" expected at 18th cross street, VV food corner. ..by 5.30 pm. .."

Shravan read daisy 's text. ..

" What. .?" Ranjith wondered. ..

" shravan. ..if it's an official meeting, why can't be in a five star hotel. .?something weird. ..isn't it. ?but, the best part is. ..I can relish bangalore s street foods. .."

  " bhukhad. .."

Shravan shook his head with smile. ...

 
Unlike the commando duo, suman had been practiced to these kind of weird texts and meetings. ..

    .............

It was 5. 30 pm. ...

18th cross St. .VV food corner. ...

    Shravan was wondered to see the street and the specified food corner. ..it was flooded with crowd and he had no idea how could he even find daisy. ..

  " What the hell. ..!"

  He said annoyed. ..initially, he didn't bathered much to meet daisy in the mentioned place. ..after seeing this street and crowd, he had developed a suspicious. ..

  " shravan. .."

   He turned to the voice and found daisy. ..He sighed in relief. ..

" hello boys. ..sorry first. ..just follow me. ..maintain a  close distance ...you may lose the track. .keep an eye on me. .."

   Shravan and Ranjith  started to follow her...

Virtually, it was like swimming between the human heads. ..after a ten minute pointless travel, they reached a corner table of a hotel. ..exactly it wasn't a hotel. ..it resembled  a  technified room. ..at first look itself, shravan understood it to be a sound proof one. ...

   Shravan and Ranjith sat down with extreme confusion. ..

  " hello guys. ..meet Mr. shravan malhothra and Mr. Ranjith Singh. ..the NSG  commandos. .who are  a part of our mission. .."

   Now only shravan had a glance at the people who were around them. ..

   The first person he saw was suman. ..His face shrunk and he curtained his reaction at once. ..same was with suman. ..

    As a formal introduction shravan and Ranjith nodded. ..

  " shravan. . . you can introduce personally with others later. ..now, we should leave this place by twenty minutes. .."

" ma'm. ..why twenty minutes. .."

Priya, the microbiologist asked. ..

Daisy smiled. ..

" buddies. ..rule number one. ..just call me daisy. ..I don't believe in the age of numbers. ..I trust the intelligence and passion. .."

"  our mobile phone signals were jammed here for twenty minutes. ..we need to keep the secret.  that's why. ..if it continues beyond twenty minutes. . . the opponents may locate us. ..so, it's related to our safety. ..."

She was right. ..Everyone's mobile phones didn't had any network. ..shravan was amazed with the pre preparations. ..and he understood that it was necessary to protect the secret. ..

" ikkkummm. ..so, let me give you a brief description about our mission. .."

  Everyone listened her keenly. ..

" the mission is not a usual satellite project. ..instead, we are going to set a benchmark in space history, worldwide. .."

"Mission on moon. ..?We had  already sent 'Mangalyaan '...anything special in that. .?"

Aditya, the young scientists questioned. ...

" no buddy. ..any guess. .?"  Daisy smiled. ...

" may be 'mission on Mars. ..'..? Anu interjected. ..

 
  Shravan and Ranjith were quite as this was not their perspective. ..but, they're keen to every word. ..

" let me tell you. ..the mission is about the moon only. ..but not earth's. ..NASA 's Cassine spacecraft captured a ocean land mass photograph of 'Enceladus '..."

" Enceladus. .?Saturn's  sixth moon. .?"  Suman astonished. ..

" exactly. ..we have already had proofs that Jupiter's moon 'Europa ' had similar characters of 'Enceladus '..."

  "  now, on our remote sensing technology, we found that both the moon's ocean surfaces resemble Antarctica. .."

" marvelous. ..!"  Suman shouted in wonder. ..

" yes. ..we're on a mission to send sattelites  to Jupiter and Saturn  with mortal organisms of Antarctica, to assess the possibility of life. .."

" we have to assess the physical properties of Antarctic oceans and micro organisms of ocean life..."

  " bravo. .. if we do it, defenetly we would be the number one in space research. ..I am proud to be a member. .."

    Suman said with pride. ..

" so as we. .."

Everyone followed her...

" now, we are ready to commute to Antarctica. .."

  " Antarctica. .?"   Anu shocked. ..

" yes. ..it's a undercover mission. ..and we need to study the Antarctic ocean too. ..so, we shift to ' Maitri. ..'.."

" henceforth, your phone calls would be tapped by ISRO. ..we'll be leaving by tomorrow morning. ..now, disperse one by one. .."

  Daisy outlined their goal. ..she went to ISRO HQ to get ready for the commute. ..

     Suman was uncertain about her life at Antarctica. ..she had never been to a colder climate. ..

But her love on her research determined her mind to face the difficulties. ..

She sighed and stood up to leave. ..

  She was stopped by  shravan and Ranjith. ..

    Suman didn't expect them to be her teammates. ..yet, she didn't bather much too. ..

  Ranjith was happy ...shravan wanted to set a healthy relationship with her as they're going to work together. ..

  When they approached her, her don't care attitude made shravan enrage. ..

He crossed her path and asked. ..

" now. ..tell me your name. .?"

" er. ..r...Suman. .."

" I didn't get you. .."  He taunted her. ..

" see. ..I accept that you're the commandos in duty. ..that doesn't mean to behave rudely to a girl. ..and moreover, I don't like to waste my time in vain chat. ."

  She pushed shravan away and started to move. ..

He held her wrist. ...to stop her. ..

" Miss. Suman. ..I had no intention to talk with you. ..just wanted a healthy relationship as we gonna work together. .."

She turned. .."thanks....but not necessary. .."

   He left her hands and mumbled. ..

" how  rude. .!" Shravan had nt seen such an angry young woman. ..

" I think. ..she's having red chillies as  breakfast. ..must say. ..her words are as hot as she. .." Ranjith sighed. ..

" dude. ..don't you come up with better things than talking about hot girls. .?"  Shravan grinned. ..

" then. ..we talk about the food. .?"

" you won't change. ..even if the earth stopped evolving. .."

Shravan laughed at Ranjith s reply. ..

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So friends...here's the next chapter. ..hope you would go well with the track. ..

Jupiter's moon. ..Saturn's moon. ..pl drop comments ...you ll know more about Maitri. ..in forthcoming  chapters ...

  Drop your comments as usual. ..

Love,

Arulpirai. ..