A/N: Shilpam, this is the story you asked me to write…after a complete year, I finally am posting it…hehehe…anyways, I still don't guarantee it to be good…just typed it in my maximum speed without even knowing what the story is going to be…so, howsoever bad it is, please bear it…you have no choice you see… ;)
Friends, once again, I'm here with a story…a very short one…hope you all enjoy it…
HAVE A HAPPY READING… :)
A man entered the bureau in full rage, stopped in front of a desk…the person sitting on that dest looked up to him, and sighed deeply understanding the reason for the presence of that person on his desk…
"Daya...kya hai yeh…", he asked him in anger showing a paper…
Daya (calmly): Dekho Abhijeet…
Abhijeet (cut him in anger): Kya dekhu mai haan…(again showed him the paper) tumne mere call records nikalwaye hai…kyu?
Daya: Mujhe sir ne kaha tha…
Abhijeet: Mujhpe nazar rakhne ke liye…? (Daya sighed, not answering...) kal se mere sare calls tap ho rahe hai…tum mere call records nikalwa rahe ho...Freddy ke informers mujh pe nazar rakh rahe hai…(angrily…) kyu?
Daya: Tumhe ache se pata hai Abhijeet ki kya baat hai…phir bhi tum kyu…
Abhijeet (cutting him again in low tone): Haan Daya…pata hai mujhe inn sab ka reason…ache se samajh raha hu mai…(looking in his eyes…) pehle sirf baaki sab the…par abb shayad tumhe bhi mujhpe bharosa nahi raha…(Daya looked at him somewhat hurt…Abhijeet in extremely low tone)…hai na…
Daya too turned soft after this: Yaar Abhijeet please…aisa kuch bhi nahi hai…tum jaante ho ki mujhe tumpe kitna bharosa hai…
Abhijeet (in sad tone): Wo to dikh raha hai Daya…(Daya tried to say something but Abhijeet spoke again while giving him the papers…) ye lo Daya…fax aya tha, shayad kisi ne uthaya nahi…
Daya took the papers having Abhijeet's call records from him…Abhijeet looked at him in silence and left the bureau immediately…
As he was on the stairs, he heard a voice from behind as "Abhijeet…"…he stopped for a second and looked behind…Daya was standing there on the top of the stairs…as he saw Abhijeet looking back, he took fast steps to cover rest of the stairs and asked Abhijeet in worry as soon as he reached near him… "Abhijeet…kaha ja rahe ho…?"
Abhijeet smiled sarcastically and said while looking at him: Mujhse kyu uch rahe ho Daya…(Daya looked confused…) tum logo ne jo mere peeche aadmi lagaye hue hai, unse poocho…(he waited for a second but receiving no answer from the second, continued)…choro Daya…waise bhi mere yaha hone na hone se kisi ko koi fark nahi parta…(smiled sadly)…abhi tak to mere suspension orders bhi nikal gaye honge…
Saying so, he left with fast steps…Daya tried to move behind him but just then heard someone calling him from upstairs…he looked up quikly but could not see the person from the place he was standing but got the voice to be Vivek's…he looked back at the path from where his friend left but there was nobody there…he had left…
He sighed deeply when heard Vivek calling him again…this time he was standing right behind him…he turned to him…
Vivek: Sir, ACP sir aa gaye hai wapas…apko bula rahe hai…(Daya nodded and moved inside…Vivek followed him…)
Here on the other side, Abhijeet went straight to his home and sat with a thud on the couch present there…he took two three deep breathes and rested his head on the back with closed eyes…he was not understanding anything that was happening to him from the past two days…a drop of tear rolled down his closed eyes as his mind went two days back…
He was standing on a dark road while waiting for someone…he was too restless and was checking his mobile again and again for any calls from the person he was waiting for…seeing there were none, he once again moved to back to the fencing where a little aged man was lying with the support of the small fencing wall…after checking the man to be still breathing, he stood up still looking at him…he was getting more and more tensed with every passing minute...he took out his mobile and dialled a number and attached the phone to his ear…but before the call could connect, he heard a screeching sound which he can recognise at any point of time without mistake…he disconnected the call and rushed towards the car that had stopped there…
The person came out from the car and hurriedly came towards him with tensed face…
"Daya…", a very tensed voice welcomed him…Daya looked at his friend who was sweating badly and looking really tensed…his clothes were stained red which scared him more…he kept a soft but firm hand on his shoulder to calm him down with a soft call, "Abhijeet…"
Abhijeet looked at him, little calmed with his friend's presence…
Daya asked him softly, worry clearly visible on his face: Abhijeet…ye kya hua, haan? Tum yaha iss under-construction building me kya ker rahe ho…wo bhi raat ke iss samaye…
Abhijeet said nothing, just held Daya from his wrist and pulled him towards the man lying there…the man was badly injured and breathing with some effort…Daya in a bit understood that a murder had been attempted on the person…he sat on his knees near the person and patted his cheeks lightly but the man did not open his eyes…he rushed towards the car to bring a water bottle seeing no time for asking about the howabouts of the incident to his friend at that moment…
Abhijeet now sat near the man on his knees and tried to bring him to conscious state…Daya found the bottle in his car, took it out and started walking towards them with fast steps…here the man slightly opened his eyes and looked towards his front…he saw the silhouette of a person walking towards him…he turned his head to the other side feeling someone patting his cheeks…he saw a person sitting there and saying something which he could not hear at that moment…he could clearly see the person's face as the car's lights were falling on them…he looked at the person for a few seconds and again closed his eyes…
Daya approached them and saw Abhijeet was shaking the man lightly…he didn't understand why, so he sat near them with a call… "Abhijeet…?"
Abhijeet looked at him and left the man while saying: Daya ye abhi hosh me aya tha…phir se behosh…(he stopped as his mobile rang…)
He picked it up while walking towards the road…Daya looked at him and then turned his attention towards the unconscious man when he heard his friend shouting on someone…he confusingly looked towards Abhijeet and could easily see his frustration on the person he was talking to…
Abhijeet cut the call and hurried towards them while signalling Daya towards the man with a a tensed voice as, " Daya jaldi…"
Daya understood the signal and moved towards the man who was still unconscious…he lifted him up taking care not to cause much damage to his already severe wounds…he moved towards the car and Abhijeet opened the back door…Daya layed the man inside the car and moved towards the driving seat…Abhijeet, after closing the back door, sat on the front passenger seat…Daya drove off the car in speed towards the hospital while he noticed the still frustrated face of Abhijeet…
Daya: Kya hua…
Abhijeet (in anger): Arre yaar ye ambulance wale…itni der se call kiya hua hai inhe…ab call kerke keh rahe hai ki raaste me ek truck ka accident hone se road band ho gaya hai…5 minute se raaste me phanse hue hai…dusre raaste se waqt jyad alag jayega…itni der se yaad nahi aya raasta band hai…
Daya: Acha, tum tension mat lo abb…kuch nahi hoga inhe…(Abhijeet jerked his head in anger…Daya thought for a second and asked)…waise tumhari gadi kaha hai? Waha to dikhi nahi…
Abhijeet's mind little diverted with this question, so he replied in lower voice: Haan wo pichli gali me hi khari hai…mai apne khabri se milkar uss raste se ghar ja raha tha par beech me hi gadi kharaab ho gayi…waha koi rikshaw wagerah to milti nahi isiliye main car wahi chorkar main road ki taraf aa gaya…aur yaha ye…(he sighed while looking at the man on the back seat…)
Daya didn't reply anything then as they had reached the hospital…Abhijeet almost jumped out of the car as the car halted…he hurriedly called for a stretcher…the ward boys came and took the man inside the hospital…doctor was ready with his team as Abhijeet had informed him on the way…as soon as they entered, the man was rushed inside for treatment…Abhijeet and Daya waited outside as the door closed…
Daya: Mai sir ko inform ker deta hu…murder attempt hai ye to…(Abhijeet understood se nodded…Daya left with his mobile to a silent corner…)
Abhijeet sat on the nearby bench…after sometime Daya also sat beside him…
Daya now connected the conversation from where it was left: Tum waha pahuche to ye wahi tha…?
Abhijeet shook his head as no…: Nahi…mai paas wale raaste se waha pahucha to mujhe uss building me se kuch awaazein sunayi di…mujhe kuch ajeeb laga isiliye mai andar gaya…dekha to ek aadmi waha padi stonechips ke dher ke paas pada hua tha…mai uske paas gaya to dekha ki wo buri tarah se ghayal tha…shayad kisi ne usse marne ki koshish ki thi…maine usse hosh me lane ki koshish ki par wo nahi utha…maine aas paas dekha, koi nahi tha waha…shayad sab bhag gaye the mere aane se pehle hi…(he stood up from the bench and walked a little distance…)…mujhe laga ki shayad ambulance aane me der na ho jaye isiliye maine waha maujood logo se madad mangne ki koshish ki taaki ise sahi samay par hospital pahucha saku per koi nahi ruka…jo ruka to wo bhi iss tarah ka case dekh kar aage barh gaya…isiliye maine ambulance ko call kerke phir tumhe call kiya…
Daya too came to stand behind him: Aaj kal logo ko bas apni padi hoti hai…kisi ko parwah nahi hoti ki iss tarah wo kisi ki jaan jaane ki wajah ban rahe hai…bas ye sochte hai ki wo khud kisi police case me na phas jaye…(he stopped for a while and then added…) khair, maine sir ko call ker diya hai…aa rahe hai thori der me…(Abhijeet nodded…)
After sometime, ACP sir came there with Freddy…
ACP sir: Daya, Abhijeet…kya hua haan…itni raat ko yaha kaise pahuch gaye…(noticing the blood stained clothes of both…)aur ye kya hua…tum dono theek ho?
Daya: Haan sir, don't worry…hum theek hai…ek aadmi mil gaya raaste me Abhijeet ko…kisi ne jaan lene ki koshish ki hai uski…(and they expain him the whole matter…)
ACP: Doctor kya kehte hai…?
Abhijeet: Abhi tak to kuch bhi nahi…aate hai to pata chalega…
ACP: Hm…umeed hai bach jaye…(and they remained silent when after sometime, doctor came out…)
ACP: Doctor, kaisa hai wo aadmi…?
Doctor: Sir…haalat to uski theek nahi hai par bach gaya hai…thori der aur hoti to bachna bhi mushkil tha…umeed hai ek-do ghante tak hosh aa jayega…phir aap mil sakte hai usse…par wo abhi jyada bol nahi payega…kafi gehri chotein ayi hai unhe…
ACP nodded with: Theek hai doctor…thank you…(doctor smiled and left…)
After around one and a half hour, the man regained consciousness…after checkup the doctor allowed the team to meet him but asked them to make him confirtable as he may be afraid from all that happened and that he was still very weak…the team entered inside…ACP sir went ahead and the rest were behind him…Daya and Abhijeet were standing on the other side of the bed…
ACP touched his arm lightly to make him aware of their presence…the man sensing it, opened his eyes and turned his head towards him…
ACP (softly): Theek hai aap?
The man nodded his head slightly…
ACP: Baat ker payenge? (he again shook his head…)
ACP: Naam kya hai apka…?
Man (in very low tone): Shishir…(and he took deep breathe as he was feeling it difficult to breathe even with the oxygen mask…)
Daya came ahead with the main question now: Ye sab…kaise hua ye? Kisne kiya…?
The man slowly turned his head towards Daya…he opened his mouth to say something when something else caught his attention…he tried to focus his eyes on that…
Abhijeet came ahead now: Kya hua…kisne kiya ye sab…? Koi maarna kyu chahta hai apko…?
The man was now looking at Abhijeet with wide eyes…he was looking too scared…everyone present there got confused seeing that…
The man started uttering something in extreme scare pointing towards Abhijeet: Tu…tum…nahi…mtt…matt maro…mujhe…ch…chor do…nahi…maaro…tum…pl…please…
Everyone was utterly shocked hearing those words for Abhijeet…
Daya (confused): Aap ye kya keh rahe hai…ye kyu maarega apko…?
Shishir (still scared): Yahi…yehi hai…isi ne…ma..mara…ye…maar…maar daalega mujhe…bacha..lo…please…nahi maaro…
Abhijeet was now himself feeling weird as it did not seem that the person was under any drug effect…he was looking perfectly fine, except that he was weak…his eyes told that he had recognised Abhijeet very well…it was no misunderstanding…
Abhijeet: Mai…? Kya keh rahe hai ye aap…? (somewhat loudly…) mai kyu maarunga aapko…?
ACP (to calm him down): Abhijeet…(Abhijeet looked at him still confused but stopped after that look…)
Shishir turned towards ACP sir and held his hand with: Sir…bacha…lijiye…ye…ye maar dega…mujhe…mai…waha bhi...isine…
This was now untolerable for Abhijeet…he almost shouted while coming towards Shishir…: Arre mai kyu maarunga tumhe haan…bol kya rahe ho tum…pata bhi hai kisko bol rahe ho…!
Shishir was damn scared now with that loud angry voice…he could not speak anything except breathing heavily…he tried to sit up to make distance from Abhijeet who was now standing near him but the officers held him so that he could not move much…he was making much attemps and in this his wounds started bleeding again…Abhijeet also panicked…
Abhijeet (panicked): Sir…ye…
ACP looked towards Daya and signalled him to take Abhijeet out which he immediately did…he held him from his arm and nearly dragged him outside…
ACP (to Freddy): Freddy…doctor ko bulao jaldi…
Freddy ran outside…doctor came and seeing his condition sedated him quikly…the man went unconscious…
Doctor: Aap log please bahar jayiye…inki bleeding phir se shuru ho gayi hai…hume inhe treat kerna hai…
They nodded and came out of the room…
ACP moved towards duo in anger...Daya who was trying to calm Abhijeet down turned towards ACP sir and signalled Abhijeet for it too…
ACP (angry tone): Ye sab kya hai Abhijeet…? Kya bol raha tha wo aadmi…
Abhijeet: Pata nahi sir kya bol raha tha…mai bhala kyu kisiko maarne laga…jise mai jaanta nahi hu…aaj tak jiski chehra bhi nahi dekha, mai achanak usse bhala kyu maarne laga…
ACP: To wo jhooth bol raha hai?
Abhijeet looked at him shocked…: Aapko lagta hai mai jhooth bol raha hu…? Maine maara hai hai usse?
ACP: Dekho Abhijeet, mujhe nahi pata ki waha kya hua tha kya nahi…mujhe bhi vishwas hai ki tum kuch galat nahi karoge…par uski haalat dekhi thi na tumne…hum sab the waha par wo sirf aur sirf tumhe dekh ke dara…kyu?
Abhijeet: Mujhe nahi pata sir…mai nahi jaanta…mai sirf itna jaanta hu ki ma galat nahi hu…agar mujhe use maarna hi hota to itni der waha uske sath rehkar usse hospital kyu lata…Daya ko call kyu kerta…
Just then, the doctor came out and informed them about Shishir positively…
ACP looked towards Abhijeet and then said: Daya, chalo wahi per jaha ye sab hua…aur Freddy…Shishir ke protection ka intezaam karo phir hume join ker lena…(saying so, he left from there…)
Freddy too left from there after giving a silent understanding nod to Daya as Abhijeet had turned his back to all of them after ACP sir left…
Daya looked at him and sighed…he moved to him and placed his hand on his shoulder…
Daya: Abhijeet…(Abhijeet looked towards him)…chalo…ACP sir humara wait ker rahe hai…
Abhijeet (angry): Kyu…mujhe kyu lekar chalna hai sath…mai to khooni hu na…daal do mujhe jail me aur jao tum tumhare ACP sir ke paas…mera nahi tumhara hi wait ker rahe hai wo…
Daya: Yaar tum jaante to ho unhe…bahar se humesha aise hi sakhth rahe hai wo…par unhe bhi pata hai ki tum kuch nahi karoge…please Abhijeet, chalo…
Abhijeet: Maine kaha na, mai nahi ja raha hu tum logo ke sath…
Daya: Theek hai…(taking out his mobile…)to phir ye baat tum khud hi bol do sir ko…(forwarding the mobile to him)…ye lo…
Abhijeet looked at the mobile in Daya's hand and then at him…and pushed Daya lightly showing his anger while moving ahead with: Jaldi chalo abb…(and left from there in speed…)
Daya stood there for a second, nodded his head smilingly seeing his friend…he jogged a little to catch him and then walked outside where ACP sir was waiting for them…Abhijeet straight sat on the back seat while ACP took his usual front seat…Daya drove back to the place where all that happened…
After reaching there, they came out of the car and ACP followed duo who took them to the place from where they had picked him…ACP saw some blood there…
ACP (to Abhijeet): Tumhe yahi mila tha wo?
Abhijeet: Nahi sir…wo to andar mila tha…ayiye mai dikhata hu…(he led the two to inside the premisis of that under construction building and led him to a certain place where all the raw materials for the construction work was kept…)yaha sir…iss jagah pe…(he pointed to the exact position…)
ACP bent down to the place…Daya lit the torch and focused it on the place while himself looking at the place keenly…
Daya: Khoon to kafi sara hai sir…
ACP: Hmm…(touching the blood with his finger…) khoon hai bhi taza…yani Abhijeet jab yaha aya tabhi ispe humla hua tha…(turning towards Abhijeet…) tumne dekha tha yaha kisiko…?
Abhijeet: Nahi sir…koi nahi tha yaha jab mai aya to…
ACP: To bahar tum laye usse?
Abhijeet: Haan sir…maine socha ki baahar se kisi ko rok ke madad le lunga per koi rukne ko tayar hi nahi tha…
ACP: Hmm…(thinking for a while…) kya bahar bhi koi nazar nahi aya? Koi to hoga kyuki tumhare kehne ke mutaabik tumne cheekhne ki awaaz sunte hi yaha aaker dekha tha…itni jaldi ko kaise bhaag sakta hai…yaha koi dusra raasta bhi nahi hai…agar koi bhaaga bhi hoga to tumhare saamne se hi gaya hoga na, ussi gate se jaha se hum aye hai abhi…
Abhijeet(confused): Haan sir…mai bhi yahi soch raha hu…per waqai me mujhe koi nazar nahi aya…
Daya: Sir maine yaha bahar kuch night peddlers ko dekha tha…unse poochte hai, shayad unhone kuch dekha ho…
ACP: Haan chalo…
They went to the peddlers who were sitting together and chatting, as there were no customers at that time…seeing some people coming towards them…
Peddler 1: Haan saab kahiye chaye bana du garma garm…mai bata raha hu sahab isse barhiya chaye kahi nahi milegi apko…
Daya: Dekho hume koi chaye nahi chahiye hai…hum CID se hai…jo puch rahe hai uska jawab do…(they nodded…) jab yaha uss admi per humla hua tab bhi tum log yahi the na…gaye to honge na tum dekhne…kya dekha?
Peddler 1: Arre nahi sir…mai kahi nahi gaya apni dukaan chorkar…ek baar aisa hungama dekhne gaya tha road per, police mere ko hi pakar ker le gayi…tab se kasam khayi hai ki chahe jo ho jaye, mai aise maamlo me nahi padunga…
Peddler 2: Aur sahab…apko kuch puchna hi hai to (pointing towards Abhijeet…) inse pucho na…ye to gaye the waha…apun khud dekha inko waha jate hue…
Daya: Ye bachaane gaya tha usse…hum inka nahi maarne wale ka pooch rahe hai…
Peddler 2 (on low voice): Abb kya pata kisne maara kisne bachaya…
Abhijeet who had heard this in anger grabbed him from collar and pulled him towards himself which caused the man to get a bit lifted from the ground that choked him…: Kya kaha tune…haan…(Shouting…)maine mara usse…(Daya panicked seeing Abhijeet like that and tried to pull that man out from his grip…Abhijeet pulled his collar tighter with…) mai batata hu tujhe ki…
ACP(in anger): Kya ker rahe ho Abhijeet, choro usse…(he too tried to take the man out from his tight grip but it was really difficult when this person was at the peak of anger…)
Daya somehow took the man out who started coughing badly…Daya held Abhijeet's arm and jerked him with: Kya ker rahe the tum…pagal ho gaye ho kya…kuch ho jata usse to…
Abhijeet jerked his arm from Daya's grip and walked off in anger…Daya was shocked on this sudden change in his friend…
The peddler who had now caught his breathe said: Apka ye aadmi to aapke samne apun ko maar raha tha…peeche to pata nahi kitno ko ab tak…(he stopped feeling a tight grip forming on his shoulder…he looked up to see Daya looking at him in extreme anger…)
Daya (chewing tone): Jyada zabaan chali to samajh le ek baat…mere hatho se koi bachane wala bhi nahi hoga…(the peddler got scared and stopped instantly…Daya looked up and saw ACP sir looking at him with his piercing gaze…he left the peddler and the place too…)
Daya moved towards car and saw Abhijeet standing there with a hand on bonnet which was made in a fist…he understood that his friend must have shown all his anger on the bonnet…seeing him coming, Abhijeet moved from there to the other side of the car…Daya smiled a little and went and stood beside him…nobody spoke a single word…and Abhijeet did not move from there either…probably he was waiting for him only…to feel the unspoken, silent support…to feel the sooth of someone's presence with him at every step…
ACP sir came after about 5 minutes and looked at both his officers…he saw his right hand staring at that long empty road while the other one also looking somewhere far in the sky, while both were dipped in their own pool of thoughts…he came and sat in the car with a low but strict call of "Daya…" with which both came out of their world of thoughts and exchanging a glance both took their seats and the vehicle moved on on the road as their minds also moved on its own road of thoughts…
A/N: Here, the first chapter is complete…there is just one more chapter left to the story…I will post the chapter tonight if I get good number of reviews…otherwise, it will come after a month as I'll be out of the town for a month…a very sweet and simple dhamki for my dear friends… ;)
Take care friends…
Hope to see you all today itself… :)
Bye…
DIYA…