Ishq-e-Watan

Chapter 42- Club Ecstasy

CHAPTER 42

CLUB ECSTASY

Karan glanced at the laptop where the locations that traced to his cell phones were pulled on, marking another spot on the map. Laxman had really been travelling a lot these past few weeks. He paused, glancing at the map again. That neighborhood... it seemed familiar.

He grabbed his notes, flipping through them. He glanced back at the map. That was once an old warehouse of EFR. 'Laxman yahan kyun gaya tha?'

He grabbed his phone. That seemed like a good place to start. "Sanju?" He said. "Kahan hai tu?"

"Sir ji, hum bas club ke laane Faizi Sir ji ke saath nikal raho the."

He disconnected the call, moving to the front of the academy. "Kya baat hai?" Faizi asked.

"Mujhe ek location mili hai", he said quietly to the other two. "I think shayad wahan par kuchh mil sakta hai. Sanju, tu yahin academy mein reh aur security dekh. Faizi, tu Ecstasy jaa."

They nodded. "Tum kahan jaa rahe ho?" Faizi asked.

"Pune mein ek jagah hai. Pehle wahan par EFR ka ek safe house tha but ab use state property declare kar diya hai. Laxman wahan par kaafi baar gaya tha. Seems like a good place to start."

"Sir ji, aap akele jaa rahe ho?" Sanju asked.

He nodded. "I am just checking the place out. Sanju, academy ki security ke saath koi compromise nahi hona chahiye. Prepare a plan. Aur dhyaan rahe, you can't trust anyone."

"Ji, Sir ji", she said.

"Ustaad ji ko keh dena classes dekh le. Faizi, dhyaan rakhna." He patted his back, before moving out of the academy.

Faizi looked at his team. Club Ecstasy. He hoped it didn't turn out to be a dead lead.

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Sanju spread the floor plans of the academy on her bed, her laptop opened aside. "Two defense plans", she muttered to herself. "Do attack ke plan laane." She began to type.

'Plan 1

Intention- Information

Security Concentration- First and Second Floor

Plan 2

Intention- Destruction

Security Concentration- Entrances'

She glanced at the floor plans again. She kept her laptop aside, studying the halls and marking a few things with a pencil. She picked up her laptop again, beginning to write details.

'Security codes', she thought about half an hour later. 'Kis kis ke paas access hogo? Heads ke alaawa bhi kisi ke paas hoto hogo kaa?' She pulled up the file.

'The security files can only be accessed by the officially appointed head of academy; the heads of internal affairs who are appointed by the official head; the heads and deputy heads of departments who are appointed by the official and unofficial heads.

If the HODs wish to share the codes with their direct subordinates for the betterment of a mission, they shall appeal to the official head of the academy via a written application. If the official head deems the reason and situation valid, the access shall be granted. The access shall be temporary and every code shall be changed immediately after the access is revoked- regardless of whether the time validation of the code is over or not.