PART 1(C)
The Ashes of My Story
ACP sir and Daya entered the doctor's cabin along with the doctor and took their seat gently. The doctor sat down in his chair and said in firm tone...
The Doctor: mujhe aap logo se Mr. Abhijeet ke bare mein kuch baat karni hain...
ACP sir(in anxious tone): woh theek to haina doctor?
The Doctor: dekhiye ab unka condition stable hain... lekin unki wounds ko check karke hume aisa lagta hain ki koi suicide attempt nahin, balki ek murder attempt tha!... agar suicide attempt hota hain har chot ki gehrai ek jaisi na hota magar yahan to sari ki sari chotein ek jaisa gehra tha... dekhke aisa lag raha hain ki kisi ne bohot hi zyada gusse mein aake un pe var pe var karta gaya... Mr. Abhijeet ek cop hain, hum jante hain ki ek cop ki bohot sari dushman hote hain... aap please pata lagwaiye...
ACP sir(in meaningful tone): hmmmmmmm... aur kuch doctor?
The Doctor: ek baat aur... ho sake to unhe thoda relaxed rakhne ki koshish karna aap log... jab unhe yahan laya gaya tha tab unka mind bohot hi zyada stressed tha... aur unke body mein hume sleeping pills ka traces bhi mila hain... ho sake to aap log unse baat kijiye... unka mind relaxed hona bohot zaroori hain...
ACP sir: jee hum khayal rakhenge... anything more?
The Doctor: philhal to kuch nahin ACP sir... unhe do teen ghante mein hosh bhi aa jayega... tab aap log mil sakte hain...
ACP sir: jee theek hain... thank you...
Both came out from the cabin with a same expression of anxiety stuck over both the faces. Daya asked in concerned tone...
Daya: ab kya karna chahiye hume sir?
ACP sir: pani ab sar ke upar jaa chuka hain Daya... hume jald se jald koi faisla lena padega... ho sakta hain ki hume koi shakht faisla lena pad jaye... kya tum manoge use?
Daya(in helpless tone): aapko jo kuch karna hain kijiye sir... mujhe yeh sab aur accha nahin lag raha hain... main Abhijeet ko is halat mein nahin dekh sakta ab... mujhe bas mera bhai wapas chahiye...
ACP sir(in soft tone): mujhe bhi maza nahin aa raha hain Daya yeh sab karte huye... Abhijeet ko main bhi takleef mein nahin dekh sakta... woh sirf tumhara bhai nahin hain Daya, balki mera beta bhi hain... par mujhe yeh karna hi padega... Abhijeet ki bhalai usi mein hain...main majboor hoon Daya... ho sake to mujhe maaf kar dena...
Abhijeet regained his consciousness after long three hours later with an extreme pain in his wounds. He opened his eyes and closed them back immediately as he felt that world around him was revolving badly. He tried to grab anything for gaining support but ended up with a painful "aah" as he was not able to clench his fist even, due to the deep wound on the palm. He again opened his eyes, but now slowly and discovered Daya was standing there beside the bed, with a cold expression stuck over his face. Abhijeet tried to look at him properly when Daya said in a rather cold tone...
Daya: uth gaye tum? Ruko main doctor ko bulake lekar aata hoon...
He left with a speedy steps leaving a disappointed Abhijeet behind who was eager to see the habitual anxious expression which always remained stuck over his brother's face whenever he got himself admitted here, in the hospital. He had certainly not expected this coldness. He felt that his heart was shattering, which a deep ball of hurt and pain was rising across his throat which made him close his eyes again. He did not know this Daya. Till yesterday too, he had belief that though all of his teammates, along with ACP sir, was suspecting him but Daya would never join them. But his expectations broke again, as usual. He slapped himself mentally for again expecting something from those, who never had valued his expectations. His jaw tightened slowly and his injured palm was clenched in a fist, not feeling the pain anymore as his mental pain was much higher than this. He murmured something in that condition and then relaxed his body.
After the doctor declared him as stable, ACP sir and Daya entered the cabin with straight face. Abhijeet looked towards them and realized that they had not come to meet him only, there must be something wrong. ACP sir sat beside the bed and asked in tough tone...
ACP sir: kal raat ko kya hua tha Abhijeet? Yeh sab kaise hua?
Abhijeet once took a glance of Daya and then lowered his head with a low...
Abhijeet: mujhe maloom nahin hain sir... mujhe kuch yaad nahin hain...
ACP sir(in sarcastic tone): dekha Daya... kuch bhi yaad nahin hain... accha yeh to batao ki tumne kal raat kamre se bahar jane ki koshish ki?
Abhijeet(in low tone): pata nahin hain sir... yaad nahin aa raha hain kuch...
ACP sir(in anger): jo bhi sawal poocho iske pass ek hi jawab taiyar hain, yaad nahin... tum ho kis kaam ke liye? CID officer ho... dimag par kabu nahin rakh sakte?
Abhijeet did not say anything but kept starring towards the floor. ACP sir remained starring towards him for some more moments and then silently left the room with Daya following him. None of them noticed that Abhijeet had looked up towards then as soon as they had turned behind. There was a strange gaze present in his eyes, which none except he himself, could understood. None except the Almighty noticed that one of his beautiful creations was getting destroyed, and something grey, cold and melancholic was occupying it's place. Something was getting broken... some everlasting creations were coming to an end.
It was about a week after Abhijeet got discharged from the hospital, but he did not get the permission to join bureau again. He was almost fit and fine now but he felt something abnormal was going on around him. Nothing was normal. He felt himself entrapped in between a thick net of conspiracy. He felt that a big conspiracy was going on around him, and he himself knew about it but was too helpless to act against it as he was having a gut feeling that none other than his dear CID team was the host of that black conspiracy against him.
He was thinking all these, while sitting in his room when he heard that the doorbell was ringing. He went to open the door, only to discover that ACP sir and Daya was standing there outside along with an ambulance and some ward boys. He just took a glance of all of them and then asked him in a bit nervous tone...
Abhijeet: errr... yeh sab kya hain sir? Kaun hain yeh log?
ACP sir(in straight tone): yeh log Mental Asylum se hain... tumhe wahan le jane aaye hain...
Abhijeet took a step back in shock and a deep layer of fear appeared in his eyes. He exclaimed in a scared tone...
Abhijeet: me... mental asylum se hain? Mujhe le jayenge?... main nahin jaunga... main kahin nahin jaunga...
ACP sir(in anger): jana to tumhe padega hi... tumhara dimagi halat ab theek nahin hain... woh jagah hi tumhare liye best hain... kuch dil ilaaaj karwaoge to theek ho jaoge...
Abhijeet(in scare): main nahin jaunga wahan... main bilkul bhi nahin jaunga... mujhe kuch nahin hua hain... main bilkul theek hoon...
ACP sir(in anger): theek nahin ho tum... pagal ho chuke ho... mujhe, Daya ko, humare team ko... yahan tak ki apne aapko bhi chot pahucha rahe ho tum... aur tumhe kuch yaad hi nahin rehta... ab bhi kahoge ki tum theek ho? Yeh log tumhe wahin le jayenge jahan rehne ke tum layak ho... mental asylum...
Abhijeet: nahin sir... nahinnnnnnn... mujhe kahin nahin jana... main wahan nahin jana chahta... sir please... please sir...
He was weeping badly. His eyes were blood red with full of tears while his hairs were totally messy. He was continuously shouting madly as...
Abhijeet: chod dijiye mujhe sir... chod dijiye... mujhe nahin jana wahan...
But AC sir did not pay any heed to his requests but signalled the ward boys to take Abhijeet with them. The ward boys grabbed Abhijeet from his arms while he started to push them badly with painful shouts as...
Abhijeet: chodo mujhe... mujhe kahin nahin jana... sir please... please sir... I am sorry sir... mujhe mat bhejiye wahan...
He was crying and screaming badly. He was struggling with those ward boys desperately while begging to ACP sir for not sending him into asylum. He was never ready to go there. He hated the place like hell. But ACP sir's heart was the nut which was too hard to crack. His heart seemed like a stone on which millions of tears or requests could never affect. Finally, he made himself released from those ward boys with a jerk and rushed to Daya with a pleading...
Abhijeet: Daya tum samjhao na sir ko... main bilkul theek hoon... mujhe... mujhe kuch nahin hua hain... tum please rok lo na sir ko mujhe asylum bhejne se... tum... tum to jante hona ki mujhe wahan jana bilkul bhi pasand nahin hain... please tum roko na ACP sir ko...
Daya was starring towards him with a painful expression stuck over his face. When he stopped, he softly grabbed his hands and said in a loving tone...
Daya: Abhi... hum tumhe wahan kahan humesha ke liye bhej rahe? Tum apna ilaaaj karwa lo... phir hum hi tumhe wapas lekar aayenge... promise boss... (in firm tone)... lekin abhi ke liye tumhe wahan jana hi padega Abhi... I am sorry...
The grip of Abhijeet's hands over his hands got loosened automatically and he stepped back a bit. He was starring towards him with straight gaze with his lips tightly closed, but his lips were trembling as if he wanted to say something. His throat became bone dry and he lowered his eyes immediately. None had noticed that those pairs of brown eyes were dry but was reflecting the shock of betrayal. He was feeling numb, as if he was unable to trust what he was facing, what he was going through. He gulped down and managed to utter...
Abhijeet: main taiyar hoon... chaliye kahan chalna hain...
The ward boys came forward towards him but Abhijeet signalled them stop and himself went towards the ambulance standing aside. But a soft yet shocked call of "Abhijeet!" made him stop on his tracks. He turned to see that his Maaji (the old woman whom he met in Abhijeet ka Inteqaam) was standing there, near the main gate. He looked towards her, rushed to her and hugged her tightly with a broken...
Abhijeet: maaji!
Maaji: yeh sab kya chal raha hain yahan Abhijeet? Yeh ambulance? Yeh ward boys? Yeh yahan kya kar rahe hain?
Abhijeet separated himself from her and smiled falsely to say...
Abhijeet: arey kuch nahin maaji... mujhe kuch dino se bohot sar dard ho raha hain, chakkar bhi aa raha hain... to aaj ACP sir aur yeh... (pointing towards Daya)... yeh Daya... yeh log sidha aaj ambulance lekar aa gaye ghar par... (while laughing falsely)... dekhiye na... kitni chinta karte hain yeh log... kitni fiqar karte hain... (looking towards ACP sir and Daya)... bohot pyar karte hain mujhse yeh log...
Maaji: to tum hospital jaa rahe ho?
Abhijeet: haan... wahan admit kar denge yeh log mujhe...
Maaji: theek hain to main chalti hoon... main bas tumse milne hi aayi thi... lekin koi nahin... tum theek ho jaao... phir milne aaungi tumse main...
Abhijeet(with a smile): jee...
He bent and touched her feel softly. She smiles softly and said...
Maaji: ab tumhe kya aashirwaad doon main beta?...
Abhijeet looked towards her and said to himself...
Abhijeet(in heart): bas itna aashirwaad de dijiye ki yeh jana hi mera aakhir jana hona chahiye...
But he did not say anything about that. Instead of that, he smiled and said...
Abhijeet: bas itna aashirwaad dijiye ki mera dil ki dua puri ho jaye..
She touched his head a bit and left. Abhijeet too got into the ambulance silently and the ambulance left after the ward boys got into it. Daya now burst into tears and screamed in pain...
Daya: aap ek baar phir se soch lijiye na sir... main mere bhai ko is tarah aur nahin dekh sakta...
ACP sir(in moist tone): to kya mujhe maza aa raha hain Abhijeet ko is tarah dekhke? Nahin Daya, woh mera beta hain... main jo kuch bhi kar raha hoon uski bhalai ke liye hi kar raha hoon... mujhe bhi takleef ho raha hain Abhijeet ko is halat mein dekhke... mano ki koi meri chati phadke dil hi nikal liya hain... lekin main bhi majboor hoon Daya... Abhijeet ko theek karne ka yeh hi ek tarika hain...
An hour later of this, AC sir and Daya was seen to be sitting in front of Dr Rahul, who was the doctor of Abhijeet since he had to stay there during the darkest period of his life. Till now, he heard all these happenings going on in the CID family since last some days from ACP sir who also told him about his suspicion... suspicion about awakening of Tony inside Abhijeet again. Dr Rahul remained silent for some moments after ACP sir finished his story and then said in a chewing tone...
Dr Rahul: aap jante bhi hain ACP sir ki aap kya keh rahe hain? Aapke pass Abhijeet je khilaaf koi saboot ya gawah nahin hain... bas kuch shaq ke aadhar pe aap Abhijeet ke saath aisa nahin kar sakte... isse uske jaan ko khatra ho sakta hain... uska dimagi santulan bigad sakta hain... bohot nuksan ho sakta hain... nahin... main aisa hone nahin dunga... sorry...
ACP sir(in firm tone): aapko aisa karna hi padega Dr Rahul... warna aapki doctor ki license hum cancel karwa denge yeh kehke ki aap ek mujreem ko saath de rahe hain... aap Abhijeet ko treatments denge... agar zaroorat pade to electric shocks bhi...
Dr Rahul: theek hain... lekin agar is treatment ke wajah se Abhijeet ko kuch ho gaya na to iske zimmedar sirf aur sirf aap rahenge... aur tab main khud aapke khilaaf case darz karunga... (in a firm tone after throwing a glance towards Daya)... main sirf uska doctor nahin, balki uska dost bhi hoon... aur mujhe dosti ka farz nibhana acchi tarah se aata hain...
Daya(in anger): kya matlab hain tumhare haan? Tum kya yeh kehna chahte ho ki mujhe Abhijeet ki koi fiqar nahin hain? Listen Rahul, aisa kuch bhi nahin hain... jitna fiqar tum Abhijeet ki kar rahe ho, usse kayi zyada fiqar mujhe aur ACP sir ko hain uski... hum uski bhalai chahte hain... isliye hi aisa kar raha hain...
Dr Rahul left with an irritated face and with an angry...
Dr Rahul: woh to saaf saaf dikh raha hain kiski fiqar kise hain...
He came out from his chamber, went to Abhijeet's cabin and found him standing there beside the window silently, with his melancholic yet dry gaze fixed outside the window. His gesture was resembling a caged bird who dreamt off flying in the open sky despite having chains around his feet. Dr Rahul sighed and touched his shoulder softly which made Abhijeet look towards him, silently.
After half an hour of this, ACP sir and Daya was seemed to be standing outside the treatment room, inside which Abhijeet was being treated. They were really feeling bad for him, but what could do they even? Both were helpless... nothing was there in their hand.
All of a sudden, the corridor was echoed with a painful sharp yet suppressed scream. Daya jerked badly, realizing that the source of the scream was there, inside the treatment room. No doubt it was Abhijeet. He rushed to the door and touched it slightly while biting his lips to suppress those bitter sobs which were threatening to come out, tearing his heart.
Abhijeet's screams filled the corridor for some more times until it all stopped and Dr Rahul came out from the room after wiping away those sweat beads which had appeared on his face. Seeing Daya before him, he jerked his head in irritation and said in impassive tone...
Dr Rahul: maine use shocks diya hain... ab use kal subah hi hosh aayega... tab hi pata chalega ki iska nateeja kya hua hain? Lekin agar iska nateeja kuch bhi bura aaya na to main aap dono ko chodunga nahin... yaad rakhna... aaj raat ko aap mein se kisi ko bhi yahan rukne ki zaroorat nahin hain... main rahunga uske saath...
ACP sir: nahin... hum bhi rukenge aaj yahan...
Dr Rahul: nahin... aap log nahin ruk sakte hain yahan... kal aa jana aap log... waise bhi use hosh to kal hi aane wala hain... and I don't want any objection against it...
He left with firm steps. After a while he was heard by ACP sir and Daya as...
Dr Rahul: guards agar ACP sir aur Daya yahan se na jana chahe to police ko call karna... inki maujoodgi patients ke liye khatarnak ho sakta hain...
Both of them looked towards each other with sad faces and left. Dr Rahul watched them leaving and gritted his teeth in irritation while murmuring...
Dr Rahul: dhokebaaz kahin ke!...
Next morning, when ACP sir and Daya entered the asylum they were informed that Dr Rahul had called them for a meeting. They rushed towards his chamber only to find that he was sitting in his chair with a heavy face. Seeing them near the door, he himself come out and walked towards Abhijeet's cabin after signalling them to follow him.
After reaching in front of the door of Abhijeet's cabin, he signalled them to enter with a strange expression stuck over his face. ACP sir and Daya exchanged a glance and entered the cabin but what they saw just made them spell bound. A sharp scream came out from both the voices as...
ACP sir and Daya: ABHIJEET!...
END OF THE CHAPTER
So so so... suspense! What might have they seen in the cabin? What has happened with Abhijeet? Is he alright? Or the shock treatment has left an adverse effect on him? If so will he recover? Is he really the reason for which CID team is getting harmed? If so then why is he doing so? If no, who is responsible behind all these? Why? Will the main culprit get punished? Will Abhijeet forgive CID team? Stay tuned to know more.
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