Sukla listened intently, his entire attention on the speaker phone. ..He had recognised vikram 's voice when he had called shravan and, he didn't had  to listen too long to realise that shravan was right about vikram. ..

  There had been a flurry of actions  after that, while he was staying on the call, trying not to miss anything in the conversation. ..

Sukla had called up the home minister who wasn't aware of this tragedy. ..He patched the call through to him, so that he could hear the call by himself. ..now, the call was being recorded too. ..

   A team of commandos had been immediately despatched to vikram s palace with instructions, to secure the building to ensure that none of the evidences were destroyed. ..

  Sukla couldn't stop at his realm, and he knew that he had a responsibility to get shravan out of this mess. ..

 
For a note, he was oblivion to Sumo's captivity at vikram s palace along with shravan. ..

  As the conversation progressed between shravan and vikram, the realisation struck sukla that the situation was more complex and deeper than he imagined. ..He immediately pulled his  keys and strode to the jeep. ..

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    Ranjith jumped inside the  study, through the short window through  which shravan had sneaked in. ..He crawled along with the wall to the corridor. .then, he quietly descended down to the basement remembering ramnath s map. ..He barged inside the conference hall that was almost painted with darkness. ..

  Ranjith couldn't locate shravan as there were no one in the hall. ..exactly, Ranjith lost his connectivity with shravan at this location. ... He wasn't returned either to corridor  or to the study which was at ground floor. ..

  Ranjith felt his nerves on,  when sumo was caught as captive. ..He wasn't waiting for sukla s orders. ..He just took him to the game. ..

    Ranjith stood at the conference hall without deciding anything. He wasn't aware of the next room and it's below level secret vault. ..

    He dropped the idea of going upstairs, as he heard voices heading down the stairs. ..Needless to say, the voice was vikram s and Ranjith easily recognised the same. ..

  He greeted his good luck and closely watched the voices. ..vikram stood at the adjacent locked door and looked around cautiously. ..Ranjith stuck to the wall like a lizard. ..vikram dismissed his guards at the entrance before entering into the room. ..

       It didn't take much time for Ranjith to knockout the two guards who weren't expected a sudden attack. ..

  Ranjith jumped over the guards and took the door s backdrop to mask himself. ..

  Vikram looked annoyed. ..He restlessly waited for something. ..Ranjith had an intuition that he's going to meet Shravan and suman ... .in a glint of hope,he stood at the place immobile, disturbed by the pin drop ,awkward silence. ..

    Vikram operated something on the wall, and the floor below his feet separated to the way down. ..

  
   'My god. ..a secret basement. ..!!!'

Astonishingly Ranjith looked at vikram without a wink. ..He waited until vikram go down ...as he started to descend, the floor began to close. ..

    Ranjith waited uneasily until the floor closed three fourth. ..He unnecessarily didn't want to grab vikram s attention. ..

  'Come on. ..come on. ..'

  At a point, Ranjith flung to the gap between the floor and landed inside the secret vault. ..at a wink, he hid  himself behind a pillar. ..

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     Shravan turned sharp and found vikram grinning at him. ..at the same time , he saw Ranjith hiding behind the pillar. ..Ranjith gestured him with a slight nod. ..

  " shravan. ..Suman. ..how do you feel now. .?"

  His fake concern irritated shravan. ..He was nearly exhausted due to inadequate oxygen. .He gathered his energy and stood up along with sumo. ..she was partially unconscious, resting her head at Shravan's shoulders. ..

   " vikram. ..don't act too smart. ..let us to go. ..she's sick. .."

   Ranjith's entry gave shravan an additional  charge, in a belief that sukla had been hearing everything and soon he would be on game. ..

   Vikram smirked enthusiastic. ..

" do you think I am a  fool. ?how do you think that I will leave you both. ..? If she's no more, then the isro project would be delayed, where I could earn time to spoil the same. .."

Shravan clenched his fists. ..

" vikram. ..even if she's not there, someone would take her responsibility. .."

" perhaps. ..yet, she's the one who could work with the microorganisms which are going to be sent to Enceladus. .."

"  so, here's the end. ..I thought to kill you both without harming much. ..but, I think I was wrong. ..you were right shravan. ..the commandos are approaching my palace. ."

   Shravan's eyes lit up. ..

" don't ever get your smile malhothra. ..now, I am going to destroy this vault along with you. ..no one knew about this existence. ..With my fame, I would manage to escape by fabricating stories. .."

       Vikram laughed victoriously. ..pointing his ring at sumo. ..

In a  fraction of second, Ranjith gave a blunt blow at vikram s nape of the neck. ..He shouted with pain, missing his target to the wall. ..electrocuted, the wall blasted down pouring the bricks like a heap. ..

  At the same instant, shravan dragged sumo behind one of the pillars. ..so as Ranjith...shravan made sumo to sit comfortably and patted her cheeks with a gleeful grin. ..

He unlocked  his pistal and stood on position to face vikram. ..

Ranjith stood at the next pillar. ..

  Disappointed,vikram heated with rage. ..

" shravan. ..you know well that what I am capable of. ..I would  destroy this palace with you if needed. ..come out. ..don't play filthy games with me. .."

  Shravan gestured Ranjith that they should safe guard the place as evidence  to grip him. ..

  He notified Ranjith that the ring was a lethal weapon  by mere gesture. ..

    " come out shravan. ..don't acknowledge my patience. .."

Shravan and Ranjith came out from their hiding place, raising their arms up. ..

At least, they needed vikram and the place to be alive. ..in addition, they need to buy time until the commandos arrive. ..

" that's like a good boy. .."

Vikram looked Ranjith top to toe. ..

" bravo. .."

  "but, you are going to die with shravan malhothra. ..it's all about the fate. ..isn't it? "

As vikram was speaking, the duo keenly awaited for the moment to act. ..Their first moto was to get away the ring from vikram. ..

   Suddenly, the sound of explosions came to their ears, accompanied by loud shouts that resounded through the palace. ..

The commandos team had reached. ..

  Distracted and bewildered, vikram took off his eyes from them momentarily. The split second of distraction was all they needed. ..

Shravan dived towards vikram and gave a sharp kick at his wrist ...involuntarily, vikram pressed the button to release electricity. ..Alas! ! ! At Shravan's sharp kick, the ring fell over the floor, passing the electrocuted waves at its full speed. ..

     Before vikram could realise anything shravan and Ranjith packed him with blows and kicks. ..vikram couldn't withstand the two trained karate monsters and at one point ,he fell down... unfortunately near the electrocuted ring ,that dispersed the electricity to its highest point. ..

 
   Vikram opened his mouth to scream, but the fast electrification slashed his neck, severing the arteries. ..vikram must have died instantly. ...

  Footsteps rang out loud  as the commandos rushed down. ..after witnessing the scene, one of the commandos spoke to his throat microphone. ..

" mission accomplished. ..captives safe. ..round them up. .."

" thankyou guys "

Shravan greeted them and pulled Ranjith to a hard hug. ..

" you did it shravan. ..actually you both. .."

Ranjith pointed sumo. ..

" no... actually, we did it. .."

Shravan held her shoulders to him. Smiling wide...he dragged  Ranjith to his other shoulder ...

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   Hai. ..hello. .my dear adventure lovers. ..here's the last part of this book. ..the next chapter would be an epilogue. ..

  So, shraman is safe and vikram was killed by his own weapon. ...how do you think about the past chain of episodes. ..

Vote and comment as always. ..I would love to hear so. ..

Then. ..then....

Have a happy read guys. ..

Love. ...

Arulpirai. ..