AS immediately stood up simultaneously pulling the gun from the man’s hand standing beside him and fired at him… HM turned around and started firing at the goons standing in the gallery while continuously walking towards a hiding… AS had pulled NA up and was also looking for a place to hide from the onslaught of the bullets… Chinna had rushed to SR, shouting at his men to stop shooting for a bullet could hit the unconscious SR… Amidst all the chaos, HM, AS and NA had managed to hide themselves while some men were injured… Chinna was also successful in moving SR out of the line of fire…
“Sir… yeh sab ho kya raha hai??” NA asked while AS untied her hands… “Kya ho raha hai?? Yaha se nikalna hai na??” he asked… She nodded… “Bas fir wahi ho raha hai…” he said and looked around for HM… He spotted her in a corner… She nodded and both began firing at the goons again… HM kept running and dodging the bullets while AS backed her by firing at the goons… HM reached the corner where AS and NA were hiding… On the way she had managed to pick up the guns of injured or dead goons… “Yeh lijiye Naina…” she said handing one gun to NA… “Thank you madam…” NA replied… “Haseena ji aap thik hai??” AS asked… Before she could answer a bullet whizzed past her… they ducked immediately and hid behind the drums… “Woh sab chodiye… yeh bataiye ke aap pakade kaise gaye??” HM said while firing in the direction of the goons… “Woh… hum…” AS fumbled… “Boliye bhi…” HM said trying to locate the hideouts of the goons… “Hum jaanbhujh ke…” AS could not complete the sentence as HM looked at him angrily… “Jaanbhujh ke kya??” she asked while NA kept shooting… “Woh Haseena ji… Naina ka pata nahi chal raha tha… Toh hume koi aur upay nahi sujha…” AS tried to explain… “Waah… koi aur tareeka nahi sujha aapko… lekin agar woh log aapko maar dete toh??” HM asked angrily… “Hum…” AS tried to reply but was cut in by HM, “Kya hum haan?? Kya hum?? Aapne bina soche samjhe itna bada kadam utha liya… yeh toh acha hua hume ain waqt par plan sujha nahi toh abhi hum sab maare ja chuke hote…” “Aap humari baat samajhne ka prayas kijiye… Woh log hume nahi maar sakte the… Unhe aap tak bhi toh pohchna tha…” AS replied… “Hum tak pohchna tha matlab?? Matlab hume bhi aapne phasaya??” HM asked… “Lekin aapko kuch hua toh nahi na…” AS tried to reason… “Baat toh aap aise kar rahe hai jaise aapne hume bachaya… jabki humne aapki jaan bachayi…” HM said… “Lekin…” before AS could complete… “Chuppp…” NA shrieked… Both AS and HM looked at her confused… “Kya ho kya raha hai yaha?? Yeh koi jagah hai ladhai karne ki?? Pehle yaha se nikalte hai fir ladh lijiyega…” NA said still firing at the goons at regular intervals… Both looked at each other; HM angrily while AS with innocent eyes…
“Aage ka plan kya hai??” HM asked… “Humare pas koi pariyojna nahi hai…” AS replied… HM shook her head and thought for a while… “Hume is building ke chhat par jana hoga… Lekin jahan se hum yaha aaye waha se koi rasta upar ki taraf nahi jata…” HM said… “Parantu chhat pe kyu jana hai??” AS asked… “Woh aapko pata chal jayega… Abhi aap chhat pe jane ka plan sochiye…” HM replied… “Jis darwaze se hum aaye waha se baher jane par upar ki disha mei sidhiyan hai… Hume woh samne wale darwaze se baher nikalna hoga…” AS said pointing towards the door at the far corner of the hall… “Humare pas jyada waqt nahi hai… kuch hi der mei din nikal jayega…” HM said… “Hmm… toh aap aur Naina dono us darwaze ki disha mei daudengi aur hum aapko cover karenge… Fir aap waha pohch kar hume cover karengi… Clear??” AS asked… Both HM and NA nodded… “Humare teen ginne par… ek… do… teennn…” AS counted and both the women sprinted towards the door while running along the wall; AS kept firing at the goons covering for them… Soon both of them reached the door and hid behind the pillar beside it… AS had stopped firing… HM took deep breaths to stabilize her erratic breathing due to all the running… Once she was calm, she looked in the direction of AS and nodded… He too followed the same path while HM and NA fired at the goons… Once AS reached the door, the trio exited the main hall and left for the rooftop…
The trio followed the stairs towards the upper floor… They were met with another huge hall at the end of the stairs… Just when they were running across the hall, the goons began firing from behind them… The trio could easily find shelter as the hall was filed with boxes… “Haseena ji… Aap dono chhat ki taraf jaiye… Hum in sabko khatam karke aate hai…” AS said determined to finish all the goons before leaving… “Hum kahi nahi ja rahe… Hum aapka saath denge toh inhe jaldi khatam kar payenge…” HM replied... AS knew there was no point in arguing with her as she would not budge… He nodded at them and they dispersed around the hall… Slowing they moved with precision between the boxes looking for the goons and shooting them dead as soon as they were spotted… 10 mins later, AS stood with his back against one of the stacks of boxes… he could here footsteps approaching him… Swiftly he turned and aimed the gun at the person approaching… The person also pointed the gun at AS… Both looked at each other and stopped… “Haseena ji… abhi goli chal jati toh??” he said worried… “Yeh baat toh hum bhi keh sakte hai… woh sab chodiye… filhaal chaliye yaha se… Suraj bas nikalne hi wala hai…” HM said while NA too arrived at there location… The trio again sprinted towards the exit…
By the time they had reached the rooftop, the sun was already peaking out of the horizon… The sky was painted in pretty colours and the birds had started making their presence felt… “Haseena ji… abhi batayengi hum yaha kya kar rahe hai??” AS asked trying to catch his breath… Before HM could reply, they heard the whipping of the blades of a chopper in a distance… Soon the sound moved closer and the chopper hovered above them… HM smiled as the chopper descended near the opposite ledge of the rooftop… It was Vineet and Angad… AS chuckled and shook his head… The trio moved towards the chopper when AS felt a rod hitting his back and he fell forward… “Anubhav Sir…” HM and NA turned to look AS falling behind them and screamed… They were about to return when AS stopped them… He stood up and turned to look at the source of his assault… It was Chinna (CH)… After failing to wake SR up, he had followed them to the rooftop… “Haseena ji… Naina ko lekar chopper mei jaiye… Iske saath hisab barabar karke hum abhi aate hai…” AS said eyeing CH… HM and NA stood over the ledge and climbed into the chopper…
CH moved ahead and so did AS… CH sent a punch towards AS’s nose and another in his stomach… CH then kicked AS and AS fell on his back… AS got on his knees and tried to hit CH on his legs… But CH bent down and blocked the punch… CH tried to punch AS in the face but AS blocked it… AS tried sending a chop on CH’s neck but was blocked… They kept throwing punches and chops towards one another while the other one kept blocking it until AS found an opening and punched his gut… CH bent but tried punching AS using the momentum but AS quickly blocked it while pushing CH behind… CH pivoted on his leg and tried to kick AS in the face… AS also did the same blocking the kick with his leg… CH tried to kick AS’s legs but AS somersaulted backwards landing on his hands… AS quickly bend his knees and tried to kick CH but missed… Suddenly there was a blast on the ground floor shaking the entire building… “Ya Allah…” HM exclaimed remembering the detonators she and AS had placed in the building on every floor… HM asked Angad to take the chopper little away from the building as the impacts of the detonators could disbalance it… AS understood it was just a matter of minutes before all the detonators will go off one after another taking the building down with them… AS was still down when CH charged at him… AS blocked his punch and twisted his arm… He further kicked CH in the back of his knee, bringing CH on his all fours… AS elevated himself using his hands on the floor and twisted in the waist kicking CH on the side of his face… Another detonator blew itself… AS stood up… But CH was faster… He punched AS multiple times in the stomach and pushed him behind… There was another blast… AS had had enough of playing… He charged ahead, taking the momentum, he used his right leg to kick CH in the chest… CH held his leg, AS immediately elevated his other leg and kicked the side of CH’s head… The kick sent CH down on the floor… AS picked him up holding his collar… He then punched him in his chest cracking a few ribs… AS moved back… There were two back-to-back blasts and the building began shaking… AS ran ahead, flipped himself over CH’s head with his hands on CH’s knees, wrapped his legs around CH’s waist from behind, then landed on the floor on the back… While doing so AS held CH’s legs in his hands and pressed CH’s hands under his legs breaking CH’s spinal cord, instantly killing him…
AS got up when there was another blast just on the floor below him… Another blast would take the building down with itself… He turned towards the chopper and sprinted towards it… “Anubhav Sir jaldi kijiye…” HM shouted worried whether AS would make it in time to the chopper… AS was exhausted due to all the beating and fighting… He kept running and reached the ledge… Before the chopper could reach him, the last detonator blew and the building crumbled…
