~ take care? ~
"And there you go." The team nodded and took their bags moving out of the room. They boarded the bus, settled and travelled for approximately 14 hours.
"We've reached." The team nodded at each other and descended the bus walking to the hotel.
"Asalamualaikum." The receptionist greeted them.
"Walekum Assalam. Code 401." The guy said.
"4th floor, right corridor." The receptionist whispered and threw a bunch of keys. The group nodded and reached there.
"Don't loose connection." Everybody nodded.
"Be get in 20 mins. " After exact 20 mins they nodded at each other and jumped from the corridor's balcony.
"Oww." Akira grunted.
"shsh, we don't have much time. " Yuvan, the senior most said glaring.
"Be ready, device is in range." Mallika nodded and took her pistol out walking carefully.
"2 men on right, 3 on left. And then until 2 doors you won't encounter anybody." Came the voice through intercom.
"Mallika and Hriday come with me while rest of you move to other side " She marched towards her senior officer and they shot the 3 men and moved inside.
They entered a door and it closes on its own.
"Welcome Team India." Came a voice.
"Or spies I should say." A man came forward covered in masks and black outfit.
"very bold move." Hriday attacked the guy making him fall backwards but many men gathered. Physically they started fighting until a smoke blew and everybody started to grew unconscious.
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Her eyes opened and she found the same man sitting while Hriday and Yuvan were still unconscious.
"I heard you got married in Dehradun officer." Mallika glared at the man.
"how painful will be for that lucky man to loose his wife just after 4 months of his marriage right? Wait, I will give you options." She grits her teeth out at his words.
"Return back alone." She blinked confused
"Well I've nieces around your age. I'm letting you and that girl go. The boys tch..fate doesn't supports them. Just go away and say you failed. No harm to you and to your families. "
"Are you done? Because I'm not interested. We came as a team so it's either we did together or win together. There's nothing in between."
"Not even your husband?" She denied.
Nothing greater than the country.
"Free us and let's fight, whosoever wins decides the fate." Hriday says.
"Alright kid, let's get started."
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"Glad you're awake." She lifts her eyes and meets Yuvan who was sitting beside her.
"W..h-
"We fought, almost got win when that bastard shot you and Akira on your shoulder. We rescued you. But he escaped."
"YOU HAD TO ARREST HIM, NOT SAVE US."
"I'm leading the mission and I decide what I do, not you." Yuvan replied back. Mallika sighs and leans back.
"Your husband is on the way." Her eyes widened in disbelief and surprise.
"WHY?" She yelled.
"Somebody has to be informed from your family. Earlier it was your dad, now since you're married, it's your husband's right " Right, and he would be so mad she could guess.
"He will be allowed just for today. He will return tomorrow morning and we're leaving for Karachi after that. And you don't have to tell him that. "
"why? He already knows the dangerous mission "
"Protocols. And take rest, we need you." And he leaves and she sighs thinking of the consequences when she will meet her husband.
4 months they had known each other, and married. Sure they didn't spend much time together, but she didn't wanted to meet him like this.
Her thoughts broke when a panting Sumedh opened and door, he looked like he came from a marathon.
He closed the door and leaned on it calming his breath down.
"I'm okay." She says with a smile.
"Yeah, in a army hospital in a patient's uniform with all sorts of drips and medical things attached, and you're fine. I can see." Came his comment.
"This is enough. My team mate has got worse." He moves forward and sits near her legs on the hospital bed.
"You know how much I freaked out in the office when they told me, you've been shot. I felt so helpless, so incap-
"shshs, you're not and it's nowhere your fault. It was a mission and it happens. I don't even know why they called you, I'm okay." She huffs.
After a long torturous silence, she says. "You-
"I'm leaving tomorrow I know." He sighs.
"And you can't tell me the mission and it's consequences." She nods.
"Fine, what can I say then, take care?" She gives a sad smile and nods.
"Come back soon, everybody misses you." She nodded joining their foreheads and holding their hands.
"Bye." She manages to say.
"I'll be seeing you soon, take care." And he leaves. The moment he leaves, Yuvan enters.
He doesn't say but his eyes do.
"what is it?" Mallika asks masking her emotions.
"fill out the form." He says handling it to her.
Last wishes, dreams if somebody happens to me on the next mission. Msgs/requests for team and family.
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The risk of living such a life :/
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Fanfiction"How dangerous is the mission?" He asked "Dangerous enough to make me fear about you." She replied. . . . . . . Join me in this short journey between Flight Lieutenant Mallika Singh and his beloved soulmate Sumedh Mudgalkar! Cover by @ladyfanaticss
