Four specialist diver along with Sachin and Nikhil alighted into the lake with camera while Daya Abhijeet combing through the nearest area with their hound like sharpened eyes...After about half an hour later getting signals from the lake they gathered around it and waited until Sachin got off the lake informed them,:'ssir...badi ajeeb baat hai ssir...niche chal ke dimag ghum jayega...' he panted being exhausted while Abhijeet rapped impatiently,:'kyu? aisa kya hai waha pe?
Nikhil now gasped with difficulty,:'ssir...ek chhota sa shahar ka tukra jaise hai waha pe...kamra...siriya...kuye...drainage system...'
Daya exclaimed,:'matlab? kahi tum ye to nahi keh rahe ho...ki ek pracheen sabhyata ka itihas is talav ke niche chhupa huya hai?'
Sachin replied promptly,:'haa ssir...shayad kuchh aisa hi hai...'
Nikhil asked now,with cute naivety,:'magar ssir...is historical discovery ke sath un badmasho ka kya rishta ho sakta hai?'
Abhijeet with a grim face,resumed,:'rishta hai Nikhil...tab hi na..mamla itna sangeen ho gaya hai...us pracheenta ka ek ek kari ki keemat bohut hoga...'
Sachin interposed urgently,:'haa ssir...waha ka ek ek brick abhi bhi majboot hai...magar aisa laga ssir..jaise ki kuchh jagao ke sath chher chhar kiya gaya hain...' Now a specialist man came out of the water with a single brick in his hand,:'ye lijiye ssir...sample...'
Everyone looked into it and noticed that the brick was much more flattened comparing to that of the present time and it shaped square instead of rectangle with a rose imprinted into it...
Sachin suggested though with a little coy modesty,:'ssir..mujhe jitna pata hai...around is area me ek raja tha jinko gulab raja bhi kaha jata tha...shayad unka hi samay ka shahar ho yee...'
Abhijeet reacted,:'hmmmm...very rare...magar itne dino me kisi ko kuchh nahi mila yehi ascharya ki baat hai...'
Daya remarked,:'phir to hume Hisorical Research Agency ko contact karna chaiye...kyuki...' his words couldn't be finished as bombs were started blasting in streams and their sights got blurry as the whole area was covered with the smoke of soot & grime...
Abhijeet yelled involuntarily,:' age bado sab log...attaaaaaack them...ek bhi humare hath se bachna nahi chaiyeeeeeee...'
With blind vision, everyone moved ahead firing bullets...Attack counter attack kept continued for at least ten minutes, and then bombing ceased and the team kept chasing the goons as the smoke of dirt dissipated slowly...A dense jungle approached and the crunching sound of the dried leaves was being heard as they ran speedily...But before anyone could elicit anything, a bullet shot passed through the right shoulder of Daya and a grunt escaped from his throat as he plunged over a trunk of a tree...
-Daya ssirrr...hollered Shreyaa...
Daya,carrying himself ahead, pressing his shoulder with one hand...kept firing at the goons...
Abhijeet came back with an appalled face and gasped with worry,:'ddaya...!' Daya spluttered back hurriedly,:"mmain thik hun ...ttum age bado...'
Meanwhile Some goons were caught and beaten by that time...while some were escaping with inexplicable swiftness still targeting the officers...
Purvi and Vansh too got injured by bullets and when they stopped with the purpose of interrogating the goons, Daya had been feeling an exquisite pain over his injured shoulder...
Abhijeet yelled at four goons,:'bol...kya chakkar hai idhar? haa?'
They broke down facing the interrogation and one confessed,:'hum logo ko ek contract mila tha ssir...is talav ke niche jo khazana chhupa hai...woh maloom parne ke baad se...hum ...yehi karte the ssir...'
Abhijeet: (with coercive scream) humara desh ka itihaas ka ek ek tukre ko bech dete the tum log? paiso ka lalaj me ake?
goon: haa ssaab...hume kya maloom tha...ki...ye ek jurm hai?
Abhijeet: achcha? tumhe pata nahi ki desh ka sampatti kisi dusre ko bechna gunah hai? nadan ban rahe ho?
Sachin: aur tum logo ne yaha pe rehnewale logo ko gayab kyu kiya?
goon: saab...(sobs)
goon: hume darr tha ki agar kisi ko ye pata chal jaye...ki ye jagah pe kya chhupa hai...tab ...humara dhanda chaupat ho jayega...
Abhijeet: yehi ek wajah nahi ho sakta hai...kaha chhupake rakha tum logo ne un sare logo ko?
goons started crying loud now while Abhijeet yelled further,:"kya chakkar hai haaa? kahi un logo ko maar to na diya tum logo ne?
goon: nnahi nnahi ssaab...wwohhh...wwoh to...kuchh hi door me...ek ...nadi hai...jaha ka patthar se...hum ..hhume...hire milte hain...wahaa...
Before Abhijeet could ask any further Shreya stated fretfully,:'ssir...Daya ssir..kahi nahi dikh rahe hain..!'
Purvi echoed,:'aur sir Nikhil bhi to...dikhai nahi de raha hai...'
Abhijeet rasped in an agitated manner,:'hoga idhar hi aspas...kuchh der pehle bhi to idhar hi the!'
Shreya jabbered with wavering voice,:'nnahi ssir...ssir...Daya sir ko goli bhi laga hai...'
Abhijeet's profusely sweating face turned more rigid as he commanded authoritatively,:'Sachin...tum Purvi Vansh ko leke hospital jaao...goli nikalna jaroori hai...aur in char badmasho ka bhi intezam karo...tab tak...hum...' he paused as the thik streaks of worry rippled over his glistening forehead...