Nature's Comeback

57- Traditional way

Sameera and Ravi decided to skip her lesson for one day and continued talking about his work. Ravi was having a hard time hiding his excitement. Seeing Sameera get so interested in his work, made his day. This was the first time he was actually sharing something about his work to someone who wasn't related to his project.

"Our project has worked successfully for the previous two locations and now my team is going to the Aachal orphanage, which is situated in the nearby city."

"Aa..Aachal orphanage..." Sameera looked dumbfounded upon hearing the name. Thinking that there might be other orphanages with the same name, she asked multiple questions to get a confirmed answer.

"What is it?" Ravi asked, after patiently answering all her questions. He hadn't expected such a reaction while speaking about the place.

"It is my orphanage," Sameera whispered, still shocked by the turn of events.

Ravi's eyes widened in disbelief. "What a small world!" He muttered in astonishment.

"Can I see...Can I see the footage?" Sameera asked hesitantly, not knowing if she was overstepping any work boundaries.

Ravi shook his head at her hesitation, but Sameera took it as a No. "It's fine. Sorry for asking," she said trying to look okay, when actually her heart was all set to see her childhood home again.

"Oh no no, you are misunderstanding," Ravi waved his palms frantically. "The footage will go live tomorrow morning. Let's see it together," he suggested and was glad when he saw Sameera smile again.

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Elements and the other kids too joined Sameera to watch her orphanage. Other researchers wanted to, but they had to begrudgingly leave for the lab.

Ravi connected the live feed on T.V so they could watch it comfortably and wheeled himself to sit near Sameera.

Sameera was excited yet nervous. It had been so many years since she saw her orphanage. Clasping her hands, she waited for it to start.

"I might get calls during the interview if some problem arises, so don't groan at the disturbance," Ravi warned the youngsters. And as expected he received several groans right then and there.

"I knew these pests would behave like this," Ravi said to Sameera.

"Hey!!" Each and every kid exclaimed taking full offense.

"Oh, it's starting," Sameera eagerly pointed towards the screen, effectively diverting everyone's attention.

It started off with a soft tune as they showcased the house and the small garden.

"It seems so different yet so same," Sameera commented in a low voice, as she saw different paint and a well maintained garden, contrary to what she had known.

"Oh! They bought an extra swing," she excitedly pointed out. Sameera had loved swings in her childhood and so did other kids. She could still remember the countless fights they all had to use it.

More than the footage, everyone looked at Sameera's face which was glowing while looking at her childhood home. And because of that they instantly found out that something had gone wrong.

"Sameera, what's wrong?" Gyaan asked, while at the same time they heard Neer's shocked voice, "Maanvi?"

"This is not the time," Ahana scolded Neer but he shakily pointed at the screen where Maanvi was taking the interview.

"How do you know my team member?" Ravi asked with a frown, "Is she the reason behind your distress?"

"Team member, Maanvi is in Mumbai," Neer whispered to himself, getting excited, but came out of the trance when he heard Sameera's panicked tone.