hands at his waist exactly where he got electrified by vikram. ..

  
  " shravan. .you know. ...i thought myself to be smart. ..obviously, my security had failed, they let you to reach until here. ..it's good that  you are tall enough to show me your shadow when I was at below level with Steve. .."

Shravan tapped his foot at floor annoyed. ..

" shit. .."

He yelled in disappointment that vikram had noted his shadow when he was at back of them secretly. ..

" that's unexpected. ..right. .? Ain't me the smart. .? "

There was the superlative admiration at his tone. ..

  " even then shravan. ..I didn't expect you. ..I viewed the cctv slides of the premises and you are there. ...Mr. Sikandher Singh. ...!!"

Shravan almost dead at his sarcasm. ..

   Sukla had fallen silent after his first word. ..shravan was uncertain whether he had hung the call or still listening. ..He could only hope that sukla had recognised vikram s voice and stayed on line. ..

     'Anyway, vikram wasn't going to let me out so easily. ..atleast, I should provoke
him to talk. ..'

Shravan  decided to provoke vikram in a mere wish that sukla would be listening all this and recording ...

 
   " this is what you are looking for. ..isn't it shravan. .?"

  Vikram touched a point gently and the floor unveiled the downstairs that eventually leads to the secret chamber. ..

" do you think I would make it easier for anyone to approach. ?state of the art biometrics. ..only I have access to this vault. .."

   He motioned shravan to down the stairs and he followed. ..

   Shravan found himself at a large rectangular room that was lit with ultraviolet lamps, the walls gad been painted with florescent enamel probably. ..in between the large pillars, shravan could see shelves that were filled with shiny metallic objects. ..

   Shravan rubbed his eyes, awestruck to see weapons some were familiar and most of them unfamiliar to him. . ranging from a personal gun to an archery and bow. ..

  " vikram. ...you're not less than a monster. ...you're dealing with weapon commerce illegally. .?"

   Hoping that sukla was still on call, listening in, he decided to try and get vikram talk. ...

   " so, you are a criminal than I guess. .."

  Vikram smirked. ...."yes. ..it's not just like it. ...i am the international terrorists leader. ...no one would believe it if you say so. ..."

    Shravan's blood ran cold. .." you bastard. ..do you believe the investigation force would leave you free. .?"

  Vikram laughed louder bounding  his hands over the wall. ...

  " shravan. ..i have  heard that you are one of the bright sparks at the NSG  team. ...but, see your condition "

He  regarded him with fake pity. ..

" shravan. ..it's a wonder that I had so much respect on you. ..for no reason I started to like you...but, you insisted too much on matters that are none of your business. ..I tried to make it easy for you. ..I diverted you away. ..but, it's all went vain. .."

  " you the malhothras were always been a trouble to me. ...ramnath. ...He. .."

To  Hear his father's name Shravan's  eyes moisten instantly. ..

" Ramnath wasn't less than you. ..He intelligently got through my whole story. ..probably, he had some little evidences too. ..I hate murders that are nonprofit. ..it happened in your father's case. ..He was adament at his stand. ..you didn't see him shravan at his last breath. ..He cried like a little kid. ..."

  Vikram clucked in fake regret. ..

" vikram. ...i won't spare you. ..i will kill you. .."

Shravan's shout echoed through the walks, he held vikram s collar in a wink, slapping him repeated. ..

   Vikram shook him away...

" shravan. ..even now you're not out of the game. ..i like the intelligent people. ..Join me. ..we will rule the world. .."

Vikram extended his arms at shravan. ...

" I am not a traitor like you. ...don't you ashame to even think against your nation. .?"

  His disgust had no effect on vikram. ...He laughed hysterically

" it's all about money. ...money. ...and  money. ..:"

  " I know you are connected with developed countries to ruin the ISRO project. .."

Shravan wanted everything to come out from vikram. ...

" of course, ofcourse. .."

Vikram nodded subsequently. ..

" shravan. ..I am paid highly to stop the ISRO project by the developed countries. ..I chose suman in a thought to cause minimal damages. ..we fixed a fake tibia prosthesis with GPRS tracking and a blue tooth connectivity device. ..she had some explosives too. .."

" joh was on job and there was a connection failure. .I thought to blast her while she was working at ISRO. ..but, you and your father had  ruined everything. ..."

   
" at any cost, I will stop the ISRO project. .."

   Shravan's fists curl up with rage. ..

" until I live. ..I won't let you to do what you wish. .."

  Shravan yanked his collar tightly. ..

  " do you really think I have waited long just to let you flush my plans down the toilet. .?huh. ..enough about me. .let's talk about you. ..how do we end this. ..?"

" you won't get away with this vikram. ..even if you kill me, they will get you. .."

Shravan said in a strained voice. ..

" then. ?"  Vikram sounded puzzled. ..

" who will get me. ..?oh. ..I see. ..the investigation team. .?my dear shravan. ..no one on earth will ever know that what happened to you or how I was connected with your disappearance. .."

  Shravan's mind raced fast to get away from him. ..He felt his hands tied up with situations where he's unable to do anything even after knowing everything. ..beyond his assumption, vikram was intelligent and armed with unique weapons. ..

  While he was thinking, vikram broke the silence. ...

" and shravan. ...you have a company. ..."

His laughing grew louder as his guards dragged sumo with them. ..

" shravan. .."

Her feeble voice squeezed shravan. ..fear surged within him after seeing her vulnerability. ..

   " sumo. ."

Shravan held her at his arms. ..at vikram s gesture the guards stood away. ..

" so,  I think I am generously done my job. ...what else. ...happy RIP malhothras. ...by the way, convey my heartfelt regrets to ramnath. ...happy journey ..."

  Vikram said in a calm tone ...He stepped back to the stairs pushing the button to close the secret vault. ..

    Shravan grasped sumo securely. ..

Their hands weren't tied. ..shravan still had his pistal with him. ..eventhen , a feeling of unpleasant negative vibes hung at the atmosphere heavily. ...
     

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