2 inches apart

part 1

[A week have passed after the sagai ceremony]
[AS's photo is hanging on the wall.Someone is aiming a gun at that trying to shoot.It is none other but HM.She is trying to shoot at the photo but every time she tried to pull the trigger her finger freezes.She is continuously sweating.She lowers down the gun]
HM:do ghante se iss tasveer par shoot karne ki kaushish ka rahe hai!!!Agaar tasveer par hi shoot nehi kar paa rahe hai toh...
[Phone rings.It is commissioner sir]
HM:jai hind sir!
Commissioner:jai hind!Headquarters pohochiye...abhi!
HM:sure sir!
[She disconnects the phone.Then goes close the photo.She touches AS's cheek on the photo and an unknown emotion burdens up her inside.But she ignores that.And,leaves for headquarters]
[After sometime]
[HM is standing in front of commissioner sir's table.TV is on]
Reporter:Zaisa ki aap log jante hai mashahoor Physicist Sir Rahil Azam hospital bed me hai.Lad rahe hai maut ke saath.Doctors keh rahe unki condition critical hai.Kya humare desh ki ek ratn ese hi chale jayega?Janne ke liye humare saath hi rahiye
[Commissioner sir turns the TV off]
Commissioner:Baat aab secret agent tak nehi rahi.Mamla itna serious ho gaya hai ki department ke saare officers isme jud gaye.Rahil sir ne suicide kiya tha.Aur jiss halat me hai bachna namunkin.Aur Jatin sir ke baare me apko investigate karne ke liye kaha tha na?
HM:Sir,investigation karne ki zarurat hi kya hai?Rahil sir ki tarah Jatin sir bhi ek physicist hai.Dono ki dushmani humesha chalte aaye hai.Aab Rahil sir ki itna bada invention se Jatin sir ko jelousy toh hogee hi.Kaafi dino se woh Rahil sir ki yeh invent ki hue formula chuda ne ki koushish kar rahe hai Jatin sir.Kaafi baar dhamki bhi diya hai.Even torture bhi kiya hai.
[Commssioner sir is listening with tensed eyes]
HM:Humme lagta hai unhone socha ki formula Jatin sir ko dene se behtar woh khud mar jayega.Isiliye suicide kiya.Kyunki Jatin sir ka irada nek nehi hai
Commissioner:Yeh sab humme bhi pata hai,ms mallik.Einstein ka E = mc2 formula invention bhi unke nek irade se hua tha.Lekin logo ne kya kiya?Isse atomic bomb banaya.Rahil sir ka dar yeh hi hai.Hiroshima aur Nagasaki me jo haal hua woh haal India me bhi ho sakta hai agaat yeh formula galat haath lag jaye toh.Kyunki iss formula se 2x shaktishali atomic bomb bana munkin hai.Aur yeh kaam sirf ek hi insaan kar sakta hai
HM:Sir Jatin Arora
[Commissioner sir leaves a sigh]
Commissioner:Aab apko tayiar ho na chahiye Ms.Mallik!
[Only HM understands what sir is talking about]
HM:Sir...kya iske alava aur koi rasta nehi hai?
Commissioner:Agaar hota toh hum bhi Anubhav ko, humare department ki itne kaabil ek officer ko khone ke liye nehi kehte ms mallik!
[HM is disappointed]
Commissioner:Rahil sir ka bahut accha dost hai Anubhav.Isiliye Rahil sir ke alava ek Anubhav hi hai jisse iss formula ke baade me pata hai.Agar Rahil sir mar gaye toh Jatin sir ka target hoga Anubhav!Aap samajh rahe hai na hum kya keh rahe hai ms mallik?
[HM tries to control her emotion]
HM:ji..ji sir!
Commissioner:Isiliye ek aap hi hai jiss par anubhav akhen bandh karke bharosa karte hai.Agaar koi Anubhav ko mar sakta hai toh woh sirf aur sirf aap hai.
HM:Nehi,sir!Humme lagta hai aap ne galat insan ko chun liya.Apko pata hai hum jazbaat ke alava kuch nehi samajhte
Commissioner:Samajh na hoga ms.Mallik!Duty ke liye bahut kuch karna padhta hai.Apne Anubhav se nehi sikha?Woh sagai ke din...
HM:pata hai,sir!sagai ke din unhone humme chod kar chale gaye thee Rahil sir ka protection aur Jatin sir pakad ne ke mission ke liye.
Commissioner:Toh apko sab kuch pata hi hai
HM:ji sir...Sir,Unke dhoke ko humne kabhi support nehi kiya.Aab agaar unka hi tarika hum istemaal kare toh unke aur humare beech pharak kya?
Commissioner:Ms.Mallik,aap samajh nehi rahe hai.Anubhav agaar zinda rahe toh uska jaan ka khtra hai,aapka khtra iss department ka khtra hai,even desh ke liye bhi khatra hai.
[HM judges his words.Commissioner sir leaves a sigh.A silence remains for a while]
Commissioner: Wese bhi yeh sab depend karta hai Rahil sir zinda rahega ya nehi iske upar.Anubhav toh...hospital me hai na?
HM:ji..unhone....
AS:jai hind sir!
[AS appears.After a week,a week long HM and AS are face to face today.It creates an unknow emotion for them.Commissioner sir focus on him]
Commissioner:Jai hind!Anubhav,any news?
AS:sir...Bahut koushish kiya doctor ne...lekin...Rahil sir ko bacha nehi paya
[HM & Commissioner drowns into more tension and disappointment now]
AS:sir...Rahil jaate jaate humse kaha....ki...
[He almost cries]
HM:sir!paani pijiye!
[AS takes the glass from HM and drinks a little sip of it]
AS:dhannyabad!Sir,humne Rahil.se wada kiya hai Jatin zaise logo se humne uska formula ka raksha karenge
Commissioner:Anubhav,tum jante ho iska matlab kya hai?Aab sirf india me nehi,pure duniya me ek tum hi ho jisse iss formula ke baare me pata hai!
HM:(to AS)apko formula janne ki zarurat hi kya tha?Na hi aap jante aur na hi humme yeh sab plan banana padhta
AS:kaunsa plan?
HM:y..ye..yehi... yeh jatin sir ko marne ka plan!aur kya?
AS:haseena ji,humne unse zabardasti thodi liya hai yeh formula!Hum bachpan ka mitr hai,aksar humari mulakat hote rehte thee aur ese hi gapsap karte karte ek din humse keh diya
HM:Accha,hum jatin sir ko pakad kyun nehi le te hai
Commissioner:woh hi toh koishish kar rahe hai department
AS:lekin Jatin humare haath hi nehi aa rahe hai.Bahut hoshiyar aadami hai woh.Ek jaga ek din se zaida nehi rehta hai.Bahut bar usse india ke bahar bhi kaam karte hue nazar aya hai
HM:par....woh ek scientist hai.Kisi ek jaga par lab toh banaya hoga na?Aur hoga toh zamin ke upar hi hoga!Ese urr toh nehi jaa sakte na?
AS:Namunkin bhi nehi hai!
[HM is confused]
AS:Samundar ke niche sub marine me ya asman me kisi plane me, kahi bhi apna lab bana sakte hai woh.(to commssioner)Sir,intelligence abhi bhi talash kar raha hai.Asha karte hai hum bahut jald pakad lenge usko.
[Commssioner sir now puts his hand on AS's shoulder]
Commissioner:Anubhav!aab pura india,pura duniya tum par bharosa kar rahe hai!Pata hai mushkil hai,lekin tumhe strong rehna padega
AS:aap chinta maat kijiye sir.Apne jazbat ko kaboo rakhna humne sikha hai
[Commissioner sir now looks at HM and she understands that he is telling that learn from AS how to control emotion]
AS:Hum apne jaan de denge lekin formula ka surakhsha karenge sir!
HM:(emotionally)jaan de denge?
AS:jaan chali jay lekin desh par aanch nehi aani chahiye, yeh kasam kha kar bharti hue thee hum police me.Ese hi nehi todenge yeh kasam
[HM appreciates]
AS:Rahil ek physicst hone ke saatg saath kitna bada desh vakt hai yeh toh sabit kar diya.Aab humari baari!
[A fear covers HM's face as he says this]
Commissioner:Humme tum par garv hai anubhav!
[AS smiles]
Commissioner:Thik hai toh abhi aap log jayiye.Rahil sir ki death ke liye media ka pura pressure police par ayega,specilly tum par anubhav.Be cautious!
AS:Ji sir.
HM&AS:jai hind!
Commissioner:Jai hind!
[AS&HM leave]