Chapter 5
*Chawl (where Abhijeet was living now)*
(Lying on the charpai Abhijeet was staring at the ceiling... He was in deep thoughts thinking about Daya and his team)
Abhijeet (in his thoughts) - 2 mahine ho gaye ajj aur ab bhi daya ko hosh nahi aaya... (He heard the ringing of bell for evening poja in the nearby temple... Going to the window he looked at the temple which was visible from there) Baghwan kyu pariksha le rahe hai app humari? Aur agar leni hi hai toh meri li jiyena! Daya aur baki sab ko pareshan karne ka kya matlab hai... (Smiling on himself) App soch rahe hongena ki maine hi daya par goli chalayi aur mai hi uske theek hone hi dua mang raha hu... Lekin app ko toh sab pata hai na! Uski koi galti nahi thi... Yeh sab meri wajh se hua... Use kis baat ki saza mil rahi hai? Mujhse itna pyar karne ki? Yaa phir mujhse dosti karne ki? Mere liye apni jaan pe khel jane ki? Yaa phir mere liye sab se ladne ki? App meri baat sune na sune, mai daya ko kuch nahi hone dunga! Yeh mera wada hai, kudh se bhi aur app se bhi! (Talking to himself) Lekin mai kar bhi kya sakta hu?! Kash yeh sab kuch hua hi na hota!
(Thinking all this Abhijeet got lost in the past and remembered how it all started)
*Flashback**Bureau*
(It was Tuesday morning and the CID cops were engrossed in some or the other task... Although they were not very busy and were only doing not so very important work. Abhijeet was working on his laptop when Daya came to him)
Daya - Abhijeet chalo na kahi chai nashta karke aate hai
Abhijeet - Kyu? Subah ghar se karke nahi aaye?
Daya - Nahi na! Tabhi toh bol raha hu... Late ho gaya tha isliye skip karna pada
Abhijeet - Waise am being very evil to tell you this but still i would like you to know ki ajj maine naa mast aalo ke parathe ka breakfast kiya hai
Daya - (with angry expression) Toh mere liye le kar nahi aa sakte the?! Pata hai naa ki mera favorite hai... Magar app kyu mere bare mai sochege!
Abhijeet - (giggling) Nahi Daya maine tumhare bare mai socha naa! Mai jab parathe kha raha tha naa mujhe toh un paratho mai tumhara chehra hi dikh raha tha... But phir woh parathe mera wait kar rahe the na isliye maine fatafat tumhe, matlab paratho ko kha liya... Bohat tasty the
Daya - (with a cry baby face) Abhijeet kaise dost ho tum! I hate you... Mujhe itni bhook lagi hai aur tum hoki mujhe pareshan kar rahe ho
Abhijeet - Achaa sorry sorry... Chalo canteen chalte hai waha tum breakfast kar lena mai ek coffee pi lunga... Chalo
Daya - Mujhe nahi jaana canteen
Abhijeet - Toh khane ka plan cancel? Ki jab tak tumhe parathe nahi milte tum bhoke hi rahoge? (teasing him)
Daya - Tum ne ek aur baar paratho ka naam liya na toh mujhse bura koi nahi hoga... Aur mai canteen nahi jauga se mera matlab hai ki hum, nahi nahi mai, kahi bahar jaa ke breakfast karoga... Chal rahe ho toh chalo
Abhijeet - (winking) Mai naa boluga toh chalega?
Daya - (angrily) Bilkul nahi
(Dragging Abhijeet to his favorite nearby restaurant Daya finally had his breakfast with a complementary dish - 'Abhijeet's brain' as a punishment for not bringing him his favorite aalo ke parathe! Abhijeet had coffee to acompany Daya and in the end regretted teasing him... But they didn't even have an idea that these were last moments of happiness they were spending together and there was a cyclone waiting to enter their life)
(Abhijeet and Daya reached bureau and when Abhijeet went to his desk he noticed a envelope with his name written on it kept there)
Abhijeet - Yeh envelope kisne diya?
Pankaj - Sir watchman deke gaya... Abhi jab app aur daya sir bahar gaye the
Abhijeet - Okk
(Opening the envelope Abhijeet found a letter in it... It was a handwritten informal letter... Before reading it he looked at the end to find the sender's name and it was RAJEEV... An old friend of Abhijeet who he hadn't met for a long time. He was a police officer who met Abhijeet on some mission years ago. They became good friends and kept talking whenever they got time although it was not very often as their job kept them busy)
Abhijeet (talking to himself) - Ajj Rajeev ko meri yaad kaise aa gayi achanak? Woh bhi letter likha hai... Phone ke zamane mai letter kon likhta hai bhai! Chalo lets read it...
Dear Abhijeet, Kaise ho? I hope ache hoge aur baki sab bhi. Soch rahe ho naa ki maine yeh letter kyu likha? Isliye likha hai kyuki ajj bhi sari baate phone pe nahi ki jaa sakti. Mai kya kehna chahta hu tum jald hi samajh jayoge. Bas aage padne se pehle please ensure kar lena ki tumahare ass paas koi naa ho. Abhijeet mai kuch mahino pehle ek resort mai gaya tha chutti manane. Waha par ek din accidentally maine kuch logo ki awaze suni woh log kuch discuss kar rahe the. Mujhe shak hua aur maine unpe nazar rakhna shuru kar diya. Mujhe pata chala ki woh log kuch plan kar rahe hai... Kuch illegal. And to my shock woh Mumbai per ek terrorist attack plan kar rahe the. Mere paas iss baat ka koi sabot nahi tha phir bhi baat bohat serious thi isliye maine koi risk na lete hue yeh baat apne seniors se discuss ki. Unhone bhi mera sath diya aur iss baat ko investigate karne ko kaha. Maine turant apne kuch trusted admio ke saath iss mamle ki investigation shuru kar di. Lekin pata nahi kaise un terrorists tak yeh baat pohach gayi. Ek ek karke usne un sabhi logo ko maar diya jo mere saath is case par kaam kar rahe the. Abhijeet mai chahta hu ki tum iss case ko dekho. Aur please, please Abhijeet iss bare mai kisi ko pata nahi chalna chahiye. Kisi ko matlab kisi ko bhi nahi. Daya ko yaa ACP sir ko bhi nahi. Warna mujhe dar hai jis tarah se isne mere saath is case par kaam karne wale har insan ko maar diya kahi Daya aur ACP sir ki jaan ko kathra na ho jaye. Aur ho sakta hai ki Mumbai par bhi kathra badh jaye. Abhijeet mujhe shak hai ki humare department mai se koi toh unke saath mila hua hai. Mujhe nahi pata kon lekin koi toh gaddar hai jisne sari information terrorists ko di hai. Isliye Abhijeet tumhe yeh kaam unofficially karna hoga nahi toh agar yeh baat ki tum iss case par kaam kar rahe ho us gaddar tak pohach gayi toh tumhari jaan bhi jayegi aur naa woh terrorists haat lagege. Soch rahe ho na ki mai yeh kaam kudh kyu nahi kar raha! Woh isliye Abhijeet ki tumhe jab tak yeh letter milega mai mar chuka hounga. Yeh letter likh kar mai unhi logo ke plan ko fail karne jaa raha hu. Ajj ek bomb fatne wala hai. Bas usi ko rokna hai. Zinda wapas nahi aauga yeh pata hai mujhe. Lekin un logo ko nahi pakad paunga mai bas issi baat ka gum hai. Abhijeet woh log chup nahi baithege. Woh phir se kuch plan karege lekin usme kuch waqt toh lagega na bas ussi ka fayeda tumhe uthana hoga. Abhijeet meri maut ka gum mat manana bas mera yeh adhura kaam pura kar dena. Lakho logo ki jaan ko kathra hai un logo ki jaan bachane mai meri jaan gayi hai... Koi dukh nahi. Un logo ko pakad kar saza dilwa dena, meri aatma ko shanti mil jayegi. Abhijeet mujhe sirf tum par vishwas hai isliye yeh kaam tum par chod raha hu. Manta hu ki tumahari jaan bhi kathre mai daal raha hu yeh sab karke lekin hum police wale toh hote hi isliye hai na ki logo ki jaan bacha sake chahe usme humari jaan hi kyu na chali jaye. Haa yeh letter isliye likha kyuki mera phone woh log tap kar rahe hai, mai tumhe call nahi kar sakta. Apna khyal rakha na. Chalta hu. Bye. Tumhara dost, Rajeev
(Abhijeet was in utter shock after he read the letter. Sad that his friend was dead and he couldn't save him but proud that he died for the nation. Determined to complete Rajeev's incomplete task he started planning about what to do and how to do it. Till then he had received the news that Insp. Rajeev was dead. Little did Daya know that something was wrong with Abhijeet... But he discarded the thought of asking him, thinking that maybe he was disturbed by his friend's death and so just consoled him and prayed that the culprits behind Rajeev's death be caught by the police which was investigating Rajeev's murder case.) *Flashback ends*_____________________________________________