It's Called: Freefall

Chapter 9

<Next day at the JOCR HQ>

Rubai and Pathaan are huddled around Rishi, who is going through the contents of the pen drive pathaan gave him, on his laptop.

"So you were out to collect this intel yesterday?" Rubai asks inquisitively.

"Um- yeah." Pathaan faltered.

"Sir, it will take me some time to decode this list. Most of them are Roxxon’s illegal business for sure. We already have enough to pin them, but this one code I’m not able to decrypt yet." Rishi points to one word on the screen.

"Okay, but as soon as you get something, inform me first." Pathaan pats on his back and leaves for his cabin. Rubai following close behind him.

"Who is Meghna?" Rubai questions him point blank, as soon as he takes a seat.

Pathaan is taken back momentarily, but pushes on.

"Um, she's an informer. I had worked with her before. She had some intel on Roxxon and we were already looking into that organization."
Pathaan gave her a smile that said she didn't have anything to worry about.

Rubai, much more relaxed now, walks over to him with a glint in her eyes,

"By the way, about the other nig-"

"Sir! Its done. Its LUCIFER."

They were interrupted by Rishi barging into Pathaan's cabin almost out of breath.

Pathaan shoots up from his chair. There's a wave of recognition and anger in his eyes, his jaw is tightly set.

"Sir LUCIFER is-" Rishi continues, but is cut by Pathaan.

"Yes I’m aware. It’s a code name. We don’t know his identity but it's assumed, that he is Ex-militia. He’s got his hands in Human trafficking, extortion, terrorism. Our government has been tracking his movement for decades now."  Pathaan speaks trying to control his anger.

Rubai can sense that this is somehow personal to him. She tries to console him by putting a hand over his shoulder as Rishi speaks again.

"Sir I’ve also found out from sources that he is in the city right now."

The anger in Pathaan's eyes is replaced by panic. He grabs his gun from the drawer and sets off. Rubai tries to follow him through the HQ.

"Pathaan hold on. We need a plan." She tries stopping him.

"I don’t have time for that. I have to stop Meghna." He shouts back.

"But-"

"Call Kabir. He'll know what to do." Saying that, pathaan practically runs out the building.

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Pathaan is frantically trying to call Meghna as his car speeds through the wide and busy roads of the city.

"C'mon Meghna! Pick up the damn phone!"

The line goes to hold as the automated voice takes over "the person you are trying to call is currently not -"

He tries again.

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At Meghna’s apartment, a laptop is open on the coffee table, showing a heat map of a Wearhouse. Meghna is moving around the space, as she puts on a jacket. Her eyes are cold, and trained on the laptop screen.

Meghna was lacing up her combat boots, when she saw her phone light up with an incoming call for the sixth time in the last five minutes.

"Amar ❤️" it read, as it flashed.

Meghna ignored it once again.

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Author's note: So Rishi is the same guy from before, and we're in the YRF spy universe so we know who Kabir is ;)