Chapter 9
Maya turned the knob silently as she made her way thru the hospital room; she glanced at the bed to make sure that she didn't disturb sleep of certain someone. After she was sure that the person was undisturbed she heaved a sigh of relief. She arranged the rose bouquet in a nearby vase which was kept next to his bed and also kept the fruits in the basket. She glanced at the couch which was next to bed and found him sleeping, she smiled and headed towards him, and she adjusted the shawl on him and smiled in spite of herself.
"You love him, rite?" someone asked. She shivered at the voice but relieved as he turned in that direction, he found him leaning on the bed as he asked her.
"Daya uncle" she gasped, as she stared at Daya, who was resting on the hospital bed.
"It's not like that..I think you are mistaken" she cleared.
Daya let out a small laugh, "Maya, I'm a CID officer and that to Assistant Commissioner of Police, I can easily deduce from your mannerisms that you are in love with Aditya. " (he pointed at Aditya who was still asleep on the couch)
Maya was shocked at his answer so she averted her gaze from Daya.
"Maya" he called her determinedly. "I think I have got my answer. Maya, you love Aditya ..why don't you tell him?"
Maya glanced at Aditya, who was still sleeping on the couch, her eyes were coldly staring him with some traces of sadness reflecting.
"It's of no use" she replied while keeping her gaze on Aditya
"why?"
"Coz, it's never gonna happen..Me and Abh..(she quickly corrected herself) I mean Adi are never meant for each other.."
"What make you think so?Maya you should tell him ..what you feel about him, you should tell him that you LOVE him.."
"Leave it Daya ..uncle..we should never dream about those things which cannot be fulfilled." (maya looked at Adi who was still asleep, she smiled wryly as she spoke,
" After all LOVE is Zero..No matter how many zeros you add together at the end you will just lose miserably..."
Maya replied, her tone was hurt and filled with sadness and also guilt, Daya stared at her, though she was not facing him, but daya could easily read her mind, he knew that she was hurt at the same time he was amazed by her answer, he never imagined to hear such words from a teenage girl, for some mins Daya thought that Maya was much more older to her age, just like Adi, he was occupied with his thoughts when the door opened for the second time and Tarika entered.
Tarika: uth gaye Daya tum..chalo acha hain, ab medicine le lo
( Tarika suggested as she made her way towards the table where medicines were kept. she pulled out some tablets and handed them to daya with glass of water. Daya took them without hesitatingly and thanked Tarika for her help. From the last few weeks Daya was admitted to hospital after he was injured while detonating a bomb, though the injuries were major, it didn't affected Daya, due to his strong physique. But Doctor asked him to stay in hospital for 3-4 weeks so that he could take a rest. When Aditya came to knew about Daya's accident, he was panicked to hell would be the understatement. He was worried to death and stick beside Daya every minute and was taking care for him. The rest of the team found this scene quite nostalgic, for fraction of seconds all officers even Daya himself caught a glimpse of Abhijeet in Aditya when he saw worrying for him outside the Operation theater. Hardly they all knew that were right, after that Day Aditya stayed with Daya in the hospital till he get fully recovered, he made sure that Daya took the necessary rest and take medicines from time to time. On many instances he scolded Daya for not listening him, the way he used to scold him when he was Abhijeet. This action of Aditya almost landed him in trouble and letting all know about his identity and revealing of truth but thankfully Aditya made an excuse at that moment thus resolving everyone's suspicions. )
Tarika glanced at aditya who was still sleeping on the couch. As she saw him, she found the site familiar,every time when she used to glance at Aditya, it would take her back in their times, every time his face used to make her remember about him, she took few steps towards him and ruffled his hair, the way she used to do with his hair, a smile crept on her face as she saw Aditya moaning in typical manner like Abhijeet, on the other side Maya who saw this felt sad and guilty, because she knew that she was responsible for their separation. Whenever she used to look at Tarika, she used to realize that what damage had done by her stupid research, that stupid drug APOTOXIN 4869! The drug which was created to kill people by leaving no traces on the order of the leader of the Black Organization, which was also known by the code name "Anokata". When Senior Inspector Abhijeet came to know about pharmaceutical factories which were secretly producing some medicines and drugs which were lethal to humans, he decided to investigate this matter on his own, but he never realized that it was his biggest mistake. When Abhijeet was busy cornering the evidence shortly did he knew that one of the top members of the Organization got lead about his act, so in order to kill Abhijeet, Organization appointed one of its Best member, Gin to kill him. Gin was one of the top members and also one of the cold hearted killers; he used to mercilessly kill his victims, he used to enjoy getting them killed and when to kill Abhijeet order was passed to him he took that job enthusiastically.
GIN along with VODKA, accomplice of Gin trapped Abhijeet and led him into that factory and was on the verge of killing him, but for killing him Gin decided to use the drug, APTX4869, so he made abhijeet to take that drug and left him, assuming that he is dead. But instead of killing abhijeet, the drug turned him back into a 8 year old kid as a side effect. When Abhijeet gain consciousness he couldn't believe his own eyes, the idea of turning an adult into a kid was totally strange and weird for him but it was true, he knew that asking for police help may never help him so he decided to take salunkhe's help, though at start like others even salunkhe denied the whole theory, but when Abhijeet told him about some details and facts which only ABhijeet knew, salunkhe was forced to believe that the 8 year old one who was stnding in front of him was none other than Abhijeet himself.
Abhijeet and Salunkhe tried their hands in researching about this drug but they were unsuccessful in their attempts, meanwhile Abhijeet took the new identity of Aditya and started staying with Tarika behaving as a 8 year old one, but when he and salunkhe got no treatment for his cure Abhijeet decided to fake his death, as he thought that would be the only way. After faking his death, Abhijeet was leaving with Tarika with his false identity Aditya, when he met Sherry, another victim of APTX4869 and also the creator of that drug. Sherry told them that she left the organization after Gin killed his brother, when Maya asked Gin the reason for killing his brother, Gin laughed coldly telling her that he was swine rat and was never important for the organization, this angered Sherry and to take her own life she swallowed the APTX without knowing the drug side effects, when she realized she searched for Abhijeet, as she knew that Gin has experimented one tablet on an officer named Abhijeet. After finding ABhijeet, Sherry started staying with salunkhe with false alias Maya, she along with salunkhe continued to do research on the cure of this miracle drug but unfortunately Organization's dangerous lady member VERMOUTH got to know about them and she decided to kill them, she attacked salunkhe's house and set his house on fire, in which salunkhe was killed. Maya who safely escaped from this accident informed abhijeet about it, Abhijeet knew that it was a high time that he should do something to prevent further loss, so to save Tarika, Daya and other members from the wrath of Organization he and Maya moved to US with complete new identities and life, they were only 13 at that time.
Maya continued to do research on the rug but it was in complete vain, she was never successful in finding the permanent antidote for that drug, so they both were left with no option but to continue their life as Maya and Aditya.
As Sherry aka Maya was remembering all the things she failed to notice Tarika calling her, when Tarika jerked her Maya's trance broke and she came back to reality, she started at Tarika who was looking at her worriedly.
"are you okay, Maya?" Tarika asked on concern tone.
Maya started back at her absentmindedly, she glanced at Daya who was also looking at her with strange look.
"huh?" was her mere reply.
"Are you okay..( Tarika repeated her question) you seemed to be lost..is anything bothering you?" Tarika further asked as she kept her hand at her forehead to check if she is okay.
"yeah.." Maya replied.
" god, don't scare me like that Maya.." Tarika said as she heaved a sigh of relief.
"sorry.." Maya apologised and quickly left the room, Aditya who was fully awake by now knew what was running through her mind so he decided to have a talk with her. He followed her to the hospital terrace, he found her standing still near the railings and quietly observing the sunset, he headed close to her, putting his hands in his pockets he started talking without glancing at her.
"Remembering the same things again? "
"ahuh..those things can't be forgotten easily Abhijeet.."
"true..but what's the use of remembering them? We can't fix them, then why worry about it?"
" I know we can't fix them but we can surely repair them, rite?"
"It's of no use Maya. Those things don't matter now.."
"But Abh.."
"Maya, can you do me a favour?" Aditya asked.
"what favour?"
"I want a prototype for APTX4869."
As those words escaped Aditya's mouth, Maya turned to him shockingly.
"WHAT?" she nearly screamed.
" yeah, you heard it rite. I want a prototype of it."
"But why? I mean.. what need arise that you want a prototype..?" Maya questioned him.
"Like you said I have to repair certain things before putting END to all these."
"what do you mean by that.." Maya asked in some sort of feared manner.
"Please Maya, I will explain you all the things later, rite now I just want it, please don't ask the reasons, Please, I beg you"
Noticing Aditya's tone Maya didn't argued much.
"Okay.."
"Thanks, this would be the last favour I would be asking. Now let's head to Tarika's home and after that to my home, that means late senior inspector Abhijeet's home" Aditya let out a sarcastic laugh as he headed towards the exit, Maya who noticed this felt worried for him as she knew that the way things were going were not at all good, she quickly followed him.
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After few mins of journey Maya and Aditya reached Abhijeet's home, Aditya quickly headed towards his room and pulled out his clothes which he used to wear long back ago, he took his white shirt and jeans and wore them, which were proving quite big to his little skinny physique. After wearing Abhijeet's clothes he turned towards Maya who was holding a the prototype of APTX4869 and water, Aditya took that pill from her hand.
"Abhijeet, just think about one more time..this can.."
"Maya, please, no more further agruements..btw how long will this last.."
"mostly 3-4 hours..but it could be less than that.."
"even 1 hour is okay for me..wish me luck" Aditya smiled as he swallowed the pill, as he took it, his body started burning, his heart started crumbling he felt like his bones are melting and are heated to high steam, he started sweating profusely, he let out a pain shrilling scream and crashed on the ground due to pain, Maya who was used to this things silently watched him, after a minute of those pain attacks aditya got up from the ground and glanced at his body. He quickly headed towards the mirror to have a look, and there stood a man aging 32 years old, his body was back, his own body. Aditya smiled in satisfaction as he looked at his own refelction.
"Hello Senior Inspector ABhijeet" he greeted himself.
AN
So Finally Abhijeet is back :D
Ab next chapter main kya hoga? mujhe nhi pata :P
btw Anokata, GIN, VODKA, VERMOUTH are the real names of the villains of Detective Conan series, also some quotes are also used from DC like
" After all LOVE is Zero..No matter how many zeros you add together at the end you will just lose miserably..."
which was said by Minerva Glass to Ran and which Ran further tell to Shinichi :)
Hope you all liked this chapter if not pls mention in the review section.
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