Ishq Bulaava

| 11. Hostages |

"Rani Sahiba, apni aankhein kholo please" she heard his voice.

"Karan..." Monami said in a hardly audible voice, she tried hard to open her eyes but she could not, her eyes felt heavy and it felt like she had to use all her strength to open her eyelids.

"Monami, tum kar sakti ho, try karo" she heard his voice again.

Karan's voice was revolving in her mind, he was asking her to open her eyes, she had to do it, she had to do it for him, her Karan was asking her to do it.

Monami again tried opening her eyes, she used all her strength and opened her eyes, everything around felt so bright that she shut her eyes again, after some moments she again tried opening her eyes and tried to adjust to the brightness, after some moments she felt better, her eyes were still weak and she could not understand where she was, she looked around and saw Sid unconscious beside her, Monami could feel her head was hurting and she could feel pain in her entire body, Sid's hands were tied to the chair's armrest, Monami was shocked looking at Sid's condition, Monami tried to get up when she realized that even she was tied to her chair and she remembered all the incidents that had led Sid and her to this situation.

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*Flashback to one day ago*

"Sid, tu stress mat le, I am sure uncle bilkul thik honge," Monami said consoling Sid who was very worried for his DaddyG after Monami had told him about the phone call from their hospital, and they were currently standing near the jeep, Karan and Faizi had talked to Colonel Batra and both Sid and Monami had got two days of leave, also Karan was going to drop them to Mumbai himself.

"Bro, I just hope he is fine, pata nahi kyu jab se tune bataya hai, achi wali feeling nahi aa rahi hai mujhe," Sid said and Monami understood his state, hers was no different, to her both her father and her Ganju uncle was the same, she loved the two equally, after the death of Sid's mother and then her mother, the two men had taken all the efforts and given their best in taking care of Sid and her, they were each other's, only family.

"Chinta mat kar itni, tere bapu thik ho jayenge" they heard Sanjana's voice and saw her coming towards them, she stood in front of them, and forwarded a bag towards Monami, a confused Monami took the bag from her, "Dilbaug ji se keh kar tum sabke liye khane ke dibba bhar diye hai, raaste mein kha lena, bahar ka khana sehat ke liye acha nahi hota" Sanjana continued, Monami smiled at her concern and nodded, while Sid also smiled a little.

Monami and the others were waiting when they saw Karan and Faizi walking towards them, Karan looked different and Monami understood something was right.

"Monami... woh..." Faizi started, he looked at Karan once.

"Kya hua Faizi, kuch hua hai kya" Monami asked.

"Kuch hua nahi hai Monami, bas baat yeh hai ki Karan, tum dono ke saath nahi aa sakta," Faizi said and told about the call from the ministry that the minister himself was coming to the academy to check on the status of the mission, and he required the presence of all the special agents, especially Karan's as he was the head trainer, "Bas isiliye Sid aur tumhe akele jaana padega"

"It's okay bro, we can understand, and don't worry about Monu and me, hum chale jayenge" Sid said after Faizi completed.

"Sid is right, hum dono chale jayenge, apne ghar hi to jaa rahe hai, tum sabka yaha hona jyada important hai" Monami added.