Ishita, couldn't believe what she just heard, if there was ever a tear of shock, she had just had it.
"dushyant..." blurted out neelu, as purvi was shaking.
"ma-maa..." attempted dushyant to respond to her, but the call ended right there.
"hello? hello? hello, dushyant!" yelled ishita at her loudest, just wanting one response....maybe even hearing one syllable of her name from his mouth, the little she heard of his voice, the more pain it had created, he had to try so hard to say anything...what did they do to him?
"hum yeh call trace karsakte haina?" asked neelu, as purvi just came back to earth and turned to neelu.
"huh?" responded purvi, as ishita, understanding her overwhelming emotions, just came and sat by her side, her arms around her shoulder, as purvi just turned to hug ishita.
"woh zinda hain!" exclaimed purvi, a tear coming from her eye in joy, as if she got a wonderful surprise, ishita scoffed in the hug, holding onto her tighter, her tears started to escape her eyes too.
Neelu looked at them fondly, a tiny smile crept up on her face.
"aisa lag raha hai bas ek wahi din chalta jaa raha haina...joh ruk hi nahi raha.." noted neelu, as purvi and ishita seperated, wiping the tears of their eyes.
"ab bas, unhe dhoondna hai..." stated purvi with firm conviction.
"we'll do it together..." replied ishita, a smile on her face, signaling strength.
"shabash...ab yeh number toh gayab nahi hua na?" confirmed neelu, as purvi checked, and shook her head in no.
"hum isse track kar sakte hain?" cross-questioned neelu, as ishita nodded.
"haan, ek tareeka hai..." replied ishita immediately, as she immediately got up to get something, and purvi just looked at a questioning neelu blankly.
"yeh dushyant gayab zyada hota hai kya?" queried neelu, as purvi couldn't help but wonder if that was the case.
"pata nahi..." replied purvi, shrugging her shoulders.
***
Sameer nudged dushyant on his torso with his knee for a final attempt, in hopes of him gaining consciousness, but clearly this was not working.
"arre bas bhi karo! ladke ko maare jaa rahe ho, nahi uth raha woh!" yelled savita, as sameer just looked at her with disbelief.
"toh tum kuch karlo, doctor haina tumhari beti, tumhe zyada pata hoga..." retorted sameer, as he too got back sitting straight by his pole.
"mujhe pura yakeen hai yeh sab isne hi karaya hai, bas yahan baitha humein ullu bana raha hai!" exclaimed meghna, as she looked at kavin with concern, and sameer just rolled his eyes.
"main aakhri baar keh raha hoon, maine kuch nahi kiya hai! aur mujhe apni hi pregnant beti widhwa karke aur apne bete ko maarkar milega! uske baad main khudh kyun iss, iss, pata nahi kya hai yeh, bhook-pyaas se marne aa jaunga!" yelled sameer in frustration.
"agar mere bete ki aankh agle 5 minute ke andar nahi khuli na, tum dekh lena, main kya hazar karne waali hoon tumhara.." warned meghna, when they heard a sound of something hitting on an steel surface.
They followed the sound to the left of sameer, where dushyant, was slowly gaining consciousness.
He opened his eyes to a blurry vision of his father, as he just hit his head back on the pole with annoyance, letting out a huge cry of pain, "ahh!", he exclaimed.
"beta, tum thik ho?" asked sameer immediately, the concern on his face was real, as dushyant snickered.
"mujh se sach mein kisiko nafrat hogi...maarne ki jagah mujhe aapke saath ek kamre mein daal diya...marna isse kaafi acha tha..." derided dushyant, his voice still nowhere close to his usual pitch, he just took a long sigh and closed his eyes.
His face was badly bruised, a black eye, a huge, bleeding cut on his lip, his wrists badly swollen with a ring-like red mark on both of them, seems like he had been in captivity for quite long.
"dushyant, beta..." called meghna softly, as she looked at her son again, who still remained unconscious.
Dushyant, opened his eyes in surprise, trying to look to his right.
"aunty?" replied a puzzled dushyant, as he could see kavin was there next to her, also tied to a pole, like his father and her.
"beta, tum logon ko saath yeh sab iss aadmi ne kiya hai kya? huh? aur kavin, woh uth kyun nahi raha hai?" bombarded meghna, him with questions, as it seemed like it was painful for dushyant to even look for this short a while at his right, as he tried to bend a little forward, just causing him more pain.
"nahi, humein....humein papa ke office....wahan-wahan-se..." attempted dushyant to say something, when savita noticed something.
"arre, woh bhi uth gaya!" exclaimed savita, as meghna immediately turned to him, tears of joy on her face.
"kavin..." commented meghna, softly, as she couldn't stop smiling, seeing he was okay, yet crying for the condition she had to see him in.
"sasuma!" exclaimed dushyant, even more confused now.
"maa.." replied kavin, with his voice still cracking, as he had trouble opening his eyes.
"maaji, ishita thik haina? usse toh nahi..." dushyant was very worried right now, but the punch on his throat must have been very seriously hurt, as he let out another groan of pain before finishing his sentence.
"nahi beta..unhe lagta hai tum dono mar chuke ho.." informed savita.
"beta, kisne kiya tum dono ke saath yeh sab? kisiko dekha tumne? koi pehchaan mein aaya?" attempted meghna to know, as everyone's attention turned to him.
"maa....woh..." attempted kavin to finish his sentence.
"haan beta.." encouraged meghna.
"woh namtej ka dusra beta tha maa, phir usko bhi, usko bhi, kisine maar diya...phir humein, amarjot ka beta....usse bhi maar diya...ab bas...bas sukhi ka beta hai..." attempted kavin to join his sentences together in the huge gaps of sighs he took in between.
"yeh koi aur hi hai...joh hum sab se badla lena chahta hai...jinke baap ko isne maara tha, usne bas uske beton ka istemaal kiya hai...koi hum sabko marna chahta hai..." concluded sameer, as everyone just realized, this was just the tip of the iceberg.
***
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THE LIGHT WE NEVER SAW 2
Fanfiction8 months later, as kavin and purvi celebrate their expected newborn, this happiness is completely snatched away from them, as purvi has a miscarriage from a rape she never even knew of. things only get worse for ishita and dushyant, as ishita has co...
