My Journey - A Left Right Left Story

XXVII

28th November, 2006.

Well the day started out great. I was finally cleared for physical activity. Meaning I could take part in drills, carry my own stuff, write my notes and eat something other than khichdi.

Yeh choti-choti independences ki kimat mujhe ab bohot acche se pata hai. By god I'm never taking these things lightly again.

Dr. Mishra had agreed to spill more about Eagle once we not only promised but also showed evidence of the consequences of her actions will not affect her sister. The other men were useless and are already carted off to prison.  

Bas ab Rajveer aapna routine baand kar de toh sab wapas se normal ho jayega.

But obviously sab theek thodi na ho sakta hai. Eagle chup thodi na baithega. He tried to eliminate Ritu. More than Buntyji alone could handle. It took all hands on deck to subdue them, but couldn't save Ritu. Even while dying she gave us a tip that would cripple Eagle and left us all in shock. Once we were sure everything was under control we started to make our way back.

It was past light's out when we had left and now it was closer to first bugle. Needless to say all of us would need more coffee than usual, something Shalini will definitely nag us for. We were just going to part ways when,

Mogambo : Halt !

Kya main jaan sakta hun ki aap teeno ek orderly (Bunty) aur meri protegé ke saath kya kar rahe hai ?

Abhimanyu : Sir woh hum teeno perimeter ko check kar rahe the. Just to be sure ki boundaries mai aur koi problems toh nahi hai.

Bunty : Sir main mess ke liye jo deliveries aayi hai usse check kar raha tha.

Gunny : Woh raaste mai mill gaye the toh socha inko waapas escort kar le.

Mogambo : That still doesn't explain ki Naina iss waqt aapne room mai kyu nahi hai.

Mucchad : Uska jawab main dunga Major.

Par usse pehele (positively giddy) Cadet Naina Singh Sooryavanshi you are under arrest ! (fastening handcuffs to her wrists)

Rajveer : Aap yeh kya kar rahe Major !

Mucchad : Woh jo bahut pehle ho janna chaiya tha.

Aur yeh keh kar he started to drag me, which by the way asaan nahi tha. Par kya kare Mucchad mai dramatic flair kuch zyadda hi hai.

Par just because main yeh sab halke mai le rahi thi iska yeh matlab nahi ki baqi bhi chill the. Teeno capts were protesting very loudly whilst my dear mentor was questioning him on his cryptic words. Buntyji ne confusion ka fyadda uthakar wahaan se gayab hi ho gaye, no doubt to inform colonel about this, umm, development.

Par sab se zyadda mushkil tha Aalekh ko rokhna. Yep, Aalekh. Aalekh abhi bhi jail clock par chal raha hai, toh woh first bugle se pehle gym jata hai. Aur yeh baat Suriji aur Abhimanyu jante hai aur isiliye unhone saare orderlies se baat kar rakhi hai taaki uske liye gym khula rahe aur koi faculty usse pakde nahi.

Toh naturally ussne yeh sarra tamasha dekh liya. And by the looks of it woh aapne 'Protective Bada Bhai Syndrome' ki wajhe se Mucchad ka haath jalaane ko tyaar lag raha tha. Uss 2 minute ke eye contact mai jitna emotion aur discouragement main bhar sakti thi main ne bhar diya. And thankfully woh samajh gaya par aaj light's out se pehle I will have to give him an explanation. Par luckily kissi aur ne humara yeh exchange notice nahi kiya. I just hope ki woh 1 se zyadda punching bag na barbaad kare.