YOU COMPLETE ME

PAIN - II

Aryan's POV :-

Jhanvi slipped out of my grasp rushing to Noor's rescue and I stood numb looking at the girl, Noor, who was badly beaten up. Her skin is pale and arms are bloody and a busted lip with scraped forehead. Without thinking, I discarded the gun in my hand on the floor and ran after her as Kabir held Navin in place.
Jyoti saw Jhanvi rushing to their direction and kicked Noor in the stomach causing her to fall.
Jhanvi bent down and Jyoti took it as a chance and injected the syringe in Jhanvi's neck. She took a few steps back and the officer shot her twice. Sharp noise of bullets peircing the skin and red scattered across as she fell.
Navin screamed in agony for Jyoti.
But I was looking at Jhanvi. She stood straight and turned to me. The injection still on her neck.
My body forgot to function.
With faltered steps I reached out to her and she stepped closer to me. Everything else stopped, I tuned out everything going on around me and pulled her close to me.
"It's al-alright, okay. I a-am gonna pull it out." I whispered to her she tried to nod. With shaky hands I pulled out the injection which had bluish green liquid in it. She winced and fell in my arms. I wrapped my arms tightly holding her to my chest.
She melted in my hold and I sat down embracing her. I wanted to shut down all the things happening around and just hold her close to my heart, hold her forever.
"I a-am fine, A-aryan." She said cupping my cheek.
I missed her touch so much. Bringing her palm to my lips I kissed it infinite times. Her eyes swollen red from the crying.
"It's going to be okay, hmm." She assured me then coughed blood out. It spilled all over my shirt and she made a sound in her throat and coughed again, next blood trickled down from her left nostril.
I wiped it with my thumb then her eyes rolled back and she whimpered fisting my shirt in her grasp.
"What's happening Jhanvi? Baby? Open your eyes!" I slightly patted her cheek to urge her to open her eyes. When she did not open her eyes and more blood trickled down from her nostril I picked her up in my arms.
"Kabir ! The ambulance ! " I looked at him and he indicated to the exit.
The officers had a hold of Navin and handcuffed him.
"She's as good as dead." Navin said and gave me one last hateful look.
The medics approached us and wheeled her in the ambulance, I remained to her side holding her hand and moving without any thoughts. My mind and heart was numb and I could only feel the dull throb of blood flowing up my head.
"She is not able to breathe, we need to reach the hospital quickly." The nurse said and pushed me down on a small seat in that ambulance and put on an oxygen mask on her face.
Everything until we reached the hospital was a blur. She was taken in the OR and doctors and nurses were rushing in the room.
When I looked up, there was a clock and it showed 2 AM.
I stood outside the OR and the doors were closed on my face. I stood like that, like a trapped animal in a hunter's trap. I wanted to scream, for her to hear my screams.
But she couldn't hear me now.
I felt like a fucking failure today.
And Navin proved it to me. I am nothing but a failure. Two years back I couldn't save my parents and now I am afraid to see my wife ending up exactly like my Mom.
The burning hole in my chest is expanding and moving to the pit of my stomach.
Is this how Dad felt when he came to know Mom was no more ?
I wiped my cheeks when I felt something wet trailing down.
A pat on my back alerted me.
I saw my friend Kabir and couldn't hold it anymore and hugged him.
Without a word he let me cry out my pain.
"Are you done crying ?" He asked and I stood back not looking at him.
"Good cause I won't give you my kerchief to wipe your tears, " one annoyed look and he stood silent, "that girl , Noor, is here in the hospital and is being treated. Your aunt did a great job while torturing her own daughter, speaking of her, she's dead and Navin is in police custody."

"Congratulations to you, your mission of revenge is successful today."

"No, I am a failure, this is no victory, no, it's not when it costed me my Jhanvi." I wiped another stubborn tear which was about to fall.
" What are you talking Aryan?"